St. Gabriel the Archangel School hosts a variety of quality extracurricular activities in a Christian environment. Below is a partial list of our activities. See the Parish Bulletin and/or Friday Memo for the latest information. Participation in all activities requires maintaining C's and above on report cards. This includes music, art, physical education, computer and conduct. A student who receives a D or F on a report card will be unable to participate until the next report card, if grades are brought up. If the report card is issued during a sport season, the student will not be able to finish the season.

YAC - Youth Activity Committee
YAC - Youth Activity Committee is the sponsoring committee for St. Gabriel's sports program. Sports offered are: Football, Cross Country Track, Kickball, Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer, and Track. The sports program is open to students in grades 4-8 who are members of the school or parish. Contact Jackie Murphy at the school for more information. Click here for more information.

Boy Scouts
Scouting is an important parish program. It not only teaches the boys about the great outdoors, it gives them the opportunity to see God's creativity. It teaches the importance of service to others. Archbishop Daniel Buechlein was an Eagle Scout and many priests of the diocese were scouts as well.

***** To get "Quality Unit" award we need all the leaders and committee members to be trained. This is vital to survival of the pack and decreasing stress of all the adult volunteers. The pack will reimburse for the fee plus give all attendees a $5.00 of bonus bucks redeemable at the Scout Store. Lunch is provided at the training session.

Chess
Chess has been a long standing extra curricular activity at St. Gabriel. We have faired very well in past years both in the State of Indiana and the Nation. Chess was introduced into Persia from India during reign of Khusrau Nushirwan. (531AD -578AD). Chess has a long historical value in that it was used to strategize WAR all those years ago. Today this old game is played for enjoyment. The kids get much enjoyment out of playing it. They also learn sportsmanship, patience, math skills, logical thinking skills and notation skills. This is an after school activity that lasts all school year long.

Academic Challenge
This after school activity is like "brain game". There are two divisions - 5th and 6th grade and 7th and 8th grade. Students practice after school and sometimes during recess answering questions. When competition starts, meets are held once a week at Cardinal Ritter High School, where St. Gabriel competes against other West Deanery schools.

Spell Bowl
Spell bowl is a spelling activity but it is not a spelling bee. Students write the word given to them on a piece of paper. Each student gets 7 words at competition. Each word spelled right gets them one point. Points are totalled for all students on the team. Students practice after school and sometimes during recess for several weeks prior to competition. There is only one competition evening involved. St. Gabriel competes against other schools (public and private) in the city. Spell bowl is also done in two divisions (4,5,6 and 7/8)

Green and Red Choir
There are two choir opportunities at St. Gabriel. Both choirs meet after school once a week. Mrs. Kathy Bloom is the choir director.. Tryouts are held at the beginning of the school year. Anyone in 3rd grade and up may try out. Choir members sing at some school Masses and sometimes travel into the community to sing for senior citizens or the general public.

Yearbook
The yearbook committee develops and designs the yearbook to be sold near the end of each school year. Students meet after school once a week to make decisions related to this project.

Band
Band is available to students in 5th grade and up. Mr. Eddie Guanajuato, from Ritter High School, travels to St. Gabriel once a week during school hours to teach the students to play an instrument. There are one or two band recitals held during the year at Cardinal Ritter. Soon after the start of the school year, Mr. Guanajuato will invite all students who are interested to sign up for band. Students will need to buy or rent an instrument. Mr. Guanajuato helps the student choose an instrument. To email Mr. Guanajuato: eguanajuato@cardinalritter.org.

Student Council
Student Council is a way for students to participate in the process of policy making at St. Gabriel School. Each class chooses representatives by voting. The representatives attend monthly meetings, bringing the concerns and/or requests of his/her classmates.