January 30, 2012

Dear Parents,

This week we celebrate Catholic Schools Week. We join with nearly 7,000 Catholic schools across the United States who are celebrating Catholic Schools Week, 2012. Catholic Schools enroll more than 2 million students and employ 200,000 educators.

The Catholic Schools Week 2012 logo is a rectangle with the words Catholic Schools written in red.  The “t” in Catholic is a purple cross and from it waves a banner proclaiming “Faith, Academics, and Service”.  The theme focuses on three priorities distinguishing Catholic Schools from other educational institutions.  Children are taught faith-not just the basics of Christianity, but how to have a loving relationship with God.  Our students are held to very high academic standards.  The Staff helps each child reach his or her potential.  Service, the giving of one’s time and effort to help others, is taught both as an expression of faith and good citizenship.

This past Sunday our school community started the week by attending Mass together.  At each Mass, students read essays telling why they liked their school.  The essays were well written and read beautifully. 

We ask that you participate as much as possible in this special week.  Click on Schedule of Events to see what is happening each day.  We look forward to seeing you on Thursday for the Parent Meeting from 6:00-6:30 in the Parish Hall followed by Open House in the school.  Your children are to stay with you until you go over to the classrooms.

We are grateful to all of our parents for all you do to make SJS a wonderful place to be!

God bless you,

Sister Judy