Donna Illerbrun, Principal
 

May 13, 2010

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This morning we celebrated the month of Mary with a Living Rosary after the Mass. Each student represented a rosary bead. Together we all took part in this beautiful prayer revolving around the scriptural readings of the Luminous Mysteries. People around the world are praying the rosary today in conjunction with the date that Mary appeared to the children of Fatima. Our prayer is for peace; in our hearts, in the classroom, on the playground, in our homes and throughout the world.

Last night we honored our athletes and their coaches at our Sports Banquet. For such a small school, we do very well competing with other students in the parochial leagues. Ron Hensley has done another awesome job with our sports program this year. A big “Thank You!” goes out to all of the coaches. They are here day and night practicing with the students and helping them to be the best that they can be. God bless our coaches! They volunteer their time and energy to be with all of our children and try to keep peace with all of the adults. There must be a special place in heaven for coaches!

We are already preparing for next school year. Our budget has been turned in and we are now looking at what went well this year and what we need to improve on. The Home and School committee will be meeting tonight to work out the details for next year's fund raising. We are trying to work smarter, not harder. We have decided not to raise the amount of money needed for fund raising next year. Next year's budget will remain at $50,000.00 allocated for fund raising. This money is necessary to keep the tuition cost at $4,300.00 for the first child and 85% for each child there after. We still have one of the lowest costs of tuition in town.

The Ortiz family, Jimmy and June, have come up with a great idea to help St. Therese School and the St. Vincent de Paul Society. They have been working very hard to plan a Horse Shoe Tournament this summer. Proceeds from this event will be divided by our school and St. Vincent's. They are raffling off some wonderful prizes: 1st Prize; Night-on-the Town for 2 (local resort and dinner), 2nd Prize: a 32” TV, 3rd Prize: I Pod. We are asking each family to sell one book of raffle tickets. Each book contains 5 raffle tickets at the cost of $5.00 each, for a total of $25.00 per book. These will be sent home today. We are truly hoping to have 100% participation. Please return the ticket stubs and money to the school office by May 21st.

Dear Heavenly Father,
As the end of the school year approaches, please guide us on our journey of faith. Give us the strength and the faith to know that you have us where we need to be. Grant us the courage to forgive those that have hurt us, and the presence of mind to move forward to make this a better place on earth. Finally, grant us your peace in all that we do. We ask this in your name. Amen.


Mrs. Donna Illerbrun, Principal