IN THE NEWS
On June 4, Father Ken and our eighth grade teacher, Mrs. Elissa Kuhr, presented diplomas and awards to the St. Isabella School Class of 2010. Student Council President, Kacey Foedisch, gave a moving “Farewell Address,” and Liam Coll and Reilley May entertained us with memories of their years at St. Isabella School. Reilley also entertained us with his guitar as the graduates presented roses and letters of gratitude to their parents. All in all, it was a graduation ceremony full of love and pride, with tears of joy and a few tears of sadness as well. Congratulations, Class of 2010! We will miss you!
2010-2011 School Advisory Board: We are happy to announce that David Schneider, father of current fifth grader Emilie Claire, and kindergartner, Madeline, will be our School Advisory Board President for the 2010-2011 school year. We welcome new SAB member, Francois Simard, father of fourth-grader, Alexandre, and kindergartner, Nicolas. We are grateful to out-going president Judith Cassidy. Due to Judith’s leadership, and the hard work of our Development and Marketing team, Denise Regin and David Schneider, we prioritized marketing and development, resulting in a very successful admissions process. Thanks to Judith Walsh and Rosie Feeney’s efforts, our Annual Fund continues to grow. Next year, the SAB Strategic Planning Committees will continue to prioritize marketing, development, and finance, and will also work on objectives in the areas of Catholic identity, facilities, and technology. Executive summaries of SAB meetings are available on our website.
New Play Equipment: We are grateful to John Arata, Brian Bell, Steve Bishop, Chris Brown, Aaron Frank, David Martin, Patrick Regin, Jason Ryssemus, Jason Stout, and Andy Wilson, for donating a variety of new playground balls. Mrs. Thomas has safely stored the balls for next year.
Youth Ministry Picnic: Karen McFadden reports that “the Altar Server, Choir, and Youth Ministry picnic would not have been the wonderful success it was without the effort of the many parent volunteers who stayed for the picnic and helped. Many, many thank yous!!!”
School Supply Lists: Our school is offering a great way to purchase back-to-school supplies. Locaally based and owned by moms, MySchoolSuppliesUSA.com, has created a program, which delivers custom pre-packaged school supplies directily to our classrooms. Say hello to quality, convenience and value. Say goodbye to multi-store shopping, long lines and guesswork!
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Congratulations to
Reilley May who will receive the University of San Francisco award for Academic Excellence and to
Bailey Beck who has earned the award for Academic Improvement. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on Wednesday, May 19 at 4:00 at USF.
New Science and Math Teacher: Last week, I informed the School Advisory Board and our fifth, sixth, and seventh grade parents, that we have hired Mr. Jack Strange as our seventh and eighth grade science teacher and sixth, seventh, and eighth grade accelerated math teacher. Jack has nine years of experience teaching middle and high school science, math, and economics in parochial, private, and public schools. In addition to teaching math, economics, and science, Jack is a highly successful middle school debate coach. His team won first place in the Junior High Speech and Debate Tournament at St. Vincent High School. Jack will coach St. Isabella speech and debate students next year. Mr. Bill Bixby, our current K-5 Science teacher, will teach sixth grade science next year.
We will all miss Mr. Martin and we wish him the best in his new position.
