Life Skills in Action
Kindergarten students use their sense of humor and pose for a silly picture wearing their 100 Day celebration necklaces.
Students counted out 100 Cheerios, sorted them in groups of ten, strung the Cheerios and the result is a beautiful, edible necklace.
Box Tops for Student Council
The Student Council thanks you for supporting our school by clipping and sending in Box Tops. Our goal this year is to earn $1,000. Together, we can make that happen. We have already earned $335 so far this year. Keep on clipping!
A Message from the President of the Board, Dave Hall
Please click here for a message from Board President, Dave Hall. It provides information on the Board's role, goals, and recent accomplishments.
2015 Auction
Save the Date! The 2015 Parents’ Guild Auction is just around the corner! The festivities kicked off in grand style on Saturday, Jan. 31 at the home of St. Paul’s parents Kevin and Ginger Carr.
The Carrs graciously hosted this year’s Auction Gift Gathering Party, where guests were treated to an evening of camaraderie and fun. Gift Gathering Party patrons enjoyed a special pre-cocktail reception, including a signature “Dream Big” themed bow tie and personal portrait from 53Tom. Gift Gathering Party chairs Courtney Goddard Hawkinson and Dana Gould created the perfect evening to launch this year’s festivities. A special thank you to Courtney and Dana for all of their hard work! And thank you to everyone who made a donation or brought a gift to the party! If you still have an auction item you’d like to contribute, we are still accepting donations. Please contact the school’s development office.
In addition, the very popular raffle tickets were introduced at the Gift Gathering Party and are still available for purchase at just $50 a chance. But don’t delay! Only 600 raffle tickets are available this year and the winner will have their choice of one year FREE tuition for one student or $10,000 cash. For your chance to win, click here.
The fun continues at the auction on Saturday, March 28 at Starlight Theatre. Mark your calendars now because you won’t want to miss out as we “Dream Big” at the school’s largest fundraising event of the year. Invitations will be arriving in your mailbox soon! Sponsorship opportunities are still available for more information, visit our web page by clicking here.
See you there!
Clean Water for Haiti
This month, Ellen Aisenbrey and John Carothers, two of our Haiti Committee members, will be returning to Ravine a l'Anse to visit our sister school, l'Ecole St. Croix in Haiti.
They will be delivering water filters to give to the teachers. We're working with the teachers to bring water filters to all of our students and families. And that brings me to the story of water at Holy Cross School.
Many years ago, our partners at l'Ecole St. Croix dug a well down the hill, on the east side. And through the years, the well provided water, to a degree. For many years, they pumped water by hand into buckets, which they would carry every day, up the hill to the school and out to the countryside for the local families. At one time, they even laid pipe and one of our parishioners donated a gas powered electric generator to bring water to the school. But, the conditions of Haiti took their toll... the generator wasn't used properly...the well went dry...and finally the soil around the well collapsed.
Last year, our friends began to dig a new well, on the west side. They found the soil contained more solid rock and they were able to dig deeper. Now keep in mind, digging a well is not easy. Because the roads are so inaccessible, no drill rig could get up the mountain to the school. So, everyday, a man would dig a little deeper by hand. Imagine a hole, 4 feet in diameter, 45 feet deep. Now imagine a man, climbing down the hole, everyday, digging just a little deeper, eventually breaking through a rock layer of shale to find water.
Now, parents of the students pump water by hand and carry buckets up to the school and families visit the well every day for a few buckets of water. But the water isn't clean. The well water has never been clean. It contains bacteria and can make you sick. And that’s where the filters come in.
Ellen and John will be delivering water filters from Sawyer Filters. We've raised enough money to give each of the teachers a filter that they can take and use at home. With their example, we believe the families will want water filters to put into each of their homes.
We've brought filters down to the school before, but they haven’t caught on. Even with clean water at school, the students and teachers have gone home to bad water. We’re now trying to get clean water at home. If you have bad water at home, it doesn't matter if you have clean water at school.
Clean water is just part of our partnership with Holy Cross School. We’re working to give our students a good education, but we can’t do that if they are sick. Because of your support, we have helped provide a working water well and clean water. Thank you for your continuing support of the Haiti Committee.
Calendar Notes
2/5 Hooray for the USA
NOON DISMISSAL
2/11 5th grade Presidents’ Program
2/12 1st-8th Open House
4th grade Showcase
2/13 Valentine’s Day Parties
2/16 NO SCHOOL, Presidents’ Day
2/17 Pancake Breakfast
2/18 Ash Wednesday
2/16 6th grade African Presentation
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