Peace and blessings to all on this feast of Saint John Baptist de La Salle. These are uncertain times for our world and as we face this pandemic this would be a most appropriate time to pray for the intervention of Saint La Salle to watch over all our Lasallian students throughout the world.
The time leading up to Holy Week normally would be a very busy time at The De La Salle School. A time filled with adventure with students participating in various activities and projects. Although different this year, The De La Salle School community continues to navigate through these challenging times in a true Lasallian spirit and tradition. While our physical school building is closed in accordance with Governor Cuomo's mandate, our dedication and responsibility to educate our students remains. Under the leadership of our Principal, Mrs. Jeanmarie Becker, our dedicated faculty and staff continue to remotely educate the fine young men of The De La Salle School. Our students are interacting with their teachers daily in online classrooms completing assignments, submitting homework and most importantly - learning! Last week we had an on-line virtual Parent meeting with 99% of our families participating. On Friday, 3 April we held an on-line assembly allowing students to lead us in prayer, the pledge of allegiance as well as The De La School Affirmations.
At The De La Salle School we traditionally conclude Lent with the praying of the Stations of the Cross during Holy Week. Despite the Coronavirus, we will continue our longstanding tradition having our eighth grade students lead us remotely in this solemn reflection on the passion and death of Jesus. We will offer our students' reenactment of aspects of Jesus's way of the cross to our school families, remembering all those who have been affected by this pandemic. We will include the intentions of all of our friends and benefactors who help us accomplish our mission of providing a human and Christian education to those that God has entrusted to our care. A special intention will be the safety and well-being of our health care workers and first responders.
The De La Salle School is a place of hope where we daily remember that we are in the holy presence of God. Students, teachers, staff, and administrators of The De La Salle School are grateful to God for many things. At this time of uncertainty, we especially want to acknowledge our gratitude to all of those benefactors who invested in our students over the years by contributing to our technology campaigns. The generosity of our supporters has allowed us to remotely continue our mission of education to the young men that God has entrusted to our care.
A blessed Holy Week and a joyous Easter from all at The De La Salle School. Please be well and stay safe!
