Principal's Pen
Dear Parents and Guardians,
As we wind down our school year and get ready for
summer, I want to share some exciting staff changes and curriculum additions for next year.
First, Mrs. McCarthy, the NC guidance officer, has decided to retire. Somehow, she prefers to be in Florida for the winters, imagine that! I wish her a relaxing and enjoyable retirement! I am happy to announce that Mrs. Tencza, our current NC Advancement Director, who holds a degree in counseling, will be sliding into the guidance position. A guidance counselor will now be available to our students and
their families 5 days a week.
I have hired Mrs. Susan Forsyth for the NC Advancement Director position. Mrs. Forsyth is very qualified to fill this position, as she brings strong writing, freelance and managing editing skills and marketing copywriter abilities. Sue is an alumna of St. Thomas Aquinas High School, and has one child here at Nashua Catholic and another child at St. Christopher School. Hence, she understands and avidly supports Catholic education. Sue will assist Mr. Farris with our social media postings. Mr. Farris will be
teaching PE classes in addition to being the NC Athletic Director.
We all know that our resident artist extraordinaire, Mrs. Fessenden, will be having her baby this July. She has decided to stay part time at St. Christopher School after the birth of her child. We wish her many blessings and great joy in her future! We hope she will visit with the baby every now and then. I have hired Mrs. Marti Michael as the new art teacher. Mrs. Michael has shadowed with Mrs. Fessenden and has met many current 7th grade students. She holds a B.F.A in Design and is currently enrolled in a M.A. Art Education Program at the New Hampshire Institute of Art. Like Mrs. Forsyth, Marti is an
advocate of Catholic education. Her daughter is attending St. Catherine’s School in Manchester this fall.
Unfortunately, along with hailing our new community members, there are two farewells. Deacon Tom Cloutier and Coach Levesque will not be returning to Nashua Catholic next year. I am deeply saddened to lose any member of our community. I am most grateful for Deacon Cloutier’s and Coach Levesque’s years of service to Nashua Catholic. I wish these two gentlemen many blessings and best wishes in all
their future endeavors.
Next year our 8th graders will partake in a weekly engineering class, which will include some hands-on labs. This class will be an extension of the physical science curriculum.
Another great happening at our school will be the full matriculation of 15-20 students from our sister school, the Nanhu School, in China. This is the result of a two year planning process with a company called USA Top Education (UTE). In October of this year we had a 2 week pilot program where we welcomed 16 Chinese students to Nashua Catholic who were all housed by Nashua Catholic families. It was a positive cultural learning experience for all the students and our parent surveys fully supported the idea of moving forward with full matriculation. Next year, the Chinese students will be housed by UTE, so there is no need for hosting families. I had hoped to go to China this past April, but believe it or not, I was not able to acquire a Visa! However, I have now been approved and I plan to visit our sister school next spring. The Chinese parents will begin the admissions process with Nashua Catholic this summer. Wish us luck as we venture on this new journey!
Thanks again for choosing to send your students to Nashua Catholic. I wish you a relaxing and joyful summer. I hope to see many of you at our NC Golf Outing on July 30th! If not, I will see you in late August!
Peace,
Mrs. McFadden
