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As we head towards Spring Break and Holy Week, a lot is going on here at STS!
You should have all received the email about the opportunity to tell us about your child to help the process of placing students in homerooms for the upcoming 2024-25 school year. Feedback is due by Friday, April 5. We really appreciate these comments and they do help us make great learning placements for your child. Your child will receive his/her 2024-25 placement on Friday, May 24 and your child will meet his/her new teacher on Moving Up Day, Wednesday, May 29.
During the past few weeks we have had the privilege of hosting teachers in training who come to observe in our classrooms. These young people are preservice teachers, working towards their degree in education and their teaching license. It is a privilege to be a part of their training and to get their feedback on what they are seeing and learning in our classrooms comparing it with what they are being taught in their coursework. We love having these preservice teachers and introduce them to teaching as well as to the world of compliance - all observers in our classrooms follow all compliance guidelines, are approved prior to their visit, and have a specific stated purpose related to their coursework.
We also had the privilege of meeting with a group of alums from the Class of 2023 who gave us their feedback on their freshman year experience and how St. Theresa School prepared them for high school. We were excited to see this group of young people and hear how well they are doing in high school. They offered us valuable insight into our middle school programming and we look forward to incorporating what we garnered into our instruction next year.
Last weekend a group of our teachers spent the weekend at Notre Dame University at a math conference sponsored by the University’s ACE program. The teachers heard from speakers about math instruction at the elementary level and to talk with other teachers about resources, instruction, and effective ways to engage their students in math. We will be using what they learned and accessing the connections they made to continue our study of our current math program and how we can better prepare our students to excel in math and the related fields in high school.
Student Council has focused their Lenten activities on service, specifically on the Little Sisters of the Poor at St. Joseph’s Home for the Elderly right across the street from us. The service committee collected candy for the residents’ Easter Baskets and a group of 6th graders are celebrating the Feast of St. Joseph on Tuesday in grand style with a dress up day and Italian Ice. Students can bring $2 (or more!) to celebrate the feast day in red and enjoy Italian Ice at lunch. All proceeds from this event will go to St. Joseph’s. But let’s not forget St. Patrick - this Friday is a Student Council “green out” dress down day with a special assembly from the Trinity Dancers at 12:30 in the gym.
As Lent comes to a close, next Friday, March 22, we will pray the Stations of the Cross with our K-8th grade students at 12:30 in the church. All parents are invited to come and start both Spring Break and Holy Week in prayer with the children. School will close for Spring Break on Friday – just a reminder, there is no STEP or after school activities on Friday, March 22.
We invite you to participate in the sacred Easter Triduum here at St. Theresa Parish. Participating in some or all of these times of prayer are a perfect way to accompany Our Lord this Holy Week and prepare our hearts for Easter. There are many options for prayer during these three great days, and to rejoice on Easter with the Resurrection of Our Lord!
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