2008-2009 Parent Updates - Sacred Heart Cathedral School

Sacred Heart Cathedral SchoolMarch2009PARENT UPDATECALENDAR OF EVENTSINSIDE:SCIENCE FAIR ● PICTURES! ● FIESTA ● SHCS BASKETBALLMarch 11-133rd Grade Trip toWesley WoodsMarch 11Stations of the Cross;2pm; Grades 6-8March 13Grades 4-8 go to TNChildren’s DanceEnsembleMarch 16-25IOWA TestingMarch 19EARLY DISMISSAL12:00/12:15pmBishop Stika Ordination,2:30pm at KnoxvilleConvention CenterMarch 23Out of UniformLifetouch Spring picturesMarch 24EARLY DISMISSAL1:00/1:15pmMarch 25-264th and 5th GradeScience FairMarch 27Annual Talent Show,9-11am Elementary/1-3pm Middle SchoolMarch 30Kindergarten tripto play at KnoxvilleCivic AuditoriumMarch 31Scholastic Book FairFamily Night 5:30-7:30pmFrom the Principal...Dear SHCS Parents:Every year, as we prepare for Lent, I ask my own children what they plan to dofor their Lenten promise. Inevitably, our discussion centers around the thingsthat we are going to give up such as; sweet tea, Nintendo games, chocolate, andother such things. I try to bring the focus back on our actions and the reasons wemake Lenten promises. This also forces me to look at my own actions and I amreminded of the saying, “Children do what we do rather than what we say”. So,every Lent is a new opportunity to try to teach my children, and myself, how tobecome less self-absorbed. One of the favorite things we have done throughoutthe years is to place the rice bowl on the table and have a simple Haitian meal toremind us that there are people who go to bed hungry every night. I hope thateach of you will participate with some Lenten actions that may become traditionsin your own home in order to continue to help educate our children about thesocial teachings of the church.On another note, I would like to encourage all of our families to attend theordination of Bishop-elect Richard Stika on March 19. This will be a historicaland blessed occasion for the Diocese of Knoxville and a wonderful opportunityfor our children to witness.Finally, I want to remind you that the Iowa Test of Basic Achievement will beconducted March 16 to March 25. Please make sure your children are in schooland on time to take these tests. If the children are late, we will not be interruptingthe class during the testing time. Therefore, your son or daughter, will missthat test and we cannot promise that we will be able to make it up with them.Between now and then, I would encourage reading with and to your child eachevening as well as practicing mathematical facts such as subtraction, addition,multiplication and division.Thank you, for your cooperation, and I pray that you continue to have a prayerfulLent.In Christ’s Love,Sedonna J. PraterPrincipal