Class of - Eastside Catholic School

Message froM the President
Dear Eastside Catholic Community,
In the seven years since our family moved to Washington to join the Eastside Catholic community, I’ve often
told the story about what I said to Amy after being interviewed for the position I now hold. I told her I had
just met a group of people that I would be comfortable leaving our children with if the need ever arose.
What I didn’t realize then was the many other ways in which I would come to rely on the Eastside Catholic
community.
When John McMullan read the poem “The Bridge Builder” by Will
Allen Dromgoole at a student assembly in August, I thought about
all the ways in which we, as a community, have acted as bridge
builders for each other. One of the lines in the poem says, “You
are wasting your strength with building here; your journey will end
with the ending day … ” As we have moved ever forward on the
building of our own home, there have been times when it might
have been tempting to become discouraged; when a particular
challenge seemed insurmountable. Yet when those moments have
come our way, someone within the Eastside Catholic community
has been there to “build a bridge” – an encouraging word, a stretch
gift or a willingness to lend a helping hand -- that has gotten us over
that particular hurdle and toward that school on the hill we have
envisioned for so long. Every time a student stops by to ask my help
with an essay for a college application, I am reminded again of the
reason we are here, and the amazing and talented servant leaders
we are sending out into the world. This is the reason I came to
Eastside Catholic, and this is the reason we are building a home for
these and future students.
We have built tremendous momentum during this race to the finish
line. Now, through the generosity of an anonymous donor, we have
the opportunity to take our Campaign over the top, enabling us to
achieve even more than we had anticipated. I would like to ask each
of you to come together as a community to give 100% to this
amazing effort. Let’s decide not just to “reach” our goal, but to
surpass it, because that is, and always has been, what we do as a
family. My heartfelt thanks to each of you: our families, our friends, our Board of Trustees, our faculty and staff
and most assuredly our amazing students – for being our bridges to a bright future – one that God has
blessed at every step of our journey.
God bless you,
Jim Kubacki
President
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