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Congratulations to Mrs. Marcia Renken, who was named Best Principal in the 2016 Best of St. Charles Readers’ Poll. Category winners were announced and celebrated last night at a gala event at the Foundry Arts Centre. Winners are featured in today’s St. Charles Suburban Journal and will be shown in Friday’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
It was a heartwarming moment for our RSCJ when two ASH graduates were recognized in the 2016 “Stories of Our St. Louis Sisters” essay contest. Matilda “Tilly” Glascock, a sophomore at Cor Jesu (shown at right in photo), won for her essay about Sister Maureen Glavin. Jessica Skinker, a senior at Incarnate Word Academy, won for her essay about Sister Margaret Munch. Sister Glavin attended the awards ceremony at Incarnate Word, at which five of the winning essays were read aloud. Essays were judged by women religious.
In its fourth year, “Stories of Our St. Louis Sisters” is sponsored by the Incarnate Word Foundation and supported by the Catholic Education Office. It seeks to celebrate the contributions of women religious in the Archdiocese.
Congratulations to Tilly and Jessica! CLICK HERE to read their winning essays.
Anticipation is building for our upcoming Silver Tea performances! The children are preparing a very special holiday gift for their loved ones. Dates and times of this year’s performances are:
Friday, December 9 at 7:30 p.m. for Middle School Classes 5–8
Saturday, December 10 at 2 p.m. for Lower School Classes P–4
PRE-PRIMARY FAMILIES will celebrate their Silver Tea in Cribbin Hall on Monday, December 12 at 10 a.m. Grandparents are most welcome.
PLEASE HELP US make the Silver Teas joyful celebrations for our children and their guests.
Fourth Class students recently demonstrated a selfless, giving Christmas spirit by volunteering at Santa’s Helper’s. As a class they wrapped presents, stuffed stockings, decorated boxes and made candy bags—just to name a few. Ms. Rita and her helpers genuinely appreciated the assistance from our Fourth Class friends! This is an annual service project undertaken by the Fourth Class.
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Sixth Class students portrayed the people who were influential in St. Philippine Duchesne’s life. Two performances of the annual Sixth Class play were given this morning in Cribbin Hall for students in Classes 3–8.
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Are you or any of your family or friends curious about Sacred Heart education? All are invited to join us on Thursday, Nov. 17 for our Admissions Open House. A 9 a.m. presentation by Head of School Sister Maureen Glavin and Principal Mrs. Marcia Renken will be followed by a guided campus tour with Seventh and Eighth Class Student Ambassadors. Afterward, there’ll be time to talk with staff and ask questions. To reserve a place, go to ash1818.org/openhouse or contact Admissions Director Lisa Tebbe at admissions@ash1818.org or 636-946-6127, ext. 1620. Hope to see you there!
On Friday, Nov. 18, the Academy will celebrate the Feast Day of our foundress, St. Rose Philippine Duchesne. In anticipation of the feast, Sixth Class students will present their annual play about Philippine’s life on Wednesday, Nov. 16, in Cribbin Hall (9 and 9:40 a.m. performances).
Our Fourth Class recently learned first-hand how the American election process works. Late last week, each student nominated a candidate for president from novels that he or she had already read this year. They each created a “Candidate Fact Sheet” explaining why their candidate should be chosen for president. The class narrowed it down to the top three candidates: Meriwether Lewis, Sacagawea and Seaman.
Yesterday, for our All Saints Liturgy, Third Class students dressed as the saints they’ve been studying. Their examples inspire us!
With over 1,800 ballots cast in the “straw” poll of scarecrows in Main Street’s Legends & Lanterns, our Seventh Class girls’ (Barat team) entry, Pikachu, won honorable mention! (For the uninitiated, Pikachu is a short, chubby rodent Pokémon.) Read more.
Take a new Ford for a spin and help us earn up to $8,000! Take a test drive at ASH between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11, and the Academy will receive a donation from Ford as part of their Drive 4UR School program. If we have 300 test drives of one of the two cars, Ford will donate $6,000 to the Academy! If 200 of those 300 test drivers test drive a second vehicle, Ford will donate an additional $2,000! [A unique mailing address and email address is required for each test driver.] Feel free to invite grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors or cousins who might be available on that day.
Our thanks to Pundmann Ford for partnering with us. Please direct questions to Mary Maher, Development Director, at mmaher@ash1818.org or 636-946-6127, ext. 1601.
