Primary students celebrated during their recent field trip to the Botanical Gardens.

Our trip across the pond to Ireland is quickly approaching! There’s still time to get tickets for our 40th annual Chemin de Fer auction on Saturday, May 3, 2014.

Our Oral Auction prizes include a Forest Park Balloon Glow romantic getaway weekend… One Direction tickets … a trip to the Emerald Isle itself … Notre Dame vs. University of Michigan football tickets … AKC-registered yellow lab puppy … and a GameTime mobile birthday party. These and lots more one-of-a-kind items await on May 3! [Click here for photos.]

Four fun parties are planned, and you can sign up at Chemin: 

1. the Hospitality Committee’s “Cocktails and Canvas” for 40,
2. a pool party and lunch for 15,
3. a wreath-making workshop by Mary Tuttle’s for 15, and
4. a Dierberg’s cooking class for 24.

Does your student love to be out of uniform? Sign him or her up to be casual for a week in November!

What would you do with $10,000? ASH 500 tantalizes with possibilities of that dream-come-true. There’s still time to buy a ticket—not only for ASH 500, but for the Tuition Key drawing, and the Chemin student raffle for a MacBook Pro, an iPad and an iTouch. Maybe you’ll have the luck o’ the Irish that night!

Don’t be left out on Saturday, May 3! To volunteer, to donate, or to attend, call 636-946-5632.

In honor of Earth Day on April 22, we point to Criteria 5 of Goal III of Sacred Heart Education: “The school teaches respect for creation and prepares students to be stewards of the earth’s resources.” We join all who recognize and support Earth Day—first celebrated in 1970—in our commitment to respect, enjoy, and protect the environment.

Stagestruck presented its final production of the 2013–2014 school year this past weekend with two performances of “Peter Panic.” The zany cast consisted of boys and girls from Fourth–Eighth Classes.

This was the last time we’ll see two of our eighth graders, Andrew and Matthew, on the ASH stage. They’ve entertained us since fourth grade in numerous Stagestruck plays with an array of characters, costumes and antics!
 

Sixth and Third Class students recently bagged lunches for the Salvation Army and St. Vincent de Paul. Feeding God’s People is the Sixth Class emphasis for Goal 3 of Sacred Heart education—a social awareness which impels to action.

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The Fifth Class Girl Scout Troop selected Mt. Carmel as the beneficiary for this year’s cookie drive.  The troop donated 88 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to the residents and staff.

The Osage Nation of Oklahoma, stewards of the land that was St. Louis prior to the founding of the City, held an Osage Mass at St. Francis Xavier College Church (a Jesuit parish) on the campus of St. Louis University April 2. Fr. John Padberg, S.J. concelebrated with Fr. Todd Nance (Osage) and Fr. Christopher Daigle (pastor of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Pawhuska). Sister Glavin, Dr. Stock and Eighth Class Student Council members Katelyn Kirtley, Madeleine Schrick, Gunnar Himich and Barclay Dale attended the mass celebrating the connections the Osage have with the St. Louis region and with the Society of Jesus, the Sisters of Loretto, and the Religious Sisters of the Sacred Heart—all of whom had schools for the Osage.

The 250th birthday of the City of St. Louis is being celebrated in various ways, one of which is the placement of 250 4′ fiberglass cakes at notable locations throughout the metro area. The Shrine was among the top 50 places named by voters; 200 others were designated by the STL250 Committee. The cakes will be in place for the remainder of 2014.

A little bit o’ heaven lies in store for guests at our Chemin de Fer auction on Saturday, May 3, when we’ll travel to lovely Ireland. Don’t miss this opportunity to win fantastic prizes, enjoy a bountiful sit-down dinner and visit with ASH friends amid the splendor of the bucolic Irish countryside—all while supporting the school o’ our hearts, the Academy of the Sacred Heart.  Read more…

To better understand the challenges of those who are economically disadvantaged, the Sixth Class recently took part in an organized Poverty Simulation exercise. Each student and adult volunteer was given an identity, and traveled to various social agencies set up throughout the White Center to help them. Whether it was trying to find a job or applying for assistance, the process was fraught with complicated forms, long lines, confusion and red tape. This experience was designed to help students learn about the needs and daily frustrations of the poor—the particular emphasis for Sixth Class in understanding Goal 3, A Social Awareness Which Impels to Action.

VIEW PHOTOS of the Poverty Simulation exercise.

I am glory and it is

to glory I shall return;

to home, to you,

unmistakable love.

I live in that strength;

I walk with that courage

into the unknown precarious

what lies ahead.

Because it is you

who draws me out and draws me onward,

toward boldness of being

and greatness of heart.

Kimberly M. King, rscj