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The funeral mass for Sister Marheineke will take place on Saturday, August 24 in California. Here in St. Charles, in the home she loved so well, we will celebrate her life at a Memorial Mass in the Shrine of St. Philippine Duchesne on Saturday, September 14 at 10 a.m. All are invited to attend! Please spread the word among the Sacred Heart community and all whose lives she touched.
For further information, please call 636-946-5632.
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Our dear friend, teacher, sister and mother, Anna Mae Marheineke, RSCJ is finally fully and eternally embraced by the Love she was so drawn to in life. At 9:40 p.m. August 14, on the eve of the Feast of the Assumption, she went peacefully home to her God and to the Mother, Mary, that she loved so well. Plans for both her funeral mass in California and a memorial mass in St. Charles are pending.
The Class of 2013 Memory Books are in! The Alumni Association will be hosting a party to hand them out on Sunday, August 25 from 3-4 p.m. in the Alumni Arcade. For further information, call 636-946-5632.
We’re pleased to welcome 17 Sacred Heart students and two of their teachers from Fuji Seishin (Sacred Heart) School near the foot of Mount Fuji, Japan. The students are studying English in the morning and enjoying excursions to attractions in the St. Louis area. Their agenda includes a pool party, the Art Museum, Cardinal baseball, the Muny, shopping, a visit to Hannibal, line dancing and much more. This annual trip is organized by Mrs. Carol Pfitzinger, Shrine Director.
This will be a busy week at the Academy. In addition to welcoming summer campers to Bricks 4 Kidz, Showtime and math camps, we look forward to hosting almost 150 visitors from fellow Sacred Heart schools throughout the United States. Administrators arrive today for a spiritual leadership seminar. Other Sacred Heart faculty and staff members will be on campus Tuesday through Friday for the Network’s annual “Roots that Give Us Wings” conference. And on Wednesday, board members of AASH, the national association of alumnae and alumni of the Sacred Heart, will arrive for its annual board meeting.
What’s more, eight girls from this year’s graduating class will be taking part in our second ASH Ability Awareness Camp. They’ll be volunteering as junior counselors for children with special needs at Camp We Can Du, sponsored by DASA, the Disabled Athlete Sports Association. The ASH counselors will spend off-hours at the Academy, eating meals together and reflecting on their days at camp. This experience exemplifies Goal III of Sacred Heart Education—A Social Awareness Which Impels to Action.
We were delighted to welcome approximately 200 alumni and guests to the recent Alumni Congé Reunion. Special honor classes included graduates from 1953, 1963, 1973, 1988, 1993 and 2008. Read more…
The final day of school on May 24 featured the annual Closing Ceremony for Primary through Fourth Class students and the Prize Ceremony for Fifth through Seventh Class students. In a tradition begun by St. Philippine Duchesne in the summer of 1819, students receive recognition for character traits and academic accomplishments. Before dismissing the students, Sister Glavin encouraged them to read a little, rest a little, play a little and pray a little over the summer.
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Congratulations and thank you to the ASH student band for sharing what they’ve learned this year with the school community. All enjoyed the end-of-the-year band concert in Rauch Memorial Wednesday morning.
Cover photo: Band Director Mr. Frank Goessler with Eighth Class band members Alison, Ethan and Veronica
Congratulations to our 23 Seventh Class students who took the Duke T.I.P. ACT test alongside high school juniors and seniors last fall. The ACT test covered math, reading and science, and gave an overall composite score. All of the students did an outstanding job! Fifteen earned State recognition, eleven earned Academy for Summer School Eligibility, and four earned Center for Summer Studies Eligibility. For further information about the Duke Talent Identification Program, go to www.tip.duke.edu.
Given the weather predictions for scattered thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow, given that fields are already soggy, given that Sunday is predicted to be sunny (allowing for the fields to dry) and given that Monday is predicted to be partly sunny, the school administration and P.E. teachers have made the decision to postpone Field Day to our rain date, which is MONDAY, MAY 13.
All Field Day activities — the mass, the parade, the picnic, the events and the awards ceremony—will take place on Monday.
Tomorrow (Friday) we will have lunch in the cafeteria. (It will be Monday’s lunch menu). Please remember to send a lunch with your child on Monday if you will not be here to bring a lunch for the picnic.
The end-of-year band concert originally scheduled for Monday will be rescheduled. Watch for upcoming announcements.
What a fun evening we had at the Academy on Saturday, May 4! Our 39th annual Chemin de Fer auction was truly a G’Day Down Under. Four hundred and thirty guests were in high spirits imagining themselves in the Great Barrier Reef and the Australian outback—easy to do while surrounded by incredible, amazing and transformative decorations that covered nearly every square inch of Rauch Memorial and enhanced the Playroom and White Center.
Our yearly Chemin auctions have become memorable occasions—and not just for their ability to raise a good amount of money to supplement the school operating budget (though that is certainly their raison d’être). In addition to being the largest fundraiser of the year, Chemin provides the opportunity for hundreds of guests to enjoy an elegant dinner, visit with Academy parents and friends, and win exciting, one-of-a-kind auction prizes (puppies, quilts, trips, parties and more) within once-familiar spaces that are exciting, new and fun. All of the work necessary to put on these extravaganzas supports the larger work of Sacred Heart education here at the Academy of the Sacred Heart.
John and Melissa Gisi and Michael and Vanessa Fritsche were at the helm as we traveled to the Southern Hemisphere for Chemin 2013. Not only was it a G’Day, it was a good night, as well, for ASH. Final results will be announced in the weeks ahead.
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