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Philippine Reflections

November 14, 2013

Head of School Sister Maureen Glavin reflects on the life of our foundress, St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, whose Feast Day we’ll celebrate on Monday, November 18.  CLICK HERE

Soccer Practice Canceled

November 6, 2013

Because of the weather, all soccer practices on Wednesday, Nov. 6 have been canceled.

Stagestruck: It Was a Howl

November 6, 2013

Recently,  the Stagestruck cast presented” It’s a Howl” to an audience of family and friends in Cribbin Hall. They were quite a success, according to the reviews! Their next Stagestruck performance will be in the spring. All Fourth–Eighth Class students are welcome to participate.
 

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Janet Erskine Stuart: An Historical Approximation

October 22, 2013

 JESsmallAs a way of contributing to the centenary celebration of the death of Janet Erskine Stuart, RSCJ, the 2013-2014 Sacred Heart Spirituality Series at Villa Duchesne will be subtitled “The Stuart Conferences” and devoted to important aspects of and insights into Mother Stuart’s life, teaching, profound thinking and spiritual journey. The first presentation, “Janet Erskine Stuart: An Historical Approximation,” will be given by Kathleen Hughes, RSCJ on Friday, November 1. Sister Hughes will offer an introduction to Janet Erskine Stuart’s life (1857–1914) in the context of the 19th century world and church and will suggest a few intriguing truths about this amazing educational and spiritual leader.

Sacramental theologian and former President of the North American Academy of Liturgy, Kathleen Hughes, RSCJ, is a teacher, speaker and writer. For 19 years, Sister Hughes was Professor of Word and Worship at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, where she also served a term as Academic Dean. Sister left CTU to become Provincial of the Society of the Sacred Heart in the United States, and led the order for six years. She is now occupied with issues of spirituality and prayer and the retrieval and reinterpretation of traditional wisdom and practice for contemporary life.

Presentations in the Sacred Heart Spirituality Series are held in the Parlor Dining Room at Villa Duchesne, 801 S. Spoede Road, on the First Fridays of November, February and March.

  • 9:30 a.m. Coffee and Gouter
  • 9:45 a.m. Prayer and Presentation
  • 11:00 – 11:15 a.m. Closing Prayer

Click here for further information.

Regular Daily Uniforms

October 10, 2013

Beginning Tuesday, Oct. 15, students must wear their regular daily uniform (no shorts). For uniform guidelines, please refer to the Parent Handbook or the Parent Portal. Warm weather uniform may be worn again in the spring.

Educating Educators and Parents

October 3, 2013

If you read my Thursday Mail letters faithfully (and perhaps have been doing so for a few years) you may recall the names of a few books which I have loved. One about which I was effusive a few years ago, is Mindset by Carol Dweck. I know that some of you have read it because it was originally suggested to me by a parent. You might even recall that we chose the book for faculty summer reading a few years ago. Well, what is happening in the world of education is that the ideas in great books such as these are being distilled and disseminated in journal articles and at conferences – educating educators and parents to the same ideas.

Why am I telling you this? I am doing so because, as a happy consequence of all this distillation and dissemination, much of this helpful information is now easily accessible for all of us who perhaps might not have time to read the books that are out there!

With this in mind, as we find articles and resources we love, we will be putting them on the Parent Portal. When you go to the Parent Portal, scroll down and you will see parent resources on the bottom right hand portion of the page.

We have just added three more opportune reads:

True Grit
by Jennifer L. W. Fink
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/true-grit-0

Handle with Care: A Conversation with Maya Angelou
by Amy M. Azzam
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept13/vol71/num01/Handle-with-Care@-A-Conversation-with-Maya-Angelou.aspx

Parenting Your Strong-Willed Child
by Dr. Laura Markham
http://www.ahaparenting.com/parenting-tools/positive-discipline/Parenting-Strong-Willed-Child

We each will take something different away from these resources because we all have different starting points. I especially loved the first one! My big take-away: Praise Actions, Not Traits.

“Give praise for efforts, strategies, focus, and perseverance,” Ms. Fink says. “This kind of praise focuses kids on the processes they engaged in to be successful.” It also encourages the kinds of behavior that are correlated with true success.

Regardless of my ‘starting point,’ let me reiterate my big message for today: None of us was provided instruction booklets when God gifted us with our beautiful children. Yet, it is true that task of raising these children is probably the most important and sacred task we will be given in our entire lives. So, it behooves us to support each other with our communication, collaboration, and sharing of resources with open hearts and minds as we all continue to do our best raising these children – children whom we hope will become reflective of God’s Goodness and Grace in the legacy of their future lives and loves,

Maureen Glavin, rscj