Parents, you can register for your upcoming Parent-Teacher conferences (PP & P) or Student-Led Conferences (1–8) any time between 9 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 and 12 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 19, 2016.  Click here to register. The PT Conference Maker system supports all current web browsers including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari.

Each First Friday of the month, the Society of the Sacred Heart sends an email prepared by an RSCJ, colleague or friend of the Society, with a reflection on the meaning of the Sacred Heart in our lives today. https://rscj.org/first-friday-reflection-febrary-2016

…and How to Back Up our Words with Actions”  This will be the topic of a 7 p.m. presentation on Thursday, Feb. 18 by Amy Maus, MSW, LCSW, of West County Psychological Associates. All Academy parents—and anyone else who may be interested—are invited to attend. The presentation will be especially helpful for 4th-8th Class parents.

One of our young alums, Jessica Medley, Class of 2008, passed away on Saturday. The wake will take place Wednesday, Feb. 3 at Baue Funeral Home, Cave Springs, and the funeral on Thursday, Feb. 4 at St. Cletus Catholic Church. We continue to lift up in prayer her parents, Douglas and Mary, and brother, Blake, Class of 2012. View obituary.

Academy student artwork will be on display Feb. 21 through March 6 in the Baue Family Art Gallery at the Foundry Art Centre (our neighbor down the hill at 520 North Main).  On Sunday, March 6, there will be a reception with punch and cookies from 1–3 p.m., after which exhibitors may take their artwork home. Plan to visit the exhibit!

All are invited to the second presentation in this year’s Sacred Heart Spirituality and Education Speakers Series at Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School on Friday, Feb. 5. Sister Donna Collins, RSCJ, principal at Villa Duchesne and board member at Sheridan Road, Chicago, will present “Madeleine Sophie Barat: Educating through Relationships Old and New.”  Doors open at 9:30 a.m. and presentation begins at 9:45 a.m. READ MORE

Join Red Robin’s “Burgers for Better Schools” program Jan. 25 through Feb. 7, and they’ll donate 5% of your bill to Academy of the Sacred Heart, once you’ve confirmed ASH as your designated school.

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The Fine Print

EarthWorks, ASH’s campus sustainability club, is partnering with Spectrum Ecycle to host an electronics recycling drive at ASH on Saturday, January 23 from 9 a.m. to noon. All electronics collected will be refurbished, dismantled and combined with other parts for reuse, or recycled in a safe way to keep materials out of landfills. There is a $10 charge for each old television/computer monitor; all other items are taken at no cost. Please do not bring light bulbs, batteries, smoke detectors, or other appliances. READ MORE. 

If you have questions, please visit Spectrum Ecycle, call (314)428-0777, or email Pam Walsh.

Thank you for your help in making the world a cleaner place!

Educating with love has been the mission of the Academy of the Sacred Heart for nearly 200 years! St. Philippine Duchesne’s school, begun by the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1818, continues to be a second home for children in Pre-K through 8th grades.

If you’d like to learn more about the Academy of the Sacred Heart, join us for our Winter Open House on Thursday, Jan. 21 at 9 a.m. Presentations by Sister Glavin and Mrs. Renken will be followed by student-led tours of the school, with time for questions afterward. We’d love to meet you! Contact Admissions Director Lisa Tebbe, 636-946-6127, ext. 1620.

Provide the gift of warmth this holiday season! With cold weather setting in, the Social Justice committee is collecting coats, hats, gloves, blankets, scarves and mittens for a group called Helping Hands for the Holidays. This collection will benefit those in need in the St. Charles community. Ends December 8.