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

• Rauch Memorial doors open at 6:30 p.m.  ―  Children should arrive by 7:10 p.m.
• Grandparents may attend the Middle School Dress Rehearsal on Thursday, December 8 at 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 10 at 2 p.m. for Lower School Classes P–4

• Rauch Memorial doors open at 1 p.m.  ―  Children should arrive by 1:40 p.m.
• Grandparents may attend the Lower School Dress Rehearsal on Friday, December 9 at 8:30 a.m.

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.

1. Upon arrival, adults should take their seats in Rauch Memorial and all children should proceed, unescorted, to their assigned classrooms.
2. If it is necessary to bring very young children to the performances, please consider the enjoyment of those around you.
3. While parents enjoy refreshments in the White Center following the performance, P–7 students will enjoy cookies in classrooms, where they will remain until called for by their parents. Recognizing their position in the school, we invite Eighth Class students to attend the tea with their parents.

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.

October is one of two months when we consciously and more overtly honor Mary, the mother of Jesus. At every Sacred Heart school throughout the world, we have a special name, representation and celebration of Mary. We know her, represent her and celebrate her under the title of Mater Admirabilis.