We were pleased to be a sponsor of the 2017 Baby Kid Expo at the St. Charles Convention Center on Saturday, May 6. More than 3,500 people attended. The Academy’s booth featured fun zoo crafts and activities. View Baby Kid Expo photos here.
Academy archivist Theresa Grass and Sister Margaret Munch will present “The School on North Second Street: The Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Charles History” at the St. Charles County Historical Society’s quarterly luncheon meeting on Saturday, April 29, at Pio’s Restaurant, 403 First Capitol Drive. The program and lunch are open to the public; $17 if paid in advance; $20 at the door. Reservations requested by April 26. For more information or to register, click here.
Welcome Back and Happy Easter!
While we hope the children enjoyed one extra day of Easter break, the faculty and some of our staff members enjoyed being with 8,000 other Catholic educators from around the country who have descended upon St. Louis for the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) Annual Conference!
Academy faculty members surrounding the life-size Flat Philippine at the Shrine booth at the NCEA 2017 convention in St. Louis on Tuesday made for an engaging photo—so engaging that it was chosen as the NCEA Photo of the Day! Happily posing with our patron saint are, clockwise from left, Mrs. Brakensiek, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Strickland, Mrs. O’Connor, Mrs. Kaemmerlen and Mrs. Robin.
Academy faculty and staff members attended the first day of the convention, participating in the opening mass with 8,000+ other Catholic educators from around the country, hearing from leaders in break-out sessions, and perusing scores of booths in the grand hall of America’s Center. NCEA 2017—providing inspiration and affirming our Catholic identity. (Fun fact—the very first NCEA convention was held in St. Louis, in 1904.)
The Academy is closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday. In addition, there will be no classes on Tuesday, April 18, so that faculty and staff can attend the NCEA (National Catholic Educational Association) convention in St. Louis. Classes resume on Wednesday, April 19.
Sister Glavin recently received the exciting news that St. Philippine Duchesne has been elected to the St. Louis Walk of Fame! The induction event will take place on Friday, June 23, the Feast of the Sacred Heart, at 11:30 a.m. at her star and plaque, 6241 Delmar in The Loop. A ragtime band will play before and after the star and plaque are unveiled. All are welcome to attend.
What a fun and engaging event to add to the slate of bicentennial activities getting underway this summer!
Today some of our Middle School students led a traditional Holy Week devotion, the Stations of the Cross, which commemorate our Lord’s Passion and Death. Sixth Class students led the morning Stations of the Cross, and Fifth Class students the afternoon’s. Classes 1–8 were invited to attend.
The hallways have been unusually quiet this week as many of our students have been engaged in taking some standardized assessments each morning.
We use the ERB (Educational Records Bureau) for student assessments in grades 3–7. The reason we use the ERB is because, in our experience and estimation, they are:
Congratulations to Rishi Tarapareddy, Fifth Class, who competed in the finals of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Spelling Bee on Saturday, March 18. Rishi was out in the fifth round with the word “roturier,” and the winner was declared in the seventh round. Great job, Rishi!
[St. Louis Post-Dispatch photo]
Our school Spelling Bee champion, Rishi Tarapareddy, has qualified to compete in the oral bee at McKendree University on Saturday, March 19. Congrats to Rishi, and best of luck to him in this next level of competition! Find his name in this list of finalists.
