Ten of our Seventh and Eighth Class students will be taking part in service projects this summer in Michigan, Florida, New Jersey and New York. These opportunities, organized by the Network of Sacred Heart Schools, offers Sacred Heart students nationwide opportunities for growth. Read more.
Parents, we experienced some difficulties in the delivery of Thursday Mail yesterday. If you have not received a copy in your email, you can view it on the Thursday Mail page of the parent portal.
The final results of the CYC Ken Biermann Memorial Track Meet have been posted to the CYC site. CLICK HERE
I often talk about the essence of an Academy education. It is founded on a strong academic program steeped in a place where love of learning and solid study skills are part-and-parcel of the program! However, an Academy education is not limited to that.
This education is enhanced by the constant messaging which is rooted in the theology and spirituality of the Sacred Heart. Such messaging does not reside in any one person nor in any one grade level nor in any one peak experience. Rather, it is the background which is also the core, the foundation and follow-up of everything we do.
And that message is this:
Helping our children know themselves as loved and calling them to BE the face of Love to others is a journey which takes a lifetime. This power-packed message helps our children to develop the gifts that they have. It helps them to accept that they don’t have to have every gift … it helps them allow others to have different gifts (with appreciation) … it helps them to accept their own struggles (with self-acceptance) … it helps them to accept others’ struggles (with understanding) … and it provides a foundation for a life of personal character and integrity!
This is our goal, our hope, and our aspiration. Last Saturday, as we launched our Eighth Class students into some of the best high schools in the St. Louis area, we launched some self-aware and well-formed individuals of whom we are proud!
Thank you for being a part of the journey this year. May your summer be filled with God’s Goodness and Grace! As I say to the children, I hope you get some time to rest a little, read a little, play a little and pray a little.
Blessings and Gratitude,
Maureen Glavin, rscj
Happy graduation day to the Academy Graduating Class of 2015! Liturgy at 10 a.m. at St. Charles Borromeo will be followed by a final prayer as a class in the Shrine of St. Philippine Duchesne and a reception at 11:30 a.m. in the Shrine garden.
It was a beautiful day at the Academy for our May crowning, followed by Maypole with our soon-to-be graduates accompanied by Second Class girls. Just one day left as Academy students for the Class of 2015!
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If parents are happy to celebrate the honors that their children have earned during this season of commencements, just imagine how thrilled we are at the Academy, as bits and pieces of those accolade stories come drifting back to the place where education began for so many high school seniors. This year we find ourselves inundated by the good news of year-end awards that have been heaped upon our Class of 2011—now the Class of 2015.
Congratulations to the ASH track and field team for winning first place overall in the CYC Ken Biermann Memorial Track Meet last Saturday. Individual team finishes included: 1st place, 11 & 12 Girls division; 2nd place, 7 & 8 Boys division; and 3rd place, 13 & 14 Girls division.
Coach Jonathan Gonzalez said, “I am so proud of all the boys and girls. They performed wonderfully and were exemplary representatives of the Academy of the Sacred Heart. I feel truly blessed to have coached all of them. On behalf of the entire coaching staff (myself, Julie Werton, Jennifer Sterkel, Jennifer Lechner and Brittany Tyree), thank you!”
Great job, 2015 Academy track team!
As I am sure you are aware, May has a unique feel at the Academy! Field Day, Mission Day, May Crowning and Maypole, the Eighth Class Graduation Dinner, Prize Day Ceremony and Graduation Ceremony, and Closing Ceremonies are among the events which contribute to this month’s mix of faith, tradition, joy and celebration of love and learning with our students!
Through these events, the children are provided the opportunity to progress in some aspect of their development, are able to demonstrate their growth through engagement in the experiences/activities, and have occasions to be acknowledged and honored for their progress, maturation and achievements.
While parents are invited to some of our May events, one set of culminating moments in which Mrs. Renken and I are alone privileged to participate, are our Eighth Class end-of-year conversations. During these conversations, Mrs. Renken and I come to see, hear and experience the fruit of many years of Academy formation. The manner with which our soon-to-be graduates engage in the conversation, their self-awareness, the care with which they converse, the quality of their insights and the thoughtfulness with which they participate, all point to the quality of their very persons. Having begun these conversations this week, I am confident that we are launching our graduates well prepared to continue their journey of growth—a journey which, in every aspect of their being (spiritual, intellectual, emotional, social and relational), will be a lifelong endeavor.
Let us continue to relish and enjoy these culminating May moments as we continue to pray for our children, that their journeys bring them to the point of being whole, happy, wholesome, courageous, confident and holy human beings!
I remain united to you in this common aspiration,
Maureen Glavin, rscj
Another end-of-the-school-year event took place this afternoon—the Spring Band Concert. The school community gathered in Rauch Memorial to enjoy songs played by both the Beginner and Advanced school bands. Thanks to members of the ASH band and to Mr. Frank Goessler, band director, for sending us home with a song in our hearts.
THANK YOU to all who have helped the capital campaign surpass $2.25 million. We have reached 75% of our goal! Join us in the final push toward the finish line, and help write the next chapter at ASH.
Click here to read an important 2015 Update on the capital campaign.
