Creating a Positive Culture

Great Life of
Pre-K Students

Everyone who attended 8:30 Mass this morning had the privilege of listening to the parish youth choir led by our very own kindergarten teacher, Tricia Cooper. About half of the youth choir members are St. Ann students. I would love to see more of the St. Ann students participate in the parish youth choir, but I know it is hard for them to participate in two different choirs since the school choir has over 60 members. The school choir performs at Mass every Thursday morning. 5th-8th grade school choir members practice 5-days a week. Ryan Cooper, the school's choir teacher, does a great job of leading the school choir. I want very much so for our school choir to sing at a Sunday Mass. Wouldn't it be cool to see and hear 60 St. Ann choir members at Mass. I think the parishioners would greatly appreciate the school choir singing at Mass.

4th Grade STREAM

The St. Ann girls' volleyball team ended their season this weekend with a 7-3 record. They placed 4th out of 10 teams in their league. The girls had an incredible season. According to Coach Jennifer Podesta, the girls came to practice ready to learn, and came to the games ready to win. I believe they started the season losing the first two matches before winning six matches in a row.  The entire team was brand new to volleyball, and they all ended the season loving the sport. With such success and being led by outstanding, dedicated coaches, I'm hoping a lot more of our girls participate in volleyball next season. It would be great if we had several teams participating in volleyball. Congratulations to the girls, Coach Podesta, and Coach Jessica Orban. Thank you for doing such an awesome job of representing St. Ann.

Drew Battle's 1st Out of Town
Soccer Tournament- Birmingham, AL

Thanks to Lt. Justin McNeely and the Bartlett Fire Department, our faculty and staff are certified in CPR.  For our E-Care and Pre-K staff, this was a re-certification.  For the rest of us, it was a certification. This is a 2-year certification. Next, we will set up a 1st aid training class for our staff for anyone interested. For those working with Pre-K students, this is a requirement. For everyone else, it is just suggested. Thanks to Captain Steve Sones of the Bartlett Police Department for helping to set up this training.

6th Grade Science Class

Our administration is working with staff members and Home & School representatives to review the uniform policy. We would like to streamline/simplify the uniforms policy and hopefully help families save some money. We should have a finalized new uniform policy this week. We are still getting input from staff and Home & School.

John Baum, our band director, is hoping to take the band to a band competition in St. Louis in April. The choir might be a part of this competition as well. We are working on the plans to make this happen.

With Abe Abuelouf at the
Bluff City Wing Fest

As an administrator, I highly encourage these types of activities. I believe these activities can be more educational than classroom teaching and learning, and develop a life-time of positive memories. I want St. Ann to be a place our students want to be every day as opposed to being a place they would rather not be. I want to develop positive student experiences so students look forward to seeing their classmates, learning in collaboration with their teachers, and developing great memories for when they graduate from St. Ann. Students should not dread coming to school. We need to create a school atmosphere and culture that students want to be a part of.

Support St. Ann Catholic School

In next week's blog, I hope to expand on some items we would like to purchase for each classroom. As with everything, I'm going to ask for people to step up and purchase these items for the classrooms. We aren't talking about a lot of money. We are talking about $50 for each item for the classrooms. More information to come.  Contact me if you would like to learn about these items before next week. If you can help us, please do help. I invite you to help. didier.aur@sascolts.org.

God bless you,
Didier Aur, principal
St. Ann Catholic School

EE, CPR, 1st Aid, Advanc-ED, and De La Salle

I wrote my first blog in 2011 when I was the president of Helias Catholic High School in Jefferson City, MO. That first blog was on St. John Baptist de La Salle's 3rd guideline in his Meditations for the Time of Retreat, which stated: "That those who teach the young are cooperators with Jesus Christ in the salvation of souls." That blog explains why I believe in Catholic education. Seven years later, I feel even stronger about our role as Catholic School educators. If you get a chance, Click on the link below to read that blog.
http://didieraur.blogspot.com/2011/07/catholic-education-de-la-salle-style.html

St. John Baptist de La Salle

Back then, my blog wasn't a weekly blog. I would write when there was something I felt like sharing. Also back then, the blog got 12-35 hits. That number has been increasing as I've published more blogs. Now, my blog is weekly, and averages about 1,200 hits. The purpose of this blog is to create a positive culture of transparency while generating support for St. Ann Catholic School and my students.

Writing a weekly blog isn't easy. I don't develop an outline with the main points. I don't create a first draft, rewrite, second draft, rewrite... I just think about those things you should know about what's happening at St. Ann, and I start writing. When I'm finished writing, my wife reads it over to help find mistakes. Kelley also lets me know if what I'm writing makes sense. I definitely cannot proof read my own writing. We aren't English majors. We just do the best we can on the editing part. When she gives me two thumbs up, I hit the publish button.

New Fences
Campus Beautification

All that to say that I hope you find this blog informative. I hope it gives you a sense of ownership as to what's happening at St. Ann. I also hope that my students are reading the blogs, and it creates in them a desire to start writing a blog. You don't have to be a certain age or in a certain grade to create a blog. If you feel you have something worthwhile or interesting to share, start your own blog. I highly recommend it.

I'm excited about the great things going on at St. Ann. The Extracurricular Exploration (EE) classes have been a hit. The 3rd session of EE classes begins October 10th. Ideas for EE classes keep coming. I believe Mrs. Griffith is going back to the robotics class and combine it with the Robotics Club. The Robotics Club could start during the EE time and continue after-school. This is something she is working on.

I also want to try something new with EE. Our students are bright and creative. Are there classes they could actually teach if we have adults to help supervise? Yes, we do have classes they could teach. Just for starters, Ruby Langford can teach a sewing class and Michaela Crews can teach a baking class. When I mentioned this idea to them, they were super-excited about the possibility. Let's find a way to make it happen.

The girls self-defense class has been a hit. Like to take this a step further and include the boys. Tracy Angotti wants to add a dance class to EE. Maybe we can alternate between dance and self-defense just like the A and B day schedule. We could have the dance class on A days and Anime on B days. That's another possibility.

Our development committee is growing with the addition of Sr. Connie Tarallo. The committee continues to meet every Thursday at 4:00. Our alumni database continues to grow. We are hearing from more and more alumni. The plan for the Fat Tuesday Alumni Party is materializing. We have lots of ideas brewing. But, we are not going to do anything until after the St. Ann Fall Fest. The Fall Fest is everyone's top priority. We will do nothing to distract from the Fall Fest.

Fall Fest Events

Speaking of Fall Fest, if you haven't volunteered yet, my question is: Why Not? To me, every parishioner and school parent should give a little of their time to help. We are all talented people with something positive to share. It is going to be a great event. I hope we can all enjoy that weekend together.  To volunteer to help with the Fall Fest, click on this link.
https://stannfallfest.org/home/contact-us/volunteer/

Since this is a school accreditation year, we are using the Advanc-ED ELEOT classroom observation form. It is a student and not teacher-centered observation. The ELEOT observation identifies seven student-centered areas within the classroom environment. The other observation form we use is teacher-centered. The ELEOT is much more detailed and comprehensive. It also takes twice as long to complete but it is worth it. There is a good short YouTube video on the ELEOT observation form if you are interested in seeing what areas this observation covers. Here is the link to that video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2yx8sfoLig

St. Ann Volleyball Team

The 3rd-8th graders completed the Advanc-ED surveys, which is part of the accreditation process. The teachers will complete the survey this next week. Parents were asked to complete their survey last school year. I will find out if this year's parents will have the same opportunity to give feedback.

On Monday and Tuesday, all St. Ann staff members (teachers, front office, E-Care, administration) will go through CPR and First Aid training with the Bartlett Fire Department. This means that all of our employees will be certified in CPR and First Aid. We want to be prepared. This isn't a part of Advanc-ED certification but is a part of Pre-K certification with the State of Tennessee.

Thank you for taking the time to read this blog. Looking forward to another great week of educating our students, continuing our development work, doing more classroom observations, mentoring the young men in fourth grade, teaching my geography class, working the carpool line, and having treats for the puppies in the carpool line.

Finally, remember that without your support, St. Ann Catholic School would not exist. If you are looking for ways to support the school, please contact me at didier.aur@sascolts.org. Look forward to hearing from you.

God bless you,
Didier Aur, Principal
St. Ann Catholic School

I'm Still the New Guy

Prayer Labyrinth with
Missionaries of Charity

We are already halfway through September; six-weeks into the school year. Field trips are being planned. 8th graders and their parents are putting in a lot of time and effort in raising money for the 8th grade trip to Washington DC. The Fall Fest is one month away. The students sold $38,460 (7,692 tickets) in raffle tickets for a 2018 Hyundai Elantra from Wolfchase Hyundai. 4th grader, Lexi Morrison, sold 563 tickets to take 1st place in sales. Volleyball, golf, soccer, Journalism Club, and Club Invention are in full swing. Gradebooks are filling up. We had our first dress-down day, prayer labyrinth with the Missionaries of Charity, and school-wide Rosary. The St. Fautina Youth Society has published their calendar of events.The first easyCBM assessment of the year is complete. Interim grades have been sent out. The choir is practicing for the Christmas concert. The band is preparing for their concert. Classroom projects are being presented. STREAM, LIFE, and SPARKS are in full drive. I'm on round two of classroom observations. Anna Slattery is working on becoming an iPad expert through Apple training. Kris Miller has become the best 3rd grade teacher ever. Deborah Harty became a certified Apple Teacher before me. Katie Jones went to an art convention in Little Rock. We completed the 1st week of the 2nd session of Extracurricular Exploration.

Rainy Morning Drop-off
Got to Make You Smile!

All of this and much more is taking place at St. Ann. Even though I've seen different versions of all of these activities at other schools, it is still new to me. People will ask me questions about everything that's going on. I always give the same answer: "I have no idea. I'm still the new guy." I'm going to try to milk that answer until the end of May. "I have no idea. I'm still the new guy."

Now for the unpleasant news:
Overall, things at St. Ann are going well. Financially, it is always a struggle. We have to pick and choose which bills to pay first, and which we can hold off on. MLG&W and payroll are always at the top. Got to pay those first. Speaking of that, payroll is this week, and I signed the MLG&W bills on Thursday. Our ability to pay our bills is directly related to tuition received. If tuition is paid on time, we are able to pay all our bills on time. Thank God just about all our families pay their tuition in a timely manner. There are always a few who don't take care of their responsibility, which causes us delay in paying our bills. We cannot pay with what we do not have. In the words of Fr. Ernie, "God doesn't pay the light bill. We have to do that."

Nicole G. Our New
Memphis Catholic Intern

Our budget is roughly $1.6 million for an enrollment of 210 students for 2018-19. When all is said and done, that is roughly $7,500 per student. No one pays $7,500. If a family pays full tuition plus fees without any discounts, they pay roughly $7,000. That's a lot to pay but still a bargain for a private education with lots of individualized teaching and learning going on. I would say that on average, our families pay about $6,000 (And, that is probably a very high guess. Maybe that's more of a wish).

In the end, we are going to have to raise about $300,000 from giving and development to make ends meet. That's a huge number. If all families pay their part, it is more like $200,000 that we have to raise. There is no fat in the budget. We plan as close as we can to zeroing the budget out at the end of the year. We plan for lots of HVAC repairs. We plan on MLG&W raising their rates. We plan on the insurance companies raising their premiums. We somehow plan for the unexpected. We even plan on those families who don't meet their financial responsibilities.

Tieraney S. Our New
Memphis Catholic Intern

If it weren't for the goodness and generosity of donors, most parish schools wouldn't exist. Unfortunately, not all parishes have those philanthropic folks who see beyond themselves. That's why so many Catholic Schools in our diocese have closed or are closing. Don't ever want St. Ann to be one of those. It is too good of a school serving a great need in educating our children in a Catholic/Christian environment. Hopefully, our parish has too many good people to ever see this happen.

Sorry about me getting on my soapbox. I believe in transparency. I want everyone to know what's going on. This parish and school belong to all of us. We should all be in the know, and not just about the great things taking place.

Now for some of the great things:
The Fall Fest will be here soon! This is huge for our parish. If you have signed up to help/participate, thank you. If not, please share your talents and gifts. The Fall Fest committee is putting on a festival that will be tough to ever match. I don't have much to offer so I'm offering my time. It is the most valuable thing I have. I want to share it with the great folks who have put their lives on hold to make this event a success for St. Ann. I have one golf team together, and working on a second one.

Justin Abart, Class of '95

Justin Abart, St. Ann Class of '95, is a former student of mine at CBHS. He earned a B.A. from UT in Geography and an M.E in Earth Science from Memphis. He is also a certified and experienced drone operator. He will be coming out to St. Ann to work with our students on using drones for inspections, aerial imagery, data collection, and mapping. This will be a great addition to our STREAM classes. I'm excited about my World Geography class learning from Mr. Abart since we are learning about land and water forms. Great example of an alumni coming back home to share their knowledge.

Girls' Self Defense Class

Here's a question for all you folks in the medical field. Every morning, I see so many parents who are doctors, nurses, and in other areas of the medical profession who are dropping off their children at St. Ann. How can we share your knowledge and talents through our STREAM and SPARKS classes? There has got to be a way. If you are interested in sharing your knowledge to help our students, please call me. I will set you up with Annmarie Ghio and Romana Wendenon. That goes for all you alumni out there as well. Somebody forward this blog to Thomas Slattery. I'm sure we have students who are interested in veterinary medicine.

I want to thank our development committee for their time and talent. We are working to get the word out about St. Ann. Nick Scully, Lori Locke, Sr. Connie Tarallo, Angela de Jong, and I are meeting weekly to plan a campaign to bring back the alumni. We do have several things we are working on, but we are not doing anything until after the Fall Fest. The Fall Fest is priority #1.

Jeff Blankenship
Blankenship Creative

Jeff Blankenship of Blankenship Creative has donated his time to produce all the brochures and packets we will need as we work to contact every alumni possible. Thank you Mr. Blankenship for your wonderful gift to St. Ann.

Nick Scully and Jeff Blankenship are neither members of our parish. They want to help ensure that St. Ann will be here for future generations. Thank you gentlemen for sharing with us your time, talent, and treasure. You are helping to make a positive difference in our community.

Sr. Connie and Lori Locke are providing us with alumni contact information. We are slowly but surely filling up our database. CBHS and St. Agnes are also helping us with alumni information. I've said this before, no private school can survive without alumni support and involvement.

If you are an alumni of St. Ann Catholic School and wish to receive updates on St. Ann, please contact Angela de Jong at angela.dejong@sascolts.org. We need your support.

Click Here to Support
St. Ann Catholic School

And finally, there are so many ways to support St. Ann. If you are interested in supporting in some way, please contact me at didier.aur@sascolts.org. Your gift could be in the form of time. Your gift could be in the form of a classroom sets of books. Your gift could be in prayer. Your gift could be in tuition assistance. Your gift could be in computers or iPads or printers. Your gift could be unrestricted for other needs. A gift to pay utilities isn't sexy, but it sure is necessary. Once again, contact me if you have any questions.

God bless you,
Didier Aur, Principal
St. Ann Catholic School

St. Ann Colts Since 1960

Fr. Ernie at the School Mass

Between St. Ann school and parish, well over 500 students receive religious education. The school teachers and Parish Religious Education (PRE) volunteers have a tremendous responsibility in supporting the parents in providing Catholic instruction to the children. Kathy Schober, the parish director of religious education, coordinates the school and parish religion classes to make sure both are using the same text books and religious curriculum. With all the school teachers PK3 through 8th grade and the couple of dozen parish PRE volunteers, the students are extremely fortunate to have so many outstanding Catholic educators teaching them about the Catholic faith. These teachers are definitely doing God's work at St. Ann.

Mass Lector

At this morning's PRE meeting, I was given the opportunity to speak before the parents about St. Ann Catholic School. Kathy didn't have to ask me twice about speaking because I am extremely passionate about Catholic education, and believe that anyone wanting a Catholic education for their child(ren) should not be denied. I let the parents know that there are scholarships available for PRE students if they want to pursue a Catholic education for their child(ren). As I mentioned at the meeting, if you are interested, please contact Angela de Jong in the school office. Thanks Kathy for allowing me to speak at your meeting.

St. Ann School Mass

Unfortunately, Catholic Schools across the country have had to price themselves to the point that middle and low income families cannot afford to send their child(ren) to Catholic Schools unless those schools have money available for financial assistance. All this to say that as people donate to the school, we have more financial assistance available to help.



Have you read Built to Last by James Collins and Jerry Porras? I read that book back in 2006 while I was president at Helias Catholic High School. Collins and Porras said that you should come up with a Big Harry Audacious Goal (BHAG) for your company. "A true BHAG is clear and compelling, serves as unifying focal point of effort, and acts as a clear catalyst for team spirit. It has a clear finish line, so the organization can know when it has achieved the goal; people like to shoot for finish lines." Along with my team at Helias, we came up with a BHAG for the school, and it worked. The goal was so Big, Harry, and Audacious that it would take several blogs to write about it. 

Helias After Our BHAG!
This was a wooded field in 2013.

Let me just say that I believe Fr. Ernie and I have a BHAG for St. Ann that will work. Fr. Ernie and I believe we have to change the way we operate our school. We believe we need to move to a tithing model school where parishioners don't pay tuition. Instead, all members of the parish increase their tithing. The increased tithing offsets tuition, and the parish community comes together to develop more life-long Catholics. This also means all parishioners send their children to St. Ann Catholic School and participate in tithing.

This models works in the Diocese of Wichita and Diocese of Jefferson City. I'm not saying this has to be done diocese-wide. I'm saying that St. Ann can be the start of this BHAG. If it works at St. Ann, the other parishes can follow along.

Students Workin on easyCBM

Our school has over 200 students. Our PRE has over 300 students. Just imagine what our parish would be like if over 500 students attended their parish school! We are working to build a great school. We cannot do it alone. If you want to be a part of building something great; let's do this thing together.

In a recent study by Georgetown University, they found that only 5% of Catholic millennials who never attended a Catholic School go to Mass weekly compared with 33% who attended Catholic Schools. They also found that 66% of Catholic millennials who never attended Catholic Schools are confirmed compared to 91% of millennials who attended Catholic Schools are confirmed.

Students Working on easyCBM

Am I bad-mouthing our PRE program? Never! No Way! I love the work Kathy and her army of volunteers are doing. They are fantastic. I was trying to figure out how I could volunteer and be apart of the St. Ann PRE army.  I cannot this first year.  Maybe next year I can help. I am saying that there is a better chance of building life-long Catholics if those Catholics attend Catholic Schools.

Now, here are some things that happened this past week.

We are just about finished taking the first easyCBM assessment. The 8th graders have a portion of the math assessment to take as well as some individuals who were absent this week. I hope to have everything finished by the end of Monday. Mrs. Slattery and Miss Ferrante have been a huge help in getting this accomplished. I still have a couple of easyCBM webinars to go through to be able to better use this assessment. The good thing is that Title II will pay for these webinars.

Click to Listen to Choir

The choir gets better and better every week. If I can figure out
how to add video to my blog, I will add two videos of the choir singing at Mass. I enjoy the school-wide Mass. The first grade earned a pizza party for being the class with the correct answer to Fr. Ernie's question. The question was: Why is Sunday observed as our holy day?  The answer: That was the day of the resurrection. Congratulations Mrs. Harty's first graders.

The new Extracurricular Exploration classes for the middle schoolers start tomorrow.  We have six classes this session.  They are:

Click to Listen to Choir

• Jazz Band (John Baum)
• Roller Coaster Building (Stacey Griffith)
• Blogging (Justin Kissell)
• PaSaRyu Self-Defense Class for Girls (Angela de Jong, Master in PaSaRyu) http://www.pasaryu.org
• Coding (Jimmy Crews)
• Flip Book Animation (Annmarie Ghio)

Do you want to use your talents, creativity, and energy to make a positive difference in our parish community? Volunteer to help with the Fall Festival. If the rest of us put in 5% of the effort that Stephanie Nichols, Jamie Coggins, and Kathy Shiavone are in helping with the Fall Fest, this would be the biggest and best party Bartlett has ever seen. I'm using my energy by volunteering for six hours on Friday. I'm also volunteering on Saturday. Just waiting to see where I'm needed.

Also, use your talents to help with the Home & School Hospitality Committee. We are only as strong as the volunteers who help make things happen. We have lots of events planned to help make St. Ann a better place for all. Please help make things happen.

I bought my wife a St. Ann pullover sweatshirt. Cold weather will be here soon. Don't forget to visit the Colt Spirit Shop.

Thank you for reading this blog. My blogs have been averaging roughly 1,500 readers per week. Your comments, suggestions, and ideas will help to make this blog more interesting and relevant.

Do you want to use your treasure to make a positive difference in the life of a child? Click on the school logo and contribute to the St. Ann School Annual Giving Society. Help students attend St. Ann by supporting them with a financial scholarship. Help us develop life-long Catholics.  Thank you.

God bless you,

Didier Aur, Principal

St. Ann Catholic School

We Are Saint Ann Strong!

Computer Class in the Library

I will begin this week's blog by asking you for a simple favor. Please pray for St. Ann Catholic School. I'll make this request just a little easier for you by giving you Fr. David Knight's W.I.T. prayer to recite. If you are able, print the prayer so that you may recite it whenever possible. The most important thing we need from you is prayer. You might think I'm crazy in saying that prayer is the most important thing we need, and you might be right. But, I'll take all the prayers over anything else. Don't underestimate the power of prayer. Please pray for us.

W.I.T. Prayer

 Jesus, I give You my body.

 Live this day with me;

live this day in me;

live this day through me.

 Let me think

with Your thoughts,

speak with Your words,

and act as

Your body on earth.

Thank you Father for St. Ann Catholic School.

Please bless the students, faculty, staff, supporters, alumni, and volunteers.

In the name of Jesus, I pray

Amen!

New St. Ann Rug

St. Ann Home & School (H&S) is a fantastic organization. I have never had the pleasure of working with such a supportive H&S as we have at St. Ann. There is only one problem with H&S, it is the same group of people who are doing all the work. If you aren't involved with H&S, and have the ability to help, please join in the fun. We are all too busy to volunteer, and don't have enough time to help, but we all have to help. Please volunteer to be a part of H&S. We could all use your help. Here are some of the ways our H&S supports St. Ann:

• Host staff luncheons
• Host the baccalaureate breakfast
• Host Mornings for Mom
• Host Donuts with Dad
• Host Grandparents' Day
• Provide coffee in the staff workroom
• Organize and run the uniform resale
• Run the Colt Spirit Shop (every day!)
• Organize room parents
• Put on the Junior High dances
• And, raise funds to help the school meet annual budget.

Students Working on Projects

I want to thank the following people for their work in running and supporting H&S. You folks are fantastic: Lori Locke, Jimmy Crews, Kathy Schiavone, Dawn Lewis, Jennifer Podesta, Jessica Orban, Liz Wehmeyer, and Darren DeCosta. 

The Children's Choir begins Thursday, September 6th in the choir room in the church building. The choir meets from 5:45-6:30pm. The choir is open to 2nd graders and up. If you enjoy singing, come out and be a part of the choir. The Children's Choir sings twice a month at 8:30am Mass. If you are interested in participating, please contact Tricia Cooper at tricia.cooper@sascolts.org. "Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God." - Leo Buscaglia

4th Grade Projects

League of Million Word Readers: Students, take the challenge to read one million words this year. Let's see how many students reach the goal of reading one million words. If you have questions regarding the League of Million Word Readers, contact Annmarie Ghio at annmarie.ghio@sascolts.org. 

The first session of Extracurricular Exploration has one week left. The 2nd session begins next Monday. Robotics is switching to Roller Coaster Building. 3-D Printing is switching to Flip Book Animation. By popular demand, Coding and Jazz Band will remain as is, and hopefully keep moving the students forward. I hope we include the Jazz Band in our band concert, and Coding in our STREAM Night. I have not met with Mr. Kissell on his plans on Creative Writing. Should know later this week. I'm still working on the cooking/baking class. 

World Geography Students

My World Geography class start their Land & Water Forms group presentations tomorrow. I'm looking forward to their work. I've been watching them build their presentations, and know there are going to be many awesome ones. As an educator, I really appreciate observing group work, student led projects, and students learning from each other in so many of our classes. The teachers and students are doing great work. 

3rd Graders Working on Assessments

All students from Kindergarten through 8th grade are in the process of taking the easyCBM assessments. The assessments are "designed to give teachers insight into which of their students may need additional instructional support as well as to provide a means by which they can measure the effectiveness of their teaching." The assessments take place three times per year; now, before the Christmas break, and the beginning of May. The assessments will also measure growth during the school year. I plan to review the results with any parents who would like to see their child(ren)'s scores.

St. Ann Strong Screen Saver

For Kindergarten through 8th grade, school starts at 8:00am. Please do your best to have your child(ren) at St. Ann by 7:45am. That way, everyone is ready to start learning at 8:00am. Let's make every minute matter.  Thanks.

Also, we have a few families behind on tuition, and it is just the beginning of September. Please take care of your obligations, and don't fall behind. One of my least favorite things to do is to remind parents about late payments. But, I have no problem doing so. Once you fall behind, it is hard to catch up.

We held our first fire and intruder drills this past week. Everyone did a great job on the fire drill. We still need a little work on the intruder drill. We also need to install new window blinds in some of our classrooms for protection. Even though all our door locks work, I would prefer to update many of those locks for extra safety. If you would like to help with that project, please contact me. 

Support St. Ann Catholic School

We need your support. If you are interested in helping, please click on the St. Ann logo or contact me. My email is didier.aur@sascolts.org.

Let's work together to do the best we can for the children.

God bless you,
Didier Aur, Principal
St. Ann Catholic School