Introducing Some New Colts

Leslie Harden (L) &
Melanie Wall (R)

With the coming of a new school year, there also come changes to the school staff. We made several changes and added some new positions.

The first addition is we added Leslie Harden as our new assistant principal/counselor/8th grade religion teacher. Leslie comes to us from St. Joseph Catholic School. She served as principal at St. Joseph. Leslie also served as principal at Little Flower. We have been co-principals for the Jubilee Schools and friends for a number of years. She will bring with her a wealth of Catholic School experience. St. Ann will continue to improve and grow with Leslie Harden working with the teachers and students.

As St. Ann continues to grow, we are adding new classes. We will have two PK4 classes. Lori Morgan will continue as one of the PK4 teachers. Deborah Harty will be the other PK4 teacher.

Layla Post will serve as the PK4 aid.  Mrs. Post actually spent the later part of the 2018-19 school year at St. Ann.  When Mrs. Harty needed an aid because of an injury she sustained at work, Mrs. Post served as her aid.  The teachers thought so highly of her they asked that we hire her to replace Wanda Sexton in the PK classroom.  Mrs. Post is a St. Ann, St, Benedict, and Colorado State University alum.  She earned a B.S. in Human Development and Family Studies with a focus on Child Development.  She plans to continue her studies at either the U. of Memphis or CBU.

With Amanda Bannister returning to the PK3 classroom, Selina Trouy has returned to the position of office manager.  As we say in the office, Mrs. Trouy is once again the face of St. Ann.

Jennifer Burnett will replace Selina Trouy as our new finance manager. Mrs. Burnett grew up a member of St. Ann Parish.  She is a graduate of Bartlett and U. of Memphis where she earned a B.S. in Education.  She comes to us after spending the past thirteen years at Varsity Spirit. Mrs. Burnett is not only a St. Ann employee, she is also a St. Ann parent. Being able to have her children with her at St. Ann is priceless. For six years, I had my children with me at Helias Catholic High School, Those were the best six years of my professional career because I had the opportunity to share every school day with my children.

With Deborah Harty moving to PK4, Melanie Wall will serve as our new 1st grade teacher. Ms. Wall comes highly recommended to us by the great folks at the Jubilee Schools. She comes to us by way of St. John Catholic School.  She is a lifelong Memphian having graduated from St. Mary's, Briarcrest, and U. of Memphis with a Bachelor's degree in English and Master's degree in Early Childhood Education. Ms. Wall has spent a lot of her summer at St. Ann getting ready for the new school year. Her classroom is ready to go.

In my next blog, I will introduce Tina Ostrowski, Judy Thomas, and Lola Scarlett.

Don't forget our $10K Challenge Match.  We are quickly approaching $7K in the St. Ann portion of the match led by the Class of '86. We would love to see other St. Ann classes help us meet the $10K match. All funds from the challenge match are earmarked for financial assistance.
https://stannbartlett.weshareonline.org/St.AnnAlumniMatchingChallenge

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