Update for the Week 9/21/12

It has been a fun week for our students with all the Homecoming activities.  Decorating the halls was Sunday, Nerd Day on Monday, Twin Day on Tuesday, and Wednesday was Farmer Day, along with the powder-puff football game, Dancing with the Studs and the bonfire that night. Thursday we held Homecoming mass, the pep rally - where Kate Fennelly was crowned Homecoming queen (make sure to check out the video of the big announcement here) - and the great night was capped off with a win by Coach King and the football team. I hope everyone has a fun, safe time at the dance on Saturday.   

We had our 1:1 student-parent meetings on Sunday and Monday night, with a make-up meeting on Friday morning.  The meetings were well attended and everyone was excited about this educational initiative.  If you are interested in reading the details of the presentation, please click here.  With the student-parent presentation completed, we were able to hand out laptops to our juniors and seniors on Wednesday, which was the successful culmination of a lot of hard work and dedication by many people, from teachers to administrators to the students themselves. I also need to thank the Board and the Finance committee for having faith and believing in this project.    

Check out pictures of the parent meeting and laptop handout here.

 

I had the opportunity to present on technology in the classroom to upper grade teachers at All Saints this week. It was a lot of fun and there was good conversation about ways to integrate many aspects of technology into the educational experience of our students.  If you would like to see the information presented please click here.

The Assumption Foundation met on Thursday.  See the minutes from the meeting here.

Friday is turning out to be a busy day with a Marketing Committee meeting and tour for the class of ‘62 50 year reunion.  Speaking of the class of ’62, we had a great opportunity on Thursday night to welcome back  two alums who were All-Americans and professional football greats.  I have provided the write-up on these talented individuals here.  It was great to talk with both men and hear about the all the things they have experienced.  I look forward to getting to know more members of the class of ’62 at the tour and reunion dinner Saturday night.  I am so glad they included me in their celebration.  

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!