With a short week coming up, there have certainly been a lot
of things to accomplish before the Thanksgiving holiday. Since we have a short week next week, , I’ll
try to not only hit the highlights of this past week, but also upcoming events
for next week.
Here are some recent happenings:
Our 2011-2013 Annual Report should be arriving at your homes
very soon. Thanks to Liz King for all of
the hard work she puts into this terrific and essential piece of
communication. It really is a ton of
work to get everything put together and make sure it is close to perfect as
possible. This year will not disappoint
in terms of aesthetics and information about the previous year.
We have been working on switching our beverage supplier over
from Mid-Continent to Pepsi. At this
time we feel this is a solid choice, and we look forward to having a full
service vendor for our soft drinks.
To go along with the switch, the Booster Club has agreed to
manage our winter sports season concessions.
Thanks to Chris Martens, Booster Club President and all of the members
of the Booster Club for agreeing to take the lead in this tremendous service to
our families and visitors. They have some
great ideas to make this winter sports season exceptional for all game
attendees.
The Scott County Catholic Schools Advisory Board met Monday
and discussed, STO status, recent developments at the state level on teacher
pay, religion textbooks, the Year of Faith, technology in schools, 8th
grade math curriculum, Catholic Schools Week, career fair for 8th
graders, formation of a 6-12 choir to sing at Catholic Schools week mass, and
ways for our schools to partner to solve some of the challenges we face.
A lot of effort has been invested in securing funding for
improvements in our fine arts areas. This effort was helped along this week when
we received a grant from the Scott County Regional Authority. A grant request has also been completed and
submitted to the Knouse Trust. Additional funding from the general fund and Band
Boosters will help make this significant project possible.
I attended the Association of Illinois Fundraising
Professionals Conference on Wednesday, and it did not disappoint! Presenter, Tom Ahern, imparted a lot a lot of
useful information, and I look forward to attending the IFPC’s next conference
in the fall.
Just a reminder, we will have our November Board meeting on
Monday. Please let me know if there are
any items that need to be added to the agenda as soon as possible so we can
prepare any pertinent information in advance.
Next weekend we will welcome the Class of 2002 for their 10
year reunion. I will be giving a tour of the school, and look forward to
meeting and getting to know more of our alumni.
Have a great weekend!
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