Patty and I are embarking on a very busy time in the office with registration for 2006-2007.  We gladly take on the challenge of trying to reach 228 students!  Open House last week brought us 35 interested families!  Though most were interested in Kindergarten, the inquiries from about 10 families were for grades 1-8.

New families are anxious to hear if there is room in the grade they wish to enroll their child.  Of course, we want to register our own families first, but the deadline for registration for St. Clare School families has come and gone.  We now have to open up our classrooms to those new from St. Clare parish.  If you have not completed your registration packet yet, please let us know by email or a phone call if you plan to enroll.  We can’t hold off new parents for very long as other Catholic schools in the SW area are also doing registration and new families are nervous to get a spot somewhere.

Your role in helping us increase enrollment is crucial.  Please send interested parents our way.  I’m happy to meet with them, answer their questions and take them on tour.  While marketing is very time consuming, it is a priority.  We want as many as possible to enjoy the wonderful Catholic education our teachers provide.  Thanks so much for any help you can give us.

Next week is Catholic Schools Week.  We shared with you in our last issue the events of CSW and hope that you can join us for the all school liturgy on Thursday, Feb. 2.

I encourage you to craft some dinner table talk around the subject of what it is in Catholic educa tion that we value so much.  See if your kids can articulate what they love about their school.  This might also be a good time to think about what they would like to express to their teachers when they write their thank you letters to be delivered on Friday, Feb. 3. 

I would like to invite all those parents who regularly do volunteer work for our school to a reception in your honor in our library Friday morning, Feb. 3 from 8:00-8:45 a.m.  You are never thanked enough, so please accept this invitation so we can do so more up close and personal.

Many people make our school a happening place.  St. Clare parishioners support our school with $100,000 in subsidy, plus the Adopt-A-Student Fund, and they pray for the success of all of our students.  You, our parents, coach, drive, cajole, encourage, challenge, and support your kids in so many ways.    Fr. Tom is present and eager to help our school and anyone associated with it at a moment’s notice.  Our teachers, while here to teach, care for the very soul of every child.  Their investment in your greatest love is one of the most important reasons you choose us.    Our students are very blessed.  I trust we are raising kids who will be great moms and dads, honest and caring employers, moral and ethical leaders in a world thirsting for peace and justice. From the most biased principal this side of the Mississippi, I believe Catholic education does make a difference in our world!

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