Holy Family School

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Many of you know that my own two children attend La Salle. Last week my husband and I attended the Drive for Five Finale dodge ball tournament there. Our daughter was on the organizing team and our son was on the sophomore team (sadly, they lost to the freshmen…). The purpose of the tournament was to raise money for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital – and they raised over $1300!

A couple of Sunday’s ago, our Confirmation group saw a movie called, “To Save a Life.” It’s not out on DVD yet, but I highly recommend it for teens and parents to watch together. The feedback from the Confirmation group was very positive. There was one line that really struck me as such a truth: “Our journey of life is not one towards a destination, but our journey is to be a series of transformations.” How true. Our God is a God of an infinite number of chances – a “googleplex” number I learned Sunday from one of our younger ones.

We work very diligently to provide a safe, nurturing learning environment at HFCS. Every member of our staff is committed to improving student learning. The children are our top priority. Our School Advisory Council is very collaborative and reflective. They challenge me (in a good way!) to be a better leader.

Did you know at last Thursday’s Mass I caught Mr. Gregor from falling? Otherwise, he could have fallen flat on his back and really hurt himself. Actually, it was all planned. The 3rd grade class had chosen the theme of TRUST. I first told the story of a man who was basically evil as a young teen and man, but whose parents never gave up on him and trusted that God would send a miracle to change him. And today he is a priest traveling all over the world telling his story. He has written a book, No Turning Back which offers to be a great read.