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St.
Henry School Newsletter
January 21, 2010
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Saint
Henry Catholic School
“Soaring with the Lord!” 300 E. Cady Street · Watertown, WI
53094
920/261-2586 · 920/261-3681 (FAX) |
“In one Spirit we were all baptized into one
body.”
I Corinthians 12:13
January 21, 2010
Dear Moms and Dads,
In my humble opinion, our standardized test scores results
for grades 5, 6, and 7 – grades that were tested in the fall -- were
exceptional. Not only did we match
the average high national percentile scores (in the 80’s and
90’s) of our fellow diocesan schools, a few times we even outshone them. At a recent Education Commission meeting I
shared graphs of this information with the members. One of them commented that
the public schools would never have results like these, but I responded to that
compliment that we here at St. Henry do have some advantages that our local
public school system just doesn’t have, despite its also having many
outstanding teachers on their staffs. We
have a narrower spread of children with different learning abilities than they
do. Another HUGE benefit for us is that
the majority of our children come from fairly stable homes. After sharing that, a board members familiar
with the public school gently chided me for being “too humble” --
“Those are GREAT scores,” she said.
We would be happy to share them with anyone who would like to see
them. The teachers all have them – and
they are available in the office as well.
Three cheers to students, teachers, and supportive and caring parents
whose cumulative efforts through the years are bearing good fruit indeed. St. Henry students do SOAR!
You will find some
information from the Health Department in today’s envelope concerning a
possible clinic to be held here 2-4 p.m.,Thursday, January 28th. We
MUST have the information back on Monday in order for children to receive the
H1N1 vaccine. No exceptions, we are
told.
May you have a lovely
weekend. See you at Mass!
Dates to Mark on Your
Calendar
JANUARY
Friday 22 NO
SCHOOL
Saturday 23 CANCELED:
4K Sledding; another fun activity will be planned for future day.
Wednesday 27 Grade
One fills liturgical roles at 8:15 Mass
Friday 29 4K
Story Hour at 9:15 with Watertown Library personnel
Grade Four enjoys an afternoon
with Golden Living residents
Sunday 31 National
Celebration of Catholic Schools Week begins.
FEBRUARY
Monday 01 Student
Council “Pirate Day”
“Karate America” presentation
in PC at 10:00 a.m. Parents welcome.
Tuesday 02 Teachers
Trade a Class Period Day
Wednesday 03 Grade
Eight fills liturgical roles at 8:15 Mass
“Pick a Board Game as a Class
to Play in the Afternoon Day”
Thursday 04 Walking to St. Bernard’s
for a special joint assembly in the afternoon.
PARENTS NIGHT OUT –
annual free HASA/Kitchen Ladies sponsored
“Chili/Chicken
Soup Supper” in cafeteria [link to announcement flyer]
followed by highly
recommended, wonderful, inspirational
speaker Mr. Andy Meier at 6:30 p.m. in the P.C.
Friday 05 Grades
1-8 to Skate Express from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Sunday 07 All
new registrations received so far for
2010-2011 prioritized according to
Education Commission policy;
after this day, first come-first served
.Memory
verse for week of January 25-29
“Faith, hope, love remain – these three;
but the greatest of these is love.”
I Corinthians 13:13