This year the celebration of Catholic Schools Week takes on a particular enthusiasm and significance because it occurs amid our celebration of the Jubilee Year of Hope.
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Semana de las Escuelas Católicas: 29 de enero al 3 de febrero
¡Ahora es un buen momento para estar en las escuelas católicas! La inscripción aumentó por segundo año consecutivo, casi un 3% más que el año pasado, para un total de 6,788 estudiantes en escuelas católicas en toda la diócesis. Esto refleja el aumento de la inscripción en escuelas católicas en todo el país durante los últimos dos años. Según datos de la Asociación Nacional de Educación Católica, gran parte de ese crecimiento se debió a que durante la pandemia de Covid, mientras las escuelas públicas permanecieron cerradas y mantuvieron las clases en línea, las escuelas católicas permanecieron abiertas y presenciales.
Celebrating our Catholic schools
Now is a great time to be in Catholic schools! Enrollment increased for the second straight year, up nearly three percent over last year, for a total of 6,788 students in Catholic schools across the diocese.
Thanking our teachers this Thanksgiving
I hope that everyone enjoyed a blessed Thanksgiving. Truly, we have numerous blessings for which to give thanks. I am particularly grateful that our Catholic schools have been operating in-person this fall and that they have been able to provide children with a safe, faith filled, educational experience that honors and develops their intellectual, physical, social, spiritual and emotional traits by cultivating human relationships through in-person education. I am thankful that our students have experienced this aspect of “normal” life in the midst of a most abnormal year.
Air purifiers purchased for Catholic schools
Early last month, thanks to many benevolent donors to the diocesan collections for Catholic Schools, we were able to purchase 161 medical grade air purifiers for school classrooms.
A ‘Back to School’ like no other
Another school year is upon us, and so many of our teachers are filled with great joy and excitement at the idea of once again seeing all of the children, students, and families who we haven’t seen since St. Patrick’s Day last March.
In fall, students will return to Catholic schools
Looking back at my life, other than some great teachers, my time in elementary school wasn’t that memorable. Like anything, it had its moments but as a whole, it was pretty ordinary.
Teacher Appreciation Week 2020
This week, all of our Catholic schools celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week. It is a time set aside to think of all the many ways that our teachers give of themselves and give to our students and families.
Support our Catholic schools
When my 91-year-old mother-in-law Ruth died last year, she suggested that people give memorials to Aquinas High School in La Crosse, her alma mater. She believed she had an excellent education at Aquinas, and she wanted to ensure that it remained around to educate future generations.
That is one way we can support our Catholic schools. Many of us experienced top-notch educations at our Catholic elementary and high schools as I did. We continue to support these schools with our time, talent, and treasure. Many of us are also parents of students who attended Catholic schools, and we support those schools, too.
What is the main purpose of education?
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First in a series.
It’s that time of year again when the air starts to cool, leaves reveal their true colors, and children board buses back to school. All of us have experienced the end of summer vacation and the start of school.
Generation after generation, the cycle repeats. It is a rite of passage, part of the fabric of our modern society. It is so common that most of us take it for granted, rarely pausing to reflect on the purpose of school, or an education.
Purpose of education
The purpose of education and the means by which to achieve it have been the discussion of much national debate over the last decade.