St. Lawrence School
Parent Newsletter
March 3, 2010

There is no school on Monday, March 8th. Most of the teachers will be at a conference.

We will have mass at the big church on Wednesday, March 10th. Please drop your child off at St. Lawrence Church by 7:50 AM.

We have two more girls’ basketball games – both away games. On Thursday we play St. Mary’s and next Tuesday we play South View.

On Thursday, March 18th we will be having a Climate Audit. A couple of principals and some teachers from other schools in the diocese will be coming in to take a look at our school. Some of us have already been on Climate Audit teams for other schools in the diocese. We are doing this to get ready for our accreditation visit next year. I will be calling on a few parents to be interviewed.

Congratulations to Maddy Evans and Korbin Zvokel who received Honorable Mention and Caleb Hancock who won Third Place in the Regional Science Fair last weekend.

We are having Stations of the Cross in the chapel every Wednesday during Lent at 2:15 PM. Please feel free to join us.

It is our vision that St. Lawrence School becomes a well-known entity in the Muncie community. As a result of our being easily recognized together with our established reputation for being an excellent Catholic school for more than 125 years, our classrooms will be filled to capacity and have a waiting list for those who wish to be a part of our tradition of excellence.
We will increase the knowledge of and respect for the teachings of Christ in our students.
We will present basic Catholic doctrine to our students.
We will continue the formation and development of the faith community involving to faculty, priests, students and parents.
We will help our students deepen their appreciation for various prayer forms through active participation.
Mass will celebrated at school three times a week
Our pastor will visit each classroom weekly.
We will continue to provide students with the opportunity to give back to community through service projects.
We will continue to lead Del Co in ISTEP scores.
We will regularly review our goals to facilitate continuous improvement.
Currently we will continue to work on our goal of helping our students become better writers.
We will provide hands on learning at every grade level.
We will expand the technological capabilities of our students to prepare them for life in the 21st century.
We will continue to provide art, music, Spanish, library, and gym.
To help bring about the reality of this vision, we would like to have numerous grants in place to be used for special projects, tuition assistance and operating costs.