St. Lawrence School
Parent Newsletter
May 26, 2010

I cannot believe that this is the last newsletter for this year. Thank you all so much for your help and support during this past school year. St. Lawrence School would not be the wonderful place that it is without all that you do for our school!

Our SLS Children’s Choir concert is tonight at 6:30 PM. The place has been changed to the cafeteria because there is air conditioning there. I hope to see you all there.

Tomorrow your child will bring home a packet of materials to work on over the summer. Please have your child do a page or two a day starting at the beginning of July. Studies show that children forget a portion of what they have learned over the summer. This will help keep them up to speed and be ready for next year.

Tomorrow we will be passing out the school yearbooks. If you did not order one and would like to purchase one, please send a check in the amount of $15.00 made out to St. Lawrence School. We have a very limited number of extras.

Tomorrow is the last day for your child to wear the school uniform.

Friday is Casual Day for food.

There is no school on Monday in honor of Memorial Day.

Tuesday is Field Day. Your child should wear his/her gym uniform and tennis shoes to school on Monday. Some of the field day events involve water, so please also send a change of clothes. There will be no school lunch served on this day. We will be picnicking, so please send a sack lunch. Milk will be available.

Wednesday is our last day of school. We will meet at the Big Church for mass and then Fr. Dennis will hand out the awards and report cards and then your children will be dismissed to go home. If you are not staying, please be back by about 9:45 to pick up your child. Your child may wear “Sunday Best.” This means no shorts, no jeans, tank tops, etc.

Have a wonderful summer. I look forward to seeing you in the fall!

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.