Students enjoyed a fun filled day on May 18th during our annual PTO Field Day. Thank you to Emily Meyer and Kim Tedesco, our event chairs, and to the many other volunteers that make this day possible.

On Friday, May 11th, students participated in our annual PTO Walk for Technology. Students earned an out of uniform day by raising donations of $7,704.98, exceeding the goal of $7500.00. Thank you to our PTO Walk-a-thon committee for organizing a fun-filled event that also inlcuded a sock hop and our first annual award ceremony for "Teacher of the Year", "Student of the Year", and "Friend of the Student" awards.

Father Kyle recently visited the Second Grade students during their religion classes to talk about First Communion and to answer any questions they had. The students really enjoyed spending the afternoon with him and asked a lot of great questions!

Our student activities for Right to Read Week included reading a book of their choice during our daily book alerts, enjoying some time with Faith Families, and dressing in western garb last Friday. Several classrooms even received a surprise visit from our Blue Jay. Students also collected 1,788 books to donate to two local Catholic schools, St. Francis DeSales and St. Lawrence. Congratulations to the following classrooms for meeting the "50 books or more challenge": Mrs. Borgman, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Sander, Mrs. Sellers, Mrs. Rapien, Ms. Wilmes, Mrs. Charles, Mrs. Unkrich, Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Shotwell, Mrs. Schneider, Mrs. Vest, Mrs. Spanish Smith, Mrs. Zipperer, and Mrs. Green. These classrooms have earned an "Out of Uniform Day" for Wednesday, May 16th. Many thanks to the Right to Read Committee for all your hard work!

The students from St.John the Baptist, St. John Neumann and Corpus Christi received the sacrament of Confirmation on April 19, 2018 at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral downtown. Archbishop Schnurr presided over this beautiful celebration in the presence of family and friends.

Our Spanish Club recently visited La Piñata Restaurant in Stonecreek Towne Center. Students had fun practicing their restaurant vocabulary while enjoying some mexican cuisine. Studies have shown that students learn best when presented with situations where they use vocabulary in context.

Congratulations to our 7th & 8th Grade Academic Teams for a job well done at the LaSalle High School Academic Competition.

Our junior high religion classes recently had the opportunity to participate in a poster design contest for the Cincinnati Right to Life Eductional Foundation. Five students submitted their artistic designs representing their understanding of what preserving life means. Congratulations to our students that won 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place, along with two honorable mentions. Prizes included a certificate for each participant, a ribbon for 2nd and 3rd place, and a check for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place winners.

The 6th Grade was visited by Glenmary Home Missioners on Thursday, April 26, following the Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist (April 25). Rachel Thome (Office Projects Coordinator, Mission Education and Ministry) and Lalo Mercado (Glenmary Seminarian) spoke to the students about missionary discipleship and evangelization in addition to presenting information about Glenmary Home Missioners. Students made their own “missionary maps” to help them focus on where they can evangelize in their lives now. Glenmary Home Missioners was founded by Fr. William Howard Bishop in 1939. Glenmary's name comes from combining the name of the place where the Society was founded, Glendale, Ohio with the name of Mary, the society's patroness under her title "Our Lady of the Fields." Father Bishop also founded the Home Mission Sisters of America (Glenmary Sisters) in 1941.