Sr. Thomasine Novakovich, O.S.F.
A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL
Dear
Parents/Guardians:
Greetings in the
Lord! At this time I also extend a special welcome to the entire school
community, — parents/guardians, teachers and students!
This online handbook
has been designed to help you become more knowledgeable with our purposes,
policies and procedures at Sacred Heart School. If your child is to make
progress, we, the faculty and the school, need your support and personal
interest. You are your children's primary educators, and together we collaborate.
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Sacred Heart School is a FAMILY. Because we love God, we worship God
together and privately. Furthermore, we work together; we play together; we
grow together, and we forgive one another. We serve God; we serve each
other. We are many; we are one. We, together are a family; we are a
school community.
It is our hope that
your child will experience a school program with us that will insure
continuity of learning; one in which they will develop competence,
self-esteem, and will work to their optimum ability, using all the tools of
learning which includes the technological tools and skills available at
Sacred Heart School. It is our hope that they will thoroughly enjoy
their
work and have many memorable experiences here in our Christian Franciscan
communities (Sacred Heart Church and Sacred Heart School).
We sincerely attempt
to meet the needs of your child by talking them from where they are, and by
helping/guiding/teaching them to work in a comfortable environment. As
Christian educators we seek to establish an atmosphere animated by the
Gospel spirit of respectful love and responsible freedom in which each
student can grow to their individual stage of maturation.
Only with the grace
and strength of God and our UNITED efforts will the work of Christian
education come to greater completion. Our purpose is to CREATE A CHRISTIAN
EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY, WHEREIN HUMAN CULTURE, KNOWLEDGE and TECHNOLOGY,
ENLIGHTENED AND ENLIVENED BY FAITH, ARE SHARED AMONG PARENTS/GUARDIANS,
TEACHERS, and STUDENTS IN A SPIRIT OF FREEDOM and LOVE. Together,
inclusively and prayerfully, we continue with the grace of God to journey in
the twenty-first century, imploring God’s blessings for ourselves and our
beloved children.
In the spirit of
Lighting the Way to the Future, we place our handbook into your hands that
it may serve your needs, and be used as a guide for yourselves and for your
children. If there are doubts or questions, the principal and/or teachers
are available to discuss them with you and/or your children.
May the peace and
joy of St. Francis animate you and be with you, and us, as we embark upon
another school year in our journey together.
Sr.
Thomasine Novakovich, O.S.F.
Principal
