St. Edward Alumni Newsletter
May, 2010 - number thirteen
Hello alumni & friends,
We welcome our newest alumni: Alan Cabrera, Abby Cooper, Drew Furnish, Joe Gowen, Alexis Lanza, Dalton Moore, Harrison Schweitzer, Hayden Switzer and Whitney Whitaker. They represent the St. Edward Class of 2013 (the students’ eighth grade year).
2010/11 enrollment update: we have 41 students registered. We are happy to announce that our Preschool Program is full with 24 students registered for next year.
Thanks for continuing to remember our students, faculty, preschool and school in your prayers. Your prayerful support will help continue the great things being accomplished at St. Edward School!
We thank the following alumni who provided $1,700 to the 2009 School Annual Appeal: Becky Box-Pilant of St. Louis, MO, Terry Box of Cynthiana, Patricia Brooks-Wolf of Lexington, Dr. Clark Cleveland of Georgetown, Dr. David Cleveland of Danville, Donna Dixon-Paulson of Huntsville, AL, Dan Furnish of Cynthiana, Garnett Furnish of Lexington, Britteni Kane-Clay of Lexington, Wayne McGee of Lexington, Mary Frances Midden-Melton of Richmond, Joe Perraut of Louisville, Richard Sing of Cynthiana, Norma Wheeler-Houston of Lexington. We are very grateful for your financial support!
The Association will sponsor its annual Truck / Tractor Pull on Saturday, May 1. Join us for this important fundraiser. Admission is $10, children under 5 free. Food will be provided by the Parents Club. Drinks will be provided by the Altar Society. Gate & parking will be provided by the Knights of Columbus. We are very grateful for their assistance with the Pull! This event is one of our big fundraisers during the year. Perhaps you can join us, or provide a donation for this cause.
What I like about St. Edward School …
In preparation for Catholic Schools Week 2010 St. Edward students participated in an essay writing contest. The winner from each grade level is presented below.
Sydney, a kindergarten student, wrote: When I entered the school door, I feel “happy.” I like going to school. There are many fun things to do like recess, doing homework, or reading books. We pray at school. Jesus is so good. My favorite part of the school year was the Christmas play. We all sang!
Hailey, of the first grade, wrote: I like St. Edward School because we learn about God. I have a lot of friends. At St. Edward’s we do some fun things like Pumpkin Olympics. St. Edward School means a special place to me.
Payton, a second grade student, wrote: St. Edward is a fun cool school to me. We have a good principal, good teachers and good friends. We get to go on fun field trips that are cool. Mrs. Cline is a good cook. All my teachers are good and everybody here at St. Edward and our God is the greatest. I thank my parents for picking my school that I belong to. Everything here I love.
Kyle, of the third grade, wrote: To me St. Edward School is the best school ever. I like all my teachers and staff because they are all kind. I have all kinds of friends at school and we all play together well. I love my new playground. Sometimes Mrs. Henson let’s us go outside and we like to play hot box and baseball. We have taken some really cool field trips to the apple orchard and the zoo. My favorite subjects are Science and Social Studies. Mrs. Cline makes the best hamburgers and soup. I like it when we have grandparents and parents come eat with us.
Dillon, in the fourth grade, wrote: This is what I like about St. Edward School. I like that we are the only Catholic School in Harrison County. I like it because it helps us get smart and it will help us get closer to a college education. And I really like our new teacher Ms. Hyatt. I also like my school because we get to go to church every day and learn about Jesus giving us his life for us. I also like that we have computer class. I also enjoy that we have P.E. every day. Even though the school is small it’s huge in my heart. The food here is good. My favorite thing to eat is her chili. It is the boom. I like our new principal. Fr. Doug is the best priest ever. He really knows how to preach. My favorite subjects are Math, Science, Reading and Religion. I also like us going to the gym and playing basketball. I’m going to miss the day I leave St. Edward School. I really have some good friends here. I think other kids should come to our school. Trust me you will have a great time at St. Edward School. We do all kinds of fun stuff like we have Catholic Schools Week. We have Halloween parties. We celebrate your birthday party with cake or cupcakes. You will like coming and eating Mrs. Cline’s food. We hope we have as many people as we can.
Abby, in the fifth grade, wrote: What I like about St. Edward School is because there are a lot of kids. I like how much P.E. we get. I like Religion because I like to read about Jesus. I like the people who are here. They are nice to me. When I get hurt they take care of me. My teacher is Ms. Hyatt. She is a nice teacher. Ms. Hyatt helps me when I get stuck on something like Math. My worst subject is Math. My best subject is Spelling. I like Spelling because you get to learn new words. Mrs. Cline has good food. I like her pizza. It is very good! What I like about P.E. is you get to talk to your friends and play basketball. I like our principal. She is very nice.
Ice Cream Social 2010 Don’t miss our 61st Social on Sunday, June 13 from 11 am – 6 pm. Join us for lunch or dinner (ribeye steak dinner, hamburgers, hot dogs) and don’t forget the ice cream and cake. Games for the kids, Face Painting, Glamour booths, Bingo, Major Raffle, Silent Auction, Poker. Invite your neighbors, family and friends to join you and enjoy some home made ice cream.
CSW update The Alumni Association kicked off Catholic Schools Week by hosting our Alumni Appreciation Days & Homecoming on January 30 & 31. More than 70 alumni, students, faculty & parishioners enjoyed the delicious steak dinner on Saturday. 25 alumni, students and parishioners enjoyed coffee & doughnuts after Mass on Sunday.
Garnett Furnish, Class of 1967, and Brian Witajewski, Class of 1990, shared their memories and the lessons taught to them at St. Edward with the congregation at the end Mass.
On Monday, Feb. 1, alumnus Fr. Chris Clay celebrated Mass with the students. He ate lunch and engaged the students in a question and answer period after lunch. In response to “What is your favorite dance?” Fr. Chris skillfully performed the “moon walk.” The students thought it was great!
On Wednesday, Feb. 3, the fifth grade students attended the Diocesan CSW Mass held at the Cathedral. Bishop Foys presided. On their way home, the students enjoyed lunch and some video games at Barleycorn’s, Cold Spring.
Make plans to join us for our Alumni Homecoming on January 29 & 20, 2011!
new leadership model: After discussion with Michael Clines, the Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Covington, Fr. Doug Lauer announced to the Board of Total Catholic Education and the faculty that we try a different approach to administration for next school year. Diocesan policy states that schools with less than eight teachers do not need a principal. A Lead teacher is suggested as the way of managing a school. Weighing the pros and cons of this approach it was determined that we try a different approach for 2010-2011. At this time, the Lead Teacher has not been selected. We are happy to announce that Mrs. Jeanette Henson has been hired as our part time administrative assistant. She will manage the day to day paper work, reports, student and office files, and many other functions. Mrs. Henson has worked with our school for a number of years. Hunter, her son, is an alumnus of the Class of 2010. Please keep this intention in your prayers as we work our way through this new
leadership model.
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or call us at 859.234.5444. THANKS!
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association mission: The mission of the Alumni Association is to provide support for St. Edward School in development, fundraising & future needs.
We thank Dan Furnish, the Association’s Director, for organizing and keeping the Association going and growing. Thanks Dan and the other active!!
Dan invites you to join him and your fellow alumni to make a difference in St. Edward School. Your support is needed as new school needs and projects are discovered.
To date, the Association has invested more than $50,000 in St. Edward School and its future. This includes the purchase and installation of the mobile classroom unit, computer tables and chairs, Catholic Schools Week events, seed money to begin a preschool program and develop a school promotional dvd, a telephone system and playground fencing. The Association also sponsors the St. Edward School Annual Appeal which is conducted in November. Please consider your participation in the mission of the Association.
I scream, you scream: Don’t forget to join us for Ice Cream Social 2010. Come for Mass at 10 am and stay for lunch and of course some delicious ice cream and cake. 250 gallons of Apricot, Banana, Chocolate, Strawberry, Vanilla and We Three will be made on Freezing Day, Saturday, June 5. Come and crank a bit from 8 am – 3 pm. The Alumni Association will meet at noon on Freezing Day! Hope to see you on Freezing Day and for the Association Meeting!
100 years from now … Would someone reading your will be able to tell that you were a Christian? If there is any writing that would indicate what the most important things in our lives are, it most certainly should be our Last Will and Testament.
In it, we would naturally expect to find mentioned those people - family or friends - who for whatever reasons were the most significant people on earth to us.
We would likewise expect to find mentioned any institution or organization that was especially significant or important to us in some way.
For a Christian, it would seem certain that the Church and her ministries would be on our special list. If not, something must have gone wrong somewhere, or maybe we just didn't think about it. Whatever the case, now would be a good time to think about it.
For information regarding bequests to St. Edward School please contact:
Diocesan Office of Stewardship & Mission Services
Catholic Diocese of Covington
P. O. Box 15550
Covington, Kentucky 41015
Phone 859-392-1540
F.Y.I. In our recent past St. Edward School has benefitted much by being included in the last will and testament of parishioners. These estates have been used for building repairs and paying off deficit years. The result is that our parish has no money in savings. Please consider leaving your legacy to St. Edward School.