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Dear Families,
Snow days are a gift from God, an opportunity to slow down, reflect and finally write an update for the web page!
How can the year be half over already? It seems like yesterday we began the school year with the students and some parents gathered outside to pray as a group for a successful school year. The Corpus Christi School community, staff, students and parents continue to exemplify why we are a 2009 Blue Ribbon School of Excellence!
It's been a busy year so far. Weekly mass led by a class starts off our week. I enjoyed the Halloween parade. I was very impressed by the creativity and imagination displayed by all the students. One of my favorites was the crew socks. The track team did an impressive job against the other Diocesan schools. We celebrated our Blue Ribbon Award at 5:30 Mass at St. Anthony's in November. Our students from pre-school - eighth grade were involved in the mass. Alumni and former parents from Corpus Christi, St. Anthony's and St. Philip's celebrated with us at the mass. Some examples of our community outreach are our canned food drive benefitted the food pantry at St. Anthony's and St. Philip's and the numerous bags of toys for Toys for Tots. The Christmas pageant was truly an inspirational performance setting the spiritual tone before leaving for Christmas break. Girls and boys basketball is underway. We celebrated Catholic Schools Week.
The next half of the year will be just as busy. Lent is here and so are weekly Stations of the Cross on Fridays. Our second graders are preparing for First Holy Communion and our eight graders are preparing for Confirmation. Our sixth grade will do their annual social studies fair and our fourth grade will do their annual Colonial Days. The school play will be in May. We have ten students participating in the Diocesan Science Fair. Our students will participate in the Diocesan Music Festival and the Shakespeare Festival. In June, we'll send our eighth graders onto high school and the school year will be over! Our community outreach will include Pennies for Patients and Jump Rope for Heart. We're still trying to decide what to do to help the people in Haiti.
In closing, I'd like to share what some of the Corpus Christi students wrote in their Catholic Schools Week essays. "A Catholic education pays dividends for life. What I am learning in school teaches me the basics of everything I need to know to be successful. Each day I learn about knowledge, discipline, morals and faith." Kenley, a 4th grade student, "The morals and virtues we are taught in Catholic schools will be helpful to us in the future. We will be able to make morally correct decisions. The education will help us excel in high school, college and getting a job." Ryan, a 5th grade student. "In Catholic schools, whenever you need help, you'll never get rejected by anyone. You will always get help no matter what." Javier, a 6th grade student. "I have been going to Catholic school for about eight years now and I learn more about God and what He calls me to do. I learn that there are certain doors that God wants me to open and others that should always stay closed. Before I open these doors I need to have keys. These keys are the tools I will need to carry on with the rest of my life. The keys help me chose right from wrong. Once I have that I can open the doors to happiness. Catholic schools supply me with these keys. Then they help me to open the right doors and keep them open forever." Kathryn, a 6th grade student."
God Bless,
Laura M. Zybrick
Principal
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