The days of summer break have passed quickly with renewing time spent at the Motherhouse, attending educational classes, workshops, visiting family and helping out with Motherhouse activities. Now the Sisters again find themselves preparing their classrooms for the opening day of school. This always involves bulletin boards!
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- Sister Elena is busy preparing a classroom board which will say, “Praise Jesus”.
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- Sister Kathleen volunteered to fix the 2 hall boards using quotes from Pope Francis.
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- Pope Francis’ quotes came from “Amoris Latitia”, “The Joy of Love”.
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- A Board in the Kindergarten room!
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- Being blessed with many boards, Sister Kathleen uses her creative talents.
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- Each year Sister Kathleen comes up with a new way to incorporate the numbers and colors for her little ones. This year she folded white shirts and made colored bow ties, plus she found some party hats.
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- The Birthday board! I heard cakes will appear on their special day!
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- Now on to plans!
As the days near for school to start our new Principal was busy at work too. Signs in front of school greet the teachers as they arrive.
Teachers and staff attended a well planned in-service day. We were all greeted with; “Welcome Back! It’s Going to Be a Great Year”. After an opening Ice Breaker where we each got to chose 3 candy bars, we were sure it was going to be great! But then came the activity. If you chose a Snicker Bar you were asked to tell the group the number of years you had been teaching. A Butterfinger called for your funniest experience while teaching, a $100 Grand required you to share your most rewarding teaching experience, a Milky Way Bar gave its owner a chance to tell about family, and finally, a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup meant you were to share one attainable goal that you have set for this school year. Needless to say we had a lot of laughs and learned a little more about each other. Then it was down to business.
Our school cooks had been working hard too. They prepared a beautiful lunch for us to enjoy.
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- The cooks enjoyed their planning and preparation.
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- “We eat with our eyes first” and that begins with the appearance of the tables.
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- A beautiful spread was laid out for all to enjoy.
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- A delicious meal break.
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- Always a good time for a little fun and laughter!