Principal Update - September 12th

            The beginning of this school year has brought immense excitement to our parish and school community. Many new families have invested in their children by providing them the opportunity to a Catholic education here at Saint Patrick School.  For the third year, we have experienced growth as members of the community have joined our school family.

            Our staff is dedicated to providing a quality Catholic education by meeting the needs of every child that enters our school. God has made every child very unique, and we welcome the diversity among our student body with open arms. All children have the ability to grow socially, spiritually and academically. It is our primary job as educators to foster and nurture the growth of each child, regardless of their ability when entering our school. With new students come new challenges, challenges that we welcome as we fulfill our mission to Know God, to Love God, and to Serve All.

            The beginning of this school year has been dedicated to providing more support to our teachers, which we feel will ultimately benefit every child in each classroom. I am happy to announce that we have added two new staff members, in addition to doing a bit of shuffling so that we are able to provide additional support for our students. Beginning Monday, September 12, the following additions/changes will be in affect:

·         We have hired a part-time teacher, Lynette Gasper, to teach math for grades 2, 4 and 6. In addition, she will teach Science and Social Studies in the 3/4^th grade classroom. Mrs. Gasper has been a substitute teacher in our school, she is the mother to Lydia Gasper (2^nd Grade) and she also works in the Parish part time to assist Father Mark and Michelle Ogren. We are thrilled to have her as a part of our staff and I’m more than confident she will make a seamless transition with the students. If you have any question for Mrs. Gasper or would like to meet her, call the school or email her at sps.gasper@gmail.com

·         Ms. Schoenborn will now have an hour each school day to work as our in-house student support teacher. She will collaborate with our teachers to provide academic support for students needing assistance across all grade levels. I’m thrilled that we can meet the needs of students while maximizing Ms. Schoenborn’s expertise.

·         Our preschool now has 13 students enrolled. Darcy Snarski has been hired as a para-pro to assist Mrs. Krebill in the classroom. She has already been in the classroom this week getting to know the kids. Mrs. Snarski has three children in our school and is also the chair of our parent teacher organization (PTO).

In Christ,

Scott Czarnopys

scottczarnopys@gmail.com