July 2, 2007

Dear St. Bernardine Parents,

I am Zenza Laws, the principal of St. Bernadine. First of all, I would like to thank you for making St. Bernadine a part of your family. Secondly, I would like to thank you for allowing me to take part in the rearing of your child. I am very excited about this year and look forward to knowing you and your child.

I welcome you to a new and rewarding school year and I am privileged to be a small, but crucial educational and spiritual instrument in the successful rearing of your child/ren. The faculty and I are pleased that you belong to the St. Bernardine family; for it is solely because of you that we can live out our vocations that God has gracefully set before us. As I plan for the upcoming year, I will be looking for ways to inspire, improve, and motivate. I will also focus on increasing enrollment. This can only be done with your help. Therefore, I expect to be a team player and work closely with the families of St. Bernadine. Growth will be readily apparent in the number of opportunities that will be available to you and your children this year; opportunities to grow in knowledge, academic integrity, social structure and in spiritual oneness with God.

I would like to take this time to thank you for your dedication to St. Bernardine, and I, along with all the faculty and staff family, expect that we will reach an unparallel level of success this year. This year our goal is to continue growing in knowledge as well as commitment, on the part of our teachers, our parents and our students. We look forward to harnessing this growth in concert with the veteran and new families of St. Bernardine.

As the summer draws to an end, we must plan for the coming year. The following information is helpful in your planning of the new year.

• Yearly calendars are in the office if needed
• Supply lists can be obtain from the school, Office Depot (7075 W. Cermak) and Office Max (17 th and Cermak)
• Medical forms must be complete for incoming, kindergarten, 3 rd grade , 5 th grade and new students.

 

Dates to remember:

• August 16 th registration 4:00-7:00
• August 23 school begins grades 1-8, 11:30 dismissal

 

9:00-10:00 early childhood unit open house

• August 24 first full day, ESD for grade 1-8
• August 27 childhood unit full day; hot lunch begins
• Students wear uniforms
• September 3 opening school mass
• September 12 parent orientation 7:00

 

Thanks to the many families who registered early. If you did not register, the office will be open beginning August 1st. We will be there between 8:00-3:00. We look forward to a new and rewarding year. I personally welcome the opportunity to meet you. I will be available throughout the month of July to check messages.

There is a 250.00 incentive for bringing in a new family. Share our good news and reap the benefit.

TAKE TIME TO TELL A FRIEND ABOUT OUR GREATNESS  

Sincerely,

Zenza A. Laws