September 7th, 2010 by Nicole Cendrowski
St. Anthony’s Pack 523 kicked off the year with a night at the Greenville Drive game. The outing was lead by Cubmaster Norm, Assistant Cubmaster Michael, and Pack Mom Pam. We had 13 boys attend, including some new faces. We all sang “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” in the seventh inning stretch, which we practiced before our trip. The Drive lost, but we had a great time anyway. And everyone enjoyed the fireworks show after the game. Special thanks to Serve One Process Serving for sponsoring our outing!
(Article submitted by Cubmaster Norm Synder)
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August 23rd, 2010 by Nicole Cendrowski
We recently updated our featured volunteer, donor and alumni profiles. You can read short stories about the Notre Dame Club of the Western Carolinas and Brooklyn Conrad on the homepage, and the donor and alumni archive pages.
Learn about our featured volunteer, Sally Cade, on the Volunteer page. We’ve also created an archive for past volunteer stories on the blog, in the “Meet our Volunteers” category.
Be sure to check back from time to time to read new stories about why people give their valuable time, fantastic talents, and generosity to St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School.
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August 2nd, 2010 by Nicole Cendrowski
Greenville County First Steps presented St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School with a pledge of $85,000 to expand K3 and K4 programs for the 2010-2011 school year.
The classes will operate on a Perry Preschool Model, which combines the classroom setting with the child’s home setting. This is part of a three-year study between the High/Scope Educational Foundation and Clemson University that focuses on curriculum and home visiting.
Classes will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 pm, Monday through Friday, with after class care available on site until 6:00 p.m. for a fee.
The classes will have small numbers of students for more individualized attention. The teachers are High/Scope Curriculum trained. Classroom teachers will do a weekly home visit with the child and parent or guardian. The home visit will include a variety of learning activities.
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July 14th, 2010 by Nicole Cendrowski
When a person sits long enough to ponder what an ideal education might be, there is no question that a diversity of thoughts, experiences, people and our cultures makes the BEST education of all. The worst is a mono-cultural, confined, uni-lingual and talking head approach to sharing information and values.
St. Anthony regards our radical diversity as a prime mover in the successes we have been able to gain. In addition to significant gender, faith, racial, economic and learning style diversity, we have a complementary foundation built on 70 plus years of lasting Roman Catholic Christianity. The very word catholic means “universal” and we are committed to a universal appeal to all truth and every value. The fact is, the Catholic Church and its schools find the truth everywhere and in many differing peoples. We celebrate that.
We rejoice in the genius of African American spirituality, cultural richness, and the strong population at St. Anthony’s, and welcome all people to be enlightened by it. Between a great church and a great people, there is room for all to be educated in a proudly diverse, faith filled, radically successful school such as St. Anthony’s.
By: Pastor Father Patrick Tuttle, OFM
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July 9th, 2010 by Sister Catherine
Did you know that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has a Secretariat of Cultural Diversity? Allan Figueroa Deck, S.J., Executive Director, suggests that we take steps to build greater unity in diversity by celebration, prayer and worship, interaction, information, story-telling, and inspirational moments. A visit to St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School reveals just such activities!
It was my privilege to attend the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) Convention in Minneapolis this past April. Over 8,000 educators gathered from across the country and beyond and it was truly a macrocosm of diversity at every level. One of the highlights of the conference was the announcement that Most Reverend Wilton D. Gregory, Archbishop of Atlanta, is the new chairman of the board of the NCEA. The NCEA guides US Catholic Schools in establishing and maintaining excellence in all areas.
Archbishop Gregory was born and raised in Chicago where his parents sent him to St. Carthage Grammar School, and where, as a sixth grader, Wilton converted to Catholicism. Archbishop Gregory of Atlanta weighed in on the issues of unity and diversity during his homily May 7, 2010, at a Mass for the Catholic Cultural Diversity Network Convocation at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana.
“Our efforts at national unity often depend upon bringing peoples’ diversity into something of an artificial harmony that seeks to minimize the uniqueness and distinctiveness of people. The Catholic Church, on the contrary, focuses upon what we all share in common which is our faith and our oneness in Christ,” Archbishop Gregory said. To be a Catholic one need not abandon one’s individuality. In fact, the Catholic Church is most perfectly herself when all of her children display that rich diversity that God has fashioned into the very heart of humanity,” the archbishop said. “We are most Catholic when we reflect our oneness of faith and worship that is achieved in response to our rich mixture of human variety through the grace of the Holy Spirit.”
Our school is “proudly diverse” and we make every effort to draw upon the richness of each child’s background, celebrating race, color and creed.
By: Principal Sister Catherine Noecker, OSF
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June 18th, 2010 by St. Anthony's School
Thank you for supporting our education at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School.
We really appreciate all that you do for us. We have excelled through school because of your contributions and scholarships for different kids.
Once again, thank you for all your help,
May God Bless You!
Love,
The Sixth Grade Graduates and Companions in Grade 5
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June 11th, 2010 by Nicole Cendrowski
On Friday, June 4, we had our Moving Up Day 2010 and Family Picnic for our students, parents, siblings, teachers and staff. This was a wonderful time for us to celebrate the end of a great school year with all of our students and their families!
During the Opening Prayer Service in the chapel, we gave out report cards and students moved to their new spot in the chapel to sit with their new teacher. After the service, students and their parents visited their classrooms for next year.
Afterward, everyone enjoyed a picnic lunch and of course dancing to the tunes of our favorite deejay, Father Patrick!
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