We held our Groundbreaking Ceremony yesterday afternoon at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School. Our students, faculty and staff were joined by numerous leaders and members of our diocese, community and parish. Thank you for all of your support as we begin construction very soon!
We invite you to view various slide shows from the event:
-Our Facebook Page
Our new school groundbreaking is scheduled for Sunday, February 26, on the school playground at 2 p.m. Please join us as our students dig the first shovel of dirt! Construction begins in March.
Last Monday, February 13, we hosted a press briefing to share updates of our new school building project. We received an array of coverage from our local newspapers, including a spots on WYFF and The Greenville News.
We’re very close to reaching our campaign goal of $5 million. We’re currently at $4.67 million.
As a part of our continuing efforts to encourage our students to make healthy eating choices as well as our partnership with the South Carolina Farm To School organization, our students were visited by a large collard green.
The costume, which was provided by Clemson University and worn by volunteer Beth Holcombe, provided a fun and interesting reminder for the students to eat healthy locally grown produce whenever possible.
Some of the collards served at lunch came from the school garden which the students have been working hard on since the fall of this year!
We recently received a Community Enrichment Grant from the Community Foundation of Greenville. This grant will be used to provide parent and teacher training, support literacy through building home libraries, and enhance the physical environment of our classrooms. In addition, the grant will help enrich our two pre-kindergarten classrooms and the kindergarten classroom.
St. Anthony of Padua School celebrated the graduation of their sixth grade class on June 2 at a ceremony with Franciscan Sister Catherine Noecker, principal, and Franciscan Father Patrick Tuttle. The graduates are Madison Frost, Orlando Sanchez-Ferguson and Synclair Tucker.
All three were honored with the Presidential Award for Academic Excellence and the Citizenship Award for their dedication to the school and community.
Synclair, Madison and Orlando were also part of the school’s inaugural class of the Alpha Honor’s Club, whose membership also included Adrianna Vandross, Dayanna Poole and Quint Greggs. The students were selected for membership based upon academic excellence and superb moral character throughout the school year.
Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson, a 1965 graduate of St. Anthony of Padua, spoke to the inductees. She serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for Rhode Island and is the first black person to serve as a full judge in this capacity.
During her visit to Greenville, Thompson and her husband, Judge William C. Clifton, a Rhode Island District Court judge, made a financial contribution to the capitol campaign fund to build a new school.
(From The Catholic Miscellany.)
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School invites you to attend the Diamonds and Denim Jubilee on Friday, September 9, 2011 at the TD Convention Center. The jubilee is our annual school fundraising event. This year celebrates the 60th diamond anniversary of St. Anthony’s School.
So, get your best denim and BLING ready to go! To learn more about the event or to purchase tickets online, visit our Diamonds and Denim Jubilee page.
St. Anthony of Padua School now has a Facebook page. Go to Facebook and search for St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School. Feel free to friend Father Patrick Tuttle and Sister Catherine Noecker while you’re there.
The Facebook page is one more place where we share on a regular basis our blog posts and other school news. You can also keep up to date on our Capital Campaign progress for a new school building and interact with other folks who believe in and are involved in our school through their time, talents and financial gifts.
Over the past few weeks, the Greenville Journal, the Greenville News, other local publications and news media featured the new school building campaign. We are eager to share our story: our history, our school family, how we’ve grown, and where we’re going now. If you or your family members, friends or colleagues would like to read the articles, they can be downloaded here:
- “Old school dreams of new home”: GreenvilleNews
- “St. Anthony’s moves forward with fresh vision”: GreenvilleJournal
- “Something special happens at St. Anthony’s”: GNews.PiresOpEd
- “Help build new elementary school”: WYFF Clip
Learn more about the new school building fundraising efforts on the right-hand side of the Donate page or contact our Stewardship Director, Erena Allen, directly at (864) 331-2630 or weavingabrightfuture@gmail.com.
On Saturday, March 5, in Columbia, S.C., St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School’s sixth grade placed third in the Middle School Division of the South Carolina State Scholastic Chess Tournament. Quint Greggs, a fifth grader, was the highest ranking student out of the class!
Our students enjoyed the challenge of playing against other students with a higher ranking than them. The fifth and sixth graders are very proud of their team’s accomplishments!
Would you like for your lunch time to be extra special? Spend it by watching St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church and School and their TV debut! Air time will be on the following dates on Channel WYFF4 at 12:30 p.m.
Friday, April 1
Wednesday, April 6
Tuesday, April 12
Thursday, April 21
Mark your calenders tell your friends about this very special event!