Registration closed Thursday, September 9. All principals will receive a final list next week. Teachers who have not registered may still attend, however, they will receive a blank name tag and list of the open break-out sessions. We ask that those without a registration to please see the Help Desk on the morning of TED. The name tags will be given to the principals at the Principals' Retreat, September 24-25. The name tags have all the important info on it - the sessions each teacher ...
Updated Sep-14-2015 at 12:13 PM by swenson
Last Tuesday, Principal McGovern invited me to participate in the opening day at Our Lady of the Lake. I was honored to be among all the new backpacks, big smiles, and sad/happy parents and teachers! All the children gathered in front of the school, and as a light rain fell, Fr. Tim blessed the front doors of the school and all who had gathered. What a blessing we have in our Catholic schools! A place where children are known, challenged to use our gifts, and encouraged ...
Updated Sep-02-2015 at 01:34 PM by KDixon
Welcome to our 143 new teachers! While not all are first year teachers, we welcome every one of you to our work in Catholic schools. We look forward to our year together! To those of you returning, welcome back! We, at the Office for Catholic Schools pray that your summer has been one of rest and brimming with new ideas to share with your colleagues and with your students. We, too, have been working to support you. Four teacher opportunities/resources of note: Elementary ...
Updated Aug-13-2015 at 09:43 AM by KDixon
“Catholic schools, which always strive to join their work of education with the explicit proclamation of the Gospel, are a most valuable resource for the evangelization of culture…” EVANGELII GAUDIUM Pope Francis We are at our best when Catholic schools become instruments of God’s love in the world. We make this happen through our words, in the taught and lived curriculum, and how we model in our daily interactions with one another. The “evangelization of culture” does require ...
[TABLE="class: outer_border, width: 630"] <tbody>[TR] [TD][IMG]http://www.ocsww.org/images/CSD/blogbanner.png[/IMG] [COLOR=#003366][SIZE=5][B]Greeting[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR] As July looms and knowing that most of our Catholic school administrators take their vacation during this month, I hope we might be able to catch your attention for two essential messages. On behalf of the OCS, I would like to say THANK YOU for a great year. Please ...