2019 - 2020
St. Catherine’s Montessori BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chris Jordan President
Ryan Patterson Treasurer
Chris Palamountain Secretary
Alison Jefferies Ex-Offici
Sr. Mary Magdalen Hanel, OP
Sr. Charles Anne Solomon, OP
Sr. Sharon Steglich, OP
Sr. Edna Ann Hebert, OP Ex-Officio; Emeritu
St. Catherine’s Montessori ADMINISTRATION
Susan Tracy Head of School
Julie McLarry Admissions Director
Holly Copeland Business Director
Lyndsey Ray Advancement Director
OUR MISSION
As a Catholic Montessori school, St. Catherine’s is dedicated to an educational experience which awakens in our students the awareness of their gifts and responsibilities as individuals in relationship with Jesus Christ and as stewards of the global community.
MESSAGE FROM HEAD THE OF SCHOOL
Dear St. Catherine’s Community,
The 2019-2020 school year tested our endurance, faith, and resilience and taught us the importance of working together to be successful. The highlights achieved at St. Catherine’s during this year have been accompanied by an unexpected journey, which has amplified the extraordinary support, collaboration, and trust exhibited by all members of this community. Thank you for your generous support and understanding as we transitioned from in-person learning to learning from home.
This year our students were able to achieve many significant accomplishments bringing them newsworthy attention several times. They were interviewed live on 90.1 KPFT radio regarding the Climate Caucus they organized in September. Invitations followed for speaking engagements on the topic where students were recognized for months afterwards for how knowledgeable and articulate they were.
Our campus grounds were enhanced through the dedication of The Mann Family Meditation Garden at a blessing ceremony attended by donor Shannon Mann and landscape architect Keiji Asakura, who generously designed and oversaw the installation of the garden. The labyrinth at the front of the school in the Dominican Peace Garden was constructed by the Adolescent Community and High School students with the guidance of Jay Stailey, who has installed many labyrinths around the city and world.
The Guides continued their professional development by beginning the year with a training by Dr. Alison Awes, a world-renowned Montessorian who provided strategies to help those with reading difficulties at every level. In the spring, Guides were joined by parents and students to hear Dr. William R. Stixrud speak about “The Self-Driven Child” and to listen to Dr. Crystal Collier speak of the neuroscience of high-risk behavior.
After moving to learning from home, many in our community creatively supported our traditions in a virtual way. We continued our tradition of Spring Fling by sharing music, cooking, and enjoying family time; live-streamed Mass; and held a virtual 6th year retreat, a virtual Adolescent Community affirmation ceremony, and celebratory car parades to close out the year.
Thanks to the long-term vision of the Board of Directors, the final portion of land acquisition at Japhet Creek was completed to provide an opportunity for environmental science and sustainability studies.
Our greatest milestone of the year was graduating our first class of seniors – The Class of 2020!! In spite of uncertainty and numerous changes, the graduates had a wonderful outdoor live-streamed commencement ceremony followed by a candlelit labyrinth walk to take them on a meditative journey from being St. Catherine’s students to exiting as alumni. We couldn’t be more proud of what they have accomplished and what kind of human beings they have become.
Our graduates were accepted into the college or university they desired and all earned scholarship awards that cumulatively amounted to $1.1 million.
We owe the success of these students not only to their pioneering spirit and hard work, but also to the investment each of you has made in St. Catherine’s over the years. Thank you!
Blessings,
Head of School
EXPENSES
Tuition & Fees
SCM Annual Fund
Other
Auxiliary Service Fees
Fundraising Events
Salaries & Beneÿts
Curriculum & Class Activities
Facility
Other Expenses
SCM Annual Fund
"EVERY FAMILY FOR EVERY CHILD"
The SCM Annual Fund is the foundation of all St. Catherine’s Montessori giving because it touches every member of our community and allows us to fully fund the cost of educating each child enrolled at school.
Annual contributions to the Fund provide the necessary resources to cover classroom materials, salaries and benefits for our guides and staff, professional development, and campus utilities and maintenance. In addition, these funds allow St. Catherine’s to maintain affordable tuition rates for the benefit of all SCM families.
SCM ANNUAL FUND REPRESENTATIVES
Infant Community
Kylie and John Galfione
Primary
Renae Holman Murti: Catherine and Michael Barber
Jenny McClure: Rachel Flay
Kathy Richardi: Tiffany Raczy and Chad Mavity
Jennifer Uitenbroek: Veronica and Simon Mayer
Lower Elementary
Veronica Harth: Amber McCarthy and Adolph Trudeau
Jaime Hope: Stacy and Richard Urso
Kristen Mattingly: Vanessa and Ryan Patterson
Upper Elementary
Chris Deery: Audrey and Keith Glickert
Tim Snow: Ana Treviño-Godfrey and Jonathan Godfrey
Adolescent Community
Chris Palamountain
High School
Sarah and Craig Scherschel
St. Catherine’s Montessori is blessed by the generosity of the following individuals, families, foundations, and corpora tions w ho supported us during the 2019-2020 fiscal year. These donors made SCM Annual Fund gifts between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020. Th eir commitment to our mission allows us to provide the best curriculum, environment, and facilities for the academic, emotional, and spiritual needs of St. Catherine's students.
GUARDIANS OF LIGHT: $5,000 +
Dana and Adam Bayer
Chanelle Clark and John Clark, Jr.
Sonja and Charles Novo
FOUNDERS’ CIRCLE: $2,500 - $4,999
Ana and Bernardo Goarmon
Megan and Christopher Jordan
Sarah and Christopher Lewis
Chris Palamountain
Paula and Bill Palamountain in honor of Caroline Palamountain and Auden Smith
Vanessa and Ryan Patterson
Jennifer Taylor and Jeremy Ward
ST. CATHERINE’S OF SIENA SOCIETY:
$1,500 - $2,499
Kristina Baizan Devereux and Roy Devereux
Paulette and Anthony Chavez
Virginia Giammaria Peters and Joseph Peters
Mary Grimord and David Marks
Christie and Jeremy Jones
Larissa and Antonio La Matta
Amy and Alan Lindsey
Karin Magnusson and Sarma Velamuri
Amber McCarthy and Adolph Trudeau
Meritus Industries LLC
Jaime Middleton Lawler and Theodore Lawler
Loretta and Mark Nastoupil
Angela and Graham Randall
Stacy and Richard Urso
VERITAS: $1,000 - $1,499
Catherine and Michael Barber
Cristina and E. Scot Dixon
Wanda and Barry Harding
Alison Jefferies and Lorenzo Cohen
Rosecler Marmentini and Adrian Hernandez
Julie McLarry and Justin Homfeld
Nazia and Thaha Mirza
Susan Morrison in honor of Colin and Elizabeth Kappes
Jin Sun Park and Elbert Kwak
Carrie and Kristen Procinsky
Mikaela and Marcus Rydberg
Sarah and Craig Scherschel
Michelle and Clifford Shedd in honor of Clara and Oliver Shedd
Michelle and John Smiley
Monica Tschen Hickok and Gary Hickok
Elizabeth and Kyle Weaver
TORCHBEARERS: $100 - $999
Anonymous
Naureen Ahmeduddin and Russell Brink
Luissa Alba-MacDonald and Herbert MacDonald
Katherina Alsina and Alan Guevara
Elizabeth and John Arango
Carmen and Jordi Baizan
Katia Baizan-Gonzalez and Jorge Gonzalez
Beverly and Peter Barber
Vanessa and Grant Barfuss
Ragini and Rana Basu
Susan and George Bazin in honor of Isaac Bazin
Kathleen and James Bertolatus
Jyoti and Manoj Bhardwaj
Emily and Jeff Blackman
Brooke and Gail Borden
Andrea and Michael Boucher
Valentina Briceño and Rodrigo Contreras
Kelley and Michael Bruso
Milagros and Juanito Caudilla in memory of Mila Caudilla
Cindy Cedillo-Ruiz and Raymond Ruiz
May and Brian Chiu
Birgit and Alistair Clague
Laura and Bill Clifton
Vy and Jack Collett
China and Roberto Contreras
Holly Copeland
Pat and Don Craig in honor of Owen Lowry
Elizabeth Dambouradijan and Kenneth Stemac
Veronika and Luis de La Mata
Paula deWitte in honor of Adam and Carolina Mayer
Mardi Do and Nicholas Nguyen
Dominican Sisters of Houston in honor of Mary Magdalen Hanel, OP; Edna Ann Hebert, OP; Charles Anne Solomon, OP; and Sharon Steglich, OP
Mitra and Demetri Economou
Samantha Edussuriya and David Sharma
Maria Fajardo and Miguel Contreras
Gabriela and Felipe Fenton
Rachel Flay
Kylie and John Galfione
Pedro Garza
Alexandra Gassan
TORCHBEARERS: $100 - $999 (continued):
Janella and Andrew Gee
Olga Gireva Grillo and Miguel Grillo
Thanatcha and Matthew Goitia
Katie and Nick Gonzalez
H.Stephen Grace, Jr. in honor of Abby and Jacob Grace
Jennifer and Steve Grace
Angie and Christian Gubitz
Jennifer and Absalon Gutierrez
Mary Ann and David Haberman in honor Andrew, Caroline, and Julia Lewis
Jane Hamilton
Xiao Han-Maistry and Rene Maistry
Tiffany Harrod Reininger and Daniel Reininger
Veronica and Greg Harth
Sarah Hassan and Nadeem Tajuddin
Shirin and Larry Herman in honor of James Hall
Magda Herrera and Javier Dominguez
Veronica and Luis Herrera in honor of Leandro and Marcelo Dominguez
Kathy and Mahmoud Hijazi
Renae Holman Murti
Kathleen Hopkins Alsina in honor of Oliver Guevara
Helen Hsu in honor of Meylia Kumata
Zsofia Intody and David Spencer
Romesha and Joseph Jayasundera
Soraia and Nizar Jiwa
Claudine Johnson and Eric Tait
Nia Johnson-Jones and Thomas Jones
Theresa and Joseph Karwacki in honor of Charleigh and Kate Karwacki
Vita and Ron Jordan in honor of Lauren and Matthew Jordan
Jamil and Mackale Joyner
Anne and Christopher Kappes
Paula and Russell Kelly
Heather Kendall and Benjamin Mull
Tracey Ledoux and Jerrid Gunderson
Catherine Lee and Theis Clarke
Courtney and Eric Lerch
Kathleen and Ryan Lerch
Melissa and David Lopez
Patricia and Steven Lopez in honor of Laura and Sarah Lopez
Kapila and Aaron Love
Maria Luna
Nancy and David Martin in honor of Elliot, Myers, and Riley Nyberg
Misty and Surena Matin
Veronica and Simon Mayer
Alicia and Christopher McIntosh
Cindy and Jacob Melton
Irina Mitchell in honor of Adelina Grillo
Rose Ann Morello
Lisa and Bruce Moses
Tom Mouton
Sheila Murray and Michael Bresson
MaryAnna and Patrick Nagorski
Edith Napoleon-Segovia and Adrian Segovia
Patty and Frank Napoleon inhonorofFrancisand MercedesSegovia
Laura Nastoupil inhonorofAnsleyandVivianNastoupil
Kerri and David Neimeyer
Debbie Nickerson
Charles Novo
Dayan and Billy Nowlin
Elizabeth Nunnally
Brooke and Andrew Nyberg
Teresa Onofre
Angela Ortega and Michael Liga
Shea Palamountain and Rob Smith
Joan and Christopher Pappas, Sr. inhonorof EdiePappas
Mollie and Christopher Pappas
Grecia and Diego Parra
Christine and Oscar Perez
Mary and James Peters
Susanne and Ron Raczy
Tiffany Raczy and Chad Mavity
Sania Rahim-Gilani and Aziz Gilani
Aimee and Matt Raley
Lyndsey Ray
Martha Reid and Donald Reid, Jr.
Shelley Robson and Devin Weiss
Denise and Stephen Rodriguez
Kesley Rodriguez
Ann and John Romero inhonorofCeciliaand FionaBarber
LuAnn and David Sanchez
Jennifer and Jason Schwartz
Shari and Stuart Schwartz inhonorofOliverSchwartz
Janet and Sansar Sharma inhonorofMaxSharma
Susan Tracy
Ana Treviño-Godfrey and Jonathan Godfrey
Lindsay and Brian Tucker
Annis Turney inhonorofDevynandDylanTurney
Saudia and Anthony Turney
Mary and Chan Tysor
Jennifer and Nathan Uitenbroek inmemoryof JaniceUitenbroek
Andrea Upegui-Arroyave and Jose Cuellar-Silva
Loida Vanegas
Adriana Visbal and Alejandro Contreras
Michelle and Craig Vinson
Sabina and Jacob Vizinat
Amanda Vlastas
Charles Wheatley
Jennifer Wu and Kenny Kumata
Alison Young and Jelani Kendrick
Kathy and Francis Zipple in honor of Clara and Oliver Shedd
Kristin Zipple-Shedd and RJ Hazeltine-Shedd
FRIENDS: up to $99
Katia Baizan Gonzalez and Jorge Gonzalez
Erin Allison and Trey Buttelmann
Anne and Mark Bazin
Valentina Briceño and Rodrigo Contreras
Lucy Bujnoch
Hadley and James Cogan
Anna-Leigh and Kevin Copeland
Chris Deery
Mary and Joseph Devine
Maria Diaz
Theresa Josephine Do, OP
Pratibha Durgam
Jacinta Edussuriya
Hannah Engelke
Ilse and Alfredo Galeas
Lindsay and James Gregory
Sheila Hall and James Hall, Jr.
Jaime Hope
Mitsuko and Larry Kumata in honor of Meylia Kumata
Kevin Lewis
Ely and Jose Marron
Molly Martin and Jason Karwacki
Kristen Mattingly
Sarah and Alistair McIntyre
Danielle Mouton
Kaye and Tom Nunnally in honor of Katherine and
Olivia Smiley
Brooke and Andrew Nyberg
Jocelyn Ochoa
Sharon Ortiz
Teresa and Trey Palmer
Nguyen Pham and Christopher Lav
Bruce Raby
Sterling Richards
Annie Sallans
Karen and Ray Simar
Mindy and Tim Snow
Katherine and Jackson Vo
Fumiko Weiss in honor of Zoe Weiss
CORPORATE MATCHING
AllianceBernstein Company
American Express Company
Chevron Corporation
Hess Corporation
Phillips 66 Corporation
Shell Oil Company
An Education FOR LIFE
Maintaining affordable tuition for families who wish to send their children to St. Catherine’s Montessori is a fundamental principle in which our Dominican foundresses firmly believed when they opened the school in 1966. Sr. Edna Ann Hebert, OP and Sr. Shirley Owens, OP † also believed in providing education to children from diverse backgrounds, and these values set the stage for our long-held position to remain affordable and inclusive.
In 2019-2020, St. Catherine’s awarded $60,000 in tuition assistance to 31 students from 21 families.
Also in 2019-2020, with the combined contributions of grant support, individual giving, the annual Steps 4 Students 5K Run/Walk, and Great Conversations, we received a total of $61,112 towards the SCM Tuition Assistance Program, which allows St. Catherine’s to provide future tuition aid directly to our families
Steps 4 Students: $8,301
Grant Support and Individual Giving: $34,156
Great Conversations: $18,655
Total Tuition Assistance: $61,112
Great Conversations
Great Conversations is our biennial fundraising event where guests come together to enjoy great food, great company and great conversations – all in support of a great cause, the SCM Tuition Assistance Program. For the safety of our community, the 2020 event was canceled. We sincerely thank our wouldbe guests who so generously redirected their ticket purchases and underwriting support to gifts.
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Kristina Baizan Devereux and Roy Devereux
Dana and Adam Bayer
Chanelle Clark and John Clark, Jr.
Billy R. Corbin, Jr.
Cristina and E. Scot Dixon
Deborah and Rock Gremillion
Zsofia Intody and David Spencer
Claudine Johnson and Eric Tait
Megan and Christopher Jordan
Sarah and Christopher Lewis
Misty and Surena Matin
Jaime Middleton Lawler and Theodore Lawler
Angela and Graham Randall
Sarah and Craig Scherschel
Jennifer Taylor and Jeremy Ward
Saudia and Anthony Turney
Mary and Chan Tysor
Stacy and Richard Urso
Grant Support & Individual Giving
Catherine and Michael Barber
Vanessa and Grant Barfuss
Bayer Family Foundation
Naureen Ahmeduddin and Russell Brink
Valentina Briceño and Rodrigo Contreras
Holly Copeland
Fred and Mabel R. Parks Foundation
Kathleen Hopkins Alsina
Christie and Jeremy Jones
Courtney and Eric Lerch
Sarah and Christopher Lewis
Amy and Alan Lindsey
MaryAnna and Patrick Nagorski
Kerri and David Neimeyer
Barbara Reese
Jennifer and Jason Schwartz
Michelle and Clifford Shedd
Linda and Hugh Tucker
Jennifer and Nathan Uitenbroek
Steps 4 Students 5K Walk/Run
DONORS Anonymous
Kathleen Hopkins Alsina
Katia Baizan Gonzalez and Jorge Gonzalez
David Billington
Andrea and Michael Boucher
Meris Bridger
Chanelle Clark and John Clark, Jr.
Eric Cody
Chloe Copeland
Chris Cunningham
Gina Dutton
Maria Fajardo and Miguel Contreras
Carl Farmer
Gabriela and Felipe Fenton
Ross Friedrichs
Abigail Garza
Pedro Garza
Ina Greenhouse
Veronica and Greg Harth
Samuel Hemming
Megan Hill
Carolyn Hooper
Allan Hursig
Penelope Khuri
Mindy and Mark LeBlanc
Kevin Lewis
Saul Lopez
Steven J. Lopez, Jr.
Sharon Lyman
Brandon Martin
Neil McDonald
Nicky Mintz
Aikaterini Nella and Konstantinos Makris
Martha Owen
Will Partridge
Pragnya Patel
Mario Portillo
Maxine Pride
Amy Quinn
Mark Sanders
Toni Skaff
Eric Speck
Mark Sprafka
Monica Tschen Hickok and Gary Hickok
Danielle Tschirhart
Eric Underwood
Cathy Veniegas
Angelica Vong
Wendy Wight and James Meyn
Brooke Whisenhunt
Emily Woodhall
Marian Zinnante
TEAM SCM
Adam Allen
Carl Allen
Stella Allen
Heidi Balentine
Catherine Barber
Fiona Barber
Kathleen Bertolatus
Hillary Boswel
Angel Bush
Alistair Clague
Charlotte Clague
Frederick Clague
Hadley Cogan
Stewart Cogan
Wilson Cogan
Juan-Pablo Contreras
Miguel Contreras
Team SCM at Steps 4 Students, February 15, 2020
TEAM SCM (continued):
Chloe Copeland
Holly Copeland
Kevin Copeland
Connor Costello
James Costello
Leo Costello
Sarah Costello
Jackson Culloty
Quinn Culloty
Colin Dixon
Cristina Dixon
E. Scot Dixon
James Dixon
Sr. Theresa Josephine Do, OP
Samantha Edussuriya
Lamees El Beheary
Mohamed El Beheary
Nour El Beheary
Seif El Beheary
Maria Fajardo
Anthony Flores
Roberto Flores
Al Galiunas
Laurie Galiunas
Abigail Garza
Pedro Garza
Alexandra Gassan
Isabella Godfrey
Jonathan Godfrey
Sebastian Godfrey
Abby Grace
Jacob Grace
Jennifer Grace
Steve Grace
Olivia Gremillion
Riley Gremillion
Rock Gremillion
Jerrid Gunderson
James Hall
Jim Hall
Sheila Hall
Wanda Harding
Tiffany Harrod
Amelia Hemming
Samuel Hemming
Adrian Hernandez
Alessandra Hernandez
Gary Hickok
Harrison Hickok
Jackson Hickok
Christian Huapaya
Anissa Jayasundera
Joseph Jayasundera
Romesha Jayasundera
Anaya Jiwa
Soraia Jiwa
Chris Jordan
Lauren Jordan
Matthew Jordan
Megan Jordan
Jamil Joyner
Mackale Joyner
Heather Kendall
Cassius Kendrick
Jelani Kendrick
Kenny Kumata
Meylia Kumata
Larissa La Matta
Paolo La Matta
Umberto La Matta Vittoria
La Matta Deborah Lawler
Devin Lawler
Theodore Lawler Jr.
Tracey Ledoux
Everley Ledoux
Gunderson Hadley Ledoux
Gunderson Catherine
Lerch Courtney Lerch
Eric Lerch
John Lerch
William Lerch
Caroline Lewis
Christopher Lewis
Julia Lewis
Sarah Lewis
David Lopez
Laura Lopez
Sarah Lopez
Kano Love
Owen Lowry
Shannon Lowry
Jose Marron
Joseph Marron
Maria Marron
Misty Matin
Nina Matin
Surena Matin
Taraneh Matin
Benjamin Mavity
Chad Mavity
Daniel Mavity
Ethan Mavity
Adam Mayer
Carolina Mayer
Simon Mayer
Veronica Mayer
TEAM SCM (continued):
Seren Meingast
Jaime Middleton Lawler
Bruce Moses
Lisa Moses
Tom Mouton
Ben Mull
Catherine Mull
Colin Mull
Lauren Mull
Reagan Mull
Edith Napoleon-Segovia
Patty Napoleon
Violeta Nevidomska
Andriy Nevidomskyy
Catherine Novak
Gabriella Novak
Joseph Novak
Magdalyn Novak
Olivia Novak
Dayan Nowlin
Emma Nowlin
Lance Nowlin
Jocelyn Ochoa
Shea Palamountain
Bowden Palmer
Teresa Palmer
Diego Parra
Grecia Parra
Isabella Grecia Parra
Victoria Grace Parra
Joe Peters
Tiffany Raczy
Aiden Cooper Raley
Aimee Raley
Matt Raley
Angela Randall
Beatrix Randall
Graham Randall
Wenxuan Randall
Lyndsey Ray
Declan Reid
Don Reid
Elizabeth Reid
Ryan Reid
Daniel Reininger
Madeleine Reininger
William Reininger
Alexa Rivas-Gassan
Maximilian Rivas-Gassan
Kesley Rodriguez
Ranya Salama
Ava Sanchez
David Sanchez
Misu Sanson
Craig Scherschel
Ruth Scherschel
Sarah Scherschel
Jason Schwartz
Jennifer Schwartz
Oliver Schwartz
Adrian Segovia
Francis Segovia
Mercedes Segovia
David Sharma
Maximilian Sharma
Karen Simar
Ray Simar
Olivia Smiley
Auden Smith
Rob Smith
Sadie Snow
Wally Snow
Jack Sprafka
Mark Sprafka
Jennifer Taylor
Susan Tracy
Ana Treviño-Godfrey
Monica Tschen
Brian Tucker
Eli Tucker
Jasper Tucker
Lindsay Tucker
Chan Tysor
Mary Tysor
William Tysor
Nathan Uitenbroek
Sharlie Velasco
Nathaniel Vizinat
Rihana Vizinat
Sabina Vizinat
Aliza Vo
Katherine Vo
Charlotte Wamp
Abigail Ward
Elliot Ward
Jeremy Ward
Devin Weiss
Zoe Weiss
Jennifer Wu
Claire Yabraian
Eleanor Yabraian
Oliver Yabraian
Alison Young
“ Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.”
—MARIA MONTESSORI
THE POWER OF Community
PARENT SERVICE ORGANIZATION (PSO)
The PSO began the 2019-2020 school year in full force. The New Parent Welcome Committee hosted two playdates to welcome new families to the school, and held monthly playdates throughout the fall on the SCM soccer field for all AM children. Friends of the Atrium hosted weekly Christian meditation and monthly Rosary sessions, along with producing its newsletter to highlight a different Doctor of the Church each month. Friends of the Garden gathered weekly to help our school naturalist maintain the extensive campus gardens, and it hosted a fall garden day in October to prepare the school’s beloved orchard for winter. Likewise, Friends of the Library kept the library shelves prepared for all the students’ research and reading needs, as well as checking in Primary library books every week. Friends of the Library also hosted a very successful Scholastic Book Fair, earning Scholastic credit for the school to spend on new books.
In October, we hosted the annual PSO Fall Fest, providing our community the opportunity to gather together for a delicious potluck meal, good conversation, and outdoor play for the children. In December, we sponsored the annual pajama drive to provide pajamas, socks, and underwear for over 100 children supported by Casa de Esperanza. Just before everyone scattered for Christmas Break, we hosted the annual Faculty and Staff Appreciation Luncheon, providing a delicious catered lunch (and even massages!) to show our immense gratitude for everything the faculty and staff do for our children every day. These are just a few of the many ways parents volunteered their time to support St. Catherine’s through the PSO.
Then, in March, everything came to an abrupt halt as campus closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As families adjusted to school at home and social distancing, the PSO chairs and committees worked to find new and different ways to bring the SCM community together. Our Spring Fling chair did an amazing job putting together a virtual event, complete with music, food ideas, and fun spring activities! The PSO Book Club continued to meet, just moving to Zoom for the final two books of the year. Friends of the Atrium helped the school catechist cut wood to make miniature altars for First Communicant gifts. Additionally, the summer school supply drive for Casa de Esperanza was re-envisioned to gather supplies for the children in a safe, socially distant way.
I appreciate how many parents stepped up to help the PSO continue to live out its mission of building community through family involvement and service even amidst the substantial challenges brought on by the pandemic. It is such a blessing to be a part of this wonderful, caring, supportive St. Catherine’s community!
Courtney Lerch, PSO President
PSO Meet-Up
Friends of the Garden Workday PSO Book Club
PSO Virtual Spring Fling
Scholastic Book Fair
PSO Faculty and Staff Appreciation Luncheon
Casa de Esperanza Drive
Chili Lunch for Faculty and Staff
Friends of the Atrium Rosary
