Newsletter May 8th

Big Happenings/ Announcements:

  • WHITE SMOKE! NEW POPE!
  • Tomorrow: Aloha Bingo! Volunteer
  • MAP Testing starts next week for grades 1-8. Avoid appointments
  • FCEs going home tomorrow
  • Happy Teacher Appreciation Week. Thank you teachers for all that you do!

Dear Families,

Peace be with you! Today is a wonderful day, and a historic one, for people around the world, especially for the 1.4 billion Catholics. Today a new Pope was elected, and has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV. Born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, Illinois in 1955, he is the 267th Bishop of Rome and Successor of Peter. He is also our first American Pope! I encourage you to read his biography here, from the Vatican website. There you can also re-watch the footage of his address.

What struck me most about his address to the world was his humility, the way that he was visibly choked up by the sheer magnitude…Continue Reading