Tiger Talk Newsletter

Dear Parents/Guardians, Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a terrific break and enjoyed the time with family and friends. We have a very busy January ahead of us.  I am including a longer list of activities than normal because there is so much going on.  Please be sure to regularly check your child’s folder/white … Continue reading “Tiger Talk! January 10, 2020”

Dear Friends, I hope this first week of Advent has been a peaceful one for all of you as we enter into this very busy month. I hope everyone will find some peace over the next few weeks and time to reflect on all that we have been blessed with in our lives. We have … Continue reading “Tiger Talk! December 6, 2019”

Dear Parents/Guardians, During this season of Thanksgiving, I would like to share some of the things I am thankful for at our school.  I am thankful for Mr. Shields, who pulls double duty as my vice principal and the parish’s business manager.  I am thankful for the teachers and staff who educate your children, keep … Continue reading “Tiger Talk! November 15, 2019”

Tiger Talk! November 1, 2019 Dear Parents/Guardians, Today we celebrate the Solemnity of All Saints. This Holy Day of Obligation is when we recognize the importance of all the saints in the Church and how they achieved a place in heaven.  Your children were reverent as we listened to the readings and prayed as a school. … Continue reading “Tiger Talk! November 1, 2019”

Dear Parents/Guardians, Today at Mass we celebrated the Feast Day of St. Luke, writer of one of the Gospels.  In his homily today, Father Rinaldi spoke of St. Luke and the other saints.  He explained that saints are like the stars in God’s sky to show their presence.  They are the light of God in … Continue reading “Tiger Talk! October 18, 2019”

Dear Parents/Guardians, Tiger Talk is late due to our event planning last week to celebrate Father Rinaldi. For those of you who are new to us, Father Frank Rinaldi (aka Francesco Rinaldi) has been an Oblate of St. Francis de Sales for 50 years. We celebrated him with a party yesterday in our school cafeteria. Father came … Continue reading “Tiger Talk! September 23, 2019”

Dear Friends, Today we were lucky to have our first school Mass on the 50th anniversary of Father Rinaldi’s ordination as an Oblate priest. Father was happy to celebrate Mass with us. Father has been a blessing to many here in our school and parish communities. He has baptized our babies, married us, heard our confessions, … Continue reading “Tiger Talk! September 6, 2019”

Tiger Talk! May 17, 2019 Dear Parents/Guardians, As we head towards the end of another school year, our school continues to be filled with the energy of your children.  Students in all grades are working hard, taking their final set of Renaissance tests, and getting ready to move up to the next grade. Today was … Continue reading “Tiger Talk! May 17, 2019”

Tiger Talk! April 5, 2019   Dear Parents/Guardians, I am away in West Virginia with the administrators and Diocesan officials for the annual Administrator’s Retreat. I want you to know that you are in my prayers, even more than usual this week. I love this parish school community and consider all of you part of … Continue reading “Tiger Talk – April 5, 2019”

Tiger Talk! March 8, 2019 Dear Parents/Guardians, This past Wednesday, the entire school celebrated Mass together for Ash Wednesday.  Even the littlest Tiger received ashes.  The season of Lent is seen as a somber time in the Church when we prepare for Jesus’s death.  In Father Rinaldi’s homily he spoke about why most people give something up for the … Continue reading “Tiger Talk! March 8, 2019”