Class of 2020!

Dear Eighth Grade Families,

Welcome back, and a Happy New Year to you and yours!  I hope you all enjoyed the Christmas holiday with the people most important to you close at hand, either in your hearts or alongside you.  Let me say how happy I am to begin 2020 with your wonderful kids, and it is my personal resolution this year to bring as much sunshine and joy into their day each and every morning.
 

We sent December, 2019, and the decade away with a big BANG!  Our class did an excellent job presenting the Christmas Nativity play. This play has been a tradition at our school for decades, and it was a joy to watch these fine young ladies and gentlemen represent St. Leander School so well! In Social Studies, we’ve spent time discussing the origins of American identity, and had wonderful discussions about what it means to be American today. I am proud of the growth I’ve seen this year in our written responses to historical questions.

Please take the time to look at some key 8th grade dates listed below. As always, feel free to reach out the school office or me personally if you have any questions:
 

- 1/6: back to school

-1/11: High School Placement Test day

-1/15: 2nd Graduation payment due ($125)

-1/24: St. Bede dance

-1/25: Open House from 2-4pm/ mass at 4:30pm

-1/27---> 1/31: Catholic Schools Week (1/31 is 12pm dismissal)

-2/1: Crab Feed (8th graders will be servers at this event)

-2/14: St. Clement dance (12pm dismissal)

-3/19: Field Trip to SF museum (let me know if you'd like to chaperone!)

-4/3: 8th grade Stations of the Cross (12pm dismissal)

-4/4: Pasta Dinner (8th graders will be servers at this event)

-4/10---> 4/19: Easter Break

-5/1: Special Persons Day/ St. Felicitas dance (12pm dismissal)

-5/15: 8th Grade Graduation Dinner Dance (time TBD)

-5/20: tentative date for 8th Grade retreat (more info in following months)

-5/29: Baccalaureate mass

-5/31: GRADUATION! WE MADE IT