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Catholic Schools – Dividends for Life

Catholic Schools Week celebrates the important role that Catholic elementary and secondary schools play in providing an excellent academic education, one that is rooted in our Christian values. This year’s theme speaks to the long-lasting benefits of a Catholic school education.  NCEA President Karen Ristau states “Catholic Schools provide good things for students and families – high expectations and daily experience of faith.

Calendar: 2009 - 2010

February 2010
10     School Board Meeting
7:00 PM
11-12  NO SCHOOL for Preschool
Interviews of prospective students
15     PRESIDENTS DAY
NO SCHOOL
17     Ash Wednesday
Prayer Service
22     Staff Development
NO SCHOOL
26     End of Second Trimester
End of Second Trimester
March 2010
03     Market Day
Pick-up 4:30-5:30
05     Dismissal for all
12:30
Parent Teacher Conferences for K-4th
NO EXTENDED CARE
07     Family Mass
8:30 AM
14     Daylight Savings Time Beg...
Daylight Savings Time Begins
17     St. Patrick/St. Joe’s C...
Mass 9:30 AM
30     School Pictures
Van Gogh Photographers
No uniforms required
31     Easter Break
Begins at 2:30 – Extended Care Available
Market Day Pick-up 4:30-5:30
April 2010
04     EASTER SUNDAY
EASTER SUNDAY
12     School resumes
School resumes
21     School Board Meeting
7:00 PM
28     Parents Association Meeti...
7:00 PM
May 2010
01     Spring Gala
Spring Gala
05     Market Day
Pick-up 4:30-5:30
12     Parent Teacher Conference...
for Preschool begins
Regular Dismissal
16     First Communion
at 2:00 PM
20     May Crowning
at 9:00 AM
31     MEMORIAL DAY
NO SCHOOL
June 2010
02     Preschool End of Year Cel...
Market Day Pick-up 4:30-5:30
03     Kindergarten Last Day
Kindergarten Last Day
04     Last Day
for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th graders
End of the Year Liturgy - 9:30 AM
(if no emergency days have been used)
07-09  Emergency Closing Days
Emergency Closing Days
09     School Board Meeting
7:00 PM
 

Welcome

Welcome to Old St. Mary’s School! We are a vibrant and growing Catholic school in the South Loop of Chicago serving 175 children in preschool through 4th grade. As we continue to grow, adding a grade level each year, we look forward to becoming one of the premier elementary schools in our city, serving students all the way up through the eighth grade. We offer a rigorous academic program, rooted in a firm foundation of our Christian faith, preparing our students for the challenges of the twenty-first century and beyond.

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