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A note from the principal
Our light is shining for all to see! Congratulations to Lillian Wooton, Alex Tallarigo, and Reese Desmond on receiving high school scholarships. Over the years we have been represented well with these high school placement test scholarships. I believe this is due to several reasons. One reason is the wonderful parent support we have and the partnership that exists between home and school. A second reason is the teachers who have helped our students grow academically. When a student excels it is not the work of a teacher or even a level of teachers. It is the combined effort of all the teachers K-8. A third reason are the students themselves. Our students want to be here at school and want to grow in their knowledge. They are thirsty for new information and enjoy the pursuit of learning in and outside the classroom. Our extracurriculars give them an opportunity to sharpen life skills like time management, collaboration, cooperation, and a strong and enduring faith life. It's often said that it takes a village to accomplish a variety of things and this is true for the success of our students. It takes all of us including our parish and their support to help raise intelligent, faith-driven, reliant and respectful students. As we approach Catholic Schools Week (January 25-31), I want to extend my gratitude for the opportunity to work with all of our stakeholders so that our students shine wherever they go.
All school parent meeting
Please remember that we have the important parent meeting on Tuesday 1/20 at 7:00PM!
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Our BOCE, with support from many others, has been hard at work in preparation for 2026/27 registration which starts later this month during Catholic Schools Week. In advance of that, we'd like to invite you all to join us in McCrystal Hall at 7pm on Tuesday 1/20. In bringing everyone together, we plan to share more about specific plans (structure, tuition, preschool expansion, etc.) for 2026/27 with a commitment from everyone to build upon current momentum across our community.
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Please feel free to reach out with any questions. Look forward to seeing you all on 1/20 at 7pm. Kendra McGuire (Superintendent of Catholic Schools) will be joining us to reinforce Diocesan support for St. Catherine school. Please try to have at least one parent from each school family join, if possible.
Dine to donate Wednesday!
Congratulations Mrs. Seta
Don't forget that Mrs. Seta was selected this month by the Leaders in Learning program recognizing outstanding educators in the Tri-State area, sponsored by Thomas More University.
She was selected for going above and beyond for her students! She will be recognized for her impact on the community and her students' lives.
Tune in to Fox19 on 1/19 (MLK day) to see the segment highlighting this amazing achievement!
yearbooks info!
For the yearbook to be a great success with lots of different activities and students in it, we NEED your photos! To get to those to us, follow these four steps:
1) Go to this site: https://plicbooks.com/go/HQFNX9 (this is specific to our yearbook). Bookmark for easy access!
2) Choose one of the preset categories in the drop-down menu (ex: sports).
3) Choose 'upload your files' from your PC/Phone/Tablet or from Google Drive or Google Photos.
3) Choose your photos and click "start upload."
4) Once you get the message that the uploads are complete, you are set! If you want to add more photos but of a different category, start back at step 1.
***This is the BEST and EASIEST way for you to share and us to receive pictures for the yearbook. Please consider saving or bookmarking the link for easy adding of photos after an event.
Please take a few minutes to go in and add events for this year so far: First day of school, Soccer, Cross country, Golf, Volleyball, field trips, class days, assemblies, etc... We need those pictures!
If you have any questions or concerns, please email Joliene Garlich at jgarlich@stcky.org.
order your yearbook now!
Cafeteria Help
We are looking for cafeteria help again this year! Thank you all for taking a turn! The kids LOVE seeing their parents in the lunch line!
As a reminder, you must be Virtus trained and compliant to volunteer and you may not bring younger siblings with you when you are working in the lunch line (state guidelines)​
power of prayer
We are continuing prayer initiative again this school year. If you have a special intention that you would like our students to pray for, please click on the link below to add your intention. As a school we will be praying for all of the special intentions we receive throughout the week.
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There is also a link at the top right of the school webpage that you can use as well to enter a prayer intention.

