Catholic School Survey

We would like to understand how parents in our area make elementary school decisions for their children, and we would greatly appreciate your input through a brief, online survey. While the survey is offered by the Archdiocese of Chicago, the responses will be specific to Our Lady of Charity school so that we can better understand parents' views in this community.

To access the survey, please go to the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SchoolSurveyEnglish

For Spanish: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SchoolSurveySpanish

The survey will be available online until Monday, February 6th. Thank you in advance for your participation.

Students Raise Money for Clean Water

Did you know that nearly one billion people do not have access to clean water? Or that every twenty seconds a child dies from a water related illness? The students at Our Lady of Charity School are on a mission to increase awareness about the global water crisis, and to raise money to help a community in Zambia gain access to safe water.

The children first began to engage with the topic last year when Father Wilfred, our visiting priest from Zambia, spoke of how difficult it was for his parishioners to access clean water. The students, taking to heart the Catholic call to care for our brothers in sisters in Christ, became determined to help. They set it as their goal to raise $5,000 to build a water well in the Luangwa Valley, one of the poorest communities in Zambia

Since that time, the student councils of Our Lady of Charity and Saint Frances of Rome have been actively at work, holding a variety of fundraisers to reach their goal. Already, their combined efforts have raised $3,900 for Father Wilfred’s community. The schools track their progress on a large well poster prominently displayed in each school’s hallway.

Moreover, the middle school students have made it their mission to learn how the water crisis affects people throughout the globe. They have recently completed group research projects on how unsafe water affects communities in Ethiopia, Kenya, India, and Honduras. Students then created books in the computer lab, detailing the water crisis in each country, in order to teach younger students about the issue. The students have learned that, together, they can help solve the global water crisis.

Why 1st Grade Loves Catholic Schools

In celebration of the feast day of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, our first graders created a list of what they love about attending a Catholic school. In no particular order, first grade loves Catholic schools because:

1. We learn.

2. We read.

3. We go out for recess.

4. We can get friends.

5. We learn about God.

6. We learn to pray.

7. We learn to share.

8. We get smarter.

9. We eat lunch.

10. We learn about Superkids.

May Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton pray for our students as they continue to grow in their sainthood while in the loving environment of a Catholic school.

Snow Ball 2012

The annual Snow Ball dinner dance will take place on February 4, 2012 at the Mayfield. Tickets are on sale now! Tickets are $50 each and include admission, dinner, dancing, and an open bar. Tables may be purchased at a reduced rate of $450 before January 16th. You may buy your tickets in the school office or parish rectory. Beginning January 8, you can also purchase your tickets after Mass. If you have any items you would like to donate for the silent auction, please drop them off in the school office. $20 of each ticket sold will count towards your family’s flex fundraising requirement, along with the estimated value of any donated items.