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The Catholic Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin will allow its schools to air President Obama’s back-to-school speech this year, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. The article goes on to say that this is a reversal of last year’s decision not to allow the speech to be shown in Catholic classrooms. The diocese is not...
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The first day of school is the most important day of the year. Here are some ways you make students feel positive and welcome as they enter your classroom (followed by ten ways NOT to welcome your students): Say hello! Shake their hands as they come in. Give them a high five. Lead them...
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This time of year, Catholic School Chronicle always gets visited by people looking for prayers to use on the first day of school. It’s been a couple of years since we posted this prayer, so it’s time for some more. The following two prayers are adapted from prayers written by Dolores Curran. The originals...
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School begins today in many parts of the United States. May you all have a blessed and fruitful school year. ChurchYear.net has a very nice page of prayers for teachers, students and schools, including the following prayer by David Bennett: Father of all mercies We ask that you would bless the youngest and littlest...
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