School Newsletter

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the Jubilee festivities in June!  We had a great time!  A huge thank you to the Centennial Committee [Margaret & Leon Plante (chairpersons), John & Karla Ruder, Kelli Hansen, Maria Simon, Sr. Rosalyn Juenemann, Jerry & Karen Casey, Michele Garvert, Carol Hansen,  Fr. Galen Long, and myself] for their hard work planning, organizing, and finalizing the events!  It was a tremendous success!  I've written a few memories of my own concerning the weekend.  These appear in the "Jubilee News" section below.  I hope you enjoy reading the summary.

If anyone loaned us photos and/or memorabilia for the centennial, it can be picked up at the school office on Tuesday and Friday mornings this summer.

Thanks again for your support.  God bless you.  Have a wonderful summer.

Mrs. Parker

PS--In the process of transferring our alumni database from one computer to another, some data was lost, so it is not as complete as we'd like it to be.  If you know of anyone who should have been included in our mailings and did not receive an invitation to the jubilee celebration, please extend our apologies for us!  Or call the school and give us the information so we can add them to our database for future mailings.  We appreciate your help in spreading the word! 

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION...JUNE 11-12-13, 2010

The centennial jubilee celebration began with a wine and cheese social on Friday, June 11, at the SHGS cafeteria.  Classroom tours were given so graduates and guests could peek into the rooms and recall their grade school years with former classmates and teachers.  One comment often heard was, “I remember the hall being much longer and the rooms being much bigger.  I guess it’s all a matter of perspective…as one grows up, the world grows smaller.”  The evening reception was hosted by SHGS alum Melanie Fisher Nelson and her helpers Anita Toelkes (also an SHGS alum), her mother Mary Ann Fisher, and Sr. Rosalyn Juenemann (a former SHGS teacher).  One of the oldest alumni attending the celebration was Bill Brin, who with his wife made the trip from Hollister, CA, accompanied by their daughter who lives in Utah.  They took in all the festivities and enjoyed every minute as they recalled good and bad times growing up in the area.  

Saturday, June 12, was an eventful day which included a parade downtown as part of the town’s annual Paradise Creek Celebration.  The theme of the school’s float was Generations of Faith † Love † Education † Success and featured present-day students as well as alumni representing several generations.  Parents of present-day students also walked alongside the float distributing water bottles labeled with the SHGS jubilee logo to the crowd lining the street.

A dance hosted by alumni John Ruder and Bill McCune and their wives for the alumni and school families was held Saturday evening at the KofC Hall; music was provided by CW Productions.

Sunday, June 13, began with a downpour, but parishioners and guests still crowded into Sacred Heart Church to attend the 10:30am Jubilee Mass.  When principal Carol Parker invited all SHGS alumni and present-day students to join in the entrance procession, the packed church pews were quickly emptied as SHGS students of all ages and locales preceded Fr. Galen Long up the aisle to bring 100 lighted candles to the front of the church to be placed in front of a statue of the Sacred Heart.  SHGS alumni and students performed the ministries of service at the Mass.

By the time Mass was ended the sun was shining and God smiled upon the celebration as parishioners, school families, and alumni were each presented a red or white balloon and asked to go to the playground where the outline of a huge heart had been drawn for a balloon launch to commemorate the celebration. 

Following the magnificent balloon launch, a near-capacity crowd assembled in the school cafeteria for a lunch of grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, pasta salads and cole slaw, chips, lemonade and iced tea, and of course birthday cake!  Special guests of honor were the Sisters of St. Joseph without whom SHGS would never have survived the past 100 years.  The CSJ’s came to the parish as teaching nuns in 1911 and continued their teaching ministry at SHGS till 2002.  Although no nuns are presently teaching in the school, Sr. Rosie Dwyer is a Foster Grandparent serving as a teacher’s aide.  In attendance were: Srs. Francis Margaret Otter, Mary Esther Otter, Rita Ann Mazanec, Miriam Vaughn, and Sr. Vivian Boucher.

SH Education Council … The regular monthly business meeting of the SH Ed. Council will be July 20 at 7pm in the parish meeting room.

SH Church & School Auction ... July 31.  All proceeds benefit the church and school.  Each classroom created an item to be auctioned off this year.  Please support our kids by attending the auction.  It's lots of fun for everyone 21 years of age and older!   Tickets go on sale soon!

SHGS Enrollment for 2010-2011 ... August 2, from 9am to noon.  Enrollment packets will be mailed the last week of July to families whose children attended SHGS last year and to those whose children were pre-enrolled in preschool and kindergarten last spring.  If interested in enrolling your child in our school for the first time and have not pre-enrolled, please contact Mrs. Parker at 434-7459 (school) or 434-2545 (home).  We'd love to have you join our school family!