Lynx Life
When the year begins…
This time of year always inspires a sense of awe - a year almost behind us, a new year ahead of us. The calendar on our wall may end, but truly our liturgical year has just begun. It gives us a complex convergence of both - old and new. As a school, we too are...
Have you seen the sign?
It wasn’t so long ago that I was in 2nd grade. Okay – well perhaps it was, but I can still remember my classroom, my teachers name and my favorite subject. I recall vividly that the school had a magnificent wood playground which seemed like a giant castle, filled...
Footsteps In Our Hallway
The first thing that strikes me, when I walk through the front doors every new school year, is the change in our students. Of course almost everyone is taller, some have longer hair, some now have glasses - but that is the outside. I am speaking only of the...
Small but Mighty
As we get closer to the last day of school, our hearts are stirred by the inevitability of 8th grade graduation. It is truly a sentimental journey as we observe our 8th graders, this small but mighty group of eleven, become more and more eager to step into the future....
Sacrifice
With a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes, I stand in silence watching, listening, and feeling each moment of our 8th grade’s Stations of the Cross presentation. This tradition never fails to have such a penetrating effect on my heart. It is The Journey, the...
The Sound of Silence
Noise and school usually go hand in hand. Let’s face it, when you have nearly 300 children in one location, you are going to have noise, albeit, a joyful noise! However, if you are ever in the halls during Lent for arrival and dismissal, you will hear the distinct...