Dear Friends,

Wow, what a week this has been. There are so many different, really cool experiments going on in all of our classes that I just had to tell you about them as well as share a few other things.

If you ask any educator why they entered the field, they will most likely tell you they became a teacher because they wanted to see that “ah ha” moment on a child’s face. That moment when everything just clicked and they figured out the answer to a problem. Well, that is what learning is all about and exactly what happened in Mr. Welt’s science class; a lot of “ah has.” Our middle school students were giving a variety of different products (tinfoil, paper plates, paper towels, and masking tape) and asked to create a cooler to see how long they could keep an ice cube from melting when placed in front of a heater. Well, after twenty minutes two young ladies ended up with very little water in their “cooler” and a whole lot of ice. Check out our Facebook page to see some of the fun.

With the sudden resignation of our Spanish teacher we began an immediate search for someone to fill this position. It is my pleasure to announce that we have found just the person to lead our Spanish program through this year, Miss Alexis Targus ’06. Miss Targus is a certified teacher with extensive college training in Spanish, including study abroad in Spain. Please join me in welcoming her back to the DeSales family.

Finally, last month I spoke about my project for this year, Walking in St. Francis’ Shoes, and am happy to announce that this month’s character trait that teachers are looking for is Responsibility. As a reminder, teachers will be looking for students who go above and beyond. Students who are “caught” will receive a DeSales Dollar to deposit, with their name on it, in a fishbowl in the Main Office. This month’s winner will receive an “I Tunes" gift card.
In His Name,
Scott