IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER!
Friday, October 14 No School Fall Break
Wednesday, October 26th Early Dismissal at 1:00 pm Parent-Teacher conferences, 2:00-7:00pm
Thursday, October 27th No School eLearning Day Parent-Teacher conferences, 9am-1:00pm
Friday, October 28th No School Family Day
Dear Parents and Students -
I hope this letter finds you well! I wanted to take a moment to recognize, with sympathy, the passing of Mr. Jack Krouse whose funeral was held this past Tuesday. Mr. Krouse was a long-time member of St. Charles who had great expertise in construction. Our Pastors would call on Mr. Krouse to act as their right-hand man whenever there was a building project, and Jack always responded faithfully helping to shepherd projects along. He is survived by his wife Cathy, sons Mike & J.D. (Kelly), and daughter Emily (Ryan) Hurth along with eight grandchildren. We appreciate his wonderful help over the years. May he rest eternally in Christ’s peace.
Please note that basketball tryouts for boys and girls in grades 5-8 begin this coming Monday and continue throughout the week. See the schedule in this newsletter. Students are expected to wear gym shoes, shorts, t-shirt and to attend all tryout dates. You can find coaches, tryout times and basketball signup form on the Athletics page on the school website: https://www.stcharlesschoolfw.org/basketball
Some lasting residue from the Pandemic seems to be manifesting in student behaviors - my fellow principals are seeing and sharing stories of the same behaviors that I am seeing among some of our students. Among some, there is a greater disregard for authority that was not as prevalent before the world closed up for a while. We have been able to clamp down and correct this with our younger students, but we are still struggling with some of these student behaviors in grades 6, 7, & 8. As one fellow principal shared today, there is an increase in students who have no regard for boundaries, which then carries over into disruptions and disrespectful behaviors. Almost an “I am going to have my fun, or speak out, or not listen as I please.” An entitlement of sorts that wasn’t as prevalent a few years ago. There is also a great need for our boys, and even some of our girls to be jostling one another all the time. This gravitation to always push, pull, nudge, crowd in with one another, is also being seen among my peers at other schools. Maybe requiring distance during Covid restrictions created a void for human contact that is now being filled. Understandably however, these types of behaviors really don’t work well when trying to maintain a positive, calm, focused classroom and school environment.
We will continue to work to correct this, as that is the mission of our school. I would appreciate, however, a check-in with your children, reminding them to stay off each other and to focus in class, raising their hands or providing a thumbs up when they want to speak or respond in class, and overall following the expectations - academically, physically, and spiritually that we are working towards daily. We have good kids in our school. We have good parents. Sometimes we need a reminder to step back, analyze, refocus and move forward each day with purpose. We are all called to be holy and all students understand when their words and actions are producing rotten fruit or the holy Fruits of the Spirit - love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Thank you for your children. Sincerely - Rob Sordelet
