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General Resources for 2024-25

The Headmaster Conversations are Zoom meetings, usually the 2nd Thursday of each month at 4:45pm, in which I’m inviting families to share feedback about these three priorities. The aim is to invite conversation and listen to how these three priorities are showing up for you.
The “Casual Conversations” are a new touchpoint in which I, and possibly other members of the leadership team, are available to you at the beginning or end of the school day, to talk about whatever might be on your mind. The aim here is casual conversation that supports our common life together.
Partners in Formation will aim this year at listening to families share about their experiences being Catholic families in the midst of modern culture. Since the Academy is dedicated to assisting families in forming Catholics and cultivating culture, I am hoping that these might be wide-ranging conversations about the needs, opportunities, and challenges of trying to live out our Catholic faith authentically in an increasingly hostile modern culture. These are only twice each semester.

September:

6 & 10 – Parent Teacher Conferences

12 – 4:45pm – Headmaster Conversation (via Zoom) on Start of School, Augustine Term, and early Parent-Teacher Conferences

This conversation on Zoom is specific to these topics for the Headmaster to share a few notes and families to offer feedback on these. The Conversation will be recorded for listening later.

18 – 7:00pm – Partners in Formation evening event on Leisure: the Sabbath Rest, Cafeteria

This evening is a collaboration with the Parish since it is the first session of the Parish’s Everything Bible Class with Dr. Nathan Schmiedicke. Dr. Schmiedicke will speak about Sabbath Rest and then families will have an opportunity to share with each other insights about how they, as a family, have been living the Sabbath together.

26 – 2:30pm-3:00pm – Casual Conversation – Grades Mont-2, Cafeteria

This event aims to share with families, in the Mont-2 grade-band, a few ideas for how the Academy is thinking about child development at those ages. Families are then invited to connect with each other and build community together. Some of the staff in that grade band will be invited as well to connect with families.

October:

10 – 4:45pm – Headmaster Conversation (via Zoom) on Blackbaud and financial aid

This conversation on Zoom is specifically about financial support at the Academy. The conversation will be recorded and the Headmaster will share about how to fill out the Blackbaud application.

16 – 7:00pm – Partners in Formation evening event on Leisure: Friendship, Cafeteria

This evening aims to discuss the notion of friendship. The Mission & Culture Brief was about the meaning and importance of leisure in the life of our Catholic, classical Academy. Indeed, school, as we think of it here, is essentially a leisure activity. One important part of leisure not discussed in the Mission & Culture Brief is the idea of friendship. Families will also have an opportunity to share about how they live friendship for themselves and how they form their children in friendships.

23 – 2:30pm-3:00pm – Casual Conversation about Grades 9-12, Cafeteria

This event aims to share with families, in the 9-12 grade-band, a few ideas for how the Academy is thinking about child development at those ages. Families are then invited to connect with each other and build community together. Some of the staff in that grade band will be invited as well to connect with families.

November:

12 – 9:00am-9:30am – Casual Conversation about Grades 3-5, Cafeteria

This event aims to share with families, in the 3-5 grade-band, a few ideas for how the Academy is thinking about child development at those ages. Families are then invited to connect with each other and build community together. Some of the staff in that grade band will be invited as well to connect with families.

21 – 4:45pm – Headmaster Conversation (via Zoom) on Finalsite and enrollment application

This conversation on Zoom is specifically about Finalsite and re-enrollment at the Academy. The goal of the conversation is for families to feel confident about how to re-enroll and how to inquire for new children at the Academy.

December:

3 – 9:00am-9:30am – Casual Conversation about Grades 6-8, Cafeteria

This event aims to share with families, in the 6-8 grade-band, a few ideas for how the Academy is thinking about child development at those ages. Families are then invited to connect with each other and build community together. Some of the staff in that grade band will be invited as well to connect with families.

19 – 4:45pm – Headmaster Conversation (via Zoom) on Palestrina 500

This conversation on Zoom is specifically about the year-long choral festival at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish called Palestrina 500, celebrating the quincentennial birthday of the great Renaissance composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94). This anniversary provides our Parish a lens through which we can promote the good, true, and beautiful to our greater community.