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Dear Parents,

It is hard to believe that the last day of school is near at hand! Where has the school yeargone? It has certainly been filled with spiritual and academic growth for all of us,

faculty, staff and students alike.

With a great sense of pride we congratulate the Class of 2014 on their graduation from

the eighth grade. We commend them for their hard work, school spirit and dedication.

We pray that God will bless them as they prepare to enter high school with the wisdom ofexemplary Christian morals and values. In addition, we applaud our little Kindergarten

children have been promoted to first grade.

On an academic note, the Iowa Testing results for our school were quite good. Ourschool building scores placed our students above the national and diocesan norms. This

in itself is something that we can be proud of! We congratulate our students and thank

the faculty, staff and parents for helping to prepare the children to do their best.

The year would not be complete without a special note of thanks to everyone who

worked so hard during the school year for the benefit of our school children. Thank youto our Pastor, Fr. Pete and the faculty, staff, School Board, PTA, organizations,

volunteers, etc Our school family is comprised of countless people who give of

themselves on a daily basis so that our school can run smoothly and efficiently. Without

your help, we would not be able to accomplish all that we do and for this, THANK YOU!THANK YOU!

We bid a fond farewell to Mrs. Nocito and Mrs. Jenkins. Mrs. Nocito, who has been withus for 31 years, will not be returning next year as the physical education teacher. Mrs.

Nocito will be greatly missed. She has been a dedicated teacher over all these years and

our school will certainly feel her absence. Please continue to keep Mrs. Nocito in yourprayers as she regains her health. Mrs. Jenkins has been an exceptional Spanish teacher

these past four years. She truly loved the children and they have learned so much from

her. We wish both of these teachers many blessings as they begin their new journey.

As always, my heart is overflowing with gratitude for the gift of your children. They fill

our lives with activity and give us reasons to smile. In their eyes we see our God. I thankyou for your willingness to share your most precious gift with us.

Our prayers will be with you as you begin your summer months. I pray that you will take

time to enjoy life together. Remember that we are called to praise our God no matterwhere we are ~morning and evening prayer~ grace before and after meals~ Saturday and

Sunday liturgies ~ praying the rosary while traveling in the car ~ just a few of our

Catholic traditions that you can take anywhere.

Gods blessings to all those who will be moving on and will continue in another school in

September. Remember you have touched our hearts and St. Mary School will alwayswelcome you for a visit.

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I will keep you and your family in my prayers this summer. I look forward to seeing

everyone in September when we prepare to begin a fresh, new school year!

Love and Prayers,

Mr. Steven P. Hogan

Principal