We are excited and honored to welcome, 𝗠𝗥. 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗞𝗘𝗦 back to Saint Olaf Catholic School!

"𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑆𝑡 𝑂𝑙𝑎𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦,
𝑀𝑦 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑡 𝑂𝑙𝑎𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟.

𝐼 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 6𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 8𝑡ℎ 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑆𝑡 𝑂𝑙𝑎𝑓 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 2012 𝑡𝑜 2017. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠, 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 7𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 8𝑡ℎ 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑟 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙. 𝐵𝑜𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑡ℎ. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑆𝑡 𝑂𝑙𝑎𝑓 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠.

𝑀𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝐶𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠.

𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒. 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑠, 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎. 𝐵𝑦 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘, 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝.

𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙, ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑑𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑡 𝑂𝑙𝑎𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠.

𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒, 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟𝑠.
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