February 24                    
Muffins for Moms  A-L   7:15 AM

February 26                    
PTO Skating Party

February  27                    
ITBS/CogAt testing begins   Gr. 1,3,5,7

February 28                    
DI Local Competition   6:30 PM

March  1                      
Muffins for Moms    M-Z  7:15 AM
1:30 PM Early Dismissal   Parent Conferences

March 2                      
NO SCHOOL     

March  7-9                   
Kindergarten Screening for Incoming Students (No KDG classes)

March 16                     
Diocesan Professional Day (No classes)

March 20                    
5th Grade Music Show   7 PM Fam. Ctr.

March 23          
End of 3rd Quarter

March 24         
PTO Used Uniform Sale

March  27        
Career Day for Grades 5-8

March 30        
Report Cards Issued

Gesu parent  Mike DeSantis depicts the Gesu Art Fair in Highlights Magazine artwork (February 2012)

Class of 2008 grad Devon Carter heads to Lehigh (Winter, 2012)

Class of 2008 grad Jordan Barham  signs at Davidson (Winter, 2012)

Gesu 7th grade Writers  Place First at Local Power of the Pen Competition (January 5, 2012)

Gesu Robotics Team Recognized at Hudson FLL Local Tournament (December 29, 2011)

Gesu Chess Club Coach Recalls Pearl Harbor (December 7, 2011)

Gesu grads play in State Championship Football Championship for St. Ignatius (December 4, 2011)

Gesu Girls Varsity Volleyball Suffer A Heartbreaking Loss in CYO City Championship Finals (November 2011)

Gesu Alum Pierre Brault Directs Heights Youth Theater production of Annie (October 2011)

Gesu Wins 1st CYO Baseball Championship (Spring 2011)

Gesu Boys Repeat CYO Basketball Championship Win (Winter 2011)

Gesu Fifth Graders Get Fit    (Winter 2011)

 Gesu alum Rajiv Joseph on Broadway (December 2010)

Author Warren Brown Returns to Gesu (October 2010)

Gesu Parish Service Day (December 2009)

Happy New Year to everyone in our Gesu School community.  It is exciting to be with your children again after a beautiful holiday season.  As we start 2012,  I wanted to share with you a posting I recently received from the Days of Deepening Friendship website published by Loyola Press. 

Yes, we want this to be a better year, but we don’t discount all the graces of years past.
Yes, we believe it’s possible to be transformed, but we know transformation doesn’t happen immediately and all at once.
Yes, we think that planning is a helpful and healthy thing to do, but we know God doesn’t operate according to our schedules.
Yes, we value history because it makes us who we are,  but we’re not limited to our past.
Yes, we believe God is love, but we haven’t completely defined what love looks like on any given day.
Yes, we’re big fans of hopes and dreams, but we won’t waste today’s energy worrying about days that haven’t happened yet.
Yes, we have a lot to learn, but we will never forget that we are already quite wise.

May the year 2012 find us utterly flexible and teachable! May we expect God to accomplish astounding acts of love and wonder in our days and hours—and may we consent to being part of that continuing story.

Congratulations to our junior high students who recently completed the Fall Stock Market Game.  The top three teams from the Gesu club  include: 

1st place: Thomas Hogan, Kevin Callanan, Andrew Benisek, Billy Diemer
2nd place: Danny Murphy, Andrew Scherson, Peter DeGaegatano
3rd place: Brittan Kopittke, Colin Goodfellow, Grace Brandon

Congratulations to eighth grader Emily Skerl who has received a merit Scholarship to Lake Catholic High School.  She was also named an Aquinas Scholar.