Bring a Pair, Wear a Pair Pajama Donation Day Cordova, Tennessee – December 10, 2019- The students, faculty, and staff at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School wore their pajamas to school on Monday, December 9th AND they donated a new pair of PJs for a child in need. Over 500 pairs of pajamas were …
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Gifts for God’s Children 2019 Middle school students at St. Ann Catholic School in Bartlett participated in “Gifts for God’s Children 2019.” The program was designed by the Catholic Charities of West Tennessee to provide youth and seniors in need with Christmas food and gifts. Middle school adopted a large family and were able to …
2019 Holy Family Award Winners Named Catholic Charities of West Tennessee announces recipients of its highest honor Memphis, TN – Dec. 3, 2019 – Catholic Charities of West Tennessee (CCWTN) recently recognized its Holy Family Award honorees for 2019. “Awarded annually, our Holy Family Award is the highest honor we bestow, and it recognizes the …
November 19, 2019 Hombres de Dios “Our duty is to Love” by Silvia Vega This past Saturday, November 16 2019, over 300 men gathered at St. Michael Catholic Church for the first Hombres de Dios (Men Of God) Retreat, with one mission in common; to have a one on one encounter with Jesus. With …
ICCS Junior Named Delegate to Future Medical Leaders Congress Immaculate Conception Cathedral School junior Paris Hall will be a Delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Lowell, Mass. on June 24-26, 2020. The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who plan to become physicians or go into medical research fields. …
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2019 Spelling Bee Winner for St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School Announced November 8, 2019- Fifth grade student, Julia Casama won the 2019 Scripps Spelling Bee for St. Francis School earlier this week. Twenty-five 4th – 8th grade students participated in the Spelling Bee through 24 rounds of intense competition. Julia correctly spelled the championship …
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Home of the Free, Because of the Brave November 12, 2019- St. Francis of Assisi students and faculty honored our veterans at a special Veteran’s Day Mass yesterday. The students made cards of appreciation and the Student Council made posters and presented the veterans with a token of appreciation. We were so proud to …
Buckman Grant Fuels ICCS’s STEAM Program The John D. Buckman Foundation gave a boost to Immaculate Conception Cathedral School’s Lower and Middle School curriculum last month with a $15,000 grant earmarked for STEAM materials. Funds were used to purchase a portable STEAM lab including lessons plans and materials for more than 40 STEAM-based …
ICCS Teachers Attend Foreign Language Conference Immaculate Conception Cathedral School’s foreign language staff attended the Tennessee Foreign Language Teaching Association conference in Franklin last weekend, where ICCS High School Spanish teacher Javiera Navarrete was a presenter. The group attended multiple workshops and sessions and came back with new ideas for their classrooms. L-R: Samia …
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Gifts for God’s Children For many years, at Christmas time, Catholic Charities of West Tennessee works with parishes, schools, individuals and local businesses to provide youth and seniors in need with Christmas food and gifts via our annual Gifts for God’s Children campaign. Thanks to our generous donors, more than 2,100 individuals were served last Christmas. Please …
