St Mark Blog

Parents,

What a great Fall Spirit Week! We had great dress up days, we had super posters on the walls,we had a terrific pep session, but what made it a true Spirit Week were our student’s spirited actions.

We found out this week from the Office of Catholic Education that we, St. Mark Catholic
School, had the 2nd highest percentage enrollment growth in the entire Indianapolis Archdiocese for 2011, 2nd only to St. Francis and Clare that added three additional grades and a pre-school. We embrace our growth with humbleness, and we see this opportunity to teach the word of God to many more students and families. With such rapid growth comes a new opportunity for our school and parish. But more important than the numbers are the individual stories that now become a part of our St. Mark family. The stories of students that have only been in our country for a few years and are now an active part of our school and parish, the stories of students that were nervous about a transition from public
to parochial school, but now feel like they have been here forever, the stories about students of all ethnic, social, and cultural backgrounds coming together each day to pray and to learn the Gospel together.

What stands out most about our school this year, is the acceptance of all. We do not see color, we do not see monetary status, and we do not see past issues, we only see our brothers and sisters of Christ. While we are not perfect, and we often have to remind ourselves of how Jesus would react to things, our students and staff have God in their hearts. Like all, we sometimes stray from what is right, but we have you, the parents, to reinforce God’s teaching at home. Our staff will not rest on our past success. We will continue to find ways to improve the academic, faith, leadership and service growth of all of our students. Since I began here at St. Mark Catholic School, I have asked many things from our parents. We continue to ask that you be active parents in our school and in church. Grow in your faith together with your children. Pray as a family, come to Mass as a family, and grow as a family. Let’s get back to basics and


Mr. Rusty Albertson, Principal