Pictures from our Catholic Schools Week Supplement

These photos were take either by members of the Criterion staff or submitted to us. All the people in the photographs are either Catholic school teachers or students from the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.

(Photos © The Criterion)

 

Jordan Diagostino, Audrey Lee and Kayla Delaney, fifth grade students at St. Monica School in Indianapolis, help up a banner for a breast cancer research fundraising walk that they got about 70 students to take part in to honor their teacher, Barbara Mauch, who has breast cancer. The walk took place early in the morning on Oct. 9 in downtown Indianapolis and came at a time when Mauch was missing one to two days of school each week because of chemotherapy treatments. Read the story

 

Barbara Mauch, a teacher at St. Monica School in Indianapolis, instructs her fifth-grade class about an art project. Her students took part in a city-wide walk to raise funds for cancer research to honor Mauch, who has breast cancer. Read the story

 

Josh Welch, the physical education instructor at Holy Cross Central School in Indianapolis, shows his students how to bowl during a Jan. 19 gym class. Welch organized a “Walk Across America” exercise program at the school. He uses the motto “G-Y-M,” which stands for “Get Yourself Moving,” to motivate students to exercise regularly. Read the story

 

Nativity School special education teacher Rose Haltom helps resource students Lindi Shockley, from left, Kolby Boak and Henry Hampton with spelling words on Jan. 19 at the Indianapolis South Deanery school. Haltom earned a state award for excellence in education from the Learning Disabilities Association of Indiana.

 

All Saints School eighth-grader Ismael Mazon of Indianapolis shares memories of his trip to Mexico last summer with Margarita Solis, coordinator of Hispanic Services for the archdiocesan Office of Catholic Education, for an educational video to will help Latino students adjust to Catholic school and an English-speaking environment. OCE’s Hispanic Services ministry is funded by Project EXCEED.

 

All Saints School sixth-graders Taiya Brasher, from left, Stephanie Turner and Liliana Espinosa of Indianapolis sing during a prayer service on Jan. 20 in the school chapel.

 

St. Monica School fifth-grader Chelsea Carter of Indianapolis, right, shows her Gravitron roller coaster to younger students on Jan. 14 at the Indianapolis West Deanery school. Fifth-grade students designed roller coasters using tubes and ball bearings for a science project.

 

Agnes Magnaye, the music teacher at St. Susanna School in Plainfield, instructs her students on how to read music and play tone chimes. Members of the children’s choir performed on Jan. 15 at the rededication of St. Elizabeth and Coleman Pregnancy and Adoption Services’ renovated facilities in Indianapolis.

 

Right, Erika Meckauskas, a first-grade student at St. Matthew School in Indianapolis poses with a self-portrait that she made for art class. Each grade in the school made self-portraits, and all of them—along with other artistic creations from students—were put on display for members of the parish. Many Catholic schools find unique ways to celebrate Catholic Schools Week.

 

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