Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Archdiocese stresses decision to close Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School was made at the parish level and that Archbishop John Nienstedt approved Father Tim Dolan's recommendation.
Kimberly Hanson has two kids currently attending Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School in Mound. While she was aware the school was struggling with enrollment and finances, she says she was still taken by surprise and "outraged" when a letter arrived in the mail last Wednesday notifying her the school would be closing after this academic year. "Our priest did not communicate this at all until now," Hanson said. "Many members of the parish have offered help and support to us—trying to save the school. Jack Weist has been at the church for 47 years and runs the food shelf. His grand kids attend the school, and he had no idea. He is outraged, as we all are." In an effort to rescue the school, a group of concerned parents and parish members …
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Sunday, January 20, 2013
An online petition has been started to appeal to the Arch Bishop, and parents are beginning plans to open a new school in the Lake Minnetonka area in time for the 2012-13 school year.
Editor's note: This post has been edited to reflect that the decision to close Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School was made by the parish, not the Archdiocese as the original post suggested. Lake Minnetonka Patch apologizes for the confusion and will have an update to this story Tuesday morning. Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School will close after this year. Melissa Pickert is a member of the Our Lady of the Lake congregation, and her children attended the school until last year—when the family decided to home school their kids. The Pickerts remain active members of the Our Lady of the Lake parish and have been closely monitoring developments. "To say the parents are fired up is an understatement," Pickert said. "I was not surprised by …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
The Sunshine Foundation is the original wish granting organization. They have granted over 36,000 dreams to children abused, physically challenged and chronically ill since 1976.
Keys for Kids is encouraging students to improve the community, their environment, gain experience, and help their school by recycling unwanted metal keys with Students Recycling Keys. Students at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School in Mound are participating in the Students Recycling Keys program during Catholic Schools Week, Jan. 27 through Feb. 1. The Sunshine Foundation is the original wish granting organization. They have granted over 36,000 dreams to children abused, physically challenged and chronically ill since 1976. They are represented in Minnesota by the all volunteer MN Dream Catchers Chapter. The students at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School have decided that the proceeds of this key recycling event will benefit the …
Peter King
7:02 am on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
What I just don't understand is why they felt that parents shouldn't be told first. Many of us found out after our kids were already at school and we did not have the chance to tell our own children. Rather, Father Tim forced the teachers to break the children's hearts. Meanwhile, he was unavailable to the kids as they cried and wanted to know why. This never should have happened. more ›