Do We Have All We Want?

Seven of our teachers have been members of WASC teams in the last two years. These teacher work with a committee to ensure our fellow Catholic schools are teaching what they should be teaching, have a plan in place for improvement and and offer as complete a program as possible. The goal for every school is to receive the maximum six year accreditation.

With many of us, what has become glaringly evident is how truly fortunate we are at Holy Angels. We truly have an abundance, in terms of staffing, resources, funding and extra curricular activities. We so often can get caught up in what we don't have, ( Spanish classes, new bathrooms, new asphalt, new sports uniforms), that we fail to see how much we do have.

The first school I worked at, and which I stayed at for twelve years, was one such school. We did not have supplies as basic as paper. Many of our textbooks were hand me downs from other schools. Many of our teachers are going to schools very similar to this. I personally went to a school where the students said, among many other more relevant topics, that they just wanted some playground equipment.

We are a blessed community, much of this due to the hard work of our parents. But we must not forget one of the basic tenets of Catholicism, which is social justice. We have many wants at our school, but our needs are fulfilled. As we move ahead, and continue to improve our school, we must not forget our responsibility to help those who do not have their needs met. I think it might be a good component to add into all of our fundraising efforts as we look for ways to continue to make our school a great Catholic school.