From the Office of Principal
Dear Parents, Grandparents, and Friends of SWS,

Saturday night was the CSCOE Bash. It was a very large gala style fundraiser for our 79 Catholic Schools. The Catholic School Center of Excellence (CSCOE) is the non-profit organization that has given 100’s of thousands of dollars to all Catholic schools including SWS. 

We have had our building rewired for internet, 1:1 laptops purchases, training for staff for NWEA testing, development and marketing grant dollars, STEM convention attendance, many other workshops for school staff, Mass of the Holy Spirit, software for administration of donors and alumni, Big Bang STEM Fair, 4HG basketball camp, preschool tuition grants and preschool program development support. Recently we have received funding to put a fence around our playground from CSCOE. Next fall, we will attend a huge conference for school staff at the Minneapolis convention center. Our staff has also served on committees and helped in functions that make all Catholic schools better through the CSCOE organization.

The event on Saturday had almost 700 people in attendance. A small group of our staff attended. We marveled at the large crowd of very generous donors and Catholic school supporters.  Although we might appear small in the New Prague community we are actually part of a very large group. The 79 schools are home to 21,000 students in the Catholic school buildings like ours serving students in preschool through grade 8.

We are very thankful for CSCOE. If you would like more information on CSCOE or would like to join the forces of supporters from other school communities who are striving to help each Catholic school thrive, then let me know and I will connect you. You will see how dedicated the organization is because they so strongly believe in what Catholic Schools can do for our children.