{"id":28843,"date":"2026-01-26T15:19:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T21:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=28843"},"modified":"2026-01-26T15:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T21:35:09","slug":"catholic-schools-week-celebrated-at-sacred-heart-and-st-anthony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/28843-catholic-schools-week-celebrated-at-sacred-heart-and-st-anthony\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Schools Week celebrated at Sacred Heart and St. Anthony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>With this week being Catholic Schools Week, all city Catholic Schools are having activities each day.<\/p>\n<p>Sacred Heart School will be celebrate Christ-centered education, and this year&#8217;s theme is United in Faith and Community.\u00a0 Many activities will demonstrate how Sacred Heart School provides a strong foundation fostering faith formation, high-quality education, and discipleship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fundraiser for the Family Life Center<\/span> <\/strong>&#8211; Each classroom will collect money throughout the week for the Family Life Center.\u00a0 The class with the highest average donation per student will receive a pizza party.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, Jan. 27 &#8211; Celebrating the Nation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Students will come together for a Living Rosary, spending time together in prayer for our nation<\/li>\n<li>Students can wear red, white, &amp; blue t-shirts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, Jan. 28 &#8211; Celebrating Vocations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guests Fr. Zach Samples and Sr. Clementia will come talk with our students about vocations and following God&#8217;s call on your life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, Jan. 29 &#8211; Celebrating Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grades K-8 will attend the &#8220;All-Schools Mass&#8221; at St. Anthony High School, along with other area Catholic Schools and Bishop Thomas John Paprocki from the Diocese of Springfield<\/li>\n<li>Grades K-4 will then enjoy an Activity Day at Sacred Heart School while grades 5-8 will enjoy an Activity Day at St. Anthony High School<\/li>\n<li>No homework day and no tests on Friday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday, Jan. 30- Celebrating Faculty and Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our Shamrock Parent Association (SPA) will provide ice cream treats for students and other special treats for the staff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>St. Anthony Grade School is also celebrating all week:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tuesday, January 27th<\/span> \u2013<em><strong> Celebrating Our Vocations<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u25cf No mass &#8211; all students will attend mass on Thursday, January 29th.<br \/>\n\u25cf <strong>Student and Teacher Dress Code swap<\/strong> &#8211; Teachers dress like students and students permitted to dress like teacher\/school staff members.<br \/>\n\u25cf Fatherly Feud &#8211; Assembly 2pm<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wednesday, January 28th<\/span> <em><strong>\u2013Celebrating Our Nation and Community<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u25cf Representatives from the Effingham National Guard, County Police, Effingham Police and Effingham Fire Departments will be present to play in PE classes during the day.<br \/>\n\u25cf All Students will be permitted to dress as their favorite superhero to celebrate our local heroes or they can choose to wear sweats\/sweatshirts\/t-shirts to school this day. (No yoga pants or leggings\/shorts)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Thursday, January 29th<\/span> \u2013 <strong><em>Celebrating Our Students<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u25cf We will be attending the deanery mass at the high school, which begins at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>10:00am.<\/strong>\u00a0 We ask that all students wear RED school uniform shirts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u25cf High School is providing activities for 5th-8th grade students during the afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\u25cb 5th through 8th graders will need to bring their own sack lunch and drink for the day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u25cf K-4 students will be back for lunch (will follow the current lunch menu for the day) &#8211; will show a movie in the gym that afternoon.<br \/>\n\u25cf Students are permitted to bring in a pillow and blanket to sit on the floor along with a snack and drink of their choice for the movie.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Friday, January 30th<\/span> \u2013 <em><strong>Celebrating Faculty and Staff<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u25cf Students will be allowed to wear sweatpants (no yoga pants) and a spirit shirt.\u00a0 Each sectional will have the chance to play volleyball in the gym and participate in all gym activities.\u00a0 Then all students will come to the gym for a volleyball game between a few chosen students and our \u201ccelebrities\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday, January 31st<\/span> \u2013 <em><strong>Celebrating Families<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u25cf Family Night \u2013 families are encouraged to do something together as a family (movie night, game night, etc.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With this week being Catholic Schools Week, all city Catholic Schools are having activities each day. 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