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Holy Rosary Bi-parish Catholic School 161 9th Street, Idaho Falls, ID 83404 Main Office 522-7781 Cafeteria/Lunchroom 523-9188 YMCA Extended Daycare, Cafeteria Hours: 7:00-8:00AM; 11:AM-1:00PM; 3:00-6:00PM 523-9188 YMCA Extended Daycare, St. Nicholas Rm. Hours: 8:00-11:AM;1:00-2:45PM 535-0422 |
Catholic Schools Week 2003
Holy Rosary Bi-parish School is Our School. Every parishioner in our Catholic community is responsible for the success that occurs in Our School. Our school is an extension of our Catholic community and is built on a tradition of excellence. Our school integrates a comprehensive academic curriculum with strong religious teaching and moral values. Ours and all Catholic schools educate the heart, mind, and soul. The goal of every Catholic school is to help each child become a faith-filled, responsible and productive member of the Church and of society.
The next generation will face a host of challenges in the world. We want to help prepare young people to face those challenges with Christ in their life. Catholic schools offer the technology of today with values for life, so that our young people will grow up to be faithful Catholics and loving family members; responsible adults in the workplace and leaders of the world and of their communities. While standardized test scores, graduation rates, attendance rates, and college matriculation rates indicate that Our School has been able to produce outstanding "academic outcomes," the record of positive "religious outcomes" is the primary reason why we consider the maintenance of Our School to be a wise use of limited financial resources.
Although it is more difficult to measure the "religious outcomes" of a school than it is to measure the "academic outcomes," research indicates that a very high percentage of our students have integrated into their lives the highest spiritual, ethical, and personal values of our Catholic Faith.
Concerning the message of the Gospels, our school has revised the religion curriculum in light of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the General Directory for Catechesis. Textbooks that are currently being used in Our School for the teaching of religion have received favorable reviews from the Office of the Catechism, which has reviewed them and found them to be in conformity with the content of the Catechism. Most of all, although our students are being raised in a world where secular values are in the ascendancy, most of our students realize the wisdom found in the words of St. Paul: "We have an everlasting city, but it is not here."
With regard to community, you will find our students celebrating the achievements of others, comforting the grieving, praying for divine assistance, and joyfully celebrating the Holy Eucharist. In addition to daily prayer and the frequent reception of the sacraments, our students have unique experiences of the spiritual life of Catholics by participating in retreats. Through these experiences, students come to a greater awareness of the meaning of the words: "Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst."
In reference to service, you will find our students visiting the elderly who live alone, tutoring youths who live in single parent homes, participating in activities with children who have disabilities, and distributing gifts to those who have very little weekly income. These students are fully aware of the meaning of the Gospel teaching: "As long as you did it to one of these, the least of my brethren, you did it to me."
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