Alumni News
(December 2019 News)
A SEASON OF HOPE
Each year as Advent season begins, hopefully you find a few quiet moments of reflection-for the coming Savior, for the past year, and for new beginnings ahead. In your evaluation, what were successes of last year and what were failures? Did these experiences provide growth, improvement, or connections? For the office staff at the school, we keep returning to our building project first, as we evaluate all we do, because it is such a critical step. It is one of many in a long line of steps needed to shepherd our school into a new and ever improving era for this community and we feel a tremendous weight and responsibility for this mission.
As Christmas villages emerge from decoration bins and the soft lights begin to glow from the tiny windows, we can't help but think of our village here. How do people describe it, how has it changed over 60 years, and how does it need to change to remain a significant light here in Bountiful? Besides the badly needed building updates and addition, the next things identified as desperately needed this year were renewed and reinvigorated relationships with our parish and alumni, the people who have shared and experienced this place. We hope, that it isn't just a place that you experienced, however, but that you felt true community, a village, surrounding you with love and the light of Christ as you were shepherded toward your best self. That is still our goal and we continue to pray that you will actively join us again in helping this generation of children find their best selves. It is hard to say how successful our attempts have been in strengthening bonds with our parish and alumni. We have certainly reestablished many connections, but are eager for more-more relationships, more community, more shared vision. In this time of Advent, we wait with anxious anticipation for so much more...
At this moment, we sit on a precipice, with everything completed to begin our building project except final funding. Plans are complete, paperwork is in order, permits are in hand, and yet, we wait. We wait for responses from our school families, we wait for parishioners, for alumni, for grant boards, and for friends. The waiting is hard, but in the waiting we find time for prayer, reflection, and growth. In the waiting we keep telling our story, keep pushing our dreams and vision for our village, clinging to hope, and always keeping our light burning. We wish you all a blessed Advent with much time for reflection, prayer, and hope. We wish you a Very Merry Christmas as we welcome the light of the world once again into our hearts!
(October 2019 News)
TRADITIONS, FAREWELLS, AND HALLOWEEN CARNIVALS.
As we prepare for another fantastic Saint Olaf School Carnival, we also bid farewell to one of our own. Traveling through Saint Olaf's past, we've encountered through written materials, photos, stories, and even face to face conversations many incredible alumni and past families. People who improved the world around them by deeply caring and ministering to others. It is difficult to put into words what this has meant to those of us who currently steward the school. We are so sincerely grateful to all who have poured into our school throughout its 60 years and are so profoundly proud to hear that the mission and education received here lives and breathes inside each of you as you serve and care for your own communities. Please, keep sharing your (our) stories as we seek to usher forth a new generation of Saint Olaf Vikings. Thank you Marilyn Larrabee and family. While it seems so inadequate to simply say Thank You, your service, dedication, love and faith lives on in our hallways and in our students. We will carry your legacy forward as we continue the mission of Saint Olaf Catholic School to RISE.
As we continually seek to link past and present to cohesively build the future, it has become clear that we need more activities and traditions that bring us together as alumni, current families, and community. What better way to initiate a new tradition than to tie it to a long standing one, our Halloween Carnival. We happily invite the entire community to join us for our 1st Annual Family and Alumni Car Show with the Halloween Carnival to follow. We hope to see as many local alumni there as possible and to hear your stories and journeys since you left us. Please help make this an unforgettable evening of fellowship and sharing. Bring friends, family, and neighbors as we celebrate the love, joy, and community here at Saint Olaf.
(September 2019 News)
WE'RE LOOKING FOR SAINT OLAF ALUMNI!
Where you in third grade when Gov. Matheson and his wife visited Saint Olaf?
Were you doing jumping jacks in PE in 1980?
Were you on the leading edge of computer technology in the 1970s?
Saint Olaf Catholic School Alumni we are searching for you! We need your assistance with a project for Catholic Schools Week 2020! We are going to fill the halls with student accomplishments during Catholic Schools Week, January 27-31. We will be dedicating a special area for our Alumni. Please email Mrs. Moffat a picture of you. We would love to portray what you are currently doing, so send in your club, sport or activity photo. You may also submit your current school picture, we want to showcase the graduates of 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. Call or email Mrs. Moffat in the office if you have any questions, 801-295-5341 or jmoffat@stolafs.org. We can't wait to see your photos. Don't forget to register with our Alumni Directory.
