A Message from Administration

“It is fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”

• Bill Gates

Letting our kids ‘fail’...it’s a scary concept! Of course as parents, we want to see our kids succeed in everything they do- whether it is getting an ‘A’ on their Science project or making the best school and travel ball team. Sometimes the failure can be a result of their own actions- such as not studying for a test, choosing preferred activities over completing homework, forgetting the necessary books at school, or even putting up a fight with parents until we just give up. Our instincts kick in and we think- what can I do to fix this…ask for an extension? Get a copy from another student? Give him/her answers?  Drop it off at school? In instances like these, it can be hard for parents to step back and let their child accept the natural consequences that result.

When kids don’t experience what it’s like to fail, they miss the opportunity to learn from their mistakes and improve in the future. What they do learn is that they don’t have to take responsibility for their actions and that someone else will come behind them to straighten things out. When we constantly rescue them, they may come to believe that things will always work in their favor…and we ALL know that is NOT true!

Failure is not the end of the world. It’s a lesson. It is what makes us human. It’s an opportunity to make positive changes. I recently read an article from Empowering Parents about how to talk to your child about failing. It recommended calmly focusing the conversation on having your child address these three key questions:

1. What part did you play in this?

2. What are you going to do differently next time?

3. What did you learn from this?

Part of learning- for everyone- involves feeling the discomfort that comes from failure. As hard as it is, we have to try and appreciate the opportunity that results from it. 

Allison French

Learning Coordinator

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$1.00 Dress Down Day TOMORROW

The Kids/American Heart Challenge™ CELEBRATION ends tomorrow!

Here are some stats as of 3/7:

Total Raised (all grades): $5,197.25 School   Goal $6,000

Total Students Registered: 84

Total Students Completing Finn’s Mission: 8

# of Families who have learned Hands-Only CPR: 10

Two randomly selected winners of the Warmie Stuffed Avocados for those students who have raised $100+ go to:

Dylan S from Wolz 1st

Luke E from Ball 2nd

Youth Choral Festival

Fourteen members of our St. Albert the Great School's Advanced Children’s Choir will be participating in the Pueri Cantores Youth Choral Festival and Mass with Archbishop Shelton Fabre at the Cathedral of the Assumption on March 9th.   Pueri Cantores is the national student choral organization of the Catholic Church.  A mass choir of 4th-12th graders from the region will combine their voices to sing beautiful music from the Church’s rich historical repertoire.  The St. Albert the Great Advanced Children’s Choir, under the direction of Charlotte Peake, will be one of the featured choirs singing during a mini-concert before the 5:30 p.m. Mass.  The concert and Mass are open to the public.

Choral music begins at 5:10 p.m. and Mass begins at 5:30 p.m.

March 9th at the Cathedral of the Assumption,  433 S. 5th Street.

Save the Date- Parent Meeting on Children's Anxiety

Dr. Carson Haynes will be here on Monday, March 18 at 6:30 in the church for a parent program on Identifying and Helping with Anxiety in Children

**2024-2025 Registration for CURRENT Students**

If your child is a current St. Albert student, you do not need to do anything to register them for the 2024-2025 school year. This includes preschoolers advancing to JK or Kindergarten.

2024-2025 Tuition Letter

Click here for the tuition letter that was emailed on March 1st.

2024 Summer Camps & Activities Resource Guide

Looking for youth activities and camps for your kiddos this summer? Here is a list to get you started. Feel free to email Janelle Richardson, Director of Development, at jrichardson@stalbert.org with additional camp suggestions that have worked for your family in the past. This Google Doc will be updated as needed so check back for more ideas!

Looking for donations to the silent auction booth!

We are looking to make the silent auction booth at the picnic even bigger than it was last year and we need your help! We need BIG items like UofL, UK, liquor bottles, restaurants gift cards, concert tickets, gift baskets, high school gear, summer camp certificates, and any other big ticket items you or someone you know would like to donate!

NASA Summer Learning Program

Central Creativity is excited to announce that registration for NASA Astro Camp is open and will be the week of July 15-19! This is our 3rd year partnering with St. Albert to bring Kentucky's Official NASA Summer Learning Program to Louisville students! Registration Link

Spring STEM Club

Spring into STEM and don't miss our final session of the school year! Spring STEM Club is open to students in grades 1-4. We are so excited to share some brand-new activities we've been working on! Register here.

Safe Environment Training

St. Albert the Great will host a Safe Environment Training session on March 19th for parents/guardians wanting to be a coach, chaperone, or school volunteer. Click here to see the SET newsletter. 

Parent Internet Safety

Rick Nord, the speaker from our Internet Safety Parent Meeting will be giving the same presentation at Bethlehem High School in Bardstown on 3/18. He has invited our interested parents to attend this session. 

Here are the flyers he recommends parents read-

Mark Your Calendars!

2023-2024 School Year Meeting Dates 

Each PTO meeting will occur in the Cafeteria from 6 to 7:30 p.m. 

All parents are encouraged to attend!

Thursday, April 18, 2024

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Before Winter Break, PTO provided teacher conference dinners both nights of conferences and sent care packages to all lead teachers hosting a conference. Our sincere thanks goes out to Jenny England, Amber Theineman & Angela Augustine for organizing the dinners, Christine Newman for compiling care packages and all of the families who sent in additional needs through our Signup Genius! We appreciate your time & talents!

Fish Fry

March 8,  5-7:30 pm

We need your help!  If you have a 2nd or 6th-grader, we ask that you and your player come help. Also, please sign up to work a shift at the fish fry as well!  There are lots of options.  We also ask that your player help bus the tables during the fish fry. This is our largest fundraiser for athletics and we need many hands to make a lighter load for all. THANK YOU! GO VIKINGS! Fish Fry flyer- link

Volunteers, please sign up here. Thank you!

Louisville EDGE Spring 2024 Field Hockey Clinics at Mercy Academy

Louisville EDGE Field Hockey Spring 2024 Clinic Registration Now Open. Have fun training and getting ready for the upcoming CSAA season! More information on our Instagram: louedgefh.

Parish Post

Please read the Parish Post to stay up to date with events and opportunities. 

Love Children?  Want to help Children Grow in their Friendship With God? Need Service Hours?

Volunteers are needed to help with Vacation Bible School!  Our Scuba VBS is going to be a lot of fun- an underwater adventure with Jesus!  We need people to help lead stations, take care of snack, be group leaders and other great things along the way!  Students entering 7th grade- Adults are needed to help make Scuba VBS as awesome as it can be!  Dates for Scuba are June 25-28th.  If you are interested in helping to volunteer, please contact St. Sarah at syungwirth@stalbert.org or call 502-425-3940, ext. 109.  (Registration forms for Scuba will be going out in Spring.)

St. Albert Men's Fellowship TONIGHT

Looking for brotherhood and a strong sense of community? The St. Albert Men's Fellowship is just for you! The idea for the fellowship came about in 2022, when several parishioners began to get together informally to share ideas, opportunities and to sharpen one another in different ways. Over the year, the group has grown, and we're excited to formalize our gatherings at St. Albert, inviting all our parish brothers to come meet other like-minded men interested in forming strong friendships, deepening their faith, and participating in service. "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." Proverbs 17:17 Join the Fellowship on Thursday, March 7th 7:30pm in the Cafeteria for pizza, drinks, and some College Hoops on the TV! The group will be brainstorming ideas for future social gatherings and ways to get involved in parish life. If interested in attending, please click the link to fill out the form and tell us more about yourself. If you have any questions, please contact Nick Norcia at NLNorcia@gmail.com