Welcome to Saint Rose of Lima Catholic School On-line!
- Principal's Message
- Our Vision
- About Our School
- History of St. Rose
Welcome to Saint Rose of Lima Elementary web site. As Principal, I believe you will find our website informative and useful to gather information regarding our school.
St. Rose is an outstanding elementary school where we are committed to the success of each of our students. Strong parental involvement in the education of thier children is a vital component to our success. Working together, we are helping the children grow into readers, writers, creative thinkers, and problem solvers, as we prepare them for life in the 21st century.
Our school is a traditional elementaryl school with 74 student's K - 6. The educators, support staff, and volunteers work together to provide an outstanding program where each student has an opportunitiy to achieve his or her potential in a safe nurturing environment. Our "School Improvement Plan" guides our continuous school improvement efforts.
There are many ways for you to communicate with us. Our address, phone numbers, and contact form are listed here on the website. The school site council meets monthly to discuss, support, decide, and communicate school policy. Meetings are listed in the school newsletter. The Schools Advisory Committee (SAC) meets monthly and provides solid support for the students and staff. We look forward to hearing from you regarding anything that can help us continue to thrive as an excellent school.
Have a great year!
Amy Krautscheid
Principal
The mission of the Saint Rose of Lima Catholic School is to ensure that all programs are dedicated toward enhancing student achievement and that each school is a humanistic organization, valuing students emotionally and academically providing the highest quality education possilble in a personalized environment. We aspire to enable each student to realize maximum potential as a responsible citizen who will enhance the community and society.
The St. Rose Elementary School Community believes our mission is to faciltate and engage the students in optimal learning and social development in a safe and orderly environment. Our expectations for all students is to empower them to lead fulfilling and productive lives as life-long learners in a rapid changing and increasingly complex society.
The St. Rose Elementary staff is dedicated to providing a rich educational environment that challenges all students to think critically, solve complex problems, express themselves articulately, in speaking and writing, and work cooperatively and individually in a diverse and multicultural world.
Philosophy
Saint Rose of Lima Catholic School is a center of education where its students learn to recognize and utilize his or her talents and powers in a positive direction. Our goals for each student are to provide his or her growth and strength in faith, excellence in education, and the development of his or her potential.
St. Rose of Lima Catholic School exists to provide a faith-filled environment for academic excellence, self-discipline, mutual and self-respect, personal morality, a sense of community and social justice as taught by the Catholic Church.
Primary Objective
St. Rose of Lima Catholic School's primary objective is to provide for the needs of each child so that he or she can master basic academic skills and prepare for leadership and involvement in today's society.
Parent/Guardian Guidance and Responsibility
While the teachers and students set up their goals and ways of achieving those goals, each child's education is the responsibility of the parents or guardians. That responsibility extends to active involvement in the school and its events.
To strengthen our moral and value system, we each need to employ the Church, the School and the Community to achieve the school's and students' goals for a provident and productive life.
Name: St. Rose of Lima
Born: Lima, Peru April 20, 1586 and died there August 30, 1617
Patronage: against vanity, Americas, Central America, embroiderers, florists, gardeners, India, Latin America, needle workers, New World, people ridiculed for their piety, Peru, Phillipines, diocese of Santa Rosa California, South America, vanity, Villareal Samar Phillipines, West Indies
Canonized: April 2, 1671 by Pope Clement X
Representation: anchor Holy Infant; roses; Dominican tertiery holding roses; Dominican tertiery accompanied by the Holy Infant.
St. Rose of Lima Catholic School
520 Nat Washington Way
Office (509) 754-4901; Fax (509) 754-9274
Amy Krautscheid, Saint Rose of Lima School Principal
