This Saturday evening we come together as a school community to celebrate our annual Showcase fundraiser. This year's theme," A Red Carpet Affair," nicely captures the elegant and festive mood which annually surrounds Showcase. It is always a treat to relax together, enjoy some delicious food, and reconnect. This year marks our twentieth Showcase! It is amazing to see how the event has changed and grown over the years. Thank you to all of the volunteers who have made it happen!
Besides growing and nurturing a sense of community, Showcase also serves as the single largest fundraiser for the school. The staggering number and variety of tickets, services, and packages available is amazing. I hope you win something fun! In recent years we have added an annual Fund-the-Need during the live auction. This has been overwhelmingly successful. Through Fund-the-Need we have been able to finance laptops for our students and teachers, network infrastructure, and, last year, SMARTboards throughout the school. It is always inspiring to see the support and enthusiasm of our school community.
This year's Fund-the-Need seeks to solve some campus issues that are a real safety concern for our students and families. These include a comprehensive lighting plan which will illuminate what are now very dark entrances, public spaces, and parking lots. Also included are security cameras which will focus on our alley, sport court and fields. The ramp/stairway in the old courtyard will be replaced with graded pavers which will make the courtyard both more accessible and useful for our students and parish. These actions will improve the fundamentals of our school and its efficacy. Fund-the-Need will also be used to pilot an iPad program with our youngest students and to close our Macbook leases. Thank you in advance for your help in financing these important intiatives for our school.
Although much has changed over the years, the spirit of Showcase has remained the same: namely, gathering together in a neighborly spirit to help support the school in its mission of moral, intellectual, and spiritual formation. I look forward to seeing you on the red carpet this Saturday night!
Dan McKenna
