A MESSAGE FROM FATHER JASON A. GLOVER, S.T.L. PRESIDENT, THE SHENANGO VALLEY CATHOLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM & THE KENNEDY CATHOLIC FAMILY OF SCHOOLS
Dear Students and Parents,
The administrators, faculty, and staff of the Kennedy Catholic Family of Schools welcome you to the Shenango Valley Catholic School System! We are a regional, college preparatory, Roman Catholic school system of the Diocese of Erie. From preschool through twelfth grade, all who are a part of our school system are committed to providing spiritual and religious formation, a progressive and excellent academic curriculum, and an engaging and exciting extra-curricular experience. Our raison d’etre is singular and is expressed in our school’s motto, Christo Servire, to enable every individual affiliated with our family of schools to recognize and to serve Christ in our neighbor.
Saint John Paull II Elementary School serves pre-school through fifth grade students, providing them with a solid academic foundation, and an inclusive religious formation and sacramental preparation, and attention to the holistic development of our children through additional extra-curricular activities. Such an elementary experience during the crucial developmental years of a child’s life will equip them to navigate successfully the challenges of adolescence and young adulthood.
Kennedy Catholic Middle and High Schools serves sixth through twelfth grade students, building further and deeper on the mission and motto of our school system. Poignantly focused on individual spiritual and religious development, cultivating an atmosphere oriented toward the service of one another and the larger community, maintaining an environment of academic excellence and personal responsibility, and enhancing the educational experience through extra-curricular offerings in the arts, sciences, and athletics, our graduates receive an unparalleled preparation for their collegiate career in some of our country’s finest institutions of higher learning.
All of this is possible to the degree that each student – that each family – assumes personal responsibility and individual engagement in the mission and vision of our school system. The rules, policies, and regulations, set forth in this handbook were developed, and are intended, to positively safeguard and promote the holistic formation of our students – intellectually, spiritually, physically, emotionally, and socially – and to maintain the overall health and safety of our school system. Embracing all that governs our daily operations is not meant to restrict or curtail individual pursuits. Quite the contrary; they are intended to foster an individual’s attitude to become uniquely all that Christ has called him or her to become. All of us affiliated with the Kennedy Catholic Family of Schools thank you, in advance, for supporting and encouraging compliance with these expectations.
God’s choicest blessings as we begin our academic year!
Fr. Jason A. Glover, S.T.L.
President