Parents Club

Prayer to Blessed Jane d’Aza, Patroness of the Dominican Parents Club
Blessed Jane, as a parent, you nurtured and cared for your children with great love and attention to their physical and spiritual growth. You spent your days seeking out and helping the poor and needy with your children at your side. Give us your generosity and inner-strength. Help us, like you, to guide our children to live lives that are rooted in the Gospel and spent in loving care of others. We ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Parents-in-Prayer

An invitation is extended to all parents and grandparents to spend an hour in prayer and reflection before the Blessed Sacrament in the Adoration Chapel. Every Thursday from 7:30 am to 8:30 am we will have an opportunity to pray and be with God in the quiet of our hearts. The rosary will be recited at 8:00 am. Please contact Kathy Giler with the date you are able to come and spend an hour in adoration. Call or e mail Kathy at 258 8847 ( cell ) or kacdg@cox.net.

In addition, this group has developed a prayer line for any prayer intentions prayerline101@aol.com

2011-2012 Parents Club elected officers include:
President: Colleen Story
President-Elect: Larry Dyess
Recording Secretary: Nelita Ramey

Corresponding Secretary & Publicity Liasion: Susan Ross
Treasurer: Donna Exnicios

Vice-President (Moms): Jill Stoner, Petrea Rhode, Lena Dyess, & Dayna Murphy
Vice-President (Dads): Rick Mattei & John Laughlin

The Purpose of St. Mary’s Dominican High School Parents Club:

  1. To cooperate with St. Mary’s Dominican High School in promoting those activities intended for the welfare of the students and the advancement of the school.
  2. To offer, through well-planned programs, information of particular interest to parents
  3. To encourage the maintenance of the high standards of family life and to create a greater appreciation of Catholic education.

Parents or guardians of students currently enrolled in St. Mary’s Dominican High School comprise the membership.

Scheduled Activities for 2011 – 2012 include:
New student Mass of Welcome August 14
Dad/Daughter Dinner Dance September 21
Grandparents Day (in conjunction with The Living Rosary) October 21
Mother/Daughter Mass/Luncheon November 20
Gala March 17
Golf Tournament April 13

General Meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. in the gym prior to Parent-Teacher Conferences:
Thursday, August 18, 2011 (Back to School Night/Meet the Teachers)
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012

The Parents Club is comprised of many committees, so that volunteering is easy and fits into your schedule.

Committees include:
Adoration Chapel, DHS Cares, Gala, Grandparents’ Day, Library,
Monthly Mailings, Open House, Orientation Programs, Parents-in-Prayer, Parent-to-Parent,
Personnel Luncheons, Parents Annual Giving Drive, Spring Musical

Other ongoing support activities:
Parents Annual Giving Drive
Adoration Chapel
Graduation Ushering
Various Student Parties
Parents Club Meetings
Personnel Luncheons and Dinners

The Parents Club is a member of the Archdiocese of New Orleans Council of Catholic School Co-operative Clubs (CCSCC) and participates in many of their programs, such as:

Keep Christ in Christmas Campaign
Clothe-a-Child program
Crescent House Birthday program
Parent to Parent

For more information: www.sscss.catholicweb.com