Kindergarten Registration Information

Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish School has kindergarten openings for the 2012-2013 academic year.  Please visit our kindergarten website for a description of the academic program and additional information.

We would love to help your child bloom and grow in faith, love, and knowledge!  Come and visit us to learn about our half-day and full-day academic programs! 

Dear Prospective School Family,

I would like to welcome you to our school website. I encourage you to spend some time browsing the website and learning more about us as a school community.

 

Some parts of the website are secure and for current school families only due to safety concerns. Other parts should help you to learn more about what we offer our students and families. You will also find a letter below from Pastor John Riccardo in which he identifies what you can expect from us and what is expected of you as school parents and members of the parish community.

 

This year marks our 61st anniversary. We celebrate the legacy and tradition of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish School and thank God for the many blessings he has bestowed on all of us.

 

Warm regards,

 

Kay Reilly

Principal

Welcome to Our Lady of Good Counsel! In this day and age when there are many very good choices for a child’s education we are honored that you are considering OLGC for your son or daughter. Our school is blessed with excellent teachers, a wondrous administration, and devoted families.
 

My purpose in writing is simply to lay out, somewhat quickly, our vision as you make your choice. Our Lady of Good Counsel is a Catholic school. This means much, much more than simply teaching religion classes, praying at the start of the day, or having crucifixes in our classrooms. It means that we teach out of the conviction that Jesus has both shown us once and for all who God truly is and also what it really means to be an authentic human being. Because of this, we strive not only to make sure the children receive an excellent education and high school preparation, but also to make sure that the Catholic faith penetrates and permeates every dimension of what we do here, whether that is music and the performing arts, science, athletics, English, social studies, or the way things are handled in the classroom and on the playground. In short, while we pray and work towards the goal of your children growing in wisdom and intelligence, our driving goal is to help them graduate with a personal knowledge of the God who made us all out of love and who has a plan for their lives. On behalf of the school, I think it’s very important that you know what we expect of ourselves, as well as what we want you to expect of us.

It’s also important, though, to know that we have expectations of you. If you are a Catholic, when you presented your son or daughter for baptism, the priest or deacon said the following prayer for the father: “Together with your wife, you will be the first teachers of your child in the ways of faith. May you also be the best of teachers, bearing witness to the faith by what you say and do in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Before that prayer, the priest or deacon asked you if you clearly understood the responsibility entrusted to you to raise your child in the faith and you said, “Yes!” In that prayer and in that response you acknowledged that you as parents are the primary educators in the ways of faith. The school is here, and the parish at large is here, to complement and support what you give your child at home and in your daily life. You know better than anyone that children are mimics; they imitate what they see and hear. My prayer is, and our expectation will be, that your kids will see and hear in you an authentic example of Christian life, a life that finds its center each Sunday at Mass, where we not only ponder the great things God has done for us in His Word but receive the greatest source of strength known to humanity in the Eucharist.

Again, we are honored that you are considering OLGC!

In His love,

Fr. John Riccardo

Pastor