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Welcome to St. Lawrence School
Welcome to St. Lawrence School. St. Lawrence is a fully accredited “Blue Ribbon” K - 8 Catholic school located in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. The current enrollment is 263 students. Enrollment has been slowly but steadily increasing over the past few years. Lawrenceburg’s location is in close proximity to Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati; this, along with the riverboat gaming industry, contributes to some of the growth. The most important reason however, is that the staff of St. Lawrence School is committed to providing a quality, values education for all of its students.
While the teachers at St. Lawrence School focus on providing a Christian values education and strong academics, they also address other areas of students’ interests. Students who have an interest in computers can participate in an after school keyboarding class. Students who have an interest in the arts may participate in music lessons after school, and/or an advanced music, art, or drama class. Jr. High students who have an interest in journalism may participate in a newspaper or yearbook class. Students, who may be having trouble in a particular subject, benefit from a free after school tutoring program. We even have a club whose sole purpose is to do service for others.
All of the students in grades five through eight are required to do service for others as part of their regular Religion class. Students in grades six through eight, who are members of Builders’ Club, which is our service organization, take service a step further. These students help clean the school building, and they visit a local nursing home three times a month. This organization, along with Student Council, has been responsible for food drives to help stock the local food pantry. Each summer, the members of Builders’ Club sponsor a Relay for Life Team. Money from this project is donated to the American Cancer Society.
Builders’ Club is not the only group at St. Lawrence School that helps those in need. The students and teachers feel strongly that part of their mission is to help those in less fortunate circumstances: locally, nationally, and globally. The third grade students annually bring in change as part of a math lesson. Then they use that money to purchase turkeys to donate to the needy. Instead of having a party and exchanging Christmas gifts with each other, the fifth grade chooses to purchase Christmas gifts for needy children in the local community. Seventh grade students build a box city every year and spend a cold night sleeping in the boxes. The goal is to increase awareness of the homeless and to raise money for Habitat for Humanity. The students have helped those in the Gulf Coast who have lost so much and have raised money to purchase books to help restock a school library in Mississippi. Our goal at St. Lawrence is to not only prepare the children to continue their education but to help make them kind, caring citizens.
St. Lawrence School has been blessed with the support of generous parents and parishioners who contribute numerous hours and dollars to organize and fund the various programs that build on the foundation of providing a quality education for all students. The local community also strengthens our programs by funding scholarships and providing supplies and donations for various uses.
St. Lawrence is filled with wonderful volunteers, and teachers who absolutely love what they are doing and are dedicated to the students and the school. Each week as I celebrate Mass with the students and staff I think about how lucky I am to be the principal of St. Lawrence School. I thank God for the students, parents, and the incredibly supportive and wonderful staff with whom I have been blessed to work.
Dena Steiner Principal |
