Community of Saints focused on prayer, community and service this Advent Season. Students and staff gathered for weekly prayer services and also read about the story of baby Jesus in our daily morning prayers. We also hosted Las Posadas at school as well as at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. School families were encouraged […]
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Isaac’s Blessing Bags 2019: Catholic Spirit article
Isaac Garcia, an 8th grader at Community of Saints School, helped bring Christmas again this year to homeless people. Last year, at COS, he organized the collection of enough items to gift over 100 people at a local homeless shelter. This year, St. Matthew’s offered to help Isaac collect items for gifts. Donations included hand […]
Community of Saints news 12-29-2019
Community of Saints Regional Catholic School focused on prayer, community and service this Advent Season. Students and staff gathered for weekly prayer services and also read about the story of baby Jesus in our daily morning prayers. We also hosted Las Posadas at school as well as at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. School […]
The Good News Fall-Winter 2019
The Good News from Alums, Friends and Families providing tuition assistance to Community of Saints Regional Catholic School Download PDF: The-Good-News-Fall-Winter-2019 Service, Faith & Leadership: Joe Votel ’72 and Tom Smith ’72 End of Year Challenge! Honor A Loved One who values Catholic education Fr. Steve’s Column Class of 1959 Reunion 2018-2019 Annual Report School […]
Isaac’s Blessing Bags 2019
“My Name is Isaac. I want to help the homeless!” Two weeks ago Isaac Garcia, an 8th grader at Community of Saints School, spoke at both masses telling us of his wish to bring Christmas to the homeless people. Last year, at COS, he collected enough items to gift over 100 people at a local […]
Community of Saints news 11-10-2019
Community of Saints is honored to host coffee and treats this weekend at St. Matthew Church after the 10:15 am Mass on Sunday, November 10. Stop by and say hi to Ms. Bridget Kramer and learn more about our amazing school! Also, please visit our website at communityofsaints.org We will be concluding our school marathon […]
COS awarded Educational Impact grant from Catholic Community Foundation
Community of Saints Regional Catholic School is happy to be a recent recipient of an Educational Impact Grant from the Catholic Community Foundation (CCF). This grant was made possible by many donors – past and present – whose belief in the power of endowment has allowed CCFto steward and grow endowment funds. These funds provide annual grants […]
The Good News Summer 2019
The Good News-Summer 2019 Download PDF: The-Good-News-Summer-2019.pdf COS Purchases St. Michael’s Campus Fr. Steve’s Column Tom McKeown Knows a Good Education Changes Lives COS 2015 Alums Graduate from High School Class of ’69 & Reunion Sunday, April 28, 2019 School News: University of Notre Dame Awards STEM Grant to COS School News: Coin Drive Raises […]
Community of Saints news 10-27-2019
Community of Saints is halfway through our annual school marathon! We kicked off on October 3rd with obstacle courses that included a lot of hopping, running and throwing! Students loved it. The marathon ends on Give to the Max Day-Thursday, November 14th. Our goal this year is to raise $12,000 for flexible classroom seating and […]
Community of Saints news 10-20-2019
Community of Saints is excited to announce that we will once again be hosting a Halloween Dance! The dance will take place in the Community of Saints’ gymnasium on Friday, October 25th from 6:00-9:00 pm. In addition to the school community, the dance is open to our sponsoring parish communities as well! The cost of the […]
Community of Saints news 9-29-2019
Community of Saints school year is off to a great start! Our K-8 enrollment has reached over 200 students, and we are so excited to have several new additions to our community! Thank you to our school families and sponsoring parish members for spreading the word about the high quality, faith-based educational experience we provide […]
Community of Saints news 9-9-2019
SCHOOL MASSES AT COS School Masses will resume at Community of Saints Regional Catholic School on Thursday, September 12th at 9:10 am. Parishioners, parents, grandparents, family and friends are all welcome to attend these Masses. Please check the weekly bulletin to see if Father Adrian cancels a Mass during vacation, holidays, etc. COMMUNITY OF SAINTS […]
Community of Saints news 8-25-2019
We would like to give a HUGE thanks for the enormous response to our request for golf clubs and equipment. We received a large quantity of golf clubs and golf balls, along with some other miscellaneous golf equipment. We are set! Thank you, thank you! Community of Saints is looking forward to our best […]
Community of Saints news 8-11-2019
Community of Saints Sports Equipment Request. With the excitement of our student enrollment continuing to grow, we are in need of some additional PE and Recess Equipment. Specific Request: Do you have any extra golf balls or golf clubs lying around the garage that you haven’t used in years? Community of Saints is looking for […]
Community of Saints news 7-14-2019
Summer Programming. Our Preschool and Extended Day summer programs have been busy having an amazing summer! Each week brings new activities and on or off-site field trip experiences-some of these field trips have included stops at the Science Museum, Dairy Queen, West St. Paul Pool and others! When our summer programs are not on a field […]
Community of Saints news 6-23-2019
Community of Saints School is always working to continue growing professionally and find best practices! The first week of summer included three days of Higher Powered Learning Program training with our school BLAST leadership team as we prepare to roll out school-wide blended learning next school year. This past week, the school administration headed to […]
Community of Saints news 6-9-2019
Enrollment for the 2019-20 school year is in full swing, and we are excited—last year our enrollment increased over 10%, and we are hoping to grow even more next school year. We are asking YOU to spread the word, and help us with our goal to increase enrollment! If you know of anyone, ages PreK […]
Support for Community of Saints Regional Catholic School
For more than 130 years Saint Matthew’s Church has supported a school where children have been given a quality, Christian Catholic education. Until 2012 that school was on the parish campus. For the last seven years the school has been part of a consolidation as Community of Saints. That school recently has been able to […]
Community of Saints news 5-5-2019
Marge Milner, one of our amazing fifth grade teachers, is retiring at the end of this school year. Marge has taught at Community of Saints since its beginning 7 years ago, and prior to that, was a fifth grade teacher at St. John Vianney for 22 years. Please join us in celebrating her commitment […]
Community of Saints update 4-14-2019
Festival del día del niño! All are welcome to join us for our first annual Children’s Day Festival. The celebration will take place Saturday, April 27th, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm in the Community of Saints gymnasium. Admission is FREE, and includes games, snacks, music and a whole lot of fun! It is an event […]
Reunion Mass: Sunday, April 28, 2019, 11:15 am, at COS
All alums of Saint Matthew’s School and all the other feeder schools to Community of Saints Regional Catholic School (St. Michael’s, St. John Vianney, Our Lady of Guadalupe) are invited to Mass at COS at 11:15 am on Sunday, April 28. A special invitation to all those whose grad year was 4 or 9. Extra […]
Community of Saints will purchase St. Michael’s Church property
Community of Saints Regional Catholic School is set to purchase the property of St. Michael’s Church. We are so thrilled to share this exciting news with you! This is another component that strongly demonstrates the sustainability of Community of Saints! St. Michael’s Church property is where Community of Saints resides – and soon the property […]
Night of Community COS Annual Benefit – Saturday, February 23, 2019
We look forward to seeing many of you at our annual school benefit this upcoming Saturday! Below is information on what will be at “Night of Community”, including information on our Classroom Baskets, Silent Auction, and Mystery Bags! It’s not too late to attend! Night of Community COS Annual Benefit Saturday, February 23 6-9:30pm St. Matthew’s […]
Community of Saints News 2-3-2019
Last week was Catholic Schools Week! Each day, students had different dress up theme day as part of the celebration of Catholic education! The week also consisted of a geography bee, buddy reading, staff versus students volleyball game, BINGO, open house and a food drive! “Night of Community: Spring Fever” Tickets for Sale! Tickets are […]
Community of Saints News 1-27-2019
Archbishop Hebda will be celebrating mass at Community of Saints during Catholic Schools Week! All are welcome to join us for our 9:10am student mass on Thursday, January 31st. “Night of Community: Spring Fever” Tickets for Sale! Tickets are now available for our fifth annual benefit, which will take place on Saturday, February 23rd, from 6-9pm, […]
Community of Saints News 12-2-2018
It is one of our favorite times of the year as we begin to prepare for the arrival of Jesus! At Community of Saints, we have the privilege of acknowledging Advent Season and will spend these next few weeks preparing for the birth of Jesus through prayer services, acts of servant leadership, and regular religious […]
COS: $5000 award from Healey Family Foundation
Recently, Community of Saints was surprised by the Healey Family Foundation with the honor of being named runner-up for their Founder’s Award during a web-conference with the 36 other schools identified as “Healey Schools” across the U.S.. The award comes with a $5,000 gift. The award recognizes schools that demonstrate exceptional results in implementing effective governance, […]
The Good News Fall-Winter 2018
Click to download PDF: The Good News Fall-Winter 2018 Newsletter highlights: COS Starts Year with 10% More Students and a New Board of Directors Celebrate Fr. Steve’s 50th Anniversary Annual Report: Record Breaking $275,827 Raised from 524 Donors COS Student Speaks at Aim Higher Foundation Event Meet the New Board of Directors End of Year Matching […]
Isaac’s Blessing Bags 2018
Featured at the Aim Higher Foundation’s Night of Light celebration, the video “Isaac’s Blessing Bags” is a look at one of the more than 1,300 Aim Higher Scholars and his impact on the local community. The Foundation made this video about Isaac for the event. For its Advent 2017 service project, Community of Saints helped those […]
Community of Saints News 11-4-2018
Community of Saints is hosting a “Fall in Love with COS” open house on Wednesday, November 14th, from 12-5:30pm. Prospective families can stop by any time during those hours to get a tour of the school, ask questions, and even see classrooms in action! If you or someone you know is looking for an educational […]
Community of Saints News 10-28-2018
Community of Saints is excited to announce that they will once again be hosting a Halloween Dance! The dance will take place in the Community of Saints’ gymnasium on Friday, October 26th from 6:30-9:30pm. In addition to the school community, the dance is open to their sponsoring parish communities as well! The cost of the dance […]
Community of Saints News 10-7-2018
Community of Saints is excited to announce that they will once again be hosting a Halloween Dance! The dance will take place in the Community of Saints’ gymnasium on Friday, October 26th from 6:30-9:30 pm. In addition to the school community, the dance is open to sponsoring parish communities as well! The cost of the […]
Community of Saints News 9-30-2018
Community of Saints is excited to announce that we have signed a twenty year lease with St. Michael’s Church. We know there has been some concern in the past concerning the status of Community of Saints as it resides on the campus of St. Michael’s which is no longer an operating parish. Signing a twenty year […]
Free Ice Cream Social August 2 – Community of Saints News
Who: School families, prospective families, staff, and all of our parish communities! What: I scream, you scream, we all scream for FREE ICE CREAM! Need we say more? Oh, and maybe a friendly game of kickball and some yard games. Where: Community of Saints – hopefully outside by the ball fields, weather permitting. When: Thursday, August 2nd, 6-8pm. Stop by for a few […]
Community of Saints News 6-24-2018
Early Catholic Family Life (ECFL) Community of Saints would like to thank Becky Loftfield and Autumn Irlbeck for their amazing work facilitating our first Early Catholic Family Life (ECFL) classes at Community of Saints. Based on feedback, we know our participants enjoyed their experience, and we look forward to once again providing this class next […]
