St. Patrick’s Students and Staff Celebrate Catholic Schools Week

Today kicks off National Catholic Schools week and St. Patrick’s School in Perry has several things planned to celebrate.

This year’s theme is Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service.

Monday is crazy socks day where students, staff and community members are encouraged to wear crazy socks and donate to the local Clothes Closet.

Tomorrow students will wear their designated class colors. Wednesday there will be a flag raising ceremony and everyone is encouraged to dress in red, white and blue. Thursday there will be a guest speaker and a read and feed event where students can bring a blanket, pillow, healthy snack and water to enjoy as they read together in the gym.  Friday there will be a student and staff volleyball game after mass.

Later this week we will hear from several St. Pat’s students as they talk to us about what Catholic education means to them.

Dallas County Supervisors Meeting Preview

The Dallas County Board of Supervisors will meet in regular session Tuesday.

Agenda items include discussion on budget funding requests from the Library Association, Dallas County Fair Board, Dallas County Development Alliance and the Housing Trust Fund Authority.

The Supervisors will then continue discussion on a 28E agreement for the Walnut Creek Watershed, discuss assigned and unassigned department space, hold a budget workshop and discuss items raised in weekly human services campus construction meetings.

Finally, a closed session is then possible to discuss the purchase of particular real estate.

The meeting takes place at 9am in the Board of Supervisors meeting room in Adel.