Awards Assembly at SVCS--the School Year is Over!

Today we had our annual awards assembly at St. Vincent's Cathedral School, ending our 2005-6 school year. Students were recognized for various achievements in academics, athletics and community service. We welcomed the incoming sixth grade class to the Middle School and had a "coming up" ceremony for our present eighth graders, who now qualify as our first High School class--the freshmen of the Class of 2010. I was quite surpised to discover that I had been chosen to receive the Spirit of the Covenant Award, which is St. Vincent's School's version of Teacher of the Year. The winner is selected by the school's corps of teachers. You could have knocked me over with a feather! Not only did the award come with a plaque and a much needed cash prize, but the first graders in our lower school, who know me as the lay chaplain who leads their chapel service twice per week, created a special book of "letters to Mr. Foster." The image below is the cover of that marvelous book. I am deeply honored, and most grateful to the teachers and students of St. Vincent's for their kindness.