La Salle College High School 8605 Cheltenham Avenue Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania 19038 www.lschs.org
November 2009 Volume Nineteen Number 3
Dear Parents and Guardians, This month ushers in the beginning of our holiday season. We celebrate the bringing in of the harvest of our labors and the bounty of the earth. From pumpkins to turkey, our homes will be filled with wonderful aromas as we prepare for Thanksgiving. May you and your loved ones enjoy all the blessings of this season and the company of family and friends gathered around your table. La Salle will join you in thanking the Lord for the blessings of this past year. Highest among our blessings will be your son(s). The Lord has blessed La Salle with wonderful young men we call our students. Their many gifts enrich our academics, athletics and countless clubs and programs. We have 1,068 reasons to be thankful. As November begins, I draw your attention to our annual La Salle Auction. This year, we celebrate around a theme familiar to many and yet new for our Younger Parents – “The Golden Age of TV”. I have been treated to a preview of our decorations and am amazed by the creativity of our parents and decorating committee. This evening will again be a night not to be missed. Come join us on Saturday, November 7, 2009 for our 27th Annual La Salle Auction. Also this month, we will end the first quarter of the academic year. You and your sons will be able to see the results of his hard work. I hope you will find much to celebrate, and if a bit disappointed, this is the time to set goals with measurements along the way. Midway through the month Parent/Teacher Conferences will be offered if you have any concerns. Sunday, November 15, 2009 promises to be a great day with prospective students and families visiting campus for our Open House. I thank in advance our students who give of their time this day and our parents and Alums who will represent the school to interested 6th, 7thand 8th graders. Watch for our advertizing in local and citywide media. Our students will host their second Mixer of the year on the Friday before Thanksgiving. I can assure you that many young ladies will be visiting La Salle to add a special sparkle to the night. La Salle sees this socialization is an integral part of the development of our young men. We will welcome the Grandparents of our Freshmen Class on November 25, 2009. This morning program has proven to be most successful in the past and is an opportunity for our students to show off their school to their grandparent(s). Our school community will pause before the holiday to gather together to thank God for His blessings upon our efforts of the past year and to invite His continued blessings. This is also a time to reflect upon the meaning of all the good our students do in their service projects. It is important to make the connection between what we do and the reason for this effort. The Lord said, “What you do for the least, you do for Me”. May all your days be filled with blessings for which you can be thankful. Sincerely yours,
Brother Richard Kestler, FSC ’60 President