I had the chance to have an enlightening conversation with our first grade sub today (we had a few teachers out for professional development). I had known this sub’s family from growing up in Columbus, and she will be graduating with a degree in Speech Pathology in May. Being new to subbing, this was her first time in our school and the first time subbing in a Catholic school. She told me she was amazed at the differences compared to her time subbing at public schools. Her list of differences included class sizes (she happened to be subbing for our smallest class 😊), kindness with both students and staff, the feeling of community (she got a taste of our family assembly), and most importantly: faith. I had mentioned that the public schools’ mission to avoid excluding or favoring any single faith/belief has turned into excluding all faith—leaving such an important part out of what students need in order to grow. In the end, she had nothing but great things to say about her first experience at Blessed Sacrament; and I have you, your children, and our hard-working staff to thank!