St. Augustine Indian Mission
St. Augustine Indian Mission serves children of the Winnebago and Omaha Nation Tribes in northeast Nebraska. Students, teachers and staff enthusiastically celebrated Catholic Schools Week with daily themes, special activities and service projects.
The week began with a food drive for the local food pantry. Kindergarten students made get-well cards for hospitalized members of the military. Eighth-graders gathered personal care items to create blessing bags for the homeless shelters in the area.
Families, staff and faculty received a toy soldier with instructions to display the soldier in a prominent place in the home as a reminder to pray for our troops. Classroom doors were decorated with Bible verses or Bible themes.
“Dress Your Best for Jesus Day” included Mass and eucharistic adoration. “Pajama Day” found the students creating thank you cards for donors to the new school capital campaign. On “Classroom Color Day” students dressed in designated class colors and participated in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activities. Student athletic games were the highlight of “Team Jersey Day.” For “Favorite Character Day,” students dressed in clothing featuring their favorite book or movie character while enjoying snacks and reading their favorite books to each other.
It was a great celebration of our Catholic faith — mind, body and spirit!
