St. Michael Indian School
St. Michael Indian celebrated Catholic Schools Week starting with a drive for the Little Sisters of the Poor for paper goods and personal hygiene items.
On Monday, the students in elementary grades made cards and banners for local police, hospital, fire stations and senior centers. The Junior and Senior cleanup was cancelled due to recent snowfall.
On Tuesday, the school celebrated students by announcing the monthly Students of the Month and all the students received an ice cream treat with special classroom activities for students.
Celebrating our Nation on Wednesday included a Flag Ceremony & Military Recognition of alumni, employees, and parent/grandparents after mass. Students celebrated mass in their traditional dress day. Open House for prospective students for Fall 2020 was hosted that afternoon with student ambassadors and teachers.
On Thursday, the celebration continued with special recognition of the Religious who serve the school. In addition, the student altar servers were recognized by their peers. Principal Tazbah Yazzie and President Dot Teso presented in middle school classrooms on the topic of, “How My Faith Guides My Work” throughout the afternoon.
On Friday, celebrating faculty and staff began during school hours with fun treats from administration and that evening at the home basketball game, the volunteers were recognized for accumulating over 30 hours of parent service volunteered time since August 2019. Each volunteer was given a goodie bag and ice scrapper. Most of the volunteers recognized are coaches who volunteer service. That night student baskets were raffled off at the game with one student, Junior Morgan Begay winning two baskets. The baskets were donated by staff for the raffle.
The week ended on Saturday morning with the first annual Hand in Hand Family Walk on the school track. Despite the snow and freezing temperatures, many families attended then warmed up after with an art session hosted by art teacher Cody Begay.
