Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin School students enthusiastically beat back the wintertime blahs by celebrating the end of their third annual Spirit Week with an exciting and often hilarious spirit games competition on the afternoon of Jan. 31.
Spirit Week
Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin School students enthusiastically beat back the wintertime blahs by celebrating the end of their third annual Spirit Week with an exciting and often hilarious spirit games competition on the afternoon of Jan. 31.
The games culminated a week of friendly competition among the classes, including a coin war, scavenger hunts and daily contests for such things as getting to class on time and joining in the dress down themes. Prizes, cotton candy, ice cream treats and even a visit from the Rescue Village therapy dogs rounded out a great week that banished the winter blues.
The fierce, but friendly coin war between grade levels tripled their goal by raising $3,000 for the Saint Julie Model Boarding School in Buseesa, Uganda, founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame in 1995. The school serves about 300 students in the “forgotten district” of the country where people are challenged by dirt roads, high rates of illiteracy and poverty and little opportunity for girls and women. St. Julie School and related SND ministries provide social and economic mobility and access, especially for young women who are otherwise encouraged to have children in their teenage years and forgo education.
