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Small
but special
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Success
stories, challenges found
at smaller Catholic grade
schools
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| CAREFUL CLIPPING — Kindergartner
Kelsey Piotrowksi cuts out a snowflake during art
class at St. Gabriel Elementary School, Hubertus.
Piotrowski is one of 123 students at the school.
(Catholic Herald photo by Allen Fredrickson) |
Catherine Pohl remembered her disbelief when her daughter — then
a student at Our Lady of the Lakes Elementary School
in Random Lake, where Pohl is now principal — wanted
to call a teacher one evening about a homework question.
As a former teacher at a larger elementary school in
Wauwatosa, Pohl had been told never to give out her phone
number, much less encourage students to call her at home.
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I asked my daughter, ‘You have the teacher’s
home phone number? She wants you to call?’” Pohl
recalled. “It turned out that she did.”
A close-knit atmosphere is common at Catholic elementary
schools with small enrollments, such as Our Lady of the
Lakes with 103 students, said Pohl, whose two children
are graduates of the school. “I think it’s
a really big benefit,” she added.
A smaller student body means each student gets more opportunities
to participate in everything from school liturgies to
time on the court during basketball games, said Mary
Kopp, principal of St. Bernard Elementary School, Wauwatosa.
It also means class trips can include the whole school.
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