Thanks to the generous gifts of current parents, alumni, alumni parents, grandparents, and RA friends, we are happy to report that we exceeded the Annual Fund goal by $29,000! Way to go Rosarian Community! We are INSPIRED by your kindness as your gifts will ensure another wonderful school year. The Annual Fund helps with every aspect of daily life at Rosarian, and each gift is important and appreciated. Thank you for your continued support.

Our three- to five-year-olds geared up in green, red, pink and yellow team colors for The Children's House Field Day on April 19th. They started the day with colorful parachute games and then the four teams moved from station to station: heating up the track with NASCAR bicycle and scooter races, running through an obstacle course, bouncing ball races on the blacktop, playing musical chairs and limbo. Parents also came dressed in their child's team color and participated in the fun. 

Click here to view photos from field day.  

As part of the Core Knowledge Curriculum, kindergarten studies Mount Rushmore and our rich American heritage. Current second grader, Caleb Miller, became very interested in the Mount Rushmore presidents two years ago when he was in Mrs. Lambrecht's kindergarten class. The Miller family took a trip to Mount Rushmore National Memorial that summer. For the second year in row, Caleb returned to kindergarten to speak with the children and share a slideshow of his visit to Mount Rushmore. 

Fourth grade student, Elizabeth Cloninger, won first place in The Lord's Place third through fifth grade drawing, poetry, essay contest. Along with winning the first place title, Elizabeth received a $200 cash prize ($100 of which she donated back to The Lord's Place) and read her essay at the Meyer Amphitheatre in front of approximately 350 people Friday night, April 24th at SleepOut--an event to end homelessness in Palm Beach County.

Given the prompt, When I'm away from home, this is how I feel..., Elizabeth starts off her essay, "When I'm away from home, I feel sad and look forward to the moment I can return to the place that I love most...my home...Imagine not having a home. Imagine not having stuff. Imagine not having any places to put pictures or things that mean so much to you."

The Lord's Place is a local non-profit agency dedicated to breaking the cycle of homelessness by providing innovative, compassionate and effective services to men, women and children in Palm Beach County. For the second year, they held a contest to educate elementary, middle school, and high school students about the most vulnerable and neglected individuals in Palm Beach County, as well as to help these students develop a sense of compassion and personal responsibility towards serving others.

In her winning essay, Elizabeth states, "I went home today and looked at my iPad and all the things I love surrounding me, and I thought about what it would be like to be homeless...It's scary thinking kids my age are without homes and food...Everyone deserves food, love and a soft place to lay their head."

Click here to read Elizabeth's essay in its entirety.

Lions and tigers and students, oh my! With young actors flying across the stage in elaborate costumes and beautifully-detailed professional backdrops setting the stage of Kansas and the Land of Oz, drama teacher, Bob Sherman, reached new heights in directing this year's school performance of The Wizard of Oz. Forty-four third through eighth grade students performed in front of two packed-houses on April 20th and 21st in our newly renovated 485-person professional theater. Rosarian's stellar performance made audience members believe witches and more can fly.  Click on the video to the right to watch a scene from Act I.

As an extension of the eighth grade classroom study of American democracy and the U.S. Constitution, forty-one students and four chaperones took a three-day tour of our nation's capitol April 23-25.  In preparation for this visit, students researched, created and presented digital documentaries on the D.C. monuments and memorials.  

Class work came alive moments after the enthusiastic group landed in Washington, D.C. and started their extensive guided tour including: Arlington National Cemetery, the Marine Corps War Memorial, Washington Monument, Vietnam Veterans Memorial,  Korean War Veterans Memorial, World War II Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Memorial, and Jefferson Memorial.

The National Junior Honor Society led a school-wide gleaning event to provide food for those less fortunate in Palm Beach County on Friday, April 26th. From the Toddler House through eighth grade, over 75 students, parents and staff members spent part of their school holiday picking corn that was later delivered to the Palm Beach County Food Bank and then distributed to local agencies and shelters that feed the hungry in our community. This hard-working group of gleaners filled 241 boxes, totaling 7,500 pounds of corn! 

Gleaning is so important because 52 million pounds of produce on farms are wasted every year. Through this meaningful community service project, the students and families experienced the power of our Rosarian community and making a positive difference in the lives of others through service. 

During the Lenten season and in preparation of celebrating Christ's resurrection, Rosarian students receive "Rice Bowls" to take home. The cardboard Rice Bowls from Catholic Relief Services (CRS) are used to collect money that ultimately puts rice into the bowls of hungry people. 

Following the example of Jesus to assist the poor and suffering, the Rosarian Community raised $1,484.39 for CRS. 

During the first half of this year, Thomas Awiapo, a recipient of Rice Bowl contributions, spoke to our Lower and Middle Schools to explain how the money collected helped him in his orphanage in Africa. Not only did the money give him food to eat, but it also motivated him to go to school and learn because it was at school where he was fed. He continued on to study at university and now works for CRS in his home country to help others reap the benefits of CRS. 

CRS Rice Bowl gives our students the opportunity to learn about our global community and the challenges of hunger and poverty around the world.

The Rosarian Academy Family Association (RAFA) treated our faculty and staff with a brief escape to Paris on Friday, April 5th. Every year Rosarian parents are moved by their child's academic success and the foundation for life that the school provides. To express appreciation, RAFA hosted a lovely luncheon, allowing teachers and staff the time to relax during a long lunch with delicious food inspired by a Paris café and sandwiches provided by Pistache. 

As Joseph Visconti's father sat on Juno Beach watching his eleven year old son surf near the shore, a beautiful day nearly turned tragic. On Sunday, April 28, a rip current, with no bias to age, grabbed about fourteen children and adults and within seconds dragged all of them hundreds of yards from shore and continued to push them farther out to sea. All of the bystanders on the beach, which had no lifeguards, quickly did what they could to help the people and pull them back to safety.

Fifth grader, Joseph Visconti, heard a boy, not within reach of any adult, yelling for help. Selflessly, Joseph sprang into action and paddled his surfboard farther out to the child who was twice his own body weight. He proceeded to load the boy onto his surfboard and then miraculously worked the tide, the drift and the white water and brought the struggling boy back to safety. When reflecting on how he knew what to do, Joseph said, "I knew from all of my lessons and instruction that when you get caught in a riptide, you have to stay calm and not fight the tide."

Mr. Visconti, a proud father, stated, "It all happened so fast and there were many other rescue missions underway, so I don't think anybody truly realized what Joseph did and how he saved this boy. That was a day that I saw my eleven year old boy become a man."

Come see your child's artwork! Masterpieces are currently on display in the Picotte Center. Art is a co-curricular class starting in the Montessori program. While The Children's House goes to Art class once a month, kindergarten through eighth grades attend Art weekly. The Art Show portrays how the students' thought processes and manipulative skills develop through the years. Every student's work from The Children's House to grade eight is represented.

Rosarian Academy, founded in 1925, is a private, coeducational, Catholic school sponsored by the Adrian Dominican Sisters. Its mission is to educate the whole person for life in a global community in the light of Gospel values.