St. Linus Celebrates Catholic Schools Week With Open House, Jan. 29

OAK LAWN, IL -- St. Linus School in Oak Lawn will kick off National Catholic Schools Week with an open house and school tours on Sunday, Jan. 29. The morning begins with a 9 a.m. followed by tours of the preschool, kindergarten and first through eighth grade classrooms from 10 a.m. to noon.

Tours will be provided by current families and students. All teachers and St. Linus principal, Margaret Hayes, will be available throughout the morning to meet-and-greet prospective families, and answer questions. Light refreshments will also be served.

St. Linus School was awarded the U.S. Department of Education “Blue Ribbon” for Academic Excellence Award in 2011. In the last two years, the school has experienced major upgrades to technology with the addition of iPads in the preschool and kindergarten classrooms, which have been incorporated into language arts and math curriculum. Bright Links Interactive Projectors have also been placed in every preschool through eighth-grade classroom, and Think Pads are now utilized in sixth and seventh-grade curriculum.

The school also improved and updated curriculum for all students by adding an all-new fine arts program, which includes music classes, a Spanish program, and a theater program. For younger children, St. Linus also boasts a three-year-old, four-year-old, and newly added combined three and four-year-old preschool classrooms.

Since 1974, National Catholic Schools Week is the annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States. It starts the last Sunday in January and runs all week, which in 2017 is January 29 - February 4. This year’s theme is “Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service.”

Schools typically observe the annual celebration week with Masses, open houses and other activities for students, families, parishioners and community members. Through these events, schools focus on the value Catholic education provides to young people and its contributions to the church, the community and to the nation.

St. Linus School is located at 10400 South Lawler, Oak Lawn. For more information, visit the school's website or call 708-425-1656.