Kennesaw Students Learn To ‘Make A Difference’

Published: November 15, 2007

KENNESAW—Students at St. Catherine of Siena School and St. Catherine’s preschool recently demonstrated that they may be small in size but they are big in heart. On Friday, Oct. 26, students from all the grades made a difference in their local community by spending the day in the service of others.

Early bird students began the day by hosting a breakfast for the Kennesaw police and fire departments, serving up flapjacks and a full cup of good will. Their next good will projects included making scrapbooks for the men and women of the armed forces, decorating cookies for the workers at Habitat for Humanity, providing blankets for Project Linus, cleaning up Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, singing to Wellington Nursing Home residents, decorating cookies for a give-away, making rosaries for the parish, and cleaning up the school, preschool, parish and rectory at St. Catherine’s.

St. Catherine of Siena is located at 1618 Ben King Road in Kennesaw. For more information about the school, preschool or parish, go to the Web site at www.saintcatherineofsiena.org.

(L-r) Colin Treanor, Lauren Carpenter and Lily Kitchens make beautiful rosaries to share with parishioners at St. Catherine of Siena Church, Kennesaw.

(L-r) St. Catherine of Siena students Taylor White, Kevin Vettickatt, Christopher Orr and Christian Donofrio collaborate on a blanket to be given to a needy child through Project Linus.

Fifth-grader Lauren Nagel, left, and sixth-grader Danielle Chandler work together on scrapbook pages for men and women serving in the armed forces. The pages include notes of encouragement and appreciation.

Sister Mary Grace, OP, second-grade teacher at St. Catherine of Siena School, Kennesaw, helps first-grader McKenzie McIntyre prepare for the breakfast for law enforcement officials hosted by the school on Make A Difference Day Oct. 26.

First-graders Dana Brown, left, and Olivia Zimmer get to work on cleaning up their church and school on St. Catherine of Siena School’s community service day, held Oct. 26. The entire school and preschool participated in this annual day of service.