11/30/22 Update: We are blessed to have received $27,865 from the 2022 iGiveCatholic campaign to raise funds to start Phase 1 of our playground, which expanded into our challenge goal of $45,000 for additional phases. Offline donations can be processed through December 5; gifts may be taken to the school or parish offices.

Thank you all for your generosity!

FOR THE JOY OF HIS CHILDREN

Have you been inside an elementary school when the recess bell rings? The hallways erupt with noise as children quickly head for the playground doors. Those doors fly open with children anxiously running to their favorite play structure. Kids are being kids (outside!) – they are running, shouting, playing, high-fiving, laughing, socializing, making friends, and most importantly, having fun. It is a schoolyard filled with pure joy!

While our playground has well served our parish and preschool students for years, current equipment is starting to fall apart and is not developmentally appropriate for older children. Seeing areas of the playground taped off or removed does not speak to the joy we know can come from a beautiful and fully functional space.

All financial gifts will be used to improve our playground featuring play areas for the different age groups with new play equipment. It is important that we continue to foster an active childhood by making play exciting and fun for our students.

Furthermore, we believe a playground serves more than the school-age children that attend the school; it serves the community at large. An inviting playground will invite families to stay after Mass and allow their children to play. An inviting playground can act as an incentive for your grandson to behave at Mass. An inviting playground may act as a center point for Catholic evangelization as young families gather to watch their kids play. An inviting playground can be more if we choose to look at it differently. 

We wish for all of our children to have play spaces that will encourage appropriate social, emotional, language, cognitive, and physical skill development.

We need to improve our playground, creating areas of safe play for multiple age groups with appropriate play equipment. 

We aim to create a space for the joy of His children. 

We are proud of the Catholic education of St. Michael Catholic School. This is a place where children learn about the value and beauty of the Catholic faith and develop the academic skills to help put them on a trajectory of success. We set them up for excellence in and out of the classroom, always focused on sharing His truth with love in all that we do. We are hoping you will partner with us in this worthy mission!