A Letter from our Principal
Dear Our Lady of Sorrows Community,
For about as long as I can remember, Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School has been a second home to me and to my extended family. Over the last fifty years, I have been blessed and honored to be a part of the OLS community and to call myself an OLS student, parent, parishioner, aide, teacher, associate principal and principal. You can say I grew up at OLS and so did my brothers and sisters and my own children.
My siblings and I attended this great parish-based school when we were young, and I went on to send my children to school at OLS. Through those years my love for, and commitment to, Our Lady of Sorrows resulted in my decision to change gears in my professional life and to pursue a career in education. In 2010, I joined the staff as a Kids’ Club member (the previous on-campus latchkey service) while I completed my teaching certificate, and eventually my Masters diploma in Educational Leadership. My time on campus as a Kids’ Club aide, kindergarten teacher, fourth grade teacher, fifth grade teacher and associate principal gave me a unique perspective of the on-campus experience for students, teachers, aides, and parents. During my time as school principal, I have taken that perspective and worked diligently to provide our families with the life-changing experience the Ambrose family was blessed to have at OLS.
When we welcome new students to our community, we say “welcome to the Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School Family, it’s a great place to grow up!” Many of our students are with us from ages 3 – 13, as we walk with them through some of their most impressionable moments and milestones. We work daily to help raise and form each child into the best version of themselves. We want each child who attends OLS to feel that they have a special place in our school family and that our buildings and grounds are a second home to them.
What does being part of a family mean to you? To the Faculty and Staff of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School, it means accepting and loving each other as the unique and special person we were created to be. It means bringing out the best in each other and walking together through the good times and the bad times. It means celebrating our accomplishments and holding one another up through our setbacks. It means growing in faith, knowledge and community together.
Please keep our school, faculty, and staff in your prayers as we seek to form “disciples of Jesus, fed by the Eucharist, who will live to inspire and serve others in the world.”
