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Sharon Willmes
Thanks to St. Teresa School, our sons have received an excellent education. St. Teresa has prepared them well for the challenges of high school while also instilling in them Catholic beliefs and values, which are very important to us. Our son David received the Charles and Ava Fries Fine Arts Scholarship to Elder High School. He is now in his senior year and has earned first honors for every quarter of his high-school career, and has consistently ranked in the top ten percent of his class. He is a member of National Honor Society and has participated in many community service projects. Our son Jason, an eighth-grader, has been involved in Science Olympics for the past 3 years. He has earned five medals in regional competition and has participated in the state competition as well. He has been accepted into the honors program at Elder and has received the highest level of merit scholarship awarded by the school. He has been a server for the parish for three years as well. St. Teresa offers superior instruction in the arts and technology, leaving students well-prepared to pursue those areas of interest in high school. Both of our sons have been involved with the band program available to all students who are interested. This program prepared them to participate in band at the high-school level. We are very proud of our sons’ achievements. The excellent elementary education they received at St. Teresa has provided a solid foundation for academic success and strong character. The instruction they received in technology and the arts has helped them develop into well-rounded individuals. We feel that St. Teresa was the right choice for our family.
We are pleased to introduce Mr. Tom Otten who is a 1960 graduate of St. Teresa of Avila School. Tom is now the principal at Elder High School and recently received the 2009 NCEA Outstanding Catholic Principal Award and the 2009 Cincinnati Citizens on Patrol Community Award. He is the oldest of eight children and while he was at St. Teresa, he was involved in Mass serving, Cub Scouts, Safety Patrol, basketball and baseball. Tom went on to attend high school at Elder, earned his B.A. in Mathematics from Thomas More College and his M. Ed. in School Administration from Xavier University. Tom is currently married, has five children and eight grandchildren. Tom taught Math at Elder from 1968-1971. In 1971 he became an assistant principal and business manager at Elder. He became the principal in 1997. He also has the privilege of serving on the boards of the Council on Child Abuse and Price Hill Will. Tom says, “Price Hill is my neighborhood. It is where I grew up, and continue to work. Price Hill and its future are extremely important to me. That is why I try to practice what I preach—that each of us, as individuals, but more so as a community, can make a positive difference when we become actively involved. I believe Elder High School, as a long-time Price Hill institution, has an obligation to the neighborhood to be in a leadership role on issues which have the potential to affect the common good of those who live, work, and attend school here. Leadership and involvement are concepts which my teachers continually reinforced during my St. Teresa years. We learned at an early age that we can, and should, make a difference in this world. Each day I thank God for the people in my life, including my teachers.” We are proud of Tom and all of his accomplishments!
Sharon Willmes
Basketball, baseball, football, soccer, volleyball, vacation Bible school, Art, Music, Physical Education, Reading Enrichment, Computers, Liturgy & Chime Choirs, Science Olympics, Bible Bowl and after school programs in Spanish and Young Rembrandts.
St. Teresa of Avila School provides elementary education in grades K-8. The school is located in the Covedale/Price Hill area. Our school places strong emphasis on the acquisition of Catholic/Christian attitudes, academic achievement, and self-discipline. Our fully certified and experienced teaching staff is supplemented with a Speech/Language Pathologist, an Intervention Specialist, a Title I Reading teacher, a school psychologist, a school nurse, certified Art, Music and Physical Education teachers, Reading and Math Enrichment teachers and a Spanish teacher for eighth grade. Our school is fully equipped with science and a state-of-the-art computer lab. Technology is a strength with interactive whiteboards, laptop computers and laptops available for classroom instruction. We have a full and part-time librarian that oversee a fully stocked library and the Accelerated Reader program. Extra-curricular activities include: Bible Bowl team, Science Olympics Team who consistently places in the regional finals and even made it to the State competiton last year, D.A.R.E. program, Everybody Counts, Scouting, Young Authors, History Fair, Singing Choir, and Chime Choir. Our Green Club coordinates our recycling program where we won second place in an aluminum can recycling contest sponsored by Rumpke this year. The Athletic Association provides competitive sports for students in all grades including soccer, volleyball and baseball. We have strong parental involvement of our PTG (Parents-Teachers Group) who is actively involved with the school and funds student activities such as COSI on Wheels and field trips.
The mission of St. Teresa of Avila School is to offer parents and their children a holistic and stable elementary program combining values and academic skills in a Catholic, Christian atmosphere. Ultimately, our mission is to enable our students to become Christian and productive members of adult society.
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Basketball, baseball, football, soccer, volleyball, vacation Bible school, Art, Music, Physical Education, Reading Enrichment, Computers, Liturgy & Chime Choirs, Science Olympics, Bible Bowl and after school programs in Spanish and Young Rembrandts.