Dear Parent,

As I sit down to write this letter, we are in the beginning weeks of the Lenten season. This time of year has always been challenging for me. As a child, I would always give up something I really liked. Actually, as an adult I still try and give up something, but over the years my focus has changed a bit. 

My Lenten focus is more about appreciating what God has given me and stepping back and finding what I have lost along the way. Every Lent I read a passage from Sr. Joyce Rupp’s book, Fresh Bread. This passage has helped me reflect on what Lent is about:

The church is wise in offering us the season of Lent because it can be the very time we need to find what is missing from our lives; It can be the season to deliberately seek what has been tossed away or misplaced or ignored, so that our lives can once again reflect the Gospel which Jesus encouraged us to live. Lent can be a searching out and a restoration time and the means for renewed direction and perspective.

If we look closely into our hearts, we will find that we have all lost something we value. We may have lost our patience or our integrity; we may have lost our tempers or our respect for self or for others; we may have lost hope or our capacity to understand or accept; maybe we lost a friend or perhaps the desire to pray.

Sometimes we are not even sure what we have lost, but something tells us we need to look. Something unnamed gnaws at our insides and begs us to hunt, to pursue it. It may be a giant restlessness, or a feeling of not being at home with ourselves, or an inner ache that won’t go away. Perhaps it is a loss of our inner sense of direction, or a feeling that we are not sure if we have strayed from the gospel path of our beliefs and dreams.

My prayer for each of you is that you find what you have misplaced in your life during this Lenten season and you continue to grow closer to the Lord.

In gratitude,

Barbara Marchese

This Lenten season our students, teachers, and staff will be lifting each other up with kindness. Everyone will be asked to share acts of kindness shown towards others. Throughout Lent, these good deeds will be counted, and a classroom “kindness jar” will be filled. 

Parents, please talk with your children about how they can show kindness towards others.

These acts of kindness remind us of the love Jesus shows us and the love we can show each other. 

 - Hold the door for someone

 - Give your classmate a compliment

 - Offer to play or sit with someone you normally don’t

 - Pick up scraps without being asked

 - Pick up paper towels in the bathroom

 - Say “thank you” when you are given your lunch tray.

Spring Break 

The week of March 9-13 is Spring Break. School will resume on Monday, March 16.

Enjoy your time with family and friends.

Be safe!

Teacher Appreciation Week

The week of March 16 is Teacher Appreciation Week. This is a wonderful opportunity for parents and students to acknowledge all the effort the teachers make on their behalf. Notes from students and parents are keepsakes long after a student has graduated. Please take a few moments to express your gratitude. Thank you!

Tuesday, February 17, was an exciting day for St. Vincent de Paul School. It was the day Catholic high schools visited St. Vincent de Paul School to award scholarships. These honors are a reflection of the commitment of parents and the hard work by students and teachers. Congratulations to the following eighth grade students who were awarded academic scholarships:

Creighton Prep: William Klein, Kendrick Mane, Conor Langenfeld, Teague Smith, Vinny Burton, Trevor Luetkenhaus, Elijah Burks, Evan Glow

Duchesne: Zoe Vaughan, Kinley Borer, Ellie Dietz, Lydia Peters, Madison Wane

Mercy: Fae Powell

Mt. Michael: Ethan Baas, Jude Zimmerman, Finn Creath, Ashton Jurgensmeier

Skutt: Natalie Hoefer, Hayden Rubin, Crofton Gass, Skylar Kroenke, Hartley Jones, Valentina Valdivia

SVdP was well represented by four sixth graders at the 3M MathCounts Invitational on Friday, January 30.  

Jeff Bendlin, Connor Kroenke, George Pirsch, and Coby Royer competed against 16 other teams from area schools.

George was the top scorer for SVdP and was selected to participate in the countdown round.

Click here to view the tentative 2026-2027 school calendar. The calendar is meant to help parents begin to plan for the next school year. Please be mindful that the calendar is  tentative. Hopefully, most of the dates will remain the same, but there may be some changes before we dismiss for summer vacation. 

Tuesday, August 12: Open House

Preschool 3-Day and 5-Day and K-8 Open House 5:00-6:30 P.M. (bring school supplies to classrooms)

Thursday & Friday, August 13 &14:

School starts for Grades K-8 - 12:00 P.M. Dismissals

Monday, August 17:  

Hot Lunch begins and full day of school for Grades K-8 

5-Day Preschool begins 

3-Day Preschool begins

Tuesday, August 18:

2-Day Preschool Open House 

Grades 5-8 Curriculum Night 6:00 P.M. & 6:45 P.M.

Wednesday, August 19:

Grades K-4 Curriculum Night 6:00 P.M. & 6:45 P.M.

Thursday, August 20:

2-Day Preschool begins

12:00 P.M. Dismissals

Wednesday, August 13 - Start of School

Thursday, August 14 - Start of School

Friday, December 18 - End of 1st Semester 

Friday, February 5 - CSW

Friday, February 12 - Parent/Teacher Conferences

2026-2027 Teacher Inservice Days (No School)

Friday, September 18

Friday, October 2 - SPREE 

Monday, January 4

Monday, January 18

Friday, February 26

Monday, April 26

Friday, May 21

Friday, May 26

Christmas Break

Friday, December 18, 12:00 P.M. dismissal through Monday, January 4

Return to school Tuesday, January 5

Spring Break

Monday, March 8 through Friday, March 12

Return on Monday, March 15

Easter Break

Thursday, March 25 through Tuesday, March 30

Return on Wednesday, March 31

The yearbook staff invites students and parents to submit photos for the yearbook. If you have great photos of school events, we'd like to see them. Help us get as many photos as possible to create a terrific book everyone will want to have.   

If you'd like to share your pictures with our yearbook staff, email those to Amy Kuhr (kuhra@svdpomaha.org).  

Thank you in advance for helping make our yearbook the best it can be!