Dear Parents, Alumni and Prospective Students and Families;

Christmas recess has come to a close and school has begun.   May 2009  be a year of favor for us all.  January is a busy month.  Students and teachers are preparing for mid-term exams scheduled for the week of January 26th.   A contingent of Loughlin students will be attending the Pro-Life march in Washington DC, January 22nd.  Our Campus Ministry staff will be finalizing the list of students attending our 3rd Kairos retreat the first weekend in February.

Our Performing Arts group is beginning rehearsals for their tour in March.  You may not know that the Loughlin Performing Arts group goes on an annual tour.  Most frequently they perform at other Lasallian high schools.   One great advantage of being part of a network of Lasallian schools is that we are members of a larger family.  There are fifty four secondary schools and seven colleges in the Untied States.

Upon reflection, our Lasallian charism adds great value to a Loughlin education.  The Lasallian youth group travels every summer to attend a youth service retreat where they are joined by students from 20 other Lasallian high schools.  This bond is matched on the professional level as well.  There are four national workshops for educators and one for Chief Administrators and Board members sponsored by the Lasallian national office.  These opportunities bring people who share a common vision of education together from across the country and sometimes internationally (Lasallian education takes place in 81 countries).  

These activities are a great asset for students, faculty and staff to broaden their horizons.  Broadening horizons is at the heart of a solid education.  Our charism adds great value to a generic Catholic education.  For those of you making a decision about what high school to attend consider the value added by attending Loughlin.  Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School is 158 years old and shares in the 328 year tradition of John Baptist De LaSalle.  We have 18,000 alumni active in business, medicine, the legal profession and so many others.  Loughlin has been “Educating Leaders Since 1851.”

Live Jesus in our hearts!