
S.P.I.C.E. AwardOur Computer Technology Program was chosen to participate in the 1999 SPICE symposium. We were one of 12 schools in the United States recognized by the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) and Boston College to participate in Conversations in Excellence 1999: Forming Innovative Learning Environments through Technology at the University of Dayton last summer.
Winner
of two awardsAll-Stars Competition Upstate NY Region Third Prize (Fleet Bank)
St. Jude's School worked in conjunction with the St. Jude's Senior Complex to complete an "Intergenerational Mission Garden" that saw more than 100 students and residents of the low-income apartment complex plant a 10' by 40' garden. The students prepared the garden plot, donated by the apartment complex, and joined with the seniors to plant tomatoes, carrots, pumpkins, acorn squash and herbs for a September harvest. Food from the garden was given to local food banks and senior residents.The goals of the garden were to develop an on-going learning experience about plants and agriculture, and to encourage a sense of mission with food production for senior citizens and others in need. St. Jude's plans to use the award money to expand the garden with new crops, adding spring bulbs that would signal spring and could be used for Mother's Day bouquets for the many widowed residents of the apartments.