MTCES has a nice start to Catholic Schools Week

As we prepared for Open House on Sunday, January 31st, Mother Teresa Catholic enjoyed extra media promotion of the event. MTCES was featured in a Cincinnati Enquirer article about Catholic Schools week.

On Tuesday, the Pulse Journal covered the MTCES visit of House Minority Leader John Boehner. Boehner represents the district in which our school is located.

MTCES is now at 7197 Mother Teresa Lane

While MTCES is still in the same location, it now has a new address, thanks to the efforts of two past Board of Trustee Chairs. When the school gained direct access to Yankee Road with a paved street, past chair Nicholas Gantenberg went to work to give the street a special name. With the assistance of Tony Reed (Chair 2003-2006), Gantenberg led the effort working with Liberty Township and Butler County officials. The entrance street was named Mother Teresa Lane during the summer, and on Friday, December 18th, the street address of MTCES became 7197 Mother Teresa Lane.

Local Author and MTCES grandparent brings
“The Lost Mermaid” to visit

Kathryn Hartman likes to visit local schools, to share her message about why it’s important to never give up. As a fifth grader in upstate New York, she wrote her first poem, Angels, which she can still recite by heart decades later. Rather than being mentored, she was discouraged by her teacher. Even at that tender age, Hartman realized that writing is subjective, as is criticism; “I want to let the young know that they should never be discouraged.”

The Mason resident and grandmother of 10 visited MTCES on Monday, November 23rd to talk to students, and read her first children’s book, “The Lost Mermaid.” She will make a return visit on Monday, December 10th, to visit with our third grade students.

Hartman wrote poetry while raising her three sons, and in recent years has branched out into both children’s literature and adult fiction. “The Lost Mermaid” was inspired by her oldest granddaughter, and also features a mention of her two granddaughters who attend MTCES. A part-time resident of Mason, she will return to working on her novel “Suburban Strangers” when she and husband Bernie head to Florida in January. She will meet with an agent in February, and the prospect of publishing her first adult fiction at a time when most people contemplate retirement. “I am 67, and I want everyone to know that when you have a dream you should not have an age limit on it.”

Although she is up to date with 21st century technology, she prefers to write her early drafts in long-hand; “I’m a hard copy person; I get nervous writing on the computer.” She credits her husband for serving as her computer instructor, and remarked that though she appreciates the advantages offered by technology, “I think better in long hand,” she said with a laugh, adding ”I  need to be able to look at it.”

The busy writer enjoys promoting her book, and her positive message in local schools. “I had wanted to be a teacher or a counselor; now, in my own way, I get to do both.”

The heart-warming tale is available in paperback, and also offers a companion coloring book. It can be ordered through the MTCES office, or you can purchase an autographed copy from Kathryn; write to Bernie30@aol.com for more information.

 

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