Messages from the Principal

Friends…

We have all been refocused on what is truly important in life, the health of those we love and the hope for their future.  

Catholic education has walked hand-in-hand with us over the centuries as a beacon of hope and enlightenment through times much more challenging than these.  

In our region, when two strangers are introduced, it doesn’t go beyond one or two sentences until one will ask, “Where did you go to school?”  When one mentions a Catholic School, it becomes an instant mark of refinement, of shared values and academic excellence.  If both share this background, they instantly find a bond, as though they come from the same family.  

My name is Mrs. Lynne Lynch, the new Principal of our school family.  Many of you will know me as the Principal of Saint Thomas More, meeting you during our children’s arrivals and departures, at academic, athletic and spiritual events.  Your children will know me not as the principal sitting in an office, but the one who sits with them during lunch and on the play ground, shepherding them in the hallways, listening to them in class.  

Prior to being a Principal, I spent three years as a Director of Religious Education (DRE), fourteen years as an educator both in the South Hills of Pittsburgh and in suburban Chicago.  I spent the better part of a decade leading the Graduate Program at Benedictine University near Chicago, so I know where we want our children’s education to take them, as well as what it takes to build a foundation to get there.  My first Master’s Degree is in Instructional Technology and my second is in Educational Administration.  

Our school will reflect my motto of what a Catholic Education represents, “Shared Values and Academic Excellence.”  We will both challenge and round our children, while reflecting the values we hold so dear.  I understand the sacrifices we make for our children.  Thank you for prioritizing their future.   

I look forward to seeing you soon.  

Lynne