School news

As the four Catholic dioceses of Iowa have joined to create the Iowa Catholic SGO, our diocesan chief financial officer explains how the SGO will work for donors receiving federal tax credits and students applying for scholarships. He also explains how it will work alongside ESAs and Msgr. Lafferty Tuition Foundation scholarships.

The annual CYO cross country meet and volleyball tournament were held last week. In the cross country meet at Holstein, the Kuemper Catholic boys of Carroll and Bishop Heelan girls of Sioux City won team titles. The volleyball tournament yielded a three-way tie for first place as Gehlen Catholic of Le Mars, Kuemper and Heelan all finished with 4-1 records on the day to tie for first place.

Briar Cliff University (BCU) and CNOS Fieldhouse representatives announce a new partnership that will give the university dedicated access to one of the region’s premier multi-sport training facilities. Under a new lease agreement that began on Aug. 1, Briar Cliff will utilize one-third of the Fieldhouse space to support University needs, including athletic practices, camps and academic purposes.

The Storm Lake area Knights of Columbus Council 2326 recently presented a $2,000 donation to Storm Lake St. Mary’s Catholic Schools to help bolster their efforts to serve students in need through a food pantry program.

In the spirit of Laudato Si and the church's Season of Creation, students in Trisha Boettger's first grade class at St. Rose of Lima School in Denison built and stained two birdhouses that are hung in the school's campus area. Boettger said her mother and stepfather helped "make this happen."