DEAR FRIENDS, Every day, I have the privilege of working in St. Katharine Drexel’s mission school, which was founded in 1902. Think about all the challenges connected to keeping a mission school on the Navajo Nation operational for 118 years. +Sr. Joan of Arc DeBernar- do–an SBS sister who spent many years at Saint Michael …
St. Michael Indian School announced in July the newly appointed vice principal, Celie Henderson, who is a SMIS 2008 grad- uate. Henderson has served at SMIS since 2014 as a fourth grade teacher—and then as elementary department head from 2018 to 2020. Henderson’s promotion to vice principal is supported by an impressive profession- al background …
Dear Friends, This has been an interesting time for the students, faculty, and staff at one of our country’s oldest Catholic mission schools. It’s hard to believe that St. Michael Indian School will celebrate 118 years this December. While we would have to dig deep into the school’s archives to fully understand past pandemics, I …
