K-8th Traditions

Traditions make school more engaging, build a greater sense of community, and give students something to which to look forward! Here's what we do each school year.

Kindergarten

• Advent Program
• Living Stations of the Cross
• Educational visits from the Plano Police and Fire Departments
• Prayer buddies in sixth grade
• Thanksgiving Feast (with prayer buddies)
• Boot Scootin' Boogie
• 101 Dalmatians Day on the 101st day of school

1st Grade

• Advent Program
• Living Stations of the Cross
• Field trip to the Heritage Farmstead Museum
• Prayer buddies in seventh grade

2nd Grade

• Advent Program
• Living Stations of the Cross
• Field trip to the Perot Museum of Nature and Science
• Prayer buddies in eighth grade
• First Reconciliation
• First Communion

3rd Grade

• Advent Program
• Living Stations of the Cross
• Field trip to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra
• Third Grade Wax Museum

4th Grade

• Advent Program·
• Living Stations of the Cross
• Field trip to the Dallas Arboretum

5th Grade

• Overnight trip to The Pines Catholic Camp (religious retreat/science education)
• Prayer buddies in the CLC

6th Grade

• Fall retreat
• Field trip to the Dallas Opera
• Prayer buddies in kindergarten
• Thanksgiving Feast (with prayer buddies)
• 6th vs. 8th grade Powderpuff football game at Homecoming

7th Grade

• Field trip to Austin, Texas
• Prayer buddies in first grade
• Outsiders Day in ELA class
• 7th grade vs. Faculty/Alumni basketball game during Catholic Schools Week

8th Grade

• Field trip to the Dallas Holocaust Museum
• High school visits to Bishop Lynch, Jesuit, John Paul II, and Ursuline
• Prayer buddies in second grade
• Confirmation
• Idiom Day in ELA class
• 8th Grade Walks (first and last days of school)
• 8th Grade Awards Ceremony and Graduation
• 6th vs. 8th grade Powderpuff football game at Homecoming