My beloved past students,

As you are likely all aware, teachers, despite their multiple degrees and

academic honors, do not earn on par with other professions that have the

same level of education. It has always puzzled me that those heroes who

are responsible for the intellectual, emotional, psychological and, in STA’s

case, religious development of our children, our most prized possessions,

are not as valued by our society as other professionals.

The Teachers’ Assistance Alliance (TAA) is an independent 501©3, created

by persons who love ST. THOMAS AQUINAS HIGH SCHOOL (STA) but

are not employed by the school.

Its purpose is to help the teachers of STA by raising funds for gifting them

all with small gifts for special occasions, like giving the faculty a small

bonus at Christmas or during Teachers Appreciation Week. Also, helping

them individually, if undergoing an unexpected crisis in their lives that puts

an unbearable strain on their finances, like the illness of a child, or having

great damage at their home caused by fire or natural disasters.

We don’t want teachers to have to single-handedly deal with situations

such as these, knowing that their incomes would not allow them to manage

them effectively.

The result of this loving assistance is that teachers will feel more

appreciated and cherished, thus raising their morale, self-worth and energy.

This psychological boost is a gift that will positively impact STA’s greatest

treasure… our student body… our children!

This will be evident by our ever-increasing college acceptance,

scholarships, academic and athletic awards and the plethora of honors

bestowed on the school, its teachers and administrators.

Also, it would be great if the TAA served as an example to other schools to

encourage their supporters (not employees of the school) to organize an

alliance similar to the TAA, with the same mission.

I know that many of you love STA and are grateful for the wonderful

teachers who devoted much time and effort to encourage you to be the

wonderful person that you are today. If I am correct, I have two requests to

make of you:

1. Please make a donation to our TAA, if you can, at whatever

amount is comfortable for you. The link to make the donation is

below. If you can’t… no problem… but do take part in request #2

below.

(Place link here)

2. Equally important, I would love for you to write a short statement

about a teacher in your time at STA that positively influenced your

life and how. We would make sure to get that statement to the

teachers mentioned and I am certain it would mean a great deal to

them, even if they have retired. It would be wonderful to have a

get-together eventually where we could invite these teachers to

visit with you!

Thank you all so much, and, as always, I LOVE YOU ALL!

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