This parable teaches us many things and it can be applied so well to any situation that occurs in our school community at any given time. As Catholic educators, we invest a lot of effort in student learning and, at times, we do not see an immediate positive result for our consumed energy. On occasion, we may feel that we have wasted our time. Yet, if we continue to be patient and persevere with certain students, eventually, we may reap the rewards of all that we have invested in the process. It is easy to quit but a winner never quits.

This week the school board's Student Success Team will visit our school community and will review the various student success initiatives that we have embedded in our school programmes. It is with great pleasure that we will host Denise André, Superintendent of the Holy Trinity Family of Schools and Secondary Student Success Department, Joanne Gosselin, Coordinator of the Student Success Department, and Debbie Clark, Principal of Pathways, on Thursday morning. The visit will start with a learning walk in four pre-selected classes. After the walk-through, the team will meet in the school library and will be given a presentation by the school team. The school's Student Success Committee will outline this year's school successes and will make next step recommendations that will be inserted in the school's 2010-2011 School Improvement Plan. The goal of this visit is to present our school report card as it pertains to Student Success and let me say that we have accomplished many wonderful things during the past year. The rewards that we have reaped are linked directly to the outstanding effort and patience that are exhibited by our dedicated staff on a daily basis at Holy Trinity. We have all Made A Difference but it does not mean that we have accomplished everything. There is always some room for improvement.