Hello everyone – I would like to provide you with an update on our chapel project. What began as a desire to renovate our current chapel, turned into a desire to relocate our chapel to the small gym. Recently, a deadline of February 29th was set, to raise the needed funding to relocate the Chapel…
Leadership Message
Accreditation Site Visit
OCS Families, As you may know, we have spent most of this year completing our self-study and preparing for the Site Accreditation visit. On Sunday, five administrators from the Diocese of Owensboro will arrive to begin our site visit. The purpose of the Ky NPSC Accreditation Process is designed for the improvement of student learning. It enables schools…
There are blessings in defeat!
By TOM LILLY: OCS President In nearly every form of competition, the representatives of the winning team always react the same way. The last out of the World Series and the last seconds on the clock of the Super Bowl look the same every single year for the winning team. From athletic competitions to band…
We have been given control over our reaction!
It’s been five years since I sat in that first-floor conference room for the 8:30 Monday morning meeting at the Old National Bank building in downtown Louisville. In the summer of 2018, during a difficult time of discernment, I accepted a more challenging work mission with Owensboro Catholic Schools. I decided to leave a good…
Letter from Superintendent David Kessler
Parents and Families, On August 13th, I wrote you a letter informing you that the Diocese of Owensboro had made the commitment to return our students back to school, in person, five days a week. Bishop William Medley and the other bishops in the Catholic Conference of Kentucky took a huge leap of faith and…
Owensboro Catholic Schools to Follow State Mandate
The Owensboro Catholic System was extremely disappointed to learn that Governor Andy Beshear is using his legal authority to effectively close the school system. “Instead of celebrating our mitigation techniques and modeling an effective, safe educational environment for our students, he is forcing us into a model that we think could increase transmissions,” said Keith Osborne,…
Coronavirus Update
We aren’t transmitting and we aren’t quitting! That is our mantra. Nearly 12 weeks into the school year and Owensboro Catholic School students are still receiving a safe, non-virus transmitting environment. It is safe to repeat: if people wear masks the coronavirus does NOT spread. There are 1200 children in the OCS system that are…
Honesty is the Best Policy
“Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.” –William Shakespeare Honesty is always the best policy even if it isn’t the easiest. This past week I was faced with a COVID situation of my own. My daughter and I attended an event where someone in attendance later tested positive…