The Gonzales Family
Selecting St. Theresa Catholic School wasn’t an easy choice. We had initially tried the public school route for kindergarten. Within the first week of school, her father, IV, heard Felecia using words like “fart” and “burp,” very mild words compared to the language used by contemporary youth (and some of the older folks as well). We realized that those words were going to be a stepping stone to more offensive words, and IV and I didn’t want that for her. He also noticed that she was starting to talk back to us as well.
After our job situation stabilized, we took the fastest route we could to get her out of that school and into a school with values that matched our own. Since we had gotten married at St. Theresa, and had the children’s choir sing at our wedding, we applied to get her into Ms. Ramirez’ class. In the middle of the first semester, St. Theresa Catholic School welcomed Felecia and the bad habits she was picking up were changing. She’s more respectful now and actually asks to help around the house.
On another note, since she had started last year in public school, she was also going to CCE classes at our parish, St. Laurence. Her CCE teacher was so impressed that she actually asked Felecia to help her teach some of the class. How remarkable! She’s even taught IV and I a few things about religion, and we were raised Roman Catholics!
She’s remarkable. I’ll catch her singing various hymns from church in both English and Latin. And I won’t even ask her! She loves music, whether it be singing or dancing. She’s learning solid values and that’s why we’re sending Felecia here. And she might teach us a little bit more along the way too.