NAME:
Sister Diane Marie, C.S.F.N.
SCHOOL:
Visitation B.V.M. School
CLASS:
Principal/Spanish, Grades 7 and 8
SCHOOL PHONE:
610-539-6080, ext. 110
Parents, Relatives and Friends to this site,
As of February 17th, 2012 Visitation B.V.M. School is once again an
independent parish school. Initially our school was going to partner with
St. Teresa of Avila in a regional situation, after the Blue Ribbon Commission
announcement in January. On February 17th it was announced that St. Teresa
of Avila would partner instead with Mother of Divine Providence School in
King of Prussia. Niether St. Teresa nor Visitation appealed the initial
recommendation. The change in February was made by the Archdiocese alone.
We now move forward as a parish school; and we will be looking ahead to the
many changes we hope to make to better our school overall. Visitation is
blessed to have an excellent faculty and staff; and we will be working very
diligently on ways to become even better than excellent in future years.
Our Patroness, Our Lady of the Visitation, is our guide and model. Our Lady
spoke very few words in the Gospel but she did say at Cana: "Do whatever He
tells you." We shall follow her guidance and example and listen attentively
to the Word of the Lord and put His words into daily action.
Congratulations and many blessings for our Confirmation Class, 2012. Your
celebration was a spiritually-uplifting time of graces, peace and joy! May
your lives be filled with the guidance of the Holy Spirit in all you do and
witness in the name of the Lord. Our prayerful wishes remain with you!
Congratulations also to Our First Eucharist recipients of April 28th, 29th
and May 5th. May the children and their families be blessed in abundance and
stay close to Our Lord always! He has given us Himself; and may we respect
and cherish this Gift!
Sister Diane Marie is a Sister of the Holy Family of Nazareth.
Sister has served the Visitation School and Parish Communities for almost
twenty-two years.
Sister has two Masters Degrees: one from Millersville University and one
from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. Sister also has taken courses in
administration at Villanova University and has attended workshops at Loyola
in Maryland and the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.
During the Summers of 2009, 2010 and 2011, Sister Diane attended the
Principals' Academies sponsored by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia as part of
her on-going professional development.
During the upcoming year, there will be continuing sessions as a follow-up to
the Summer's program. The focus of her most recent professional updating has
been Twenty-First Century learning and practice, along with the components
needed to empower the teachers and students to attain the skills needed for
the most updated teaching and learning techniques, along with leadership
practice and theory. In addition, there has been extensive training on the
Common Core State Standards and Understanding by Design.
On Saturday, October 8, 2011, Sister attended the Fall Curriculum Conference,
sponsored by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. At this conference, many
helpful items for improving the integration of curriculum areas were learned
and discussed.
She has been a member of one Middle States Evaluating Team for another
school and has participated in the Middle States Process five times,
including two of the three Middle States studies for Visitation.
"We, the Administration, Faculty and Staff of Visitation B.V.M. School are
dedicated to 'teach as Jesus did' through the integration of message,
community and service in the Catholic formation and education of our
students. We strive for and encourage the development of each person's God-
given intellectual, physical, social and personal growth. Aware of each
individual's call to holiness, we journey together -- teacher, parent,
adult, teenager, child -- to accomplish the mission entrusted to us by Jesus,
to go forth and proclaim the 'Good News' of the Lord's presence and love.
Upon these efforts, we ask the blessings of the Holy Trinity, through the
intercession of our patroness, Our Lady of the Visitation."