St. Therese  Catholic School

“Miss no opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.”  

St. Therese of Lisieux

Welcome to St. Therese Catholic School! Located in the Diocese of Kalamazoo, we serve the children and families of Wayland and the surrounding communities in pre-school through fifth grade. If you are considering a Catholic School education for your child, please reach out to us. We would love to show you around! No child is ever turned away from St. Therese Catholic School because of financial need. 

St. Therese Catholic School 

430 S. Main Street
Wayland Michigan 49348
269.792.2016

The Schools of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalamazoo admit students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the schools. The Schools of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalamazoo do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of education policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletic and other school-administered programs and activities, employment policies or contractual agreements. 

St. Therese Catholic School will strive to provide a quality education to every child, every day in a safe Christian environment that is rich in Catholic heritage and traditions. 

Enrollment for 2022-2023 is now open for all new and current families. 

Our preschool and enrichment program are filling up quickly. Please contact the office to verify that the days you are requesting are available. 

Updated Tuition Letter

Dear Parents of Our St. Therese Students, 

As I sat in Mass on Sunday, I felt as if the readings spoke to our school family. 

The first reading told of the work and success of Paul and his followers. The many cities listed tell us how many people Paul reached with the message of God’s love. Yet, after all their travel and mission work, Paul gives all the credit to God. Paul’s efforts are in service to God’s ends. So too, all we do as a school family is directed to God’s mission, not our own. 

In the second reading, we hear in Revelations that God makes all things new. Three years ago, we didn’t know if St. Therese Catholic School would be able to open for another school year. Yet, by aligning ourselves with God’s goals for our school, we have come through financial difficulties and a global pandemic. These difficult times have required creative problem solving and compassion in service to our students and families. We’ve come through the challenges and are now anticipating a new school year with the highest student enrollment in many years. 

Finally, in the Gospel, we get our roadmap for continuing this growth into the future. We are to love as Jesus loved. As we make decisions about the future of the school, all of those decisions must be made with the goal of structuring our school to be a place where God’s love is reflected out into our community. 

To that end, we are announcing one change in position and welcoming two new team members to our teaching team. Mrs. Mele will be moving from preschool to first grade, Mrs. Katie Hahnenberg, parent to St. Therese students Damian, Jonah and Weston, will be joining Mrs. Lund on our preschool team. Mrs. Hahnenberg will teach  our 3 year old preschool class. Mrs. Hahnenberg has a Master’s degree in Elementary School Counseling. Mrs. Lindsey Harrsion will be joining us to teach kindergarten. Mrs. Harrison, whose children Pax and Piper also attend St. Therese, has her Bachelor’s degree in K-12 Physical Education. We are so excited to welcome both of them to their new roles in our school family. 

With the addition of these two amazing women to our team, we are also able to return to offering sixth grade next year. Sixth grade registration is already open via your FACTs Family Portal. If you had already registered at St. Stanislaus and would like to register at St. Therese, we will give you a credit for the amount of their registration fee on your tuition bill for next year. 

If you have any questions, please reach out. In the meantime, please help us welcome Mrs. Hahnenberg and Mrs. Harrison to our team and wish Mrs. Mele well in her new position.

St. Therese, Sts. Cyril and Methodius, pray for us, 

Sheryl

We know our students are so talented! It is time to let those talents shine!  We will be hosting our first (and hopefully annual) talent show on the last Friday of the school year. 

Do you sing? Dance? Tell a good joke? Do you and your friends like to put on skits? Maybe, you would like to do a funny commercial? Get your friends and hone your act for our talent show. Have your parents help you complete the on-line form. You must have your parents permission. 

Register Your Act Here! 

• All acts must have the approval of the talent show committee and the principal. This includes approval of music, costumes and props as appropriate for school.
• Each act should be no more than 3 minutes long. 
• Each student may be participate in up to 2 acts; one individual and one group act.