Sugar Land Mayor James A. Thompson was the special guest for a pep rally at St. Laurence Catholic School celebrating Catholic Schools Week. The pep rally was in honor of “Dividends for Life: In Our Community.”
Student Council VP Erik Swanson, Father Drew, Principal Debra Haney, Student Council Treasurer Tyler Tumbleson, Mayor James A. Thompson, and Student Council Secretary Jacob Brown.
Thompson presented SLCS with the proclamation announcing Catholic Schools Week in Sugar Land. He stayed to listen to the band and to watch the younger students from the annual SLCS Cheer Camp assist the cheerleaders.
The next day, students were given a free dress day and no homework night. In addition, third through eighth grade students met writer Margaret Peterson Haddix. The week ended with more than 30 SLCS students attending the awards ceremony at the University of St. Thomas for winners in the 2010 Archdiocesan Essay Contest.
