Loveland’s Miss Valentine, Ellie Colpitts, visited Saint
John the Evangelist Catholic School today. Ellie is an Alumni of Saint
Johns and currently attends Thompson Valley high School. Ellie visited with students
in K-4th grade, reading stories and answering their many
questions. She then spoke to the older students in 5th through
8th grade. Ellie spoke eloquently about the value of giving back to
the community you grow up in. Ellie herself was born and raised in Loveland
Colorado. She began Preschool at Saint Johns and continued through the 8th
grade. She will be graduating from Thompson Valley High School this spring and
heading to The University of Colorado in Colorado Springs.
At the end of the last session she kept the eighth grade
class a little longer to talk about the transition to high school, and the best
way to get adjusted to all of the new classes and teachers. There were many
questions by students, and Ellie patiently answered each one. Saint John the
Evangelist Catholic School joins other Catholic Schools around the nation
celebrating Catholic Schools Week. Having alumni visit our school is perhaps
the very best celebration of Catholic Schools Week.