SPECIAL NOTE: St. Bonaventure Catholic School from the Archdiocese of Miami completed their "School Improvement Plan" in 2006 and hosted an on-site visitation in November of that year.   The school received successfully completed the process and received "continued accreditation" status during the Fall 2006 semester.

As this week comes to an end, of your visit for Accreditation,
There were indeed those among us, who had some trepidations,
Worrying at times we may not have, written quite enough,
And then we worried that we may, have written too much STUFF!

There were times of friendly differences, and some processes of thought,
That at times differed from Christ-centered behaviors, that we knew and taught,
Remembering that children are the reason, that this process came to be,
We put aside the petty things, and came together to work as one family,

To foster Christ's Gospel Message, as our Mission Statement reads,
And then get on with the work at hand, to determine St. Bonaventure's needs,
And once we came together, and began working side by side,
We truly found what it really meant, to let God our Father be our Guide.

And so it was, and so it is, as we end this week to reflect upon this special school,
We are all "Guided by God's Hands," and it is indeed God Who rules.
We thank you for the time you spent, to get to know this special place.
And as you leave us, our prayer for you, is God will bless you with love and grace.

This experience has really provided us, time to reflect on what we must do,
To continue to build St. Bonaventure academically, and keep Jesus with us too,
By staying close to the issues, that are so important to our children's lives,
We will, for the children, review our plan, so to those goals we will arrive.

With God, all things are possible -- even and especially ACCREDITATION!

Ms. Mary Arnold,
St. Bonaventure Steering Committee Chairperson, and the Entire Staff, Student Body, and Parents of St. Bonaventure Catholic School
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!

Reprinted by permission, from 2006-07 "Catholic Connection" Newsletter
(of the FCC Education Department)