Cathedral Elementary School

10/08/2026

09/10/2026

To everyone buying and selling the fall raffle tickets - THANK YOU! Enjoy this special video from Mr. Silbernagel, with our appreciation for all of the ways the raffle proceeds will support Cathedral Elementary School this year.

The raffle drawing for the $10,000 GRAND PRIZE (with $25,000 in total cash prizes) will be on Friday, September 25!

04/24/2026

Thursday we hosted the annual Career Fair planned & organized by Mrs. Geiger, our wonderful counselor!
PreK, Kindergarten, and 1st graders participated in a parade. They got to dress up for the career that they would be interested in doing someday!
Our 2nd-5th graders went to presentations for the afternoon. They heard from someone in the National Guard, a Scientist in Anatomy & Cell Biology, someone from the State Historical Society, a Zoologist from the Dakota Zoo, and a Firefighter!
It was a busy, fun, and educational day for everyone!

03/30/2026

One of our biggest blessings in the Catholic schools is seeing vocations at work. Our wonderful priests show up every week to do our school Masses and other special events such as Reconciliation and Stations of the Cross.

We are fortunate enough to have Mother Mary Joseph nearby who loves to come in and present to our classes. Today she talked about the purpose of suffering and taught us about some symbols of our faith.

Our 4th graders got to attend the Chrism Mass this morning at the Cathedral which involves priests from all over the diocese getting their sacred oils for their parishes.

What a unique gift we have here!

03/27/2026

We gathered in our Faith Families today and assembled Blessing Bags. These are bags that get passed out and handed to people on the street who need some basic necessities likes food, water, shampoo, toothbrushes, tooth paste or deodorant. They also contain a note reminding them that they matter, that God loves them, and that we prayed for them.
This is was part of our almsgiving for the season on Lent!
For lent, we have also had the opportunity to participate in stations of the cross the last two Fridays. What a gift our priests are as we journey through this time!

03/03/2026

Cathedral Elementary is kicking off the month of March with reading on our minds! To celebrate Dr. Suess’ birthday, you might’ve seen some teachers dressed up on Monday. The celebration continues and some classes will highlight this amazing author throughout the week!

As a school, we are also participating in the Larks’ Reading Program this month as we read our way around the baseball field & collect prizes for minutes read each week. Clark came to tell us all about it last week, and students are busy reading starting this week!

02/12/2026

GIVING HEARTS DAY
Thank you for supporting the SAINTS!

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02/05/2026

Persevere! Don’t give up! Trust in God and keep it up!

Our 3rd gaders did an excellent job of teaching us about Perseverance for our February virtue rally! They used St. Monica as an example and had bible verses & little skits to show us what perseverance looks like in an elementary school.

We also heard about the example of Britta Curl-Salemme- an alumni of Cathedral & St. Mary’s who is heading to the Olympics this year. Her Catholic faith & perseverance has gotten her to where she is and it’s great to see her example of both!

01/30/2026

Catholic Schools Week ended in the best way possible- an all school Mass! Today we celebrated the Candlemas which coincides with the presentation of Jesus. Fr. Vetter talked about how we’re like candles & get the Light of Christ at our Baptism. Anytime we need to reignite our candles, we participate in the Sacraments & go back to Jesus!

We had our annual Know Your Faith completion after Mass. Everyone had fun & our kids truly do know a lot about their faith! It was neat to see the grade levels working together in their Faith Families!