Welcome to New and Old Students!

Dear DSPT Students,

It is my pleasure as your Student Council President to welcome you all to a brand new school year in a brand new building! Since we have a new school building, this year marks a fresh start for all students--new and old! If you have not yet had the opportunity to see the new building, I strongly suggest that you come over and take a look. I've only been there a few times and I'm already feeling quite fortunate to have the opportunity to be a part of this year's DSPT community! One of the first Council initiatives this year was to create a new way to work on building that community, the ASDSPT blog! We hope to use this blog space to keep you informed of upcoming events and announcements and to create a better way to communicate with all students! Above you will find a link to a Google calendar that will be updated with all the DSPT social and community events throughout the year. Many events have already been listed, so I encourage you to take a look!

Specifically, I would like to remind everyone about the "Campus of Dreams" events that have been planned for us on the first day of school (September 5). First, and perhaps most important, there will be tours of the building every hour. The tours will be a great way for us to get to know and feel more at home in our new building. We will be breaking with tradition and hosting the first 11:10am Tuesday Mass of the year in the brand new DSPT Chapel (followed by lunch, of course). At 3pm everyone is invited to come watch the movie Field of Dreams in the Lecture Hall. Remember, the theme of the day is: if you build it, they will come! Br. Emmanuel is arranging for an evening prayer service at 4:30pm in the DSPT Chapel and everyone is invited to participate in that as well. Finally, the Council would like to invite everyone to the All-Student Body Meeting at 5pm in the Lecture Hall. At the All- Student Body Meeting we will be discussing a whole bunch of new proposals that people have mentioned to me over the summer so we would really appreciate your input. Plus, after the meeting we will be having dinner with the entire DSPT community!

I look forward to seeing everyone at the All-Student Body Meeting on the first day of school!

Sincerely,
Elissa McCormack
ASDSPT President