Principal's Newsletters

January 11, 2008

To all Sacred Heart Families,

Today, just before we were to begin Mass, an odor of burning material (rubber?) appeared in the Cafeteria. The school was evacuated in an orderly fashion, and the City of Groton Fire Department was notified.

While the Fire Department searched the entire school areas and the roof, the students went to the Margaret Mary Center. The source of the odor was identified as coming from a motor bearing failure in the air handling system.

The fire department provided environmental checks and fresh air ventilation in the school. When they gave us permission. We all returned to the Cafeteria for a Time of Prayer and Gratitude with Father Dariusz.

Our students and staff are to be commended for the great way that they responded. We also extend a debt of gratitude to Deputy Chief Cunningham and the fire crews that responded. Our Groton City DARE officer, Officer Ron Jenkins, was at Sacred Heart School and assisted all of us during this time, and we appreciate him being a part of the Sacred Heart family!

Deacon Dave
Deacon David G. Young, M.A.
Principal