Our Lady of the Valley school commemorates its 60th anniversary

Bishop McManus visited Our Lady of the Valley Regional Elementary School in Uxbridge and celebrated Mass in the church on Monday. The school is celebrating its 60th anniversary. Established as St. Mary Elementary School in the fall of 1964, Our Lady of the Valley became a regional school as nearby parish schools were merged to create a singular school governed by a consultative board. Recently, OLV was visited by an accreditation team from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges which will vote on the school’s continued accreditation in February. During a visit in October, the team said, “It is evident that the school community is centered in faith, academic excellence, and service to others. All members of the school community are expected to live their faith and to proclaim Gospel values in words and deeds.”

Photos courtesy of Marybeth Hay


Bishop
 McManus 
visits 
Mrs. 
Marian 
Graves’ 
first-grade
 classroom.Maddox
 Andrew, 
sixth-grader, 
shares 
with 
Bishop
 McManus
 the 
good 
news 
that 
he 
has
 recently 
been 
baptized.
 Father 
Nicholas
 Desimone,
 pastor
 of
 St.
 Mary
 Parish, 
listens.Anna
 Auger,
 fourth-grader, 
answers 
a
 question
 about
 the 
Immaculate 
Conception 
posed
 by
 Bishop
 McManus during Mass on the feast of the Immaculate Conception.