Welcome To Gesu Catholic School
Gesu Catholic School provides a stimulating and challenging education in a safe, Christ-centered community, where
our children develop all their God-given talents, both for their own enrichment and for the benefit of God's human
family and creation. 'Gesu' is the Italian word for 'Jesus', our cornerstone.
Good School Award for Gesu
Gesu School has been recognized by the Skillman Foundation as an
Improving School since 2007 Good Schools Making the Grade Initiative. Gesu has
been awarded a $25,000 grant to be paid out over three years. " Created in 1960, The Skillman Foundation is a
private philanthropy committed to helping children in metropolitan Detroit by improving their homes, schools, and
neighborhoods.
The goal of the
Foundation's programs is to achieve significant results for kids. Skillman grantmaking primarily supports non-profit
organizations and agencies working in six Detroit neighborhoods - Southwest Detroit (Vernor & Chadsey-Condon),
Brightmoor, Osborn, Central, and Cody-Rouge - and innovative, successful schools throughout the city of Detroit."
Good News: Our school was awarded a $10,000 Toyota Tapestry Grant "Environmental Science" category. Gesu students in 4th, 5th, and 6th grades have continued an urban garden in the Gesu Community Green, a parish-sponsored playground open to the community. Students grow the vegetables and spices needed for salsa - tomatoes, peppers, onions, and other good things. They fertilize their gardens with compost partially made from lunch leftovers munched by a colony of earthworms. In the Fall, the students harvest their crop and can their own salsa. Then they celebrate by preparing a fiesta for their parents and the wider community. Go to Gesu Garden
Kids Helping Others It's Easy, It's Free!
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Have you ever wanted to feed hungry people but didn't know how?
If you go to the Hunger Site www.thehungersite.com and click on the button, site sponsors will provide a cup of food for people in need.
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Would you like to help prevent breast cancer?
If you go to the Breast Cancer Site www.thebreastcancersite.com and click on the button, site sponsors will pay for free mammograms for women who don't have the resources to meat this need.
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Do you know a sick child and wish you could help?
If you go to the Child Health Site www.thechildhealthsite.com and click on the button, site sponsors will pay for vitamins and medicines for sick children.
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Would you like to help poor children learn to read?
If you go to the Literacy Site www.theliteracysite.com and click on the button, site sponsors will provide brand new books for children.
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How about helping to save the rainforest?
If you go to the Rainforest Site www.therainforestsite.com and click on the button, site sponsors will purchase endangered forest land and save it from destruction.
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Do you love animals and want to take care of homeless pets?
If you go to the Animal Rescue Site www.theanimalrescuesite.com and click on the button, site sponsors will provide a bowl of food for animals in shelters and sanctuaries.
With just a mouse click every day you can do all these things. It's easy, it's free, and it makes a difference.
A recycling program is doing well at Gesu School.
Gesu students loading paper into the recycle bin.
Search Tools
The following link will take you to a site that is set up so that you can search for a topic via a number of child friendly sites such as Yahooligans, KidsClick and Encarta www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm