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 Service to the community is an invaluable learning experience for students. Because of our desire to "Live Jesus" and our belief that serving others is key to the growth and development of young Christian girls, Lower School students participate in several community service projects throughout the school year.Service Projects Each Friday students in the Lower School Grades 1-6 gather with their Mes Amies Groups (School Families). The focus of many of these activities is Community Service. For example, on Valentine’s Day, students worked in their Mes Amies Groups to create Valentines to distribute to the elderly. Medical Supplies for Honduras When a Viz junior announced her summer plans to travel with a doctor to Honduras and assist in serving the community, Lower School students were eager to help. Students helped collect over-the-counter medicines and other basic supplies that she could take to Honduras. "Hats on Cancer" Students wore special hats to school, held creative hat contests and enjoyed hat-themed games while making donations to Friends of Kids with Cancer. Disability Awareness Disability Awareness was the theme of a Lower School Assembly one month. Students experienced hands-on activities for the visually impaired, hearing impaired, physically impaired and learning impaired. Mission Carnival Grade 6 students organize a carnival each year with the proceeds going to the Missions, (Propagation of the Faith). Christmas Project Stuffing Christmas stocking is a tradition at Visitation. Stockings are filled with toys and candy and are sent to charitable organizations in hopes of bringing cheer to needy children at Christmas time. Food Drives Students collect food during the Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive and at other times throughout the year. The Lenten Project The Lenten Project for the 2006-2007 school year for Grades 1–6 focused on one of the Spiritual Works of Mercy: "instruct the ignorant." Fathers Bob Gettinger and Jeff Vomund along with two other priests sponsor the St. Louis Catholic Academy. There are 175 students from North St. Louis enrolled in its after-school tutoring program. A dedicated faculty is working to give these children the educational and spiritual foundation they will need to succeed in the high school of their choice. The students at Visitation sponsored activities during Lent to support this program. Proceeds from the first activity, Mardi Gras, as well as students doing odd jobs at home to earn money went to this program. "Working it Out" The Third Grade Brownie troop earned the "Working it Out" Brownie Try-it badge. For one project, the girls painted a picture of how each hopes to treat others in class. Some of the things the girls learned and shared:
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