Christ the Redeemer Catholic School (CtRCS), in Northwest Houston, welcomed its new principal, Dan Courtney, with a Parent Meet and Greet on Thursday, July 27. To a group of 160-plus parents, Courtney talked with many families after giving a short presentation about his life and experience.

In addition to the various activities during World Music Festival, students in Language Lab gathered recipes to share for World Café. Check out the video!

The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church and School community welcomes our new school principal, Mr. Dan Courtney! Read a note from Fr. Sean Horrigan welcoming him to our school family!

Meeting the needs of more than 6,500 families culminated in a Groundbreaking Ceremony for our new Redeemer Activity Center (RAC) on May 7. Many families, parishioners and friends of CtR and CtR Catholic School were able to join us for the celebration!

Families were able to snack, stroll and read student created poetry for National Poetry Month. The students created shape, haiku, cinquain and acrostic poems. They even recited poems for the class and created QR codes to share with their families!

Christ the Redeemer Catholic School had several athletes quality for the track and field championship at Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School on Saturday, April 29. Congratulations to those athletes! See their names and events listed in the story.

The Elementary Science Fair was a great success! All of the students who presented did a great job. A big thanks to the parents and friends who were judges. Also, kudos to Mr. Suarez and Mrs. Gaston for organizing a great fair! See the list of winners!

Earlier this year, 2nd Class Boy Scout and fellow CtR Crusader, Al Davis, achieved the Ad Altare Dei award which is one of two religious emblems for scouts ages 13-15.

The Annual Steps for Students 5K Run/Walk raises awareness and support for Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. In 2017, more than 600 students, parents, parishioners and friends joined Team CtR and the school received more than $85,000 in donations to fund its mission of excellence in Catholic education in northwest Houston.

We had a celebration each day for Catholic Schools Week! See the details and our daily Facebook posts.

Our 5th grade students are starting their service project in honor of the Super Bowl LI coming to Houston. We're helping to make a difference in the lives of local children this Super Bowl season. We’ve teamed up with the National Football League (NFL), the Houston Texans, the Houston Super Bowl Host Committee, Verizon and the Houston Texans YMCA for a community project.

We have made some changes to our calendar having to do with the start and end date of school. We will now be closed on Jan. 2, 2017. Because we are losing a day, we will be extending our last day of school to Friday, May 26, 2017. See the details.

Christ the Redeemer Catholic School is doing an hour of code during Computer Science Week, Dec. 5 - 11, 2016. Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) is an annual program dedicated to inspiring K-12 students to take interest in computer science. CSEdWeek is held in recognition of the birthday of computing pioneer Admiral Grace Murray Hopper. See the details about the Hour of Code!

Read how students are creating and writing unique songs to show that composition does not need to be the culmination of years of studying music theory. Instead, they are acquiring the skills to grow as composers.

Students were given their recorders and recorder music for "Ode to Joy." Ms. Mary Ann Addis asked the students, “How would you perform this song if I gave you these beakers, a jug of water, and markers?” Read more!

The dates for our fall Scholastic Book Fair are Oct. 11-14. Students will preview the fair on Oct. 3 and Oct. 4 to make their wish lists. Shopping will open the following week. See the details!

HEB is currently offering bonus Box Tops for Education during Sept. 7-20. Join in the fun to support CtRCS!

CtRCS is starting a Vocation Chalice Program this year! Led by our new Religion Teacher, Mark Dolce, this program will help facilitate a culture of vocations at CtRCS.

Boy Scout Troop #573 at Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church​ helped CtRCS and the Genesis Early Childhood Program by installing new, permanent trash cans on the playground this year.

In the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Catholic education fundraiser of the year, the 11th Annual Steps for Students 2016 was a hit! We had more than 600 participants and 300 donors!