Christ the Redeemer Catholic School participated in the annual Catholic Schools Week, a national week that celebrates Catholic education in the United States. Below is a recap of each day’s events during the week.

To celebrate National Catholic Schools Week, Jan. 31-Feb. 6, CtRCS will host an Open House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 4 at the school. For the next school year, 2016-17, the school will welcome students for 7th grade.

Spring Creek presented a check to the school on Dec. 17 at assembly for $1,300.

Read about what makes a teacher who empowers students different from others in the education system. "Empowerment is one of those words that gets thrown around quite often. So what then, does it mean to be empowered and how does that relate to creativity and change?"

On Feb. 16, Christ the Redeemer Catholic School led an in-service for 250 educators in Region A of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston on a learning initiative that integrates science, technology, religion, engineering, arts and math – S.T.R.E.A.M. Read more.

Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church and School had 24 singers participate in the Pueri Cantores Festival, a yearly event put on by this international Catholic choral organization, on Saturday, Feb. 7 at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.

CtR Catholic School hosted its inaugural “Chilly” Cook Off on Jan. 23 and raised more than $20,000 as a part of Steps for Students, an Archdiocesan campaign to raise awareness and support for Catholic education. The event had 19 teams cooking chili and more than 550 people in attendance. With the music turned up, chili pouring and children playing, it was tough to tell who was having more fun – the kids or the adults.