Patricia O'Donnell's
Principal's Page
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Patricia O'Donnell, MEd
Welcome to my
Principal's page! As you will notice by my green background, I am Irish
and proud of it. I am a huge Notre Dame football fan (Go Irish!), thus
the gold buttons on my pages, and also a big Stanford fan. My cousin,
Owen Marecic, is the starting fullback and linebacker for the
Cardinal! I have the best job in the world because
ever since I was in 7th grade I always wanted to be a teacher. Now that
I am a principal it is a little different, but I am glad I still am
able to be around children and help them grow closer to Jesus. Being
the principal of St. Patrick School is wonderful! We have great
teachers and students and every day I love coming to work! When I
have free time the things I like are: being with my family, reading,
coloring (only with pointy crayons - my nieces and nephew call me a
crayon snob!),
going to the beach, watching Notre Dame football, working out - I love
to run, swim and ride my bike - , cutting the grass,
planting flowers, and playing with my dog, Bailey. On occasion, I can
be found playing Pac Man, Zuma and a few other computer games - some
are even educational! I also like playing the Wii and my favorite game
is Mario Cart - I am always up for a challenge to take someone on! One
of my favorite events during the
year is
going on vacation with my 8 nieces and 2 nephews.
Over the
years I have compiled a list of "Things I Want To Do Before I
Die." I have had wonderful opportunities to complete some of
these adventures. Here are a few of them: skydiving, swimming with
dolphins, riding in a hotair balloon, seeing a Notre Dame football game
in South Bend, traveling to Stanford University to see my cousin start
at fullback and linebacker for the Cardinal, competing in marathons,
half-marathons and triathalons, and parasailing. My list never seems to
diminish because I am always adding to it - it is fun to have a list -
give it a try!
I hope this
website provides resources for the reader as well as a
glimpse into some of the topics and issues I think are important in
Catholic education. I would also like you to meet Bailey, my
trained Therapy Dog. She services hospital and nursing home
patients, teachers and students. She came to visit here at Saint
Pat's and she really loved being around all the kids! All important
current issues
will be discussed under the "Hot Topics" page - check it out! Changes
to the pages will occur on a regular basis.
If you have
any comments - future topics you would like discussed,
etc.or questions, please feel free to contact me at:
podonnell@saintpatrickmalvern.org. I would love to hear from you.