Rosary High School Gives Support to Aurora’s World Relief Foundation

On Wednesday, March 28th the World Relief children wanted to support their Rosary tutors & friends by attending the Rosary soccer match vs. Oswego.  27 of these World Relief students came out to the game, along with their chaperones to cheer our Royals to a victory over Oswego.  The students were extremely enthusiastic, full of energy, and had a great time. Rosary soccer players, Bode & Fitzpatrick were very touched by the gesture, and feel honored to take part in this program to help these children transition to this country.

Over the past several years Rosary students have been tutoring students K-5 from the World Relief Foundation in Aurora.  The students are refugees who have come to the United States from countries such as Nepal, Burma and Iraq.  This program is focused on improving the children’s skill in reading and writing English, but also in incorporating the English language more into their daily lives. Rosary students, Ashlee O’Neil (Geneva), Marissa Olson (Yorkville), Yesenia Garcia (Aurora),  Grace Creighton (Geneva),  Celine Italia (Sandwich), and Rosary Soccer players, Alexandra Bode (Geneva),  and Megan Fitzpatrick (Batavia), travel to McCleary Elementary School in Aurora once a week during their 8th hour class period and work with these refugees by playing games, reading books and helping them write pen-pal letters, while improving on their English skills. 

Rosary High School is an all-girls, Catholic, college prep high school located at 901 N. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora. Rosary is sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois. For more information about Rosary High School, please visit www.rosaryhs.com.