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Margaret M. Caire, rscj, received the Lifetime Achievement Award in a
recent celebration honoring women of achievement in St. Charles County,
Missouri. Sister Caire has served as headmistress of the Academy of the
Sacred Heart in St. Charles since 1984. She was among 10 women from St.
Charles who received Dove Awards for leadership in a variety of
categories.
Sister Margaret Caire with three of her students at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Charles.
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Margaret M. Caire, rscj, received the Lifetime Achievement Award in a
recent celebration honoring women of achievement in St. Charles County,
Missouri.
Sister Caire has served as headmistress of the Academy of the
Sacred Heart in St. Charles since 1984. She was among 10 women from St.
Charles who received Dove Awards for leadership in a variety of
categories.
The St. Charles Business Journal sponsored the
awards and published the following tribute to Sister Caire in its
August/September issue:
“Sister Caire has grasped the
significance of the Academy [of the Sacred Heart] as an important piece
of the community’s history and has worked with community leaders and
citizens to enhance the relationship of the school and its neighbors.
She has passed on her work ethic to faculty, staff, parents, alumni
and, most importantly, children. Sister Caire creates an atmosphere of
stability and love while giving students the tools to move into
adulthood with self-esteem, poise and an understanding of the
importance of serving others with humility.”
One of her
nominators said, “Sister Caire has a unique style of leadership which
enables her faculty and staff to exercise their own skills and apply
them to the composite welfare of the school community. I am proud to
have been part of the wonderful work to which Sister Caire has
dedicated herself during her years at St. Charles and it pleases me to
think this award might recognize her energetic and very Christian
spirit.”
A lifelong educator, Sister Caire holds a
bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Maryville University in
St. Louis and a master’s degree in guidance and counseling from Our
Lady of the Lake in San Antonio, Texas.
She is the
youngest of 12 children born to Sidney Jean Baptiste Caire &
Annette Joan Caire of Edgard, Louisiana. Sister Caire has two older
sisters who are also Sacred Heart educators: Ann Caire, rscj, and Adele
Caire, rscj. Both are currently staff members at Duchesne Academy of
the Sacred Heart in Houston.
The Academy of the Sacred
Heart, St. Charles, founded by Rose Philippine Duchesne, is the oldest
of the Sacred Heart schools in the United States and the site of Saint
Philippine Duchesne’s shrine. The school has about 700 students
enrolled in pre-school through eighth grade.
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