Our Leadership

Sara Alkayali is a Denver native, and is married with two grown daughters who both attended Blessed Sacrament Catholic School Kindergarten through 8th grades. Known as “Miss A,” she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Secondary Education from the University of Northern Colorado, a Master of Humanities degree from the University of Colorado, and a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership from the University of Notre Dame.

 

Mrs. Alkayali shares the following about herself: “I was a Denver Public Schools English teacher before getting married and starting a family. As a stay-at-home mother, I taught evening and online classes at Metropolitan State University until my oldest daughter was school-age. Seeking a school for my soon-to-be-kindergartener was a daunting task; we weren’t happy with a single school that we visited. Walking into Blessed Sacrament Catholic School on a tour that I scheduled “on a whim,” I was greeted by the open arms of our Mother who seemed to be welcoming me home. That enrollment led me to hear the Lord’s voice and become Catholic only a few years later, and it also launched me into Catholic education, where I spent the next 11 years as a middle school teacher and assistant principal at Blessed Sacrament. In 2016, I was invited by Archbishop Aquila to help open Frassati Catholic Academy in Thornton, Colorado. I served as the President and Principal there until 2022, when I took a brief leave from education to work in the business world. God called me back to my Catholic home as the principal of Blessed Sacrament School in 2024, and I couldn’t feel more blessed. The school has a beautiful, authentic Catholic culture that is vibrant and joyful; I look forward to continuing the work to enrich the Catholicity and implement the newly updated Archdiocese of Denver curricula.”