Holy Family Happenings
Encourage one another and build each other up. 1 Thes. 5:11
February 28, 2020
Feb 29 - CenterStage Show Choir Competition: Main Event @ Western Dubuque
Mar 4 - HF Rosary, 9:15 am @ SJ Church Chapel
Mar 4 - HF Liturgy, 10:00 am @ SJ Church
Mar 5 - XCS Speech Festival @ XHS, see below for more information
Mar 6 - HF $1 Jeans Day
Mar 6 - First Friday Liturgy, 9:30 am @ LSMS Chapel
Mar 6 - Adoration, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm @ LSMS Chapel
Mar 6 - Regional Religion Bee (6 LS students), 1:00 pm @ Columbus HS, Waterloo
Mar 6 - CenterStage Show Choir Competition @ Jefferson HS
Mar 7 - CenterStage Show Choir Competition: Xtravaganza @ XHS
Mar 8 - Daylight Savings Time starts - set your clocks ahead one hour
Mar 9 - HF Spring Conferences, 4:00-8:00 pm
Mar 10 - GWAEA Hearing Screening @ SJ & LS, see below for more information
Mar 11 - HF Rosary, 9:15 am @ SJ Church Chapel
Mar 11 - HF Liturgy, 10:00 am @ SJ Church
Mar 12 - End of 3rd Quarter
Mar 12 - HF Spring Conferences, 4:00-8:00 pm
Mar 13 - NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS - Staff Professional Development Day
Mar 16-20 - SPRING BREAK - NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
Mar 23 - Classes Resume
Remaining Scrip order dates: Mar 2, Mar 30, Apr 20, May 4, May 18
Spring Conferences Sign Ups
Think Spring Plant Form
Think Spring Plant Flyer
World's Finest Chocolate Easter Candy Form
World's Finest Chocolate East Candy Flyer
HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL SYSTEM NEWS
Spring Conferences
Your Feedback Matters
2020-2021 Enrollment Forms
Please make sure you fill out the form completely, including your student's middle name, and the Father/Male Guardian and Mother/Female Guardian portions.
Forms turned in after February 28th will be assessed the $85.00 enrollment fee. If you will be enrolling more than one child for next year, you will only need to complete one form and include all children on the form.
If you have any questions, please contact the school office:
LaSalle at 396-7792 or email Nancy at nfraney@holyfamilycr.org
St. Jude at 396-7818 or email Kathy at kireland@holyfamilycr.org
World's Finest Chocolate Sale Information
Big News Holy Family!
After a 3 year break we are able to offer World’s Finest Chocolate, Chocolate Easter Bunnies!
A sale flyer will come home today with your student. All orders are due by Monday March 9.
The WFC candy briefcase sale is nearing its final end. The 30 families that still have money out will be contacted directly by the administration. Prizes will be ordered after all sale money is returned.
Thank you for all your efforts and another successful WFC candy sale!
Jenn Kinner
WFC candy chair
Buy Plants & Earn Money For Holy Family School
Today, information about Holy Family’s Think Spring Fundraiser was sent home with the youngest student in each family. This sale has the potential to raise an enormous amount of funds to help our school. This Fundraiser starts on February 28th and orders are due March 23rd. Please purchase your Mother’s Day gifts or garden plants with us! See the Electronic Backpack for digital order forms to email or post on Facebook.
An Update from Nurse Shawn
They will also test any students at both schools with known hearing losses and all NEW students. If for any reason you do not want your student tested, please let me know. singhram@holyfamilycr.org
Thank You!
MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS
CenterStage Show Choir Pie Fundraiser
Support CenterStage Show Choir with delicious pies! LaSalle/St. Joseph’s CenterStage Show Choir is selling delicious Kathy’s Pies for $14 for a 9-inch pie, available in apple, cherry, blueberry, peach, strawberry rhubarb, triple berry, dutch apple, cherry crisp, pecan & tollhouse. Contact any CenterStage member or Shelly at shelly.huiskamp@gmail.com. You can also find an order form and pie order dates in the Electronic Backpack. Drop off your order with payment on Mondays (starting Feb. 24th) by noon to the LaSalle office for a Friday pick up at the St. Jude Fish Fry.
You can enjoy Kathy’s Pies & other delicious baked goods at the St. Jude Parish Fish Fry dinners every Friday, 5 pm – 7:30 pm during Lent starting on February 28th. CenterStage will be selling desserts to top off your delicious fish dinner. Thanks for your support!
LaSalle Speech Festival Rescheduled
The Metro Catholic Speech Festival's new date is Thursday, March 5. Speech participants will leave LaSalle that morning at 8:40 am to go to Xavier. The speech festival runs from 9:15 am - 12:30 pm. At 12:30 pm, they will leave Xavier and go to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton for lunch. The students should be back to LaSalle around 1:30 pm. The permission slips parents signed for the February 13th original date (that was on our last snow day) are still good for this new date. If you have any questions/concerns, please let Mr. Davidson know: sdavidson@holyfamilycr.org
LaSalle Conference Meals
LaSalle Spring Conferences are on Monday, March 9th and Thursday, March 12th. Please sign up to bring food for the teachers and staff who will be working through the dinner hour. Please have your items to school by 3:30 p.m. on the day you sign up for.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0f4aacae2da4f85-conference2
Thanks,
Holy Family Parent Association
Regis/LaSalle Middle School Track
Intramurals and Open Gym Interest
There have been several parents and students express interest in having 5th and 6th grade Intramurals after school and having an Open Gym. I think these ideas would serve our students in a great way! With that said, we will need to call upon you to help out if this is going to work.
We have nothing in stone but wanted to see if there is enough supervising interest to make it work. Supervision for Intramurals would include recording winners and losers of matches, returning equipment to the closet, and making sure all participants are following rules. Supervision for Open Gym would include making sure all participants are supervised and signed in and making sure all participants are following rules.
If you would be willing to help supervise 5th and 6th grade Intramurals on Tuesday and/or Thursday afternoons from 3:30-4:30pm and/or supervise Open Gym on Saturday mornings from 10:30am-12:00pm please let me know. The timeframe we would be looking at is between March 23rd and May 21st (certain dates would be excluded such as Easter). We will need 2 parent volunteers per session. If we don't have enough parent helpers we won't be able to offer the times.
Please contact me if you are interested in helping. If we do have enough help we will let everyone know the specifics. Thank you!
Jason Dole
Physical Education Teacher
Athletic Director
LaSalle Middle School
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS
St. Jude Conference Meals
Spring Conferences are coming up on Monday, March 9th and Thursday, March 12th. Please sign up to bring food for the teachers and staff who will be working through dinner. Please have your items to school by 3:30 p.m.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0F4EA9A722A3FA7-spring2
Thanks,
Holy Family Parent Association
St. Jude Lunchroom Help Needed
Usborne Books & More Book Fair
The book fair will be here March 9-12 during conferences! Exciting, educational books you'll love to read...storybooks and chapter books, science, facts, and more!
Our school will get 50% of your purchase in new books for the library. Visit the full catalog at www.BooksForOurKids.com, click SHOP then St Jude.
Nurse Notes
Illnesses at St. Jude:
We have had an increase in the number of students ill this week. We are seeing Influenza B, strep and some stomach flu.
WE ARE:
Having the students wash their hands with soap and water prior to meals, and there is hand sanitizer in all classrooms.
We encourage coughing into our elbow and sleeve.
All students with a fever of 100 or > are sent home and asked to stay home until they are fever free for 24 hours without tylenol or advil.
We are daily washing our desks.
We are cleaning commonly touched surfaces more frequently.
We encourage staff that are ill to stay home.
Spring Picture Date Added for Thursday Preschool Classes (PS3-AM & PS4-PM)
XAVIER HS, OUR PARTNER PARISHES AND COMMUNITY NEWS
2020-2021 XHS Cheerleading Information
Students who will be enrolled at Xavier next year and are interested in trying out for cheerleading for the 2020-2021 school year should plan on attending the following workshops & tryout:
· Parent Meeting – March 2nd at 5:30pm
· Cheer Workshop – March 24th from 3-4:30pm
· Cheer Workshop – March 25th from 3-4:30pm
· Cheer Workshop – March 26th from 3-4:30pm
· Cheer Tryouts – March 27th beginning at 3pm
All cheerleading workshops/tryouts will be held in Xavier's main gym or practice gym.
The parent meeting for all interested in trying out for 2020-2021 Xavier cheerleading squads will be held at 5:30pm in the Schubert Commons at Xavier on Monday, March 2nd (at least one parent is strongly encouraged to attend). This meeting should last about 30 minutes. If at least one parent is unable to attend this meeting, please contact XHS cheerleading moderator, Erica Rheinschmidt, and information shared at the meeting will be emailed to the parent(s).
Please contact Erica Rheinschmidt (XHS Cheerleading Moderator) with any questions. erica.rheinschmidt@xaviersaints.org
Positively Family
Email: zzeckser@holyfamilycr.org
Website: www.holyfamilycr.org
Location: 3700 1st Avenue Northwest, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
Phone: 3193967792
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HolyFamilySchoolSystem/
Twitter: @HolyFamilyCR