Hornet Herald
Teaching the Way of Jesus Christ
Holy Family Catholic School
Email: jshreve@hfsfw.org
Website: www.hfcsfw.org
Location: 6146 Pershing Ave, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Phone: 817-737-4201
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/holyfamilycatholicschoolfw/
February 6, 2017
American Way Award Winners
A message from our principal
Thanks everyone for your contributions and support of the Catholic Charities household items drive. We have many families who are served by Catholic Charities of Fort Worth and, thanks to you, their lives have been made a little easier by your contributions.
We are proud to announce our American Way Award winners for 2016-17, Ava Terrell and Jesse Kimmerly. Each year, the Knights of Columbus select a male and a female eighth grade student who display an exemplary attitude toward God and country. They will join other area winners on March 12 at Nolan Catholic High School for the American Way Awards. Congratulations to our winners!
Peace in Christ,
Dr. John Shreve
UPCOMING EVENTS
Due to a constantly changing calendar, we will not be printing a full calendar this year. Please refer to the Holy Family Catholic School website calendar for all important dates. There is a printable version at that link, for your convenience. Thank you!
Feb. 6 - Rosary hosted by 4th Grade
Feb. 7 - Area Spelling Bee; 3:15 p.m. - Yearbook Staff; 6:30 p.m. - H.S.A. Meeting
Feb. 8 - 3:10 p.m. - HFCS Running Club
Feb. 9 - Mass hosted by 4th Grade
Feb. 10 - 7 p.m. - Family Dance; 8 p.m. - 6th Grade Boys Basketball v. St. Joseph at St. Andrew
Feb. 11 - 11 a.m. - 6th Grade Boys Basketball v. St. Maria Goretti at St. John, 8th Grade Girls Basketball v. St. Peter at St. Rita; 12 p.m. - 7th Grade Boys Basketball v. St. Andrew at St. Rita; 3 p.m. - 8th Grade Boys Basketball v. St. Andrew at St. Andrew;
Next Week
Feb. 13 - Prayer Service led by 3rd Grade
Feb. 14 - Class Valentine's Day Parties; 3:15 p.m. - Yearbook Staff
Feb. 15 - 3:10 p.m. - HFCS Running Club; 6:30 p.m. - Advisory Council
Feb. 16 - Mass hosted by 3rd Grade
Feb. 17 - No School - Diocesan Teacher Inservice; 6 p.m. - 8th Grade Girls Basketball v. St. George at St. Joseph; 8 p.m. - 8th Grade Boys Basketball v. St. Andrew at St. Andrew
Feb. 18 - 10 a.m. - 7th Grade Boys Basketball v. St. Maria Goretti at St. Joseph; 10 a.m. - 6th Grade Boys Basketball v. St. John at St. Rita; 2 p.m. - 8th Grade Boys Basketball v. St. Maria Goretti at St. Joseph; 6 p.m. - Pot O' Gold
Important Dates Coming Up
Feb. 25 - Diocese of Fort Worth Middle School Rally
Feb. 25-26 - HFCS Weekend at all Holy Family Masses. Students who wear their uniform to Mass may wear a spirit shirt the following Monday
March 27 - Altar Server Training
February Lunch Menu can be found here.
HFCS Basketball Schedules can be found here.
HFCS Spelling Bee Champ!
Congratulations to Klement Rix, winner of the Holy Family Catholic School Spelling Bee! Klement will represent Holy Family at the Regional Bee on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts. We’re all rooting for you Klement!
Thank you!
Thank you to the Dads' Club for the wonderful staff lunch on Jan. 27, as well as preparing so many street and breakfast tacos for the Open House!
Thanks to all of the volunteers who helped set up, clean up, give tours, and so many other things during the Hospitality Weekend and Open House. We couldn't have done it without you!
Thanks to the HSA for the delicious staff breakfast on Jan. 30, as we celebrated our teachers for Catholic Schools Week. It was perfect after such a busy weekend!
Thank you to the volunteers who helped cook the Family Lunch meal, and to all who attended and made it a very fun day!
Top 3 and top classroom sellers!
Here are WEEK 5 Raffle Results!
Raffle ticket sales are doing awesome with $8,265 raised! Only 2 more weeks to sell. Keep up the great work! Raffle tickets must be turned in at 2 p.m. each Friday to receive credit for the week sales. If you need more raffle tickets, please ask the front office.
Pot O' Gold Raffle Ticket Results - Week Five
Congratulations to the PreK-3 class for being the top selling class for week 5! Way to go, PreK-3! Keep up the great work!
Top individual sales for this week are:
1st Place: Daniel Aselage
2nd Place: Ruby Jonkers, Ashton Brissette, Cooper Orand
3rd Place: Barrett Dent, Canon Dent, Emiliana Circelli, Jackson Thompson
Individual Sales List:
Thank you to all the students who helped make this week's raffle sales a success: Ruby Jonkers, Levi Szostek, Barrett Dent, Canon Dent, Hannah Flores, Maddie Grace Wolff,
Emiliana Circelli, Ashton Brissette, Adriana Villarreal, Cooper Orand, Daisy Pulido, Klement Rix, Daniel Aselage, Jackson Thompson, Mia Flores, Ava Terrell
Don't forget to keep selling raffle tickets!
HFCS Alumni on the Nolan Honor Roll
We had many of our alumni on the Fall Honor Roll at Nolan. Congrats, Hornets/Vikings!
Semester Highest Honors
Ninth Grade
Grace Chambers, Anna Conway, Tara Fitzsimons, Jacob Marquardt, Kaitlyn Speairs, Vanessa Zavala
Tenth Grade
Anna Browder, Lillian Lopez, Collin McCabe, Jessica Neff, Grace Terrell, Stephen Caero, Kinsley Fitzsimons, Morgan Mantsch, Maria Nguyen, Lucy Petkovyat, Matthew Schmidt
Twelfth Grade
Casey Chambers, Daniela Hannah
Semester High Honors
Ninth Grade
Delany Boley, Madison Grimes, Matthew Jones, Jake Limosnero, Daniel Neff, Rachel Sibal, Payton Thompson, Celizz Valdez, Nicholas Velez
Tenth Grade
Joey Bickett, Avery Boley, Sophia Cortez, Julie Malnak, Elizabeth Theisen, Gabriel Thomas, Caroline Unkefer
Twelfth Grade
Madison Rotzoll
Semester Honors
Tenth Grade
Bailey McCans
Twelfth Grade
Christian Head, Serenity Healy, Dylan Souder
30th Annual Pot O' Gold
The Pot O' Gold is just around the corner! This year we're taking it back to the Roarin' 20's and "Let's Party Like Gatsby!" It will be held on Feb. 18 at 6 p.m. at Ridglea Country Club. For more information, please contact Melodi Thompson, POG Chair, or Maria Orand, POG Co-Chair. Reservations are due Feb. 13, and can be purchased online by clicking here.
Distinguished Alumni. This year we are proud to honor the Pastors of Holy Family Catholic Church, Msgr. Langenhorst, Msgr. Wolfe, Msgr. Joe Scantlin, Msgr. Joe Pemberton, and Father Jeff Poirot.
Setting things up! Please click here to view the SignUp Genius for helping set up for the POG. Many hands make little work, and we could appreciate any time you can help from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17. There are two-hour slots available. Unfortunately, due to the presence of alcohol, all volunteers must be 21 and older. We are also in need of empty baskets and buckets to package auction items. Thank you for your generosity!
Sports fans and travelers needed! We are collecting donations such as air miles, use of vacation homes or hunting leases, tickets to local music and sporting events, and other items of value for the live auction. Additional information is included in the Parent Packets.
Raffle Tickets are for sale now! Proceeds will help purchase new iPads. Contact Lisa Phillips or Vonne Velez for more information.
REENROLLMENT FOR 2017-2018
Holy Family Catholic School’s administration, faculty and staff are looking ahead and making plans for next school year. In preparation for the start of 2017-2018, please take time now to complete your student(s) reenrollment for next year. The Reenrollment process is completed through ParentsWeb as follows:
· Go to www.renweb.com.
· Select Login from the menu bar and ParentsWeb Login from the drop-down menu.
· Enter HFCS-TX into the District Code field.
· Type in your username and password.
· After logging in, click on the Family Information button in the left menu.
· Click on the Enrollment/Reenrollment button.
Our Online Enrollment system will open with a link to the enrollment packet. The online process should take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Your information will be saved if you need to quit and come back later.
All FACTS tuition accounts will be automatically re-enrolled for the 2017-2018 school year. Therefore, on the “Financial Information” page select “Skip Payment Plan Setup”. There will be an opportunity to make changes to the payment date or term at a later date.
For planning purposes, all families are asked to complete the reenrollment process by Friday, February 10, 2017.
If your student(s) will not return to HFCS for the 2017-2018 school year then click on the Will Not Enroll button in the Enrollment/Reenrollment section of your ParentsWeb account.
APPLYING FOR TUITION ASSISTANCE
Applications for consideration for tuition assistance are due no later than Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Please note that it is not necessary to have fully completed the enrollment/reenrollment process to submit a tuition assistance application. To begin the application process click here.
For any questions related to the reenrollment or tuition assistance application process please contact Tracy Head, Business Manager, at busmgr@hfsfw.org or 817-737-4201 x110.
Diocese Middle School Rally
The Diocese of Fort Worth is holding a Middle School Rally Saturday, Feb 25 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Nolan Catholic High School. This day of spiritual renewal is for students in grades 6-8. The keynote speaker is Paul J Kim and Megan M and music will be led by Ben Walther. The Diocese is in need of adults willing to attend as chaperones. Registration is $35 and the registration deadline is Monday, Feb 13. Register through the parish online at http://www.holyfamilyfw.org/youth-ministry Contact Genni Sayers, Coordinator of Youth Ministry at 817-502-7889.
ALTAR SERVER TRAINING
Altar server training will be offered on Monday, March 27 at 6 p.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church. Candidates for Altar Server should be in the 4th grade through 12th grade and must have the support and permission of their parents to participate in this ministry. Each candidate is only required to attend 1 session about 1 to 1.5 hours in length. Advance registration is required. You may register via email to Mr. Mike O’Donnell, Chairman of Altar Servers or by phone at (817) 343-0715.
hfcs spirit store
Christmas Musical DVDs
Volunteer opportunities
We need your photos! Please send any photos to Trisha Klement.
Altar Cloth Sewing. Each classroom has an altar with various religious articles displayed. Altar cloths in the colors of the liturgical year are included, and we need red and white cloths sewn. We are in need of red and white, should you have any extra you could donate. Please contact Trisha Klement to donate or volunteer. If you are in need of a sewing machine, there is one available to borrow.
Copy Room Assistants. The staff members will fill out a print request and attach the originals that need to be copied. The volunteer(s) will make their copies and place the papers in the staff member's designated tray. We are looking for volunteers for any days Monday - Friday, and hoping for a morning and an afternoon volunteer. Training on the copy machine will be provided.
HSA Secretary. Attend monthly meetings, take notes and type them up and write any thank you notes for the association.
Lunchroom Monitors. Assist during lunch from 11 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. We need help on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesday and every other Friday.
If you are interested in any of these opportunities, please email Ann Bjelland or text (817) 925-3279 unless otherwise noted.