JUNE
2023
Admin Team Message
What a wonderful school year 2022-23 has been. As we near the beginning of summer holidays, we want to thank the staff, students, and families for a wonderful year. This year has brought back so many of the teams, clubs and events that we love and have missed the last few years. The school was always buzzing with activity and energy and it provided us an opportunity to see even more of the strengths God has blessed our students and staff with. Our sports teams did very well this year and collected many accolades, students along with some talented staff put on a wonderful play, we saw great performances in our lip syncing and talent competitions, class prepared masses were lovely to celebrate, and our family bingos/events were well supported by our larger community. These are only a few of the wonderful events that we loved bringing back this year.
There are still many fun activities happening this month so please check the calendar and watch your Edsby throughout the month. To celebrate another successful year, we will be having a family BBQ on June 19th between 5:30-7:30 at the school playground. We hope to see you all there to celebrate with us!
We will soon welcome a new group of pre-K and Kindergarten students, but before we do we wish a loving farewell to our grade 7 students. We will miss you all greatly but you are always welcome as part of our Holy Family Community. We wish you the greatest success as you find new academic and extracurricular opportunities in high school.
In addition, we extend our prayers and well wishes to the students and families who are moving and will be leaving our school community. May God bless you wherever you put down roots.
We would like to wish everyone a restful and a safe summer.
See you in the fall!
St. Anthony of Padua
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Daily Consecration in the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Saint of the Month - Saint Anthony of Padua
St. Anthony of Padua is one of the Catholic Church’s most popular saints. Saint Anthony of Padua, patron saint of lost and stolen articles, was a powerful Franciscan preacher and teacher. He’s typically portrayed holding the child Jesus—or a lily—or a book—or all three—in his arms.
St. Anthony of Padua’s life is what every Christian’s life is meant to be; a steady courage to face the ups and downs of life, the call to love and forgive, to be concerned for the needs of others, to deal with crisis great and small, and to have our feet solidly on the ground of total trusting love and dependence on God.
Feast Day is June 13
Important Dates
June 2- Gr. 4-7 Division Track ( Centennial Field) - for students who qualified
June 6 - Socks and sandals day
June- 7 Band Performance 1:00 for the school and 7:00 for parents
June 8- Hat Day $2
June 9- Anything but Backpack day and Library books are due back
June 12- Gr. 7 Boat Races
June 13- School Talent Showcase 1:00
June 14- 16 John Bosco Camp for grade 7 classes
June 19- Family Barbeque
June 21- National Idigenous Peoples Day
June 22- Folkfest Gr. 4/5, 5, 6
June 23- Pre-K - Gr.3 Fun Day
June 27- Formal Day (follow dress code), Mass at 9:30 St. Joseph Parish Gr.4-6 awards to follow - Grade 7 Awards 1:00 gym
June 28- Kdg Grad 10:00
June 29- No Classes
June 30- Report cards will be available to access through Edsby on this day.
Registrations
Registration for Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten for the fall is now open!
Pre-K students must be 3 or 4 and Kindergarten students must be 5 on or before December 31st. Holy Family School offers full time Kdg. Students attend classes all day every day. Please stop by the office anytime to pick up a registration form. Registration forms were sent home with all current four year old Pre-K students. Registrations are also available on our school home page. If your family is moving and leaving the school, please provide the office with that information.
Pre-Kindergarten
Children attend classes for 3 hours per day Monday-Thursday and families may request morning or afternoon classes. The program operates from September to June and new students are accepted throughout the year as spaces become available.
Where are the Pre-Kindergartens?
St. Mary’s Community School 306-445-5152 , Notre Dame School 306-445-0283 and Holy Family School 306-445-2360.
*Please note: Final placements will not be determined until September 2023, so you may apply to multiple schools.
Gr. 4-7 Awards Day
Year End Class Trips
Kindergarten- Boys and Girls Club Splash Park 1:00 - June 26
Gr.1-Fieldhouse 1:00- 3:00 -June 14
Gr.2/3- to Splash Park 1:00-3:00 - June 16
Gr.3- Museum - June 8 9:00-11:45
Gr.4/5 & 5 - Games and Picnic and Spray Park pm - June 23
Gr.4/5 & 5 & 6 - Field House am and swimming pm- June 28
Gr. 7- John Bosco Camping -June 14-16
Boys and Girls Club
We are pleased to announce that we will be running an after school care program at Holy Family School. The program is run by the Boys and Girls Club. To register, please go to Battleford's Boys and Girls Club home page and register on line.
Summer Reading
Greetings from the library. I been having a lot of fun getting to know everyone over the last few months
and have appreciated everyone’s patience as I learn the ropes. A few dates to note are:
Return of all books: Week of June 5 th
Cut off for AR points: June 9 th
I hope everyone has a great summer and is able to enjoy a good book. Here is a fun Summer Reading
Bingo for you to try and do with your family. Have Fun!
Mrs. Pyle
Fairy Tale Reality Check
Congratulations to the grade 6 and 7 students who were involved with our play! They all worked extremely hard and it showed in their dedication and performances. You are all stars in our eyes! Keep being involved in Drama and theatre. We are so proud of you!
Mrs. Loeppky, Ms Kipp, Miss Robert
Badminton
Folk Fest
Parking
REPORT CARDS
Report cards will be available for parents through Edsby in a digital format for all students on this day. The buses will not run on this day as there are no classes.
Oratory Winners
Students in grades 4 & 5 prepared poems and students in grades 6 & 7 wrote and presented speeches on topics of their choice. The top three from each grade performed in front of 3 judges, teachers parents and fellow students. They did so well! Thank you to Mrs. Loeppky for organizing the event. Thank you to the teachers and families for helping the students prepare. Thank you to our judges, we really appreciate your time!
Grade 4:
Bronze-Adley
Silver-Mary
Gold-Sophia
Grade 5:
Bronze-Isobel
Silver-Melissa
Gold-Jace
Grade 6:
Bronze-Ayden
Silver-Dylin
Gold-Karter
Grade 7:
Bronze-Ann
Silver-Ryle
Gold-Avya
Track and Field Day and Fun Day
Special thanks to the School Community Council Canteen Co-ordinator, Kelly Wouters. Thanks also to all parent volunteers who helped at our track meets, as well as those who will be helping at Fun Day for Pre-Kdg. - Gr.3. Without your assistance these events would not be possible.