Week at a Glance

HFCS "Bear" Necessities

Jan. 30 - Feb. 3, 2023

Holy Family Catholic School is a welcoming learning community that awakens the hearts and minds of students while educating and nurturing each to learn, live fully, and serve others.

Faith Theme

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Mark Your Calendars!

Jan. 30:

Monday Morning Prayer Assembly & Good Shepherd Awards - Join us in person!

Gr. 6 Candy Sale - $1.00/bag

Jan. 31:

Rec Academy - Snow Tubing at Sunridge

Gr. 6 Candy Sale - $1.00/bag

Feb. 1:

School Council Meeting 6:30 pm

Google Meet joining info

https://meet.google.com/icx-hvzb-wqz

Feb. 2:

Groundhog Day

Rec Academy - Snow Tubing at Sunridge

Feb. 3:

Exciting day of learning!

Come One, Come All!

Registration for All Students Now Open

GSACRD Division Assurance Survey

Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools values your opinion. As part of our Assurance process, we ask that you share your perspective through our Division Assurance Survey at the link below. Results from this survey will be used to inform planning and make decisions at both the school and divisional level for the 2023/2024 school year.

All parents and staff, as well as students in grades 4-12, will be given the opportunity to complete the survey. Surveys are completely anonymous.
Families with children at more than one GSACRD school are asked to complete a survey for each site.
The survey will remain open from Monday, January 9, 2023 to Friday, February 3, 2023.

Please note: If you have a child in grade 4, 7, or 10, you may receive a similar survey from Alberta Education at a later date. If so, we would encourage you to complete both surveys.

We thank you in advance for sharing your feedback; your time is appreciated.

Take the Survey Now

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Important Parking Update

The Sturgeon Heights Reservoir is being replaced and recommissioned. As a result, the northeast parking lot off Salisbury Avenue and the thoroughfare off Sunset Boulevard (that goes around the existing reservoir and pump house) have been closed to facilitate construction activities. In addition, to allow for safe 2-way traffic in our school parking lot, we have made the following changes, which are effective immediately:

No parking is permitted on the south side of the school except for the wheelchair-accessible and 15-minute parking stalls.
The first half of the bus lane (nearest the front entrance of the school) will become a drop-off zone.

We appreciate your cooperation in helping keep our students safe. Please get in touch with the school office if you have any questions or concerns.

Friends of Holy Family is always looking for helping hands! If you are able and willing, please get in touch with emmakbwolfe@gmail.com.

Our 50/50 raffle is underway. Please support our school by buying a ticket and having your friends and family do so as well. Click the link below for more information.

We are also making lunch for our staff to show them how much we appreciate them! Please sign up to bring something at the following link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A49ADA828A7FF2-holy1

Buy 50/50 Tickets

Hot Lunch

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Our hot lunch program continues to run twice a month for students in Grades 1-6. You will need to set up an account for your child. Our school is listed as 'Friends of Holy Family Catholic School'. Orders are due 5 days before each hot lunch date. If you have any questions or can volunteer to hand out lunch, please contact Jonelle at kreiserj@shaw.ca

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Greater St. Albert Catholic School Division is Hiring!

Please visit our Division careers page for any open positions with Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools https://www.gsacrd.ab.ca/employment.
To successfully apply: Register an account with Apply to Education (you can upload your Resume, Cover Letter, References, Evaluations, etc.)
Once your Portfolio is created, Applying is quick and easy!
When you see an open position that aligns with your training and interests, you can quickly apply with your portfolio that was created
Don't forget to set up Job Notifications to be notified of any positions that align with your interests as soon as they are posted!

Check out GSACRD Job Postings

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Holy Family Catholic Parish

We are dedicated to building a Catholic, Christian community that prepares our students to know, model, and witness Jesus Christ. Our faith theme this year is ”ARISE: GO WITH GOD”. Pope Francis speaks directly to all young people, especially students, with a call to ARISE. He wants to inspire today’s youth to use their God-given gifts and talents to make the world a better place.

Holy Family Parish Website

Fr. Antony from Holy Family Parish

From The Desk of Doug...

Outside In - Sad, Empty or Bullied - Gospel Video - Sunday, January 29, 2023

In this episode, I let Jesus himself (well, actually, it's Jonathan Roumie, the actor who portrays Jesus in The Chosen TV series) read to you from Matthew 5 as he shares with St. Matthew (well actually, it's the actor Paras Patel who plays Matthew in...you get my point). Jesus shares with us that he is closest to those who are suffering, mourning, grieving, empty, bullied and poor.