Holy Family Happenings
Encourage one another and build each other up. 1 Thes. 5:11
November 22, 2019
Nov 26 - Dress Reward Day for students who brought in at least 3 items during Thanksgiving Food Drive
Nov 27-29 - Thanksgiving Break - SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION
Nov 28 - Happy Thanksgiving!
Dec 2 - Classes Resume
Dec 4 - HF Rosary, 9:15 am @ SJ Church Chapel
Dec 4 - HF Liturgy, 10:00 am @ SJ Church
Dec 5 - LSMS Musical Performances, 12:30 pm & 7:00 pm @ XHS
Dec 5 - HF Chick-Fil-A Fundraiser, 5:00-8:00 pm @ Edgewood Rd. Location
Dec 6 - HF $1 Jeans Day
Dec 6 - First Friday Liturgy, 9:30 am @ LSMS Chapel
Dec 6 - Adoration, 10:00 am-3:00 pm @ LSMS Chapel
Dec 6 - LSMS Musical Performance, 7:00 pm @ XHS
Dec 7 - NEIBA Honor Band
Dec 9 - HF Liturgy, 10:00 am @ SJ Church, Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Dec 11 - LSMS Barnes & Noble Fundraiser Bookfair
Dec 11 - 7th & 8th gr. Reconciliation, 10:00 am @ SJ Church
SAVE THE DATE:
Dec 17 - HF Christmas Programs for grades K-4th, 5th & 6th, Choir, and all bands. More information will be included soon.
Scrip Bonus Days Flyer
HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL SYSTEM NEWS
Holy Family Parent Association Annual Christmas Project
Rather than buying gifts for your child’s teacher(s) and other staff members, you have the convenience of only needing to make a monetary donation. With your donations we will give each individual faculty and staff member of Holy Family Catholic School an item with our school logo. If you would like to be included in this annual project, return your donation to one of the school offices by Friday, December 13, 2019. Place it in an envelope marked “PA Christmas Project”. Please include your family name so your family can be listed with all those families making this gift possible. Please make checks payable to Holy Family School. If you have any questions, please contact Denise Fillenworth at denisefillenworth@gmail.com or 319.929-6496.
Holy Family Parent Association
Are you looking for more ways to get involved in your child's school? Wanting to meet other parents? All parents at Holy Family are members of the Parent Association. We have a lot of exciting things going on the remainder of the school year. Please fill out this form to become more involved in the Holy Family Parent Association.
LaSalle Musical: Madagascar, A Musical Adventure Jr.:
Tickets are now on sale! Performances are at Xavier High School in the Regis/LaSalle Theatre on Thursday, December 5th at 12:30 pm and 7:00 pm and on Friday, December 6 at 7:00 pm. Please see the ticket order form and Patron form in our Electronic Backpack.
Ticket orders will be accepted at LaSalle through noon on Wednesday, December 4th. After that time, any remaining tickets will be sold at the door before each performance.
Please note that we have a volunteer processing tickets and the tickets will be sent home with students the week of the performances.
New Holy Family Award - Ec Corde Ecclesiae
Thanksgiving Food Drive
65% Iowa Tax Credit:
It’s Transportation Parent Reimbursement Time!
Forms to request reimbursement are due to your resident school district by December 1st.
If you live more than two miles from the LaSalle/St. Jude campus and your son/daughter in Grades K - 8 is not on a bus route receiving transportation on a bus, you are entitled to parent reimbursement for transporting your child to school. The reimbursement is issued through your resident school district.
For families who reside in the Cedar Rapids Community School District, your child brought home a reimbursement request form last Friday for you to complete and it should have been returned to the school office by Wednesday, November 20.
For families who reside in a school district other than Cedar Rapids, contact should be made with the Business Office of your public school district. A request for parent reimbursement must be completed and submitted to your resident school district by December 1st.
For residents in the College Community School District, the reimbursement request form has been attached. This should be completed and submitted to the College Community School District by December 1st.
If you have any questions, please contact Wayne Cook, Holy Family Transportation Coordinator, wcook@holyfamilycr.org
Holy Family Scrip News
Start making your list and checking it twice, only THREE more orders before Christmas! Now is the time to stock up for Christmas gift cards or for buying gifts. May you know you'll be traveling and need gas or hotel cards.
Shop with Scrip is running a promotion for December 5 and 6 only, families don’t pay the 2.6% online fee when they shop any brand or gift card type and pay with a credit card. You can also pay by check or their PrestoPay. And they enjoy bonuses up to 20% on physical cards only from 40+ brands. Families buy a lot of gift cards for holiday gifting, so consider buying through ShopWithScrip and give back to the school and help fund your tuition! Orders placed during this special event will be processed the following Monday. Dec. 9 and ready for pick up on Friday, December 13. See the flyer in the ebackpack for more details.
Orders before Christmas will be on Dec. 2, 9, & 16.
Don't forget to use ScripNow! if you are doing Black Friday or Cyber Monday shopping. All those purchases add up and you won't have to use your credit card online.
We are still looking for some help on Fridays to help match the gift cards to the individual orders or to double check each order. If you have from 10-11 free, we'd love help, no long term commitment.
Thanks!
Emery Tew
Holy Family Scrip Coordinator
Mrs. Detert’s 7th grade Lancer Hour planned menu (prize for 2nd highest earning class from our Walkathon)
November 26th menu change:
(Changes to the previously published menu are in bold.)
Salisbury Steak
Dinner Roll
Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
Strawberries & Grapes
MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS
Thank You!
Many thanks to to the LaSalle Parent Association and the following for the yummy fall treats provided to the LaSalle staff today: Denise Fillenworth, Donna Sanborn, Maria Hoefer, Cheryl Berger, Heather Deppe, Holly Bruns, Nicky Scoville, Kelly Wade, and Maricela Rodriguez. We appreciate your thoughtfulness more than you know!
Girls Basketball:
We will be having a combined 7th/8th grade team and they will play the 8th grade schedule. You can find the games on our website: click on “Resources” and then under “Calendars” click on “Middle School Athletics”. Games will start at 3:30 pm.
Practice will start on Monday, December 2nd and will be M-Th. from 3:30-5:15 pm. Please make sure to have a ride waiting for your athlete when practice ends at 5:15 pm.
Barnes & Noble Fundraiser Book Fair
LaSalle Middle School will be hosting a fundraiser at Barnes and Noble Book Store on Collins Road NE on Wednesday, December 11th. You will be entertained by our band/choir students from 6-8 pm, gift wrap available with a goodwill donation, and teachers will have a classroom wish list.
Just mention "LaSalle Middle School" when you check out at the book store and/or cafe and a percentage of the sales from the day will go to purchasing new books for the library.
Thank you in advance for your support! Mrs. Gibbs
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS
Thank you!
St Jude Faculty and Staff would like to Give Thanks to our wonderful PA for all your support! Thank you to the following parents for bringing in snack to make the Blessing Trail Mix we enjoyed: to Julie Skala, Laura Murray, Emily Vander Tuig, Monica Freiburger, Steph Jelinek, Cassie Sirotak, Holly Bruns, Carly Koenig, Kelly Wade, Jamie Hada and Maricela Rodriguez, Thank you!
With Winter weather here, there are some reminders about concerning winter clothes.
All classes will go outside every day, weather permitting. That is, if it isn’t snowing heavily, or the temperature isn’t below 10 with or without windchill, we will go outside. Please, please, please dress your child in appropriate clothing. This means:
a winter coat
a winter hat-NOT a baseball hat
winter mittens or gloves (the thin ones don’t work well) (mittens are better for younger kiddos)
snow pants
snow boots
It may also be a good idea to have extra hats and gloves in their bags for the wet snow days.
Dress Code Reminder:
Information Updates:
If throughout the school year you need to make updates (address, phone #, E-mail address, name, emergency contact info, medical/medication info) please log into PowerSchool, click Additional Features then E-registration, to make the changes. The school will be notified of the updates made.
.Have Faith and Lead Like Lance Shirts:
Use the following link and you’ll be able to order your very own shirt! https://hfsfaith.itemorder.com/sale The store is only open for a short time!
Deadline for orders is December 1st by 5pm.
XAVIER HS, OUR PARTNER PARISHES AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Dancing with the Saints!
Dancing with the Saints returns for its fifth season and again features ten Xavier community stars who are pairing up with local dance professionals to compete for YOUR vote via an online donation. All voting donations go to support a specific need/project at Xavier High School. This year’s proceeds will be used for necessary upgrades to XHS classrooms. Dancing with the Saints culminates with a high-energy live event in which our stars and their dance pros perform in front of nearly 1,000 attendees who are treated to a full sensory experience of dinner, dancing, music, lights, fellowship and fun. We invite YOU to vote for our stars AND experience the live event on January 18, 2020. You won’t want to miss it!
Voting is now open and tickets are now on sale, but they are going quickly! Vote and get tickets at XavierSaints.org/DWTS.
Xavier Basketball
Xavier will be playing a basketball double header at Linn Mar. Girls 6:00 / Boys 7:30. This is designated as an alzheimer's awareness and fundraising event. Fans are encouraged to wear purple. There is currently a webstore open for the purchase of t-shirts. T-shirt cost is $12 and the web store is open until November 20. Link for ordering: https://stores.teamelitesports.com/linn-mar_bb/shop/home When checking out, in the address section indicate YOUR SCHOOL NAME . On the following page, select Xavier High School as the delivery location. Shirts will be brought to the school for pickup.
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