2009-2010 Calendar...

News & Events...

Last updated: 9/2

• 9/2 - Thursday Principal's Letter
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• Welcome to our new families You can return to this page to see our school calendar, download teacher letters each week and get the latest news on our school and children. So, plan to stop here often.
• For our Returning Parents-- Look How Far We've Come!
  In just 9 months, we saw the hard work of our Holy Family Catholic community in action at many social, cultural, sacramental, sports and fund-raising events, plus outstanding achievements in academics, music, sports, and community service projects by our children. This year has even more, including smart board technology, AIMs Web Academic Progress Monitoring, and Online Grade Access.

• School Day Arrival Safety: The first bell rings at 7:50 and school begins promptly at 8 am or morning preschool at 8:15.
  For our children's safety, please do not cross the line of cars when walking your child. Please park by the church and walk on the inside of the orange cones toward the school doors. If you need to open the door or trunk when dropping off, please do not park in the car drop off line, park in the lined spaces. If you are in the car line, please pull up as far as the swing sets/end of orange cones.
  K-8 children may be dropped off beginning at 7:40 am. Before care is available for children who are dropped off from 7 to 7:40 am.
  K-8 children arriving at 8 or after must be dropped off at the school doors by the church.
  Morning preschoolers should be dropped off at the school doors closest to church by 8:15 am. Mrs. Kruis will escort preschoolers arriving between 8 and 8:15.
• Uniform Samples in the Office All uniforms must be ordered online from our uniform site which donates a portion of each purchase to our school. Returns are only allowed for defective products, so make sure you order the correct sizes. See the size charts on the site or stop by and try on samples before you order. Also, remember, no khaki bottoms this year. See our 2010-11 uniform dresscode
• A NEW assortment of HFCS Hornet's Spirit wear Now available for purchase. To avoid paying for shipping, order by form, or purchase directly from events throughout the year. Use our NEW Spirit Wear Site to order online. Choose from lunch and gym bags, t-shirts, sweatshirts and sweatpants. Proceeds from uniform and spirit wear go directly to our school.
• 2010-2011 Athletic Program: Parent Night September 8, at 7:30 pm in the gym. Volleyball schedules are online. Please see our Holy Family Hornets Web Page. Fees are due. Please consider coaching. Our program relies on our great volunteers.
• Leadership Board News: HFCS welcomes Kerry Corona, Denise Steinbrecher, Veronica Mazucca and Kristin Gross to the 2010-2011 school board! The school board is an advisory board that helps to form school policies within the guidelines and regulations established by the Joliet Diocesan Schools Office and the Joliet Diocesan School Board. Next year's members also include returning Shirley Pingel, Len Loverher, Maureen Leber, Tina McCauley, and Donna Quick.
  Please call the principal if you are interested in volunteering for any of our leadership boards.
  School Board, Parent Club and Athletic Board meetings are held the first, second and third Tuesdays of each month. Parents, please make sure you have attended the Protecting God's Children Workshop before volunteering for any Parent's Club-sponsored events. For information on the next session, please contact Dolly Matthews at the St. Joseph Faith Formation Office: 630-832-5514.
• Visit our Holy Family Legislative Action page for an update on funding and other legislative issues affecting non-public schools in Illinois.
• Notre Dame Task Force on Catholic Education: Bishop Sartain has asked HFCS to participate in a study being done by the Notre Dame Task Force on Catholic Education. In a previous report the task force has found Catholic Schools to have higher graduation rates, and graduates demonstrated records of academic achievement, character formation, are more tolerant of diverse views, more likely to vote and be civically engaged, and earn higher wages than their public school peers." (To Nurture the Soul of a Nation, 2009)
• Box Tops/Campbell's Labels News & Thank You: Because of your continued support, we have raised nearly $900 in box tops for education, and 5,000 points in Campbell's Label points. Thank you for participating in these important programs and a special thank you to Dawn Perun for coordinating the program.
• Holy Family Recycling Fund-raising Program: This program runs year-round. Donate your empty printer cartridges and used cell phones to school. Your employer can help out too without spending a cent. Contact our school board for more information.
• Congratulations 2009-10 HFCS Students: Illinois Junior Academy of Science (IJAS) State Finalists, Audrey and Christopher for their gold and Julia for her silver medal last May at the finals held at the University of Illinois.
  Holy Family band students also took part in a Solo and Ensemble Festival held at St. Peter's Lutheran School in Schaumburg. Emily and Julia took first place in a duet, Meghan, Olivia and Domenica also took first place for a trio and all earned first place for individual performances, and Abraham took third place in his individual category! We are so proud of all of our band students.
  Our 8th-grade Girl's finished in 2nd Place for the year! And a big cheer to all of our players, each of our teams did very well.
  A big congratulations to Mikko, for his artistic talent, and Samantha, for her literary genius, designing the winning art and slogan for our 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament official team t-shirts. The 3 on 3 Tournament was held June 5. For more information and to volunteer for this year's tournament, contact Dean Leber, Dennis McCauley, Don August or Mike Alimento.



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