March 16, 2018
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Every March 17th, thousands of people put on their greenest clothing and participate in celebrations of St. Patrick’s Day. But do you really know who St. Patrick was and why he is celebrated? Patrick was born in AD 387 in Britain, which was part of the Roman Empire (that’s right — he wasn’t Irish!). He was captured by Irish pagans in his early teens and taken to Ireland, where he was enslaved for six years. During that time, he grew to like the spirit of the Irish. When he escaped and returned to his family, he vowed to one day return to Ireland. He studied at monasteries on the continent and was eventually ordained a priest and then a bishop. He was commissioned to be an apostle to Ireland. He endured many hardships. He baptized, confirmed and ordained priests and he built schools and monasteries. Thousands of people became Christians because of him. Eventually, the entire island of Ireland was converted to Christianity. Below is a prayer that he wrote.
"As I arise today,
may the strength of God pilot me,
the power of God uphold me,
the wisdom of God guide me.
May the eye of God look before me,
the ear of God hear me,
the word of God speak for me.
May the hand of God protect me,
the way of God lie before me,
the shield of God defend me,
the host of God save me.
May Christ shield me today.
Christ with me, Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit,
Christ when I stand,
Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.
Egg Cartons Needed
NATIONAL LUTHERAN SCHOOL WEEK !
New Visitor Check in system and New Background check system
In addition, effective immediately, we will begin running background checks for all volunteers through the new system. You will be sent a link. You will click on the link and complete an authorization for a background check. The results will be sent directly to my email, it is 100% confidential. Be on the lookout for the link.
Girl's Basketball Team
Unfortunately, due to reasons outside of our control, our girl's basketball team will not be attending the National tournament. We were doing a good job with fundraising and I do appreciate the support of the Holy Cross family. Thank you to those school families who came to Anthony's last Friday. You Rock!
Unless instructed otherwise, I will be refunding all of the funds that were raised. If you did make a donation and do not want it refunded, it will be used to support the athletic department in general. Please let me know. Otherwise, it will be refunded. We do have plans in the works to do something special for the girls, to acknowledge their tremendous achievement.
Thursday, March 22: All school Chapel and awards, Early Release
Friday, March 23 through Monday, April 3 : Easter Break
Thursday, March 29: Maundy Thursday Service 7:15PM
Friday, March 30: Good Friday Service, 7:15
Sunday, April 1: Easter Services: 7AM, 10:30AM (Easter Egg Hunt 9:30AM )
Tuesday, April 4: School resumes
Thursday, April 6th: Report card night
Wednesday, April 11th: Middle School Science fair projects are due
Friday, April 13th: Science Fair awards assembly, 9AM. Projects must be removed by the end of the day.
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
A frequent question is... do we have to register our child every year? The answer is YES. Until all the process has been completed, your child does not have a reserved space in class. Even though over 90% of our students return each year, we cannot count on that until a commitment has been made.
Another question is... what is the deadline? There is no deadline, but when the classes are full we cannot take any additional children. The early registration rate does end on May 1st and rates increase by $100.
If you have any questions about the registration process, please do not hesitate to call or email me.
Here are the steps:
1. Complete the registration on Renweb
2. Pay the registration fee
3. Sign the tuition plan
Accreditation Parent Survey
As an accredited school, Holy Cross must go through a lengthy process to be re-accredited every five years. It involves literally hundreds of hours of work and analysis and the involvement of all of our full time staff. We have been very hard at work and we will have our accreditation visit in May. A team of six individuals will spend several days at Holy Cross and will review all of our accreditation materials and observe and document everything we are doing here. Part of the process is surveying our 1st through 8th grade students and our parents. The students have completed their surveys. Now it is your turn. Please keep in mind the purpose of this survey when completing it. It is for our accreditation visit. Kindly click on the link below to complete the survey. It should take you about 12 minutes. Most questions are multiple choice (Agree, Disagree, Neither Agree or Disagree). You may leave a comment but this is not required. There are two short answers at the end.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Click here to complete survey
READ OVER SPRING BREAK! Reading is like any other activity... the more you do it, the better you become at it. Enjoy spring break but be sure that your children spend some time every day reading.
All children should have limits to their time on devices and gadgets. Screen time should not be a babysitter. It has been scientifically proven that children who spend too much time on screens, phones or other devices have MORE difficulty focusing on school tasks and also have more social issues with other children.
We have early release on Thursday, March 22 and then we are on Spring break thru Monday, April 2rd. School resumes on Tuesday, April 3rd.