Mrs. Aceste presented the 8th grade class to the school today. The students decided on their high school choices and they showcased their sweatshirts of their upcoming school. The students were allowed to then wear their high school sweatshirt and will continue to be allowed to wear their sweatshirts on Fridays through April. Our broadcasting club also livestreamed the event. Watch for photos on our Instagram and Facebook pages!
Our Day of Giving is going strong! We have a 1/2 day left to contribute! Let's try and meet or exceed our goal! We are up to 80%! Thank you to all who have donated already! We will be using the funds for School Building Improvements including improving the bathrooms, treads on stairwells, some recess equipment! Thank you!
Our Sweetheart dance is 2/10 from 7PM - 9PM in the school gym. Parents, students and families are invited to attend! We'll have a DJ, snacks and drinks! Come join the fun! See the Calendar or Wednesday Packet for more information.
What a fun week! Catholic Schools Week is always a blessing! We celebrate all week with so many exciting events for both students and teachers! We bagan our week with our beautiful Mass and Open House. Here is an overview of our Catholic Schools Week: “Are you Smarter than a HFS student?” Teachers vs. Students, Thank you Tea for our Volunteers, Spelling Bee, Staff Appreciation Day , Cultural Day, Student Appreciation Day, Teacher Appreciation Day and School-wide Mass along with Blessing of the Throats. Holy Family School is truly a wonderful place to be where we appreciate each and every child for their God given talents! We are still offering tours during the week. Please call the school office to schedule a tour. 516-938-3846 ext. 329
The 8th grade had an awesome time taking part in Holy Trinity's shadow day! They were able to see what it was like to be a high school student for the day. They started off the day in the art room, drawing different things that interest them in life. Then, they went to the science lab and learned how to make invisible ink! Next, they visited the religion retreat room, where they worked on team building. As the day came to a close, they worked on a STEM activity, and got to experience an amazing piece of technology that helps visualize the anatomy of a real human. Lastly, they ended the day singing in the choir room with Mr. Jones and a few of the choir students. Overall, the HFS students really enjoyed themselves and are looking forward to high school! Please visit our Facebook & instagram pages to view more photos!
Our opening School Board meeting was held on 9/20/2022. We'd like to thank and welcome back our School Board Members: Mrs. Dean, Mr. DeRuvo, Mrs. Ezelius, Mr. Fagan, Mrs. Gildernew, Mrs. Gonder, Mrs. Lyke & Mr. Zeni. We are also happy to announce three new school board members: Mrs. Butler, Mr. Razzano, and Mr. Saunderson. We are thankful for their service in guiding us throughout the year.
All the children were invited to bring their backpacks to Sunday Mass and have them blessed! Father Sullivan blessed the children as well as the backpacks! It was so nice to see so many families and children at the Sunday Mass! God Bless!
Our 2nd grade Communicants led our school-wide Mass and crowning ceremony. The children did the readings, brought up the gifts and crowned our Blessed Mother as the entire student body and families watched. Our 8th grade boys carried Mary and led the procession over to the courtyard where the crowning took place. The 2nd grade children sang and led all of us in saying one decade of the rosary. After the crowning, the 2nd graders and their families stayed for a light breakfast to celebrate their first communion and this special day honoring our Blessed Mother.
We had an awesome competition between our students and our teachers during Catholic Schools Week! We had volunteer students and teachers answer questions about all our different subjects! The teachers did edge out the students in a close match! Our mascot, the HF Eagle, cheered with the crowd and gave high fives to many of our students!
What a fun week! Catholic Schools Week is always a blessing! We celebrate all week with so many exciting events for both students and teachers! This year, due to the snow, we ended our week with our beautiful Mass and Open House. Here is an overview of our Catholic Schools Week: “Are you Smarter than a HFS student?” Teachers vs. Students Spelling Bee Staff Appreciation Day Cultural Day Student Appreciation Day Blessing of the Throats in the Chapel Teacher Appreciation Day and School-wide Mass Holy Family School is truly a wonderful place to be where we appreciate each and every child for their God given talents! We are still offering tours during the week. Please call the school office to schedule a tour. 516-938-3846 ext. 329
Our Open House on 2/6 was a successful event! It was nice to meet all the new families that came to see our beautiful school and "family"! The families seemed to enjoy all the great things that are happening at Holy Family School. We are excited to welcome these families to Holy Family School!
We are excited to announce a new lunch program at Holy Family School. Please see the letter from Brown Bag it Gourmet Catering and register your student! Please see the letter with all the details and the ordering deadlines!
Our 6th grade art students loved working on the Mother Teresa collaborative! Each student received a square to duplicate the drawing onto a larger square. They worked together with their classmates to make sure each of their squares matched up and together created one large piece of art. They shaded and again worked together to make sure their work "fit" together. All in all, there were 30 squares to complete. The students were amazed at the final project showing our Saint of the Month, Mother Teresa. Please take a look and stop by our front lobby to see their work!
K-8th Grade students are working on a collaborative project. Our inspiration is from the fabric artist, Tula Pink. Tula Pink creates gorgeous quilts along with designing fabrics. One quilt, called the TriDazzler is the inspiration for our diamond project. The students chose warm or cool colors to complete their diamonds and we are in the process of putting it all together. The older students were given a math problem to figure out how long our paper had to be! We need 25.5 feet in order to place 202 6" squares on our paper! Since we are placing our squares in the shape of a diamond, we will need even more! Thank you to the art teacher from ShinebrightZamorano for creating this lesson!
Our new Principal, Mrs. Aceste, welcomed all of our parents and guardians in the church for our opening Back to School Night. Father Sullivan , our Pastor, began our night with prayer, reciting the Hail Mary together.
We welcomed all students for our first day of school on Wednesday, September 9th. We could feel the energy light up the halls as the students entered the school and then gathered in the gym to join their teachers and begin our day with an opening prayer. Both Father Sullivan and Mrs. Aceste spoke to the children. Each student was directed to their grade and was greeted by their new homeroom teacher. We all had a great start to our year!
Last Spring, as Mrs. Doherty announced her retirement, Father Gerard and Mrs. Doherty announced the exciting news that Mrs. Adrianna Aceste would be the new Principal of Holy Family School. We are blessed to start off this new school year with Mrs. Aceste and also our new Pastor, Father Sullivan! HFS is preparing to welcome all our students in grades K -8 on Wednesday, September 8th, 2021. Our Nursery and Pre-K students will visit on Friday, September 10th, and start their Fall semester on Monday, September 13th. We look forward to welcoming all back to school!
Our Rachel's Challenge Club along with the help of our Faculty's Sunshine Club planted a flower garden around one of our trees on the school grounds. They planted and created this garden in memory of Mrs. Mary Ellen Schreiber, a 42 year teacher, at Holy Family School who passed away this past summer. Mrs. Schreiber was known to be a "bucket filler" and taught those virtues to all her students. A "bucket filler" is a person that spreads joy, happiness, caring and kindness to others. There are many other bucket filler qualities that Mrs. Schreiber. exemplified. Our Rachel's Challenge Club will continue to tend to the garden. They placed a memorial sign in the garden in remembrance of Mrs. Schreiber. Please stop by to say a prayer.
The older grades paired up with the younger grades and became Reading Buddies! The students have been taking advantage of some beautiful weather to head outside and meet with their buddy class. The children have been loving meeting their buddies and reading with them. Some classes are brainstorming and writing books together. They are also taking some time to dance or play with their buddies! Everyone is enjoying this time!