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!

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!

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!

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!

Mrs. Doherty, Mrs. Aceste, and Father Gerard welcomed Father Sullivan, our soon to be Pastor, to our school. Father Sullivan visited some of the classrooms and gave a blessing. Here is a photo of our kindergarten children listening to the prayer and enjoying the special visit.

Holy Family School celebrated Mass on the Grass this past Tuesday during Holy Week. It was so beautiful to come together as a family and celebrate Mass. Fr. Gerard also thanked our beloved Principal, Mrs. Doherty, and congratulated and thanked her for all her years of service and commitment to Holy Family School. He then went on to congratulate Mrs. Adrianna Aceste, our current teacher, on her promotion to Principal for next year! We are very blessed here at Holy Family School and truly are a wonderful family!

Fr. Gerard invited Sarah Hart, one of the leading figures in contemporary Catholic music today, to join him in prayer and reflection via Zoom during this Lenten Season. Sarah reminds us that “God created each of us with great love and great purpose and Lent is a time to reflect on that”. On a recent Friday afternoon, each of our HFS students listened and watched the song and prayer from Fr. Gerard and Sarah Hart and then they each created and molded their own piece of pottery. On another Friday afternoon, each student painted their piece of pottery and added their own special messages or designs to their work. The students all enjoyed working on this project.

Our Kindergarten children celebrated 100 days of school this past week! Each student dressed up as if they were 100 years old! We had canes, housecoats, pearls, suspenders, wigs and so much more! Each child also created a project representing 100! We had 100 eyeballs, 2 sets of 100 cheerios ( some shaped as hearts, a cereal rainbow, 100 eyes of a monster, 100 puzzle pieces, 100 puffs, 100 jelly beans, 100 dinosaurs, 100 animals, 100 stickers, 100 gems, 100 apple jacks shaped like hands, 100 macaroni, 100 gumball pom poms! Some of the students even counted their 100 by 10s!