Holy Family Catholic High School will be hosting the first annual Carver Cup Soccer Challenge. The inaugural all-day event will take place Saturday September 18, 2010. Holy Family takes on Chaska High School this year for The Cup! The day's activities include:

• Junior Varsity Boys Game @ 9:00am
• Junior Varsity Girls and Freshman Boys Games @ 11:00am
• Girls Varsity Game @ 1:00pm
• Boys Varsity Game @ 3:00pm

Cost of the event is $10. This fee includes admission to all games and lunch, consisting of hamburger, pork sandwich or hot dog, chips and beverage. Food to be prepared by Cuzzy's of Chaska.

Games only tickets $6 adults & students. Free admission for Children 12 & under! Admission also free with Holy Family Athletic passes or Holy Family student ID. Advanced tickets can be purchased from Holy Family soccer players or purchased at the field the day of the event. Proceeds to be used to improve Holy Family Soccer Facilities and as a charitable benefit to the Foundation Fighting Blindness.

For more information call Brian Renfro @ 952-448-1191.

 

We have enjoyed a terrific start to the school year.  A few reminders about appropriate uniform attire will only enhance community.  Creativity is a fine trait but some policies are non-negotiable:  slacks and shorts may be black or khaki (gray and white are not close) and backpacks/large purses will not be allowed once the school day has begun.

 

It has been observed that drivers headed to Holy Family this week have been ignoring stop signs and speed postings.  The police have contacted us and we are passing on the advice to be exceedingly careful and attentive to the rules of the road when coming to and leaving school. 

 

You may have noticed a new section on the front of the website after logging in. You now see a counter of how many times your child (or yourself if you're a student) has been tardy and how many uniform violations they have in the current semester. Next to each is also a visual bar showing how close they are to receiving an automatic 75 minute detention which is assigned every 8 tardies or uniform infractions.

Please understand that each student may be late and may get a uniform violation, these are very typical student behaviors. If they reach a level that we feel is of a more serious nature than Mr. Thuli or Mr. Dols will contact you. The discipline watch is just another way to communicate with you regarding your son or daughter. We will follow up with your son or daughter if and when they get a detention, however, we just want to make sure that you know why they are getting a detention.

 

One of the keys to success in school is simply keeping up with the daily assignments. Students have always been encouraged to seek help when they fall behind. Many Holy Family students keep themselves very busy after school with sports and other activities. A year ago, a new policy was introduced requiring that sports and other activities not begin on Wednesdays until at least 3:15 so that students may get help without worrying about missing practice. This year teachers will be using a new way to assign students to come in for extra help or to catch up on Wednesdays. On Mondays (or Tuesday if there is no school on Monday), parents of students that have been assigned to come in, will receive an email letting them know which teachers are requiring their child to come in that week. Note that this does not exclude the possibility of teachers requiring students to come in after school other days of the week as well. Students that are routinely behind on daily assignments may be asked to come in on other days regardless of whether they participate in an extra-curricular activity. Teachers will communicate with parents when academic problems arise.

 

Make an eternal difference in your student's life through prayer. One of the best things we can do for our children is pray for them. Moms In Touch is a great opportunity to lift our children and our school up to God. Please join us any time. We also welcome prayer requests from students, faculty, staff and parents. Prayer requests may be placed in the prayer request table located in the school chapel. A guiding principle of Moms in Touch is to keep every prayer confidential.

Moms In Touch will meet the following dates
at 8:00 a.m. in the Holy Family Chapel

September 9,16,23,30
October 7,14,28 
November 4,11,18 
December 2,9,16
January 6,13,20,27
February 3,10,17,24
March 3,10,17,24 
April 7,14,21 
May 5,12,19,26

 

Hands for Harvest is an organization that harvests potatoes for local food shelves. They rely on volunteers to help with the harvest. On Saturday, September 4^th Holy Family will be organizing a group to go and harvest potatoes. The event is open to Holy Family students and their families, including younger siblings. We will be providing transportation and loading the bus at approximately 8am. We will be returning to Holy Family no later than noon. We can take 40 volunteers, so please RSVP (or send questions) to John Dols at dolsj@hfchs.org.

 

This year's golf event will be held on Friday, September 24th, at Deer Run Golf Course in Victoria with a box lunch at 11:30, shot gun start at 1:00, and dinner to follow.

To register, send a check payable to GA 3rd Annual Golf Fundraiser to Guardian Angels Church and School, 215 West Second Street, Chaska, MN 55318.  The cost is $100 per golfer.

Hole sponsorships are available in a variety of sponsor levels.  To sponsor a hole, please contact Pete and Kristen Vidmar at kristenvidmar@comcast.net.

 

Sept. 25. From 11 to 11, 215 West Second Street, Chaska. Just look for the tall steeple in downtown Chaska.

An important part of AngelFest is an all class reunion. This includes those alumni of G.A. who are still at Holy Family. Special tours will be given of our school, fresh from a complete makeover.

What's more, we have the "World's Shortest Parade" at 11:30 a.m. And we're looking for Holy Family students to have an entry in the parade. $100 goes to the most creative alumni entry ... and $100 to the most creative in any category. Questions: http://www.gachaska.org/

Furthermore, all Holy Family community members are invited to special exhibitions of the Heritage edition of the St. John's Bible, and exhibits in one of the most historic buildings in Minnesota, the 1868 Old Friary.

 

Student council is selling Homecoming T-Shirts. These shirts are acceptable spirit wear for the entire school year. The cost is $10. Orders forms can be picked up outside A148 or can be found here. Orders are due to the box outside A149 by 3:00 pm September 8. Please contact Mr. J Walker at walker@hfchs.org if you have questions regarding the Homecoming T-Shirt.

 

To all Holy Family Boys Hockey players,

This year's boys hockey captains practice will soon be upon us, you will find the scheduled times and dates posted on the hockey website next week. There will be two groups and coach Rahn will decide what group each of you will be in once we have a full count of participants.

Coach Rahn has put together a great practice plan and hired great coaches for this year's captains practice. The cost will be $225.00 per player, please send a check payable to Rich Balm to the address below. Please remit by September 15^th so the coaches can put the groups together. Those interested please send Rich Balm your email address as well to rbalm@bl-financial.com.

For those of you that are in a fall sport, please contact me for your prorated amount.