What's going on at Holy Family?

4-November-2020

Issue 11

Principal's Corner

Dear HFCS Community,

Look how far we have come!

It took 13 weeks of school for COVID-19 to make its way to Holy Family Catholic School. Lets celebrate how far we have come and rise together to meet this challenge. HFCS will make every effort to be as open as we can about COVID-19 exposures at the school. However, we are bound by the Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act about what we can communicate. We will respect student privacy.

The positive COVID-19 case was identified in Mrs. Sargent’s 5th grade class. At the recommendation of the MCPHD, Mrs. Sargent’s class will be distant learning through Wednesday, November 11th.

Please know that you have full authority to make attendance decisions for your student(s) and your family. Please reach out to your child’s teacher if you would like your child to be a distant learner.

School will remain in session unless otherwise directed by MCPH.

Please keep in mind:

Questionable decisions about sending students to school will impact everyone they come into contact with.
Any doubt about attendance, please have your student be a distant learner. This is the purpose of completing the daily symptom tracker with your student(s).
We recommend anyone with symptoms get a COVID-19 test. (MCPH Fair Ground testing, claims a two- day turnaround.) See instructions HERE.
HFCS recommends distant learning for family members (siblings) and close contacts while a person has a pending COVID-19 test.

God bless,

Mr. Aubert

Please return all sold with money and unsold tickets to the school office ASAP!

We have extra books in the office if you want to buy any.

Whatever you do, please do not throw the tickets away. Each ticket must be accounted for through our Colorado Raffle License.

The 2020-21 calendar is constantly changing. Please click HERE for the most up-to-date school calendar. If you'd like to subscribe to our calendar, click on the "ical" button in the top left corner of the monthly calendar. Subscribe to our calendar and have all event/function changes at HFCS automatically updated in your calendar. Please call the office if you have questions about doing this.

Congratulations to our November students of the month: Sofia, Izzy and Kathleen and our teacher of the month Ms. Adamson.

Read more about why they were chosen HERE.

The 20-21 family directory went home in your kiddie mail envelope.

Please respect the fact this directory is for our school community use only, and it is not for dissemination, copying or distribution of any kind.

Attention preschool - 2nd grade parents!!!

Don't forget to order cool gifts for that special family member or hard-to-buy-for person. With over 40 unique and useful keepsakes ready to purchase during the Square 1 Art fundraiser, your child's artwork is the perfect gift for any occasion or celebration. Nothing says "you're loved" like "I made this art keepsake just for you!"

It's the final days of the fundraiser, so don't delay. The school benefits with every order!

Last day to order is Thursday, November 5th.

Order HERE

We'd like to thank all our virtual 5K participants. We appreciate everyone's support and understanding in moving the race from in-person to virtual.

It was wonderful to see pictures posted and shared to the HFCS Facebook page.

Please click below to submit your results. Once results are received, prizes will be awarded and times will be posted.

Any questions, please email Sheila Neese HERE.

Submit Results HERE

We continue to encourage students to bring their lunch from home.

November Menu

Make online payments for lunch, Falcon's Nest, athletic fees, etc.

Click HERE to set up your account or to make a payment.

Prayer intentions for our loved ones can be found HERE.

You may submit a prayer request by clicking HERE.

Food Drive Information

Fundraise while you Christmas Shop!

Go to Smile.Amazon.com or click HERE.
Type in “Holy Family Elementary School” in the look up box.
Select the Holy Family with the Grand Junction, CO location.
Double check that “amazon smile” is in the top left corner of your screen
Shop! Every eligible purchase you make at smile.amazon.com will give HFCS 0.5% of your purchase.