2010 ——- CELEBRATE JESUS ——- 2011

Calendar Dates

Sat. Mar.5-Trivia Night 7p.m. Barnes & Noble Book Fair Mon. Mar. 7-Parent Rosary (focus 5th grade) 8a.m. Battle of the Books FINAL OP Barnes & Noble 7p.m. Tues. Mar.8-No Mass PTO mtg. 7p.m. Wed. Mar.9-All School Mass-Ash Wednesday 9a.m. End of 3rd Quarter Thurs. Mar.10-Teacher In-Service/School of Faith NO SCHOOL NO ASC Fri. Mar. 11-Sun. Mar.20-SPRING BREAK NO SCHOOL Mon. Mar. 21-Classes Resume Tues. Mar. 22-No Mass Teacher grades due 8am Thurs. Mar. 24-No Mass Report cards sent home Fri. Mar.25-All School Mass-Feast of the Annunciation 9a.m. PTO Fish Fry 5:30-7:30p.m. Sat. Mar. 26-Parish Mission Sun. Mar.27-Parish Mission Mon. Mar.28-Parish Mission Tues. Mar.29-Parish Mission No Mass Wed. Mar. 30-Parish Mission Thurs. Mar. 31-No Mass Recon-ciliation Grades 2,3,4,5 1p.m. grades

8101 W. 95th Street Overland Park, Kansas 66212 Phone:913-381-7408 Fax:913-381-1312 Early Education Center 913-381-7151

March 4, 2011

Sunday’s Gospel Matthew 7:21-27

Jesus said to his disciples: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of

heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

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Dear Parents, I have been receiving requests for calendar dates for the 2011-2012 school year. Usually, by this time, I am able to publish a list of major dates so that you all can do some long-range planning. However, this year creating the cal-endar has become a bit of a challenge. Some of the challenges have to do with scheduling staff development and School of Faith days. That should be worked out soon after Spring Break. The other happening that is impacting the plans for next year is the window, door and air conditioning project. As you know, we have received a commit-ment from Bonnie & Jerry Kelly and Teresa & Tom Walsh for $500,000, and we raised $60,000 at Celebration from Fund-a-Need for this project. Since then there have been a lot of things happening behind the scenes. Mark Engen, our parish manager, has been working with the Parish Renovation Committee and the Archdiocese. Construction documents are being created and a tenta-tive timetable for implementation has been identified. At this time, it looks like construction will take place during July and August. I have been waiting for this to come together a bit more before setting the date for school to begin. This should also come together soon after Spring Break. At this point, I antici-pate that the first day of school will be August 24th, but that is not set in stone. You may be wondering about the funding aspect of this project. As I men-tioned we have secured $560,000, but the estimates for the project were in the $650,000 range. There are some things happening in this area that I am not able to announce at this time, however we feel very confident that we have that piece taken care of also. I have seen some of the pictures from the architect simulating how the build-ing will look with the new windows and it is going to be an amazing transfor-mation. The building will take on a more modern look and (in Real Estate lingo) this will greatly improve the “curb appeal” of the school. I will keep you posted. Have a great Spring Break. God’s Blessings, Mary Jo

Holy Cross Catholic School Speech Contest

Please come join the following students as they pre-

sent their speeches on

“A Great American Invention”

Catherine Aaronson Jacinta Duong Mary Engen Molly Engen

Anne Marie Gravino Alexis Gulbransen Kyle Lauterwasser

Alex Metzger Mackenzie Nielsen

Catherine Pham Daniel Stanton Laura Willsey

Tuesday, March 8th 7:00 p.m.

Pflumm Hall

CYO 2011 Track Information

Step 1: Register online with the Greater CYO Office

If you have already registered your child with CYO this school year (possibly because they played volleyball, football or basketball) you do not need to complete this step again. The CYO registration is for one school year and the fee is $23. The Registration and Parent Release form can be completed online at http://www.cyojwa.org. This step must be completed in order to add participants to a team roster.

Step 2: Sign-Up for Track with Holy Cross Track Sign-up will be on Tuesday (3-22) or Wednesday (3-23) at track practice (please see below). Please make checks payable to ‘Holy Cross CYO’. Please note your child’s name and grade on the check. If you have any questions on CYO registration or Holy Cross signup, please contact Mike Miranda at mamiran-dam2004@yahoo.com. If you would like to send in your signup fee prior to the start of track practice, please drop off at the school office to Mike’s attention.

Track Fees 3rd – 4th graders - $25 5th – 8th graders - $50 Please Note: Players will receive their track shirt when their fee is paid. If you have already sent in your Holy Cross fee, your track shirt will be given to you at practice.

Step 3: Track Practices Track Practices will begin on Tuesday, March 23rd at 6pm, and will be held at Oxford Middle School. Oxford is located at 125th & Switzer. Children are asked to participate in at least one track practice a week, but are encour-aged to attend all three nights. There are three practices a week except for where noted below. For more information on track practices, please contact: Tom Sheeley - tom@crowngroupkc.com JoAnn O’Brien - jobrien@holycrosscatholicschool.com

Practice times 6pm – 8pm – Check ending time due to sunset.

3/22 – 3/24 (Tuesday thru Thursday) 3/29 – 3/31 (Tuesday thru Thursday) 4/5 – 4/6 (Tuesday and Wednesday, no Thursday practice) 4/12 – 4/14 (Tuesday thru Thursday) 4/19 – 4/20 (Tuesday and Wednesday, 4/21 is Holy Thursday so no practice) 4/26, 4/28 (Tuesday, Thursday, no Wednesday practice this week) 5/3 – 5/5 (Tuesday thru Thursday)

Track Meets will be held on 4/9, 4/16, 4/30. The City Track Meet will be on 5/7. Locations TBD.

Attention Parents of 6th Grade Students There is a new Immunization requirement for students entering the 7th grade

next year. All 7th grade students for 2011/2012 will be required to have had 2 Varicella vaccines. Currently all 6th grade students had one vaccine unless they have had a documented case of the chicken pox. Please check your child’s re-

cord and if he/she has not received the 2nd shot then there are opportunities for your child to receive it free at clinics offered by the JCHD held at Oak Park Mall for a limited time. Please contact the Mall or the Health department for dates, location and times. Please provide docu-mentation of the vaccination to the Nursing office once your child has received it. Call Kathy

or Polly with any questions you have.

NEW F.I.T. CLUB MEMBERS—January 14 to March 1 25 MILE CLUB: Justin Johnson, Abbey Motley, Anne Gravino, Monica Rodriguez, Clara Sitas, Ryan Jones, Caleb Nielsen, Brett Conner 50 MILE CLUB: Mia Power, Maria Palazuelos, Helen Bollig, Madie Anderson, Bailey Thomson, Erika Thomson, Will Dvorsky, Emily Ascher, Aidan Callahan, Jackson Gampper, Sophie Vogt, Becca Haeusser, Taylor Nielsen, Rachel Siurek, Mrs. Helm, Mrs. Mandl 75 MILE CLUB: Grace Vavak, Meagan Sullivan, Ryan Wheeler, A.J. Horton, Jennifer Stille, Katie Hillyer, Mazeray Bayha, Jacob Cindrich, Madie Anderson, Helen Bollig, Juan Sosa, Ashley Helm, Katie Arpin, Alexis Adams, Allie Canfield, Mrs. Cain, Mrs. Bridges, Mrs. Ander-son 100 MILE CLUB: Dan Bunker, Matthew McCrave (125), Samantha Doyle (125), Jaden Castinado (175), Kristin Haeusser, Devin Palmer, Emil Hulsey (150), Delaney Henderson (150), Paul Do, John Dodson, Patrick Cashman (125), Chloe Eatinger (175), Kate Larberg, Tyler Ec-cles (125), Meredith Regehr (150), Jake Burkhart (150), Alx Baker (125), Hannah Bellau (125), Mary Chadwick (150), Dominic Cordova (175), Emma Kate Callahan (150), Gage Gailloux, Claire Deschamp, Samantha Brown-Benedict, Peter Pham (175), Jackson Vawter, Michael Westhoff, Zach Pfeifer (175), Kelsey Hillyer, Jorge Palazuelos, Gretchen Fiebig (150), Ted Steyer, Sam Pittman, Lucy Steyer, Nate Baker (125), Grant Stoerman (125), Jack Stoerman, Liam Eisenberg (150), Alexis Gulbransen, Ryan Wheeler, Bennett Johnson, Katie Gamby, Cath-erine Pham, Drew Gustafson (125), Anthony Pham, Daniel DeKraai, Mariah Bayha, Zach Bowen, Kathryn Withers (175), Ellie Thompson, Murphy Obershaw, Emma Chadwick (125), Tyler Eccles (150), Megan Smith, Carey Lawrence (175), Bella Debrevi, Mrs. Melgar (175), Mrs. Schneider (175), Mrs. O’Brien, Mrs. Beisser, Mrs. Cain, Mrs. Carney (150) 200 MILE CLUB: Devin Fuhrmann (225), Tanner Agpoon (275), Piper Lindsey (275), Mary Engen (250), Emily Downey (225), Landon Wirt, Jaden Castinado, Jennifer Hendricks (250), Alessabdro DeBrevi (225), Kyle DeKraai, Mrs. Obershaw (250), Mrs. Lemmon (250) 300 MILE CLUB: Allison Power (375), Laura Willsey (350), John Sweetman (325), Gabriel Lopez (350), Kristina Colling 900 MILE CLUB: Mr. Wagner The FAB 5 The TOP 5 1. Allison Power 375 1. 8th Grade 4475 Miles 2. Gabriel Lopez 375 2. 5th Grade 4050 Miles 3. Laura Willsey 350 3. 7th Grade 3425 Miles 3. John Sweetman 325 4. 6th Grade 3275 Miles 4. Cari Dodson 300 5. Teachers 2600 Miles 4. Kristina Colling 300 KEEP TURNING IN THOSE SHEETS!!!! YOU’RE DOING AN AWESOME JOB!!!!! .

LUNCHROOM VOLUNTEERS: Monday 3-7-11 Ellen Jones, Carol Hattrup and ????? Tuesday 3-8-11 ?????, ????? and ????? Wednesday 3-9-11 Stacy Cahalan, ????? and ????? Thursday 3-10-11 NO SCHOOL Friday 3-11-11 NO SCHOOL HAVE A GREAT SPRING BREAK!!!!!!! Monday 3-21-11 Ellen Jones, Carol Hattrup and ????? Tuesday 3-22-11 ?????, ????? and ????? Wednesday 3-23-11 Stacy Cahalan, ????? and ????? Thursday 3-24-11 Joel Campos, ????? and ????? Friday 3-25-11 Joel Campos, ????? and ????? THANKS SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please contact Rita Binns at extension # 25 or email rbinns@holycrosscatholicschool.com for lunchroom volunteer opportunities. Typical volunteer time is 11:00-1:00. We serve and then clean up. We would appreciate very much, at least two volunteers every-day. Benefits: enjoy a complimentary lunch; spend time with your child during their school day------PRICELESS!

Date 5:00 7:30 9:00 11:00 Counters-12:20 pm

March 5/6 Bowen / Adams Westhoff / Bunker Cashman / Fuhr-mann

Deschamp / Her-nandez

Hernandez / Deschamp

March 12/13 Reynolds / Lauter-wasser Eisenberg / Hogue

Wassenberg / Cal-lahan Haeusser / Hillyer

Lauterwasser / Haeusser

Holy Cross Scrip “fundraising while you shop”

Mass sellers for the next two weeks are:

Kansas Assessment Testing Schedule Please make sure your children get a good nights sleep the night before and have a good breakfast the day of testing. Thanks for your help!

Reading and Math Assessments Science Assesments March 22 8PA & 8 HE April 28 4GI & 4LE March 23 8PA & 8 HE April 29 7KR & 7WA March 24 8PA & 8 HE March 28 7KR & 7WA March 29 7KR & 7WA March 30 7KR & 7WA March 31 5NE, 5MA, 6CA & 6TR April 1 6CA & 6 TR April 4 4GI, 5NE, 5MA, 6CA, 6TR April 5 4GI & 3MI April 6 3MI, 3OB, 4GI, 4LE, 5NE April 7 3MI, 3OB, 4GI, 4LE April 8 3OB, 4LE April 11 5NE, 5MA