December 20, 2016

2477 Trenton Road, Levittown, PA 19056-1486 215-269-9600 (p) • 215-269-9609 (f) • www.hfrcs.org

Wednesday 12/21/16

Thursday 12/22/16

Friday 12/23/16

Saturday 12/24/16

Sunday 12/25/16

Monday 12/26/16

Tuesday 12/27/16

Christmas Vacation

Christmas Vacation

Christmas Eve

Christmas Christmas Vacation

Christmas Vacation

Red & Green $1 Dress Down Day

Christmas Pageant 7pm CEC

A Note from the Principals

Dear Parents and Guardians, One of the nicest things about being in elementary school is watching the excitement of the children grow as we draw closer to Christmas. Elves, angels, hand-made decorations, songs, Christmas trees and sto-ries, Santa, parties, and most importantly, pageants re-presenting the birth of Christ all combine to excite and overwhelm young minds and imaginations. These last days before break are filled with the wonder and awe of children anticipating the days ahead. God bless our teachers who skillfully navigate these days before Christmas! Each minute of the day is carefully planned, lessons come with a Christmas theme, and baskets are being readied to give to the homeroom’s adopted grandparent. Thank you, parents and guardians, for all your donations this Advent season: gloves, mittens, toiletries and other gifts to be distributed to those who will benefit: children, soldiers and the elderly.

We pray that all our families know the abundance of God’s great love this Christmas season.

Mrs. Robinson Mrs. Haggerty

Upcoming Events Important Information 3 Holy Family Honor Roll 4&5 Conwell-Egan Scholarships 6 DLFF Survey 7 Journalism Club 8 Home & School News 9 Welcome to Farm to Families 10 Grandparent Bingo 11 Pot of Gold 12

Due Date December 31 The financial aid process for the 2017-2018 school year has begun and applications are now being accepted on the SMART Aid website. Instructions for completing the application and the school code can be found on the school’s website hfrcs.org under the folder About Our School/Admissions/Financial Aid and under the folder Students & Parents/Admissions/Financial Aid as well in the School Forms file.

To Learn More about these topics go to hfrcs.org

and Click on the Student & Parents Page

and go to Forms

Comedy Night Globetrotters Order Form Pretzel Order Form Shoparoo Contest Scrip Order Forms Farm to Families Journalism Media Club Fund Raisers

We still are still in need of lunch room volunteers

for our Kindergarten classrooms! A lunch room volunteer enables

our hard working teachers to get a much needed

break for lunch! If you are able to volunteer,

please contact the office! Thank you!

FINANCIAL AID

December 21 - Red & Green Student Council $1 Dress Down Day Christmas Pageant CEC 7p.m. Looking Ahead December 22 thru January 2—Christmas Vacation January 3—Classes Resume

Have an item for the newsletter? Email your information to:

Andrea Pendle—andrea.pendle@hfrcs.org by noon on Monday.

Please put in the subject line of your email NEWSLETTER

A special thank you to the eighth grade students who helped during Kindergarten Discovery Day: Gianna Reynolds, Chyann Leahy, Monica Primavera, Megan Russell, Emily Jackson, Megan Bolvin, Hannah McMenamin, Lily Bleistein, Hallie Keaveney,and Maggie Tomaselli. We also want to thank the kindergarten students that helped: Greg Isaacs, Dominic Lanatto, Amalia Oleaga & Dani Keehner-Steckley Discovery Day was a success because of you!

Pretzel orders will be due after Christmas break January 6th. Please find the form on our website hfrcs.org under Parents & Students/Forms

Distinguished Honors:

Samuel Osterhoudt –4B

Cole Pustay – 4B

Olivia Odimara – 5B

Olivia Lucano – 6

Andrew Affleck -7

Alexandria Amato – 7

Angelina Lyons – 7

Emma Marczak – 7

Giavanna Caputo – 8A

Emily Jackson – 8A

Jessica Kelly – 8A

Isabella Lucano – 8A

Meghan Weed – 8A

Andrew DiLisio – 8B

First Honors:

Jonathan Duddy – 4A

Patrick Gallagher – 4A

Jonathan Hall – 4A

Katelyn Harris – 4A

Thomas Melcher – 4A

Louie Moore – 4A

Ian Shallcross – 4A

Sydney Spagnolia – 4A

Makayla Foley – 4B

Justin Heintz – 4B

Alexander Lucano – 4B

Grace Marcucci – 4B

Isabella Miller – 4B

Santino Patitucci – 4B

Chloe Stefenack – 4B

Colin Thurnau – 4B

Meghan Webb – 4B

Shomari Weedor – 4B

Ardyn Gaber – 5A

Kaylee McCann – 5A

Dylan Monte – 5A

MiaBella Vinciguerra – 5A

Brianna McFadden – 5B

Claire Griffin – 5B

Bailey Arcuri -- 6

Carter Brooks – 6

Emma Ganaj -- 6

Rebecca Kadlec – 6

Kathleen Kelly – 6

Isabella Martell – 6

Jordan Moore – 6

Elianna Norat – 6

Bella Palmer – 6

Aidan Pustay – 6

Corrine Reynolds – 6

Samantha Terry – 6

Vivienne Fanning – 7

Govanna Keryakes – 7

Rachel Potts -- 7

Juliette Ohler – 7

Abigail York – 7

Hallie Keaveney – 8A

Chyann Leahy – 8A

Edward Melcher – 8A

Monica Primavera – 8A

Gianna Reynolds – 8A

Joshua Rifkin – 8A

Megan Russell – 8A

Isabella Arcuri – 8B

Megan Bolvin – 8B

Dylan Fitzgerald – 8B

Gavin Flanagan – 8B

Elizabeth Huddler – 8B

Valentina Rodriguez – 8B

Maggie Tomaselli – 8B

Second Honors:

Brooke Bannon – 4A

Tinothy Bradley – 4A

Colt Gauvreau – 4A

Ava Horchheimer – 4A

Liam Mooney – 4A

Margaret Murphy – 4A

Jason Odimara – 4A

Aidan Ralph – 4A

Isabella Smith – 4A

Jason Candy – 4B

Kieley Kosma – 4B

Sydney Kral – 4B

Santino Tiberio – 4B

Jack Brennan – 5A

Steven Harris – 5A

Ava Mueller – 5A

Julia Temple – 5A

Caitlin Affleck – 5B

Mya Aizen – 5B

Ryder Benjamin – 5B

Layla Monte – 5B

Aaliyah Cruz – 6

C.J. Czafit – 6

Sofia Gottshall – 6

Mia Horchheimer – 6

Ethan Mastropietro – 6

Megan Naylor – 6

Madison Pinar – 6

Thomas Selsavage – 6

Aidan Kinniry – 7

Jeremy Kravcak – 7

Giovanni Patitucci – 7

Ethan Pham – 7

Avis Viskinda – 7

Mathew Gallagher – 8A

Joseph Gottshall – 8A

Justin Meehan – 8A

David Phinn – 8A

Victoria Strother – 8A

Gia Brennan – 8B

Hannah McMenamin – 8B

Brandon Moan – 8B

Valerie Murtha – 8B

Remo Patitucci – 8B

Sophia Soto – 8B

Jacqueline Swope – 8B

Jacob Webb – 8B

Jennifer Yedman – 8B

Congratulations to the following students from Holy Family Regional School, who have earned a four-year academic scholarship from Conwell—Egan High School: Award Amount Student Name $4,000.00 Monica Primavera $2,000.00 Emily Jackson $1,500.00 Giovanna Caputo Andrew Dilisio Elizabeth Huddler Edward Melcher Gavin Flanagan Gianna Reynolds $1,000.00 Megan Bolvin Dylan Fitzgerald Valentina Rodriguez Hannah McMenamin Remo Patitucci Gia Brennan Jacqueline Swope Justin Meehan Jack Mills David Phinn Blama Mowenn Maggie Tomaselli Valerie Murtha Joshua Rifkin Colin Bannon Hallie Keaveney

DLFF/HOLY FAMILY SURVEY

As part of our mission towards supporting Catholic education in the Lower Bucks County area, we at the

Danaher Lynch Family Foundation are asking that all parents please complete a short survey that can be

found via the link below.

The survey is anonymous and the data will be very helpful for us at the Foundation to guide our support

projects in an effective manner.

We admire the excellent education that Holy Family Regional continues to provide for all their students

from Pre-K through 8th grade. This survey offers the Foundation an opportunity to acknowledge the

important part that parental feedback plays in creating a dynamic school environment today and into

the future. We thank you for completing the survey by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, December 23rd.

From our family to yours, enjoy a beautiful Christmas and a wonderful New Year.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HolyFamilyDLFFSurvey

Journalism Media Club

Come contribute your talents as we start this new school club.

Interested students in grades 5 to 8 should fill out the form below and return to Mrs. Benoit (Gr 6), Mrs. Weed (Business Office) or Ms. Conway (Advancement Office).

We will contact interested students and set a date to meet soon. We would love to hear your ideas!!

News•Do you like to write?

•Would you like to contribute to a school newspaper?

Blogs•Do you like to share up-to-date info?

•Would you like to help create a school related blog?

Media

•Are you good with technology?

•Would you like to help contribute to and create news feeds for the school community?

Home and School Association News and Updates Home and School Association News and Updates *******************************************************

SPIRIT WEAR ON SALE

Spirit Wear will be on sale December 21st before and after the Christmas Concert. Get those last minute Christmas gifts!

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HFRCS PRESENTS A NIGHT OF COMEDY

On January 21st Holy Family will present A NIGHT OF COMEDY to be held at St Frances Cabrini gym. $35 pp includes show, buffet dinner, beer & wine,

dessert and coffee. Raffle baskets and 50/50 also. See the order form under SCHOOL FORMS

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SHOPAROO CONTEST DURING DECEMBER

Snap your receipts and help your child’s grade win a pizza party!

See details in Shoparoo Flyer under SCHOOL FORMS.

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HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS TICKETS

Plan a fun family night out at the Sun Bank Arena on March 4. Tickets are $22 and will remain on sale until we are sold out. The order

form can be found under SCHOOL FORMS *******************************************************

HFRCS 2017 AUCTION Holy Family annual auction is planned for Saturday April 1st with

preview night being on Friday March 31st. Volunteers to help with designated committees are needed – signup opportunities will be posted soon. Much

help is needed to make this successful.