Dear Holy Name Parish School Families,

“It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your

heart.” (Martin Luther King)

As we moved through this Christmas season, I could not but think how fortu-

nate we all are to be in a Catholic School environment. Each classroom had a

spirit and joy that reflected the true Christmas message. Our weekly Advent ser-

vices, Lights for Loved Ones, decorations, activities, the Christmas concert and

the classrooms’ commitment to kindness encourage us to rejoice from the

”bottom of our hearts.” The support of families for Toys for Tots and the gen-

erous spirit of the Holy Name community at Thanksgiving time teach our chil-

dren of the bigger world. We will continue to give our children opportunities to

give back. In January we will be participating in the “A bed for every child”

initiative. Presently, there are 160 displaced children on a wait list to receive a

bed. “Give a child a place to dream.” “Understanding, that our support is not

only giving a child a good night’s sleep - it’s an investment in their education

and their future."

As we greet the New Year, we continue to develop programs and curricula that

will move our students forward and prepare them for their next steps. Our goal

is to encourage them to become responsible independent learners who build

habits that look for understanding and strengthen critical thinking skills. We

remind students that “easy” occurs through hard work just like the drive to ex-

cel in activities like soccer, hockey, or piano.

We rejoice in the gifts of our children and we laugh at the delight they share.

We wish you a very Happy New Year of peace, good health, and laughter.

Warmly,

Kathleen J. Caulfield

Principal

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T H I S I S S U E :

Principal

Welcome

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Important

Dates

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Family

Litergy

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Upcoming

Events

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Home &

School

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Around

HNPS

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Holy Name

Happenings

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2 0 1 8 J A N U A R Y

P A G E 2

January Value of the Month: Goodness January 1 New Year’s Day—No school

January 2 Christmas Vacation—Professional Day, No school

January 3 School re-opens

Feast of the Holy Name at 4:00 p.m. in the Upper Church

January 7 Family Mass and Mass with 100 Singers at 9:00 a.m. in the

Upper Church (hosted by Gr. 3)

January 8 MAP testing begins

Home and School Monthly Board Meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the

School Library

January 9 Project Pantry

Student Council meeting from 2:35-3:00 p.m. in the Library

Eagle Extras Registration On-Line

Consultative School Board Meeting at 6:45 p.m. in the School

Library

January 10 O’Connor Studios Team pictures (wear team uniforms/outfits)

Jr. High Dance ticket sales in Finn Hall from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

sponsored by the Bernardines

January 11 School Tour, 1:00-2:00 p.m.

January 12 MARC Anti-Bullying Program, for Grades 2-6

Jr. High Dance in Parish Hall from 7:00-10:00 p.m. sponsored by the

Bernardines

January 14 Family Mass at 9:00 a.m. in the Upper Church (hosted by Gr. 4)

January 15 Martin Luther King Jr. Day observed—No school January 16 Project Pantry

Curtain Up! Registration, Session 2, from 2:30-3:00 p.m. in

Parish Hall

January 17 Curtain Up! Productions from 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. in Finn Hall

January 19 Marks close for Progress Reports

January 20 Holy Name Parish Blood Drive from 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

January 21 Family Mass at 9:00 a.m. in the Upper Church (hosted by Gr. 5)

January 23 Project Pantry

National Reading Day

Student Council meeting from 2:35-3:00 p.m. in the Library

January 24 Curtain Up Productions! in Finn Hall 2:30-4:00 p.m.

January 26 Progress Reports Distributed

January 28 Family Mass at 9:00 a.m. in the Upper Church (hosted by Gr. 6)

Catholic Schools Week Begins

Catholic Schools: “Learn, Serve, Lead, Succeed”

January 29 Catholic Schools Mass at 9:00 a.m. in the Upper Church

Buddy Week

Scholastic Book Fair begins 8:15 a.m.-3:00 p.m. in the school Library

January 30 Project Pantry

January 31 Move Up Day

“Many Gifts-One Nation” A Day of giving to Catholic Schools

Curtain Up! Productions from 2:30-4:00 p.m.

February 1 “Catch the Spirit Day” 8:00-8:30 a.m. coffee: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Class

room Visits

February 2 Open House at both the Main Building and the ECC from 1:00-2:00

p.m.

Scholastic Book Fair from 8:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Quick Reminders P A G E 3 J A N U A R Y

The Holy Name Parish Family Mass is held each Sun-

day at 9:00 a.m. in the Upper Church. This is a wonder-

ful way to worship God with your children. The continuing

participation of our children at Mass involves assisting

with the music sheets, collection and presenting the offer-

tory gifts. The schedule of grades assigned to assist at the

Family Mass is as follows:

January 7– Grade 3 to assist “Mass of 100 Singers”

January 14– Grade 4 to assist

January 21 – Grade 5 to assist

January 28—Grade 6 to assist

Family Liturgy

Last month, Holy Name Parish School held its ninth annual Christmas card contest.

We are proud to announce that Flora Colbert in 5-14 and her “Mary with Baby Jesus” card won. The card

was sent to many of the people, companies, businesses and donors with which we share an educational

partnership. Flora was also awarded with a set of cards to take home to her family. There was also a win-

ner in each class, they were given art supplies as prizes. They are as follows: Angelina Ruggiero 6-18,

Zoe Colimon 6-17, Joey Mitchell 6-16, Carina Szocik 5-15, Aiobhe Costello 5-14, Elizabeth Noronha 4-

12, Jack Carter 4-11 and Maggie Klass 4-10.

Congratulations to Flora and the other prize winners! Thank you to all of the students who entered the

contest and to Art teacher Miss Gately.

Eagle Extras Registration Now On-Line!

Holy Name Parish School will be celebrating Catho-

lic Schools Week January 29-February 2.

This year’s theme is “Catholic Schools: Learn, Serve,

Lead Succeed.” Please join us in celebrating our faith-

based educational model.

The Scholastic Book Fair will begin Monday,

January 29th and conclude on Friday, February 2nd at

12:00 p.m.. Drop by the Library and purchase books

for your children.

On Monday, we will begin the week with Fr.

Stanley presiding over a special Catholic Schools

Week Liturgy in the Upper Church at 9:00 a.m. hosted

by Grade 5. All are Welcome to attend.

Thursday is Spirit Day with coffee and refresh-

ments at drop-off through 8:30 a.m. and classroom

visitations from 8:30-9:30 a.m..

Friday, February 2nd, is a Full Day for all stu-

dents. Also on Friday, there will be an Open House for

Nursery-Grade 6 for incoming students for the 2018-

19 academic year from 1:00-2:00 p.m. in both build-

ings. Come explore our respectful, Catholic communi-

ty where the “Spirit is Alive!”

There will be a School Tour on January 11th

from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Please call to reserve a tour or

sign up online. Admissions > School Tour(857-203-

9898).

The Scholastic Book Fair will be returning to

Holy Name Parish School’s library for the

week of January 29th– February 2rd

Students will have a chance to shop during

school hours and to bring their parents to shop

any day after school. All proceeds go towards

continuing to upgrade the books in the Library.

Upcoming Events & News P A G E 4 J A N U A R Y

Exciting News for 2018 Save the Date! Eagle Extras registration will now be

online beginning on January 9, 2018. New clubs will

be offered as well as many of the favorites!

Monday- Sports O’Rama for grades KII-2

Computer Club for grades KII--6

Slime Club for grades 3-6

Tuesday- Sports O’Rama for grades KII-2

American Doll Club for grades KII-3

Wednesday – Advanced Sports O’Rama for grades 3-

6

Games and Playdough Club KII-3

Thursday Lego Club for grades KII-3

Cooking Club for grades 3-6

Pug Club for grades 1-4

Please note that with the new registration process, the

cost for each club per child has increased to $75.00.

There is no registration fee.

Spread the Word about Holy Name, Earn

Volunteer Hours! Join the Admission and Ad-

vancement Office to spread the Good News about

Holy Name Parish School. Help us get the word out

about the unique programs and solid foundation Ho-

ly Name provides to every one of its students. You,

our families provide the most valuable testimonial.

How this will work…

This month you will receive an email inviting

you to share the good news of Holy Name with

friends, neighbors or relatives those with school

age children or younger.

Within the email there will be an attachment that

you can share, the attachment will be an

“Invitation to Discover” what Holy Name has to

offer. A link on the attachment will redirect the

potential applicant to a landing page with addi-

tional information.

For each person you share the “Invitation” you

will receive 2 volunteer hours! Documentation

of the hours will be done online, you do not

need to enter the names of the people to whom

you have forwarded the attachment. Details to

follow.

Thank you in advance for being an advocate for

Holy Name Parish School!

Spread the Spirit!!

Unos Dough Raiser – Tuesday, January 30th Mark your calendars for Tuesday, January 30th. Unos

Pizzeria in Dedham will be hosting a Holy Name Par-

ish School Dough Raiser event that day, with 15-20%

of the proceeds coming back to Holy Name School. It

also is their weekly “Kids Eat Free” night. The fund-

raiser is good all day and includes dine-in, take-out,

catering and bar sales. Unos will also donate a free

pizza party to the class that turns in the most Dough

Raiser coupons. Look for a separate flyer with your

coupon for the event later this month.

Home & School Association Announcements

Home & School Update Hope everyone enjoyed a merry Christmas and a relaxing and fun vacation week with family and friends. With

the start of the new year, Holy Name Home & School is happy to report that you have helped us raise over

$34,000 since September! Thank you for your generosity, support and participation in our various school fund-

raisers to-date, including Genevieve, Bertucci’s Dine-Out, Christmas Bazaar, Santa’s Workshop, Savers and the

$1,000 Scratch Ticket Lottery.

$1,000 Scratch Ticket Lottery Thanks to your support, our newest fundraiser achieved its goal and raised $10,000 for Holy Name! A big con-

gratulations to Kerry Cronin, mother of Audrey Martin in K2, the winner of the 2017 $1,000 Scratch Ticket lot-

tery. Other winners include the following: K2 won a casual day for being the grade that sold the most tick-

ets. Mrs. Milone’s K2 class won a pizza party for being the class that sold the most tickets. Jessalyn Lisek (K2)

won a limo ride to school for being the student who sold the most tickets. Sinead Lynch (K2) and Cate O’Brien

(2nd grade) won a free casual day for selling the second highest amount of tickets (40 tickets each), and Trevor

Dolson (6th grade) won an Eagle Extra activity for selling the third highest amount of tickets (26 tickets), and

Maeve Edmonds (K2) and Fiona Edmonds (Nursery) won spirit wear for selling the fourth highest amount of

tickets (23 tickets).

January Monthly Raffle – Wednesday, January 17th January’s monthly raffle will be a chance to win a pair of tickets to the 2018 Beanpot Hockey Tourna-

ment. Hockey fans will love the chance to see Northeastern, Boston College, Boston University and Harvard

University compete at TG Garden Monday, February 5th and Monday, February 12th. Raffles are $10 and need

to be submitted by Tuesday, January 16th. The winner will be drawn on Wednesday, January 20th. Good luck!

Annual Winter Calendar Raffle – February 1st-

February 28th Home & School is happy to announce the return of

its Annual Winter Calendar Raffle. We ask that each stu-

dent sell at least five calendars to family and friends dur-

ing the month of January (Calendars are $10 each and will

be sent home with students the second week of Janu-

ary). Prize drawings will begin February 1 and continue

until February 28 with a winner announced each

day. Winning calendar tickets will be returned to the raf-

fle, so you may win more than once!

Toys for Tots

Thank you to the Holy Name Parish School

community for donating toys to our Toys

for Tots drive. We filled to overflowing six

enormous boxes with stuffed animals, sports

equipment, art supplies and much more! On

December 15th the Student Council present-

ed the toys to the Toys for Tots U.S. Ma-

rines representative. He thanked the students

and their families for their generous contri-

butions.

Around HNPS P A G E 6 J A N U A R Y

On December 14th Holy Name presented it’s first evening Christmas Choral Concert and Kindergarten

Nativity. Many student alumni came back to serve as stage hands, pass out programs and to be “runners.”

We are grateful to them! The program featured new selections along with Christmas favorites. This year

the theme was “Peace.”

On December 20th, a Christmas concert was presented by the Holy Name School Band.

Congratulations to the following students:

Flutes: Amelia Roylance, Neil Jin, Finn Carlson, and Tristan Obsequio

Clarinets: Nicole Daaboul, Christopher Montes

Saxophones: Owen Galvin, Matthew Golden, and Kenny Kotsalidis

Trumpets: Daniel Gaffney, Declan Smyth, Alex Yu, Aidan Zaphiris and Evelyn Roylance

Trombone: Michael Gallager

Percussion: Evangelos Dalmanieras, Charles Hauck

and Griffin Berry

Many thanks to their band instructors John Woodard and

Jim Repa for their direction and enhancing the musical tal-

ent of these students. And a big thank you to HNPS’s mu-

sic teacher Melanie Chiappini for her wonderful instruction

of our students.

ENGLISH

The fifth grade recently completed reading the novel LOSER by Jerry Spinelli. This book focuses on the

life of a boy who does not fit in. Daily reading and descriptive writing about this novel occurred. Upon

completing the book, the students created a CD cover for the story. They designed an attractive cover,

thought up 10 song titles that could be inspired by the story, wrote a brief summary that described the plot

of the story, and then wrote 2-3 sentences explaining each of the songs on the made-up CD.

For the month of January, the students will be reading and discussing the novel PAX by Sara Pennypack-

er. The story offers strong positive messages about knowing yourself, doing what you know to be right,

and doing your best to fix things if you've done wrong. Again, the students will be reading each day and

interpreting the book’s theme with various writing assignments.

Along with the reading of the different trade book each month, the fifth graders are studying grammar, po-

etry, study skills, writing, and more. Life in the fifth grade is AWESOME!

Math In math class, we just finished learning about mul-

tiplying decimals. The students now know that

the placement of a decimal is important. Current-

ly, we are working on dividing decimals. The stu-

dents have learned that it is easier to divide whole

numbers than decimals, so there are times when

they will need to multiply both the dividend and

divisor by a factor of 10 to make a problem easier

to solve.

Next, we are going to learn about numerical ex-

pressions, patterns, and relationships. This topic

will include using variables to write expressions

and order of operations.

P A G E 8 J A N U A R Y

Science In science class Ms. Pujolas visited 5th and 6th Grade from her company, Biogen. Students

separated colors from a grape cool aid mixture using chromatography to simulate looking for impurities

in medicines.