INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

OUTSTANDING SCH

FEES

2

SCHOOL COUNCIL 2

FAITH INFO 3

AWARDS 4

CALENDAR 5

HONOR ROLL

HPV CONSULT MEET

6

7

KID’S HEALTH,

EVENTS IN GP

8-10

Spring time Prayer

For the cycle of life

which brings death

and rebirth, we re-

joice in the promise of

Spring. For longer

days and sunlight’s

warmth, we rejoice in

the promise of Spring.

For all creation and

the majesty of its Crea-

tor, we rejoice in the

promise of Spring.

Amen.

Alleluia, Jesus has risen Alleluia!!

Welcome back everyone! It was won-derful to see the students on Monday.

We are so proud of the students’ hard work and dedication to learning-way to go Holy Cross! We are equally proud of our Junior High students and their hard work to their learning. We are pleased with the students on the Junior High Honor Roll and Plus Five Club. We are continually asking for parental support and involvement; the greatest gifts you can give your child are your love, atten-tion and educational support. Ask them what they learned in school, in the different subject areas, ask them if they have homework, read with them and ask them questions about what was read.

Junior High parents can look on Pow-erschool and see what assignments your child handed in and what they achieved

on assignments, quizzes, etc.

With the warmer weather please send your child with an extra change of clothes and socks as well as splash pants and rubber boots. We encourage all students to stay out of the puddles at recess times but it is hard when there is so much water right now.

Please check out our School

Website: holycross@gpcsd.ca, we are adding information and pic-tures on a regular basis and it is an excellent communication tool for our school community.

Have a blessed April!

In Christ,

Caroline Richards

The Lord is my strength and my salvation. Psalm 118:14

HOLY CROSS APRIL 2013 NEWSLETTER

PRINCIPAL MESSAGE

KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION is Ongoing We welcome families of all

faiths!

To attend Kindergarten your child must be 5 years of age before December 31, 2013. We

offer full day classes; Mon/Wed OR Tues/Thurs with alternating Fridays. Preferences for

classes are on a first come first served basis. Please bring the following items when you are

registering: Baptismal Certificate, Birth Certificate and the $50.00 fee. Kindergarten is a

rich exploratory environment, we want this important first step toward a

Catholic education to be a memorable experience. If you have any

questions or would like a tour of the classroom and school please feel

free to call the school at 780.538.0077.

Moving or Transferring School? IF you know that your child WILL NOT be attending

Holy Cross Catholic School in the Fall for the 2013-2014 School Year please contact

us at the school 780.538.0077 or email us at holycross@gpcsd.ca

JUNIOR HIGH PARENTS:

PARENT PORTAL INFORMATION

Just a friendly reminder that you are

able to access your child’s grades,

attendance and other information

through PowerSchool’s Parent Portal.

You are able to link from our Holy Cross

web page OR you can type the direct ad-

dress: https://powerschool.gpcsd.ca/

public. IF you have misplaced your

letter and password please contact us

and we can reissue a new one.

SCHOOL FEES

ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

FEES ARE NOW PAST DUE. Please make

payment soon. Installments are accepted.

Please contact the School Office

RECESS TIMES and Sick children: IF YOUR child is too

sick to go outside for recess they are probably too sick to

attend school. Please give your child enough time to

recover from their illness before they return to school.

HOLY CROSS APRIL 2013 NEWSLETTER PAGE 2

Greetings from School Council

Thank you to everyone who has been able to attend our meetings in the past few months. We are very pleased that as a School Council we have been able to bring awareness to some very im-portant issues this year. Most recently we proposed to the School Board that we would like for them to consider parents opinions on administering the HPV vaccine in our schools. We are very grateful that the Board has considered our proposal and is going ahead with parent meetings at all Catholic schools in the District with the blessing of the Archbishop Pettipas. We encourage all par-ents of the school to attend the meeting at our school on April 18th at 6:30. Our district does hear us as parents and this is the perfect opportunity to tell them what you think about a very important issue. Teacher and Staff Appreciation Lunch is coming up on April 19th. We will be calling parents who have offered to provide food for a potluck lunch for the teachers. We will also be looking for super-visors for the lunch hour so that the teachers can enjoy the food that has been provided for them. If you are not on my list please do not hesitate to contact me by e-mail if you would like to help stwerdo@telus.net. Any extra hands are always welcome. We are very happy to support SOPAR and Habitat for Humanity by paying for the DJ for the family dance. This is a great cause that our children are passionate about and hope to see lots of families attend the dance. All parents are always welcome at our meetings and we always provide free babysitting if needed! We hope to see some new faces at our April meeting!!! Our School Council Meeting will follow the HPV Consultation meeting. Sincerely, Stacey Twerdochlib School Council Co-Chair

Newsletter Series 2012-2013

Article #8 April 2013

The Seeds of Hope and

Salvation

Happy Easter, Jesus is Risen,

Alleluia! What great news from the

tomb for us. The Jesus of history is

also the Christ of faith. Death no

longer has any power over him, or

us, because of Jesus’s resurrection.

This is great news for us because it

means that we always know, no

matter what we may have done,

whatever wrongs we may have

committed, that Jesus’ love and for-

giveness is stronger and more pow-

erful than any mistakes or failures

we may have made. We only

need to ask and come to him.

This is our great hope and our

great Good News to take to

others. Our call and challenge

is to act and believe that we are

an Easter people. Our seeds of

Good News must reflect that

we believe this great message

and our actions must show that

Jesus is the source and strength

of all that we say and do!

Confirmation Mass Celebrations for Grade 6 students

Monday May 6, at 7 PM-St. Gerard, St. Clement, St. Patrick and Parish base

Tuesday May 7, at 7 PM-Holy Cross, St. Kateri, and Mother Teresa

If you have any questions please contact your child’s teacher or Darlene Lemay at the Church 780.532.2351.

SACRAMENTAL MASS CELEBRATION S AT ST.JOSEPH CHURCH

First Holy Communion Mass Celebration for Grade 3 students

April 27 7:00pm St. Patrick, Mother Teresa, St. Clement

April 28 9:00am Holy Cross, St. Kateri

11:00 am St. Gerard, St. Joseph Parish

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FAITH INFORMATION

THANK YOU to Tim Horton’s

For sponsoring Salute a Teacher!

Congratulations to Mr. Darren Redl

who is the

Winner this month!

Library News and B O O K F A I R

Thank you to all the students, parents and teachers who supported the Book Fair. We raised $2014.00 in profit which will be used to purchase new books for the Library. The winner of the door prize was Graham Gill, along with Ms. Musselman, both taking $25.00 in books from the Book Fair. Thank you to Kathy Greer, Chelsea Sauder, Tanya Ferner, Tammy Plante, Aleana Golden, Teri Ondrik, and Deb Whetstone, who helped set-up, pack-up, or worked during the Book Fair. Thank you again for your wonderful support!!

Congratulations go to

Cole and Kyra Sauve

who were the winners of the 100 Nights of Reading package from the Public Library.

Grade Three boys work-ing on Ukrainian Easter eggs.

March : VIRTUE OF HONESTY CONGRATULATIONS STUDENTS!!

1A Jorja Gustafson and Ryan Doris 1B Kaige Feduniw, Brielle Sharp, and Alex Shaw

2A Riel LaFleur and Jakob Vercammen 2B Landon Shaw and Evan Plante

3A Emma Noskey and Daniel Faltaous 3B Noah Burke, Cora-Lee Hinze and Kyra Lizotte

4A Owen Wald and Aidan Doris 4B Luke Morrison, Seamus-Ventic-Ricketts, Ben Brunham, Paige Klassen Matthew Clements - Leadership

5A Colin Difilippo and Kelly Santos 5B Taryn Twerdochlib and Carter Yaceyko

6A Devin Anderson and Yamafe Ragojo 6B Murray Hobbs

7A DJ DeSutter and Kolton Leslie 7B Michael Penney and Abigail Simms

8A Alex Alpas & Katrina Kamieniecki 8B Devon Williams

8C James Ondrik, Aaron Myers Jhaylen Boyda -Leadership

APRIL VIRTUE IS Diligence/Perseverance

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9

10

Badminton

League play

3:15-5 PM

11 Atomic

Vball Gr 6

3:15-4:15

12 Family

Dance 6:30-

9:30

13 Go! Get

Outdoors event

at Muskoseepi

Park 1-4 PM

14 15 16

17

Badminton

League play

3:15-5 PM

18 Atomic VBall

HPV

Consult

Meeting 6:30

19

Staff Apprecia-

tion Lunch see

page 2 for details

20

21 22 23 24

Badminton

League play

3:15-5 PM

25 School Spirit Day

Wacky Hair Day

Atomic VBall

26 Professional

Development

Day SCHOOL

CLOSED

27

28 First Holy

Communion @

9 AM Mass

29 District

wide Badminton

Tournament @

12 noon

30 MAY 2-4 TRI

DISTRICT

HOCKEY

TOURNA-

MENT

April 2013

The District SPRING BAND

CONCERT is scheduled for

Wednesday May 8 at

St. Joseph Catholic High

GO! Get Outdoors Weekend JOIN the Grande Prairie Be Fit for Life

Centre Saturday April 13 from 1-4 PM at MUSKOSEEPI PARK and PLAY for 2k!

This outdoor family event demonstrates games and events for the whole fami-

ly! There will be outdoor games, bouncy castle, prizes, snacks and refresh-

ments and much more!

Come PLAY together! Being healthy can be as easy as taking a walk in the park!

GRADE 7 - 90+ Grade 8- 90+ Jesselle Aubut Anjeli Agunias Chad Morrison Alex Alpas Zachary Ruptash Lisa Badry Karina Wong Yoobin Bae Emily Elsenheimer GRADE 7 – 80+ Serena Houle

Amanda Kaczkielo Keegan Beaudoin Katrina Kamieniecki Cole Clements Angela Medina Corbin Doram Nathan Mikhail Sarah Faltaous Olivia Myles Ethan Hock Austin Morrison

Braden Paquette Grade 8- 80+ PLUS 5 Club

Michael Penney Grade 8 Jessica Shewchuk Karly Burkinshaw Nikolai Charlton Meicaella Verbo Angelica Callfas Sarah Gustafson Jessica Gomery Abigail Hingley Skye Goosney Will Ironside PLUS 5 Club Sarah Gustafson Ashley Williams Grade 7 Haydn Johnson Tara Yurychuk Keegan Beaudoin Carter McEachern Zach Zajac Jayda Cloutier Andrew Myers Skylar Duncan James Ondrik Brandt Kilpatrick David Snoble Dawson Looker Noah Whetstone Austin Morrison Tara Yurychuk Michael Penney Mikhail Rodriguez Chanse Sloat

Honor Roll Students who have kept their overall average of the four core subject at or above 80%

Plus 5 Club Students who have increased their four core subjects by at least 5% from the 1st to the 2nd

reporting period.