Eucharistic Miracle Sokolka, Poland 2008

Heavenly Father, just as Your Son taught it is better to serve than to be served, fill my heart with humility and love. Give me the strength to follow His example, serving others with understanding and compassion. May my actions always reflect God’s divine love. Amen.

“I can’t do big things, but I want everything for the glory of God.” St. Dominic Savio

Dear Parents,

Thank you for your generosity and loving service to those in need! The fundraiser for the Catholic schools and their communities who have been impacted by hurricane Helene and hurricane Milton was a huge success! As a community, families donated $3,384.50 for the dress down day, and we had 22 faculty and staff members bake treats which raised $1,029.81.

Hopefully, all our families have been able to review the MAP scores for their child and discuss the individual learning goals that your child has for the next quarter. As a campus, we continue to look at the data from the NWEA MAP test, I would like to share a little more information about the schoolwide data from the fall MAP scores.

The median achievement score shows how the students at Holy Family compare with all the students to take the NWEA MAP test. When looking at the percentile scores, it shows that the median percentile score is higher than that percentage of students who took the test. On the fall MAP test, the median score is as follows:

The other data that we review as a faculty and staff are the growth percentiles. Each student has a personalized number of points that they need to grow in order to remain at the same percentile ranking. As a school, we can also review the median percentile growth for our student population. In general, when the school achievement scores are high, it is expected that the growth percentile will be in the average range, 41%-60%, because the median scores are already in the high average range, 61%-80%, or the high range 81% or higher.

The growth median percentile shows the median growth for students who took the MAP test in the fall of 2023 and the fall of 2024. The data do not reflect students who are new to Holy Family this year or students who are in first grade this year. The language and science do not reflect the scores of current second grade students since students do not take these tests until second grade.

The Holy Family data show that generally students are growing at an average rate. The lowest growth rate is in math. As a school, our faculty is discussing ways that we can better support the individual learning needs of students with a particular focus in math. Developing better ways to meet the learning needs of students in the classroom has been a focus in our professional development sessions as well as coaching sessions that our teachers have with instructional coaches who support the individual professional growth of our teachers at Holy Family.

If you have individual questions about your child’s academic growth, please reach out to your child’s teacher.

God Bless,

Erin Vu

GENERAL INFORMATION

Sixth Grade Hosting Mass

We had a wonderful Mass this morning. Thank you to Sister Rene Noel's seventh grade students who proclaimed the readings for us.

Mass on Friday, November 1st will be hosted by sixth grade. If your child's class will be hosting Mass, please consider volunteering to help with set-up before Mass or take-down after Mass.

All are welcome to attend!

All Saints Day Expo

November 1st

HFCS 6th grade students will create a Living Saint Museum in the pavilion before Mass. This will start shortly after prayer at 8:00 in the morning and run until 9:30. Students will then process to St. Vincent de Paul for All Saints Day Mass. Grades 2-8 will be able to view the Saint Expo before Mass while grades Pre-K - 1st will have "Saints" visiting their classrooms. Parents are welcome to sign in and visit the pavilion at this time as well.

Halloween

On Thursday, October 31st, students may wear a Halloween shirt or a Halloween color (orange, white or black) shirt. All shirts need to be worn with jean pants or uniform bottoms and tennis shoes.

Angel Times

The students in the Yearbook class have put together a newspaper. Please click the link below to read it!

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Health Screenings (Rescreens)

Re-screenings: This is for students who did not pass the first round of screenings. These will take place over the course of several days during the week of October 28th. You will receive a reminder email if your student is going to be re-screened for scoliosis so that you may ensure they are wearing the proper attire.  

We are required to conduct spinal screenings for our female students in 5th and 7th grades and males in 8th grade. This involves a visual screen of your child's spine. Students will be asked to remove their shirts. We recommend that girls wear a bathing suit, sports bra, or camisole under their clothing for privacy and boys may wear a sleeveless undershirt.

If you have any questions about these state mandated health screenings, please contact Mrs. Guzman.

GRANDPARENT’S DAY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Date: November 22, 2024

Time: 10am-1:30pm

Where: Holy Family Pavilion

If you are unable to stay the entire time, please sign up and “comment” the time you are available to stay and help or email Stephanie Boss and sboss@holyfamilycs.org.

October is Respect Life Month. In his letter to the parishes of the Diocese of Austin, Bishop Vasquez had this to say about Respect Life Month,

“The program complements and continues the work of the National Eucharistic Revival, highlighting Jesus’ message in John 10:10: “I came so that they might have life.” Part of the impetus for the Eucharistic Revival was a concern that some Catholics do not believe, or at least do not understand, that Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist. Similarly, many people do not realize or acknowledge the sanctity of human life when it is hidden in the womb. Both instances call for us to help others recognize these sacred gifts that may not be perceivable through our human senses. We need to help others understand that just because something may not be apparent to our eyes does not mean that it is not there or that it is not essential.”

Please join the Angels 4 Life club as we pray for the conversion of hearts and minds concerning the sanctity of human life. Parents and families are invited to join us at the Shrine on campus on one or more of the remaining Wednesdays in October. We will begin at 7:30 am.

(October 30th).

Lost and Found 

Unfortunately, there are several items in our Lost and Found. Please stop by the office in the Grace building to see if your child is missing anything.

The items are displayed on a cart and will remain there until Friday, October 25th. After that time, the non-uniform items will be taken to Goodwill. The uniform items from FlynnO'Hara will be donated to the Angel Boutique.

Evening with Eagles Fall Open House

When: Wednesday, November 6th

Time: 5:30-8:00pm



Prospective families (parents and students) are invited to our Fall Open House to discover and experience what makes Savio a unique and engaging place for inquisitive minds. Registration requested.

Christmas Card Art Contest

The Diocese of Austin invites all Catholic School students to submit a design for the Office of Catholic schools 2024 Christmas Card!

Question? Please contact the diocese at catholicschools@austindiocese.org or call 512-949-2497.