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Special “Shout Outs” go to Mrs. Michaels,

Mrs. Tweed, Mrs. Clay and Mrs. Krinsky. All four of

have gone above and beyond by stepping up and

embracing new initiatives and challenges!

Great job!

Holy Family School Newsletter

November 30, 2016

What a November this has been! It seemed to pass by in a blink of an eye. I want to thank all of you for your well wishes, thoughts and prayers during this most difficult time for my family and me. I am blessed to be part of such a wonderful community of believers. We truly are one family for each other.

A big thank you to Parents’ Club for all of their hard work on the Main Event! It was a huge success. Everyone who attended the event had a great time and enjoyed the entertainment. We are so blessed to have so many volunteers that helped ensure that the event was a success.

This week we celebrated the beginning of Advent. On Monday, we had a wonderful prayer service highlighting the symbols of the Jesse tree. Jesse was the father of the great King David of the Old Testament. He is often looked upon as the first person in the genealogy of Jesus. The ornaments on the tree had pictures of other Old and New Testament figures who were ancestors of Jesus. In our prayer service, our students told the story of the tradition of the Jesse tree as others brought forward the symbols to hang on the tree. We thank Maddie Ludwig for playing the harp throughout the ser-vice. It was a beautiful addition to the story.

Advent is a time for us to prepare ourselves for the coming of the Lord. It is not just a time of waiting and preparing, it is a time to fill our hearts with love, joy, and thanksgiving as we anticipate the birth of Jesus. I am thankful to you for providing us the opportunity to cultivate the young minds in our care. We will contin-ue to fill the students with the love of God, the wisdom, knowledge, and peace of the Lord.

I wanted to share some student and parent feedback from our surveys about our implementation of

the 1:1 Chromebook iniative. Student feedback: When asked, "How has your Chromebook been an effective

learning tool for you this quarter?" "My chromebook was an effective learning tool for this quarter because it kept me organized." "Because learning is more fun on technology than in books." "It has been effective in keeping me more organized, and I have been able to use web resources." Parent feedback: When asked, "How has your child's Chromebook been an effective learning tool at home during the first quarter?" "He is much more engaged and interested in studying/working with eBooks, and finds it easier to focus." "It has allowed our child to become more of an independent learner and also has allowed her to be more effective and efficient in her studies." "My child has shown more independence with her organization, and completing work on time using the chromebook. She also really enjoys researching information using her Chromebook. I've seen an overall increase in enthusiasm for learning since the intro-duction of the 1 to 1 Chromebooks." "My son enjoys the review aspects of the Chromebook. He also finds the ability of emailing teachers a comfort."

Our Math and Technology committees are meeting to address various concerns that have been raised since the implementation of block scheduling and Chromebooks. I am looking for input from parents on these topics. Please feel free to email your concerns or questions.

Looking ahead to December, we have many activities planned. Please watch for the week’s happenings so

that you don’t miss out on any events!

In God’s Love, Mrs. Fournier

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The Principal’s Page

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Christian Leaders BLAST out of this World!

Our school was founded on the Gospel teachings of Christ. Students are immersed in our faith throughout their

day. Our mission is to ensure that we provide a Christ-centered, loving environment so that students become

disciples of Jesus. Just as we, parents and faculty, serve as role models for our children, so too, do our children

witness to others.

In an effort to recognize those students who consistently display the Christian qualities of trustworthiness, re-

spect, responsibility, fairness, love and kindness, citizenship and service to others, we will award one student

from each homeroom each quarter the Principal’s Award for Christian Leadership.

The students recognized for Christian Leadership in the

second quarter are:

KA Cate Datkuliak 1A Ellie Holtz 1B Ava Nichols 2A Kyle Boozer 2B Madeline Solley 3A Alex Perduk 3B Christopher Barbara 4A James McCarthy 4B Victoria Schmitz

5A Alexander Hanff 5B Emily Swanson 6A Spencer Rettkowski 6B Maggie McCarthy 7A Matthew Schell 7B Michael Braidy 8A Nick Becker 8B Steven Hauck

Dear Friends of Holy Family School, As we took a break for the Thanksgiving weekend, I reflected that we have so much for which to be grateful. Our families, our children, our Holy family School Community -- so many blessings -- so much gratitude! I am grateful for the support you have given to Mrs. Fournier during her time of sadness with the loss of both her husband, Ernie, and her mother. Thank you, also, for supporting the Faculty and Staff as they rallied to keep the School running smoothly. Holy Family School is truly a loving community. We had a wonderful Main Event a couple of weeks ago. The Parents’ Club is to be congratulated for all the hard work! I had a great time—and sensed that everyone else had a similar experience. Thank you to all who made this possible. I understand that the results were very gratifying -- but I'll leave that for the Committee to have the fun of making the announcement. You are reminded of the VIRTUS recertification training—required for continued volunteer activity be-yond January 31, 2017. There will be a session tonight -- Wednesday, November 30, at 7:00pm in the Father Szabo Parish Center. I hope that you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving celebration—whether you were celebrat-ing here at home or traveling “over the river and through the woods” to family gatherings elsewhere. When I was talking to the Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd graders on Monday, it was fun to hear their per-spectives on these family gatherings – and the part they played in making them a success! Sounds like many memories were created. We are already in the Season of Advent as a Church community. With the secular push to celebrate “the holidays”, it is always a struggle to keep Jesus as “the Reason for the Season”. We will be trying to do that in the School setting during these coming weeks– and trust that you will be trying to maintain that focus at home as well. I’m looking forward to the Christmas concert (December 13 at 6:30pm) with our K-4 students, our Band and Choir. Al-ways an entertaining evening! May God bless and keep you. Fr. Paul Rosing

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A message from Father Rosing

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14th Annual Holiday Bazaar Update

This year’s Holiday Bazaar was held on Saturday & Sunday, October 29 & 30 and was a great way to

ring in the holiday shopping season. Over 25 retail and boutique consultants participated and hun-

dreds of shoppers came to enjoy the festivities at this event sponsored by the Parents’ Club. THANK

YOU to all the wonderful volunteers who helped to make the event such a success! We also appreciate

all the bakers who donated their delicious goodies! Over $3,000 was raised and proceeds from this

annual shopping event will benefit M.O.M.S. Ministry and the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

This year’s Scholastic book fair was a huge success! This very popular event was filled with books, contests and FUN! Thank you to all the volun-teers who helped to make this the BEST book fair yet. We also raised $350 (and purchased 70 easy reader books) with our All for Books promotion for Flor Azul School in Honduras. A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to Mrs. Sue Powers, our awesome chairperson for this event…she spent MANY hours planning and creating and organizing and the book fair would-n’t have been such a success without her!

Holy Family’s Bookaneer Book Fair

Mark your calendars! Holy Family

School’s annual Hat and Mitten drive will

be the week of December 12-16. More

information to follow soon!

On behalf of M.O.M.S. Ministry and the families we are honored to serve, we want to say thank you to ALL who helped to make this year's Holiday Bazaar a success. Student volunteers, teacher volunteers, ministry mom volunteers, St. Vincent DePaul volunteers, bakers and shoppers, and anybody we may have forgotten, please know that you made a difference. The proceeds from this event will help replenish our nest egg as we prepare for Christmas. Special thanks go out to Mrs. Krinsky for all of her hard work! Without her we would have no Holiday Bazaar! God Bless! Missy Wells and Cathy Reeves

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Honor Roll

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Maria Armao 6A Dominic Henry 6B

Jack Macinga 6B

Joshua Brennan 7A Kendra Cassiday 7B

Sean Collins 7A

Ajay Gavin Antony 6A

Alexander Barry 6B

Kyle Bender 6B

Camryn Berdysz 6A

Dominic Bernard 6B

Annabel Bertoni 6A

Nathan Boozer 6B

Vittorio Cappabianca 6B

Colin Coyne 6A

Katelyn Croyle 6B

Colin Doss 6A

Benjamin Ehrhardt 6A

Mia Fiedler 6B

Kathryn Figler 6B

Adam Gabele 6A

Brendan Gallagher 6A

Josephine Haag 6B

Nathan Hayne 6A

Zachary Huff 6A

Sophia Igamino 6A

Margaret McCarthy 6B

Rachel McHale 6A

Frankie Miller 6A

Gabrielle Minick 6A

Anthony Mourad 6B

Nina Nguyen 6A

Noah Novak 6A Olivia Osmun 6B

Joseph Barry 8B

Joseph Doty 8A

Kate Gattozzi 8B

Quinn Knox 8B

Joseph Nitirahardjo 8A

Ethan Shah 8B

Congratulations to the following students who received First Honors with Distinction by earning a 4.0 GPA!

Congratulations to the following students who received First Honors by earning a 3.50 - 3.99 GPA!

Russel Heiser 7B

Christiana Markulis 7B

Grace Miller 7A

Matthew Schell 7A

Joseph Zakelj 7B

Macy Plizga 6B

Lauren Powers 6B

Spencer Rettkowski 6A

Claressa Rodgers 6B

Benjamin Virostek 6B

Joshua Williams 6A

Isabel Berroteran 7A

Michael Braidy 7B

Courtney Casenhiser 7A

Ethan Chicoski 7B

Madison Custer 7A

Taylor Dolson 7A

Carly Dowling 7A

Allison Drake 7B

Anthony Garro 7A

Benjamin Grayson 7B

Keegan Hennessy 7A

Madison Kilway 7B

Lillian Knox 7A

Gianna Manzo 7B

Olivia Moore 7B

Sealtiel Moran 7B

Grace Pellegrino 7A Jackson Polcyn 7A Anna Sison 7A

Kayla Swanson 7B Leah Tharp 7B Brendan Tomaszewski 7B

Emily Wilson 7B

Elliott Bailey 8B

Olivia Barbara 8B

Nicholas Becker 8A

Kayla Bruner 8B

Blake Buzzeo 8B

Ryan Chicoski 8A

Cameron Feezel 8A

Steven Hauck 8B

Jack Houck 8A

Jacob Juvan 8B

Mackenzie Kline 8A

Abigail Knouff 8A

Samuel Kurtz 8A

Mandalyn Maglione 8A

Justin Malone 8B

Justin McClaskey 8A

Edwin McDonnell 8B

Krista McDowell 8B

Gavin McHale 8B

Luke Minick 8A

Luke Novak 8B

Luke Porter 8B

Mitchell Rajan 8B

Payton Reimer 8B

Dylan Snyder 8A

Sarah White 8B

Andrew Whitfield 8A

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Your children may qualify for a FREE or REDUCED-PRICE

LUNCH! Applications are available through the school office at

any time during the school year.

Unemployed? Or Temporarily Laid Off from Work?

“Pajamas for Kids”

Rosette Braidy 6A

Marianne Incorvati 6B

Connor Iuston 6B

Andrew Kline 6A

Benjamin Kurtz 6A

Madeline Ludwig 6A

Joel McRaven 6B

Jacklyn O'Neill 6A

Faith Porter 6A

Dominic Roeser 6B

Congratulations to the following students who received Second Honors by earning a 3.00 - 3.49 GPA!

Jackson Shelby 6B

Victoria Stockinger 6B

Katie Swindler 6A

Nicholas Timberlake 6B

Jacob Tokash 6A

Rachel Wells 6B

Dominic Bertoni 7A

Sydney Calcaterra 7B

Kendra Noonan 7A

Abigail Whitney 7A

Dante Bertin 8B

Alex Bulgrin 8B

Cerafina Corley 8A

Cameron Dolson 8A

Brenden Horrocks 8B

John Lloyd 8A

Maxwell Long 8A

Dana Nguyen 8A

Alexander Singh 8B

Collin Snyder 8A

With your help the “Pajamas for Kids” program hopes to provide a new pair of pajamas for every child who benefits from Holy Family’s Christmas giving programs. During the week of November 28 – December 2 we are asking students in grades PreK- 2 to join us in expanding Holy Family’s Giving Tree and Mom’s Ministry programs by providing pajamas for a child in need. Pajamas may be purchased for boys and girls in sizes 6 months through adult. Our greatest need this year is pajamas in youth sizes 8 through 18 for boys and girls. Please deposit pajamas in the hallway collection bins during our drive.

Thank you for your generosity!

Holy Family Gift Certificate Program

PARENTS! Please let us help you with your Christmas shopping. We have an assort-ment of Gift Certificates (Fifty-two) available to spend or give at any one point. In time. From Acme to Walmart and Amazon to Marshall's, with Macy's and Kohls in be-tween. $5 - $10 - $25 - $50 & $100 denominations to spend or give. College students love our gas and food cards. Many are local establishments for you to enjoy! Both our school and rectory have a complete listing for your convenience.

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2016 Holy Family School Annual Christmas Concert

Tuesday, December 13th

6:30-8:15 pm Holy Family Church

5th & 6th Grade Band

Middle School Cantors

K, 1, 2 Holiday Songs

Grades 3rd & 4th

"The Littlest Angel Choir"

Good Samaritans Recognized Eighty-one of our students and faculty members were recognized for performing random acts of kindness in November. We thank them for their willingness to offer a helping hand to others. Each person’s name will be printed on a star cut-out and posted in the hallway of the school. Our hope is that by June our halls will be lined with stars!

* indicates student received two notifications

** indicates student received three notifications

Abigail Alberta 2A Lillian Angerstien KA Gabriella Armbruster 2B Connor Barbara 2B Katelyn Berdysz 2B Lucia Bernard 2A Teresa Bertoni 2B Annabel Bertoni 6A Logan Biondi 2B Gianna Biondi KA Mackenzie Bolbach 2B Kyle Boozer 2A Nathan Boozer 6B Angelina Brown 4A Jerome Brown * 3B Mr. Carino Josh Cavallaro 8A Gia Cerni 2B Grady Chmielowicz 2A George Chmielowicz 2B Samantha Ciavolella 2A Max Clark 2B Mrs. Clark Mrs. Clay Anthony Corley 6A Owen Cotter 2A

Kamdyn DiGennaro 2B Aubrey DiGennaro KA Christian Dillon 2B Ryan Dodd 5B Natellie Edwards 2A Joshua Ehrhardt 2A Adam Fennell 2A Mia Fiedler 6B Emma Gardner KA Mrs. Grande Joseph Graziano 1A Jack Haag 1B Owen Haag 2A Layla Heiser 2A Nathan Helton 6A Clare Hinkelman 2A Oliver Huff 2A Ryan Igamino 2B Ricardo Jordan KA Chloe Judy 1B Mia Judy KA Elena Kimmich 4A Elise Kimmich * 1A Allison Knouff 2B Abigail Knouff 8A

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Averie Lash 2B Samantha Lisle 2A Mrs. Malecky Bransyn Mathia 3B Carolina McCarthy 2A Jack Miller 2B Anna Moore KA Nick Mordarski 2A Andrew Nori 2A Will Novak 2B Mrs. Oeltjen Carmine Pantalone 2A Jessica Polcyn 4B Alexandria Price 2A Jacob Rich 2B Addison Roberts 2B Kailah Sabetta 2A Vincent Schmitz KA Piper Schneider 2B Karsyn Schrantz KA Sophia Siladie 2B Madeline Solley 2B Isabel Stratton KA Jacob Tokash 6A Mrs. Vrancich Connor Williams 4A Josh Williams * 6A Sophia Wollschleger 2A Payton Wren 2B

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Forming Intentional Disciples by drawing them to Christ in the Eucharist

Empowering them to joyfully use their gifts and talents to build the Kingdom of God

Strengthening the bonds of friendship within the parish family with love and

acceptance

Mass @ 11:30 am

Life Teen for high school teens

Following Mass 12:30 -2:00pm in the lower church hall rooms ¾

Saturday, December 3rd

– CCYC Retreat - Please pray for our teens attending

Sunday, December 4th – No Life Teen

Sunday, December 11- Life Teen Service

Gently used winter clothing, shoes, coats, hats, mittens and new socks and underwear needed for Peter Maurin Center. You may donate clean, folded items by placing them in a bag marked "Life Teen - Peter Maurin Center" and leave them by room 3 in the lower church hall between now and December 11th. On December 11th the teens will sort and label all the items and take them down to the Peter Maurin Center.

Sunday, December 18 - No Life Teen

Tuesday, December 27th - Life Teen Christmas Social. Mass at 5:00pm in the Daily Mass Chapel followed by spaghetti dinner and social. RSVP to Barbie by 12/20. Bring a small white elephant gift ($5 or less) and your voice - we'll be Christmas Caroling!

Steubenville Youth Conference June 16-18 Registration & deposit due January 15 - fly-er & form on parish website. For current high school students & those entering high school in the Fall 2017. View a promo video at https://youtu.be/AUp0goNfzR0.

For more information contact Barbie Byrne 330 688-6412x271 or

byrne@holyfamilystow.org OR visit the parish website www.holyfamilystow.org