Congratulations to Anna Stephens and Christian Surtz who were recently selected for participation in the Band for Today Honor Band. Their Band instructor advises that they put on a wonderful concert in April and were OUTSTANDING! God bless you and all our musicians here at school as you share your gifts!
NEW DIRECTORY GREETERS NEEDED: We are creating a new parish pictorial directory with the photo sessions running Tues-Sat., June 5th through June 23rd. See the parish website to sign your family up for photography. Interested in a fun and easy volunteer job? We need greeters to welcome our parishioners before their photo session. Please call Nina Motyka at 630-879-0306 or Kathy Pollack at 630-406-1566 if you can help. Thank you!
A SIMPLE LAUNDRY MINISTRY: Are you able, like Saint Martha, to help care for our Lord's needs at home? Could you do an extra load of laundry once every few months? Our Altar Server cassocks require periodic cleaning. This service is provided by a team of wonderful parishioners according to a flexible, comfortable schedule. The more the merrier! Please contact the parish office staff if you would like to help beautify our liturgies in this way!
ADORATION CHAPEL : Please contact Pat Roatch at our parish office (630-879-4750 x 110 or by email at patroatch@holycross-batavia.org) to sign up for an hour in our beautiful Adoration Chapel. The benefits are eternal.
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2011 - 2012 Guidelines and Policies
for the Crusader Cash Program
1. Participants of the Crusader Cash Program must establish an individual account at www.shopwithscrip.com. Follow the directions to set up an account. You will be asked for our enrollment code. Enter the following code: 28633B212167L. Participants from prior years do NOT need to set up a new account.
2. You may pay for your purchases by check (see #3, below), or by direct debit. To set up direct debit (through the ACH system), click on the presto pay button. You will be asked for the routing number and bank account number for your checking account, then follow the instructions. There is a 39 cent charge for each order placed. If you choose presto pay, your account information will be verified through a series of two small deposits (pennies) to your account. The initial verification process could take as long as 72 hours, so unless you get authorized early, the first order may need to be paid for by check.
3. Start shopping! Pay using presto pay, or submit a check for your order total (payable to Holy Cross HSA) to the office by 9:30 on Tuesday. For the first order, you will also need to submit the registration form and liability waiver.
4. If paying by check, please also include a copy of your order and clearly indicate how you want your order delivered (via child’s backpack or pick-up in the office). If paying by presto pay, your order will be delivered via your oldest child’s backpack unless you direct us otherwise.
5. You will be given a Crusader Cash envelope when your first order is delivered. This envelope will contain your scrip certificates and gift cards, your current order form, and any news about the program. Please return subsequent orders in this envelope.
6. Orders will be accepted until 9:30 a.m. on scheduled Tuesdays. Any order coming into school later or on another day will be held for the following scheduled order date. Orders will be delivered on scheduled Thursdays, except as noted during December.
7. It is the students/parents responsibility to make sure the Crusader Cash envelope is given to the teacher or placed in the designated box in the office. Envelopes that remain in the backpack or cubby will not be processed.
8. You must sign a waiver to release Holy Cross School, its employees and volunteers from any lost or stolen gift certificates. Once the gift certificates are delivered to you or your child, you will assume responsibility. Please consider the age, maturity and how the child gets home in making your choice to participate in the BackPack Program. PLEASE NOTE THAT CERTIFICATES ARE CASH EQUIVALENT AND CANNOT BE REPLACED, TRACED, OR REFUNDED IF LOST OR STOLEN.
9. There may be RARE occasions that our supplier, Great Lakes Scrip Center, cannot fill our order in a timely fashion. We will contact you immediately with the explanation we have received. If this occurs, we will make every attempt to get your gift certificates to you as soon as possible. Alternatively, you may request a refund for any certificates not delivered as scheduled.
10. There will be a $30.00 charge for checks returned (NSF). Checks are deposited promptly.
11. It is your responsibility to verify your order upon receipt of the Crusader Cash envelope. Any discrepancies must be addressed within 24 hours.
12. We will only give the Crusader Cash envelope to your child (if authorized), you or your spouse. If you want a carpool person to pick it up for you, we will need a written note with your signature.
13. Customers are responsible for noting restrictions and benefits pertaining to gift certificates (for example, expiration dates, ability to use for online purchases, payment on store credit account, etc.). A complete listing of each vendor’s terms and conditions of use can be found on our supplier’s website at www.glscrip.com.
14. Earnings on orders placed through November 30th will be “paid out” towards your tuition balance on December 5th. If paid towards your tuition balance, ** YOUR PAY OUT MUST EXCEED $25 BEFORE YOUR FACTS MONTHLY INVOICE AMOUNT IS ADJUSTED **. If this requirement is met, your monthly invoice amount will be adjusted January 1st. If the $25 requirement is not met, the earnings will carry forward to the next payout period.
Earnings on orders placed December 7th through March 1st will be “paid out” towards your tuition balance on March 5th. If paid towards tuition, your April invoice will be adjusted by the amount “paid out”. If the $25 requirement is not met, the earnings will carry forward to the next payout period (the 2012 – 2013 school year).
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOL!
May
16 Band Concert 6:30PM
17 Ice Cream Thursday
18 Zoo Field Trip Grades K-2; last hot lunch of the year; Yearbook Order forms due
20 Mother/Son Laser Tag Outing
21 Eighth Grade field trip to Milwaukee - 6:20AM arrival; Four year old "Graduation" during class
22 Eighth Grade Retreat during regular school hours; School confessions 1-2:30PM
23 Rosary Walk immediately following 8AM Mass; Preschool End of Year Picnic in Gym 10:30AM-Noon; School Confessions 1-2:30PM; Eighth Grade Graduation Mass 6:30PM in Church with reception following in Donovan Hall
25 Spirit Wear Day; Half-Day 11:40AM Dismissal; Staff Meeting in PM
28 Memorial Day - NO SCHOOL
Almost Picture Perfect!
Did you attend the Talent Show and take some great photos? Please send them in!!! (See directions below...)
Calling all Holy Cross photographers! It's hard to believe the school year is almost over. We are working on the yearbook and need more pictures. Maybe you captured these moments…
Sports: Soccer, Volleyball, Football, Basketball, Pep Rallies
August: First Day K-8
September: First Day Preschool, Curriculum Night, Senior Luncheon
October: Sonny Acres field trip, Living Rosary, Grandparents Day, All School Skate, Norton Farm (preschool), Make an apple Pie (preschool), Halloween Parade (preschool)
November: All Saints Day (and class parties), MathMagic field trip, Veterans Day, Mini Workshops (middle School), Thanksgiving Feast (preschool)
December: 7th Grade Christmas Carol outing, Band Concert, Christmas Program, Christmas Classroom Parties, Polar Express, Birthday Party for Jesus (Preschool)
January/Early Feb: Mr. Freeze, Sally Walker Author Visit, Night of Wonders, Catholic Schools Week.
March/April: Class Trips, Science Presentation, Living Stations of the Cross and more...
Please send those great shots you took to holycrossyearbook@gmail.com or leave a CD in the office. Just label the pictures and the grades they are from.
Thank you for making the yearbook picture perfect!
Andrea Ausland, Eileen Nelson, Tammy Studebaker and Shannon Wirth
A Holy Cross family with a newborn who lives west of the river is interested in carpooling for the rest of this school year. They could drive your child(ren) to school in the morning and would appreciate transportation for their daughter home at 3PM dismissal. Please e-mail us at hccs@holycross-batavia.org if you are interested.
A Holy Cross family is seeking a responsible teenager or young adult who would be interested in driving three children home from school at dismissal and supervising until their parent arrives home from work at 5PM. Please e-mail us at hccs@holycross-batavia.org if you want more information.
Praying Together as a Household
The Church is a big family, so each of our families should be a "little church." As such, our weekly preparation for Sunday, the Lord's Day, follows the same basic format as the Mass. We speak to God; God speaks to us. We give bread, wine and ourselves to God while God gives us His Son.
Monsignor Deutsch and Father Evans have recently created a Lord's Day prayer format for families, the domestic Church. Please pick up a Prayer Card in the Narthex which your family can follow each week as you prepare for Sunday Mass.
classes, sports, friendships, challenges and joyful expectation for all that is to come, Holy Cross School is a place of love diffusing far and wide the goodness of Christ. Only in openness to the Holy Spirit can we continue to grow in body, mind and soul and give glory to Christ by becoming all that He calls us to be in His Holy Name.