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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School Hours
Full Day Students
7:40-7:52AM ~ Students arrive and go directly to their classrooms to drop off their backpacks and coats. Attendance will be taken at this time.
(At 7:52AM, the front doors to the school will be locked and students should proceed directly to Mass through the front church doors. Students will then be considered tardy.)
K & 1st Grade arrival ~ Kindergarten and First Grade students are expected to follow this arrival procedure every Wednesday morning and on Holy Days of Obligation in order to attend our 8AM Mass with the rest of the student body. On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday they are invited to attend Mass as well in the same manner. If your child does not attend Mass on optional days, he/she should arrive at the main entrance of the school at 8:30AM and will be guided to their classroom.
8:00-8:30AM ~ Daily Mass (Second through Eighth Graders on Monday through Friday; Kindergarten and First Graders on Wednesdays and Holy Days of Obligation with other school days optional.)
8:35-11:00AM ~ K-5 Morning instruction
8:35-11:45AM ~ Grades 6-8 Morning Instruction
11:00 ~ 11:20 K-2nd grade lunch 11:25 ~ 11:45 K-2nd grade recess
11:00 ~ 11:20 3rd-5th grade recess 11:25 ~ 11:45 3rd-5th grade lunch
11:45 ~ 12:05 6th-8th grade lunch 12:05 ~ 12:25 6th-8th grade recess
11:45AM ~ 3:00PM ~ K-5 Afternoon Instruction
12:25 ~ 3:00PM ~ Grades 6-8 Afternoon Instruction
3:00PM ~ Dismissal
Half Day Kindergarten Students
7:40-7:50AM ~ (See note below for days when this applies.) Students arrive and go directly to their classrooms to drop off their backpacks and coats. Attendance will be taken at this time.
(At 7:52AM, the front doors to the school will be locked and students should proceed directly to Mass through the front church doors. Students will then be considered tardy.)
Our Half Day Kindergarten students are expected to follow the Full Day Student arrival procedure every Wednesday morning and on Holy Days of Obligation in order to attend our 8AM Mass with the rest of the student body. They are invited, along with our Full Day Kindergarten and First Grade students, to attend Mass on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday as well in the same manner. If your Half Day student does not attend Mass on optional days, he/she should arrive at the main entrance of the school at 8:30AM and will be guided to their classroom.
8:30AM ~ Arrive at school and proceed directly to the classroom entering through the main doors of the school
8:35-11:25AM ~ Morning Instruction
11:30AM ~ Dismissal
Preschool Students
3-year-old
Tuesdays & Thursdays ~ AM Session - 8:40-11:15 / PM Session - 12:20-2:50
4-year-old
Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays ~ AM Session - 8:40-11:15/PM Session - 12:20-2:50
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.