Catholic Schools Week

Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed. As we celebrate Catholic Schools Week we are reminded of the reasons we are commit-

ted to Catholic education. We celebrate our families who partner with us in the faith

formation of their children and provide the opportunity for a balanced academic curricu-

lum that integrates faith, culture, and life. We celebrate our school, our children, and our

faculty.

Learn:

We offer an education that combines Catholic faith and teaching with academic excel-

lence. Our commitment to a strong curriculum is evidenced in our ongoing reflection,

analysis, and implementation of goals that support our teachers in leading our learners.

Our faculty and staff are dedicated, caring, and effective.

Serve:

Service is reflected in so many ways in our school culture. We serve each other with

kindness, respect, and loyalty. At a very early age the children understand the value of

service. This became very clear during our “bed for every child” initiative. As you

know, we not only met our goal of four beds, we doubled it to eight beds for children in

need. Our student government students took this program very seriously and spoke in

classrooms to their peers to foster an understanding of the need.

Lead:

Opportunities abound for students to learn and practice leadership skills. It is amazing to

see students of all ages prepare for a Student Government campaign.

Their courage and skill in preparing, identifying their “platform” and executing their

campaign is inspiring. The public speaking opportunities in the classroom transfer beau-

tifully to the public forum of campaigning. Our dream and our reality are children who

go make a difference in this world.

Succeed:

Succeed, they do. Our students succeed in the classroom and in the world. Our Holy

Name history is filled with success stories. Recent graduates who attend the best of

schools, graduates who attend and graduate from successful colleges, former students

who now bring their children to Holy Name, alumni who return to complete senior ser-

vice, graduates who have and are presently serving on our school board, and alumni

who answer the call when it comes from Holy Name Parish School. Success!!!!

Congratulations to all on a Catholic Schools week that is evidenced throughout the year.

Warmly,

Kathleen J. Caulfield

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Principal

Letter

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Important

Dates

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Parish

Information

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Home &

School

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School News 4-5

Holy Name

Happenings

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2 0 1 8 F E B R U A R Y

Value of the

Month is

Love

And now these three

remain: faith, hope

and love. But the

greatest of these is

love.

1 Corinthians 13:13

February Value of the Month: Love February 1-28 Annual Winter Calendar Raffle

February 1 Catholic Schools Week

Calendar Raffle begins

“Catch the Spirit Day”

Coffee and refreshments (drop off –8:30 a.m.) for Parents

Followed by Classroom Visits (8:30-9:30 a.m.)

February 2 Catholic Schools Week

Full Day of School for all grades Open House 1:00-2:00 p.m. at the ECC and Main Building for Incoming

Students

“Me and My Guy” Dance from 7:00-9:00 p.m. in Finn Hall

February 4 Family Mass and Mass of 100 Singers at 9:00 a.m. in the Upper Church

(Gr. 3 to host)

Super Bowl—Go Pats!

February 5 “Patriots Day!” Celebrate their Season Casual Day

Home & School Monthly Board Meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the Library

February 6 Project Pantry

Half day of school-Dismissal is at 12:00 p.m. No Boston Public School Bus Transportation at Dismissal

Faculty Meeting

February 7 Curtain Up! Productions from 2:30-4:00 p.m. in Finn Hall

Jr. High Dance Ticket Sale from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in Finn Hall

February 8 “Boxtops for Education” collection sheets due

February 9 Jr. High Dance from 7:00-10:00 p.m. in Parish Hall sponsored by the

Bernardines

February 11 Family Mass 9:00 a.m. in the Upper Church (Gr. 4 to host)

February 13 Valentine’s Casual Day-Mardis Gras

Red and Pink Casual Day

Project Pantry

Student Council Meeting from 2:35-3:00 p.m. in the Library

Consultative School Board Meeting, at 6:45 p.m. in the School Library

February 14 Ash Wednesday Prayer Service with ash distribution at 9:00 a.m. in

Parish Hall

Curtain Up! Productions from 2:30-4:00 p.m. in Finn Hall

February 18 Family Mass at 9:00 a.m. in the Upper Church (Gr. 5 to host)

February 19-23 Winter Vacation — No School

February 19 Presidents Day

February 25 Family Mass at 9:00 a.m. Upper Church (Gr. 6 to host)

February 27 Project Pantry

Ballroom Dancing Begins for Gr. 5 and Gr. 6

Student Council Meeting from 2:35-3:00 p.m. in the Library

February 28 Curtain Up! Productions from 2:30-4:00 p.m. in Finn Hall

LOOKING AHEAD April 12 Art Fair, Main Building (KII-Gr. 6), from 6:00-7:00 p.m.

April 13 Grandparents’ Day/Special Persons’ Day for KII –Grade 6, Dismissal at

noon – No Boston Public School bus transportation at dismissal

April 24 Science Fair of the Solar System, at the ECC, (N and KI), from

5:30-6:30 p.m.

Parish Information The Family Liturgy is held each Sunday at 9:00 a.m. in the Upper Church. We hope

that all parents will try to attend the Family Mass and worship together. As in the

past, we are anticipating that each Holy Name student will participate with his or her

family and/or class at the Family Liturgy. The continuing participation of our chil-

dren at Mass involves assisting with music sheets, the offertory collection and pre-

senting the offertory gifts. The schedule of grades to assist at the Family Mass is as

follows:

February 4th Grade 3 and Mass of 100 Singers

February 11th Grade 4

February 18st Grade 5

February 25th Grade 6

Holy Name Parish School celebrates Catholic Schools Week

January 28sth-February 2rd.

Catholic Schools Week began on Monday with a Mass of cele-

bration. Father Stanley and Deacon Tim presided over the Mass

with Grade 6 assisting. Father Stanley in closing said "Praise

God in how we live our lives." The Mass marked the beginning

of our week celebrating Catholic Schools: Learn, Serve, Lead, Succeed.

Wednesday the 31st is Move up Day! Younger students visit with older students

and discuss their grade.

February 1st, Thursday is “Catch the Spirit Day” with coffee and refreshments at parent drop-off through 8:30 a.m.

and classroom visits from 8:30-9:30 a.m.

Full Day of school Friday. Holy Name will open its’ doors for an Open House for Nursery-Grade 6 for incoming stu-

dents for the 2018-19 academic year from 1:00-2:00 p.m. School tours are given by our Gr. 6 student ambassadors.

Visitors will see the school through their eyes!

Holy Name Parish

Family Liturgy

Every Sunday

9:00 a.m.

”Me and My Guy” Dance Hosted by the Bernardines

Friday, February 2rd

7:00-9:00 p.m. Finn Hall

A great time for girls and their dads or special guys in their lives to dress up and dance the night away. There will be food and lots of fun.

Tickets are limited and must be PURCHASED IN ADVANCE. No tickets will be sold at the door. Tickets are $10.00 each. Admission price includes “food, drinks and some

sweets” and all activities! Children must be accompanied by an adult. For ticket information or questions, please contact Cathy at 617-327-3124 or

Barbara at 617-325-0074

Home & School Association Announcements

Annual Winter Calendar Raffle – February 1st-February 28th Good luck to all our Winter Calendar Raffle participants! Prize drawings will begin February 1 and continue un-

til February 28 with a winner announced each day. Winning calendar tickets will be returned to the raffle, so

you may win more than once.

Monthly Raffles Congratulations to Finn Williams (grade 1), winner of

January’s Raffle for Beanpot Tournament tickets. Our

series of Monthly Raffles will continue next month

with a chance to win a $300 tuition credit to Parkway

Youth Hockey/Learn to Skate. In April we’ll raffle off

a free week of Summer Camp at Catholic Memorial,

followed in May by the chance to win a 2 night stay at

Bellevue by the Sea in Wells, Maine (valued at

$240). Raffle tickets for each prize are $10. A separate

announcement for each raffle will be sent out each

month.

Square One Art –

April 8th Students are cur-

rently working on

their projects for our

annual Square One Art fundraiser. Order form packets

will be sent home with students on March 26th, and the

deadlines are April 6th for online orders and April 8th for

paper orders. You may order directly online or send your

form back to school, whatever is easiest for you. Best of

all, your gifts will arrive by April 30th - in time to make a

wonderful Mother’s Day or Father’s Day gift for grand-

parents and parents alike.

Boxtops for Education Thank you for participating in the Box Tops for Education program! Last collection we collected $735! The next

collection of Box Tops from the classrooms will be Thursday, February 8th.

Keep up the good work and keep on clipping!

Ballroom Dancing is Back!

Due to past years’ success, our Physical Education curriculum will continue to include Ballroom

Dancing as part of the Socially Fit program. Our Grade 5 and 6 students, under the direction of

Mrs. Bradley-O’Malley and Mrs. Houston, will learn new dance steps and many social etiquette

tips. We look forward to celebrating their accomplishments in the future!

Adult Social – May The committee is working on the Adult Social, likely

to be held in May. More details to come next month.

School News

Happy Valentine’s Day! Pink/ Red Casual Day to celebrate Valentine’s Day—February 13th

Ash Wednesday—February 14th (Prayer Service, ashes distributed)

MARC Program Comes to

Holy Name Alex, from the

MARC program, Bridgewater

State University, gave a presen-

tation to students in Grades 2-6

on Bullying and Cyberbullying.

The programs focus "making

better choices with peers" along with how to recognize

bullying and relational aggression was discussed.

https://www.marccenter.org/

Holy Name Celebrates Literacy on National Reading Day—January 23rd Stop, Drop and Read Mrs. Caulfield announced at precisely 1:45 p.m. on January 23rd. The entire school

stopped and picked up a book to celebrate National Reading Day. From Nursery - Gr. 6 students, teachers

and administrators alike were reading novels, chapter books, comic books, magazines or looking at pic-

ture books. Nursery and KI also had special visitors stop by during the day to read to them! Dr. Seuss

once said -"You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book!"

Holy Name Happenings! Kindergarten and Library report news from their classrooms. Check the PlusPortal as

they will be the featured photos in February.

If you’re looking for a peaceful oasis of quiet in our busy school, don’t expect to find it in the Library!

With the exception of 5-10 minutes of “Quiet Reading” per class, the Library is a busy, active place for KII-

Grade 6. Here’s what’s been going on… Grade 6 practiced public speaking this fall, featuring good breathing

techniques and better diction (“Lips, teeth, tip of the tongue”, borrowed from Mr. Tom). The students were ex-

cellent peer reviewers giving their fellow students some feed-back as they previewed the Nursery Rhyme seg-

ment of the program. In December, each 6th Grade class presented Voices of Christmas, a retelling of the Christ-

mas narrative from many points of view. Grade 5 spends a few minutes of each Library period on etymology,

Fun with Word Roots. They can be very creative with the English language! Students in Grades 3 and 4 are get-

ting to “Know Your Library”. Each week we feature interesting ( I hope) books from different sections of the

Library, encouraging the students to explore new topics. The Second Graders are hearing folktales and legends

from around the world. It’s great to see their eyes light up when they recognize a theme they heard before. We

have some lively discussions about similarities and differences between stories and cultures. For KII students and

First Graders, we try to lay a foundation of common cultural literacy by reading classic picture books and

fairytales mixed with current favorites. Although the kids from the ECC don’t come to Library, we have

storytime each week, beginning each class with a healthy dose of Nursery Rhymes.

By the time you’re reading this, Scholastic Book Fair will be in full swing. Thank you, thank you, thank

you to all our volunteers for giving their time so willingly. The kids love seeing you and we all appreciate your

help and enthusiasm. Thanks, also , to all our families for supporting the Book Fair. Your children learn from

you that reading is important and fun. Keep on reading!

Kindergarten has been slipping and sliding into our huge Penguin

unit. We have enjoyed reading a variety of penguin books, both fiction

and non-fiction. Even though we are learning in our classroom, in our

minds, we are 9 thousand miles away, braving the harsh winds of Antarc-

tica.

If you walked by our classroom and saw us with pillows strapped

to our bellies, perhaps you thought we were getting ready to take a nap.

But no! We were learning how to waddle like penguins, and how to keep

our eggs safe, just like the male Emperor penguins do for 2 long months!

Students and teachers alike are amazed by the penguin life cycle— mostly that the male penguin doesn't eat

for 2 months! They carry their eggs on the brood pouch on their feet..we practiced with footballs!

We were tracking our penguin friends across the world in their natural habitats using live webcams.

We watched Gentoo penguins belly sliding in Antarctica, and African penguins waddling in the San Diego

Zoo. Penguins don’t just live in the south pole! They are different sizes, look different, and live in different

climates.