Dear Parents and Guardians,
Welcome to the start of Catholic Schools Week! We are so fortunate to be part of this wonderful
community. Every day, your child
is surrounded by competent and caring teachers, helpful support staff and
classmates, who will be their friends for life! Catholic Schools Week allows us a chance to have fun
together, be creative, try new things and break up a long cold month. Yes, regular classes do happen!
We hope to see everyone at 10:30 am Mass on Sunday, the 27th
and Wednesday, the 30th at Noon. Also, don’t miss the chili dinner. The Traxler Family and
Captain Ken’s Chili take good care of us!
We have had a film festival on Friday and hope parents can pop into
either showing. Pull out your
skates and find the key and meet us at Saints North. And DO NOT miss the Swing Kick-Off Party next Friday. The best time ever!
Being in a Catholic School everyday is to live a blessed life.
Jane Schmidt
Principal
Upcoming Dates:
Jan. 27th 10:30 a.m. Mass at LCCC Wear those SuperFriend Shirts
Jan. 28th-Feb. 1st See details on CSW Flyer. We will send daily updates, too.
Feb. 1st Swing Kick-Off Party Be there, or be square.
Feb. 2nd Fr. Paul Feela’s Birthday. Happy birthday to you!
Feb. 5th Kindergarten Round-up 9-11 am Spread the Word!
Attention Families of 8th Graders and Relatives:
Highland Catholic School Graduation will happen in only four short months. Here are some times to note:
Tuesday, May 28th
Graduation Breakfast (Students/Parents/Guardians) 8 a.m.
Graduation Rehearsal 9-11 a.m. (Students)
Graduation Pictures 6 p.m.
Graduatin Mass 7 p.m.
Gradation Reception 8 p.m.
Graduation Party TBD 9 p.m. -?
Oh, I will miss this class.
Reminders
Reminders for Dismissal Pick up Line:
-Please put down the coffee
-Please put down the phone
-Please stay in a single line
-Please pay attention
And then we will all live for another day!
Some families are a little short on the HIVE cards. The office staff can always help you with purchasing HIVE cards, or you can send a note/payment with your child. The HIVE staff does stamp a small ink hornet on your child’s hand if funds are very low or not available.
Speaking of lunch, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE wash those lunchboxes. Just throw them in the wash machine. Empty is best.
School News
Winter
Carnival Art Show!
There is exciting news! The following students have had work
chosen for display at the AZ Gallery Winter Carnival Art Show. I have
attached a flyer with more information.
Our artists on display are: Mikey H, Henry H, Anna F, Regan
F, Calla M, William W, Maria L, Lucy K, Lili
R, Morgan B, Brynn G, Caroline C, Maggie
A, Olivia B, Jack P, Yousha T, Nick L Emmett A,
Erin K, Carolyn R, Sarah C, Sam C, Timothy R, Kira
J, Sophia P, Celie B, Molly R and Alex M.
We are so proud of these talented students.
“Send a Shout Out!”
Grammatically correct:
“Send Out a Shout!”
This is a fun way to send out a salute to a HCS teacher. Check out the link below and recognize
someone special for Catholic Schools Week.
Engaging encounter!!
Student Jack
G recently attended Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York and found
a little time to talk some baseball with Cardinal Timothy Dolan. (Hopefully, they were praying for the
Twins’ pitching rotation.) What a
thrill!
Prayers from Every Corner
Students have
been faithfully praying for former student, Ellie Cizek, who suffered a serious
brain injury in a skiing accident.
I am happy to report that Ellie is making tremendous progress, is
speaking, can move all of her limbs and has a wonderful health team that will
help her on the path to recovery.
Keep praying. I believe we
are seeing a miracle here.
Precious
Preschoolers
The HiC
Preschool is excited to be back from Christmas break. It is a busy time
for our preschool as we welcome Baby Jesue, new students, and new babies.
We welcome Ava Joan D, Oliver H, and Adele P to our
T/Th AM program. We also welcome Francine "Frannie" Mary
C, baby sister of Clara C, and Joshua P, baby brother of
Catherine P.
We are
enrolling for next year, so please stop in and join the fun.
Pictured is second grader, Natalie S, whose artwork was
chosen for this year’s school directory.
It makes me smile every time I pick it up!
Message
of Thanks:
Dear Jane,
Children and Families of Highland
Catholic School,
I cannot begin to thank you for the avalanche of
toys and wonderful items you sent for our Christmas bags! Our families so appreciate the help to
get them through the holidays. The
needs in my neighborhood of North Minneapolis are great all year long—And we,
Sisters, are here all year long to bring your message of hope. Have a great rest of the school year. You are in our daily prayers.
Gratefully,
Sr. Mary Frances and All
Photo: Sr. Mary Frances was in tears. She is in the middle of the group sporting a turban after
recovering from her second brain surgery.
So, How Did it Go?
Folks have been
asking about the result of our Barnes and Nobel Fund Raiser, which was about
the most fun a person could have in a retail store: music, good conversation,
hot chocolate, caroling teachers.
It was a huge
success raising $2,074.76!
In-store sales contributed $2,025.96, nook sales $22.10 and online sales $26.97
Please say we
will do it again next year?
Olweus
Anti-Bullying Program Policy
The Highland Catholic School Advisory
Council supports the implementation of the Olweus Anti-Bullying Program. This program, which involves the full
community of Highland Catholic School, is centered on four rules:
1. We will not bully others.
2. We will try to help students who are
bullied.
3. We will try to include students who are
left out.
4. If we know that someone I being
bullied, we will tell an adult at school
and an adult at home.
The Olweus Program coupled with our
Code of Conduct and Policy for Prohibiting Bullying Behavior speaks to the need
for all children to feel safe at school.
It
shall be at the discretion of the Principal and Canonical Administrator to
apply this policy.
Adopted:
12/12
Next Review: 12/17
A Preschool Poem
Snow is:
Snow is white.
Snow is cold.
Snow is yucky on the floor.
Grass pops up under the snow.
I can play in the snow.
I can build a snowman in the snow.
Sometimes it’s sticky,
And sometimes it’s not.
Sometimes snow is deep.
We like it a lot!
Written by Owen, Connor, Lauren, Nolan, Ruby, Cole,
Walt and Audrey
A Nice Note from a Parishioner after December Coffee
Dear Students,
A heartfelt thank you for the joy that you spread this morning to all of
us at your breakfast. Your student
council members made us all feel so welcome. Your kindergartners are great entertainers. We are proud of you!!!
With love and gratitude,
Catherine Marien
Around the School
Study of World Religions
The 8th grade welcomed Cassandra
Naima Arslan from the Islamic Resource Center to their Religion classes this
week. Mrs. Arslan came to speak about the religion of Islam as part of
their world religions studies. Mrs. Arslan was impressed by the knowledge
of the 8th grade students and brought back pictures of their Five Pillars of
Islam project to share with her Muslim community members.
First Grade Fun
The Giants are back! Our first graders are enjoying their
reading time with the very tall (and talented) Basketball players from St.
Thomas University. Thanks to Coach Johnny Tauer for hooking us up!
More Art….
Congratulations to Karyne O!
She was chosen as the Young Rembrandts Star Artist this month. You can find her work featured at http://www.youngrembrandts.com/twincities/default.aspx
Just click on the Student Showcase Box. Highland Catholic School is happy to offer the Young
Rembrandt Program to our students.
Asking For...
Is anyone starting their spring cleaning?
We are on the look up for additional Legos for our Extra Innings crowd. They love them to pieces!
Please send any donations to the office.
We constantly have a need for brown grocery bags. Please drop them off at the office anytime. They can either be empty or full of cash.
Have any old ink cartridges or cell phones lying around? Bring them in and we will recycle them and earn money for the school.
Alumni News
Congratulations to our former students who were recently recognized for their strong academic achievement at the Academy of Holy Angels: Andy Broadnax, Scholar of Distinction; Will Harens, Scholar of Distinction; Katheryn Murphy, Scholar of Distinction and Fiona O’Rourke, Honor Roll.
We are proud of you.
What a thrill to hear that
former student, Amanda Evans, performed as part of the Notre Dame marching band
as part of her freshman year!
Amanda posted on facebook a reflection of her early days in 4th
grade band! Just another reminder
of the places band can bring you!
Way to go, Amanda!
