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Holy Family School Newsletter	May 13, 2011

Dear Friend,

Welcome to our school's first email newsletter. This will be a new method of communication between the Holy Family School, Parish and Alumni communities. I encourage your feedback, pictures and video clips. The newsletter will keep all contacts informed on present and future endeavors. In addition, it will be used as a tool to highlight student and school achievements.

Kindest regards,

Rhonda Berginnis-Suman

Marketing/Fundraising Committee

This Week & Next Week
May 9-13 & May 16-21

YEAR LONG RAFFLE

Raffle tickets went home this week in Tuesday folders. Tickets are $25.00 each with 25 chances to win. Each school family is expected to sell at least 4 tickets. Every ticket must turned back in to the office before the first drawing on September 11, 2011.

Athletic & Academic Banquet

The 2011 Holy Family Athletic & Academic Banquet will be held on Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 5:00pm in the Holy Family gymnasium.

Please contact Mary Ann Fitzgerald at 606-547-7078 with any questions.

* Anyone interested in decorating for the banquet should meet in the school gym on Saturday, May 14th at 10:00am!!!

P.E. Program

The annual P.E. Program will be held on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 6:30pm in the school gymnasium. All school students will participate and should be in their classroom no later than 6:15pm. This is one of the best programs of the year and is definitely a function you don't want to miss!

Box Tops For Education

Keep clipping those box tops. Amy Lysandrou reported that our last box top competition raised $600.00. The final competition of this school year will end on May 16th.

Quotes of the Week
by Henry B. Adams

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

by B.B. King

The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.

Ongoing & Upcoming
FYI....

**2011-12 School registration is going on now!

** 4th Annual Irish Basketball Camp

Registration is going on now. The camp is to be held June 6-10, 2011 in the school gym. Camp instructors include Ashland Kittens coaches and players, Holy Family coaches and former Holy Family players. The camp is open to all Holy Family school & parish families. New students enrolled for the 2011-12 school year are also welcome to attend. Cost is $50 per child with discounts for families with more than 2 children attending. Permission slips are due in the office by May 25th.

**2011 Holy Family Field Day

Field Day for all classes will be held on May 25th. Shirts for each student will again be tye-dyed for this event. Please send a white t-shirt, at least one size larger than your child wears, to school by May 18th.

If you would like to volunteer, please meet in the gym at the starting time for your child's class.

Preschool & Kindergarten - 8:00 - 9:30

1st, 2nd & 3rd Grades - 9:30 - 11:00

4th, 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th Grades - 1:00-2:30

Save the dates..... September 9, 10 & 11, 2011 for Holy Family Festival

The festival committee has already started planning for this annual event which is held in September. Many exciting changes are being planned for festival with more details to come soon. Anyone interested in volunteering for festival committee is invited to the next meeting on May 25, 2011 at 6:00pm in the cafeteria.

More Festival News

Theresia Gussler & Tracy Wheeler are again in charge of our fabulous basket and silent auction booth for festival. Any donations should be wrapped in clear cellophane with an item list and monetary value included. Groups are welcome to donate together. Please contact Theresia at 606-325-8630 or Tracy at 606-923-6545 if you are willing to donate.

If you found any unopened happy meal toys or left over party favors while spring cleaning, now is your chance to unclutter your house and curb festival expenses. Please send anything you might have that could be used for prizes at festival to the school office or contact Patty Salisbury at 606-262-0098.

Holy Family Rummage Sale

We are looking for co-chairs!!! This is an extremely important fundraiser for our school. Volunteers should contact Mary Chandler as soon as possible.

SCRIP/Gift Card Program

Please keep supporting our Scrip program over the summer. You may contact Theresia Gussler at 606-325-8630 or Tracy Wheeler at 606-923-6545 if you have questions or need to know how to order gift cards online. You may also visit our school website to download order forms.

www.holyfamilyashland.com

Summer Camp

HFS Summer Camp registration is going on now. Registration forms and fees are due by May 20th. Please contact Carol Kelley with any questions.

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