Lunch Money Parents, please be sure to send lunch money with your students on the days they plan to buy lunch. We are working hard to be good business partners with Farm Basket, so we cannot allow students to "charge" lunches. Money must be in hand to buy a lunch. Thank you for your support! Patti Culbreth Friday, Sept 2, is the deadline for Fall Sports Athletic fees. No student will be able to play or practice if this fee is not turned in. If you have any problems, please see Mr. Mitchell. Players are also reminded to turn in Student Athletic Contracts by that same date. Players see your coach or Mr. Mitchell at school. Go Gaels!!!!!!!
Volleyball and Soccer Gate/Concession Schedules are out. Click on the links. Soccer Gate/Concession Schedule Volleyball Gate/Concession Schedule Elementary Strings Program There will be an informational meeting for parents only on August 31st at 6:30 for those interested in the Holy Cross strings program. Information covered will include: -Instrument rental/purchase -Facts on violin lessons -Cost If you cannot attend but are still interested, please email Ms. Marny at marny_a@hcrs-va.org. ELEMENTARY SUMMER READING Please turn in your summer reading log by next Wed. August 31st. There are extra logs in the library and in the front office. We are hoping for 100% of our students to turn in their logs and receive an invitation to our "Western Day Round-up" celebration! 
WESTERN DAY- SEPTEMBER 7TH Volunteers are needed for "Western day round-up" summer reading celebration: Wed. Sept. 7th. We will need volunteers mainly from 9:45-@noon (or any time there-in) A fun time is guaranteed by all! Food items are needed. If you can't volunteer your time, you may want to consider donating a food item that will be used for snack and/or prizes. Contact Mrs. Main if you can help with either: main_h@hcrs-va.org 847-5436 Also, if you have any "western" decorations/items that you think would add to our celebration and you are willing to loan, let me know! Thanks to all who have already volunteered time and items! LIBRARY BOOKS Checkout of books will begin in the library this week. Students will be allowed to check out 2 books at a time to begin with. When a library book comes home, please make sure that it is kept in a safe place. Check inside the book pocket for a date due receipt! More library policy/procedures will be sent home later in the month! Opportunities to Help Earn Money For Our School Our In nisbrook Sale is Now in Progress! Max the Monkey was hanging around school at Back to School Night! Your elementary child can earn a Max backpack clip by selling 10 Innisbrook items! Middle and High School students can earn chances to spin a prize wheel that includes cash and gift cards! If each student sells $80 worth of product, we will reach our goal of $8000. Order packets were distributed on Thursday, and we have already begun to see orders placed online! If you have not already done so, please open your packet right away and start selling. Email your friends and family near and far. Anyone can order online and have product shipped directly to them; they just need our school code. You can take orders and enter them online right from home. Once you do that, print out an order receipt and send it to school with checks made out to Holy Cross School. You keep your order form so that you can deliver your products when they arrive. There is a flyer that gives you our school code and ordering information in your packet. The customer service team is really helpful if you have questions. Sale ends September 15th. KROGER CARES Would you like to help Holy Cross Regional Catholic School while doing your weekly shopping and filling your car with fuel? The Kroger Cares program does just that! By obtaining a Kroger Gift card from the school office, every purchase you make at Kroger (food, fuel, gift cards for other retailers) rebates 5% to HCRS! There is NO charge to you, nor does it affect the cost of what you buy. Call the school office or Fran Harvey get your card. It only costs $5 to get started, and the card comes with $5 on it, so it costs you NOTHING to participate! You Can Make a Difference for Our School with Box Tops! We've recently launched our 2011-2012 Box Tops for Education fundraising campaign. This year we've set a goal of earning $1000.00 through Box Tops. Here's how you can help: · Clip Box Top coupons from favorite products and send them to our school. · Sign up to support our school on the Box Tops website at btfe.com This year we will have 2 Ice Cream Contests - one  for the Elementary and one for the middle/highschool. The class that sends in the most Box Tops will earn an ice cream party. Each classroom has a collection box, and we will end our first collection date on October 13th. The winner will be chosen by the class with the most boxtops (ratio to children- some classes have more students than others). For more information on how you can help our school earn cash through Box Tops, contact Jan Mata, our Box Tops coordinator, at jan@packetradio.com. Scrip Is Up and Running Again 
The scrip program is off to a running start again. As you go out and shop for different last minute things for the start of soccer, volleyball or stuff for classes, we have gift cards to all the different spots to shop. So help the school while you shop. Orders are taken every Monday with the cards are returned on Friday. We take Visa, Master Card, Cash and Checks. Check out the list today by clicking on the Scrip Website link in the left column of this newsletter. If you have any questions or you want to place your order via email, email Colleen Sites at scrip@hcrs-va.org | 
