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NEW BOARD CHAIR NAMED
Mr. Phil Garmey has agreed and been approved by the Diocese to serve as our new School Board Chair. He is a proud graduate of Holy Cross, Class of 1965; his two brothers and one sister also attended Holy Cross. In fact, Mr. Garmey's mother, aunts and uncle also attended! Currently, his grandson, Hayden Ferrell, is a proud member of our kindergarten.
Mr. Garmey joins the Board with over 40 years of experience in private education. He has been a teacher, coach, administrator and Head of School in his career. His wealth of knowledge will certainly be an asset in moving the school forward. We welcome our new chair and wish him God's many blessings!
COMMENDED STUDENTS
Ora Artho rnsombat, Brian Loftus and Elizabeth Main have been named Commended Students in the 2013 national Merit Scholarship Program. A letter of commendation was presented to the students at school on Tuesday, September 25, 2012.
About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2013 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2013 competition by taking the 2011 PSAT.
A spokesperson for the National Merit Scholarship Corporation comments, "The young people recognized as Commended Students represent some of the best and brightest minds in the country as demonstrated by their outstanding performance in our highly competitive program. We sincerely hope this recognition will provide them with additional educational outlets and motivate them in their pursuit of academic achievement.
SENIOR NIGHT: UPDATE ON VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE! PLEASE NOTE CHANGE.
The last home volleyball game will be held on WEDNESDAY, October 3 at 6 pm. Our opponent, Carlisle, had a conflict with Thursday games, so we must move the game to Wednesday evening.
Please join us on Wednesday, October 3 at 6 pm for the last varsity HOME volleyball game v. Carlisle. At this match, we will celebrate our SENIORS: Anna Filiaggi, Meghann Hansen, Elizabeth Main, Alex Sandifer and Jessica Winters.
Don't miss the last HOME varsity soccer game v. Blue Ridge on Friday, October 5 at 4:30 pm where we will celebrate our SENIOR: Kris Grajewski.
Join us for SENIOR NIGHTS!
 Blessing of the Animals
The Blessing of the Animals will be on Thursday, October 4 at 2:15. Bring your pets to the Mary Grotto and have them blessed. No animal is too small or too big (no elephants please!). No pet, come and enjoy the sights and sounds of this annual HC event.
Mark Your Calendar
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament-Friday, October 5 from 8:30-11:30 in our chapel.
Sports Pics, Wednesday, Oct 10, at 3:15...photo information see Mr. Mitchell.
News from Cafeteria!
The Wednesday cashier is no longer able to fill this spot. Please,  please, please would some fine Holy Cross parents help with covering this? Help is also needed alternate Mondays. Email gupdikeiii@msn.com with availability.
Thank you, Hazel Updike
 Innisbrook Update
Our goal was $13,000 for this year. Our families and faculty sold $12569.00! That is incredible and so wonderful because the children will be the beneficiaries of your hard work.
Products (and larger prizes) are scheduled to come in October 30th. They will be sorted and available for pick-up October 31st. As you collect money from deliveries, please continue to turn it into the office. If you would like to know your balance due, please contact Julia Wingfield at wingfield_j@hcrs-va.org.
Elementary Top Seller- 4th grader Lilli Goodwin
Middle School Top Seller - 6th grader Mikayla Burton
High School Top Seller - 9th grader Lanie David
High School News 
Many thanks to Hannah Todd, Lanie David, Annie David, and Mary Paige David for coming in Saturday to decorate for the Homecoming Dance. We couldn't have done it without you! Thanks to our parent chaperones - Rony, Golden, Owens, and Shubert. Many thanks to Glenn and Jane Trent for bringing the limo for our pictures! Special thanks to Jay Mata for getting the movie posters for us!
 Used Ipod Touches or Ipads Wanted
We would really love to have Ipod touches or Ipads to use in the classroom with our younger students. There are hundreds of educational apps available for both devices that would be wonderful learning tools for our PreK, K and 1st grade students. If you or someone you know has upgraded a device or has one that is not being used - or if you would like to purchase a new one - we would greatly appreciate it if you donated it to our school! Please contact Carolyn Jones at jones_c@hcrs-va.org or in person. Thanks in advance for helping us upgrade our technology for our little folks at HC!
 Butter Braids are Back!
Sale dates are 10/25 through 11/9. Look for a high school student if you don't get an order form! Profits help fund our After Prom activities.
SAVE THE DATE 
Annual Breakfast with Santa and Christmas Bazaar - December 8th. If you have a business or hobby and would like to showcase your items at our Christmas bazaar, please contact Jan Mata at
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