ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: Due to our special Teacher/Parent Conference Schedule on November 2, we will not hold the Adoration on Friday, November 2. We will resume our plans to hold an adoration each month beginning again in December.
Reminder: School will be closed on Friday, November 2 for Parent/Teacher Conferences.
 Volunteers Needed!
This is a reminder that our fall festival and chili cook-off are next Saturday, November 3 from noon to 4 pm. Make plans now to attend this special event featuring awesome food and drinks, children's activities, and live music by The Imposters. We are still in need of volunteers to help during this event. Even if you are able to help for just an hour we would greatly appreciate it! Please email Patti Culbreth at culbreth_p@hcrs-va.org if you can help.
 Parents, you should have received an email last week from the Richmond diocesan office that gave you a link to a parent survey. We would appreciate it if you take the time to complete this online survey. It relates to our diocesan accreditation and we need your input! If you need to have the link re-sent to you please contact the office. Thanks!!
 Show your Gael pride by displaying our new Holy Cross car decal! To get yours, simply come by the school and pick up one (or two!). Thank you for supporting our school!
 Butter Braids Sale
Apple, Cinnamon, Cream Cheese, Blueberry, Cherry, Bavarian Creme- do I have your interest now? Butter Braids are on sale now. Your friends and family will compliment your baking skills when you pull that warm roll out of the oven. Buy several and freeze them for those special times or chilly weekends. Your child should have received an order form. If not, call the office and we can get your order placed. Proceeds benefit the Junior/Senior prom and After Prom.
BOOK FAIR TOMORROW THROUGH WEDNESDAY! - The book fair shopping day is tomorrow, Mon. Oct. 29th for all students.
- If your child is shopping, please send $ in an envelope/baggie marked "book fair".
- If you have specific instructions, please send back the wish list that he/she made on Friday with any requests. (i.e. no non-book items, etc.)
- There is a 5% tax on all sales.
- Holy Cross School will earn 25% of the total fair's sales!!
- Come to the fair anytime per the schedule below!
FAIR SCHEDULE Mon. Oct. 29th: 8:00-4:00 Tues. Oct. 30th- 2:00-5:30 p.m. Wed. Oct. 31st- 7:45-9:00 a.m. **All before and after school shopping will include refreshments and an opportunity to win free books from the fair Book Fair Class Schedule for Mon. 10/29 8:30-2nd 9:00-K 9:20-6th 9:45-4th 10:30-New Vistas 12:30-PK 1:00-5th 1:30-1st 2:00-3rd First Grade News
First graders will be singing Halloween songs
to the residents at The Odd Fellows Home on Halloween morning!
They will wear their fun costumes to help celebrate Halloween with them.
Each week first grade had a classroom visitor.
On the first week of October a pumpkin said to me,
"I am a jack-o-lantern!"
There have been ghosts, monsters, and a skeleton. BOO! HELP! HELP! HELP! Please HELP in the Cafeteria! There are several openings in the cafeteria that need to be filled immediately to be able to serve our children on a daily basis. Volunteers are needed to help serve lunches on: 1st, 2nd and 3rd Mondays and every Tuesday Volunteers are needed to work the cash register: every other Monday and every Wednesday We truly appreciate your consideration. IT'S TURKEY TIME AGAIN!  For the 9th consecutive year, Holy Cross School will be participating in "Operation Turkey" to help feed the needy and homeless in the Lynchburg area during the holidays and all year long. Please consider donating a fresh or frozen turkey. Turkeys will be collected in the front parking lot after school on November 14th and delivered to our local soup kitchen, Daily Bread. Collection boxes will also be located in each classroom if you or your child wish to make a monetary donation. As always, thank you for your generosity. We look forward to helping many people this year. If you have any questions, please contact Caitlyn Eichmann at
Rosary Congress
The 17th Annual Rosary Congress at Mary Mother of the Church Benedictine Abbey, 12829 River Road, Richmond, will be held on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2-3, with the theme "The Year of Faith and the 95th Anniversary of Our Lady's Apparitions in Fatima." The keynote speaker for both days will be Father Andrew Apostoli, C.F.R., a founding member of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal who is Vice-Postulator for the cause for canonization of Archbishop Fulton Sheen. He is a frequent host on the Eternal Word Television Network. Admission is free. Mass on Friday will be celebrated at 7:30 p.m. with all-night Eucharistic Adoration in the Abbey Church to pray for the Holy Father and our country. Saturday's Mass will begin at 10 a.m. after the Rosary at 9:30. The Congress will continue throughout the day. Reservations are required for lunch which is $8.50. For more information, & meal reservations, please call 804-784-3509 or 804-360-2359. Deadline for meal reservation: Oct. 29, 2012.
Consider hosting an exchange student January through June 2013 EF Foundation for Foreign Study, an exchange agency we work with often, has several students interested in attending Holy Cross in January who are currently seeking host families. The students are from Austria and Germany, male and female, and are all sophomores. If you're interested in hosting a student, please contact Amy Lawson atlawson_a@hcrs-va.org. If you're interested in learning more about what it takes to host a student, please contact Amy and she can put you in touch with several families at Holy Cross School who have served as hosts and can share their experience with you. Help the PTO help your school! Holy Cross Night at Depot Grille will be November 13th! Look for more information next week but put it on your calendar now!
Elementary Student Government elections will be held Tuesday, November 6th. Candidates are encouraged to have their campaign posters up this week.
Boo Grams Deadline is Monday, Octobe r 29 !!! Click on the link below to download a Boo Gram form if you don't have one! Boo Gram Form
Dual Enrollment Biology is conducting a Field Ornithology Project.
The goals are to appreciate the biodiversity right here on our campus and connect field biology with topical discussions in lectures. For example, current lectures are on meiosis and while in the field we discussed how the sex chromosomes in birds are the reverse of that of humans: females are XY and males are XX, so the female egg determines the sex off the offspring. Thus far we have documented the occurrence of 29 bird species on our campus. We wanted to share the list (in the order we found them) and hopefully spread some enthusiasm for the project.
Carolina Chickadee, Carolina Wren, Eastern Bluebird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Mourning Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Turkey Vulture, American Crow, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Cedar Waxwing, Red-tailed Hawk, Black Vulture, Rock Pigeon, American Robin, American Goldfinch, Blue Jay, Eastern Phoebe, Killdeer, Northern Mockingbird, Pileated Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Chimney Swift, European Starling, House Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Northern Flicker, and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Vendors Wanted for PTO Santa Breakfast! $30.00 for 1 table or 2 tables for $50.00 Contact Jan Mata jan@packetradio.com to reserve your table. | 
