Tissues and Tea
Reminder for all PreK and K parents: Tissues and Tea, Monday following drop-off. Join your fellow PreK and K parents after morning drop off for a Holy Cross tradition. Magnolia Foods on Rivermont Ave., 8:30-9:30 a.m. Your younger children are welcome to attend. See you there!
August 22 and 23 are 1:35 dismissals and NO LUNCH WILL BE SERVED. Elementary students, please pack a lunch these two days!
Get in the Gael Spirit - Fall Spirit Wear Pre-Order Sale! Stop by the Gael Galleria on Back-to-School Night to browse our fall spirit wear collection. The sale runs August 15th through September 6th. Go Gaels!
Save-the-Date: 1st Grade Parent Coffee is Wednesday, September 18th at 7:45 a.m. Invitations coming soon!
Virtus classes still available locally 
Please sign up today at
www.virtus.com.
Saturday, August 17, 1:00pm at Holy Cross Church and
Saturday, August 24, 1:00pm at Holy Cross Church.
The training is free and mandated by the Diocese of Richmond if you are planning on volunteering on any level here at school.
If you have questions, please call Fran Harvey at 847-5436. Thank you!
Innisbrook Tables at our Churches
If you are willing to make contact with your church and manage a table to promote our Innisbrook sale, please contact Julia Wingfield at
wingfield_j@hcrs-va.org. There are four Sundays during the sale-
August 25,
September 1,
September 8, and
September 15. We would provide you with packets to share and extra order forms. Thanks in advance for your help!
Holy Cross Families are Great!
Thanks to the Luther and Duffield families for donating sand for our playground. Students of all ages enjoy digging in the sandbox. We appreciate our parents!
Medical Emergency Forms
Please complete and return medical forms as you receive them. If there are no changes, please mark OK and initial at the top of the page. If there are changes, please line through the incorrect information and provide the correct information. If your address or phone number changes during the course of the year, please let the office know immediately. Thank you.
From Mrs. Main in the library
SUMMER READING/ READ AROUND THE WORLD
Elementary students, it's time to wrap up our summer reading and turn in our reading logs! Bring them in to your teachers or Mrs. Main beginning on the first day of school, but no later than Aug. 28th! You don't want to miss our Around the world day on Friday, Sept. 6th! Please make sure the logs are signed by a parent!
HELP NEEDED FOR 'READ AROUND THE WORLD" DAY- Sept. 6th
Parents: Help is needed for our summer reading celebration on Friday, Sept. 6th in the following ways:
- Volunteers to help with activities on Sept. 6th from about 9:00-11:30
- Donations of food items that will tie in with our Around the world" theme.
- Setting up or cleaning up on Sept. 6th before or after the event., or helping with pre-event details such as making name tags, labeling prize bags, etc. (anytime before that day)
**Also, if anyone has particular expertise about any country, or some items that represent that country that we could borrow, let me know and we can try to include it in our event!
CONTACT Mrs. Holly Main to help out in any of these ways! main_h@hcrs-va.org
