JAN 17 -- MS/HS STUDENTS: There will be no after school study hall on Friday, January 17 as we have a 1:35 dismissal. Please make plans for pick-up directly after dismissal.
Jersey Mike's Night 
The Middle School girls basketball team is sponsoring a Jersey Mike's Night (next to the Fresh Market on Lakeside Drive) on
Wednesday, January 29th from 5 P.M. until 8 P.M. We will earn 15% of all purchases. Please come out to support the team! Go Gaels!
Key Club News
We will be making sandwiches after school in the cafeteria for the Daily Bread on Tuesday, January 14th. All Middle and High School students are welcome! Parents are also welcome!
Contact Mrs. St. Angelo to sign up to help!
If you would like to assist us in our mission of making sandwiches each week for the Daily Bread, we would love donations of creamy peanut butter, bread, Ziploc sandwich bags, and jam [not jelly!].
Key Club dues, which are $15, must be turned in by Tuesday, January 14thor you will no longer be in the club! Write checks to Holy Cross School, with Key Club dues in the memo spot.
The Daily Bread has asked for donations of the following items: plastic spoons and plastic forks, liquid hand soap, and individual tubs of margarine. If you would like to contribute, then please send these items in to Pam St. Angelo.
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Holy Cross Jr. FIRST LEGO League Team is Recruiting!
Jr. FIRST LEGO League (Jr. FLL) season is starting in the Lynchburg Region! This year, the theme defined by national Jr. FLL is "Disaster Blaster." Teams will explore the awe-inspiring storms, quakes, waves and more that we call natural disasters. The Region 2000 Jr. FLL Expo event is scheduled for April 19, 2014 at Liberty Christian Academy.
Jr. FLL is open to youth 6-8 years of age. The recommended number of participants on a team is 2-6 participants. This is a great STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) program that complements our FIRST LEGO League team that competes in the fall.
If your child is interested in participating, please contact Cat Mosley at
mosley_c@hcrs-va.org. There are a number of scholarships available to teams, so the sooner the better!
The Junior National Honor Society and the Elementary Student Government collected 346 canned goods for the food pantry at Holy Cross Church. Thanks for providing food for those in Lynchburg.
Applebee's Dining to Donate Continues Jan. 15 & 22
The Applebee's restaurant at 3219 Old Forest Road has invited HCRS to"enjoy a meal that's filling - and fulfilling" again this year through itsDining to Donate promotion. Last year, our school ran one of its most successful school promotions. We realize we offer these opportunities to our families a lot, but if you are already planning on dining out, please
consider Applebee's on the designated nights of Jan. 15 or 22. Applebee's requests you bring in the flyer for easier record-keeping. Download a copy of the flyer below. Thanks to the six families that participated this past week!
Applebee's Dining to Donate FlyerSupport HC with Scrip
Scrip is a program that allows you to help HC while making your normal purchases. When you purchase a shopping card through the Scrip program, a percentage is given back to our school. Visit
glscrip.com to see all of the participating vendors.
Spelling Bee
The Holy Cross Annual Spelling Bee will take place at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 28 during Catholic Schools Week. Three participants from grades 5 - 8 will compete in the Bee and the winner will represent Holy Cross School at the Regional Bee. The date of the Regional Bee is pending due to location confirmation. The Holy Cross and Regional Spelling Bee will not include the vocabulary component however the Scripps National Spelling Bee in DC will include both verbal and written vocabulary. Remember students can practice at www.myspellit.com.
News from Mrs. Main in the library media center:
Accelerated Reader News: ***** We are excited to announce that Mrs. Hickey's 1st graders started the A.R. program on this past Friday and wow what a terrific start!! They did awesome!! We are so proud of their reading achievements in first grade!!
For those who aren't familiar with the program, Accelerated Reader entails students reading books on our Holy Cross A.R. list, and then taking a short comprehension quiz on the computer. Points are awarded based on the length and difficulty of the book, as well as the number of questions answered correctly.
Here at Holy Cross, we use this program mainly as a reading incentive, but sometimes teachers use it as a classroom project such as a book reading incentive. Students in grades 2-5 were invited to a special Christmas "Accelerated Reader store" just before our break to spend their accumulated points! The store will open again in early February & June.
Read Across America/ Sylvan Learning Center incentive:
Once again, Holy Cross School is invited to participate in the February reading incentive sponsored by Sylvan Learning Center in conjunction with the National Education Association's Read Across America. Details will be forthcoming in the next E-Crossette and logs will be sent home as well. This is the only reading "contest" that we participate in all year. Sylvan is a generous donor of gift cards and a chance to win a bicycle for the highest reader in each class, grades 2-5. Pre-K through 1st grade will also record reading for February as we will have our own "in house" incentive!!
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rbook Ads are available to any and all families who want to recognize their children from PK through 12th grade. A personalized ad will make this memory- filled book even more special for you and your student. Please click on the link below or look under Resource Documents in Renweb for the form to download, or contact Julia Wingfield at
wingfield_j@hcrs-va.org to reserve your ad space today!
Yearbook Ad Form
