Nativity of Mary

The 6th grade class will lead a short prayer service on Thursday, September 8th at 12:30 to celebrate the Nativity of Mary.

Diocesan Standard of Excellence

Holy Name Catholic School earned Diocesan Standard of Excellence in the following areas....

Religion
Science
Reading
Math

Congratulations to the students and faculty for all their hard work and dedication!!!

Boy/Girl Scouts

We will have a representative from the Boy/Girl Scouts at Holy Name on September 20th. There will be a short assembly for the students in grades 1 - 5.

Sister Ursula

Sister Ursula will be visiting the students at Holy Name Catholic School on Wednesday, September 7th. She will be sharing with the students information about the Holy Childhood Association.

MAP Testing

Fall MAP testing will start on Tuesday, September 6 for Grades K - 6.

First Friday

After Mass there will be adoration and benediction on Friday, September 2.

LifeTouch Pictures

LifeTouch will be at Holy Name Catholic School on Friday, September 2 to take individual and class pictures.

Rosary

The 6th grade students will be leading the rosary each Thursday after the 8:15 AM Mass. Thursday, Sept 1 we will be praying the rosary for an increase in vocations.

HSA Open House

HSA Open House will be on Tuesday, September 20th at 7:00 PM. We will start in the gym with news/updates from our HSA officers and then students in grades 1 - 6 will provide a short music program.

After the music program families may go visit the classrooms.

Altar Server Training

Altar Server Training will be Wednesday, September 14th at 9:30 AM for grades 3 - 6.

Virtus

This is a reminder that ALL volunteers in Catholic Schools must attend Virtus training. This includes any parent who will have any interaction with a child in a Catholic School. For example, this would include parents who would like to volunteer to drive on a field trip or any parent who plans to work in a high school or grade school concession stand. There are many opportunities for Virtus training, please contact your parish coordinator or go to www.virtus.org and click on "Registration" to find available training dates.

ALL volunteers that help with carnival this year will need to attend Virtus training. The school carnival is one of our biggest fund raisers.

Virtus training in Southeast Kansas....Sept 18th at 1:30 (St. Andrew in Independence) and Sept 24 at 8:30 AM (Holy Name Parish Hall (English) and Holy Name Library (Spanish).

First Friday

September 2 is First Friday..... after Mass there will be Adoration and Benediction.

Praying the Rosary

The 6th grade class will lead the rosary after the 8:15 AM mass each Thursday. We will begin praying the rosary on Thursday, September 1st.

Everyone is invited to come and pray the rosary with the 6th graders.

Classroom Visits

Father Ben will start classroom visits on Wednesday, August 24th. He will visit each class during the school year on Wednesday.

Welcome Back

Welcome Back!!!

We had a GREAT first week back at school.

We will continue to ask God to bless all of our efforts this year.