Terry Fox Walk

Our Terry Fox Day was a great success.  The students walked around our new track and listened to the school co-ordinator of the Terry Fox Foundation, Daisy Hamelinck, speak about Terry’s Marathon of Hope.  Daisy showed students and staff scars from five operations on her leg. After visiting 20 doctors and specialists, Hamelinck was eventually diagnosed with osteosarcoma, the same bone cancer Terry Fox had in 1979. Thanks to medical advances in recent years, instead of amputating her leg, doctors were able to implant an endoprosthesis – a prosthetic inside her leg.  She is living proof of the success of the Terry Fox Foundation.  Her message really resonated with both staff and students.  It was a remarkable day!

 

PD Day - No School

Friday September 26, 2014 is a PD Day  

NO SCHOOL

Meet the Teacher Ice Cream Social

Holy Cross Catholic School

Ice Cream Social

Thursday, September 25^th

5:30 – 7:00 p.m. 

Join Holy Cross families, students and teachers for a SWEET TREAT!

·        Meet your child’s teacher

·        Mingle with other parents of Holy Cross

·        Talk with members of your school council

·        And of course, EAT ICE CREAM!

 

Monarch Butterfly Hatches from Chrysalis

Today our grade one students in Mrs. Foreman's class released their butterfly that hatched from its chrysalis this week.  The students were very excited to watch their class pet fly high into the sky.  It was a wonderful opportunity for the students to learn about the life cycle of the monarch butterfly.

The Family Fun Run

Holy Cross Welcomes Joe Sisco!

Today Holy Cross welcomed Joe Sisco, the board's e-learning teacher and Google Apps for Education Certified Trainer.  Joe worked with the students in Mrs. Northcott's grade six class on the MyTools2Go program using the school's Chrome Books.  MyToolsGo is the Google application utilized by the board to promote technology.  There are many great applications through the MyTools2Go that the students can enjoy.  The students were highly interested in Joe's presentation.

International Language Classes Registration

The Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board offers International Language classes for students in its elementary schools.  Classes will be established in any of the following languages for which there are 25 participants or more and an instructor is available. Parents/guardians may register students at the following times & locations.  Classes will begin the following week on Saturday, September 20, 2014.

LANGUAGE	LOCATION	DAY	DATE	TIME
ARABIC	Catholic Central High School, Windsor	Sat.	Sept. 13	10:00 – 12:00
	St. Anthony Church, 280 Talbot St. E. Leamington	Sat.	Sept. 13	10:00 – 12:00
CROATIAN	St. Francis Croatian School, 1701 Turner Rd., Windsor	Sat.	Sept. 13	10:00 – 12:00
FILIPINO	Filipino Community Centre, 935 Northwood, Windsor	Sat.	Sept. 13	10:00 – 12:00
HUNGARIAN	Catholic Central High School, Windsor	Sat.	Sept. 13	10:00 – 12:00
ITALIAN	Ciociaro Club, 3745 North Talbot, Windsor	Sat.	Sept. 13	10:00 – 12:00
POLISH	(Registration) Holy Trinity Church, 1035 Ellis St. E., Windsor	Sun.	Sept. 14	10:00 – 12:00
	(Classes)  Catholic Central High School, Windsor	Saturdays		10:00 – 12:00
PORTUGUESE	Catholic Central High School, Windsor	Sat.	Sept. 13	10:00 – 12:00
	Camoes Portuguese Club, 390 Sinasac, Harrow	Tues.	Sept. 16	3:30 – 5:30
SPANISH	Catholic Central High School, Windsor	Sat.	Sept. 13	10:00 – 12:00
VIETNAMESE	Assumption College High School, Windsor	Sat.	Sept. 13	10:00 – 12:00

*These classes are available to children attending any Ontario elementary school (JK-Grade 8) during the week.

Parents are responsible for transporting students to class and for picking them up.  At the time of registration, please check with the teacher as to time of classes.  Times may vary.

Barbara Holland                                                                                          Paul A. Picard

Chairperson of the Board                                                                               Director of Education

“Learning together in faith and service”

New JK/SK Classrooms

We are very grateful for the hard work of the Facility Services department at the Board in preparing our new JK/SK classes for the start of the school year.  It was a very extensive renovation that required a lot of coordination and patience.  In the end, Holy Cross now has 2 new classes to house some of our youngest Huskies.  We look forward to starting the full-day kindergarten program for all of our kindergarten students at Holy Cross this year and feel that it will be a great opportunity for them to develop.

Welcome Back Huskies!

Holy Cross had a great start to the school year today.  All of our parents and students were excited entering the building and that helped to create a wonderful atmosphere of energy and enthusiasm.  We would like to thank all the parents for their assistance in helping to make today such a successful day.  Even though it decided to rain today we did not let that deter a smooth start.  It looks like it's going to be a great year!

Welcome back!

Welcome back to school Huskies!  We are so excited to start the school year! A new school year means; a new grade, a new teacher and some new friends! Have a great day everyone!