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THE BEAR NECESSITIES HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL WEEKLY NEWS
July 6 , 2020
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Important Changes for the HFS
2020- 2021 School Year
Dear Parents,
I wanted to keep you abreast of some changes we will have for
the 2020-2021 school year.
Ms. Kristie Hendricks is moving to Middle School to teach
Grammar/Writing, while
Mr. Preston Fontana teaches Literature
There will be No Spanish in Middle School this year
Ms. Lori Louaillier will now be teaching 2nd grade
Mrs. Karen DuBoulay will remain our CRE but will also be
teaching Middle School Religion
Mrs. Jenna Landry will be teaching Religion to students in
grades Kindergarten through 3rd
and will also be the HFS Alumni Formation Chair. If you are an
HFS alum and wish to be part
of our alumni association, please send your contact information
to [email protected]. Mrs.
Landry will be in contact with you soon with additional
information.
Welcome to Ms.Valerie Porche, our new 5th grade teacher
Lastly, I wanted to provide some insight about preparations
being made so the students can
return to campus in a safe and secure environment. Last week, I,
along with my
administrative team and several teachers met with the OLOL COVID
Task Force, which
included highly experienced and trained nurses, a pediatrician,
and Mr. Mike Miller, Assistant
Superintendent for the Diocese of Baton Rouge Schools. Over a
four-hour period, we
discussed classroom sizes, children and the requirement to wear
masks, disinfecting and
continuous cleaning of the campus throughout the day, safety
precautions to maintain, and
social distancing. The task force visited classrooms and helped
us assess what has and what
needs to be done. This was a wonderful partnership with OLOL. We
now have a clearer vision
of the plans we will be developing for the upcoming year. More
information on that will be
released in the next few weeks.
Thanks, and God Bless,
Alise Ashford, M.Ed, NCC
Principal
HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL
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July 16, 2020 Uniform Swap -Format and possibly location will
change and information is
forthcoming
July 25, 2020 1st Parent Work Day 7:30 am to 11:30 am HFS
Campus
August 1, 2020 2nd HFS Parent Workday 7:30 am to 11:30 am HFS
Campus
August 2, 2020 New Parent Orientation 5:00 pm HF Church
For Open House this Year, the format will change and information
is forthcoming .
The dates are as follows, but we will let you know about
location:
August4, 2020 Open House 4th and 5th grades 6:30 pm to 7:00
pm
Open House 6th, 7th, and 8th grades 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
August 5, 2020 Open House PreK-4, Kindergarten and 1st 6:30 pm
to 7:00 pm
Open House 2nd and 3rd grades 7:00 pm to 7:30 pm
August 10, 2020 1st Day of School 1st 8th grades
August 10, 2020 1st Day of School PreK4 and Kindergarten Boys
ONLY
August 11, 2020 1st Day of School - PreK4 and Kindergarten Girls
ONLY
August 12, 2020 1st Day of School ALL students PreK4 8th
grades
August 13, 2020 1st School Mass 8:00 am
August 19, 2020 PreK3 8th grade ID pictures Taken in Baby Bear
Care
August 20, 2020 School Mass 8:00 am
August 27, 2020 School Mass 8:00 am Kindergarten attends with
Buddies
Sept. 7, 2020 Labor Day No School
October 5 &
October 6, 2020 Fall Break No School for Students - October 6
will be parent/teacher
conferences
**Parents, please keep in mind that the above mentioned dates
are still a bit fluid.
We are hoping we do not need to change any of them, but there is
always a possiblity.
We will keep you abreast of any changes should they happen.
Important Tentative* Dates for 2020-2021
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We would like to give Mr. Marty Leblanc, a very warm
HFS welcome. He has joined our team as our newest
maintenance man. He worked for the Diocese of Baton
Rouge for 10 years and we are so blessed he will be
joining us. Marty lives in Baton Rouge with wife and
three children. He loves to fish and travel as well as
searching out new restaurants.
If you see him around campus, please give him a warm
welcome!
Welcome, Mr. Marty Leblanc
Tim e and Talent Projects Now Available
2019-2020 Time and Talent Hours
If you are in need of Time and Talent hours from last year or if
you want to get a jump on your hours for this year,
please contact Mrs. Annette Fitzgerald at [email protected].
For right now, we are looking for any parents
that may be free to come to campus Monday through Thursday 7:00
am to 12:00 pm.
1. A current available project for parents to complete Monday
through Thursday, 7:00 am to 12:00 pm, will be to
cover new student textbooks with vinyl covers.
Dear Parents,
We understand that some of you may have been unable to complete
your required 12 hours of Time and Talent for
this school year. Mrs. Ashford has several projects that we will
be posting, and we will need parents to volunteer for
them prior to our Parent Workdays. This will allow all parents
additional opportunities to earn their hours until the
first day of school on August 10th. Our Time and Talent
Coordinator, Mrs. Melanie Brown, asked for parents to still
click on the link below in order to post any hours that you have
earned thus far. If you have more than the 12 hours
and would like to carry them over to next year, please indicate
that as well on the form.
https://holyfamilyschool.com/student-portal/time-and-talent-hours-form/
Should you have questions about your hours, please email Melanie
Brown at [email protected].
Welcome, Ms. Valerie Porche
We would like to give Ms. Valerie Porche, a very warm
HFS welcome as well. She’s been teaching for the past
six years and will be a new addition to 5th grade. She is
so excited to become a part of the Holy Family
community. She is a serious dog lover! Her dogs are
spoiled rotten and treated like her babies. She loves to
read mystery novels, and one of her guilty pleasures is
buying school supplies! If you see her around campus,
please give her a warm welcome!
mailto:[email protected]://holyfamilyschool.com/student-portal/time-and-talent-hours-form/
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Summer Reading Testing Dates and Protocols
Dear Parishioners of Holy Family Church,
Holy Family School’s Advisory Board will be electing four new
board members this year. A poster with
pictures and a brief summary of each candidate will be placed in
the back of church starting the weekend of,
Saturday and Sunday, July 11 and July 12, as well as Saturday
and Sunday, July 18 and July 19. A ballot slip
will be placed next to the poster and ballot box in the
vestibule of church. Please place the ballot form in
the box or turn in to the school office no later than Wednesday,
July 22 at noon. Holy Family School will be
collecting the ballots on Thursday, July 23. The following 7
candidates are running:
Jason Kolb
Keesha Ockmand
Kristen Saucier
Cody Hunt
Brandi Blanchard
Jason Hammack
Heather Thorgeson
Advisory Board Elections Holy Family Parishioners
Dear Parents,
We just wanted to send out a reminder about the protocols for
Summer Reading campus testing.
The following dates and times have been arranged with Mrs.
Celeste Bolotte, HFS Librarian:
Remaining Summer Reading Testing Dates:
July 8, 2020 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm
July 22, 2020 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm
If you cannot make a testing day during the summer, that is not
a problem. We will have procedures set up for the
2020-2021 school year so the students can test when they return
to campus.
ONLY students entering 3rd - 8th grades are tested on their
summer books.
Please click on the following link and it will open to the Holy
Family School website on the Parent/Student
Portal/Portal Main page.
https://holyfamilyschool.com/student-portal/portal-main/
Please scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and you can
click on the grade that your child will be entering
for the 2020-2021 school year for instructions and the books of
choice (only 1 book needs to be read).
If you intend to bring your child school to test on one of these
summer dates, we ask that the following protocols
be met:
1. Parents, please wait in the car
2. Kids that are coming in to test should have a mask on
3. There will be a limit of 10 students in the library at a time
distanced
4. Proper sanitation will occur before and after each student
enters and exits (tables, computers, chair, etc.)
Thank you!
https://holyfamilyschool.com/student-portal/portal-main/
