HOLY CHILDHOOD CATHOLIC SCHOOL

Every night, I will send home a small reminder text as to the events for the next day. It's a great week for everyone!

1. Open House from 11:00 - 12:30.

2. Middle School Youth Group Bosco Nights; 6:30-8:00 p.m. 2 Corrington Place

1. Cookies at Morning Drop Off

2. SkyZone

2. Community Service Project / Opening Assembly

1. CSW Carnival

2. McTeachers Night at Mascoutah McDonalds from 4:00 - 8:00. All money made during that time: 20% goes to HCS. Come out for some dinner! Teachers and staff will be there!

1. Living Saints Museum from 8:30 to 10:30 in HCS Cafeteria. Parents and family are welcomed to come see the hard work of our 5th grade Saints!

Any time you would like to make a free will donation, we will have a bucket out front at drop off. We will also have the Pennies Challenge (see below). All money collected will go to the Pregnancy Care Center in Belleville.

Pennies Challenge: Students can “vote” by placing any coins (or dollar bills) into containers with teacher’s names. The teacher who collects the most money gets a “prize”. We will tell the kids what the prize is on Monday.

Service Club Meeting Monday, January 27th from 3-4pm to make Valentine’s Day cards for local nursing home residents. (HCS Cafeteria)

Jarrett participated in the K of C free throw contest at school this past Monday. . He was 1 of 4 kids in his age group. The first round was best of 15 free throws. One player went 8 for 15 and finished 1st place. Jarrett and another child tied, 7 for 15. Jarrett and the other player were instructed to shoot another 5 free throws for a tie breaker.

Jarrett went 5 for 5 and finished in 2nd place!!! Great job, Jarrett!!!

Our girls' basketball team fell in the SIJHSAA Championship game to Red Bud. Our boys' team also came in 2nd place in the Diocesan Championship. Great job on your respective season, players!

No rest for our students....on to volleyball season!

One family I forgot to mention in last weeks newsletter: Thank you to the Woodromes for all of their help during us hosting the Girls Dio. Tournament.

Our friends at St Joe's are hosting a middle school night to raise funds for their 8th grade trip. Students 5th-8th grade are invited. Sounds like a fun event and I wanted to share the invite to all of your students.

The link to register is https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSfh0A1qzg1Mw.../viewform

Beginning on January 27th, the login process is divided into two steps. First, you'll enter your District Code, then on the next screen you'll provide you Username and Password.

The HCS school code is: HCS-IL (All caps, with a hyphen)

Of course, if you have any questions, please let us know.

We are in need of a volunteer recess supervisor for the remainder of the year. Recess runs from 11:20 to 11:40 (Elementary) and 12:10 - 12:30 (Middle School). If you are interested, please contact Mr. Keefe at your convenience for details. Thank you!

If you remember at the beginning of this year, we wanted to try and find a way to help some of our students who needed some extra support in reading and math. Mrs. Uhl stepped up! With her background as a reading specialist, (as well as her ability to help students with math concepts), our teachers have indicated that those students that have utilized Mrs. Uhl have benefitted greatly from this extra assistance.

THANK YOU, MRS. UHL.

See the attachment to help you with your upcoming taxes this season! APRIL 15!

Holy Childhood School offers free and reduced lunches for families who qualify. We encourage all families to complete the attached application and return to school. If you have any questions, please give the school office a call at 618-566-2922.