September

26 - 6-8 field trip to Colt State Park

26 - Oktoberfest Meeting @ 6 pm

27 - Early Release @ 11:30

October

1 - Picture Day

4 - Early release @ 11:30 for Oktoberfest setup

5 - Oktoberfest 12-8pm

10 - P/T Conferences - Early release @ 11:30

14 - No School for Columbus Day

20-23 - NEASC reaccreditation visit

25 - Early release @ 11:30 for professional development

This is a friendly reminder that Friday, 9/27 is an early release day for faculty and staff professional development. There will be no extended care available. Students must be picked up by 11:30.

Tuesday will be a dress down day to support Oktoberfest. Students can either pay $5 or donate a case of soda or water for Oktoberfest.

Please remember to send in a doctor's note to the nurse's office when your child attends an appointment during school hours. Absences will not be considered excused without a note.

The Greater Boston STEM Program (gbSTEM) is a youth enrichment program that delivers free introductory STEM courses to elementary and middle school students in the Greater Boston area. For over four years, we have brought free virtual and in-person lessons (at the Cambridge Public Library) to over 1000 Massachusetts youth from over 100 different schools and 57 different towns.

This Fall, our new semester will run from September 29th, 2024, to December 21st, 2024! Registration will close September 20th. Further, we are excited to announce the new addition to our current curriculum: Lego Robotics! Lego Robotics is our in-person offering at the Cambridge Public Library. This course will run from 1-3 pm on Saturdays. Students enrolled in the Lego Robotics class will be actively engaged, collaborating to build and program a robot to compete in a global competition.

To enroll for the fall semester:

1. Log into your gbSTEM account (https://portal.gbstem.org/signin)

2. Click "go to dashboard" in the portal

3. Wait until you are notified on September 22nd to register your child for open class slots on a first-come, first-serve basis. This registration is due by September 28th.

Information about our program can be found at our website: https://gbstem.org

If you have any questions, please contact contact@gbstem.org.

CYO will be hosting skills nights for any child who signed up for CYO. These sessions will be on Tuesday, 9/24 and Thursday, 9/26 from 5:30-8:00 p.m.

Futsal will be starting up in the middle of November, but it's not too soon to start signing your students up!

We will also need coaches, so please let me know if you are willing and able to help us out with leading the teams.

Attached is the registration form, waiver and overview.

Please return the registration form, waiver and payment as soon as possible. Since space will depend upon how many coaches sign up, it may be limited. Therefore, it will be on a first come, first served basis.

If you are interested in coaching, please contact me at Tinkrbl777@msn.com or 508-496-0907 (you can call or text). You will need to fill out a CORI form, which should be done rather quickly.

Grade 8 will open the snack cart on Monday, September 16th. Items cost $1-2. The cart will be open at dismissal outside the main entrance.

Our virtue of the month is hope. Below are our saints our students will be studying. Attached are some ideas for carrying over these lessons at home.

Holy Name Men's Group: We are starting up a new Men’s Group at Holy Name. We’re going to meet on the 3rd Saturday morning of each month from 8:30 to 10 for breakfast, a talk, and fellowship. Let’s support one another as men and as Christians! There’s no cost, but an RSVP would be appreciated so we can get the correct count for breakfast: please call the parish office at 508-679-6732 or email mensclub@holynamefr.com to let us know if you can make it. Our first meeting will be on Saturday, Sept. 21, at Holy Name School. Doors open at 8:30 a.m., talk begins at 9:00 a.m. Please see attached flyer for more information.