HOLY CHILDHOOD CATHOLIC SCHOOL

This Sunday, September 13 after mass at 11:00am or Wednesday, September 16 after adoration at 7:00pm. Interested in being baptized and/or confirmed in the Catholic Church? These information sessions are for you. The Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) is the Catholic Church’s way of bringing adults into the church. We will meet in the Parish Hall.

We have our normal committees that most schools have, but we also have some unique ones as well. As a few examples:

Month of the Military Child: Designed to promote and support our students of military families to feel more welcomed and included at HCS.

Catholic Schools Week: Helps with the planning and preparation of National Catholic Schools Week held annually during the last week of January.

Student Achievement Committee: **BRAND NEW THIS YEAR** ; Created to help recognize students that go beyond just the academic.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS WHO GIVE THEIR EXTRA TIME!

Our season ended last night and while our record reads 0-2, the gains made by these girls provided plenty of victories that we are celebrating!

The girls all exhibited fantastic leadership, teamwork and a growing confidence throughout the year. They demonstrated a resiliency both in games and over the length of a long season that saw us miss out on a full week of games because of heat. Showing up to practice without many games is a feat on its own!

Lastly, they brought energy and an undeniable drive to improve every single day! I’m very proud of all of them and cannot wait to watch their continued growth throughout the year, in and out of sports!

Next Friday, a form will be sent home with instructions on ordering. (Don't worry, I'll remind you in next week's newsletter as well).

Fall Individual Pictures are a Dress Down Day.

Attention Middle Schoolers! Below are two opportunities to volunteer for the community and the school to earn service hours. Please prayerfully consider volunteering on these dates.

Sunday, September 20th - The Mascoutah Jaycees contacted us asking if our middle school kids and parents would be willing to help clean up after the bicycle poker run. They will meet at The Mill across from City Hall on Sunday, September 20th at 10 AM.

Sunday, October 18th - Help is needed to clean up after the HCS dinner auction. Clean up starts at 9 AM in the gym and will end by 10 AM mass.

1. 7th & 8th Grade Families: Washington DC Field Trip, Fundraising, Important Dates, etc.

*Tuesday, September 15 in Mrs. Timmerman's room

*6:00 - 8th grade parents only

*6:30 - 7th grade parents can join to discuss trip

2. H.O.P.E. Meeting:

*Wednesday, September 16 in the HCS Cafeteria (6:15 PM)

3. HCS Advisory Council Meeting:

*Thursday, September 17 at 6:30 PM in the HCS Cafeteria

4. Our 1st Feeding God's People of the Year:

*Friday, September 18 beginning at 7:15 AM in the Cafeteria

Next week will be the first “Library Store”. Students can earn points by taking AR tests (thru Renaissance) to “spend’ at the store. Donations for prizes are always welcome. Students can also turn in their BINGO sheets anytime this month for the ‘DIVE INTO READING” BOOK BINGO contest. Please be sure to help fill out book titles and authors with your child, and sign at the bottom.

It has been a real treat for me to get into the classrooms more to see the kids and teachers interacting.

I will be attending a Diocesan Principals' Retreat in St. Louis. In the meantime, I have always asked that pictures that are taken of me show me in a flattering light. I think the picture below does a great job!

Hudson, the youngest of the Anderson family, is running for Baby of the Year and has officially made it into the Top 20! Now we’re hoping to rally our school community to help him make it into the Top 15 by September 17th!

Everyone gets one free vote every 24 hours, so if you’d like to help Hudson make it to the next round, click the link below and cast your vote!

VOTE FOR HUDSON:
https://babyoftheyear.org/2026/hudson-7cf0

Thank you for helping us cheer him on!