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THE BEAR NECESSITIES HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL WEEKLY NEWS

*2/11 - Cap and

Gown Pictures

*2/12 - 6th Grade –

SVDP Service

Project Field Trip

*2/12 - Progress

Reports Available

on Headmaster

*2/13 - 4-H Meeting

*2/13 - School

Mass

*2/14 - Valentine’s

Parties PK4-3rd

Grades

*2/14 - 3rd Grade –

Children’s Museum

Lafayette

*2/14 - Beta

Fundraiser, Parent’s

Night Out 5:30-9:00

*2/17- Middle

School Spanish

Fieldtrip Lafayette

Spanish FT Lafayette

*2/20 – HFS Annual

STEM Night – 5:30

pm, Parish Hall

*2/21 – HF PreK-3 –

Mardi Gras Parade

*2/24 – 2/25 –

Mardi Gras Break

February 10, 2020

, 2018

Special

Upcoming

Events for Holy

Family

From the Desk of Kindergarten Teacher,

Ms. Abigail Nettles

Dear Parents,

I am so excited to be a part of Holy Family School serving as one of your kindergarten

teachers.

My passion for Holy Family began when I started school here in 1998 and continued

through my 8th grade year when I graduated in 2007. I then moved on to St. Joseph’s

Academy and graduated in 2011. Following my graduation, I went on to earn my Bachelor’s

Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies at LSU and my teaching certification at Louisiana

Resource Center for Educators because I’ve always known teaching is what I wanted to do.

The years I experienced in Catholic education helped shape me into the teacher I am

today. Prior to teaching, I worked after-school care and summer camp at River Road

Daycare, where my passion for working with children continued to grow.

I truly believe this has always been the path God intended for me and I am so blessed to

have the opportunity to work with so many amazing students at such an amazing institution

of Catholic education. I am excited to grow with Holy Family for many years to come.

Ms. Nettles

A Note from the Principal on HFS Outerwear

Dear Parents,

It has come to my attention that the handbook rule about outerwear is not being properly followed.

Below, you will find the excerpt from the handbook on THE ONLY approved outerwear items that are

allowed to be worn on campus: “Winter outwear is a zippered gray fleece with logo, a navy blue

sweatshirt with HFS logo, all-weather gray jacket with logo or letterman’s jacket.”

Any other outerwear worn to school is considered to be “out of uniform” and will have to be removed.

Hoodies are never acceptable attire to wear at school – whether they say HFS or not.

The only time any extra coats may be worn are on days where temperatures are 40 degrees and below

and an extra jacket is necessary. On these days, those extra jackets are ONLY to be worn when outside

of the classroom and outside of church.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Alise Ashford

Principal

5th Grade Annual Retreat

The 5th grade had their annual retreat on

Friday, February 7th. The theme of the retreat

was “Love.” They did an experiment to show

how God can take away sin in your life. They

had a Bible scavenger hunt and took a

personality test to learn their feelings about

love. The retreat was facilitated by student from

Catholic of Pointe Coupee.

Blessing of the Throats

STEM Night – February 20, 2020

Dear Parents,

Our Annual STEM Night is next Thursday,

February 20, and we are in need of some volunteers

as well as vendors to participate.

If you are able to assist or have a suggestion for a

vendor, please contact Mrs. Annie Cagle at

acagle@hfspa.com.

For the past several months students in our HFS 7th Grade classes have been working on their history project. There were multiple

catagories to choose from, a 3 dimensional design and a research paper. The students did an outstanding job and learned so much through

this project. The representative for National History Day was in attendance as one of our judges. She issued a formal invitation for ALL of

our winners to attend the Regional Competition on March 4th.

OVERALL WINNERS

GRAND PRIZE - Josh Dupre - The Maya

2nd Place - Philip Gueho - The History of Sugar Cane

3rd Place - Jacob Brown - John Deere

The Blessing of the Throats is a tradition of the Roman Catholic Church, ordinarily

celebrated on February 3, the feast day of Saint Blaise of Sebaste. Calling on St. Blaise for

throat ailments, among other things, goes back to the 8th Century.

As two candles are placed on the throat, the following prayer is recited: “Through the

intercession of St. Blaise, bishop and martyr, may God deliver you from every disease of

the throat and from every other illness, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of

the Holy Spirit.”

7th

Grade History Fair

Bear Fair Time Auction Items Needed

Dear Parents,

Bear Fair is right around the corner and we are

already working on the Silent and Live Auction. If

you have something you would like to donate or a

service you can provide through a donation, please

contact Mrs. Celeste Bolotte at cbolotte@hfspa.com.

Bear Fair T-shirt Order Forms

Quiz Bowl Champions

Principal’s List and Honor Roll Recipients

We also called up our Quiz Bowl

Champions to receive their certificates

and school trophy. They all did an

outstanding job again this year.

Congratulations

to all teams in

5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades.

This past Thursday, after our 8:00 HFS mass,

we handed out certificates for students that

earned a spot on the Principal’s List (All A’s)

for the 2nd quarter as well as the Honor Roll

(All A’s and B’s) for the 2nd quarter.

Congratulations Bears!!!

We were pleased to recognize

Mrs. Lauren Johnson and

Mrs. Alison Thibodeaux for 10 years of service in

Catholic education. It is through the dedication of

teachers like them, that helps to make

HFS such a success.

Congratulations to Mrs. Lauren Johnson and Mrs. Alison Thibodeaux

Thank You Mrs. Willis

We wanted to take this opportunity to say

"Thank You" to our Guidance Counselor, Mrs.

Heather Willis. For the past week we have

celebrated the gift of Guidance Counselors and

Mrs. Willis is definitely a gift to us!

Diocese of Baton Rouge Announcement:

Per Diocesan policy, our school along with another one, had to appoint an interim principal for 2019/2020 school

year. Going forward, with the process made by the Diocesan Catholic School’s office, the search for a permanent

principal has now been announced and begun. The current interim principal is welcome to apply along with any

other interested applicants.

2019-2020 Bear Fair Ride Bracelet Order Form

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