• SLE Prayer
       
      Dear God,
      Help us to be a Faith-filled Learner by learning your teachings, praying with our community, and helping and respecting your creations.
       
      Lead us to be a responsible decision maker by helping us to understand the difference between right and wrong, guiding us to make safe, respectful and responsible decisions, and help us to take responsibility for our actions.
       
      Show us how to be a self-aware and engaged learner by helping us to show our excellence to the best of our ability, by leading us to use our gifts and learn from our faults, and let us find ways around our problems.
                      Help us to be Christ-like. Amen
       
      By Jack G, Jack A, Katie H
       
    • Enroll now for Fall 2013
      Open House Flier image
      Nestled into one of Portland's classic old neighborhoods in Eastmoreland, Holy Family Catholic School is one of the premier Catholic schools in the Portland Archdiocese.  A faith community of students, staff, parents and parishioners, devoted to the spiritual and academic education of our children.

      Even though the Open House has come and gone, we still have openings and would love to show you what our school has to offer.  Schedule a personal tour with the Principal, meet our teachers and staff, who will share their passion for educational excellence, and learn about the opportunities our curriculum offers your child. 

       
    • SCHOOL OFFICE NEWS

      The school year is winding down.  With that comes International Fair,  Field Day, Graduation and Field Trips.  If you are planning on volunteering for any of these events, you must have completed all required Armatus modules and have a Driver Insurance Form on file if you plan to drive.  Please check with Sharon to make sure you have everything you need.  Thank you so much for all of the time and talents you share with our students.  We are so blessed!

    • Christy's Calendar

      2013
      Christy’s Calendar
      April 29-May 10
      A Responsible Decision Maker


      Wednesday, May 1
      Late Start, 9:15
       
      Thursday, May 2
      School Mass, 8:30 3th grade
      Curriculum Showcase 5:30-7:00
       
      Friday, May 3
      Bread Baking, 9:00
       
      A Self-aware/engaged Learner
      Demonstrates academic excellence to the best of his/her ability in a variety of modes, intelligences, and content area
      Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week
      Monday May 6
       
      Tuesday, May 7
      Mother Share, 9:30
      Needle works, 10:00
       
      Wednesday, May 8
      Dismiss at 12:00
      Late Start, 9:15
      Group Photo Day
                                                                                                                        
      Thursday, May 9
      School Mass, 2nd grade
      SAC 6:30
       
       Friday,   May 10
      Spanish Mother’s Day, 2:30

       

       

       

       

    • Greetings From Christy Robinson

      As I’ve mentioned recently, Holy Family passed our recent visit from

      the Catholic schools accreditation team with flying colors and I couldn’t

      be prouder. But successful school accreditation is as much about checking

      up on Holy Family Catholic School’s past successes as it is about our plans

      for the future, plans that, in the interest of administrative transparency, I’d like

      to tell you a little about here.

      Accreditation asks that we choose five goals to prioritize over the coming years,

      as well as develop what are known as“action plans” for our top three. Our

      first of these goals is simple: further emphasize Catholic values and social

      teaching within our school community.That may sound a little abstract at first

      but, as our action plan dictates, how it translates into our school day routine

      is as simple as encouraging teachers to make lesson plans that place those

      values and teachings at their center, including implementing two service

      projects with their students, one within the school, and one in the larger

      community. Encouraging students toreflect on and articulate how their

      participation in these two projects relates to Catholic social justice values

      will help us meet our goal by showings tudents how aspects of their faith

      shape obligate and inform their day-to-day lives.

      Another goal we’ve chosen to focus on is high achievement in reading for

      all our students. The nuts-and-bolts of this one might sound a little more

      jargon-y but, essentially, we hope to graduate better readers by expanding

      our Response to Intervention program (a teaching phrase that may sound

      familiar to regular readers of this letter) to better appraise the reading-levels of

      individual students and then use thatappraisal to better personalize each

      student’s reading education to his or her unique needs. Ensuring that teachers have

      access to and are proficient       using the different resources each child may require is

      another important       part of this goal. We know that thereis a high correlation between

      strong       skill in reading and future success inschool which is why we hope that, by

      emphasizing reading skills in particular,we can holistically improve a student’s entire

      educational experience.      I’m looking forward to sharing our other accreditation goals

      with you in      the future and hope that you find letters like these encouraging as you see

      that       your priorities – faith, knowledge, and wisdom – are shared not only by

      your       school leaders, but by your children themselves.

      God is good!

      Christy Robinson

      Principal
      Holy Family Catholic School

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    • Auction News

      Tickets are now on sale to attend the Holy Family Silent and Live Auction on Saturday, April 20th.

      Go to www.hfsauction.com and click on the Tickets and Registration button for details on ticket prices and packages and how to purchase!


      The Holy Family School Auction has a new bidding format this year.
       
      We’ve done away with the paper bid sheets. Instead, the silent and super-silent items will be sold via an online auction using text, smartphone, iPad or computer. Even the live auction items will be available for online bidding up until the live auction starts.
       
      There are several ways for you to participate:
       
      If you have a cell phone with text service, a smartphone, mini or regular iPad, you can register your device in advance of the auction (instructions to follow) and start bidding as early as April 6. You’ll want to bring your device of choice to the auction with you. 
       
      (Please note: each device must be registered individually in order to use it for bidding, e.g. a couple that has two smartphones will want to register his AND her phone so each person can bid).
       
      If you don’t have one of the devices listed above and are attending the auction, no worries!  There will be several Auction Ambassadors on-site to assist you with your bids, keep track of your bids, and alert you if someone outbids you.
       
      If you can’t attend the auction, you can bid from a computer or other device from wherever you are in the world or make a donation to support Holy Family Catholic School. This means HF members will want to publicize this site to grandparents, alumni, and friends who might want to bid and win!
       
      Auction Tickets:
       
      • Patron tickets are $85 and includes 2 free drink tickets, hors d’oeuvres, a special gift, and admission to the Patron Party at 5:00 pm.  
      • Regular tickets are $65.

      For extra savings, bundle your buy-in to the Heads or Tails game and the Wild Card raffle with your ticket purchase, and save $10:
      • Patron ticket with Heads or Tails and Wild Card $195
      • Regular ticket with Heads or Tails and Wild Card $175

      Table Prices:
      • Patron Table (8) $680
      • Regular Table (8) $520
       
      Want to buy your tickets to the auction and register your device for bidding? Click here.
       
      Want to see a demonstration of how bidding will work? Click here.
       
      The Auction Team is committed to raising funds for supporting our school and wants your auction experience to be enjoyable. Please feel free to call or email with any questions: 503-777-9071 or hfsauction@comcast.net. 

      Practice on-line bidding

      ...and get a sneak peek at some of the auction packages. 


       

    • Inclement Weather Information
      Please note that when school is delayed on a Wednesday we go by our regular Wednesday start time of 9:15 a.m.  which means if school is delayed two hours, our start time will be 11:15 a.m.  If there is a late start on Wednesday then there will be no extended care in the morning as stated in the Extended Care Handbook.  If there is an emergency early release, extended care will also be canceled for that day. 

      Inclement weather is just around the corner.  Please remember that we go by Portland Public Schools decision.  If Portland is closed then Holy Family Catholic School is closed.  On rare occasions,  Portland has decided to remain open and we have called a snow day if the Principal determines it is necessary for the safety of staff and students (or as happened last year, they had a scheduled day off when we were in session).  It is recommended you sign up for PPS and the Private School section in Flash Alert and Twitter if you have it, just to make sure that you get all of the information in case of school closure or when emergency situations such as power outages or early dismissal arise. Please note: Sometimes only certain schools are closed due to snow in the upper elevations.  Be sure to read the whole ticker at the bottom of the tv screen.  Sometimes just the west side schools are closed.  When all schools in Portland are closed or just the east side, then we are closed.