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Press Release - Holy Name of Mary School to extend School Year

For Immediate Release     Holy Name of Mary School to extend School Year By the 2013/14 school year, the school year will have 190 days   (November 29, 2011, San Dimas)  Holy Name of Mary School Board and Extended School Year Committee have annou...

Catholic Schools' Week

 

 
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK SCHEDULE
This year's theme is "Catholic Schools: Faith. Academics. Service." This theme expresses our school's focus on learning about faith, striving for high academic standards, and serving our community. We've planned a variety of events that demonstrate how we're doing it. Come see what makes Holy Name of Mary School Exceptional!
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Faith.  Academics.  Service: In Our Parish
The perfect place to begin our Catholic Schools Week celebration is in our parish, the center of Catholic life in our community. 
Students will be in the procession and serve as greeters, altar servers, and lectors at the 10:00 Mass. A video about Catholic education will be shown at every Mass. Please have your children wear their school uniform. Parents, don’t forget to wear your HNM wear too.
Students are giving our parishioners the gift of prayer for Catholic Schools Week. Please place your prayer requests in the collection basket or in the parish or school office.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Faith.  Academics.  Service: In Our Community
Service is a hallmark of Catholic education. Catholic school students learn what it means to provide service and the importance of making it a lifelong practice.
Students will be collecting change as participants in The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Pennies for Patients Program. This campaign allows students to make a difference in the lives of others by raising money for cancer research, education, advocacy and patient services.  Assembly at 2:30.
The Book Fair will be open during recess and lunch and from 1:15-3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Faith.  Academics.  Service: In Our Students
We devote today to our students. We recognize our students' many accomplishments.
It is blue and gold day. Wear your school colors. School will be dismissed at 12:30 p.m.  No homework tonight!
Open House 7:00-8:30 p.m. Everyone is invited! Refreshments will be served. Be sure to visit the 4th grade mission projects under the St. Louis Pavilion, the Art Fair in the Jr. Bldg. and the Science Fair in the Sr. Building. There will be an information session for prospective new families from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m., in the Faculty Room.
The Book Fair will be open 10-10:30 a.m.; 12:30-1:30 p.m. and 7-8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Faith.  Academics.  Service: In Our Vocations 
This is Discovery Day. We focus on the many ways we can use the gifts God has given us by exploring a variety of interests, hobbies and careers.
Do you have something to share? A talent, an experience or hobby? Please share it with our     students. For more information, please contact Patricia Robidoux at 626-893-1172.
NO morning assembly today. Discovery Day is from 8:00-11:00 a.m.
The Book Fair will be open during recess and lunch and from 1:15-3:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Faith.  Academics.  Service: In Our Nation and In Our Faculty and Staff
We mark the day by recognizing the value of national service and honor those who serve our country and our school. 
Morning Assembly at 7:50 a.m. will include a flag raising by the Boy Scouts, patriotic songs and prayers for our country. Current and retired military form the parish and community are invited to attend. You may also bring a picture of those serving in the military. Student Council will serve coffee and pastries to our guests after the assembly.
Staff appreciation luncheon.
The Book Fair will be open during recess and lunch and from 1:15-3:30 p.m.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Faith.  Academics.  Service: In the Special Persons in Our Lives
It’s Special Person’s Day!
Catholic Schools Week closes with a celebration of the special people in the lives of our children. Students are invited to bring their special person to school. (An adult must accompany all children). This is a non-uniform day.
9:00-9:30 Guests arrive. Hospitality under the Pavilion.
9:30-10:30 Mass with our Special Persons
10:30-11:15 Visit the classrooms
11:15 -12:15 Lunch and games sponsored by the 7th grade. (Lunch must be pre-ordered)
12:15 Clean up and return to the classrooms 
12:30 p.m. Dismissal 
The Book Fair will be open 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK SCHEDULE

This year's theme is "Catholic Schools: Faith. Academics. Service." This theme expresses our school's focus on learning about faith, striving for high academic standards, and serving our community. We've planned a variety of events that demonstrate how we're doing it. Come see what makes Holy Name of Mary School Exceptional!

 

2011-12 School Supply List

Click the School Supply List to download and print.


Family Fun Magazine - HNM: Feeding an Urgent Need

Read the  article in Family Fun magazine (April 2011) about how Holy Name of Mary students display stewardship in providing lunches for the less fortunate.


Accelerated Reader Resources

Check out our new Accelerated Reader Resources link under the Academics menu above.  This link takes you to the Renaissance Learning website which is the company that provides our Accelerated Reader program.  Their site offers parents a Guide to Accelerated Reader, AR BookFinder and Renaissance Home Connect.  Help your children to be great readers with Accelerated Reader Resources for Success!


Mary the Blessed Virgin

mary-lrg.jpgMary the Blessed Virgin

The Mother of God, Mother of Jesus, wife of St. Joseph, and the greatest of all Christian saints. The Virgin Mother “was, after her Son, exalted by divine grace above all angels and men”. Mary is venerated with a special cult, called by St. Thomas Aquinas, hyperdulia, as the highest of God’s creatures. The principal events of her life are celebrated as liturgical feasts of the universal Church. Mary’s life and role in the history of salvation is prefigured in the Old Testament, while the events of her life are recorded in the New Testament.

 

Traditionally, she was declared the daughter of Sts. Joachim and Anne. Born in Jerusalem, Mary was presented in the Temple and took a vow of virginity. Living in Nazareth, Mary was visited by the archangel Gabriel, who announced to her that she would become the Mother of Jesus, by the Holy Spirit. She became betrothed to St. Joseph and went to visit her cousin, Elizabeth, who was bearing St. John the Baptist. Acknowledged by Elizabeth as the Mother of God, Mary intoned the Magnificat.

 

When Emperor Augustus declared a census throughout the vast Roman Empire, Mary and St. Joseph went to Bethlehem, his city of lineage, as he belonged to the House of David. There Mary gave birth to Jesus and was visited by the Three Kings. Mary and Joseph presented Jesus in the Temple, where St. Simeon rejoiced and Mary received word of sorrows to come later. Warned to flee, St. Joseph and Mary went to Egypt to escape the wrath of King Herod. They remained in Egypt until King Herod died and then returned to Nazareth. Nothing is known of Mary’s life during the next years except for a visit to the Temple of Jerusalem, at which time Mary and Joseph sought the young Jesus, who was in the Temple with the learned elders.

 

The first recorded miracle of Jesus was performed at a wedding in Cana, and Mary was instrumental in calling Christ’s attention to the need. Mary was present at the Crucifixion in Jerusalem, and there she was given into John’s care. She was also with the disciples in the days before the Pentecost, and it is believed that she was present at the resurrection and Ascension.


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