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Our MissionHoly Family Catholic School is a regional school that works with parents to nurture the growth of the whole child - spiritually intellectually socially emotionally and physically Our school is Catholic - promoting the teachings of the Church and inclusive of diverse cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds We seek to promote the development of these values by

bull Fostering a commitment to know love and serve God and one another (spiritual)

bull Encouraging each child to attain his or her fullest potential (intellectual)

bull Guiding students to become conscientious successful members of a global community (social)

bull Respecting and celebrating each childrsquos individuality (emotional)

bull Promoting a positive attitude towards a healthy lifestyle (physical)

We are committed tohellipa strong Catholic Identity which

integrates Catholic teachings and values into our own lives and the experience of the school community

hellipthe Faith Formation of all in our community as we participate in the evangelizing mission of our Church and experience catechesis and sacramental life

hellipproviding Academic Excellence that challenges the mind and engages the student in learning from a comprehensive curriculum

hellippromoting an understanding of the need for Stewardship as a means to recognize and use our gifts from God to serve the needs of others

Table of Contents1 From the Principalrsquos Desk2 Board of Directors3 Choir of Angels4 Advancing Holy Family5 Fall Festival6 A Legacy of Giving

Our Core ValuesHoly Family Catholic School holds firm to our four core values which define our identity and culture and are fundamental beliefs that guide the daily life of the school

8 Robotics10 Athletics12 Grandparentrsquos Day13 Children of Mary14 What makes a holy family16 Around Campus20 Alumni Update

From the Principalrsquos Desk

Joan Wagner Ph DPrincipal

1

Wersquove been thinking about the cover of this Sentinel edition for a few months now Irsquove always enjoyed

thinking about the patron saints of the schools that I have worked in There was so much to learn from my time at the schools named Good Shepherd and St Monica The image of the Good Shepherd is such a poignant image for me and the story of St Monica who prays fervently for her errant son is relevant for all of us

We enjoy the particularly touching name of Holy Family not because we believe that we have all fully arrived at creating our own holy family but because our school name is such a wonderful reminder that we are called to this beautiful image of a loving family Like the phrase goes wersquore a work in progress so donrsquot despair but take note of some of the traditions of our school families I think yoursquoll find wonderful ways to build the faith of your family

I think God knew what he was doing when he gave children to young parents but they may also be the ones still gaining comfort in praying as a couple and as a family It is Godrsquos plan that our children help us stretch and grow as we try to lovingly create the family culture We know intrinsically that our children will benefit most from the traditions and habits that our families help to instill And so I encourage you in this season of the holy family to remember that you too are a holy image of a father and a mother with similar hopes and dreams of Joseph and Mary Be bold and bow your heads together bless your children and pray with sincerity you are a holy family

Wishing you a blessed Christmas

Board of Directors

Being a member of the Board of Directors requires love of the mission and loyalty to the school We welcome our new Board members Jennifer Schell and Pete Allman

We would like to extend our gratitude to our outgoing members Dutch Kellerman David Kersten and Chris Schell for their dedication

We are pleased to recognize our recipient of the Catholic Education Service Award Mr James Nastars Mr Nastars has a long distinguished history of support of Catholic education and Holy Family Involved from the earliest days of inception Mr Nastars consistently supported the vision of a new Catholic school in the developing area of northwest Austin Over the years James has always served in a leadership capacity and most recently as the President of the Board He has served three terms as a Board member and is often remembered as the guiding force behind the writing of the schoolrsquos first Strategic Plan James and his wife Cynthia have four children with two currently at Holy Family one at St Michael

2

Catholic Service AwardCatholic Academy and one at St Dominic Savio Catholic High School We look forward to honoring James at a Diocesan dinner to be held in January 2011

Choir of Angels

3

Many thanks to our Choir of Angels volunteers for serving as classroom COA representatives and Phone-A-Thon volunteers

Peter Allman BoardJoanie ButlerJenise DaigleJohn and Lauren DixsonBarbara ForbesAlicia Garza-EnloeRon Hagood BoardJohn and Nancy HarvathCeleste HawkinsDan and Emily Hurlimann COA ChairsTerry JohnsonDouglas Kuenstler BoardHolly LanduytCecilia MacKayChristy McNaughton BoardGary Mink BoardSteve Musil BoardJames Nastars BoardJessica PelacheTana ReeveEd RodriguezJayne SaucedoChris and Debby Schell COA ChairsJennifer Schell BoardStacey ShermanLaura TeranDiane UherekPam ViccinelliKeith Winkeler Board

The Choir of Angels appeal provides essential support for operating costs related to classroom materials and equipment facility maintenance special events and programs technology staff development tuition assistance and salaries

Everyonersquos participation is greatly appreciated

4

Get your running shoes ready for Run With the Angels on Friday February 25 2011

Thank you to all our Choir of Angels donors who met ldquoThe GAPrdquo The families enjoyed their Breakfast with Santa at Twin Creeks Country Club

Gala

RWTA

Breakfast with Santa

Advancing Holy Family

Gala 2011

Save the date for our 2011 Spring Gala Saturday April 30 2011 at the Westin Hotel in the Domain Just imagine the beauty of our Hawaiian Night

5

Fall FestivalThe weather was great and the corn was steaming hot at the Fall Festival Children played games danced and ate Bar B- Q as they enjoyed the closing of fall Many thanks to the volunteers and sponsors who made this event a success

A Legacy of Giving

6

A Legacy of Giving is an Austin based program that empowers children through philanthropy education and youth philanthropy programs to become more engaged in improving their com-munity and world

This year 35 public and private schools in the greater Austin area participated in the second annual Day of Service by collecting clothing and food which was given to the Capital Area Food Bank to be distributed to those in need

Holy Family students collected 366 coats 3405 pounds of food and logged 221 hours of educa-tion organization and collection Holy Family collected the second highest number of the 35 schools We appreciate the leadership of the Student Council who taught our students about poverty and homelessness

A Legacy of Giving

7

Teaching about Reduce Reuse Recycle

Learning how to save our animal friends

Working together to create a clean world

Our 8th grade students enrolled in A Legacy of Giving elective course have studied about the value of the three Rrsquos Reduce Reuse Recycle and in protecting the environment They have put their teachings to work by cleaning out parts of Brushy Creek after the flood

The students have enjoyed their unconventional lessons

Robotics

Learning to use a computer can be difficult enough for most of us The robotics teams at Holy Family dedicate their extra time to programming robots Two robotics teams are offered at HFCS the Lego Robotics Team and the BEST Robotics Team

The Lego Robotics Team consists of five students in 6th-8th grade Their first project was to assemble and program a robot that could detect a ball and swing at the ball like a baseball player at bat The robot toolkit Lego NXT is a product of Lego The software program was written at National Instruments located in Austin TX

8

Robotics

9

The BEST (Boosting Engineering Science and Technology) Robotics Team is composed of 22 students who compete against other middle schools and high schools From the date of the kickoff teams have six weeks to design and build their robot The team builds robots out of wood plastic and metal some materials are restricted and each robot is inspected prior to the competition This robot performs various tests of flipping cups and processing and sorting ldquogadgetsrdquo which were much like golf balls Our rookie team was not intimidated by competing against 23 schools 22 of them high schools which have a dedicated workshop or engineering class and over 100 students on their team We are so proud of our team for finishing above 6 veteran teams

Athletics

10

High fives to our 104 student athletes who participated in our fall sports

Flag Football

Tackle Football

Our 2A team placed 2nd in their League with an over-all record of 5-2-1 3A placed 6th

Coach Fisher strategizing with his Assistant Coach James Kilburn and Jesse Garcia

We welcomed our first tackle football team who placed 4th overall in their conference

Athletics

11

Volleyball

Basketball

This season we fielded 5 girl volleyball teams In October Holy Family and St Dominic Savio put on the 1st annual Fall Middle School Classic volleyball tournament We are so proud of all our teams for their hard work and dedication

Best of luck to our basketball teams as their season begins This year we have 21 girls on two teams and 52 boys playing on five teams

12

Grandparentrsquos Day

Grandparents filed into the gym for a special Grandparentrsquos Day Mass where the students explained why they were thankful for and loved their grandparents After Mass grandparents visited each grandchildrsquos classroom and assisted in creating a craft to be sent to nursing home residents around the Austin area

Pre-K getting to know Clifford

During Mass we recognized Mr and Mrs Kellerman for their many years of dedication and service to Holy Family

Once the crafts were complete the grandparents stopped by the Scholastic Book Fair where their grandchildren eagerly selected books for purchase

13

Our 2nd and 3rd graders have the opportunity to participate in Children of Mary This after school program gives children the opportunity to grow in love and devotion for Our Mother Mary They meet every first Friday of the month to pray and learn the Rosary and discuss ways to become lsquochildren of Maryrsquo Itrsquos a very special group

Sr Thomas Aquinas OP our Dominican Sister leads the group with the help of other staff Her order The Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist has a particular devotion to Mary

Children of Mary

What makes a holy family

14

In honor of the Church celebrating ldquoThe Year of the Familyrdquo we have dedicated this Sentinel edition to finding out ldquowhat makes a holy familyrdquo We asked you to tell us how your family reiterates the church teachings and practices faith traditions We were delighted to find so many families put Christ and the Church at the center of their lives

What are your familyrsquos spiritual practices and traditions

We pray at meals and at bedtime

We attend Mass on Sunday

We bless each child daily ldquoThe Lord bless you and keep you May you grow in Jesusrsquo loving friendship and be faithful to His calling for yourdquo

We pray over our deceased pets hamsters and birds that we have buried

During Advent Christmas we get together to pray around the Jesse tree

We follow the history of Salvation through Scripture

We set up the nativity scene

We celebrate the Baptism day of each family member as a sign of their start as a Christian

We spend the beginning of December celebrating Advent rather than Christmas slowly bringing out Christmas decorations as we get closer to Christmas

What makes a holy family

15

Track We pray the rosary as a family having each child lead a decade

We keep our tree up till Epiphany

We have a strong devotion to Mary in our family because she always leads you to the heart of Jesus

Every meal in our family is time to give thanks and celebrate our blessingsWe connect in the kitchen and at the dinner table

What practices help to develop the faith of family members

My children listen to CDrsquos of children bible songs and nursery rhymes

We celebrate the saints and learn about their lives

We make sure our children understand the ldquorealrdquo reason we celebrate Christmas and Easter

We befriend our parish priests

We encourage our children to be Altar Servers

We incorporate Christ into all holidays

At Mass we sit in the front pew because it helps the kids see the Mass

We recognize special feasts

We keep sacramentals as reminders throughout the home

Even though it is difficult we try to communicate through issues and whenever there is a hard issue we deal with it with truth and put it in the light

We pray the Stations of the Cross

As we journey through this Advent season we come to realize our preparation for Jesus does not end with Christmas and his birth but begins as we take our rituals and meld them into our daily lives We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

16

Around Campus

Box Tops

Veteranrsquos Day

Holy Family is now participating in the Box Tops for Education program So far we have collected $135070 worth of coupons Remember you can also buy products from other stores through the Box Top website and a percentage of your purchase will go back to Holy Family We appreciate the help of Mr Jim DeFeo for his coordination of this program

In honor of all those who have served in the armed forces our scouts held a Raising of the Flag ceremony for the other students on Veterans Day Students watched the raising of the flag said The Pledge of Allegiance and heard a story about patriotism

17

Marathon Kidsreg

Cultural Studies

Around Campus

Marathon Kids reg is a free running and nutritional program that promotes the development of a healthy lifestyle for children by encouraging them to run or walk 262 miles over six months This year we have more than doubled our participation from last year Go kids go

Each year an area of the world is chosen to focus on during the school year to help us remember that we are all connected in this global community This year Europe was chosen In the Faith building students will be learning about Ireland through prayers dance stories and art

In the Charity building 2nd grade will be learning about Sweden 3rd grade- Poland and 4th grade- Russia The study of the entire continent of Europe will be woven in to the social studies religion language arts and Spanish classes in the Hope building

18

Holy Family hosted the 9th Annual Catholic School Choir Festival on November 12th Students from Holy Family St Ignatius St Josephrsquos in Bryan St Louis in Waco and St Maryrsquos Cathedral gathered to ldquoSing of Godrsquos Salvationrdquo

Our choir was featured onNews 8 Austin

Around Campus

Catholic Daughters of AmericaWe are excited to announce that two of our students are winners in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas contest Nathan Nguyen won first place in the Division I Art category and Allison Millar won first place in the Division II Music category Both of these students won at the State Level and Allison went on to win at the National Level Congratulations

Our MissionHoly Family Catholic School is a regional school that works with parents to nurture the growth of the whole child - spiritually intellectually socially emotionally and physically Our school is Catholic - promoting the teachings of the Church and inclusive of diverse cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds We seek to promote the development of these values by

bull Fostering a commitment to know love and serve God and one another (spiritual)

bull Encouraging each child to attain his or her fullest potential (intellectual)

bull Guiding students to become conscientious successful members of a global community (social)

bull Respecting and celebrating each childrsquos individuality (emotional)

bull Promoting a positive attitude towards a healthy lifestyle (physical)

We are committed tohellipa strong Catholic Identity which

integrates Catholic teachings and values into our own lives and the experience of the school community

hellipthe Faith Formation of all in our community as we participate in the evangelizing mission of our Church and experience catechesis and sacramental life

hellipproviding Academic Excellence that challenges the mind and engages the student in learning from a comprehensive curriculum

hellippromoting an understanding of the need for Stewardship as a means to recognize and use our gifts from God to serve the needs of others

Table of Contents1 From the Principalrsquos Desk2 Board of Directors3 Choir of Angels4 Advancing Holy Family5 Fall Festival6 A Legacy of Giving

Our Core ValuesHoly Family Catholic School holds firm to our four core values which define our identity and culture and are fundamental beliefs that guide the daily life of the school

8 Robotics10 Athletics12 Grandparentrsquos Day13 Children of Mary14 What makes a holy family16 Around Campus20 Alumni Update

From the Principalrsquos Desk

Joan Wagner Ph DPrincipal

1

Wersquove been thinking about the cover of this Sentinel edition for a few months now Irsquove always enjoyed

thinking about the patron saints of the schools that I have worked in There was so much to learn from my time at the schools named Good Shepherd and St Monica The image of the Good Shepherd is such a poignant image for me and the story of St Monica who prays fervently for her errant son is relevant for all of us

We enjoy the particularly touching name of Holy Family not because we believe that we have all fully arrived at creating our own holy family but because our school name is such a wonderful reminder that we are called to this beautiful image of a loving family Like the phrase goes wersquore a work in progress so donrsquot despair but take note of some of the traditions of our school families I think yoursquoll find wonderful ways to build the faith of your family

I think God knew what he was doing when he gave children to young parents but they may also be the ones still gaining comfort in praying as a couple and as a family It is Godrsquos plan that our children help us stretch and grow as we try to lovingly create the family culture We know intrinsically that our children will benefit most from the traditions and habits that our families help to instill And so I encourage you in this season of the holy family to remember that you too are a holy image of a father and a mother with similar hopes and dreams of Joseph and Mary Be bold and bow your heads together bless your children and pray with sincerity you are a holy family

Wishing you a blessed Christmas

Board of Directors

Being a member of the Board of Directors requires love of the mission and loyalty to the school We welcome our new Board members Jennifer Schell and Pete Allman

We would like to extend our gratitude to our outgoing members Dutch Kellerman David Kersten and Chris Schell for their dedication

We are pleased to recognize our recipient of the Catholic Education Service Award Mr James Nastars Mr Nastars has a long distinguished history of support of Catholic education and Holy Family Involved from the earliest days of inception Mr Nastars consistently supported the vision of a new Catholic school in the developing area of northwest Austin Over the years James has always served in a leadership capacity and most recently as the President of the Board He has served three terms as a Board member and is often remembered as the guiding force behind the writing of the schoolrsquos first Strategic Plan James and his wife Cynthia have four children with two currently at Holy Family one at St Michael

2

Catholic Service AwardCatholic Academy and one at St Dominic Savio Catholic High School We look forward to honoring James at a Diocesan dinner to be held in January 2011

Choir of Angels

3

Many thanks to our Choir of Angels volunteers for serving as classroom COA representatives and Phone-A-Thon volunteers

Peter Allman BoardJoanie ButlerJenise DaigleJohn and Lauren DixsonBarbara ForbesAlicia Garza-EnloeRon Hagood BoardJohn and Nancy HarvathCeleste HawkinsDan and Emily Hurlimann COA ChairsTerry JohnsonDouglas Kuenstler BoardHolly LanduytCecilia MacKayChristy McNaughton BoardGary Mink BoardSteve Musil BoardJames Nastars BoardJessica PelacheTana ReeveEd RodriguezJayne SaucedoChris and Debby Schell COA ChairsJennifer Schell BoardStacey ShermanLaura TeranDiane UherekPam ViccinelliKeith Winkeler Board

The Choir of Angels appeal provides essential support for operating costs related to classroom materials and equipment facility maintenance special events and programs technology staff development tuition assistance and salaries

Everyonersquos participation is greatly appreciated

4

Get your running shoes ready for Run With the Angels on Friday February 25 2011

Thank you to all our Choir of Angels donors who met ldquoThe GAPrdquo The families enjoyed their Breakfast with Santa at Twin Creeks Country Club

Gala

RWTA

Breakfast with Santa

Advancing Holy Family

Gala 2011

Save the date for our 2011 Spring Gala Saturday April 30 2011 at the Westin Hotel in the Domain Just imagine the beauty of our Hawaiian Night

5

Fall FestivalThe weather was great and the corn was steaming hot at the Fall Festival Children played games danced and ate Bar B- Q as they enjoyed the closing of fall Many thanks to the volunteers and sponsors who made this event a success

A Legacy of Giving

6

A Legacy of Giving is an Austin based program that empowers children through philanthropy education and youth philanthropy programs to become more engaged in improving their com-munity and world

This year 35 public and private schools in the greater Austin area participated in the second annual Day of Service by collecting clothing and food which was given to the Capital Area Food Bank to be distributed to those in need

Holy Family students collected 366 coats 3405 pounds of food and logged 221 hours of educa-tion organization and collection Holy Family collected the second highest number of the 35 schools We appreciate the leadership of the Student Council who taught our students about poverty and homelessness

A Legacy of Giving

7

Teaching about Reduce Reuse Recycle

Learning how to save our animal friends

Working together to create a clean world

Our 8th grade students enrolled in A Legacy of Giving elective course have studied about the value of the three Rrsquos Reduce Reuse Recycle and in protecting the environment They have put their teachings to work by cleaning out parts of Brushy Creek after the flood

The students have enjoyed their unconventional lessons

Robotics

Learning to use a computer can be difficult enough for most of us The robotics teams at Holy Family dedicate their extra time to programming robots Two robotics teams are offered at HFCS the Lego Robotics Team and the BEST Robotics Team

The Lego Robotics Team consists of five students in 6th-8th grade Their first project was to assemble and program a robot that could detect a ball and swing at the ball like a baseball player at bat The robot toolkit Lego NXT is a product of Lego The software program was written at National Instruments located in Austin TX

8

Robotics

9

The BEST (Boosting Engineering Science and Technology) Robotics Team is composed of 22 students who compete against other middle schools and high schools From the date of the kickoff teams have six weeks to design and build their robot The team builds robots out of wood plastic and metal some materials are restricted and each robot is inspected prior to the competition This robot performs various tests of flipping cups and processing and sorting ldquogadgetsrdquo which were much like golf balls Our rookie team was not intimidated by competing against 23 schools 22 of them high schools which have a dedicated workshop or engineering class and over 100 students on their team We are so proud of our team for finishing above 6 veteran teams

Athletics

10

High fives to our 104 student athletes who participated in our fall sports

Flag Football

Tackle Football

Our 2A team placed 2nd in their League with an over-all record of 5-2-1 3A placed 6th

Coach Fisher strategizing with his Assistant Coach James Kilburn and Jesse Garcia

We welcomed our first tackle football team who placed 4th overall in their conference

Athletics

11

Volleyball

Basketball

This season we fielded 5 girl volleyball teams In October Holy Family and St Dominic Savio put on the 1st annual Fall Middle School Classic volleyball tournament We are so proud of all our teams for their hard work and dedication

Best of luck to our basketball teams as their season begins This year we have 21 girls on two teams and 52 boys playing on five teams

12

Grandparentrsquos Day

Grandparents filed into the gym for a special Grandparentrsquos Day Mass where the students explained why they were thankful for and loved their grandparents After Mass grandparents visited each grandchildrsquos classroom and assisted in creating a craft to be sent to nursing home residents around the Austin area

Pre-K getting to know Clifford

During Mass we recognized Mr and Mrs Kellerman for their many years of dedication and service to Holy Family

Once the crafts were complete the grandparents stopped by the Scholastic Book Fair where their grandchildren eagerly selected books for purchase

13

Our 2nd and 3rd graders have the opportunity to participate in Children of Mary This after school program gives children the opportunity to grow in love and devotion for Our Mother Mary They meet every first Friday of the month to pray and learn the Rosary and discuss ways to become lsquochildren of Maryrsquo Itrsquos a very special group

Sr Thomas Aquinas OP our Dominican Sister leads the group with the help of other staff Her order The Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist has a particular devotion to Mary

Children of Mary

What makes a holy family

14

In honor of the Church celebrating ldquoThe Year of the Familyrdquo we have dedicated this Sentinel edition to finding out ldquowhat makes a holy familyrdquo We asked you to tell us how your family reiterates the church teachings and practices faith traditions We were delighted to find so many families put Christ and the Church at the center of their lives

What are your familyrsquos spiritual practices and traditions

We pray at meals and at bedtime

We attend Mass on Sunday

We bless each child daily ldquoThe Lord bless you and keep you May you grow in Jesusrsquo loving friendship and be faithful to His calling for yourdquo

We pray over our deceased pets hamsters and birds that we have buried

During Advent Christmas we get together to pray around the Jesse tree

We follow the history of Salvation through Scripture

We set up the nativity scene

We celebrate the Baptism day of each family member as a sign of their start as a Christian

We spend the beginning of December celebrating Advent rather than Christmas slowly bringing out Christmas decorations as we get closer to Christmas

What makes a holy family

15

Track We pray the rosary as a family having each child lead a decade

We keep our tree up till Epiphany

We have a strong devotion to Mary in our family because she always leads you to the heart of Jesus

Every meal in our family is time to give thanks and celebrate our blessingsWe connect in the kitchen and at the dinner table

What practices help to develop the faith of family members

My children listen to CDrsquos of children bible songs and nursery rhymes

We celebrate the saints and learn about their lives

We make sure our children understand the ldquorealrdquo reason we celebrate Christmas and Easter

We befriend our parish priests

We encourage our children to be Altar Servers

We incorporate Christ into all holidays

At Mass we sit in the front pew because it helps the kids see the Mass

We recognize special feasts

We keep sacramentals as reminders throughout the home

Even though it is difficult we try to communicate through issues and whenever there is a hard issue we deal with it with truth and put it in the light

We pray the Stations of the Cross

As we journey through this Advent season we come to realize our preparation for Jesus does not end with Christmas and his birth but begins as we take our rituals and meld them into our daily lives We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

16

Around Campus

Box Tops

Veteranrsquos Day

Holy Family is now participating in the Box Tops for Education program So far we have collected $135070 worth of coupons Remember you can also buy products from other stores through the Box Top website and a percentage of your purchase will go back to Holy Family We appreciate the help of Mr Jim DeFeo for his coordination of this program

In honor of all those who have served in the armed forces our scouts held a Raising of the Flag ceremony for the other students on Veterans Day Students watched the raising of the flag said The Pledge of Allegiance and heard a story about patriotism

17

Marathon Kidsreg

Cultural Studies

Around Campus

Marathon Kids reg is a free running and nutritional program that promotes the development of a healthy lifestyle for children by encouraging them to run or walk 262 miles over six months This year we have more than doubled our participation from last year Go kids go

Each year an area of the world is chosen to focus on during the school year to help us remember that we are all connected in this global community This year Europe was chosen In the Faith building students will be learning about Ireland through prayers dance stories and art

In the Charity building 2nd grade will be learning about Sweden 3rd grade- Poland and 4th grade- Russia The study of the entire continent of Europe will be woven in to the social studies religion language arts and Spanish classes in the Hope building

18

Holy Family hosted the 9th Annual Catholic School Choir Festival on November 12th Students from Holy Family St Ignatius St Josephrsquos in Bryan St Louis in Waco and St Maryrsquos Cathedral gathered to ldquoSing of Godrsquos Salvationrdquo

Our choir was featured onNews 8 Austin

Around Campus

Catholic Daughters of AmericaWe are excited to announce that two of our students are winners in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas contest Nathan Nguyen won first place in the Division I Art category and Allison Millar won first place in the Division II Music category Both of these students won at the State Level and Allison went on to win at the National Level Congratulations

From the Principalrsquos Desk

Joan Wagner Ph DPrincipal

1

Wersquove been thinking about the cover of this Sentinel edition for a few months now Irsquove always enjoyed

thinking about the patron saints of the schools that I have worked in There was so much to learn from my time at the schools named Good Shepherd and St Monica The image of the Good Shepherd is such a poignant image for me and the story of St Monica who prays fervently for her errant son is relevant for all of us

We enjoy the particularly touching name of Holy Family not because we believe that we have all fully arrived at creating our own holy family but because our school name is such a wonderful reminder that we are called to this beautiful image of a loving family Like the phrase goes wersquore a work in progress so donrsquot despair but take note of some of the traditions of our school families I think yoursquoll find wonderful ways to build the faith of your family

I think God knew what he was doing when he gave children to young parents but they may also be the ones still gaining comfort in praying as a couple and as a family It is Godrsquos plan that our children help us stretch and grow as we try to lovingly create the family culture We know intrinsically that our children will benefit most from the traditions and habits that our families help to instill And so I encourage you in this season of the holy family to remember that you too are a holy image of a father and a mother with similar hopes and dreams of Joseph and Mary Be bold and bow your heads together bless your children and pray with sincerity you are a holy family

Wishing you a blessed Christmas

Board of Directors

Being a member of the Board of Directors requires love of the mission and loyalty to the school We welcome our new Board members Jennifer Schell and Pete Allman

We would like to extend our gratitude to our outgoing members Dutch Kellerman David Kersten and Chris Schell for their dedication

We are pleased to recognize our recipient of the Catholic Education Service Award Mr James Nastars Mr Nastars has a long distinguished history of support of Catholic education and Holy Family Involved from the earliest days of inception Mr Nastars consistently supported the vision of a new Catholic school in the developing area of northwest Austin Over the years James has always served in a leadership capacity and most recently as the President of the Board He has served three terms as a Board member and is often remembered as the guiding force behind the writing of the schoolrsquos first Strategic Plan James and his wife Cynthia have four children with two currently at Holy Family one at St Michael

2

Catholic Service AwardCatholic Academy and one at St Dominic Savio Catholic High School We look forward to honoring James at a Diocesan dinner to be held in January 2011

Choir of Angels

3

Many thanks to our Choir of Angels volunteers for serving as classroom COA representatives and Phone-A-Thon volunteers

Peter Allman BoardJoanie ButlerJenise DaigleJohn and Lauren DixsonBarbara ForbesAlicia Garza-EnloeRon Hagood BoardJohn and Nancy HarvathCeleste HawkinsDan and Emily Hurlimann COA ChairsTerry JohnsonDouglas Kuenstler BoardHolly LanduytCecilia MacKayChristy McNaughton BoardGary Mink BoardSteve Musil BoardJames Nastars BoardJessica PelacheTana ReeveEd RodriguezJayne SaucedoChris and Debby Schell COA ChairsJennifer Schell BoardStacey ShermanLaura TeranDiane UherekPam ViccinelliKeith Winkeler Board

The Choir of Angels appeal provides essential support for operating costs related to classroom materials and equipment facility maintenance special events and programs technology staff development tuition assistance and salaries

Everyonersquos participation is greatly appreciated

4

Get your running shoes ready for Run With the Angels on Friday February 25 2011

Thank you to all our Choir of Angels donors who met ldquoThe GAPrdquo The families enjoyed their Breakfast with Santa at Twin Creeks Country Club

Gala

RWTA

Breakfast with Santa

Advancing Holy Family

Gala 2011

Save the date for our 2011 Spring Gala Saturday April 30 2011 at the Westin Hotel in the Domain Just imagine the beauty of our Hawaiian Night

5

Fall FestivalThe weather was great and the corn was steaming hot at the Fall Festival Children played games danced and ate Bar B- Q as they enjoyed the closing of fall Many thanks to the volunteers and sponsors who made this event a success

A Legacy of Giving

6

A Legacy of Giving is an Austin based program that empowers children through philanthropy education and youth philanthropy programs to become more engaged in improving their com-munity and world

This year 35 public and private schools in the greater Austin area participated in the second annual Day of Service by collecting clothing and food which was given to the Capital Area Food Bank to be distributed to those in need

Holy Family students collected 366 coats 3405 pounds of food and logged 221 hours of educa-tion organization and collection Holy Family collected the second highest number of the 35 schools We appreciate the leadership of the Student Council who taught our students about poverty and homelessness

A Legacy of Giving

7

Teaching about Reduce Reuse Recycle

Learning how to save our animal friends

Working together to create a clean world

Our 8th grade students enrolled in A Legacy of Giving elective course have studied about the value of the three Rrsquos Reduce Reuse Recycle and in protecting the environment They have put their teachings to work by cleaning out parts of Brushy Creek after the flood

The students have enjoyed their unconventional lessons

Robotics

Learning to use a computer can be difficult enough for most of us The robotics teams at Holy Family dedicate their extra time to programming robots Two robotics teams are offered at HFCS the Lego Robotics Team and the BEST Robotics Team

The Lego Robotics Team consists of five students in 6th-8th grade Their first project was to assemble and program a robot that could detect a ball and swing at the ball like a baseball player at bat The robot toolkit Lego NXT is a product of Lego The software program was written at National Instruments located in Austin TX

8

Robotics

9

The BEST (Boosting Engineering Science and Technology) Robotics Team is composed of 22 students who compete against other middle schools and high schools From the date of the kickoff teams have six weeks to design and build their robot The team builds robots out of wood plastic and metal some materials are restricted and each robot is inspected prior to the competition This robot performs various tests of flipping cups and processing and sorting ldquogadgetsrdquo which were much like golf balls Our rookie team was not intimidated by competing against 23 schools 22 of them high schools which have a dedicated workshop or engineering class and over 100 students on their team We are so proud of our team for finishing above 6 veteran teams

Athletics

10

High fives to our 104 student athletes who participated in our fall sports

Flag Football

Tackle Football

Our 2A team placed 2nd in their League with an over-all record of 5-2-1 3A placed 6th

Coach Fisher strategizing with his Assistant Coach James Kilburn and Jesse Garcia

We welcomed our first tackle football team who placed 4th overall in their conference

Athletics

11

Volleyball

Basketball

This season we fielded 5 girl volleyball teams In October Holy Family and St Dominic Savio put on the 1st annual Fall Middle School Classic volleyball tournament We are so proud of all our teams for their hard work and dedication

Best of luck to our basketball teams as their season begins This year we have 21 girls on two teams and 52 boys playing on five teams

12

Grandparentrsquos Day

Grandparents filed into the gym for a special Grandparentrsquos Day Mass where the students explained why they were thankful for and loved their grandparents After Mass grandparents visited each grandchildrsquos classroom and assisted in creating a craft to be sent to nursing home residents around the Austin area

Pre-K getting to know Clifford

During Mass we recognized Mr and Mrs Kellerman for their many years of dedication and service to Holy Family

Once the crafts were complete the grandparents stopped by the Scholastic Book Fair where their grandchildren eagerly selected books for purchase

13

Our 2nd and 3rd graders have the opportunity to participate in Children of Mary This after school program gives children the opportunity to grow in love and devotion for Our Mother Mary They meet every first Friday of the month to pray and learn the Rosary and discuss ways to become lsquochildren of Maryrsquo Itrsquos a very special group

Sr Thomas Aquinas OP our Dominican Sister leads the group with the help of other staff Her order The Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist has a particular devotion to Mary

Children of Mary

What makes a holy family

14

In honor of the Church celebrating ldquoThe Year of the Familyrdquo we have dedicated this Sentinel edition to finding out ldquowhat makes a holy familyrdquo We asked you to tell us how your family reiterates the church teachings and practices faith traditions We were delighted to find so many families put Christ and the Church at the center of their lives

What are your familyrsquos spiritual practices and traditions

We pray at meals and at bedtime

We attend Mass on Sunday

We bless each child daily ldquoThe Lord bless you and keep you May you grow in Jesusrsquo loving friendship and be faithful to His calling for yourdquo

We pray over our deceased pets hamsters and birds that we have buried

During Advent Christmas we get together to pray around the Jesse tree

We follow the history of Salvation through Scripture

We set up the nativity scene

We celebrate the Baptism day of each family member as a sign of their start as a Christian

We spend the beginning of December celebrating Advent rather than Christmas slowly bringing out Christmas decorations as we get closer to Christmas

What makes a holy family

15

Track We pray the rosary as a family having each child lead a decade

We keep our tree up till Epiphany

We have a strong devotion to Mary in our family because she always leads you to the heart of Jesus

Every meal in our family is time to give thanks and celebrate our blessingsWe connect in the kitchen and at the dinner table

What practices help to develop the faith of family members

My children listen to CDrsquos of children bible songs and nursery rhymes

We celebrate the saints and learn about their lives

We make sure our children understand the ldquorealrdquo reason we celebrate Christmas and Easter

We befriend our parish priests

We encourage our children to be Altar Servers

We incorporate Christ into all holidays

At Mass we sit in the front pew because it helps the kids see the Mass

We recognize special feasts

We keep sacramentals as reminders throughout the home

Even though it is difficult we try to communicate through issues and whenever there is a hard issue we deal with it with truth and put it in the light

We pray the Stations of the Cross

As we journey through this Advent season we come to realize our preparation for Jesus does not end with Christmas and his birth but begins as we take our rituals and meld them into our daily lives We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

16

Around Campus

Box Tops

Veteranrsquos Day

Holy Family is now participating in the Box Tops for Education program So far we have collected $135070 worth of coupons Remember you can also buy products from other stores through the Box Top website and a percentage of your purchase will go back to Holy Family We appreciate the help of Mr Jim DeFeo for his coordination of this program

In honor of all those who have served in the armed forces our scouts held a Raising of the Flag ceremony for the other students on Veterans Day Students watched the raising of the flag said The Pledge of Allegiance and heard a story about patriotism

17

Marathon Kidsreg

Cultural Studies

Around Campus

Marathon Kids reg is a free running and nutritional program that promotes the development of a healthy lifestyle for children by encouraging them to run or walk 262 miles over six months This year we have more than doubled our participation from last year Go kids go

Each year an area of the world is chosen to focus on during the school year to help us remember that we are all connected in this global community This year Europe was chosen In the Faith building students will be learning about Ireland through prayers dance stories and art

In the Charity building 2nd grade will be learning about Sweden 3rd grade- Poland and 4th grade- Russia The study of the entire continent of Europe will be woven in to the social studies religion language arts and Spanish classes in the Hope building

18

Holy Family hosted the 9th Annual Catholic School Choir Festival on November 12th Students from Holy Family St Ignatius St Josephrsquos in Bryan St Louis in Waco and St Maryrsquos Cathedral gathered to ldquoSing of Godrsquos Salvationrdquo

Our choir was featured onNews 8 Austin

Around Campus

Catholic Daughters of AmericaWe are excited to announce that two of our students are winners in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas contest Nathan Nguyen won first place in the Division I Art category and Allison Millar won first place in the Division II Music category Both of these students won at the State Level and Allison went on to win at the National Level Congratulations

Board of Directors

Being a member of the Board of Directors requires love of the mission and loyalty to the school We welcome our new Board members Jennifer Schell and Pete Allman

We would like to extend our gratitude to our outgoing members Dutch Kellerman David Kersten and Chris Schell for their dedication

We are pleased to recognize our recipient of the Catholic Education Service Award Mr James Nastars Mr Nastars has a long distinguished history of support of Catholic education and Holy Family Involved from the earliest days of inception Mr Nastars consistently supported the vision of a new Catholic school in the developing area of northwest Austin Over the years James has always served in a leadership capacity and most recently as the President of the Board He has served three terms as a Board member and is often remembered as the guiding force behind the writing of the schoolrsquos first Strategic Plan James and his wife Cynthia have four children with two currently at Holy Family one at St Michael

2

Catholic Service AwardCatholic Academy and one at St Dominic Savio Catholic High School We look forward to honoring James at a Diocesan dinner to be held in January 2011

Choir of Angels

3

Many thanks to our Choir of Angels volunteers for serving as classroom COA representatives and Phone-A-Thon volunteers

Peter Allman BoardJoanie ButlerJenise DaigleJohn and Lauren DixsonBarbara ForbesAlicia Garza-EnloeRon Hagood BoardJohn and Nancy HarvathCeleste HawkinsDan and Emily Hurlimann COA ChairsTerry JohnsonDouglas Kuenstler BoardHolly LanduytCecilia MacKayChristy McNaughton BoardGary Mink BoardSteve Musil BoardJames Nastars BoardJessica PelacheTana ReeveEd RodriguezJayne SaucedoChris and Debby Schell COA ChairsJennifer Schell BoardStacey ShermanLaura TeranDiane UherekPam ViccinelliKeith Winkeler Board

The Choir of Angels appeal provides essential support for operating costs related to classroom materials and equipment facility maintenance special events and programs technology staff development tuition assistance and salaries

Everyonersquos participation is greatly appreciated

4

Get your running shoes ready for Run With the Angels on Friday February 25 2011

Thank you to all our Choir of Angels donors who met ldquoThe GAPrdquo The families enjoyed their Breakfast with Santa at Twin Creeks Country Club

Gala

RWTA

Breakfast with Santa

Advancing Holy Family

Gala 2011

Save the date for our 2011 Spring Gala Saturday April 30 2011 at the Westin Hotel in the Domain Just imagine the beauty of our Hawaiian Night

5

Fall FestivalThe weather was great and the corn was steaming hot at the Fall Festival Children played games danced and ate Bar B- Q as they enjoyed the closing of fall Many thanks to the volunteers and sponsors who made this event a success

A Legacy of Giving

6

A Legacy of Giving is an Austin based program that empowers children through philanthropy education and youth philanthropy programs to become more engaged in improving their com-munity and world

This year 35 public and private schools in the greater Austin area participated in the second annual Day of Service by collecting clothing and food which was given to the Capital Area Food Bank to be distributed to those in need

Holy Family students collected 366 coats 3405 pounds of food and logged 221 hours of educa-tion organization and collection Holy Family collected the second highest number of the 35 schools We appreciate the leadership of the Student Council who taught our students about poverty and homelessness

A Legacy of Giving

7

Teaching about Reduce Reuse Recycle

Learning how to save our animal friends

Working together to create a clean world

Our 8th grade students enrolled in A Legacy of Giving elective course have studied about the value of the three Rrsquos Reduce Reuse Recycle and in protecting the environment They have put their teachings to work by cleaning out parts of Brushy Creek after the flood

The students have enjoyed their unconventional lessons

Robotics

Learning to use a computer can be difficult enough for most of us The robotics teams at Holy Family dedicate their extra time to programming robots Two robotics teams are offered at HFCS the Lego Robotics Team and the BEST Robotics Team

The Lego Robotics Team consists of five students in 6th-8th grade Their first project was to assemble and program a robot that could detect a ball and swing at the ball like a baseball player at bat The robot toolkit Lego NXT is a product of Lego The software program was written at National Instruments located in Austin TX

8

Robotics

9

The BEST (Boosting Engineering Science and Technology) Robotics Team is composed of 22 students who compete against other middle schools and high schools From the date of the kickoff teams have six weeks to design and build their robot The team builds robots out of wood plastic and metal some materials are restricted and each robot is inspected prior to the competition This robot performs various tests of flipping cups and processing and sorting ldquogadgetsrdquo which were much like golf balls Our rookie team was not intimidated by competing against 23 schools 22 of them high schools which have a dedicated workshop or engineering class and over 100 students on their team We are so proud of our team for finishing above 6 veteran teams

Athletics

10

High fives to our 104 student athletes who participated in our fall sports

Flag Football

Tackle Football

Our 2A team placed 2nd in their League with an over-all record of 5-2-1 3A placed 6th

Coach Fisher strategizing with his Assistant Coach James Kilburn and Jesse Garcia

We welcomed our first tackle football team who placed 4th overall in their conference

Athletics

11

Volleyball

Basketball

This season we fielded 5 girl volleyball teams In October Holy Family and St Dominic Savio put on the 1st annual Fall Middle School Classic volleyball tournament We are so proud of all our teams for their hard work and dedication

Best of luck to our basketball teams as their season begins This year we have 21 girls on two teams and 52 boys playing on five teams

12

Grandparentrsquos Day

Grandparents filed into the gym for a special Grandparentrsquos Day Mass where the students explained why they were thankful for and loved their grandparents After Mass grandparents visited each grandchildrsquos classroom and assisted in creating a craft to be sent to nursing home residents around the Austin area

Pre-K getting to know Clifford

During Mass we recognized Mr and Mrs Kellerman for their many years of dedication and service to Holy Family

Once the crafts were complete the grandparents stopped by the Scholastic Book Fair where their grandchildren eagerly selected books for purchase

13

Our 2nd and 3rd graders have the opportunity to participate in Children of Mary This after school program gives children the opportunity to grow in love and devotion for Our Mother Mary They meet every first Friday of the month to pray and learn the Rosary and discuss ways to become lsquochildren of Maryrsquo Itrsquos a very special group

Sr Thomas Aquinas OP our Dominican Sister leads the group with the help of other staff Her order The Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist has a particular devotion to Mary

Children of Mary

What makes a holy family

14

In honor of the Church celebrating ldquoThe Year of the Familyrdquo we have dedicated this Sentinel edition to finding out ldquowhat makes a holy familyrdquo We asked you to tell us how your family reiterates the church teachings and practices faith traditions We were delighted to find so many families put Christ and the Church at the center of their lives

What are your familyrsquos spiritual practices and traditions

We pray at meals and at bedtime

We attend Mass on Sunday

We bless each child daily ldquoThe Lord bless you and keep you May you grow in Jesusrsquo loving friendship and be faithful to His calling for yourdquo

We pray over our deceased pets hamsters and birds that we have buried

During Advent Christmas we get together to pray around the Jesse tree

We follow the history of Salvation through Scripture

We set up the nativity scene

We celebrate the Baptism day of each family member as a sign of their start as a Christian

We spend the beginning of December celebrating Advent rather than Christmas slowly bringing out Christmas decorations as we get closer to Christmas

What makes a holy family

15

Track We pray the rosary as a family having each child lead a decade

We keep our tree up till Epiphany

We have a strong devotion to Mary in our family because she always leads you to the heart of Jesus

Every meal in our family is time to give thanks and celebrate our blessingsWe connect in the kitchen and at the dinner table

What practices help to develop the faith of family members

My children listen to CDrsquos of children bible songs and nursery rhymes

We celebrate the saints and learn about their lives

We make sure our children understand the ldquorealrdquo reason we celebrate Christmas and Easter

We befriend our parish priests

We encourage our children to be Altar Servers

We incorporate Christ into all holidays

At Mass we sit in the front pew because it helps the kids see the Mass

We recognize special feasts

We keep sacramentals as reminders throughout the home

Even though it is difficult we try to communicate through issues and whenever there is a hard issue we deal with it with truth and put it in the light

We pray the Stations of the Cross

As we journey through this Advent season we come to realize our preparation for Jesus does not end with Christmas and his birth but begins as we take our rituals and meld them into our daily lives We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

16

Around Campus

Box Tops

Veteranrsquos Day

Holy Family is now participating in the Box Tops for Education program So far we have collected $135070 worth of coupons Remember you can also buy products from other stores through the Box Top website and a percentage of your purchase will go back to Holy Family We appreciate the help of Mr Jim DeFeo for his coordination of this program

In honor of all those who have served in the armed forces our scouts held a Raising of the Flag ceremony for the other students on Veterans Day Students watched the raising of the flag said The Pledge of Allegiance and heard a story about patriotism

17

Marathon Kidsreg

Cultural Studies

Around Campus

Marathon Kids reg is a free running and nutritional program that promotes the development of a healthy lifestyle for children by encouraging them to run or walk 262 miles over six months This year we have more than doubled our participation from last year Go kids go

Each year an area of the world is chosen to focus on during the school year to help us remember that we are all connected in this global community This year Europe was chosen In the Faith building students will be learning about Ireland through prayers dance stories and art

In the Charity building 2nd grade will be learning about Sweden 3rd grade- Poland and 4th grade- Russia The study of the entire continent of Europe will be woven in to the social studies religion language arts and Spanish classes in the Hope building

18

Holy Family hosted the 9th Annual Catholic School Choir Festival on November 12th Students from Holy Family St Ignatius St Josephrsquos in Bryan St Louis in Waco and St Maryrsquos Cathedral gathered to ldquoSing of Godrsquos Salvationrdquo

Our choir was featured onNews 8 Austin

Around Campus

Catholic Daughters of AmericaWe are excited to announce that two of our students are winners in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas contest Nathan Nguyen won first place in the Division I Art category and Allison Millar won first place in the Division II Music category Both of these students won at the State Level and Allison went on to win at the National Level Congratulations

Choir of Angels

3

Many thanks to our Choir of Angels volunteers for serving as classroom COA representatives and Phone-A-Thon volunteers

Peter Allman BoardJoanie ButlerJenise DaigleJohn and Lauren DixsonBarbara ForbesAlicia Garza-EnloeRon Hagood BoardJohn and Nancy HarvathCeleste HawkinsDan and Emily Hurlimann COA ChairsTerry JohnsonDouglas Kuenstler BoardHolly LanduytCecilia MacKayChristy McNaughton BoardGary Mink BoardSteve Musil BoardJames Nastars BoardJessica PelacheTana ReeveEd RodriguezJayne SaucedoChris and Debby Schell COA ChairsJennifer Schell BoardStacey ShermanLaura TeranDiane UherekPam ViccinelliKeith Winkeler Board

The Choir of Angels appeal provides essential support for operating costs related to classroom materials and equipment facility maintenance special events and programs technology staff development tuition assistance and salaries

Everyonersquos participation is greatly appreciated

4

Get your running shoes ready for Run With the Angels on Friday February 25 2011

Thank you to all our Choir of Angels donors who met ldquoThe GAPrdquo The families enjoyed their Breakfast with Santa at Twin Creeks Country Club

Gala

RWTA

Breakfast with Santa

Advancing Holy Family

Gala 2011

Save the date for our 2011 Spring Gala Saturday April 30 2011 at the Westin Hotel in the Domain Just imagine the beauty of our Hawaiian Night

5

Fall FestivalThe weather was great and the corn was steaming hot at the Fall Festival Children played games danced and ate Bar B- Q as they enjoyed the closing of fall Many thanks to the volunteers and sponsors who made this event a success

A Legacy of Giving

6

A Legacy of Giving is an Austin based program that empowers children through philanthropy education and youth philanthropy programs to become more engaged in improving their com-munity and world

This year 35 public and private schools in the greater Austin area participated in the second annual Day of Service by collecting clothing and food which was given to the Capital Area Food Bank to be distributed to those in need

Holy Family students collected 366 coats 3405 pounds of food and logged 221 hours of educa-tion organization and collection Holy Family collected the second highest number of the 35 schools We appreciate the leadership of the Student Council who taught our students about poverty and homelessness

A Legacy of Giving

7

Teaching about Reduce Reuse Recycle

Learning how to save our animal friends

Working together to create a clean world

Our 8th grade students enrolled in A Legacy of Giving elective course have studied about the value of the three Rrsquos Reduce Reuse Recycle and in protecting the environment They have put their teachings to work by cleaning out parts of Brushy Creek after the flood

The students have enjoyed their unconventional lessons

Robotics

Learning to use a computer can be difficult enough for most of us The robotics teams at Holy Family dedicate their extra time to programming robots Two robotics teams are offered at HFCS the Lego Robotics Team and the BEST Robotics Team

The Lego Robotics Team consists of five students in 6th-8th grade Their first project was to assemble and program a robot that could detect a ball and swing at the ball like a baseball player at bat The robot toolkit Lego NXT is a product of Lego The software program was written at National Instruments located in Austin TX

8

Robotics

9

The BEST (Boosting Engineering Science and Technology) Robotics Team is composed of 22 students who compete against other middle schools and high schools From the date of the kickoff teams have six weeks to design and build their robot The team builds robots out of wood plastic and metal some materials are restricted and each robot is inspected prior to the competition This robot performs various tests of flipping cups and processing and sorting ldquogadgetsrdquo which were much like golf balls Our rookie team was not intimidated by competing against 23 schools 22 of them high schools which have a dedicated workshop or engineering class and over 100 students on their team We are so proud of our team for finishing above 6 veteran teams

Athletics

10

High fives to our 104 student athletes who participated in our fall sports

Flag Football

Tackle Football

Our 2A team placed 2nd in their League with an over-all record of 5-2-1 3A placed 6th

Coach Fisher strategizing with his Assistant Coach James Kilburn and Jesse Garcia

We welcomed our first tackle football team who placed 4th overall in their conference

Athletics

11

Volleyball

Basketball

This season we fielded 5 girl volleyball teams In October Holy Family and St Dominic Savio put on the 1st annual Fall Middle School Classic volleyball tournament We are so proud of all our teams for their hard work and dedication

Best of luck to our basketball teams as their season begins This year we have 21 girls on two teams and 52 boys playing on five teams

12

Grandparentrsquos Day

Grandparents filed into the gym for a special Grandparentrsquos Day Mass where the students explained why they were thankful for and loved their grandparents After Mass grandparents visited each grandchildrsquos classroom and assisted in creating a craft to be sent to nursing home residents around the Austin area

Pre-K getting to know Clifford

During Mass we recognized Mr and Mrs Kellerman for their many years of dedication and service to Holy Family

Once the crafts were complete the grandparents stopped by the Scholastic Book Fair where their grandchildren eagerly selected books for purchase

13

Our 2nd and 3rd graders have the opportunity to participate in Children of Mary This after school program gives children the opportunity to grow in love and devotion for Our Mother Mary They meet every first Friday of the month to pray and learn the Rosary and discuss ways to become lsquochildren of Maryrsquo Itrsquos a very special group

Sr Thomas Aquinas OP our Dominican Sister leads the group with the help of other staff Her order The Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist has a particular devotion to Mary

Children of Mary

What makes a holy family

14

In honor of the Church celebrating ldquoThe Year of the Familyrdquo we have dedicated this Sentinel edition to finding out ldquowhat makes a holy familyrdquo We asked you to tell us how your family reiterates the church teachings and practices faith traditions We were delighted to find so many families put Christ and the Church at the center of their lives

What are your familyrsquos spiritual practices and traditions

We pray at meals and at bedtime

We attend Mass on Sunday

We bless each child daily ldquoThe Lord bless you and keep you May you grow in Jesusrsquo loving friendship and be faithful to His calling for yourdquo

We pray over our deceased pets hamsters and birds that we have buried

During Advent Christmas we get together to pray around the Jesse tree

We follow the history of Salvation through Scripture

We set up the nativity scene

We celebrate the Baptism day of each family member as a sign of their start as a Christian

We spend the beginning of December celebrating Advent rather than Christmas slowly bringing out Christmas decorations as we get closer to Christmas

What makes a holy family

15

Track We pray the rosary as a family having each child lead a decade

We keep our tree up till Epiphany

We have a strong devotion to Mary in our family because she always leads you to the heart of Jesus

Every meal in our family is time to give thanks and celebrate our blessingsWe connect in the kitchen and at the dinner table

What practices help to develop the faith of family members

My children listen to CDrsquos of children bible songs and nursery rhymes

We celebrate the saints and learn about their lives

We make sure our children understand the ldquorealrdquo reason we celebrate Christmas and Easter

We befriend our parish priests

We encourage our children to be Altar Servers

We incorporate Christ into all holidays

At Mass we sit in the front pew because it helps the kids see the Mass

We recognize special feasts

We keep sacramentals as reminders throughout the home

Even though it is difficult we try to communicate through issues and whenever there is a hard issue we deal with it with truth and put it in the light

We pray the Stations of the Cross

As we journey through this Advent season we come to realize our preparation for Jesus does not end with Christmas and his birth but begins as we take our rituals and meld them into our daily lives We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

16

Around Campus

Box Tops

Veteranrsquos Day

Holy Family is now participating in the Box Tops for Education program So far we have collected $135070 worth of coupons Remember you can also buy products from other stores through the Box Top website and a percentage of your purchase will go back to Holy Family We appreciate the help of Mr Jim DeFeo for his coordination of this program

In honor of all those who have served in the armed forces our scouts held a Raising of the Flag ceremony for the other students on Veterans Day Students watched the raising of the flag said The Pledge of Allegiance and heard a story about patriotism

17

Marathon Kidsreg

Cultural Studies

Around Campus

Marathon Kids reg is a free running and nutritional program that promotes the development of a healthy lifestyle for children by encouraging them to run or walk 262 miles over six months This year we have more than doubled our participation from last year Go kids go

Each year an area of the world is chosen to focus on during the school year to help us remember that we are all connected in this global community This year Europe was chosen In the Faith building students will be learning about Ireland through prayers dance stories and art

In the Charity building 2nd grade will be learning about Sweden 3rd grade- Poland and 4th grade- Russia The study of the entire continent of Europe will be woven in to the social studies religion language arts and Spanish classes in the Hope building

18

Holy Family hosted the 9th Annual Catholic School Choir Festival on November 12th Students from Holy Family St Ignatius St Josephrsquos in Bryan St Louis in Waco and St Maryrsquos Cathedral gathered to ldquoSing of Godrsquos Salvationrdquo

Our choir was featured onNews 8 Austin

Around Campus

Catholic Daughters of AmericaWe are excited to announce that two of our students are winners in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas contest Nathan Nguyen won first place in the Division I Art category and Allison Millar won first place in the Division II Music category Both of these students won at the State Level and Allison went on to win at the National Level Congratulations

4

Get your running shoes ready for Run With the Angels on Friday February 25 2011

Thank you to all our Choir of Angels donors who met ldquoThe GAPrdquo The families enjoyed their Breakfast with Santa at Twin Creeks Country Club

Gala

RWTA

Breakfast with Santa

Advancing Holy Family

Gala 2011

Save the date for our 2011 Spring Gala Saturday April 30 2011 at the Westin Hotel in the Domain Just imagine the beauty of our Hawaiian Night

5

Fall FestivalThe weather was great and the corn was steaming hot at the Fall Festival Children played games danced and ate Bar B- Q as they enjoyed the closing of fall Many thanks to the volunteers and sponsors who made this event a success

A Legacy of Giving

6

A Legacy of Giving is an Austin based program that empowers children through philanthropy education and youth philanthropy programs to become more engaged in improving their com-munity and world

This year 35 public and private schools in the greater Austin area participated in the second annual Day of Service by collecting clothing and food which was given to the Capital Area Food Bank to be distributed to those in need

Holy Family students collected 366 coats 3405 pounds of food and logged 221 hours of educa-tion organization and collection Holy Family collected the second highest number of the 35 schools We appreciate the leadership of the Student Council who taught our students about poverty and homelessness

A Legacy of Giving

7

Teaching about Reduce Reuse Recycle

Learning how to save our animal friends

Working together to create a clean world

Our 8th grade students enrolled in A Legacy of Giving elective course have studied about the value of the three Rrsquos Reduce Reuse Recycle and in protecting the environment They have put their teachings to work by cleaning out parts of Brushy Creek after the flood

The students have enjoyed their unconventional lessons

Robotics

Learning to use a computer can be difficult enough for most of us The robotics teams at Holy Family dedicate their extra time to programming robots Two robotics teams are offered at HFCS the Lego Robotics Team and the BEST Robotics Team

The Lego Robotics Team consists of five students in 6th-8th grade Their first project was to assemble and program a robot that could detect a ball and swing at the ball like a baseball player at bat The robot toolkit Lego NXT is a product of Lego The software program was written at National Instruments located in Austin TX

8

Robotics

9

The BEST (Boosting Engineering Science and Technology) Robotics Team is composed of 22 students who compete against other middle schools and high schools From the date of the kickoff teams have six weeks to design and build their robot The team builds robots out of wood plastic and metal some materials are restricted and each robot is inspected prior to the competition This robot performs various tests of flipping cups and processing and sorting ldquogadgetsrdquo which were much like golf balls Our rookie team was not intimidated by competing against 23 schools 22 of them high schools which have a dedicated workshop or engineering class and over 100 students on their team We are so proud of our team for finishing above 6 veteran teams

Athletics

10

High fives to our 104 student athletes who participated in our fall sports

Flag Football

Tackle Football

Our 2A team placed 2nd in their League with an over-all record of 5-2-1 3A placed 6th

Coach Fisher strategizing with his Assistant Coach James Kilburn and Jesse Garcia

We welcomed our first tackle football team who placed 4th overall in their conference

Athletics

11

Volleyball

Basketball

This season we fielded 5 girl volleyball teams In October Holy Family and St Dominic Savio put on the 1st annual Fall Middle School Classic volleyball tournament We are so proud of all our teams for their hard work and dedication

Best of luck to our basketball teams as their season begins This year we have 21 girls on two teams and 52 boys playing on five teams

12

Grandparentrsquos Day

Grandparents filed into the gym for a special Grandparentrsquos Day Mass where the students explained why they were thankful for and loved their grandparents After Mass grandparents visited each grandchildrsquos classroom and assisted in creating a craft to be sent to nursing home residents around the Austin area

Pre-K getting to know Clifford

During Mass we recognized Mr and Mrs Kellerman for their many years of dedication and service to Holy Family

Once the crafts were complete the grandparents stopped by the Scholastic Book Fair where their grandchildren eagerly selected books for purchase

13

Our 2nd and 3rd graders have the opportunity to participate in Children of Mary This after school program gives children the opportunity to grow in love and devotion for Our Mother Mary They meet every first Friday of the month to pray and learn the Rosary and discuss ways to become lsquochildren of Maryrsquo Itrsquos a very special group

Sr Thomas Aquinas OP our Dominican Sister leads the group with the help of other staff Her order The Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist has a particular devotion to Mary

Children of Mary

What makes a holy family

14

In honor of the Church celebrating ldquoThe Year of the Familyrdquo we have dedicated this Sentinel edition to finding out ldquowhat makes a holy familyrdquo We asked you to tell us how your family reiterates the church teachings and practices faith traditions We were delighted to find so many families put Christ and the Church at the center of their lives

What are your familyrsquos spiritual practices and traditions

We pray at meals and at bedtime

We attend Mass on Sunday

We bless each child daily ldquoThe Lord bless you and keep you May you grow in Jesusrsquo loving friendship and be faithful to His calling for yourdquo

We pray over our deceased pets hamsters and birds that we have buried

During Advent Christmas we get together to pray around the Jesse tree

We follow the history of Salvation through Scripture

We set up the nativity scene

We celebrate the Baptism day of each family member as a sign of their start as a Christian

We spend the beginning of December celebrating Advent rather than Christmas slowly bringing out Christmas decorations as we get closer to Christmas

What makes a holy family

15

Track We pray the rosary as a family having each child lead a decade

We keep our tree up till Epiphany

We have a strong devotion to Mary in our family because she always leads you to the heart of Jesus

Every meal in our family is time to give thanks and celebrate our blessingsWe connect in the kitchen and at the dinner table

What practices help to develop the faith of family members

My children listen to CDrsquos of children bible songs and nursery rhymes

We celebrate the saints and learn about their lives

We make sure our children understand the ldquorealrdquo reason we celebrate Christmas and Easter

We befriend our parish priests

We encourage our children to be Altar Servers

We incorporate Christ into all holidays

At Mass we sit in the front pew because it helps the kids see the Mass

We recognize special feasts

We keep sacramentals as reminders throughout the home

Even though it is difficult we try to communicate through issues and whenever there is a hard issue we deal with it with truth and put it in the light

We pray the Stations of the Cross

As we journey through this Advent season we come to realize our preparation for Jesus does not end with Christmas and his birth but begins as we take our rituals and meld them into our daily lives We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

16

Around Campus

Box Tops

Veteranrsquos Day

Holy Family is now participating in the Box Tops for Education program So far we have collected $135070 worth of coupons Remember you can also buy products from other stores through the Box Top website and a percentage of your purchase will go back to Holy Family We appreciate the help of Mr Jim DeFeo for his coordination of this program

In honor of all those who have served in the armed forces our scouts held a Raising of the Flag ceremony for the other students on Veterans Day Students watched the raising of the flag said The Pledge of Allegiance and heard a story about patriotism

17

Marathon Kidsreg

Cultural Studies

Around Campus

Marathon Kids reg is a free running and nutritional program that promotes the development of a healthy lifestyle for children by encouraging them to run or walk 262 miles over six months This year we have more than doubled our participation from last year Go kids go

Each year an area of the world is chosen to focus on during the school year to help us remember that we are all connected in this global community This year Europe was chosen In the Faith building students will be learning about Ireland through prayers dance stories and art

In the Charity building 2nd grade will be learning about Sweden 3rd grade- Poland and 4th grade- Russia The study of the entire continent of Europe will be woven in to the social studies religion language arts and Spanish classes in the Hope building

18

Holy Family hosted the 9th Annual Catholic School Choir Festival on November 12th Students from Holy Family St Ignatius St Josephrsquos in Bryan St Louis in Waco and St Maryrsquos Cathedral gathered to ldquoSing of Godrsquos Salvationrdquo

Our choir was featured onNews 8 Austin

Around Campus

Catholic Daughters of AmericaWe are excited to announce that two of our students are winners in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas contest Nathan Nguyen won first place in the Division I Art category and Allison Millar won first place in the Division II Music category Both of these students won at the State Level and Allison went on to win at the National Level Congratulations

5

Fall FestivalThe weather was great and the corn was steaming hot at the Fall Festival Children played games danced and ate Bar B- Q as they enjoyed the closing of fall Many thanks to the volunteers and sponsors who made this event a success

A Legacy of Giving

6

A Legacy of Giving is an Austin based program that empowers children through philanthropy education and youth philanthropy programs to become more engaged in improving their com-munity and world

This year 35 public and private schools in the greater Austin area participated in the second annual Day of Service by collecting clothing and food which was given to the Capital Area Food Bank to be distributed to those in need

Holy Family students collected 366 coats 3405 pounds of food and logged 221 hours of educa-tion organization and collection Holy Family collected the second highest number of the 35 schools We appreciate the leadership of the Student Council who taught our students about poverty and homelessness

A Legacy of Giving

7

Teaching about Reduce Reuse Recycle

Learning how to save our animal friends

Working together to create a clean world

Our 8th grade students enrolled in A Legacy of Giving elective course have studied about the value of the three Rrsquos Reduce Reuse Recycle and in protecting the environment They have put their teachings to work by cleaning out parts of Brushy Creek after the flood

The students have enjoyed their unconventional lessons

Robotics

Learning to use a computer can be difficult enough for most of us The robotics teams at Holy Family dedicate their extra time to programming robots Two robotics teams are offered at HFCS the Lego Robotics Team and the BEST Robotics Team

The Lego Robotics Team consists of five students in 6th-8th grade Their first project was to assemble and program a robot that could detect a ball and swing at the ball like a baseball player at bat The robot toolkit Lego NXT is a product of Lego The software program was written at National Instruments located in Austin TX

8

Robotics

9

The BEST (Boosting Engineering Science and Technology) Robotics Team is composed of 22 students who compete against other middle schools and high schools From the date of the kickoff teams have six weeks to design and build their robot The team builds robots out of wood plastic and metal some materials are restricted and each robot is inspected prior to the competition This robot performs various tests of flipping cups and processing and sorting ldquogadgetsrdquo which were much like golf balls Our rookie team was not intimidated by competing against 23 schools 22 of them high schools which have a dedicated workshop or engineering class and over 100 students on their team We are so proud of our team for finishing above 6 veteran teams

Athletics

10

High fives to our 104 student athletes who participated in our fall sports

Flag Football

Tackle Football

Our 2A team placed 2nd in their League with an over-all record of 5-2-1 3A placed 6th

Coach Fisher strategizing with his Assistant Coach James Kilburn and Jesse Garcia

We welcomed our first tackle football team who placed 4th overall in their conference

Athletics

11

Volleyball

Basketball

This season we fielded 5 girl volleyball teams In October Holy Family and St Dominic Savio put on the 1st annual Fall Middle School Classic volleyball tournament We are so proud of all our teams for their hard work and dedication

Best of luck to our basketball teams as their season begins This year we have 21 girls on two teams and 52 boys playing on five teams

12

Grandparentrsquos Day

Grandparents filed into the gym for a special Grandparentrsquos Day Mass where the students explained why they were thankful for and loved their grandparents After Mass grandparents visited each grandchildrsquos classroom and assisted in creating a craft to be sent to nursing home residents around the Austin area

Pre-K getting to know Clifford

During Mass we recognized Mr and Mrs Kellerman for their many years of dedication and service to Holy Family

Once the crafts were complete the grandparents stopped by the Scholastic Book Fair where their grandchildren eagerly selected books for purchase

13

Our 2nd and 3rd graders have the opportunity to participate in Children of Mary This after school program gives children the opportunity to grow in love and devotion for Our Mother Mary They meet every first Friday of the month to pray and learn the Rosary and discuss ways to become lsquochildren of Maryrsquo Itrsquos a very special group

Sr Thomas Aquinas OP our Dominican Sister leads the group with the help of other staff Her order The Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist has a particular devotion to Mary

Children of Mary

What makes a holy family

14

In honor of the Church celebrating ldquoThe Year of the Familyrdquo we have dedicated this Sentinel edition to finding out ldquowhat makes a holy familyrdquo We asked you to tell us how your family reiterates the church teachings and practices faith traditions We were delighted to find so many families put Christ and the Church at the center of their lives

What are your familyrsquos spiritual practices and traditions

We pray at meals and at bedtime

We attend Mass on Sunday

We bless each child daily ldquoThe Lord bless you and keep you May you grow in Jesusrsquo loving friendship and be faithful to His calling for yourdquo

We pray over our deceased pets hamsters and birds that we have buried

During Advent Christmas we get together to pray around the Jesse tree

We follow the history of Salvation through Scripture

We set up the nativity scene

We celebrate the Baptism day of each family member as a sign of their start as a Christian

We spend the beginning of December celebrating Advent rather than Christmas slowly bringing out Christmas decorations as we get closer to Christmas

What makes a holy family

15

Track We pray the rosary as a family having each child lead a decade

We keep our tree up till Epiphany

We have a strong devotion to Mary in our family because she always leads you to the heart of Jesus

Every meal in our family is time to give thanks and celebrate our blessingsWe connect in the kitchen and at the dinner table

What practices help to develop the faith of family members

My children listen to CDrsquos of children bible songs and nursery rhymes

We celebrate the saints and learn about their lives

We make sure our children understand the ldquorealrdquo reason we celebrate Christmas and Easter

We befriend our parish priests

We encourage our children to be Altar Servers

We incorporate Christ into all holidays

At Mass we sit in the front pew because it helps the kids see the Mass

We recognize special feasts

We keep sacramentals as reminders throughout the home

Even though it is difficult we try to communicate through issues and whenever there is a hard issue we deal with it with truth and put it in the light

We pray the Stations of the Cross

As we journey through this Advent season we come to realize our preparation for Jesus does not end with Christmas and his birth but begins as we take our rituals and meld them into our daily lives We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

16

Around Campus

Box Tops

Veteranrsquos Day

Holy Family is now participating in the Box Tops for Education program So far we have collected $135070 worth of coupons Remember you can also buy products from other stores through the Box Top website and a percentage of your purchase will go back to Holy Family We appreciate the help of Mr Jim DeFeo for his coordination of this program

In honor of all those who have served in the armed forces our scouts held a Raising of the Flag ceremony for the other students on Veterans Day Students watched the raising of the flag said The Pledge of Allegiance and heard a story about patriotism

17

Marathon Kidsreg

Cultural Studies

Around Campus

Marathon Kids reg is a free running and nutritional program that promotes the development of a healthy lifestyle for children by encouraging them to run or walk 262 miles over six months This year we have more than doubled our participation from last year Go kids go

Each year an area of the world is chosen to focus on during the school year to help us remember that we are all connected in this global community This year Europe was chosen In the Faith building students will be learning about Ireland through prayers dance stories and art

In the Charity building 2nd grade will be learning about Sweden 3rd grade- Poland and 4th grade- Russia The study of the entire continent of Europe will be woven in to the social studies religion language arts and Spanish classes in the Hope building

18

Holy Family hosted the 9th Annual Catholic School Choir Festival on November 12th Students from Holy Family St Ignatius St Josephrsquos in Bryan St Louis in Waco and St Maryrsquos Cathedral gathered to ldquoSing of Godrsquos Salvationrdquo

Our choir was featured onNews 8 Austin

Around Campus

Catholic Daughters of AmericaWe are excited to announce that two of our students are winners in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas contest Nathan Nguyen won first place in the Division I Art category and Allison Millar won first place in the Division II Music category Both of these students won at the State Level and Allison went on to win at the National Level Congratulations

A Legacy of Giving

6

A Legacy of Giving is an Austin based program that empowers children through philanthropy education and youth philanthropy programs to become more engaged in improving their com-munity and world

This year 35 public and private schools in the greater Austin area participated in the second annual Day of Service by collecting clothing and food which was given to the Capital Area Food Bank to be distributed to those in need

Holy Family students collected 366 coats 3405 pounds of food and logged 221 hours of educa-tion organization and collection Holy Family collected the second highest number of the 35 schools We appreciate the leadership of the Student Council who taught our students about poverty and homelessness

A Legacy of Giving

7

Teaching about Reduce Reuse Recycle

Learning how to save our animal friends

Working together to create a clean world

Our 8th grade students enrolled in A Legacy of Giving elective course have studied about the value of the three Rrsquos Reduce Reuse Recycle and in protecting the environment They have put their teachings to work by cleaning out parts of Brushy Creek after the flood

The students have enjoyed their unconventional lessons

Robotics

Learning to use a computer can be difficult enough for most of us The robotics teams at Holy Family dedicate their extra time to programming robots Two robotics teams are offered at HFCS the Lego Robotics Team and the BEST Robotics Team

The Lego Robotics Team consists of five students in 6th-8th grade Their first project was to assemble and program a robot that could detect a ball and swing at the ball like a baseball player at bat The robot toolkit Lego NXT is a product of Lego The software program was written at National Instruments located in Austin TX

8

Robotics

9

The BEST (Boosting Engineering Science and Technology) Robotics Team is composed of 22 students who compete against other middle schools and high schools From the date of the kickoff teams have six weeks to design and build their robot The team builds robots out of wood plastic and metal some materials are restricted and each robot is inspected prior to the competition This robot performs various tests of flipping cups and processing and sorting ldquogadgetsrdquo which were much like golf balls Our rookie team was not intimidated by competing against 23 schools 22 of them high schools which have a dedicated workshop or engineering class and over 100 students on their team We are so proud of our team for finishing above 6 veteran teams

Athletics

10

High fives to our 104 student athletes who participated in our fall sports

Flag Football

Tackle Football

Our 2A team placed 2nd in their League with an over-all record of 5-2-1 3A placed 6th

Coach Fisher strategizing with his Assistant Coach James Kilburn and Jesse Garcia

We welcomed our first tackle football team who placed 4th overall in their conference

Athletics

11

Volleyball

Basketball

This season we fielded 5 girl volleyball teams In October Holy Family and St Dominic Savio put on the 1st annual Fall Middle School Classic volleyball tournament We are so proud of all our teams for their hard work and dedication

Best of luck to our basketball teams as their season begins This year we have 21 girls on two teams and 52 boys playing on five teams

12

Grandparentrsquos Day

Grandparents filed into the gym for a special Grandparentrsquos Day Mass where the students explained why they were thankful for and loved their grandparents After Mass grandparents visited each grandchildrsquos classroom and assisted in creating a craft to be sent to nursing home residents around the Austin area

Pre-K getting to know Clifford

During Mass we recognized Mr and Mrs Kellerman for their many years of dedication and service to Holy Family

Once the crafts were complete the grandparents stopped by the Scholastic Book Fair where their grandchildren eagerly selected books for purchase

13

Our 2nd and 3rd graders have the opportunity to participate in Children of Mary This after school program gives children the opportunity to grow in love and devotion for Our Mother Mary They meet every first Friday of the month to pray and learn the Rosary and discuss ways to become lsquochildren of Maryrsquo Itrsquos a very special group

Sr Thomas Aquinas OP our Dominican Sister leads the group with the help of other staff Her order The Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist has a particular devotion to Mary

Children of Mary

What makes a holy family

14

In honor of the Church celebrating ldquoThe Year of the Familyrdquo we have dedicated this Sentinel edition to finding out ldquowhat makes a holy familyrdquo We asked you to tell us how your family reiterates the church teachings and practices faith traditions We were delighted to find so many families put Christ and the Church at the center of their lives

What are your familyrsquos spiritual practices and traditions

We pray at meals and at bedtime

We attend Mass on Sunday

We bless each child daily ldquoThe Lord bless you and keep you May you grow in Jesusrsquo loving friendship and be faithful to His calling for yourdquo

We pray over our deceased pets hamsters and birds that we have buried

During Advent Christmas we get together to pray around the Jesse tree

We follow the history of Salvation through Scripture

We set up the nativity scene

We celebrate the Baptism day of each family member as a sign of their start as a Christian

We spend the beginning of December celebrating Advent rather than Christmas slowly bringing out Christmas decorations as we get closer to Christmas

What makes a holy family

15

Track We pray the rosary as a family having each child lead a decade

We keep our tree up till Epiphany

We have a strong devotion to Mary in our family because she always leads you to the heart of Jesus

Every meal in our family is time to give thanks and celebrate our blessingsWe connect in the kitchen and at the dinner table

What practices help to develop the faith of family members

My children listen to CDrsquos of children bible songs and nursery rhymes

We celebrate the saints and learn about their lives

We make sure our children understand the ldquorealrdquo reason we celebrate Christmas and Easter

We befriend our parish priests

We encourage our children to be Altar Servers

We incorporate Christ into all holidays

At Mass we sit in the front pew because it helps the kids see the Mass

We recognize special feasts

We keep sacramentals as reminders throughout the home

Even though it is difficult we try to communicate through issues and whenever there is a hard issue we deal with it with truth and put it in the light

We pray the Stations of the Cross

As we journey through this Advent season we come to realize our preparation for Jesus does not end with Christmas and his birth but begins as we take our rituals and meld them into our daily lives We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

16

Around Campus

Box Tops

Veteranrsquos Day

Holy Family is now participating in the Box Tops for Education program So far we have collected $135070 worth of coupons Remember you can also buy products from other stores through the Box Top website and a percentage of your purchase will go back to Holy Family We appreciate the help of Mr Jim DeFeo for his coordination of this program

In honor of all those who have served in the armed forces our scouts held a Raising of the Flag ceremony for the other students on Veterans Day Students watched the raising of the flag said The Pledge of Allegiance and heard a story about patriotism

17

Marathon Kidsreg

Cultural Studies

Around Campus

Marathon Kids reg is a free running and nutritional program that promotes the development of a healthy lifestyle for children by encouraging them to run or walk 262 miles over six months This year we have more than doubled our participation from last year Go kids go

Each year an area of the world is chosen to focus on during the school year to help us remember that we are all connected in this global community This year Europe was chosen In the Faith building students will be learning about Ireland through prayers dance stories and art

In the Charity building 2nd grade will be learning about Sweden 3rd grade- Poland and 4th grade- Russia The study of the entire continent of Europe will be woven in to the social studies religion language arts and Spanish classes in the Hope building

18

Holy Family hosted the 9th Annual Catholic School Choir Festival on November 12th Students from Holy Family St Ignatius St Josephrsquos in Bryan St Louis in Waco and St Maryrsquos Cathedral gathered to ldquoSing of Godrsquos Salvationrdquo

Our choir was featured onNews 8 Austin

Around Campus

Catholic Daughters of AmericaWe are excited to announce that two of our students are winners in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas contest Nathan Nguyen won first place in the Division I Art category and Allison Millar won first place in the Division II Music category Both of these students won at the State Level and Allison went on to win at the National Level Congratulations

A Legacy of Giving

7

Teaching about Reduce Reuse Recycle

Learning how to save our animal friends

Working together to create a clean world

Our 8th grade students enrolled in A Legacy of Giving elective course have studied about the value of the three Rrsquos Reduce Reuse Recycle and in protecting the environment They have put their teachings to work by cleaning out parts of Brushy Creek after the flood

The students have enjoyed their unconventional lessons

Robotics

Learning to use a computer can be difficult enough for most of us The robotics teams at Holy Family dedicate their extra time to programming robots Two robotics teams are offered at HFCS the Lego Robotics Team and the BEST Robotics Team

The Lego Robotics Team consists of five students in 6th-8th grade Their first project was to assemble and program a robot that could detect a ball and swing at the ball like a baseball player at bat The robot toolkit Lego NXT is a product of Lego The software program was written at National Instruments located in Austin TX

8

Robotics

9

The BEST (Boosting Engineering Science and Technology) Robotics Team is composed of 22 students who compete against other middle schools and high schools From the date of the kickoff teams have six weeks to design and build their robot The team builds robots out of wood plastic and metal some materials are restricted and each robot is inspected prior to the competition This robot performs various tests of flipping cups and processing and sorting ldquogadgetsrdquo which were much like golf balls Our rookie team was not intimidated by competing against 23 schools 22 of them high schools which have a dedicated workshop or engineering class and over 100 students on their team We are so proud of our team for finishing above 6 veteran teams

Athletics

10

High fives to our 104 student athletes who participated in our fall sports

Flag Football

Tackle Football

Our 2A team placed 2nd in their League with an over-all record of 5-2-1 3A placed 6th

Coach Fisher strategizing with his Assistant Coach James Kilburn and Jesse Garcia

We welcomed our first tackle football team who placed 4th overall in their conference

Athletics

11

Volleyball

Basketball

This season we fielded 5 girl volleyball teams In October Holy Family and St Dominic Savio put on the 1st annual Fall Middle School Classic volleyball tournament We are so proud of all our teams for their hard work and dedication

Best of luck to our basketball teams as their season begins This year we have 21 girls on two teams and 52 boys playing on five teams

12

Grandparentrsquos Day

Grandparents filed into the gym for a special Grandparentrsquos Day Mass where the students explained why they were thankful for and loved their grandparents After Mass grandparents visited each grandchildrsquos classroom and assisted in creating a craft to be sent to nursing home residents around the Austin area

Pre-K getting to know Clifford

During Mass we recognized Mr and Mrs Kellerman for their many years of dedication and service to Holy Family

Once the crafts were complete the grandparents stopped by the Scholastic Book Fair where their grandchildren eagerly selected books for purchase

13

Our 2nd and 3rd graders have the opportunity to participate in Children of Mary This after school program gives children the opportunity to grow in love and devotion for Our Mother Mary They meet every first Friday of the month to pray and learn the Rosary and discuss ways to become lsquochildren of Maryrsquo Itrsquos a very special group

Sr Thomas Aquinas OP our Dominican Sister leads the group with the help of other staff Her order The Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist has a particular devotion to Mary

Children of Mary

What makes a holy family

14

In honor of the Church celebrating ldquoThe Year of the Familyrdquo we have dedicated this Sentinel edition to finding out ldquowhat makes a holy familyrdquo We asked you to tell us how your family reiterates the church teachings and practices faith traditions We were delighted to find so many families put Christ and the Church at the center of their lives

What are your familyrsquos spiritual practices and traditions

We pray at meals and at bedtime

We attend Mass on Sunday

We bless each child daily ldquoThe Lord bless you and keep you May you grow in Jesusrsquo loving friendship and be faithful to His calling for yourdquo

We pray over our deceased pets hamsters and birds that we have buried

During Advent Christmas we get together to pray around the Jesse tree

We follow the history of Salvation through Scripture

We set up the nativity scene

We celebrate the Baptism day of each family member as a sign of their start as a Christian

We spend the beginning of December celebrating Advent rather than Christmas slowly bringing out Christmas decorations as we get closer to Christmas

What makes a holy family

15

Track We pray the rosary as a family having each child lead a decade

We keep our tree up till Epiphany

We have a strong devotion to Mary in our family because she always leads you to the heart of Jesus

Every meal in our family is time to give thanks and celebrate our blessingsWe connect in the kitchen and at the dinner table

What practices help to develop the faith of family members

My children listen to CDrsquos of children bible songs and nursery rhymes

We celebrate the saints and learn about their lives

We make sure our children understand the ldquorealrdquo reason we celebrate Christmas and Easter

We befriend our parish priests

We encourage our children to be Altar Servers

We incorporate Christ into all holidays

At Mass we sit in the front pew because it helps the kids see the Mass

We recognize special feasts

We keep sacramentals as reminders throughout the home

Even though it is difficult we try to communicate through issues and whenever there is a hard issue we deal with it with truth and put it in the light

We pray the Stations of the Cross

As we journey through this Advent season we come to realize our preparation for Jesus does not end with Christmas and his birth but begins as we take our rituals and meld them into our daily lives We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

16

Around Campus

Box Tops

Veteranrsquos Day

Holy Family is now participating in the Box Tops for Education program So far we have collected $135070 worth of coupons Remember you can also buy products from other stores through the Box Top website and a percentage of your purchase will go back to Holy Family We appreciate the help of Mr Jim DeFeo for his coordination of this program

In honor of all those who have served in the armed forces our scouts held a Raising of the Flag ceremony for the other students on Veterans Day Students watched the raising of the flag said The Pledge of Allegiance and heard a story about patriotism

17

Marathon Kidsreg

Cultural Studies

Around Campus

Marathon Kids reg is a free running and nutritional program that promotes the development of a healthy lifestyle for children by encouraging them to run or walk 262 miles over six months This year we have more than doubled our participation from last year Go kids go

Each year an area of the world is chosen to focus on during the school year to help us remember that we are all connected in this global community This year Europe was chosen In the Faith building students will be learning about Ireland through prayers dance stories and art

In the Charity building 2nd grade will be learning about Sweden 3rd grade- Poland and 4th grade- Russia The study of the entire continent of Europe will be woven in to the social studies religion language arts and Spanish classes in the Hope building

18

Holy Family hosted the 9th Annual Catholic School Choir Festival on November 12th Students from Holy Family St Ignatius St Josephrsquos in Bryan St Louis in Waco and St Maryrsquos Cathedral gathered to ldquoSing of Godrsquos Salvationrdquo

Our choir was featured onNews 8 Austin

Around Campus

Catholic Daughters of AmericaWe are excited to announce that two of our students are winners in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas contest Nathan Nguyen won first place in the Division I Art category and Allison Millar won first place in the Division II Music category Both of these students won at the State Level and Allison went on to win at the National Level Congratulations

Robotics

Learning to use a computer can be difficult enough for most of us The robotics teams at Holy Family dedicate their extra time to programming robots Two robotics teams are offered at HFCS the Lego Robotics Team and the BEST Robotics Team

The Lego Robotics Team consists of five students in 6th-8th grade Their first project was to assemble and program a robot that could detect a ball and swing at the ball like a baseball player at bat The robot toolkit Lego NXT is a product of Lego The software program was written at National Instruments located in Austin TX

8

Robotics

9

The BEST (Boosting Engineering Science and Technology) Robotics Team is composed of 22 students who compete against other middle schools and high schools From the date of the kickoff teams have six weeks to design and build their robot The team builds robots out of wood plastic and metal some materials are restricted and each robot is inspected prior to the competition This robot performs various tests of flipping cups and processing and sorting ldquogadgetsrdquo which were much like golf balls Our rookie team was not intimidated by competing against 23 schools 22 of them high schools which have a dedicated workshop or engineering class and over 100 students on their team We are so proud of our team for finishing above 6 veteran teams

Athletics

10

High fives to our 104 student athletes who participated in our fall sports

Flag Football

Tackle Football

Our 2A team placed 2nd in their League with an over-all record of 5-2-1 3A placed 6th

Coach Fisher strategizing with his Assistant Coach James Kilburn and Jesse Garcia

We welcomed our first tackle football team who placed 4th overall in their conference

Athletics

11

Volleyball

Basketball

This season we fielded 5 girl volleyball teams In October Holy Family and St Dominic Savio put on the 1st annual Fall Middle School Classic volleyball tournament We are so proud of all our teams for their hard work and dedication

Best of luck to our basketball teams as their season begins This year we have 21 girls on two teams and 52 boys playing on five teams

12

Grandparentrsquos Day

Grandparents filed into the gym for a special Grandparentrsquos Day Mass where the students explained why they were thankful for and loved their grandparents After Mass grandparents visited each grandchildrsquos classroom and assisted in creating a craft to be sent to nursing home residents around the Austin area

Pre-K getting to know Clifford

During Mass we recognized Mr and Mrs Kellerman for their many years of dedication and service to Holy Family

Once the crafts were complete the grandparents stopped by the Scholastic Book Fair where their grandchildren eagerly selected books for purchase

13

Our 2nd and 3rd graders have the opportunity to participate in Children of Mary This after school program gives children the opportunity to grow in love and devotion for Our Mother Mary They meet every first Friday of the month to pray and learn the Rosary and discuss ways to become lsquochildren of Maryrsquo Itrsquos a very special group

Sr Thomas Aquinas OP our Dominican Sister leads the group with the help of other staff Her order The Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist has a particular devotion to Mary

Children of Mary

What makes a holy family

14

In honor of the Church celebrating ldquoThe Year of the Familyrdquo we have dedicated this Sentinel edition to finding out ldquowhat makes a holy familyrdquo We asked you to tell us how your family reiterates the church teachings and practices faith traditions We were delighted to find so many families put Christ and the Church at the center of their lives

What are your familyrsquos spiritual practices and traditions

We pray at meals and at bedtime

We attend Mass on Sunday

We bless each child daily ldquoThe Lord bless you and keep you May you grow in Jesusrsquo loving friendship and be faithful to His calling for yourdquo

We pray over our deceased pets hamsters and birds that we have buried

During Advent Christmas we get together to pray around the Jesse tree

We follow the history of Salvation through Scripture

We set up the nativity scene

We celebrate the Baptism day of each family member as a sign of their start as a Christian

We spend the beginning of December celebrating Advent rather than Christmas slowly bringing out Christmas decorations as we get closer to Christmas

What makes a holy family

15

Track We pray the rosary as a family having each child lead a decade

We keep our tree up till Epiphany

We have a strong devotion to Mary in our family because she always leads you to the heart of Jesus

Every meal in our family is time to give thanks and celebrate our blessingsWe connect in the kitchen and at the dinner table

What practices help to develop the faith of family members

My children listen to CDrsquos of children bible songs and nursery rhymes

We celebrate the saints and learn about their lives

We make sure our children understand the ldquorealrdquo reason we celebrate Christmas and Easter

We befriend our parish priests

We encourage our children to be Altar Servers

We incorporate Christ into all holidays

At Mass we sit in the front pew because it helps the kids see the Mass

We recognize special feasts

We keep sacramentals as reminders throughout the home

Even though it is difficult we try to communicate through issues and whenever there is a hard issue we deal with it with truth and put it in the light

We pray the Stations of the Cross

As we journey through this Advent season we come to realize our preparation for Jesus does not end with Christmas and his birth but begins as we take our rituals and meld them into our daily lives We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

16

Around Campus

Box Tops

Veteranrsquos Day

Holy Family is now participating in the Box Tops for Education program So far we have collected $135070 worth of coupons Remember you can also buy products from other stores through the Box Top website and a percentage of your purchase will go back to Holy Family We appreciate the help of Mr Jim DeFeo for his coordination of this program

In honor of all those who have served in the armed forces our scouts held a Raising of the Flag ceremony for the other students on Veterans Day Students watched the raising of the flag said The Pledge of Allegiance and heard a story about patriotism

17

Marathon Kidsreg

Cultural Studies

Around Campus

Marathon Kids reg is a free running and nutritional program that promotes the development of a healthy lifestyle for children by encouraging them to run or walk 262 miles over six months This year we have more than doubled our participation from last year Go kids go

Each year an area of the world is chosen to focus on during the school year to help us remember that we are all connected in this global community This year Europe was chosen In the Faith building students will be learning about Ireland through prayers dance stories and art

In the Charity building 2nd grade will be learning about Sweden 3rd grade- Poland and 4th grade- Russia The study of the entire continent of Europe will be woven in to the social studies religion language arts and Spanish classes in the Hope building

18

Holy Family hosted the 9th Annual Catholic School Choir Festival on November 12th Students from Holy Family St Ignatius St Josephrsquos in Bryan St Louis in Waco and St Maryrsquos Cathedral gathered to ldquoSing of Godrsquos Salvationrdquo

Our choir was featured onNews 8 Austin

Around Campus

Catholic Daughters of AmericaWe are excited to announce that two of our students are winners in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas contest Nathan Nguyen won first place in the Division I Art category and Allison Millar won first place in the Division II Music category Both of these students won at the State Level and Allison went on to win at the National Level Congratulations

Robotics

9

The BEST (Boosting Engineering Science and Technology) Robotics Team is composed of 22 students who compete against other middle schools and high schools From the date of the kickoff teams have six weeks to design and build their robot The team builds robots out of wood plastic and metal some materials are restricted and each robot is inspected prior to the competition This robot performs various tests of flipping cups and processing and sorting ldquogadgetsrdquo which were much like golf balls Our rookie team was not intimidated by competing against 23 schools 22 of them high schools which have a dedicated workshop or engineering class and over 100 students on their team We are so proud of our team for finishing above 6 veteran teams

Athletics

10

High fives to our 104 student athletes who participated in our fall sports

Flag Football

Tackle Football

Our 2A team placed 2nd in their League with an over-all record of 5-2-1 3A placed 6th

Coach Fisher strategizing with his Assistant Coach James Kilburn and Jesse Garcia

We welcomed our first tackle football team who placed 4th overall in their conference

Athletics

11

Volleyball

Basketball

This season we fielded 5 girl volleyball teams In October Holy Family and St Dominic Savio put on the 1st annual Fall Middle School Classic volleyball tournament We are so proud of all our teams for their hard work and dedication

Best of luck to our basketball teams as their season begins This year we have 21 girls on two teams and 52 boys playing on five teams

12

Grandparentrsquos Day

Grandparents filed into the gym for a special Grandparentrsquos Day Mass where the students explained why they were thankful for and loved their grandparents After Mass grandparents visited each grandchildrsquos classroom and assisted in creating a craft to be sent to nursing home residents around the Austin area

Pre-K getting to know Clifford

During Mass we recognized Mr and Mrs Kellerman for their many years of dedication and service to Holy Family

Once the crafts were complete the grandparents stopped by the Scholastic Book Fair where their grandchildren eagerly selected books for purchase

13

Our 2nd and 3rd graders have the opportunity to participate in Children of Mary This after school program gives children the opportunity to grow in love and devotion for Our Mother Mary They meet every first Friday of the month to pray and learn the Rosary and discuss ways to become lsquochildren of Maryrsquo Itrsquos a very special group

Sr Thomas Aquinas OP our Dominican Sister leads the group with the help of other staff Her order The Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist has a particular devotion to Mary

Children of Mary

What makes a holy family

14

In honor of the Church celebrating ldquoThe Year of the Familyrdquo we have dedicated this Sentinel edition to finding out ldquowhat makes a holy familyrdquo We asked you to tell us how your family reiterates the church teachings and practices faith traditions We were delighted to find so many families put Christ and the Church at the center of their lives

What are your familyrsquos spiritual practices and traditions

We pray at meals and at bedtime

We attend Mass on Sunday

We bless each child daily ldquoThe Lord bless you and keep you May you grow in Jesusrsquo loving friendship and be faithful to His calling for yourdquo

We pray over our deceased pets hamsters and birds that we have buried

During Advent Christmas we get together to pray around the Jesse tree

We follow the history of Salvation through Scripture

We set up the nativity scene

We celebrate the Baptism day of each family member as a sign of their start as a Christian

We spend the beginning of December celebrating Advent rather than Christmas slowly bringing out Christmas decorations as we get closer to Christmas

What makes a holy family

15

Track We pray the rosary as a family having each child lead a decade

We keep our tree up till Epiphany

We have a strong devotion to Mary in our family because she always leads you to the heart of Jesus

Every meal in our family is time to give thanks and celebrate our blessingsWe connect in the kitchen and at the dinner table

What practices help to develop the faith of family members

My children listen to CDrsquos of children bible songs and nursery rhymes

We celebrate the saints and learn about their lives

We make sure our children understand the ldquorealrdquo reason we celebrate Christmas and Easter

We befriend our parish priests

We encourage our children to be Altar Servers

We incorporate Christ into all holidays

At Mass we sit in the front pew because it helps the kids see the Mass

We recognize special feasts

We keep sacramentals as reminders throughout the home

Even though it is difficult we try to communicate through issues and whenever there is a hard issue we deal with it with truth and put it in the light

We pray the Stations of the Cross

As we journey through this Advent season we come to realize our preparation for Jesus does not end with Christmas and his birth but begins as we take our rituals and meld them into our daily lives We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

16

Around Campus

Box Tops

Veteranrsquos Day

Holy Family is now participating in the Box Tops for Education program So far we have collected $135070 worth of coupons Remember you can also buy products from other stores through the Box Top website and a percentage of your purchase will go back to Holy Family We appreciate the help of Mr Jim DeFeo for his coordination of this program

In honor of all those who have served in the armed forces our scouts held a Raising of the Flag ceremony for the other students on Veterans Day Students watched the raising of the flag said The Pledge of Allegiance and heard a story about patriotism

17

Marathon Kidsreg

Cultural Studies

Around Campus

Marathon Kids reg is a free running and nutritional program that promotes the development of a healthy lifestyle for children by encouraging them to run or walk 262 miles over six months This year we have more than doubled our participation from last year Go kids go

Each year an area of the world is chosen to focus on during the school year to help us remember that we are all connected in this global community This year Europe was chosen In the Faith building students will be learning about Ireland through prayers dance stories and art

In the Charity building 2nd grade will be learning about Sweden 3rd grade- Poland and 4th grade- Russia The study of the entire continent of Europe will be woven in to the social studies religion language arts and Spanish classes in the Hope building

18

Holy Family hosted the 9th Annual Catholic School Choir Festival on November 12th Students from Holy Family St Ignatius St Josephrsquos in Bryan St Louis in Waco and St Maryrsquos Cathedral gathered to ldquoSing of Godrsquos Salvationrdquo

Our choir was featured onNews 8 Austin

Around Campus

Catholic Daughters of AmericaWe are excited to announce that two of our students are winners in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas contest Nathan Nguyen won first place in the Division I Art category and Allison Millar won first place in the Division II Music category Both of these students won at the State Level and Allison went on to win at the National Level Congratulations

Athletics

10

High fives to our 104 student athletes who participated in our fall sports

Flag Football

Tackle Football

Our 2A team placed 2nd in their League with an over-all record of 5-2-1 3A placed 6th

Coach Fisher strategizing with his Assistant Coach James Kilburn and Jesse Garcia

We welcomed our first tackle football team who placed 4th overall in their conference

Athletics

11

Volleyball

Basketball

This season we fielded 5 girl volleyball teams In October Holy Family and St Dominic Savio put on the 1st annual Fall Middle School Classic volleyball tournament We are so proud of all our teams for their hard work and dedication

Best of luck to our basketball teams as their season begins This year we have 21 girls on two teams and 52 boys playing on five teams

12

Grandparentrsquos Day

Grandparents filed into the gym for a special Grandparentrsquos Day Mass where the students explained why they were thankful for and loved their grandparents After Mass grandparents visited each grandchildrsquos classroom and assisted in creating a craft to be sent to nursing home residents around the Austin area

Pre-K getting to know Clifford

During Mass we recognized Mr and Mrs Kellerman for their many years of dedication and service to Holy Family

Once the crafts were complete the grandparents stopped by the Scholastic Book Fair where their grandchildren eagerly selected books for purchase

13

Our 2nd and 3rd graders have the opportunity to participate in Children of Mary This after school program gives children the opportunity to grow in love and devotion for Our Mother Mary They meet every first Friday of the month to pray and learn the Rosary and discuss ways to become lsquochildren of Maryrsquo Itrsquos a very special group

Sr Thomas Aquinas OP our Dominican Sister leads the group with the help of other staff Her order The Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist has a particular devotion to Mary

Children of Mary

What makes a holy family

14

In honor of the Church celebrating ldquoThe Year of the Familyrdquo we have dedicated this Sentinel edition to finding out ldquowhat makes a holy familyrdquo We asked you to tell us how your family reiterates the church teachings and practices faith traditions We were delighted to find so many families put Christ and the Church at the center of their lives

What are your familyrsquos spiritual practices and traditions

We pray at meals and at bedtime

We attend Mass on Sunday

We bless each child daily ldquoThe Lord bless you and keep you May you grow in Jesusrsquo loving friendship and be faithful to His calling for yourdquo

We pray over our deceased pets hamsters and birds that we have buried

During Advent Christmas we get together to pray around the Jesse tree

We follow the history of Salvation through Scripture

We set up the nativity scene

We celebrate the Baptism day of each family member as a sign of their start as a Christian

We spend the beginning of December celebrating Advent rather than Christmas slowly bringing out Christmas decorations as we get closer to Christmas

What makes a holy family

15

Track We pray the rosary as a family having each child lead a decade

We keep our tree up till Epiphany

We have a strong devotion to Mary in our family because she always leads you to the heart of Jesus

Every meal in our family is time to give thanks and celebrate our blessingsWe connect in the kitchen and at the dinner table

What practices help to develop the faith of family members

My children listen to CDrsquos of children bible songs and nursery rhymes

We celebrate the saints and learn about their lives

We make sure our children understand the ldquorealrdquo reason we celebrate Christmas and Easter

We befriend our parish priests

We encourage our children to be Altar Servers

We incorporate Christ into all holidays

At Mass we sit in the front pew because it helps the kids see the Mass

We recognize special feasts

We keep sacramentals as reminders throughout the home

Even though it is difficult we try to communicate through issues and whenever there is a hard issue we deal with it with truth and put it in the light

We pray the Stations of the Cross

As we journey through this Advent season we come to realize our preparation for Jesus does not end with Christmas and his birth but begins as we take our rituals and meld them into our daily lives We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

16

Around Campus

Box Tops

Veteranrsquos Day

Holy Family is now participating in the Box Tops for Education program So far we have collected $135070 worth of coupons Remember you can also buy products from other stores through the Box Top website and a percentage of your purchase will go back to Holy Family We appreciate the help of Mr Jim DeFeo for his coordination of this program

In honor of all those who have served in the armed forces our scouts held a Raising of the Flag ceremony for the other students on Veterans Day Students watched the raising of the flag said The Pledge of Allegiance and heard a story about patriotism

17

Marathon Kidsreg

Cultural Studies

Around Campus

Marathon Kids reg is a free running and nutritional program that promotes the development of a healthy lifestyle for children by encouraging them to run or walk 262 miles over six months This year we have more than doubled our participation from last year Go kids go

Each year an area of the world is chosen to focus on during the school year to help us remember that we are all connected in this global community This year Europe was chosen In the Faith building students will be learning about Ireland through prayers dance stories and art

In the Charity building 2nd grade will be learning about Sweden 3rd grade- Poland and 4th grade- Russia The study of the entire continent of Europe will be woven in to the social studies religion language arts and Spanish classes in the Hope building

18

Holy Family hosted the 9th Annual Catholic School Choir Festival on November 12th Students from Holy Family St Ignatius St Josephrsquos in Bryan St Louis in Waco and St Maryrsquos Cathedral gathered to ldquoSing of Godrsquos Salvationrdquo

Our choir was featured onNews 8 Austin

Around Campus

Catholic Daughters of AmericaWe are excited to announce that two of our students are winners in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas contest Nathan Nguyen won first place in the Division I Art category and Allison Millar won first place in the Division II Music category Both of these students won at the State Level and Allison went on to win at the National Level Congratulations

Athletics

11

Volleyball

Basketball

This season we fielded 5 girl volleyball teams In October Holy Family and St Dominic Savio put on the 1st annual Fall Middle School Classic volleyball tournament We are so proud of all our teams for their hard work and dedication

Best of luck to our basketball teams as their season begins This year we have 21 girls on two teams and 52 boys playing on five teams

12

Grandparentrsquos Day

Grandparents filed into the gym for a special Grandparentrsquos Day Mass where the students explained why they were thankful for and loved their grandparents After Mass grandparents visited each grandchildrsquos classroom and assisted in creating a craft to be sent to nursing home residents around the Austin area

Pre-K getting to know Clifford

During Mass we recognized Mr and Mrs Kellerman for their many years of dedication and service to Holy Family

Once the crafts were complete the grandparents stopped by the Scholastic Book Fair where their grandchildren eagerly selected books for purchase

13

Our 2nd and 3rd graders have the opportunity to participate in Children of Mary This after school program gives children the opportunity to grow in love and devotion for Our Mother Mary They meet every first Friday of the month to pray and learn the Rosary and discuss ways to become lsquochildren of Maryrsquo Itrsquos a very special group

Sr Thomas Aquinas OP our Dominican Sister leads the group with the help of other staff Her order The Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist has a particular devotion to Mary

Children of Mary

What makes a holy family

14

In honor of the Church celebrating ldquoThe Year of the Familyrdquo we have dedicated this Sentinel edition to finding out ldquowhat makes a holy familyrdquo We asked you to tell us how your family reiterates the church teachings and practices faith traditions We were delighted to find so many families put Christ and the Church at the center of their lives

What are your familyrsquos spiritual practices and traditions

We pray at meals and at bedtime

We attend Mass on Sunday

We bless each child daily ldquoThe Lord bless you and keep you May you grow in Jesusrsquo loving friendship and be faithful to His calling for yourdquo

We pray over our deceased pets hamsters and birds that we have buried

During Advent Christmas we get together to pray around the Jesse tree

We follow the history of Salvation through Scripture

We set up the nativity scene

We celebrate the Baptism day of each family member as a sign of their start as a Christian

We spend the beginning of December celebrating Advent rather than Christmas slowly bringing out Christmas decorations as we get closer to Christmas

What makes a holy family

15

Track We pray the rosary as a family having each child lead a decade

We keep our tree up till Epiphany

We have a strong devotion to Mary in our family because she always leads you to the heart of Jesus

Every meal in our family is time to give thanks and celebrate our blessingsWe connect in the kitchen and at the dinner table

What practices help to develop the faith of family members

My children listen to CDrsquos of children bible songs and nursery rhymes

We celebrate the saints and learn about their lives

We make sure our children understand the ldquorealrdquo reason we celebrate Christmas and Easter

We befriend our parish priests

We encourage our children to be Altar Servers

We incorporate Christ into all holidays

At Mass we sit in the front pew because it helps the kids see the Mass

We recognize special feasts

We keep sacramentals as reminders throughout the home

Even though it is difficult we try to communicate through issues and whenever there is a hard issue we deal with it with truth and put it in the light

We pray the Stations of the Cross

As we journey through this Advent season we come to realize our preparation for Jesus does not end with Christmas and his birth but begins as we take our rituals and meld them into our daily lives We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

16

Around Campus

Box Tops

Veteranrsquos Day

Holy Family is now participating in the Box Tops for Education program So far we have collected $135070 worth of coupons Remember you can also buy products from other stores through the Box Top website and a percentage of your purchase will go back to Holy Family We appreciate the help of Mr Jim DeFeo for his coordination of this program

In honor of all those who have served in the armed forces our scouts held a Raising of the Flag ceremony for the other students on Veterans Day Students watched the raising of the flag said The Pledge of Allegiance and heard a story about patriotism

17

Marathon Kidsreg

Cultural Studies

Around Campus

Marathon Kids reg is a free running and nutritional program that promotes the development of a healthy lifestyle for children by encouraging them to run or walk 262 miles over six months This year we have more than doubled our participation from last year Go kids go

Each year an area of the world is chosen to focus on during the school year to help us remember that we are all connected in this global community This year Europe was chosen In the Faith building students will be learning about Ireland through prayers dance stories and art

In the Charity building 2nd grade will be learning about Sweden 3rd grade- Poland and 4th grade- Russia The study of the entire continent of Europe will be woven in to the social studies religion language arts and Spanish classes in the Hope building

18

Holy Family hosted the 9th Annual Catholic School Choir Festival on November 12th Students from Holy Family St Ignatius St Josephrsquos in Bryan St Louis in Waco and St Maryrsquos Cathedral gathered to ldquoSing of Godrsquos Salvationrdquo

Our choir was featured onNews 8 Austin

Around Campus

Catholic Daughters of AmericaWe are excited to announce that two of our students are winners in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas contest Nathan Nguyen won first place in the Division I Art category and Allison Millar won first place in the Division II Music category Both of these students won at the State Level and Allison went on to win at the National Level Congratulations

12

Grandparentrsquos Day

Grandparents filed into the gym for a special Grandparentrsquos Day Mass where the students explained why they were thankful for and loved their grandparents After Mass grandparents visited each grandchildrsquos classroom and assisted in creating a craft to be sent to nursing home residents around the Austin area

Pre-K getting to know Clifford

During Mass we recognized Mr and Mrs Kellerman for their many years of dedication and service to Holy Family

Once the crafts were complete the grandparents stopped by the Scholastic Book Fair where their grandchildren eagerly selected books for purchase

13

Our 2nd and 3rd graders have the opportunity to participate in Children of Mary This after school program gives children the opportunity to grow in love and devotion for Our Mother Mary They meet every first Friday of the month to pray and learn the Rosary and discuss ways to become lsquochildren of Maryrsquo Itrsquos a very special group

Sr Thomas Aquinas OP our Dominican Sister leads the group with the help of other staff Her order The Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist has a particular devotion to Mary

Children of Mary

What makes a holy family

14

In honor of the Church celebrating ldquoThe Year of the Familyrdquo we have dedicated this Sentinel edition to finding out ldquowhat makes a holy familyrdquo We asked you to tell us how your family reiterates the church teachings and practices faith traditions We were delighted to find so many families put Christ and the Church at the center of their lives

What are your familyrsquos spiritual practices and traditions

We pray at meals and at bedtime

We attend Mass on Sunday

We bless each child daily ldquoThe Lord bless you and keep you May you grow in Jesusrsquo loving friendship and be faithful to His calling for yourdquo

We pray over our deceased pets hamsters and birds that we have buried

During Advent Christmas we get together to pray around the Jesse tree

We follow the history of Salvation through Scripture

We set up the nativity scene

We celebrate the Baptism day of each family member as a sign of their start as a Christian

We spend the beginning of December celebrating Advent rather than Christmas slowly bringing out Christmas decorations as we get closer to Christmas

What makes a holy family

15

Track We pray the rosary as a family having each child lead a decade

We keep our tree up till Epiphany

We have a strong devotion to Mary in our family because she always leads you to the heart of Jesus

Every meal in our family is time to give thanks and celebrate our blessingsWe connect in the kitchen and at the dinner table

What practices help to develop the faith of family members

My children listen to CDrsquos of children bible songs and nursery rhymes

We celebrate the saints and learn about their lives

We make sure our children understand the ldquorealrdquo reason we celebrate Christmas and Easter

We befriend our parish priests

We encourage our children to be Altar Servers

We incorporate Christ into all holidays

At Mass we sit in the front pew because it helps the kids see the Mass

We recognize special feasts

We keep sacramentals as reminders throughout the home

Even though it is difficult we try to communicate through issues and whenever there is a hard issue we deal with it with truth and put it in the light

We pray the Stations of the Cross

As we journey through this Advent season we come to realize our preparation for Jesus does not end with Christmas and his birth but begins as we take our rituals and meld them into our daily lives We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

16

Around Campus

Box Tops

Veteranrsquos Day

Holy Family is now participating in the Box Tops for Education program So far we have collected $135070 worth of coupons Remember you can also buy products from other stores through the Box Top website and a percentage of your purchase will go back to Holy Family We appreciate the help of Mr Jim DeFeo for his coordination of this program

In honor of all those who have served in the armed forces our scouts held a Raising of the Flag ceremony for the other students on Veterans Day Students watched the raising of the flag said The Pledge of Allegiance and heard a story about patriotism

17

Marathon Kidsreg

Cultural Studies

Around Campus

Marathon Kids reg is a free running and nutritional program that promotes the development of a healthy lifestyle for children by encouraging them to run or walk 262 miles over six months This year we have more than doubled our participation from last year Go kids go

Each year an area of the world is chosen to focus on during the school year to help us remember that we are all connected in this global community This year Europe was chosen In the Faith building students will be learning about Ireland through prayers dance stories and art

In the Charity building 2nd grade will be learning about Sweden 3rd grade- Poland and 4th grade- Russia The study of the entire continent of Europe will be woven in to the social studies religion language arts and Spanish classes in the Hope building

18

Holy Family hosted the 9th Annual Catholic School Choir Festival on November 12th Students from Holy Family St Ignatius St Josephrsquos in Bryan St Louis in Waco and St Maryrsquos Cathedral gathered to ldquoSing of Godrsquos Salvationrdquo

Our choir was featured onNews 8 Austin

Around Campus

Catholic Daughters of AmericaWe are excited to announce that two of our students are winners in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas contest Nathan Nguyen won first place in the Division I Art category and Allison Millar won first place in the Division II Music category Both of these students won at the State Level and Allison went on to win at the National Level Congratulations

13

Our 2nd and 3rd graders have the opportunity to participate in Children of Mary This after school program gives children the opportunity to grow in love and devotion for Our Mother Mary They meet every first Friday of the month to pray and learn the Rosary and discuss ways to become lsquochildren of Maryrsquo Itrsquos a very special group

Sr Thomas Aquinas OP our Dominican Sister leads the group with the help of other staff Her order The Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist has a particular devotion to Mary

Children of Mary

What makes a holy family

14

In honor of the Church celebrating ldquoThe Year of the Familyrdquo we have dedicated this Sentinel edition to finding out ldquowhat makes a holy familyrdquo We asked you to tell us how your family reiterates the church teachings and practices faith traditions We were delighted to find so many families put Christ and the Church at the center of their lives

What are your familyrsquos spiritual practices and traditions

We pray at meals and at bedtime

We attend Mass on Sunday

We bless each child daily ldquoThe Lord bless you and keep you May you grow in Jesusrsquo loving friendship and be faithful to His calling for yourdquo

We pray over our deceased pets hamsters and birds that we have buried

During Advent Christmas we get together to pray around the Jesse tree

We follow the history of Salvation through Scripture

We set up the nativity scene

We celebrate the Baptism day of each family member as a sign of their start as a Christian

We spend the beginning of December celebrating Advent rather than Christmas slowly bringing out Christmas decorations as we get closer to Christmas

What makes a holy family

15

Track We pray the rosary as a family having each child lead a decade

We keep our tree up till Epiphany

We have a strong devotion to Mary in our family because she always leads you to the heart of Jesus

Every meal in our family is time to give thanks and celebrate our blessingsWe connect in the kitchen and at the dinner table

What practices help to develop the faith of family members

My children listen to CDrsquos of children bible songs and nursery rhymes

We celebrate the saints and learn about their lives

We make sure our children understand the ldquorealrdquo reason we celebrate Christmas and Easter

We befriend our parish priests

We encourage our children to be Altar Servers

We incorporate Christ into all holidays

At Mass we sit in the front pew because it helps the kids see the Mass

We recognize special feasts

We keep sacramentals as reminders throughout the home

Even though it is difficult we try to communicate through issues and whenever there is a hard issue we deal with it with truth and put it in the light

We pray the Stations of the Cross

As we journey through this Advent season we come to realize our preparation for Jesus does not end with Christmas and his birth but begins as we take our rituals and meld them into our daily lives We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

16

Around Campus

Box Tops

Veteranrsquos Day

Holy Family is now participating in the Box Tops for Education program So far we have collected $135070 worth of coupons Remember you can also buy products from other stores through the Box Top website and a percentage of your purchase will go back to Holy Family We appreciate the help of Mr Jim DeFeo for his coordination of this program

In honor of all those who have served in the armed forces our scouts held a Raising of the Flag ceremony for the other students on Veterans Day Students watched the raising of the flag said The Pledge of Allegiance and heard a story about patriotism

17

Marathon Kidsreg

Cultural Studies

Around Campus

Marathon Kids reg is a free running and nutritional program that promotes the development of a healthy lifestyle for children by encouraging them to run or walk 262 miles over six months This year we have more than doubled our participation from last year Go kids go

Each year an area of the world is chosen to focus on during the school year to help us remember that we are all connected in this global community This year Europe was chosen In the Faith building students will be learning about Ireland through prayers dance stories and art

In the Charity building 2nd grade will be learning about Sweden 3rd grade- Poland and 4th grade- Russia The study of the entire continent of Europe will be woven in to the social studies religion language arts and Spanish classes in the Hope building

18

Holy Family hosted the 9th Annual Catholic School Choir Festival on November 12th Students from Holy Family St Ignatius St Josephrsquos in Bryan St Louis in Waco and St Maryrsquos Cathedral gathered to ldquoSing of Godrsquos Salvationrdquo

Our choir was featured onNews 8 Austin

Around Campus

Catholic Daughters of AmericaWe are excited to announce that two of our students are winners in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas contest Nathan Nguyen won first place in the Division I Art category and Allison Millar won first place in the Division II Music category Both of these students won at the State Level and Allison went on to win at the National Level Congratulations

What makes a holy family

14

In honor of the Church celebrating ldquoThe Year of the Familyrdquo we have dedicated this Sentinel edition to finding out ldquowhat makes a holy familyrdquo We asked you to tell us how your family reiterates the church teachings and practices faith traditions We were delighted to find so many families put Christ and the Church at the center of their lives

What are your familyrsquos spiritual practices and traditions

We pray at meals and at bedtime

We attend Mass on Sunday

We bless each child daily ldquoThe Lord bless you and keep you May you grow in Jesusrsquo loving friendship and be faithful to His calling for yourdquo

We pray over our deceased pets hamsters and birds that we have buried

During Advent Christmas we get together to pray around the Jesse tree

We follow the history of Salvation through Scripture

We set up the nativity scene

We celebrate the Baptism day of each family member as a sign of their start as a Christian

We spend the beginning of December celebrating Advent rather than Christmas slowly bringing out Christmas decorations as we get closer to Christmas

What makes a holy family

15

Track We pray the rosary as a family having each child lead a decade

We keep our tree up till Epiphany

We have a strong devotion to Mary in our family because she always leads you to the heart of Jesus

Every meal in our family is time to give thanks and celebrate our blessingsWe connect in the kitchen and at the dinner table

What practices help to develop the faith of family members

My children listen to CDrsquos of children bible songs and nursery rhymes

We celebrate the saints and learn about their lives

We make sure our children understand the ldquorealrdquo reason we celebrate Christmas and Easter

We befriend our parish priests

We encourage our children to be Altar Servers

We incorporate Christ into all holidays

At Mass we sit in the front pew because it helps the kids see the Mass

We recognize special feasts

We keep sacramentals as reminders throughout the home

Even though it is difficult we try to communicate through issues and whenever there is a hard issue we deal with it with truth and put it in the light

We pray the Stations of the Cross

As we journey through this Advent season we come to realize our preparation for Jesus does not end with Christmas and his birth but begins as we take our rituals and meld them into our daily lives We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

16

Around Campus

Box Tops

Veteranrsquos Day

Holy Family is now participating in the Box Tops for Education program So far we have collected $135070 worth of coupons Remember you can also buy products from other stores through the Box Top website and a percentage of your purchase will go back to Holy Family We appreciate the help of Mr Jim DeFeo for his coordination of this program

In honor of all those who have served in the armed forces our scouts held a Raising of the Flag ceremony for the other students on Veterans Day Students watched the raising of the flag said The Pledge of Allegiance and heard a story about patriotism

17

Marathon Kidsreg

Cultural Studies

Around Campus

Marathon Kids reg is a free running and nutritional program that promotes the development of a healthy lifestyle for children by encouraging them to run or walk 262 miles over six months This year we have more than doubled our participation from last year Go kids go

Each year an area of the world is chosen to focus on during the school year to help us remember that we are all connected in this global community This year Europe was chosen In the Faith building students will be learning about Ireland through prayers dance stories and art

In the Charity building 2nd grade will be learning about Sweden 3rd grade- Poland and 4th grade- Russia The study of the entire continent of Europe will be woven in to the social studies religion language arts and Spanish classes in the Hope building

18

Holy Family hosted the 9th Annual Catholic School Choir Festival on November 12th Students from Holy Family St Ignatius St Josephrsquos in Bryan St Louis in Waco and St Maryrsquos Cathedral gathered to ldquoSing of Godrsquos Salvationrdquo

Our choir was featured onNews 8 Austin

Around Campus

Catholic Daughters of AmericaWe are excited to announce that two of our students are winners in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas contest Nathan Nguyen won first place in the Division I Art category and Allison Millar won first place in the Division II Music category Both of these students won at the State Level and Allison went on to win at the National Level Congratulations

What makes a holy family

15

Track We pray the rosary as a family having each child lead a decade

We keep our tree up till Epiphany

We have a strong devotion to Mary in our family because she always leads you to the heart of Jesus

Every meal in our family is time to give thanks and celebrate our blessingsWe connect in the kitchen and at the dinner table

What practices help to develop the faith of family members

My children listen to CDrsquos of children bible songs and nursery rhymes

We celebrate the saints and learn about their lives

We make sure our children understand the ldquorealrdquo reason we celebrate Christmas and Easter

We befriend our parish priests

We encourage our children to be Altar Servers

We incorporate Christ into all holidays

At Mass we sit in the front pew because it helps the kids see the Mass

We recognize special feasts

We keep sacramentals as reminders throughout the home

Even though it is difficult we try to communicate through issues and whenever there is a hard issue we deal with it with truth and put it in the light

We pray the Stations of the Cross

As we journey through this Advent season we come to realize our preparation for Jesus does not end with Christmas and his birth but begins as we take our rituals and meld them into our daily lives We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

16

Around Campus

Box Tops

Veteranrsquos Day

Holy Family is now participating in the Box Tops for Education program So far we have collected $135070 worth of coupons Remember you can also buy products from other stores through the Box Top website and a percentage of your purchase will go back to Holy Family We appreciate the help of Mr Jim DeFeo for his coordination of this program

In honor of all those who have served in the armed forces our scouts held a Raising of the Flag ceremony for the other students on Veterans Day Students watched the raising of the flag said The Pledge of Allegiance and heard a story about patriotism

17

Marathon Kidsreg

Cultural Studies

Around Campus

Marathon Kids reg is a free running and nutritional program that promotes the development of a healthy lifestyle for children by encouraging them to run or walk 262 miles over six months This year we have more than doubled our participation from last year Go kids go

Each year an area of the world is chosen to focus on during the school year to help us remember that we are all connected in this global community This year Europe was chosen In the Faith building students will be learning about Ireland through prayers dance stories and art

In the Charity building 2nd grade will be learning about Sweden 3rd grade- Poland and 4th grade- Russia The study of the entire continent of Europe will be woven in to the social studies religion language arts and Spanish classes in the Hope building

18

Holy Family hosted the 9th Annual Catholic School Choir Festival on November 12th Students from Holy Family St Ignatius St Josephrsquos in Bryan St Louis in Waco and St Maryrsquos Cathedral gathered to ldquoSing of Godrsquos Salvationrdquo

Our choir was featured onNews 8 Austin

Around Campus

Catholic Daughters of AmericaWe are excited to announce that two of our students are winners in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas contest Nathan Nguyen won first place in the Division I Art category and Allison Millar won first place in the Division II Music category Both of these students won at the State Level and Allison went on to win at the National Level Congratulations

16

Around Campus

Box Tops

Veteranrsquos Day

Holy Family is now participating in the Box Tops for Education program So far we have collected $135070 worth of coupons Remember you can also buy products from other stores through the Box Top website and a percentage of your purchase will go back to Holy Family We appreciate the help of Mr Jim DeFeo for his coordination of this program

In honor of all those who have served in the armed forces our scouts held a Raising of the Flag ceremony for the other students on Veterans Day Students watched the raising of the flag said The Pledge of Allegiance and heard a story about patriotism

17

Marathon Kidsreg

Cultural Studies

Around Campus

Marathon Kids reg is a free running and nutritional program that promotes the development of a healthy lifestyle for children by encouraging them to run or walk 262 miles over six months This year we have more than doubled our participation from last year Go kids go

Each year an area of the world is chosen to focus on during the school year to help us remember that we are all connected in this global community This year Europe was chosen In the Faith building students will be learning about Ireland through prayers dance stories and art

In the Charity building 2nd grade will be learning about Sweden 3rd grade- Poland and 4th grade- Russia The study of the entire continent of Europe will be woven in to the social studies religion language arts and Spanish classes in the Hope building

18

Holy Family hosted the 9th Annual Catholic School Choir Festival on November 12th Students from Holy Family St Ignatius St Josephrsquos in Bryan St Louis in Waco and St Maryrsquos Cathedral gathered to ldquoSing of Godrsquos Salvationrdquo

Our choir was featured onNews 8 Austin

Around Campus

Catholic Daughters of AmericaWe are excited to announce that two of our students are winners in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas contest Nathan Nguyen won first place in the Division I Art category and Allison Millar won first place in the Division II Music category Both of these students won at the State Level and Allison went on to win at the National Level Congratulations

17

Marathon Kidsreg

Cultural Studies

Around Campus

Marathon Kids reg is a free running and nutritional program that promotes the development of a healthy lifestyle for children by encouraging them to run or walk 262 miles over six months This year we have more than doubled our participation from last year Go kids go

Each year an area of the world is chosen to focus on during the school year to help us remember that we are all connected in this global community This year Europe was chosen In the Faith building students will be learning about Ireland through prayers dance stories and art

In the Charity building 2nd grade will be learning about Sweden 3rd grade- Poland and 4th grade- Russia The study of the entire continent of Europe will be woven in to the social studies religion language arts and Spanish classes in the Hope building

18

Holy Family hosted the 9th Annual Catholic School Choir Festival on November 12th Students from Holy Family St Ignatius St Josephrsquos in Bryan St Louis in Waco and St Maryrsquos Cathedral gathered to ldquoSing of Godrsquos Salvationrdquo

Our choir was featured onNews 8 Austin

Around Campus

Catholic Daughters of AmericaWe are excited to announce that two of our students are winners in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas contest Nathan Nguyen won first place in the Division I Art category and Allison Millar won first place in the Division II Music category Both of these students won at the State Level and Allison went on to win at the National Level Congratulations

18

Holy Family hosted the 9th Annual Catholic School Choir Festival on November 12th Students from Holy Family St Ignatius St Josephrsquos in Bryan St Louis in Waco and St Maryrsquos Cathedral gathered to ldquoSing of Godrsquos Salvationrdquo

Our choir was featured onNews 8 Austin

Around Campus

Catholic Daughters of AmericaWe are excited to announce that two of our students are winners in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas contest Nathan Nguyen won first place in the Division I Art category and Allison Millar won first place in the Division II Music category Both of these students won at the State Level and Allison went on to win at the National Level Congratulations

19

Around Campus

African Book DriveFaith Building students held a book drive for Africa Alyson Youngpeter daughter of Keith and Carol Youngpeter staff members here at Holy Family volunteered for a year at the Marianist MIRACLE Technical College in Malawi Alyson will return to take on a permanent job and will bring thousands of books back with her

FamilyBowling DayStudents had a rollinrsquo time at Melrsquos Lonestar Lanes for our annual Family Bowling Day sponsored by the Silver Angels Grandparentsrsquo Association

20

Alumni Update

Top Row Johann Mahler (rsquo07) Adam Nastars (rsquo07) Michael Cantu (rsquo07) Martin Prado (rsquo08) Ben Russell (rsquo08)

Bottom Row Anne Harwig (rsquo08) Aylin Eker (rsquo08) Abigail Huffman (rsquo08) Teresa Cruz (rsquo08) Ashley Hancock (rsquo08) Sydney Holmes (rsquo08)

Congratulations to our graduates at St Michaelrsquos

Catholic Academy for their academic success and

being inducted into the National Honor Society

Alumni are invited to join us for our second annual Alumni Gathering on January 5 2011

in the gym

Keep us updated with your success by going to the Alumni website at wwwholyfamilycsorgalumni

20

Alumni Update

Top Row Johann Mahler (rsquo07) Adam Nastars (rsquo07) Michael Cantu (rsquo07) Martin Prado (rsquo08) Ben Russell (rsquo08)

Bottom Row Anne Harwig (rsquo08) Aylin Eker (rsquo08) Abigail Huffman (rsquo08) Teresa Cruz (rsquo08) Ashley Hancock (rsquo08) Sydney Holmes (rsquo08)

Congratulations to our graduates at St Michaelrsquos

Catholic Academy for their academic success and

being inducted into the National Honor Society

Alumni are invited to join us for our second annual Alumni Gathering on January 5 2011

in the gym

Keep us updated with your success by going to the Alumni website at wwwholyfamilycsorgalumni

Alumni Update

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Where are they nowMichael Ring from the first graduating class of 2002 will be graduating from Oklahoma University with a major in Zoology and getting married in March

Stephen Gregorio (rsquo06) graduated from Vista Ridge High School and is now attending Ambry- Riddle University in

Dayton FL as an Aerospace Engineering major He enjoys participating in the Navy ROTC and broadcasting the

Eagles Ice Hockey games on the campus radio station Stephen is working to become a Commissioned Officer in the Navy in the Surface Warfare and would like to design

planes for Boeing or Lockheed

Adam Nastars (rsquo07) is attending St Michaelrsquos and working at HEB He plans to go to college for pre-med andor a business degree

Christian Darnall (rsquo08) is a sophomore at McNeil High School and hopes to attend the Air Force or Naval Academy

Christina Fair (rsquo10) is at St Dominic Savio and enjoys music learning new instruments and rock climbing

Julie Small (rsquo10) is attending Rouse High School and has been successful in her Pre-AP English class in hopes of getting into The University of Texas

22

Thank you to our Sponsor

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Thank you to our Sponsor