Holy Cross Catholic School

From the Desk of Mrs. Wagner

April 21, 2023

Our students and staff are AMAZING! We are so proud of all their efforts in preparing and completing the state assessments. We had a great week supporting both our students and staff as they were able to prove that hard work pays off! Way to Go Holy Cross Hornets!

As the nation celebrates Earth Day, we decided to celebrate in our faith families today! The students all were given specific tasks to not only make God's beautiful Earth a better place, but also right here at Holy Cross. We made seed birdseed cakes, planted flowers by our front sign, recycled, cleaned out rooms and more! We ended the day with popsicles celebrating another great week at Holy Cross!

April and May are very fun, but busy months! Please make sure to look at that April Hornet Happenings! Stay tuned for our May edition coming soon!

If you have not enrolled, please do so soon! We are giving daily tours and some classrooms are close to being full. We love our Holy Cross family and would love for you to join us for the 23-24 school year.

Have a great weekend!

EMBRACE the Movies

EMBRACE the Movies @ Boulevard Drive-In on May 24

EMBRACE the Movies

Gates Open @ 7 p.m. Family Friendly Event
We will have Inflatables, a Magic Show, Face Painting, and a Balloon Artist
Chris Cakes will be serving Burgers and Hot Dogs to be purchased through bidpal
Kona Ice Truck will be there for a sweet summer treat
Movie starts at Dusk
$30 a car to enter - Purchase tickets through the link above
Time to sign up volunteer opportunities for High School Kids will be sent to the High Schools.

We would love for your community to attend. I will be sending out a flyer next week for you to include in your newsletters and social media pages once the movie selection is finalized. It is a huge help when school can promote this. Thank you!

We do ask that you include the flyer that is attached to this email in your school newsletters, as well as promote it on your social media. We have 2 Taylor Swift Tickets to the July 7 show @ @ Arrowhead this summer. Awesome Lower level tickets! Your community can purchase a raffle ticket for a chance to win! Please include the flyer attached in your newsletters as soon as possible. We will announce the winner at EMBRACE the Movies. You do not have to be present to win. Buy Taylor Swift Raffle Tickets Here

Kindest Kansas Citian

Congratulations to our Holy Cross Essay Winners! Listed below are winners in the Kindest Kansas Citian Essay Contest! They received thousands of entries this year, so this is an amazing accomplishment for our students that were selected from so many heartfelt and wonderful essays.

Top 20 Winner(s) Nominee’s Name:

Lilah Troy -7th grade Mrs. Gittiiger

Pedro Percca - 8th Grade Mr. Marxman

Honorable Mention Winner(s) (Top 100)

Fernando Maldonado Banda - 5th Mrs. Mandl

Diana Velazquez - 5th Ms. Laura Grajeda Isabella Davila - 5th Mr. Armando

Lila Gray - 6th Mrs. Mandl

Ximena Fernandez - 6th Mrs. Watson

Thomas Morrissey -7th Mrs. Petri

Liam Kittle - 7th Mrs. Ward

Emily Ramirez-Andrade - 7th Coach Hall

Addison Sabers - 8th Ms. Angie Griffith

Lilly Kistner - 8th Mr. Scott Roth

Jax Robert - 8th Mrs. Schneider

This is proof we have amazing students, teachers and an entire community that supports us! What an amazing achievement! A huge thank you to Mrs. Petri and Mrs. Sells for helping our students through this process! Way to represent Holy Cross!

Celebration 2024 is Moving Home!

We have BIG news for Celebration - Be The Light! 2024...it's moving back to the school! While the Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center has been a lovely spot for our event, we have outgrown it. Thus, we're bringing it home, but we're going to need a large amount of support to make it happen. We will have one Celebration chairperson and are looking for volunteers to be "team leads" for the 2023-2024 school year. Can you help?

Here's what we're looking for:

-Sponsorship

-Communication & Publicity

-Food & Beverage

-Entertainment/Decorations

-Volunteer Coordinator

-Program Direction & Awards

-Auction

-Cash Raffle & Games

-BidPal Setup & Reservations

Celebration is our signature event of the year. And while the night of the event is always a thrill, it’s the teamwork behind the scenes that’s most rewarding. Leads need to be in place by June 1st. Please email or call Allison Besse at allisonbesse@hotmail.com, 913-485-3227, should you have interest.

And big thanks again to our community for making Celebration - Be The Light! 2023 a success!