Dear Holy Name Families,

“And so it begins...a shiny, brand new year.

May it bring you fresh insights,

Great hope,

A willingness to learn and grow,

A wealth of gratitude,

New understanding

And acceptance,

Unparalleled love…

And a little bit of magic.”

Grigori Legacy

As we hold in our memories, the beautiful Holy Name Hope and Peace Christmas

trees, we look forward to a bright new year in every way. Our faculty is participating in

exciting professional development to bring to our students the skills and strategies that

will compliment and strengthen our curriculum and activities. We hope to learn and

grow in our personal relationships and our understanding of what kindness actually

means.

May new discoveries excite our students and engage them in the ownership of their

learning. Most importantly, may the magic of Christmas remain with us through the

year.

“Hope smiles from the threshold of things to come.”

Tennyson

May the New Year bring joy, peace, and happiness to you and your entire family.

Warmly,

Kathleen J. Caulfield

Principal

I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

Principal

Welcome

1

Important

Dates

2

Family

Litergy.

School

News

3

Upcoming

Events and

News

4

Home &

School

5

Around

HNPS

6

Holy Name

Happenings

7

2 0 2 0 J A N U A R Y

P A G E 2

January Value of the Month: Goodness

January 1 New Year’s Day—No school

January 2,3 Christmas Vacation—No school

January 5 Family Mass at 9:00 a.m. in the Upper Church (hosted by Gr. 6)

January 6 School re-opens

January 7 Project Pantry

Eagle Extras Registration on-Line begins at 4:00 p.m.

January 8 Jr. High Dance ticket sales in Finn Hall from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

sponsored by the Bernardines

January 9 Home & School Monthly Meeting in the school library at 7:00 p.m.

January 10 Eagle Extras Online Registration ends at 12:00 p.m.

Jr. High Dance in Parish Hall from 7:00-10:00 p.m. sponsored by the

Bernardines

January 12 Family Mass at 9:00 a.m. in the Upper Church (hosted by Gr. 5)

January 13 Buddy Week

Session #2 After school clubs begin

MAP Testing begins

January 14 Project Pantry

Student Council Meeting in the Project Room from 2:35– 3:00 p.m.

Consultative School Board Meeting in the school library at 6:30 p.m.

January 16 Wellness Clinic for Faculty from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in Faculty Room

January 17 Marks close for Progress Reports

January 19 Family Mass at 9:00 a.m. in the Upper Church

January 20 Martin Luther King Jr. Day observed—No school

January 21 Project Pantry

January 23 National Reading Day

Pajama Day, Casual Day sponsored by Student Council

Stop, Drop and Read from 1:30-1:50 p.m. school wide

January 24 Progress Reports Distributed

January 26 Catholic Schools Week Begins

Catholic Schools: “Learn, Serve, Lead, Succeed”

Family Mass at 9:00 a.m. in the Upper Church (hosted by Gr. 4)

January 27 Catholic Schools Mass at 9:00 a.m. in the Upper Church

“Decorate Classroom Door Contest, Winter Theme” sponsored by

Student Council

January 28 Project Pantry

Student Council Meeting in the Project Room from 2:35-3:00 p.m.

January 29 O’Connor Studios Team pictures (wear team uniforms/outfits)

Move up Day

January 30 “Catch the Spirit Day” 8:00-8:30 a.m. coffee: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Class

room Visits

January 31 Judging of Classroom Doors by Student Council

Team and Club Photos, O’Connor Studios

Quick Reminders P A G E 3 J A N U A R Y

The Holy Name Parish Family Mass is held each Sunday at

9:00 a.m. in the Upper Church. This is a wonderful way to

worship God with your children. The continuing participation of

our children at Mass involves assisting with the music sheets,

collection and presenting the offertory gifts. The schedule of

grades assigned to assist at the Family Mass is as follows:

January 12– Grade 5 to assist

January 19 – Family Mass

January 26—Grade 4 to assist

Family Liturgy and School News

Holy Name Parish School held its eleventh annual Christmas card contest.

We are proud to announce that Jeffrey Liu in 6-11 and his “Wise Men Traveling to Yonder Star” card won. The

card was sent to many of the people, companies, businesses and donors with which we share an educational part-

nership. Jeffrey was also awarded with a set of cards to take home to his family. There was also a winner in each

class, they were given a variety of art supplies as prizes. They are as follows: Teresa McNally in 4-7, Irene Tian in

4-8, Morgan Walsh in 5-9, Liam Durrigan in 5-10, Jack Norton in 6-11, Evelyn Roylance in 6-12 and Sophia Do-

noruma in 6-13.

Congratulations to Jeffrey and the other prize winners! Thank you to all of the students who entered the contest

and to art teacher Miss Gately.

Thank you to the Ed Walsh Foundation. A generous

grant was awarded to the Physical Education program

from the Ed Walsh Foundation. Morgan Walsh grade 5

and daughter of Lieutenant Ed Walsh, presented a

check to Mrs. Houston, our physical education teacher.

The funds will be used to purchase new gym equip-

ment.

Scratch Ticket Lottery Raffle Winners! And the win-

ners are....of the Scratch Ticket Lottery Raf-

fle.....drawn on December 20th using computer pro-

gram Random.org....Frank Scala, $1000 and the $500

winner JoAnn McInnery! Congratulations!

Holy Name Parish School will be celebrating Catho-

lic Schools Week January 27-January 31.

This year’s theme is “Catholic Schools: Learn, Serve,

Lead Succeed.” Please join us in celebrating our faith-

based educational model.

On Monday, we will begin the week with a

special Catholic Schools Week Liturgy at 9:00 a.m. in

the Upper Church. All are Welcome to attend.

Wednesday is Move up Day! Each grade

“moves up” to see what the next grade is all about.

Thursday is “Catch the Spirit Day” with coffee

and refreshments at drop-off through 8:30 a.m. and

classroom visits from 8:30-9:30 a.m..

Door decorating contest takes place this week.

A Winter Theme, Student Council members will judge

the doors on Friday. Prizes will be awarded to top

doors.

Admission school visits are available on Touring

Tuesdays, Walk in Wednesday and at your conven-

ience. Please call to reserve a tour or sign up online.

Admissions > School Tour (617 325-9338).

Upcoming Events & News P A G E 4 J A N U A R Y

Save the Date! Eagle Extras registration will be on

January 7, 2020, forms go live at 4:00 p.m. Registra-

tion will close on Friday, January 10th at noon. The

following clubs will be offered this session.

Monday- Clay Club (3-6)

Sports O’Rama (K2-2)

Tuesday- Doll Club (1-3)

Lego Club (K2-4)

Pug Club (1-6)

Wednesday Advanced Sports O’Rama (3-6)

Arts and Crafts (K2-2)

Service Project The first, second and third grade students at Holy Name Parish School partnered with the Veter-

an’s Administration Hospital’s Dental Clinic to work on a project for homeless Veterans. To bring some joy and

cheer to the Veterans the students created Christmas cards. The Christmas cards were delivered wit Christmas

stockings that were filled with toiletries by the VA Dental Clinic staff. The cards and stockings were delivered to

homeless veteran shelters. Thank you to Dr. Maureen Dewey, a parent of three Holy Name Parish School gradu-

ates for connecting our students to this service project.

Gifts for the Children at the Italian Home

Thank you to the Holy Name Parish School

community for donating toys to our Toy

drive. We filled to overflowing six enor-

mous boxes with stuffed animals, sports

equipment, art supplies and much more! On

December 18th the Student Council present-

ed the toys to the Toys for Tots U.S. Ma-

rines representative. He thanked the students

and their families for their generous contri-

butions.

Home & School Association Announcements

Home and School hopes everyone has a great holiday season and is looking forward to the Glow

Run! We need all hands on deck to make this a great event!

SPOTLIGHT: Student Fun Glow Run- February 14, 2020 Home & School’s signature fundraising event this year will be the Fun Glow Run taking place February

14, 2020. Home and School is soliciting sponsors for the Fun Glow Run. If you are a business or individu-

al interested in sponsoring the event, you can donate directly here and your logo or name will be featured

on the t-shirts that we are creating for the event.

Don’t forget to take advantage of your company’s matching policy if they have one.

What is it?

The Fun Glow Run is a fundraising event that gets everyone involved-friends and families, local business-

es, and most importantly the students. The Fun/Glow Run takes place over 8 days with pep rallies leading

up to the final “run” for 45 minutes on February 14, 2020. The “run” consists of 35 laps around the gym

that are choreographed to a soundtrack that tells students what to do: slow motion lap, skip lap, silly lap,

etc. Home and School is asking for sponsors for the event, but students will also help to raise money by

asking friends and family to pledge a certain amount per lap.

Spirit Wear! Home and School has some awesome new Spirit Wear that is nearly ready to make it’s debut.

Look out for a flyer in student backpacks featuring HNPS winter hats, baseball hats, bags, water bottles,

hoodies, t-shirts, plaid pants and more!

Like us on facebook at Holy Name Parish School Fundraising to learn more about the upcoming events!

Gifts for the Children at the Italian Home

Thank you to the Holy Name Parish School

community for donating toys to our Toy

drive. We filled to overflowing boxes and

bags of Legos, art supplies, board games,

dolls, stuffed animals and more! On

December 19th the gifts were delivered to

the Italian Home for Children. They will

brighten the day for each child. Griffin

Thomas, Advancement Director, thanks all

for the outpouring of generosity.

Around HNPS P A G E 6 J A N U A R Y

On December 19th Holy Name presented it’s third annual evening Christmas Choral Concert and Kinder-

garten Nativity. Many student alumni came back to serve as stage hands and pass out programs. We are

grateful to them! The program featured new selections along with Christmas favorites. To view more pho-

tos from the concert visit our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/holynameparishschool/

On December 20th, a Christmas concert was presented by the

Holy Name School Band.

Congratulations to the following students:

Flutes: Lindsay Englert, Joseph Raposo

Clarinets: Bridget Blair, Julia Dietzel, Madison Dorcena

Claire Hauck, Maggie Klaas, Vienne Marquis, Teresa

McNally, Elizabeth Noronha and Nolan Rowley

Alto Saxophones: Liam Durrigan and Latyr Karnes

Tenor Saxophone: Sophia Zaphiris

Trumpets: Eli Burke, Luke Kern, Colleen Lynch, and

Evelyn Roylance

Percussion: Benjamin Austin, Tristan Obsequio, Timothy Ryan, Lillian Lorch, Wyatt Holmes, Ce-

lia Mitchell, and Zach Parlon.

Many thanks to their band instructors John Woodard and Jim Repa for their direction and enhancing the mu-

sical talent of these students. And a big thank you to HNPS’s music teacher Melanie Chiappini for her won-

derful instruction of our students.

News from the Art Room! Welcome to the Art Room! January in the Art Room is a very special

month. In January, all of the students at Holy Name School participate in the Square One Art fundraiser.

With the help of the Home and School organization, Ms. Gately has been conducting this fundraiser for six

years at Holy Name School, but it is her ninth year running the fundraiser! The Square One art fundraiser

is a great way to earn money for our school, but it also asks our community to become art appreciators.

The Square One Art fundraiser is especially beneficial, because all of the students receive a sheet of stick-

ers with their artwork. Every student receives a square piece of paper and has the choice to create whatever

they choose. Students have the opportunity to use a variety of stencils, but also can create a free hand

drawing of their own original content. Students outline their drawings with a black sharpie and then use

Crayola Crayons and Twistables to add color. Students are encouraged to mix and layer their colors, as

well as press down hard with their crayons to create a vibrant and bright composition that can be recog-

nized from a distance. When the students complete their work, the Home and School organization ships it

to the Square One Art company, where all of the artwork is scanned and free stickers or “squickers” are

returned to each student. At this point, students receive a catalog or can order items online with their art-

work on it. Some of the items available are IPhone cases, key chains, mugs, sketch books and much more!

By the time the squickers have been sent to Holy Name and the orders have been filled, it is usually

around Mother’s and Father’s Day and that is why the students are encouraged to design a composition

that possesses a Spring oriented theme. Ms. Gately loves this project because the students create some

amazingly bright, thoughtful and well crafted compositions and hopes that the students’ love of art can be

translated into benefitting Holy Name financially, as well as culturally. It is very important for Ms. Gately

to help create a community of artistic appreciation and that is her goal with this fundraiser.