Today was the first of two days of pick up for students' personal items. Teachers worked hard to organize and pack up belongings to get everything ready for pick up. Pick up continues tomorrow.

The Parents website has 23 fun STEM and STEAM projects on their website. The juice box rocket looks fun!

Today, our Grade 8 Graduates picked up their "Home of a Holy Cross Graduate" signs.

In this activity, you'll learn about the weather and why it rains. Using simple materials (water, shaving cream, and food colouring), you can recreate the rain in the water cycle.

This week the STEM activity is making crystal names. Using simple household ingredients you can create something amazing!

Let's Talk Science is running a challenge for students in grades 6, 7, and 8. Check out the challenge here: https://letstalkscience.ca/events/challenge-online

This week's STEM activity, is a choice board. Watch the video and then you can complete some of the other activities.

This week's STEM activities are for May the Forth Be With You Day (May 4th). Enjoy the Star Wars themed activities!

This week's STEM challenge is from NASA. There are activities for students in Kindergarten to grade 4 and grade 5-8.

Here are some fun Earth Day activities to try at home.

The Bradford Art School will be posting free art lessons on their website. This week's lesson is a butterfly. The step by step instructions on the site make this activity fun for all ages.

This week's STEM activity you can try at home, is science experiments. The science experiments can be found here: https://sciencebob.com/category/experiments/

The staff at Holy Cross Catholic School miss all of you and want you to know that we're thinking of you!

Here are some apps that have STEM games to try at home. Students have used Kodable and Scratch in the library already. For a no technology option, try the circle challenge!

Ms. Timmons and Mr. Tunzi are here to explain the importance of social and physical distancing. We all need to do our part to limit the spread of COVID-19. Please spread the word!

Students at Holy Cross are having fun learning how to play chess.

The students at Holy Cross Catholic School have been having fun sledding at recess.

HCC's Film Crew has been working hard to create a short film.

This week, Holy Cross students have been making Christmas cards to send to members of the Canadian Armed Forces who may be away from their families this holiday season.

Innisfil Fire will be here on October 22 and 23 with the Fire Safety Trailer.

As you may know, our food banks are empty. As we do our yearly food drive, we seek to replenish the shelves of our community food bank which supports so many in our community. Over the course of 11 days, we ask you to send in a variety of items to help fill our food banks. This will begin on October 1.

Our Open House will take place on Thursday, September 26 from 5-6:30 pm. It is an opportunity to meet you child's teacher and explore the classroom.

On Thursday, October 3 Holy Cross will participate in the Terry Fox Run. Please send in your toonies to support cancer research.

Picture Day will take place on Tuesday, October 1, 2019. Retakes will be Tuesday, November 5.

HCC's second annual math night was held on May 7, 2019 in our school gym.

Parent Climate Survey on until May 31, 2019

Our first Coding Arcade will take place on May 10 from 11:45-1 pm in the gym.

Holy Cross will be having a book in our library. The book fair will run from May 6-10 in our library.

Holy Cross will be having a Math Night on Tuesday, May 7 from 5-7 pm

Students at Holy Cross Catholic School officially have a space for a sensory walk! Students can crawl, jump, push, and tip toe around the room to get the wiggles out and some daily physical activity.

Students in grades 4-8 will be completing anonymous surveys from January 21 - February 8, 2019.

Our 12 Days of Giving was a huge success. Holy Cross defeated Alcona Glen.

Mrs. Roberts and Mrs. Greco's class are participating in a tree decorating contest.

Our Holy Cross Christmas Concerts will be on December 14 from 1 pm until 3 pm for Kindergarten students and December 19 from 11:35-1:15 for students in grades 1-8.

The 12 Days of Christmas Giving Food Drive at Holy Cross! Starting on Monday November 26th we are kicking off our 12 Days of Christmas Giving food drive for Christmas Cheer. Each day will have a different food item we are requesting for donations. To make it interesting we have put a twist on it. We will be having a "friendly competition" with Alcona Glen to see which school can raise the most donations of food. As a prize, the winning school will be awarded The Golden Can Trophy and the principal of the runner up school will have to wear the other school's jersey on the last day before the break. As an added bonus, Innisfil Firefighters Association has donated 4 tickets for the Barrie Colts on December 15th at 7:30pm. The student/family who brings in the most donated items will win the tickets!

The Innisfil Library and author Helaine Becker visited students in grades 3-8.

Our Open House will be held on Wednesday, September 26 from 5pm until 6:30 pm. Parents can meet the teachers and see some of the hard work that has been happening in our classrooms.