Our middle school students participated in a service day at the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary. The students did a multitude of things anywhere from picking up litter to spreading mulch around the nature center. Although the weather was less than desirable, the students worked very hard through all the wind and rain they encountered and visibly made a difference.
 
The students were provided refreshments after all of their hard work and it was a rather quiet bus ride home and quiet afternoon for the middle school.
 
This was a wonderful introduction to begin celebrating and learning about Earth Day a few days early.  It was truly a great experience for our students and an even better way to give back to the community.  God gave us this beautiful land to live on and the students at Holy Cross are going to do their part in keeping it that way.

About Holy Cross Catholic School
Located on the growing northeast side of Green Bay at the historic crossroads of Church and Bay Settlement Roads, Holy Cross Catholic School is the point at which faith, community and education converge. Holy Cross Catholic School has been in existence since 1868 and has an enrollment of nearly 200 students in grades 4K to 8th grade.

About GRACE
The Green Bay Area Catholic Education (GRACE) System is the largest Catholic school system in Wisconsin. A collaborative school ministry of the 23 Green Bay area Catholic parishes, GRACE was formed in 2008 to provide affordable, high quality Catholic early childhood, elementary and middle-school education. It serves 2728 students at ten neighborhood school sites located throughout the Green Bay area. Over 125 students of other faith denominations attend the GRACE schools. The GRACE system employs over 250 people with a total annual community investment of $10.5 million. The system has just completed a three-year planning and consolidation process that involved the 23 faith communities, parents and staff. Learn more about GRACE at www.gracesystem.org.

About Holy Cross Catholic School
Located on the growing northeast side of Green Bay at the historic crossroads of Church and Bay Settlement Roads, Holy Cross Catholic School is the point at which faith, community and education converge. Holy Cross Catholic School has been in existence since 1868 and has an enrollment of nearly 200 students in grades 4K to 8th grade.

About GRACE
The Green Bay Area Catholic Education (GRACE) System is the largest Catholic school system in Wisconsin. A collaborative school ministry of the 23 Green Bay area Catholic parishes, GRACE was formed in 2008 to provide affordable, high quality Catholic early childhood, elementary and middle-school education. It serves 2728 students at ten neighborhood school sites located throughout the Green Bay area. Over 125 students of other faith denominations attend the GRACE schools. The GRACE system employs over 250 people with a total annual community investment of $10.5 million. The system has just completed a three-year planning and consolidation process that involved the 23 faith communities, parents and staff. Learn more about GRACE at www.gracesystem.org.

About Holy Cross Catholic School
Located on the growing northeast side of Green Bay at the historic crossroads of Church and Bay Settlement Roads, Holy Cross Catholic School is the point at which faith, community and education converge. Holy Cross Catholic School has been in existence since 1868 and has an enrollment of nearly 200 students in grades 4K to 8th grade.

About GRACE
The Green Bay Area Catholic Education (GRACE) System is the largest Catholic school system in Wisconsin. A collaborative school ministry of the 23 Green Bay area Catholic parishes, GRACE was formed in 2008 to provide affordable, high quality Catholic early childhood, elementary and middle-school education. It serves 2728 students at ten neighborhood school sites located throughout the Green Bay area. Over 125 students of other faith denominations attend the GRACE schools. The GRACE system employs over 250 people with a total annual community investment of $10.5 million. The system has just completed a three-year planning and consolidation process that involved the 23 faith communities, parents and staff. Learn more about GRACE at www.gracesystem.org.

Families enrolled at any of the ten GRACE member schools can submit an application a confidential and secure way. For more information go to: http://www.gracesystem.org/financial-aid/.

Last year, GRACE provided over $211,000 in advance financial assistance and over $17,000 in hardship tuition relief to over 125 families.

Jakob Janquart, standing next to his completed Eagle Scout project.

Holy Cross Catholic School alumnus Jakob Janquart has earned the Boy Scouts of America – Eagle Scout Award on December 13, 2011.

He will be recognized in a ceremony on Saturday April 14^th in the Holy Cross School Gym. Jakob is a member of Troop 1041, chartered by Holy Cross FAST. Jakob is one of approx 5% of all Boy Scouts who attain the rank of Eagle Scout. Troop 1041 was formed in 1958. Jakob is the Troop’s 35th Eagle Scout.

Each candidate must earn 21 Merit badges, demonstrate leadership, and successfully complete a Leadership Service Project for his community or church to complete his Eagle Scout requirements. Jakob chose to organize and lead the building of a 204 ft rail fence, bordering the Holy Cross soccer field. It is made out of recycled plastic. With Jakob’s direction, his fellow Troop 1041 scouts, family, and friends, the project was successfully completed in August of 2011. A total of 253 hrs were put into his project.

Jakob has served in many leadership roles in Troop 1041 including Senior Patrol Leader, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader, Troop Guide and Librarian. He is currently serving the Troop as Junior Assistant Scout Master. He has completed Troop Leadership training.

Jakob is an active member in many of the Troop’s activities. He has participated in High Adventure programs at the BSA Florida National High Adventure Seabase  in 2009/10 and at BSA Northern Tier High Adventure Base, Ely Mn, in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, July 2011. He is Okpik trained for cold weather camping. He has completed Wilderness First Aid Training. He is a Brotherhood Member of the Order of the Arrow. Including his required Eagle Merit Badges, Jakob has earned a total of 46 Merit badges and currently earned an Eagle Bronze Palm.

Jakob has earned Scouting’s Religious Emblems of Light of Christ and Parvuli Dei.

 Jakob , 16 years old, is a graduate of Holy Cross Catholic School. He is currently a sophomore at Notre Dame Academy. He is a member of the Notre Dame Boys soccer team, Destination Imagination, the NDA  Snow board/Ski Club and a Student Ambassador. He also plays soccer for the FC Green Bay. He is an altar server at Holy Cross.

Jakob is the son of Kathy and Steve Janquart. He has a younger brother Ben, who is also a Boy Scout.

This is a photo montage of the Stations of the Cross, as enacted by our fifth grade students at Holy Cross Catholic School. Music performed by the Holy Cross Parish Choir.

About Holy Cross Catholic School
Located on the growing northeast side of Green Bay at the historic crossroads of Church and Bay Settlement Roads, Holy Cross Catholic School is the point at which faith, community and education converge. Holy Cross Catholic School has been in existence since 1868 and has an enrollment of nearly 200 students in grades 4K to 8th grade.

About GRACE
The Green Bay Area Catholic Education (GRACE) System is the largest Catholic school system in Wisconsin. A collaborative school ministry of the 23 Green Bay area Catholic parishes, GRACE was formed in 2008 to provide affordable, high quality Catholic early childhood, elementary and middle-school education. It serves 2728 students at ten neighborhood school sites located throughout the Green Bay area. Over 125 students of other faith denominations attend the GRACE schools. The GRACE system employs over 250 people with a total annual community investment of $10.5 million. The system has just completed a three-year planning and consolidation process that involved the 23 faith communities, parents and staff. Learn more about GRACE at http://www.gracesystem.org/.

Holy Cross Catholic School is pleased to offer the nationally acclaimed Camp Invention program to children entering grades one through six this summer. This exciting week of four fun-filled modules begins on June 18th.

Camp Invention is a weeklong adventure in creativity that immerses children in imaginative play, reinforcing and supplementing school-year learning in the subjects of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Children will work together to seek innovative solutions to real-world problems and sharpen critical 21st century learning skills such as teamwork and creative problem solving as they rotate through four modules each day that disguise learning as fun. (Check out the video!)

Every registration includes a free Camp Invention t-shirt. Availability is limited, so visit www.campinvention.org or call 800.968.4332 to reserve your child’s spot today!

https://online.factsmgt.com/Emp/Public/Enroll.aspx?tk=3K54C

The Enrollment Process:
Enrolling your student will involve three steps:

1.    Registration – Completing the registration form (starting 2/10)

2.    Tuition Agreement – Completing tuition agreement and payment forms (available March 15; registered families will receive e-mail notification)

3.    Admission – Receiving a confirmation e-mail from GRACE assigning your child to a slot by site and grade/program

GRACE has not yet set tuition levels for the 2012-13 school year.  The proposed budget would increase K-8 tuition to between $2100-$2150 while Early Childhood tuition rates vary widely, but for school to school will see at least a $40 increase (varies based on program).  These rates should be finalized by March 10^th.

Middle school students had the opportunity to work with Mr. Randy Peterson during the 2012 Artist in Residence. They not only created and recorded a song with four verses, they also were able to create a music video. The verses that each grade wrote features those students. Editing was done by Mrs. Maertz.

About Holy Cross Catholic School
Located on the growing northeast side of Green Bay at the historic crossroads of Church and Bay Settlement Roads, Holy Cross Catholic School is the point at which faith, community and education converge. Holy Cross Catholic School has been in existence since 1868 and has an enrollment of nearly 200 students in grades 4K to 8th grade.

About GRACE
The Green Bay Area Catholic Education (GRACE) System is the largest Catholic school system in Wisconsin. A collaborative school ministry of the 23 Green Bay area Catholic parishes, GRACE was formed in 2008 to provide affordable, high quality Catholic early childhood, elementary and middle-school education. It serves 2728 students at ten neighborhood school sites located throughout the Green Bay area. Over 125 students of other faith denominations attend the GRACE schools. The GRACE system employs over 250 people with a total annual community investment of $10.5 million. The system has just completed a three-year planning and consolidation process that involved the 23 faith communities, parents and staff. Learn more about GRACE at www.gracesystem.org.