Daily Notices February 13th
General Notices
** The doors at the east end of the commons going to the pavilion will be locked for safety reasons as there is lots of ice in that area. Thanks for your understanding.
**An important reminder to cross the street only at the crosswalk locations on Taylor Street and McEown Avenue. Thanks for your cooperation!
**Please note there has been theft in the PE change rooms so please ensure you lock up your belongings.
** Please help stack chairs in groups of 4 at the end of the lunch hour in the commons. Thanks for your help.
* Locker clean out
Please remember to remove any food, lunch boxes, etc. from your lockers before the end of the day Friday.
* Library News
The library computers will not be available during p.3 this week due to Grad applications being completed.
* Do you want to learn how to build a house? - TODAY
Each year, ED Feehan High School has a program that builds an entire house from the ground up. We have a partnership with ED Feehan High School and our students can join this program. In the Construction Technology Pathway, a student will be able to: be part of a team that will successfully build a house right at ED Feehan and receive apprenticeship hours that can be applied later towards any trade. If you would like to find out more information about this program and how it works, a teacher from that program is coming to do a presentation at Holy Cross on Thursday Feb 13th at lunch in the Large Office Conference room. Sign up in Student Services. This is open to any grade 9-11 student that is interested in joining next year or any following years.
* Math Contest
Anyone who was involved in the Senior and Intermediate Math Contest before Christmas, see Ms. Roesch at noon Friday (Room 365).
* Lost and Found
The lost and found table has been set up by the main office for this week. Please have a look to see if anything belongs to you. Anything left on Friday will be donated.
Holy Cross Registration & Course Selection for 2025-26
Online course selection for the 2025-26 school year has begun. This week, students in grades 9-11 will be receiving a presentation from an administrator regarding instructions for course selection for 2025-26. This week, students will also be shown a 'Newer Electives for 2025-26' promotional video in class.
The online course selection portal will be open for Holy Cross students from Monday, Feb. 10 - Friday, Feb. 28. Students may log in and out of the portal to make changes throughout this time. Students must complete their online course selections by 11:59 PM on Feb. 28th.
A reminder to students that resources are available online to support students and parents in course selection. Please access the following resources found on the Holy Cross website, under the 'Registration' tab:
- HC Online Course Selection Instructions for 2025-26
- HC Registration Information - Grades 10-12 - 2025-26 (PowerPoints from grade level registration/course selection talks)
- HC Advanced Placement (AP) Program Info - 2025-26 (For students interested in AP classes)
- Registration Booklet - 2025-2026 (detailed information about all classes, academic pathways and programming at Holy Cross)
On Feb. 24-28 at lunch in room 321 (computer lab), counselors and administrators will be available to help students with online course selection. During that week, administrators will also be meeting with grade 9s in their classrooms to provide extra help.
* BLAZE Retreat
We are excited to announce that BLAZE-2025 is taking place March 8-9 at Holy Cross Catholic High School. BLAZE stands for Byzantine Leadership and Zealous Evangelization and is open for all high school students regardless of their culture or religion. BLAZE benefits are:
* leadership skills
* faith growth and learning about the Byzantine Rite
* meeting new friends from other high schools
* experiencing something new
* CAP hours
* certificate at the end which can be included with your resume!
Your Catholic Studies teacher has more information and registration details. Check out the posters for speakers and facilitators information!
Smudging
Everyone is welcome to come to the courtyard to take part in smudging at 8:15 am on Tuesdays and Fridays all year.
Homework Hall Tutorial
Would you like help from a teacher with your homework in a quiet space? Homework Hall tutorial time takes place each lunch hour in Room 341 (Mr. Heath's room). All students are welcome to attend!
SRC
SRC Valentines week!!
Come to room 381 TODAY at noon to make friendship bracelets. All materials will be provided.
If you filled in the matchmaker forms the results can be purchased at the SRC room today and tomorrow at lunch. $2.50, tap accepted.
Submit your very best love poem to the Holy Cross Instagram account. Submissions will be accepted until Thursday and voting will take place after that.
Friday will be red day in honor of Valentine’s Day and Crush for a Crush grams will be delivered in period 5!
Music
* Jazz Band
There will be a Jazz band rehearsal at lunch today in the second band room. New members welcome!
Graduation
* Application to Graduate - Presentations and Forms
Next week we will be doing application to graduate presentations for period 3 grade 12 classes. If you are in Grade 12 and you do not have a period 3 class or miss the presentation, you will need to attend the noon hour session on Friday, February 14 in the library. Please sign up in student services.
Cafeteria
The following items will be available daily at the cafeteria:
Burgers, sandwiches, subs, wraps, baking and various snacks.
Thursday, Feb 13th – Pizza
Friday, Feb 14th – Perogies & Sausage
Yearbook
There will be a Yearbook meeting in room 323 at lunch TODAY. All who are interested in putting together the yearbook for this school year are welcome! Please see Mr. Moroz if you have any questions.
Attention Photo Team: There is a meeting TODAY in room 323 at lunch.
Clubs
* Math Elite
There is a meeting for Math Elites TODAY in room 332.
* Debate Club
Attention all debaters. Do you like discussion? Do you like to critically think, and problem solve? If you are interested in joining the Holy Cross debate club, come to a meeting on Friday at lunch, in room 103.
* Students Against Drinking & Driving (SADD) - TODAY
There will be a SADD meeting for all members TODAY in room 102 (Mrs. Gauthier’s room).
Holy Cross Youth Alliance
Our 2SLGBTQ+ Alliance Group meets every Thursday lunch hour in room 361. All students and staff are welcome to join us!
Knitting Club
The knitting and stitching club will be meeting in room 111 on Fridays at noon. See you there!
Holy Cross Chess & Games Club
If you would like to learn how to play chess, you can come to room 333 during the lunch hours. We meet every lunch hour. Games club runs on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in room 122.
Rosary Group
The Rosary Group will be meeting Mondays. Please meet in room 136 right after school for some fun and fellowship making rosaries. We have all the supplies and instructions that you will need. You can count these hours for your CAP. See you there. Any questions, see Mrs. Dale.
Athletics
* Badminton
Badminton season is right around the corner!
Junior and Senior tryouts will be taking place Monday February 24th after school in the south gym.
Sign-up sheet will be set up by the PE office. Stay tuned for times.
* Wrestling
For our Jr. City Championship our girls, only sending 3 wrestlers to compete, earned a perfect score of 30 points by walking away with 3 gold medals and a third-place overall finish in the city. Our boys had only 9 wrestlers compete and amassed a team total of 59 points, good enough for a third-place finish. Well done to both our girls and boys!
Individual Athletes deserving special recognition include:
Your 2025 Jr. City Bronze Medalists:
• Cash “Big Money” B.
• “Pumped Up” Pierce L.
Your 2025 Jr. City Silver Medalist:
• “Swift” Tsinat B.
Your Gold Medalists and 2025 Jr. City Champions:
• “Supersonic” Sofia B.
• “All That” Nat E.
• “Legendary” Logan E.
• Jacob “All Attack” K.
• “Outstanding” Olipa M.
• Elizabeth “All In” Q.
• Jonah “Kickstart My Heart” S.
Student Services
Student Service Notices can be found on the Counsellor Connection Website. Go here to see more details and access links: https://bit.ly/HCHStudentServices
Jill of All Trades- this event, hosted by SaskPolytech and WITT is a one-day event for female students interested in exploring careers in the Skilled trades on Friday May 23rd. Students are encouraged to register early, as the event fills up fast. For girls in grades 9-12.
Machining Skill & Bootcamps with SIEC- application deadline March 11th. Register at www.saskatooniec.ca/machining
SIEC Skills & Bootcamps available: Robotics, 3D Animation, Welding & Fabrication (deadline Feb 25)
SIEC Spotlight on Careers available: Tourism, Construction, Law (deadline Feb 12), and Business & Entrepreneurship (deadline Feb 26)
FREE TUTORING at Holy Cross through Youth Study Group! - THURSDAYS
Need some tutoring & homework help?
Tutors from the University of Saskatchewan, and Advance courses and IB programmers from High Schools will be joining us at Holy Cross on regular Thursdays after school. Come and get help with your homework and/or studying in all subject areas.
Sessions starting February 13th from 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. In the library.
School Nurse
Our school nurse, Maegan Holder will be here Monday afternoons from 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm. The school nurse can help you with the following:
- Confidential one-on-one student supports with medical & health related matters.
- Referrals to other community agencies/supports.
- General first-aid
- Confidential pregnancy testing and other supports as needed.
Students can also text the school nurse at 639-471-8202. Look for the school nurse sign in the hallway and stop in to ask a question, book an appointment or to just say hello!
