Back to School

August 27, 2009
Dear Parents,

Well, I hope you have finished your back-to-school shopping with your children. It’s no different here at Holy Family School. Mr. Asma and the teachers are finishing getting the building and classrooms ready for the start of another exciting year at Holy Family School. I believe you will be pleasantly surprised with the physical changes you will see upon entering the classrooms. More importantly, I believe your children will benefit from the academic changes we have instituted, including our new ELA program.

I would like to make you aware of several important dates. We will have an open house for the parents of our Early Childhood, Pre-K and Kindergarten students on Thursday, September 3 at 6:00pm. The first day of school for students in grades K – 7 will be Wednesday, September 9th. For students in our Pre-K and Early Childhood classes, the first day of classes will be on Thursday, September 10th. Our first Friday Mass will be held on Friday, September 11th at 9:00am at St. Paul’s Church.

I would encourage all parents to visit our website (www.hfsnorwich.com) for information about our school, including the yearly and monthly events calendar, cafeteria menu and parent/student handbook. The cafeteria prices this year will remain the same as last year. Hot lunches will cost $2.00, milk $.40 and ice cream $.75. I would also encourage all parents to visit the teachers’ webpages for important information about their child(ren)’s classes.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s teacher or me. I can be reached at 337-2207 (school) or 965-8930 (home). You can also email the staff or me. Our email addresses are the first letter of our first name followed by our last name @syrdiocese.org. For example, my email address is gchilion@syrdiocese.org.

Lastly, I’d like to thank all our parents for having the confidence and faith in Holy Family School. By enrolling your child at our school, you have allowed us to share your most precious gift, your child. Thank you for trusting us to provide your child with a sound academic education in a safe Catholic environment at the Chenango County Catholic School.

Gene