HAVE A BLESSED THANKSGIVING!
PLEASE CLICK THE PICTURE BELOW TO VIEW A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM BROTHER STANLEY CULOTTA, CSC, MD, PRESIDENT.
WALL OUT THE TEACHER
This morning our Holy Cross student’s participated in our annual Wall Out the Teacher event. Today ended our month long food drive by having all the homeroom classes build a wall of cans to see which class had the most.
The Food Drive was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who participated!!
GOURMET DEEP DISH PIE FUNDRAISER
The Freshmen Class is having a Gourmet Deep Dish Pie Fundraiser! The Fundraiser began on Friday, November 21 and will run to December 5, 2014 when orders and money will be due. This is a pre-paid fundraiser so please ensure to collect the money when each order is placed. Thank you for supporting the Class of 2018!!
The types of Pies and Costs are as followed:
Cost: $15.00
1. Apple Crumb Pie
2. Banana Nut Cream Pie
3. Cherry Pie
4. Chcoco Loco Cream Pie
5. Coconut Cream Pie
6. Country Apple Pie
7. French Filled Cream Pie
8. Lemon Cream Pie
9. Peach Pie
10. Pecan Pie
11. Pumpkin Pie
12. Strawberry Cheesecake Pie
Cost $20.00
1. Cheesecake Variety- Includes (4) different flavors of cheesecake so you can try them all!
-Chocolate, New York Style, Turtle, and Strawberry Swirl.
** Please make checks payable to: Holy Cross High School
For Questions or more information please contact: Dorothy Silva at 210-255-7593
Freshmen Fundraiser Flyer
BROTHER STANLEYS’ CARICATURE UNVEILED AT THE PALM RESTAURANT
On Tuesday, November 11, 2014 Brother Stanleys’ Caricature was unveiled at The Palm Restaurant. The experience was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Impelman who were the silent auction winners of the restaurant package at this years Fourth Annual President’s Blue & Gold Gala. The package included lunch and a personalized caricature. The Impleman’s gifted the experience to Brother Stanley whose caricature is now proudly displayed alongside Brother Daniel Durigs’ Caricature.
Today, Principal Galindo attended a special breakfast hosted by Archbishop Gustavo Siller.
Attendees of the breakfast were the Archbishop, the Superintendent, Mrs. Marti West, and all of the area principals from the Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of San Antonio.
Thank you for your leadership, Archbishop Siller and Superintendent West.
FRESHMEN THEOLOGY STUDENTS CREATE FREE STANDING CHURCH STRUCTURES
Mr. Foreman’s Freshmen Theology Class, was challenged to make the tallest, free standing church structures, only using marshmallows and spaghetti as materials. The students competed against each other to determine who could make the tallest structure. The photos below show the class winners.
HOLY CROSS ALUMNUS ELECTED TO THE EDGEWOOD SCHOOL BOARD
Congratulations to Alumnus, Dr. Eddie Muzquiz Rodriguez , Class of 1984, for being elected to the Edgewood School Board. After attending Edgewood ISD Schools, H.K. Williams Elementary and Gus Garcia Jr. High School, Dr. Rodriguez came to Holy Cross. After graduating from Holy Cross he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from St. Mary’s University in 1989. He continued to work in the Edgewood ISD for 25 years in multiple positions: a substitute teacher, Science Teacher at Wrenn Middle School and Math & Science Academy (John F. Kennedy High School); Curriculum Specialist; and Administrator of the Toltech T-STEM Academy of Memorial High School. Dr. Rodriguez played an instrumental role in writing the grant for the eight-classroom Science Lab Building at Kennedy High School and the six-classroom Science Lab Building at Memorial High School. In 2001, he earned in Master’s Degree in Education, with emphasis in Curriculum and Instruction (in Integrated Science Instruction K-12), from Our Lady of the Lake University. Dr. Rodriguez received has Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Education Administration from Texas A&M University, College Station in 2012. Currently, Dr. Rodriguez is working as the Principal of the Harlandale ISD STEM Early College High School-Alamo Colleges at Palo Alto, which is the first STEM Early College High School in a large metropolitan area in Texas and the first in San Antonio. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Texas A&M University-San Antonio, he teaches a Secondary Science Methods Course.
Accomplishments:
Congratulations Dr. Rodriguez!!
Congratulations to our football team for their 43-22 playoff win over Pantego Christian. Come and support them in the next round of the playoffs.
DETAILS
What: State Football Quarterfinals vs Fort Worth Christian
When: Friday, November 21, 7:00pm
Where: Georgetown ISD Stadium in Georgetown, Tx (2275 N Austin Ave, Georgetown, Tx 78626)
GOOD LUCK KNIGHTS!!
MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM FEATURED IN THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS
Congratulations to our Holy Cross Middle School Football Team for being selected as one of the Ancira All-Star Youth Sports & Outdoors Honorees. The Middle School Football Team was featured in the Sunday, November16, 2014 Sports section. To view the feature, please pick up a copy of this past Sunday’s San Antonio Express-News.