HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC ACADEMY Calendar for 2017-2018 (Events and dates are subject to change with the Principal's approval) AUGUST 1 Tue Office Hours 8am-4pm 972-255-0205 6 Sun Back to School Swim Party Aquatic Center 3701 Conflans Rd. 10am -2pm 7-11 Mo-Fr Faculty In-Service 13 Sun Open House after 10:00 Mass for all Parents and students 14 Mon First Day of School Early Dismissal at 12:00 noon, NO AFTER CARE & NO LUNCH PROVIDED. 16 Wed Parent Meeting for grades PK-K at 6:30pm in Parish Hall 17 Thu Parent Meeting for grades 1 & 2 at 6:30pm in Parish Hall 18 Fri Parent Meeting for grade 3 at 6:30pm in Parish Hall 22 Tue Parent Meeting for grades 4 & 5 at 6:30pm in Parish Hall 23 Wed Parent Meeting for grades 6-8 at 6:30pm in Parish Hall
31 Thu PTO Pot Luck at 6:30pm in Parish Hall SEPTEMBER 4 Mon NO SCHOOL - All school holiday - Labor Day 10 Sun All School Mass/Breakfast Food Sale 29 Fri Early Dismissal at 12:00 noon NO AFTER CARE 30 Sat Parish Festival OCTOBER 1 Sun Parish Festival 2 Mon NO SCHOOL 9-13 Mon- Fri ITBS Testing 15 Sun All School Mass/Food Sale 20 Fri NO SCHOOL UD Ministry Conference 27 Fri NO SCHOOL Parent Teacher Conferences
31 Tue Halloween Parties at 2:30 NOVEMBER 1 Wed All Saints Day 2 Thu All Souls Day 12 Sun All School Mass/Food Sale 15 Wed Progress Reports go home 16 Thu Thanksgiving Luncheon 21 Tue Early Dismissal at 12 noon No Lunch - NO AFTER CARE 22-24 Wed- Fri Thanksgiving Holiday 28 Tue Picture Retakes, and Class Pictures 29 Wed 1 st and 2 nd Grades Field Trip 30 Thu A Christmas Carol play starring our Middle School students at 7:00 in the Parish Hall PTO Meeting after the play
DECEMBER 2 Sat Irving Christmas Parade 3 Sun Parish Breakfast with Santa 7 Thu Spirit Day 8 Fri Feast of the Immaculate Conception 9 Sat Santa Paws Walk/Run 8 a.m. 12 Tue Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (All School Mass 8:00) 13 Thu HFCA- Spelling Bee 14 Thu Confessions for Grades 3-5 15 Fri Christ Child Toy Mass 8:00 a.m. Christmas Program in the church at 6:30 p.m. 19 Tue Christmas Parties at 11:00 Early Dismissal 12:00 noon, No lunch, NO AFTER CARE Teacher planning & in-service 20-4 Wed- Thu Christmas Vacation
JANUARY 3 Wed Faculty Retreat 4 Thu School Resumes for Students 15 Mon NO SCHOOL MLK Day 28 Sun Open House 11am 2pm 28-2 Sun- Sat Catholic Schools Week FEBRUARY 2 Fri Early Dismissal at 12 noon - After care provided 12 Tue Valentines Parties at 2:30 13 Wed Ash Wednesday 19 Mon NO SCHOOL President s Day 23 Fri Early Dismissal at 12 noon After care provided 24 Sat HFCA Gala
MARCH 1 Thu Open House 9am 2pm 9 Fri Early Dismissal at 12:00 noon Teacher in service after care provided 12-16 Mon- Fri Spring Break 23 Fri Live Stations of the Cross in the Church at 2:30 and 7:00 25 Sun Palm Sunday 29 Thu NO SCHOOL Holy Thursday 30 Fri NO SCHOOL Good Friday APRIL 2 Mon NO SCHOOL (Inclement Weather Day) 4 Wed Report Cards go home 5 Thu Spirit Day 6 Fri Third Grading Period and Monthly Virtue Awards
7 Sat Garden Clean up 9:00 12:00 First Communion 8 Sun Divine Mercy Sunday 10 Tue Spring Pictures 11 Wed Science Projects Due Second Grade Field Trip to University of Dallas Art Assembly 12 Thu PTO Meeting 6:30 PreK and K presentation Science projects will be displayed 13-15 Fri- Sun Confirmation Retreat 14 Sat Mayere Tillman Walk, Centennial Park, Irving 8:30 17 Tue Robotics Competition at St. Monica 18 Wed Third Grade Field Trip to Arboretum 19 Thu Confessions 2 nd -5 th Grades Fall Festival Meeting 7:00 21 Sat Confirmation Practice 9:00-1:00
Bishop s Pro-Life Dinner 23 Mon Book Author Pidge presentation to PreK thru 5 th grades 24 Tue First and Second Grade Field Trip to Arboretum 25 Wed PreK-Kindergarten Field Trip to Butterfly Gardens 26 Thu 6 th -8 th Confessions 28 Sat Confirmation 5:30 Mass MAY 1 Tue Risse Brothers Uniform Sale 3-7 No more library books may be checked out and all checked out books need to be returned prior to the 14 th 3 Thu 8 th Grade Play (Dress rehearsal at 1:30, Dinner at 6:00, Play at 7:00) 4 Fri May Crowning after 8:00 am Mass 5 Sat State PSIA competition at TCU 6-12 Family Promise Week Teacher Appreciation Week
8 Tue Teacher Appreciation Day at HFCA 11 Fri Sports Banquet at 6:30 pm (a Pot Luck event) 14 Mon Library Closes for the School Year, All library books need to be returned before this date 17 Thu Spring Musical (Second thru Fourth Grades will perform Sermon on the Mound 18 Fri Last Day for After Care 22 Tue Church Townhall Meeting 7:00-9:00 24 Thu PreK-Kinder Field Day 8 th Grade Farewell at 2:00 25 Fri Last Day for Pre-K and Kindergarten Kindergarten Graduation at 10:00 8th grade graduation in church at 5:30 pm 28 Mon NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day Holiday 30 Wed Field Day Dismissal at 1:00 31 Thu Last Day of School