| Holy Redeemer Calendar |
This Week's Events
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| Excellence in Education with the Power of Faith |
 Holy Redeemer School in College Park, Maryland, was opened September 1, 1931, by the Sisters of Providence. We are a Catholic community committed to providing quality education within a Christian environment. The school offers an educational program for pre-Kindergarten through Eighth Grade that is designed to respect the dignity of all students, recognize individual differences, and promote social justice and other Gospel values as integral elements of Christian living. Holy Redeemer School promotes structure and discipline as an aspect of moral guidance while providing opportunities to worship, to learn, and to grow in character.
We affirm the role of parents as primary educators. Holy Redeemer School strives to support parents by encouraging and motivating their children to realize their potential for academic excellence, creativity, self-discipline, spirituality, physical fitness, and social awareness.
We owe much of our success to our faculty whose dedication and commitment to excellence is key to the success of our students. We are proud to announce that the Archdiocese of Washington named our own 8th grade teacher, Ms. Jennifer Eller, the 2008-2009 Catholic Elementary School Teacher of the Year. Ms. Eller was chosen from more than 1,600 Catholic school teachers.
- Maryland Charity Campaign: Designation Number-2903
- United Way: Designation Number-8733
- Combined Federal Campaign: Designation Number-65279
- Giant Bonus Bucks: Designation Number-00458
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| From the Principal's Desk Mar 2010 |
Dear Parents and Students,
The Blizzard of 2010 is over and the snow is almost melted. Holy Redeemer School is back in action as we prepare for the third quarter and Terra Nova standardized testing.
Congratulations to our 8th graders on their high school acceptances. All students were accepted into the first or second school of their choice. The directors of admissions spoke very highly of our candidates and congratulated us on their academic preparation. Many of our students received academic and fine arts scholarships. Please join me in congratulating our graduating Class of 2010.
The members of our National Junior Honor Society continue to demonstrate academic excellence. Every Thursday, NJHS students give up their recess time to tutor grades K through 8. They also sell ice cream at both lunch periods every day and serve as Holy Redeemer Ambassadors, as they give tours of the school to prospective parents during our Open Houses. The National Junior Honor Society Induction Ceremony and dinner will take place on Friday, March 5th. Congratulations to all the new inductees. Holy Redeemer appreciates....
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| Thursday Folder 3-4-10 |
Has your student given you this week’s Thursday folder? This yellow folder comes home every week with all students with flyers and important information from school.
This is what came home on Mar 4
For grades 3-8:
To see what came home previously, click on the Thursday Folder menu item on the left of your screen.
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| Pre-K Opening in the Fall |
 Exciting news! Holy Redeemer will offer a Pre-Kindergarten program (for 4 yr olds) for the first time this fall. Our proposal for a Pre-K program was passed unanimously by the Catholic Schools Board of Education!
We are currently accepting registrations for Pre-K. There are still a few openings, so call right away. Siblings of current HRS families will have first priority in the new Pre-K program. Please spread the word that we are now taking registrations for Pre-K and also for our Kindergarten thru 8th grade classes.
New families can find more information by clicking the Registration link on the left of this webpage.
 Please to send in "Campbell's Soup" labels. These labels allow for bonus points for the school. We will use the labels to purchase items for the new Pre-K room.
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| Box Tops for Education |
 Thank you for your continued support of the box tops for education program. Mrs. Dyer, our Art Teacher, was able to purchase over 200 lbs. of clay for our students as a result of this program.
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| Make-up Dates for Snow Days |
Holy Redeemer will make up time lost to snow days by canceling a teacher professional development day and extending 5 half-days to full days. Easter vacation and the last day of school will not be affected. See all the details in the Plan for Recovery of Lost Instructional Time, which went home Fri, 2/26/2010.
Please change your calendars to reflect the following:
Mar 12 -- now a full day for students (professional development day was canceled)
Five half days will now be full days with regular 2:50 dismissals:
- Mar 10
- Apr 14
- Apr 28
- May 12
- Jun 2
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| School Raises over $1200 for Haiti |
Our students were moved by the many images of suffering in Haiti, and reached out to help and to give hope. Student Council and National Junior Honor Society worked together to raise funds for Haiti by sponsoring a dress down day. Each student was asked to bring $1 or more. Our 240 student brought in more than $1200.00 toward the Haitian Relief program at Catholic Relief Services. We will continue to collect money over the next few months, and each morning our entire school has been saying a special prayer for our brothers and sisters in Haiti.
The next Mission Dress Down Day to benefit Earthquake relief efforts in Haiti and Chile will be March 10.
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