Dear Parents and Guardians,

Welcome back!  I hope that you enjoyed a wonderful Easter and spring break with your families.  Now that we are back, please make note of the important school events and some changes and additions to the school calendar.

 

                                 Wednesday, May 1               Gr. 6 Field Trip Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island               All Day

                                                                             Home and School Association Meeting                      7:00PM

                                 Thursday, May 2                   iSing Competition (Choir)

                                                                            Youth Retreat Center – Kearny                                  11:30AM

                                 Friday, May 3                       Kindergarten Field Trip-Imagine That!                        All Day

                                            First Friday Mass – St. Ann Church                            10:00AM

                                                                            Trimester III Progress Reports

                                                                             HCA Talent Show                                                      6:30PM

                                 Monday, May 6                    Ava Kauffmann –Principal for a Day!

                                            Traveling Farm (Quiver Farm)                                     All Day

                                                                            All classes will be scheduled to attend

                                Tuesday, May 7                    Teacher Appreciation Day

                                                                             PK-2 Field Day – JFK Field                                        9:00-11:30

                                Wednesday, May 8               No School for Students

                                                                            Teacher Professional Development Day

                                Thursday, May 9                   Gr. 3-8 Field Day                                                        9:00-11:30

                                Friday, May 10                     HSA Teacher Appreciation Day Breakfast                     7:45AM

                                            HCA Choir performance at the Cathedral

                                            Basilica of the Sacred Heart                                     7:30PM​

Monday, May 13                   Field Day rain date

Wednesday May 15-            Grade 8 Washington DC Trip                                   7:00AM Depart

Friday, May 17                                                                                                    11:00PM Return

Wednesday, May 15             HFA –Ben and Jerry’s teacher scoopers                   6:00PM

                                Thursday, May 16                 Gr. 7 Scholastic Olympics –Marist HS                       3:30PM

                                Monday, May 20                   Pre-K Field Trip to the Central Park Zoo                   All day

                                                                             Grade 3 Field Trip to the American                           All Day

                                             Museum of Natural History

Tuesday, May 21                   Campus Ministry Senior Prom                                  6:30PM

Wednesday, May 22             HCA Choir Spring Concert                                         7:00PM

Thursday, May 23                 Memorial Day Prayer Service – HCA Gym                8:15AM

                                             Parents invited

                                             Gr. 7 Philadelphia field trip                         All day

Friday, May 24                      No School

Monday, May 27                   Memorial Day No school

Wednesday, May 29-             Gr. 6-8 Final Exams

Friday, May 31                     

Thursday, May 30                 Ascension Thursday/May Crowning Mass   10:00AM

                                            St. Ann Church-Parents invited

Friday, May 31                     $2 Dress Down Day

                                            Gr. 3 Science Fair –HCA Gym                        1:30PM

                                            Graduation Dance (Gr. 7-8)                           6:00PM

Saturday, June 1                   5K Race Pier A Park  Registration                  7:00AM​                                                                                          

Monday, June 3                     Grade 8 Retreat Youth Retreat Center          All Day

Tuesday, June 4                    Art Show                                                      6:00PM

Wednesday, June 5               Sports Awards Assembly                              9:30AM

Thursday, June 6                  PK Moving Up Ceremony                               9:00AM

                                            Kinder Moving–up Ceremony                         1:00PM

                                            Home and School Association Social Mtg.       7:00PM

Friday, June 7                       Baccalaureate Mass -St. Ann                          10:00AM

                                            Deloitte and Touche Impact Day                      9:00-2:30 PM

Saturday, June 8                   Grade 8 Graduation- St. Ann                           10:00 A

Wednesday, June 12            Half Day                                                         12:00- Dismissal

                                           Last day – PK and K

                                           Free Dress Down day

                                           Aftercare available

Thursday, June 13               Half-Day Gr. 1-7                                            12:00 Dismissal

                                           Honor Roll Assembly                                     8:15AM

                                           Class parties

Aftercare available

Friday, June 14                    Last Day Students                                         12:00 Dismissal

                                           No Aftercare

• HCA Choir CD’s are available for sale and it is outstanding.  Order forms went home before Easter and will be posted on our website.  The CD’s are $15 and feature our amazing choir under the direction of Laurie Campana with special guest performances by HCA alums Nora Jacobi and Nanki Nagpaul.
• Iowa Test results will be made available to us within the next week or so and will be sent home as soon as we can following our debriefing at the schools’ office in Newark.
• Our Field Days are scheduled for next week and we still need some volunteers for the upper grade day on the 9^th.  Parents of students in grades 3-8 are needed.  Please contact the school office or Donna Murphy if you are able to help.
• Our second annual talent show will take place this Friday evening and I am sure it will be amazing.  In addition to our incredibly talented students, there will be a guest appearance by the band Council!  Spots are still available, so please join us if you are able.
• On Wednesday evening, May 15th, Ms. Molino, Ms. Rambaran, Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. Fitzgibbons will be scooping ice cream at Ben and Jerry’s on Washington Street in support of the Hoboken Family Alliance’s special program to raise funds for their summer bicycle camp.  Please come out that evening at 6:00 and order up some ice cream from our amazing teachers!

Thank you and God Bless you!

Sincerely,

Matthew McGrath