Dear Families of Holy Name, A word of thanks for all the prayer warriors in this community. The students have been praying daily for Trish DeGrand as she gets her treatments. If you have prayer requests, please share them so we can pray for them as well. We are wrapping up our shadow day visits [...]
Dear Families of Holy Name, The Veterans’ Day program was a tremendous success. The poems, songs, cards, and love for our veterans was evident. It was a beautiful and an emotional experience for those that attended. I heard positive comments from the people that attended, facebook, television, and friends of Holy Name that heard [...]
Dear Families of Holy Name, It is the end of quarter one. I had the opportunity to see many of our parents and students come to conferences. This is an important time to reflect on your child’s progress. Examining habits may be difficult, but one cannot change and stay the same. Every child is [...]
Dear Families of Holy Name, We are looking for someone to help co coach a chess club. If you are interested, please contact the office. It has been a short week and everyone has been working hard and the results are showing. At convocation yesterday, I heard Psalm 23 recited and a poem on DeSoto. [...]
Dear Families of Holy Name, A big congratulations to our 8th grade girls on their basketball conference championship last night in Carney. They came together as a team to win it. We are so proud of their efforts. A huge thank you to coaches Tony Derkos and Lori Jurek. Yes the girls learned the skills [...]
Oct 10, 2024 Dear Families of Holy Name, This has been a full week. I was able to attend the Pregnancy Services banquet and the Life Chain event along the highway. It is such an important mission to not only speak for the babies, but also to support women and families in need. Holy Name [...]
Dear Families of Holy Name, Students in grades 7 and 8 have a great opportunity to take Logic as part of their Catholic classical education. Students focus on fallacies used in arguments. They will be armed with ways to see through an argument that may not be true. Oftentimes people will use “ad hominem” [...]
Sept 19, 2024 Dear Families of Holy Name, This week we heard positive feedback from our teachers regarding our classical initiatives. The seventh grade class recently participated in a picture study of St. John the Baptist. It involved quietly studying the work of art and the story it was telling. It builds self control, self [...]
Principal’s Message: Sept 12, 2024 Dear Families of Holy Name, This week marked another 9/11 anniversary.  I had a brother who lived in New York City at the time and witnessed the destruction first hand.  There are many of you who are likely too young to remember that day.  There was a lot of fear [...]
September 6, 2024 Dear Families of Holy Name, We had our all school Holy Mass yesterday in honor of the Holy Spirit. It was a joy to have the Chesterton students join us. The Chestertonians started their year on retreat last week and were able to encounter Jesus outside of the rat race of life [...]
