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Upcoming Events

11/28/2025
12/01/2025
  • Adoration
    12/01/2025  8:45 am - 11:15 am
    HNCS-Main-Chapel (50)

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  • White Army
    12/01/2025  3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
    HNCS-Main-Chapel (50)

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  • Parent Q&A Safety Session
    12/01/2025  6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
    HNCS-Main-Multi-Purpose Room (200)

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12/04/2025
  • All School Mass
    12/04/2025  8:45 am - 9:45 am
    HNCS-Main-Multi-Purpose Room (200)

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  • Student Life Committee Meeting
    12/04/2025  5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
    Holy Name High School - A Chesterton Academy, 2203 7th Ave S, Escanaba, MI 49829, USA

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  • Boys Basketball LCR Tournament Game - Away vs. Carney
    12/04/2025  6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    Bark River-Harris High School, W471 US Highway 2, US-41, Harris, MI 49845, USA

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12/05/2025
  • Christmas Parade
    12/05/2025  5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
    400 Block of Ludington Street, Escanaba

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12/06/2025
  • Boys Basketball LCR Tournament Championship
    12/06/2025  1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
    Carney-Nadeau Public School, 151 US-41, Carney, MI 49812, USA

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12/08/2025
  • Adoration
    12/08/2025  8:45 am - 11:15 am
    HNCS-Main-Chapel (50)

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  • White Army
    12/08/2025  3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
    HNCS-Main-Chapel (50)

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12/09/2025
12/10/2025
  • Home and School Meeting
    12/10/2025  5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
    HNCS-Main-Library Conference Room (25)

    All are welcome to join the Home and School Meetings monthly

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12/11/2025
  • All School Mass
    12/11/2025  8:45 am - 9:45 am
    HNCS-Main-Multi-Purpose Room (200)

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  • Boys Basketball Game - Home vs. North Central
    12/11/2025  6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    HNCS-Main-Gym (375)

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12/13/2025
12/15/2025
  • Adoration
    12/15/2025  8:45 am - 11:15 am
    HNCS-Main-Chapel (50)

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  • White Army
    12/15/2025  3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
    HNCS-Main-Chapel (50)

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12/16/2025
  • Make-Up Date for Christmas Concert
    12/16/2025  6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    HNCS-Main-Gym (375)

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12/18/2025
  • All School Mass
    12/18/2025  8:45 am - 9:45 am
    HNCS-Main-Multi-Purpose Room (200)

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  • High School Choir Walking Field Trip for Christmas Carols
    12/18/2025  10:00 am - 11:00 am

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12/22/2025
12/23/2025
12/24/2025
12/25/2025
  • Christmas Break
    12/22/2025 - 01/02/2026  

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  • All School Mass
    12/25/2025  8:45 am - 9:45 am
    HNCS-Main-Multi-Purpose Room (200)

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12/26/2025
12/27/2025

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Message from the Principal

January 24th, 2025|

Dear Families of Holy Name,

Catholic Schools Week starts next week. It is a great opportunity to celebrate our identity. We need to communicate a schedule change. The talent show will be held on February 28, 2025. It will give us more time to put together a strong show. In its place, students will be partaking in a classroom activity on Friday and there will be popcorn. Thank you for understanding and please put the date on the calendar.

Please look over the week’s events on our website. Open House will be held on Tuesday evening. Please bring a friend and welcome any prospective families. This date is earlier than usual. It is more scaled back. We are hoping to communicate that the Holy Name community is full of love—love for Jesus, each other, and that we want to share it with others.

The High School open house will be held on Thursday at 6pm. Any family is welcome to attend to get a taste of the beautiful things happening there.

Holy Name Catholic School had three main highlights from the parent survey. You are here because of the community, our Catholic faith, and strong academics. Any organization has room to grow and your comments and suggestions are valuable so we can improve. I see a strong foundation where Holy Name can help you as parents form their children into disciples of Jesus. Thank you for saying yes to the invitation.

I look forward to seeing you this upcoming week.

Peace and joy,

Nathan Vande Hey
Principal

News

Upcoming dates to note…

January 13th, 2023|

There are a few things coming up that we just want to make sure are on your calendar…

  • Monday, January 16th is a full day of school for Holy Name and it is a Parent Transport day
  • Wednesday, January 18th, Thursday, January 19th, and Friday, January 20th are half days of school and bussing will be available. The will not be after school care on half days. Dismissal is 12:30pm The office will close at 1:00pm those days
  • Catholic Schools week will be January 29th-Feb4th. The talent show will be on Wednesday afternoon and Market day will be Thursday after Mass.

As a reminder, you can sync the Holy Name calendar to your phone and all current events/information will be at your fingertips! Click on our website www.holynamecrusaders.com and scroll down to calendar, click on the Subscribe button and choose the calendar you wish to sync it to. This Google calendar is different than the one that simply indicates the days off. The Holy Name calendar will be updated as events come up, so we encourage you to keep connected!

Substitute Positions available

January 13th, 2023|

There are a few positions that we are looking at expanding the substitute list.

We would like substitutes for lunch and recess. This would be inside or outside and the timeframe would be 11:00-1:00.

We would like substitutes for aid positions. As an aid, you would simply be assisting the main teacher with the students in different capacities, The hours vary greatly on this as there are many different aid schedules.

We are looking for a substitute janitor. As a substitute, the task list would be more brief than the full job description, but here is the full job description to give an idea of what that may look like…

Responsibilities
The general maintenance responsibilities intertwine and overlap with those of the maintenance manager and
are not exclusive to one position or the other. These responsibilities include but are not limited to:
 Models Christian faith and values
 Daily general cleaning in the classrooms, offices, and public areas (bathrooms, library, chapel, gym,
locker rooms, foyers, etc) as outlined in the expectations
 Set up for weekly Mass and special programs as needed
 Maintain custodial equipment
 Report repairs as needed to maintenance manager
 Assist in planning and implementing vacation time cleaning and maintenance projects
 Stripping and waxing the floors
 Snow removal in the late afternoon/evening as needed
 May assist on projects outside of building as requested by maintenance manager and/or principal
Minimum Qualifications
 Possess good organizational skills
 Be self-motivated, patient, and acceptable to changes in the workplace
 Must be in adequate health and physical condition to handle heavy manual tasks including lifting up to
80 pounds and ability to climb ladders
 Must complete VIRTUS Protecting God’s Children workshop within 60 days of hire
 Before hiring, must be able to be fingerprinted and pass a background check
 Possess a valid driver’s license

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Expectations
• To maintain absolute confidentiality of personal and confidential information in recognition of the privacy of
others, including fellow employees, students, volunteers, and others, at all times, and in both professional
and social situations
• To conduct oneself with dignity and respect for fellow employees, students, volunteers, and others, as more
fully described in Non-contracted Employees of Personnel Policies Index, section 4220
• To punch in and out for work shift using the time clock; failure to punch in or out will result in not being paid
for the shift for which the punched time was missed

All of these substitute positions are hourly rate. If you are interested and want to be limited to only be available certain day or hours, we can work with that. Feel free to reach out by calling the office at 906-786-7550 or by email at office@holynamecrusaders.com

Talent Show

January 6th, 2023|

Wednesday, February 1st  will be the Talent Show as part of Catholic Schools Week.

You can sign up in the office or simply print off the form below and hand it in to the office. It will be wonderful to see all of the talents of our students at              Holy Name Catholic School!

Talent show sign-up 2023

Parent Transport days and Christmas Break

December 16th, 2022|

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (December 19, 20, 21) are parent transport days-no busing available.

Christmas Break starts on Thursday, December 22nd and kids will return to school on Tuesday, January 3rd.

Gift Cards Available

December 16th, 2022|

Christmas is almost here!!!

Don’t know what to get your niece or nephew who just got his license?

Advance Auto Parts $25, Brian’s Auto Glass (oil change), Mobil/Exxon $50, Pioneer Quick Lube (oil change)

Your family member who just had a baby or is simply always busy? Provide them dinner!

Dobber’s Pasties, Domino’s Pizza, Little Caesar’s

What about that person who just got a new pet?

Bay Veterinary Clinic $50 or $100

How about that hard to buy for friend?

iTunes $15 or $25

Give a shopping spree or weekend getaway in Green Bay!

Best Western, Choice Hotels, Applebees, Red Lobster, Old Navy/Gap

See us in the office at Holy Name for these and more gift cards. They make great Christmas gifts; let us be your one stop shop for all your gift card needs!

(Maurices, Sav-Mor, Sayklly’s, Hereford & Hops, L.L. Bean, Land’s End)

Boys Basketball Pictures & Year End Party

December 16th, 2022|

Hi all. First off, thanks to everyone… especially our players for another great boys basketball season. Both teams played their hearts out this year, and they should be very proud of their success.

Parents, thanks for all your help and support throughout the season. I love the enthusiasm that everyone at Holy Name has for school sports. It is definitely worth cherishing and nurturing in these times of travel and club sports. Also, a shoutout to Brian Parlato for all the time he gave to the boys helping coach during practice and during games.

So, for our end of season, we will finally be doing pictures…. Monday, December 19th after school. Then we’ll have a pizza party for the players until about 4:30… then we’d like to have a parents (moms and dads) vs. players basketball game until at least 6pm. (We might stand a chance after they’re full of pizza and pop). Nobody needs to bring anything, it’s just to have some fun… thx again. See you all on the 19th.

Go Crusaders!