Holy Family LEGO Leagues Provide Real World Science Application, Problem-Solving Opportunities
Though LEGOs typically bring about memories of Christmases past spent building newly received sets, the participants of FIRST LEGO League do not build your typical, stationary creations. Guided by adult coaches, LEGO League teams apply science, technology, engineering, and math concepts plus a heavy emphasis on imagination to design, test, and build a robot and…
Read MoreAn Announcement from Carol Trueg
Monday, February 25, 2019 To the Holy Family community: It is with mixed emotions I have submitted my resignation, effective June 30, to the Holy Family Board of Education, as my husband, Mike, has accepted a transfer to Palm Springs, California. I am excited for this new adventure (and to escape winter weather), but…
Read MoreWitness for Christ in the Nuclear Family
A reflection on Holy Family’s 2018-2019 school year theme – Witness for Christ. Mazzuchelli and Wahlert teachers (and siblings), Jolene (Berning) Belken ’93 and Tim Berning ’94, share experiences from their childhood and their memories of growing up in a family whose strong faith taught them to Witness for Christ. Our parents, John…
Read MoreMentoring in Personalized Learning
In Personalized Learning, mentoring is defined as the weekly, one-to-one connection between a student and an assigned adult in the school. The pair uses a rigorous and customized set of tools to set goals, determine strategies, reflect on successes and setbacks. The content of these mentoring conversations is generalized so that students can see how…
Read MoreWitness for Christ
A reflection on our 2018-2019 school year theme – Witness for Christ. Fr. Tom McDermott, pastor of St. Columbkille and St. Joseph the Worker parishes in Dubuque, shares his perspective on Holy Family’s 2018-2019 school year theme, Witness for Christ, and his suggestions for the ways in which we each might witness for Christ…
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