News Archive

Staff and students took the time this week to remember all those in our Canadian armed forces who have made sacrifices to better our lives. #hfaAllTheWay #ctrcatholic

Please view our November newsletter here:

We had a great Halloween at HFA! #hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic

2024/2025 Yearbooks are in! Yearbooks were sent home today with students who ordered them. #hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic #jostensyearbook

Tomorrow is Halloween! Students are welcome to wear costumes to school. Costumes must be elementary school appropriate (no blood, weapons, 'scary' masks, etc). As well, students must be able to get in and out of their costumes on their own.

Pizza Night!!! 🍕 Tomorrow night, Friday, Sept.26th, Papa John's is helping HFA School Council fundraise by generously offering 15% off any regular priced menu item (with code 15HFA) and our school Council will also recieve 15% back in funds! What a great way to help support our School Council as well as enjoy a tasty supper! #HFAAllTheWay #HFASchoolCouncil

Mr. Mercado loves boomwhackers and got the staff of HFA to play a song! Do you know what popular song we're playing? *hint* if you dont know, ask your children! #HFAalltheway #ctrcatholic #musicteacher #boomwhackers #golden #kpopdemonhunters

The Who's Who of HFA: The Mama's! 👶 This week we are introducing the amazing staff of Holy Family Academy. Here are the HFA mamas currently on maternity leave: Mrs. Samson, Mrs. Glessman, Mrs. Volschenk, Mrs. Bird, and Mrs. Amundson.

The Who's Who of HFA: Grade Three 😎 This week we are introducing the amazing staff at Holy Family Academy. Meet the grade three team: Mrs. Hackett-Pardy, Mrs. Conners, Mrs. Deis, Mr. Mercado, and Mr. Westin. #hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic

The Who's Who of HFA: Grade Two! ✌️ This week we are introducing the amazing staff at Holy Family Academy! Meet the Two-rific team! Mrs. Deveaux, Mr. Newman, Miss. Hope and Mrs. Owolabi. #HFAalltheway #ctrcatholic

The Who's Who of HFA: Grade One-derful 🌻 This week we are introducing the amazing staff at Holy Family Academy. Meet the grade 1 team: Mrs. Paragas, Mrs. Seibel, Mrs. Kazimir and Miss. Gilborn. #HFAalltheway #ctrcatholic

The Who's Who of HFA: Librarian 📚 and Family School Liason Worker 🧸 This week we are introducing the amazing staff at Holy Family Academy! These are our Librarian, Mrs. Hauck, and our FSLW, Mrs. Dyck. #HFAalltheway #ctrcatholic

The Who's Who of HFA: Educational Assistants & Learning Support 🥰 The week we are introducing the amazing staff at HFA! These are the Educational Assistants: Mrs. Risdale, Mrs. K. Kinniburgh, Mrs. Hodder, Mrs. Judson, Ms. Stroh, Mrs. A. Kinniburgh, Mrs. King and our learning support co-ordinator, Mrs. Boyd.

The Who's Who of HFA: The Office 🏤 This week we are introducing the amazing staff at Holy Family Academy. Meet our amazing Office Team! Mike Fleck- Principal Tracy Hauck- Admin assistant Beth Larson- Vice Principal Joyce Allones- Receptionist

The Who's Who of HFA: The Fab 4 🤩 This week we are introducing the amazing staff at Holy Family Academy! Meet the grade 4 teachers: Mrs. Longhurst, Miss. Hartling, Miss. Connor and Mrs. Endersby.

The Who's Who of HFA: Kindergarten! 🍎 This week we are introducing the amazing staff that make HFA so amazing! Meet the Kindergarten team: Mrs. Fleck, Mrs. Lubbers, Mrs. Suasin and Miss. Risdale!

The Who's Who of HFA: The Specialists 🌟 This week we are introducing the amazing staff that make HFA so amazing! Meet the specialist team! Mrs. Villarreal: Numeracy Miss. Reid: EAL Mr. Lunn: Physical Education Mrs. Nelson: EAL Mrs. Sieberer: EAL

Mr. Fleck was challenged to name staff members based on only hearing their voice. How do you think he did?! #hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic

Click here to read our September Newsletter

Please remember that there are NO KINDERGARTEN CLASSES tomorrow (Wednesday, September 3rd) at Holy Family Academy.

Happy Friday, Holy Family Academy! Please remember that dismissal is at 12:05 pm today, and every Friday.

We have had an amazing first day of school! Please remember that it always takes longer for the busses to leave the school for the first few days. Thank you for your patience.

Is your HFA student anxious about the first day of school on Thursday because they don't know who their teacher is or where their classroom is located? Do you want to skip the morning school traffic/busses first day of school? Is your child taking the bus on the first day and you're worried about them taking the bus with all of their supplies?! Well, dont worry! HFA has their open house this Wednesday from 11:30am-1pm. You can drop off school supplies, find your child's classroom/teacher, and meet the amazing staff! #HFAallTheWay #HFAopenhouse

All set for next week?!? If not, here are the school supplies needed for the 2025/2026 school year!

Happy last day of school! Today our teachers feel like parents do on the first day of school 😉 Please join us if you are able, from 12:20-1:00 today for our Family Picnic. Please remember to let the office know if you are taking your child home after the picnic. Wishing you all a blessed and safe summer!

Please check out our lost and found before the last day of school - thanks!

We are hiring! We are looking for a Division 1 Homeroom teacher. This is a full-time position starting August 20, 2025. Submit your resume to humanresources@redeemer.ab.ca

The grade 3/4 drama club has been working really hard under the direction of Ms. Hope and Ms. Conners the last couple of months. Drama club members are acting in a series of short skits of fractured fairytales. Anyone is welcome to attend these performances and parents are encouraged to stay, but if unable to do so, they must ensure their child is picked up by 5:45. HFA students are excited for their own viewing of the plays tomorrow morning. #hfaAllTheWay #ctrcatholic #HFAdramaclub

Mrs. Seibel's grade one class made Metis inspired dot art in celebration of Indigenous Peoples month. Beautiful work 1S! #hfaAllTheWay #CTRcatholic

Please click here to view our June newsletter. Thank you as always for all of your support this school year!

Congratulations to our HFA award winners. These staff members were nominated by their fellow co-workers at Holy Family Academy and recognized last night at the CTR awards dinner. Lindsey Seibel won 'Excellence in Teaching,' Tammy Hodder 'The Power of One,'and Christian Mercado 'Above and Beyond.' We are blessed to have them in our school! #hfaAllTheWay #CTRcatholic

Tomorrow is Cultural Diveristy Day at HFA! Students are encouraged to wear traditional clothing from their culture or the colors of their cultural flag(s). #HFAallTheWay #CTRcatholic #CulturalDiversityDay2025

There's only a few more days to order Pizza Hut hot lunch this month! Click on this link to order: https://tinyurl.com/mrnfm89v #HFAallTheWay #HFAschoolCouncil

Today we celebrate Mrs. Deis our HFA Communications Expert! Thank you!

It's Spirit Wear day tomorrow! Wear your HFA swag or our school colors (blue/green). #HFAallTheWay #CTRcatholic

Tomorrow, students can wear hats to show support for mental health! #HFAallTheWay #CTRcatholic #HatsOnForMentalHealth

Happy Principal's Day to Mr. Fleck and Mrs. Larson. Hope you had an excellent day! Thank you for all that you do to make HFA such an amazing place ❤️ #HFAallTheWay #CTRcatholic #principalsDay

Haven't ordered your 2024-2025 yearbook yet? You still have time! Don't miss out on this year's school memories! This is the last day to order, so head onto School Cash Online to order your yearbook today! #hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic #jostensyearbook

Please click here to read our April newsletter!

Father Eli spent some time with Mrs. Fleck's kindergarten class. He told us the story of the Prodigal Son and then answered our questions- “was God born” “why did Jesus have to die” “did Jesus have a brother." Thank you for spending time and teaching us Father Eli! #HFAallTheWay #ctrcatholic #stmarysbrooks

We LOVE pizza, yes we do, we LOVE pizza, how about you?!? Help support HFA School Council this SATURDAY, March. 29th, by ordering Papa John's pizza! 🍕 #hfaalltheway #papajohnsBrooks #hfaschoolcouncil

HFA is so blessed to have Sister Clarisse, and other members of the @seedsoftheword_calgary, come and talk to classes about what it's like to be a nun/brother and commit yourself to God. 🙏🏼✝️ They also spent time with our local @stmarysbrooks parish. #HfaAllTheWay #ctrcatholic #hfaFaith

Mrs Nelson’s Language Arts class has been busy learning about different types of figurative language. Today they played Scoot to test their skills #HFAallTheWay #CTRcatholic

Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day! 🍀 #HFAallTheWay

4Smit, KFleck and KLubbers made leprechaun traps today! ☘️ #HFAallTheWay #CTRcatholic

Please click here to read our March newsletter!

Ready for a Friday morning workout with your child? 🏃‍♀️🤸‍♂️💪👟 As we have entered the Lenten Season, we would like to invite you to join us on Friday Mornings in our gymnasium for an active Stations of the Cross. From 8:00 am until 8:30 am, please join us in the gym with your child. If you can’t make it right at 8:00, please join in the gym whenever you can make it, and stay for as long as you are able. When you arrive, please choose a station to start at that is least busy (they are indicated by white posters with purple borders on the gym wall). We will spend about a minute and a half at each station. While there, there is a prayer for your small group to recite and then there is an exercise or an activity to do for the remainder of the time so that in some small way our students, parents, and staff can get a bit tired or uncomfortable as Jesus was. If you prefer to substitute any of the suggested exercises, feel free as well. We will host these stations of the cross five times during lent, tomorrow morning - March 7th, and then again on March 14th, March 28th, April 4th, and April 11th.

HFA celebrated Shrove Tuesday yesterday. 🥞 Thank you so much to parent volunteers and the Knights of Columbus for making pancakes for the whole school! ##hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic

HFA had a beautiful Winter Walk yesterday! Many students also wore pink to support taking a stand against bullying. #hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic #winterwalk2025

Psssssssst! 👂 Did you hear?!? HFA School Council is hosting a Read-A-Thon fundraiser event from February 14th - March 10th. Fundraising packages were sent home before the break. If you wish to partake in this fundraiser, simply set a reading goal with your child and have family, neighbour's, friends, etc, donate money to encourage them to meet their readings goals. Make sure your dontation form, along with any funds donated, are returned to your child's teacher by March 10th. Happy reading! 📚📖 #hfaalltheway #hfaschoolcouncil #ctrcatholic

Tomorrow is both the Winter Walk AND wear pink to stand against bullying. Our Winter Walk begins at 1:15 and family members are welcome to join and get fresh winter air as they walk with their student. #HFAallTheWay #CTRcatholic #seaofpink #winterwalk2025

Congratulations to Andrew Lunn! Holy Family Academy is proud to recognize Andrew Lunn as our Christian Witness Award Winner for 2024-25! Andrew lives out his faith daily, sharing his joy and wisdom with students and staff. Whether he’s leading in Lectio Devina, or setting up for masses, rosary, and liturgies, Andrew’s dedication to faith formation is truly remarkable. Beyond the classroom, he mentors students, supports colleagues, and always lends a helping hand - whether it’s covering a class, jump-starting a car, or carrying a teacher’s water jug! His kindness, service, and unwavering faith make him a blessing to our school community. Congratulations, Andrew! Your commitment to faith and service shines brightly at HFA!

Congratulations to all of the Christian Witness Award recipients, especially HFA's Mr. Lunn! 👏✝️

Curious where the HFA teachers have been the past two days? We've been at Faith Days in Okotoks!

Grade 2 Bakesale this week!!! 🍰🥧🍪🍩 Funds from this bakesale will help off-set the increased cost to attend The Royal Tyrell Museum this year. #hfaalltheway #hfaBakesale

The HFA School Council does so much for our staff and students. Did you know they help fundraise to support our year-end student fieldtrips?! Every time you buy hot lunch or order from a fundraiser, you help contribute to the amazing fieldtrips students go on in May/June. #hfaschoolcouncil #hfaalltheway

School Council will be holding a hot lunch on Thursday February 27th, 2025 with food from Dairy Queen. We have moved to online ordering only, cash and checks will NOT be accepted. Please enter your online order by Thursday, February 13th. Visit: https://tinyurl.com/2remnp4k or scan the QR code bellow. Due to the ordering and purchasing of food and supplies, late orders cannot be accepted, sorry for any inconvenience. Once you place your order and have completed payment, you will receive a confirmation email which means the order has gone through. #HFAallTheWay #HFAschoolCouncil

🥛🍪The grade threes raised $490 through their 'Milk and Cookies' fundraiser this week! Thank you to all who bought milk and cookies as well as School Council for donating the cookies. #hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic #hfaschoolcouncil

Dear HFA Parents, Please click here to view our February HFA newsletter

Tomorrow is a busy day at HFA! Not only is it the 100th Day of school, but it's also Spiritwear Day and Professor Wow is coming to show amazing feats of science in our assembly! #HFAalltheWay #CTRcatholic #hfaspecialdays

Deliciousness Alert! 🥛🍪 The grade three's are hosting a fundraiser this week to help offset increased costs to attend the Calgary Zoo this year. 🦛🦁🦍 Bringing $2 on either Tuesday, or Wednesday, of this week will earn you a special treat of milk & cookies on Friday! #HFAallTheWay #HFAfundraising #milkandcookies

Mrs. Conners is holding a HUGE collection of valentines for the "Valentines for Vets" grade 3 good works project. ❤️ https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/classroom/valentines-for-veterans #hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic

We would like to thank Homestyle Concessions for our Hotlunch of hotdogs/taco-in-a-bag on Monday. School Council was able to raise $140 towards fieldtrips! https://www.facebook.com/homestyle.concessions.ab #hfaalltheway #hfaschoolcouncil

HFA ADDRESSES CONCERNS WITH STUDENTS’ ONLINE LIVES: HFA delivers lessons in Grades 4 that teach students responsible use of technology and addresses the impacts of screen time and smartphone use on their wellbeing. The initiative #Relationships In a Digital Age, is promoted at HFA. #hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic

HFA OFFERS ADVANCED LITERACY PROGRAMS COMBINED WITH LITERACY AND NUMERACY INTERVENTION: HFA provides early intervention for students in the areas of literacy and numeracy. HFA has numerous programs to support literacy such as Enhanced Reading, Early Reading Intervention, and Readers’ and Writers’ Workshop. #HFAallTheWay #CTRcatholic

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEADS TO STUDENT LEARNING: HFA provides opportunities for staff to enhance their professional development on a regular basis. Have you heard of CLCs? Every Friday afternoon teachers and support staff engage in professional learning through the team-based Catholic Learning Communities (CLCs) professional learning process. #HFAallTheWay #ctrcatholic

CTR HAS A COMPREHENSIVE STAFF WELLNESS INITIATIVE: CTR is committed to staff wellness through supports, benefits, and regular check-ins with all staff. 92% of staff are satisfied with the school and school division’s leaders’ commitment to improve their personal wellness. We know that healthy teachers support the development of healthy students. Our commitment to our staff is also a commitment to our students. #HFAallTheWay #CTRcatholic

HFA STUDENTS ARE COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE: HFA guides all students to appreciate the goodness of all creation and to meet the challenges of life with hope and confidence. Parents of students in Grade 4, 7 and 10 are encouraged to fill out the Alberta Education Assurance Survey online beginning in January. Parents will receive a letter in the mail with a unique online code to complete the survey.

We are sooooo blessed to have amazing educational assistants at Holy Family Academy. These lovely ladies bring so much support and joy to all of the students in our school. May we send extra prayers and blessings to them on Educational Assistants Day! #HfaallTheWay #ctrcatholic

The HFA Family Glow Dance is tonight! #HFAallTheWay #HFAschoolCouncil

HFA HAS A DYNAMIC PHYS ED PROGRAM: HFA students learn the value of physical education as they build their skill level through the instruction of a specialized physical education instructor. Students are offered an intra-mural program throughout the school year. #HFAAllTheWay #CTRcatholic

Grade 4MD students have been harnessing the power of static electricity, using it as a non-contact force to make objects move… like magic! #hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic #hfaScience

It's time for our Family Dance!!! 🕺🌟 On January 16, 2024 our School Council will be holding a family dance from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM. We’re excited to light up the night together at our Family Glow Dance! To make the most of the glowing fun, we encourage everyone to wear white or light-colored clothing—the brighter, the better! This will help you shine under the lights and be part of the glowing experience. We can't wait to dance the night away with you! School council is asking for donations of cookies to provide as a snack during the dance. Cookies need to be store bought (Oreos, etc) and must be nut free. If you are interested in donating cookies for our dance please drop them off or send them to the school with your student by Tuesday, January 14th. Thank you so much for your kind donations. We hope to see you at the dance!

Mrs. Larson has been working with some of our Grade 4 students to establish a monthly HFA Newspaper. Our team of roving reporters has been writing and submitting articles for your reading pleasure. Please see attached, Edition 1.01 of The Grade 4 Forum - HFA’s own student created newspaper!

Hot lunch forms due this Friday! The HFA School Council will be holding another Hot Lunch on January, 27th, with food from a local vendor. Ordering is ONLINE ONLY, no cash or cheques will be accepted. please click on the link or use the QR code to order. https://tinyurl.com/ym7cskwh #HFAallTheWay #HFAschoolCouncil

Parent Council is asking for nut free cookie donations for our Family Dance. If you are able to donate, please drop off at the school office by Tuesday, January 14th. Thank you for your generosity!

Please view our January newsletter. May you all be blessed in the New Year 2025!

Great Learning Starts at Holy Family Academy! Register today for kindergarten! Students must be five years of age for kindergarten by Dec. 31, 2025. Registration in our kindergarten program guarantees placement in Grade 1 and beyond. All students are welcome! Visit our Drop-In Kindergarten Open House on Tuesday, Feb. 4 from 9 am to 4:30 pm. You do not have to be registered at our school to attend the open house. Come by and see what we have to offer at Holy Family Academy! Our kindergarten programs help to build strong foundations in learning, faith, and community. 💖 🙏 Every child is unique, and we nurture their development spiritually, emotionally, and academically. Let your child’s educational journey begin with us. 🌟 Register Today! Call 403-362-8001 or visit our website at www.holyfamily.redeemer.ab.ca for full registration information. Click on Register at the top. Space is limited!

It's Jersey and/or Spiritwear Day this Thursday! #HFAallTheWay #ctrcatholic

Happy New Year! Please join us online tonight for our January Parent Council meeting at 7:00 pm.

Help support your parent council on Friday - and have some pizza for lunch or supper! Just order from Papa John’s and use the code HFA15 for 15 % off your order.

We made it!!!! May everyone have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! #HFAallTheWay #CTRcatholic

Mrs. Fleck's kindergarten class has been enjoying (and spreading), holiday cheer! #HFAallTheWay #ctrcatholic

STUDENTS IN HOLY FAMILY ACADEMY EXCEL ACADEMICALLY: According to recent survey results, parents are highly satisfied with the education quality at HFA. HFA’s commitment to academic excellence is proven by these results. HFA’s Education Quality results were 97.0% compared to the provincial average of 87.6%. #hfaAllTheWay #CTRcatholic

HFA HAS SMALL CLASS SIZES! HFA’s average class size is 23.3 which helps with more support, one-on-one or small group work and better overall learning. #HFAalltheway #ctrcatholic

We had several HFA students submit artwork this year. Maybe next year we'll take the win! Congrats to this years' winner from Holy Spirit Academy in High River.

PARENT, STUDENT, AND STAFF SATISFACTION RATES ARE AT 93.3%: Alberta’s average satisfaction rate is 84%. These superb satisfaction rates demonstrate HFA’s commitment to academic excellence in welcoming and caring learning environments. Parents of students in Grades 4, 7 and 10 are encouraged to fill out the Alberta Education Assurance Survey online. The survey will be available in the new year.

👀A surprise reader came into a few classes today to read a Christmas story. 📚🎄 Many students remember Mrs. Bonoroa fondly from when she was the librarian at our school. We are so blessed when she comes to visit. #hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic

HOLY FAMILY ACADEMY offers publicly-funded Catholic education. ✝️ There is no cost to attend our school! Register today! https://holyfamily.redeemer.ab.ca #HFAallTheWay #ctrcatholic

🎄🎄Christmas Concert!!!🎄🎄 On Thursday, December 12th, students will be performing at the HFA Christmas concert from 6:30-7:30 in the CTK/SJC gym. Students are to be there between 6:00 - 6:15, entering at the CTK main doors. Please make sure students are dressed in formal or festive clothing (no faded blue jeans). Our students have been working so hard on all of their songs! 🎶🎶🎶 #hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic

HFA HAS INVOLVED PARENTS! Our parental involvement satisfaction rate is 92.3%. Alberta’s average is 79.5%. HFA is committed to engaging its parents and prospective holders in a variety of ways to ensure involvement and influence as the primary educators of their children. Parents of students in Grade 4, 7 and 10 are encouraged to fill out the Alberta Education Assurance Survey online beginning in January. Parents will receive a letter in the mail with a unique online code to complete the survey. #HFAallTheWay #CTRcatholic

Click here to read our December Newsletter!