News Archive

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We are so proud to announce that this years' HFA Christian Witness Award goes to 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁 Mrs. Coralee Lubbers! Thank you for being such an amazing witness to those little kinders in your class as well as to all the other staff and students who's lives you have touched here at HFA over the years 💗 #HFAallTheWay #ctrcatholic

Don't forget to wear pink tomorrow! #hfaAllTheWay #ctrcatholic #seaofpink

Reminding all HFA families that there is no school this week. Classes resume next Monday, Feb.23, 2026. Happy Family Day! #hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic

Mrs. Longhurst’s class wrapped up their Olympics unit with a very special guest — Mr. Fleck, an official torch bearer from the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver! Students learned about the history of the torch relay, the application process, and even got to see his actual torch and official outfit. Such a cool and inspiring way to bring their learning to life! 🔥🏅 #hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic

HFA Staff dance to onenof the top songs of thebuear they started teaching or working in education. #hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic #theyearyoustartedteaching #teachers

Mrs. Fleck's kindergarten class competed in their very own Olympic games today! That plate curling sure looks fun 🥌🏒#hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic

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On Wednesday we celebrated Family Literacy Day at HFA! Classes buddied up and read together and some classes had special reading activities and guests. It was a great day to celebrate Literacy! 🎉📚 #hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic #hfaliteracy

On Thursday we celebrated the end of our literacy month of "Scoops for Stories." It was a huge success and we'd like to thank everyone who was a part of it for making the day great! A huge THANK YOU to the Brook Bandits for helping us celebrate Literacy Month in the sweetest way possible! 🍨 #hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic #brooksbandits

Tonight is the HFA family dance! Students and their family members are invited to come out between 5:30-7:00 and join in the fun. There will be milk and cookies for refreshments. Thank you to the HFA School Council for hosting this fun event every year! #hfaAllTheWay #HFAschoolCouncil

Today was a special day in Kindergarten. It was 'Dress In What Makes You Happy' Day!🌞 What would you have worn today if you were in kindergarten? 🤔 #hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic #hfaspecialdays

Members of the Brooks Bandits helped spread the School (and hockey 🏒) spirit this Thursday to help kick off our literacy month. #hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic #brooksbandits

Please click here to read our January Newsletter:

Merry Christmas from all of us at Holy Family Academy! #hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic #merrychristmas

It's almost time for Christmas break! School is closed Dec.20th until January 4th. Classes resume Jan. 5, 2026! #hfaallTheWay #CTRcatholic

Due to the extreme weather conditions that are forecast (see the earlier email from Christ the Redeemer regarding bussing this afternoon), we will need to CANCEL the 6:30 Christmas Concert for Grade 1 and 3 this evening. I encourage all who are able to attend the 1:30pm show. We will also be recording the 1:30pm show and make this available to our Grade 1 and 3 families after the show to watch in the safety and comfort of your own homes.

🎄✨ Holy Family Academy Christmas Door Decorating Contest! ✨🎄 Our halls are looking extra festive! 🎅🎨 Each classroom has decorated their door with Christmas cheer, and now it’s time for YOU to help us choose a winner for the 'People’s Choice Award.' Voting is easy: 👍 Like the photo of the door you love the most. 💬 Comment on the picture to show your support The door with the most love will take home the award! 🎁 Our esteemed judges have already made their winning selections; can't wait to see if you choose the same one(s) for the People’s Choice Award! Thank you for celebrating the creativity and Christmas spirit of our Holy Family Academy students and staff. Merry Christmas and happy voting! 🎄✨ #hfaAllTheWay #CTRcatholic #doordecoratingcontest

Wow! Holy Family Academy students helped collect 385 food items for the Brooks Food Bank during our Advent food drive last week. Thank you to all of the families who donated items. Miss. Connor's grade 4 class helped collect items, and for every 5 items, they put a 'present' under the tree. #HFAallTheWay #CTRcatholic

📚✨ Read-A-Thon Success! ✨📚 A huge thank you to all our amazing Holy Family Academy students and families! Our School Council–led Read-a-Thon was a fantastic success, and together we raised an incredible $9,635.10! 🎉 We are so proud of all the dedicated readers who spent time diving into books, sharing stories, and showing their love of learning. Your enthusiasm and support mean so much to our school community. 💙 Thank you for reading, cheering, and helping us make this fundraiser such a meaningful event. Way to go, HFA family! 👏📖💛 #hfaAllTheWay #ctrcatholic #hfaschoolcouncil

School Council and Boston Pizza are working together for our December hot lunch! 🔥 Hot lunch forms are due next week! Don't miss out! Click below or scan the QR code: https:/tinyurl.com/34mvejeh #hfaalltheway #ctrcatholic #hfaschoolcouncil

Superintendent Dr. Holowka visited HFA last week and the grade 3 team snagged a selfie with her! #hfaAllTheWay #CTRcatholic

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

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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