House T-shirts should be coming home soon for K-8 students!

Help needed in the early childhood late pick-up extended care program.

Learn how you can use your gifts and talents to help Holy Spirit continue to improve!

Learn more about the academic late work policy in junior high and the expectations for lavatory use!

Learn more about how to purchase a 2018-2019 yearbook!

Learn more about how we plan to change the look and feel of our building to better reflect our mission and the education/faith formation of our students.

The Spotlight on the Spirit shines brightly on Mrs. Maureen Lawson, please click here to read about her!

Aloha, Holy Spirit Families!

We hope you will hula on over and join our RCS family for Family Fun Night, a luau-themed evening of food, games, prizes, and music, presented by the St. John/St. Pius HSA.

Event information: Thursday, January 31, 2019, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the St. Pius X gym and cafeteria 

• Pizza, salad, fruit, and desserts served until 7 p.m.
• Dancing, face-painting, and bingo
• Preschool coloring and toys for younger kids
• Festive attire encouraged

Buy tickets in advance here for $5 per person, or $20 for a family of 4-6 people. Kids 3 & under are free. Or, buy tickets at the door for $6 per person.

Please direct questions to: 

• Angie Igel at bigel@charter.net
• Deanna Deutsch at deanna.deutsch@gmail.com
• Sara Messina at sara.messina@gmail.com

Join hundreds of other middle school youth from around the Rochester area for service projects, games, prayer, snacks, inflatables, DJ/dancing and other fun! Friends are welcome!

Our theme this year is SEEK! 

Cost will be $15 per person if register on or before 1/24, after 1/24 cost will be $20 per person.

Please click here for the registration form. You may turn completed forms in to the church office.  Friends welcome! This year's city-wide event will be at Pax Christi.

This event is sponsored by Unite Ministries-  which is composed of youth ministry coordinators from area parishes working collaboratively.  

Please click here for information on Lion King auditions and the registration form. 

Please, Please, Please!

Pull forward as far as possible in the car line - all the way to the last orange cone if you are the first car.

Slow down in the parking lot.

Stay in line - follow the car in front of you, don't drive around another car.

Calling all scientists!  Holy Spirit's annual Science Fair is scheduled for January 31, 2019.  The Science Fair is open to all students in grades K-8.  Students in grades 6-8 have already been working hard on their projects, and are already registered through Mrs. Vincent.  Students in grades K-5 can register athttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-holy-spirit-science-fair-registration-53463230963The deadline to register is January 14th!
Many helpers are needed to make the Science Fair a successful event.  Parents, grandparents, and others can sign up to help out at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f094ca9ab2ba2ff2-2019
Please contact the Science Fair committee at hspscifair@gmail.com with any questions or comments.

As the 2019-2020 academic year is quickly approaching, it is time to confirm your child(ren)’s enrollment for next year. Please note there is an important change in this year’s Re-enrollment Process - all families are asked to return the Rochester Catholic Schools Family Data Form enclosed in the Re-enrollment Packet to help provide more efficiency to the system and the most accurate projection for the 2019-2020 school year.

You will receive your family’s Re-enrollment Packet in the mail within the next few days. If everything is accurate, please sign and return in the enclosed envelope. If information needs updating, including adding additional children, please make changes directly on the form, sign, and return in the enclosed envelope.

Please feel free to contact the RCS Admissions Office at (507) 424-1817 if you have any questions.

Lourdes High School is hosting an 8th Grade visit on 1/24/2019 from 9:00am-11:45am. Transportation is provided for all 8th Graders within the RCS District.

8th Grade Parent Night will be on 2/13/2019 at 6:30pm in the LHS Auditorium.

We look forward to seeing everyone!

Rochester Catholic Schools is excited to announce that we will be offering our Summer Care program beginning June 10 - August 23 with three or five day options. 

Completion of the registration form, along with payment of a $75 non-refundable deposit per family to be applied toward your first week of care, will secure your child(ren)'s spot in the summer care program. Registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Limited space available. 

If you have any questions prior to registering, please contact Dean Kinnoin, RCS Childcare & Preschool Coordinator, at (507) 282-5161 or dkinnoin@rcsmn.org. We are looking forward to another fun and exciting summer!

Rochester Catholic Schools Junior High Bands (grades 5-8) will present their Winter Concert on Tuesday, January 22nd at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium at Lourdes High School.  Paper copies of a note about the concert went home before Christmas and there is a link to these notes included here. Please look at the note to see when your child will need to be at Lourdes for their concert rehearsals.  If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Hanson at whanson@rcsmn.org.

5-6 Concert Note
7-8 Concert Note

There will be no practice for Grades 4-8 In-House and Traveling basketball teams on Monday, January 21 and Monday, February 18.  Please see website for updated schedules.

Please visit the Youth Basketball webpage to see updated practice schedules beginning January 14.  

This Saturday, January 12 from 9:00-11:30 am and 1:00-3:30 pm at Mayo High School (2nd Floor) the Rochester Symphony will host HONK SQUEAK SCRATCH BOOM!

Participation is FREE and students receive hands-on mini-lessons from Rochester Symphony Orchestra musicians while sampling a variety of string, wind, brass and percussion instruments. Each student has the opportunity to try at least ten different instruments of their choosing. Click here to learn more!   

Stop by the Activities Office or before any Lourdes Athletic event to purchase your 2018-2019 All Sports Ticket.  The All Sports Ticket is $50 for 10 punches.  This is good for admission to regular season home games.