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Who We Are
Holy Family - St. Mary's Catholic School prides itself on individualized learning, strong faith-based education, and fostering strong relationships between the school and home. Our students learn leadership skills by leading weekly mass and treating others just as Jesus would.
We are a small school with big results. We offer a quality education experience where we educate the whole child - BODY, MIND, and, SPIRIT. While we are fortunate to live in a community of good schools, at Holy Family - St. Mary's, we integrate faith, service, and education to provide your child with a one-of-a-kind education.
HFSM students are encouraged to grow in their faith, service, and spirituality. Formal religion is taught in the classrooms, and priests from Holy Family and St. Mary's Catholic Churches come in once a week to meet with our students. We have a weekly student-led school Mass which many parents and parish members choose to attend because of the inspiration it provides for each of us. Our goal is to help our students apply their faith to their daily lives.
We have an amazing school community. Our families are very involved with the school, which creates a fun and supportive atmosphere where families know and care about one another. In addition to regular academics and faith education, our students receive training in the arts, music, health, physical education, and technology.
We are a small school with big results. We offer a quality education experience where we educate the whole child - BODY, MIND, and, SPIRIT. While we are fortunate to live in a community of good schools, at Holy Family - St. Mary's, we integrate faith, service, and education to provide your child with a one-of-a-kind education.
HFSM students are encouraged to grow in their faith, service, and spirituality. Formal religion is taught in the classrooms, and priests from Holy Family and St. Mary's Catholic Churches come in once a week to meet with our students. We have a weekly student-led school Mass which many parents and parish members choose to attend because of the inspiration it provides for each of us. Our goal is to help our students apply their faith to their daily lives.
We have an amazing school community. Our families are very involved with the school, which creates a fun and supportive atmosphere where families know and care about one another. In addition to regular academics and faith education, our students receive training in the arts, music, health, physical education, and technology.
We feel that all the public schools in Grand Forks are very good schools, and our children would get a quality education in any of them, just as they are at Holy Family. However, Holy Family just always goes above and beyond with providing living examples and showing our children how to live their lives in true Christian fashion. We feel comfortable in knowing that the morals and values we are teaching at home get echoed and even enhanced in what they are being taught in school by the amazing staff that teach and work there.
With so many things available to lead children astray, corrupt and fill their minds with negativity and impurity, and more or less take the joy and innocence of childhood away from them, it is wonderful to know that they are attending school in an environment that helps us counter that."
HFSM Parents - Brooks and Heather Binstock
Accreditations
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We are accredited by COGNIA and the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA). We use the same curriculum guidelines that our North Dakota public schools use, but we seize the opportunity to incorporate Christian and Catholic Values into our curriculum. Our experienced teaching staff is highly qualified and very passionate about educating our student sin both academics and faith.
History
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Holy Family Catholic School was established in 1961 as an extension of Holy Family Catholic Church. The school opened to 275 students in grades 2-8 in September 1962. The Sisters of Saint Francis from Hankinson, ND and two laywomen ran and lived at the school. As the years passed, Kindergarten and 1st grade were added and grades 6-8 were put in middle schools.
St. Mary's Catholic School opened in February 1929 as an extension of St. Mary's Catholic Church and served the Grand Forks community for 75 years. The Saint Joseph nuns served St. Mary's School when the school opened. Over the years there were 70 nuns who taught and 16 Saint Joseph's principals. Saint Mary's School colors were purple and gold. In 2005, Holy Family Catholic School and St. Mary's Catholic School merged to become the HFSM School we know today. When the former St. Mary's Saints joined the Holy Family Cardinals, the halo was added to the cardinal mascot to represent the joining of the two schools. The former St. Mary's School building now houses St. Mary's Early Childhood Center. 
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Student Faith Building Activities
Students start each day with a school-wide morning prayer. The students receive grade level religious curriculum and sacramental preparation. Students receive weekly visits from a member of the clergy. Each week we celebrate a student-led Mass. The students each spend a few minutes of their time during our First Friday of the month Adoration in the church along with monthly rosary prayer. During Lent our students lead stations of the cross. Our students have many, many more opportunities to learn about and practice their virtues and faith.
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Student Enrichment & Character Development
Students have the opportunity to participate in band during 5th grade. Piano and orchestra lessons are also available to students at an extra cost. VEX Robotics is offered to students grades 4 & 5. The entire school participates in the Christmas Program and Spring Music program, along with all Catholic Schools Week activities. Intramural sports are available throughout the year. We will have a Lego Club available for grades 2nd through 3rd. The Knights of Columbus and Catholic Daughters offer a variety of competitions throughout the year, including a free throw contest, poetry, essay, art, computer art and coloring contest.
Our 5th grade student counsel are the leaders of the school. The 5th grade class elects each member to a position. Our student counsel sponsors/hosts fun events throughout the year! This teaches are students to become natural leaders.
Each classroom participates in daily class meetings and has the opportunity of full class and individual counseling that teaches social, emotional, and self growth. Each day encompasses a teaching of Christian behavior.
Our 5th grade student counsel are the leaders of the school. The 5th grade class elects each member to a position. Our student counsel sponsors/hosts fun events throughout the year! This teaches are students to become natural leaders.
Each classroom participates in daily class meetings and has the opportunity of full class and individual counseling that teaches social, emotional, and self growth. Each day encompasses a teaching of Christian behavior.