Admissions

The goal of Holy Family Parish School is to promote academic success as well as the spiritual and emotional well being of our students in an environment of care and support.

The Right Place
When you walk through the doors at Holy Family School, you'll know it's the right place for your child's education. Our school is large enough to provide outstanding academic opportunities and small enough to give each student individual attention. The principal knows every child by name. Students in all grades interact. Younger children have "Guardian Angels" from the upper grades. Older students look after the younger ones just like a family. And our test scores consistently rank Holy Family among the top Catholic schools in the state.

Join the "Family"
You need not be a member of Holy Family Parish to attend its school, but we ask that you schedule a tour, which includes meeting the principal. To schedule your appointment, contact the school office at 414-332-8175. Our recruitment director will be happy to meet with you.

Spiritual & Emotional Growth
Holy Family students learn much more than academics. They're taught gospel values and given opportunities to experience living these values firsthand. Our faith is the building block of our school community. Our families work, play and pray together.

Religion is an academic subject as well as the foundation for all programs at the school. Moral standards based in the Catholic tradition are incorporated throughout the curriculum and school day. All students study religion daily and attend Mass weekly. Our youngest attend Mass with their "Guardian Angels." School-wide and individual class service projects provide opportunities for community service and outreach.

Our organizational opportunities encourage active and healthy development as well. Students are able to participate in: campus ministry, dramatic productions, instrumental music and band, interscholastic sports, scouting, student council and the Guardian Angel program.

Academic Excellence
Read what area high schools have said about us. Click here. (Hyper link to HS Letters)

All Holy Family teachers have postgraduate training and many have masters degrees. The school features specialty teachers in Computers, Art, Music, Spanish, Physical Education and Library. Foreign language instruction is a standard for grades 1 through 8. Music, gym, art classes and computer instruction are part of the curriculum for grades K-4 through 8.

Holy Family Parish School implemented a new state-of-the-art science curriculum in the 2001-2002 school year. The elementary program is based on the Full Option Science System (FOSS) curriculum, which was revised and updated in 2000. The focus of FOSS is on challenging, hands-on investigations in the life, earth, and physical sciences and the development of critical thinking skills. This curriculum is regarded highly and promoted widely by scientists and educators because of its alignment with the National Science Education Standards and other nationally recognized guidelines for best practices in science instruction and assessment. Holy Family's Middle School was the first school in the Milwaukee area to adopt the Foss middle school curriculum, which was published for the first time in 2000 after five years of national field testing. The Middle School science program uses a combination of the FOSS middle school units and curriculum from Science and Technology Concepts for Middle School. The Holy Family laboratory was completely updated during the 2001-2002 school year to accommodate the state-of-the-art equipment and materials required for teaching this program. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article.

Nurturing and Supporting
Holy Family School strives to live up to its name and live the ideal by modeling itself after the "Holy Family." One way to exemplify this is through the Guardian Angel program which pairs older students with younger students. Guardian Angels sit with each other at liturgies and other school events, make cards for each other, share shoe box meals and pray for each other. Additionally, the Learning Connection enhances students abilities, talents and creativity through reinforcement and enrichment activities. Individual tutoring is available for students in grades 1 through 5.

Holy Family Parish School does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender or national origin.