Accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

• Staff E-Maill

Welcome to
Holy Name of Jesus School
"The Best Kept Secret in Brooklyn"

For Your Information...

School Hours
All Children, in Grades Pre-K 3-8 are to report to the schoolyard at 7:55 AM.  Children are considered late if they arrive after 8:05 AM.  Dismissal is at 2:40 PM every day except Wednesday when the children are dismissed at 12:30 PM.

School Calendars
Distributed monthly and contain important information regarding upcoming events, fund-raising activities, testing schedules and early dismissals/days off.

Fund Raising
is necessary in order to provide a quality education for every child while maintaining reasonable tuition fees. Each family is asked to pledge themselves to financially supporting the fund raising activities during the course of the school year.  All other Fund raisers, such as wrap sales, raffle sales, Jean Days, and Bake Sales are strictly optional but participation is fully encouraged.

Special Content Classes
include Library, Physical Education, Music, Computer for grades Pre-K to 8th, Art and Spanish for grades 1-8.

Service Hours
are a requirement for every family.  Thirty hours of service are mandatory or an additional fee of $300.00 will be imposed.  There are numerous service opportunities to fulfill this requirement throughout the school year.  All volunteers MUST be Virtus trained.  Holy Name of Jesus School will make training sessions available at the beginning of the school year.  Information will be sent home on the training sessions once they are formulated. 

Transportation
Metro Cards are provided for students who use public transportation to travel to school.  Presently, we have many yellow bus lines servicing our school with the possibility of more for next year depending upon the home addresses of our enrollment.  Transportation is based on the Department of Pupil Transportation guidelines.

The Uniform Code
 

All school uniforms are provided through IDEAL Department Store.

Girls – Grade 1-5:    * Green/Blue plaid jumper with white shirt with a Peter Pan collar (short/long sleeves),

* Navy award sweater with white v-neck stripe, and

* Navy knee sock/tights with black or navy tied/buckled shoes.

 Girls - Grades 6 -8: * Green/Blue plaid pleated skirt with white insignia shirt (short/long sleeves),

 * Navy long sleeve V-neck pullover sweater, and

 * Navy knee socks/tights with black/navy tied/buckled shoes.

 Boys – Grades 1- 8: * Navy trousers with white insignia shirt (short/long sleeves),

 * Navy award sweater with emblem/ V-neck sweater, and

 * Black or navy tied shoes.

 Pre-K & Kdgn.    All children will wear Holy Name Sweatshirts/Tee Shirts, HNS Sweatpants, and sneakers.

 Absolutely NO sneakers are to be worn with the Normal School Uniform. Sneakers can only be worn with the Gym Uniform or on Dress Down Day.

After School
The Holy Name After School supervised activities for students from dismissal time until 6:00PM.  There is an additional fee for this service.