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Back to School: August 2024

Back to School Guide

The Back to School Guide contains all of the information you will need to prepare for the upcoming school year; including the textbook and materials link, school events page, orientation dates, uniform ordering information, and more! We require all families to read through the information in the Back to School Guide together.
 
Back to School Guide
 
Families will be receiving their students’ Class List through an automated email from Powerschool. The Class List will show all of the classes the student is scheduled to take during the 24-25 school year. We do our best to build a class schedule for students that align with their high school requirements and their chosen elective list. Students can request a schedule change with the counseling beginning Monday, August 12th through Thursday, August 22nd. Students will receive their class schedules (includes blocks, rooms numbers, and teacher names) at our All Family Orientation.
Families can determine which textbooks and materials need ordering through the Textbooks and Materials Page
 
Use your students’ Class List to determine the courses that may require textbooks. If Holy Names is providing a textbook for a course, it will not show up on the Textbooks and Materials Page. If a family is unable to purchase a textbook out of financial hardship, please reach out to the school Librarian.

Monday, August 12th

9:00am to 3:30pm


The First Year Orientation is a required event for all first-year students. It gives first years an opportunity to review important information about their first year of school and build community together with our Student Ambassadors! This is a student-only orientation and parents can drop their students off on the back campus between 8:30 and 9:00am.

Tuesday, August 13th

8:00am to 12:30pm

 
The All Family Orientation is a required event and we ask that at least one parent attend with their student. The All Family Orientation gives Holy Names and family members the opportunity to build community, share important information about the school year, answer questions, and most importantly discuss the “whys” and “hows” of student programming throughout the year. We will be sharing an updated Fundraising Guidelines document and discussing ways we have improved the parent volunteer program. Parking will be available on the back campus.
 
In addition to the community building components of Orientation, students will receive their schedules, planners, chromebooks, and have their picture taken. Parents will receive their Powerschool and Schoology directions, and will be asked to complete the emergency card (hard copy) for their student.
Click to view the 2024/25 Holy Names Academic Planner.  A printed version will be given to each student at Orientation.
 
Back to School Guide
Per Bay Area Conference (BAC) guidelines, all new and returning students participating in athletic programming (including try-outs) must submit two documents to the HNHS Athletic Office on or before August 12th:

1. Sports Packet
2. Doctor's Physical (given the turnaround time of appointments, we encourage families to schedule physicals with their healthcare provider as early as possible)
 
Visit Athletics to download the Medical Form and Sports Packet.
It is important that our Registrar's Office has a record of your child’s immunizations and proof of age (Birth Certificate). Per the state of California, these documents are required to be on file before your child can attend school. If you have not already done so, please email this information to our Registrar, Ms. Anna Good, at [email protected].
The Senior Portrait Sessions will be held August 8th starting at 8:30am.