There are several new faces here at True Cross Catholic School. We are blessed to have Ms. Sandra Weber teaching First Grade, Ms. Maricela Flores teaching Physical Education to all grade levels, Ms. Veronica Freed teaching our Elementary School Music Program, Ms. Mercy Barrera teaching Middle School English, and Ms. Denese Stuart teaching Science in our Middle School. Welcome ladies! We are so happy to have you join our True Cross Family!

August Lunch Menu is now available. Use the Quick Link tab or click HERE.

You can still have this year’s school supply list shipped free right to your door with ClassBundl Supplies. We’ve partnered with ClassBundl so that you can shop pre-bundled packages online and have your child’s name-brand supplies shipped to your door! Order today at ClassBundl.com/Order or CLICK HERE

Congratulations to Jacob, Nicholas, An, Victoria and Natalie! We wish you only the best!

Please keep our Eighth Graders, their teachers, and chaperones in your prayers as they leave for Washington, D.C. this Friday.

Crusaders, we are striving for 100% Participation in Steps for Students 2017!  Mrs. Agrella has offered to all registrants an invitation to a school wide dance at the end of Catholic Schools Week!  If you are registered to participate on the Steps for Students web page by February 1, you are eligible to attend our dance February 3 at 1:00pm.  AND if 100% register, we win a week of free dress (dates to be determined by Mrs. Agrella).   Visit steps4students.org to register online.  If you have any questions or need assistance registering, please contact Tracy Sheridan at tsheridan@truecrosschurch.org or call our front office.   Please remember, if you are not able to attend the race/walk, register and choose to “snooze”.  You get credit for participation and a T-shirt and again, your money will benefit TCCS directly.

The Catholic School's Office has released the FACTS forms (formerly the PSAS Form) for the 2017-2018 school year.  These forms must be submitted by February 10, 2017.  This form must be completed and submitted to be considered for any type of financial aid.   You can find a link to the form on our Home Page under Quick Links  or www.choosecatholicschools.org.

Sunday, December 11, 2016 there will be a Pancake and Sausage Breakfast in the Cafeteria with a special guest of honor arriving at 11:00am. That’s right, Santa is coming!!! Mrs. Agrella has put in a special request to her good friend at the North Pole. Breakfast will be served after both Masses and Santa will arrive at 11:00am. Parents will have an opportunity to take photos as Santa listens to our Christmas Wishes. Friends and Family are invited! Save the date for Breakfast with Santa!!!

Parents may come by the front office during business hours to pick up yearbooks from 2015-2016. A limited number of yearbooks are available to purchase for $20.00.

If you have a Kroger Rewards Card, don't forget to make sure you are “re-linked” to True Cross Catholic School for this school year.  Our True Cross School NPO# is 84237. If you haven't already, please visit www.krogercommunityrewards.com and sign up today.  It is an effortless, year round way to give! Don’t forget your cardboard dimes! Remember to check your boxes, cans, wrappers and bags for BoxTops. Progresso Soups and Green Giant Fresh and Canned Vegetables are participating in the Box Top Program, too!

The True Cross Catholic School 2nd-5th  grade will be re-enacting the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12, 2016, 1:30pm at the True Cross Parish Hall.  Students from 4th Grade will participate in the play and students from 2nd - 5th Grade will perform the Matachines Ritual Dance.  For more information please visit our school's website, www.truecrosscatholicschool.org.  Thank you so much and let us all pray for this event and ask for our Blessed Mother’s intercession.

Class Booth Assignments are as follows: PreK 3- Fishing Pond, PreK 4- Hello Kitty Toss, Kindergarten- Small Slide, 1st -Angry Birds, 2nd- Plinko, 3rd- Ring A Drink, 4th- Large Slide, 5th- Bounce House, 6th- Obstacle Course, 7th- Pong, 8th- Confetti Eggs. Remember to please be considerate of fellow parent volunteers and show up on time, at your assigned time.  There will be a sign in sheet at your booth.  Don't forget to sign in!

The Shrine of True Cross is calling students from 2nd Grade through Middle School, to be part of the Shrine of the True Cross Children's Music Ministry. S.T.C. Children's Choir will serve every 1st Sunday of the month, 10:00am Mass. Rehearsals will be the Tuesday before the 1st Sunday of the month, from 5:30pm-6:30pm in the Parish Hall and every 1st Sunday from 9:15am-9:55am. Our first rehearsal will be on August 30, 2016. For more information, please speak with Mr. Rangel, Ms. Ward, or Mrs. Urbina.

Sunday, September 4, we celebrated our first Children’s School Liturgy of the 2016 - 2017 school year along with a reception honoring our school's 70th year! At the conclusion of Mass, the Dickinson Historical Society's Executive Director, Ms. Joan Malmrose, presented Father Larry with a certificate recognizing our school for "Seventy Years of Educating Outstanding Citizens of Galveston County, Texas." Afterward, a 70th Celebration was held in the Cafeteria complete with balloons and birthday cake! Students have free dress on Tuesday if they came to Sunday’s Mass in their full dress uniform. Thank you for celebrating with us!

Do you shop at Krogers? This is a program that allows you to share a percentage of the money you spend at Kroger buying your regular groceries back to the school. There are no actions on your part other than enrolling for a Kroger Card and signing up at the beginning of each school year. This can be done on-line, all you need is our school number and here are the step by step instructions... Visit Krogers website www.krogercommunityrewards.com. If you do not have a Kroger Community Rewards card you can sign up for one by enter- ing your zip code, clicking favorite store, enter your email address, create a password and agree to the terms and conditions. In the confirming email you receive, follow the instructions, and then edit your Kroger Community Rewards information and input your Kroger Plus card number. Update or confirm your information and enter our school’s NPO number: True Cross School NPO# 84237. When you see our school name on the right side of the page, you are sharing with us for this school year and we thank you!!!

Box Tops are a big deal here at TCCS. In the past, we were able to collect enough box tops to win a $10,000 prize! Our total earnings for box tops that school year was over $13,000! We would love to top that this year—so make sure to save your box tops! You can send them in to your child’s teacher. Every box top is worth 10 cents. So please be sure to collect as many as you can!

This year our lunches will be catered by Pomodoro's.   Remember, all lunches will need to be pre-ordered and pre-paid.  You will need to let your child's teacher know by Thursdays which days your child will be ordering for the following week.  Payment must be made by Thursday for the following week as well.   There will be no exceptions.  If an order isn't placed and/or payment is not made, you will need to make sure to send a lunch with your child.   The first week of school Ms. Ester will prepare lunch for the children. If your child will be buying lunch the first week, you must put money in their lunch account by the first day of school.  Lunch cannot be purchased otherwise.   Pomodoro's service will begin on August 15.  Therefore, your first order must be submitted and paid for by Thursday, August 11.   A menu will be emailed to you within the coming days.   The cost for lunch this year will be $4.00 for all grade levels. You can make payments on your child's lunch account on our website, by clicking on the "Pay Now" link on our Home Page, or you may come into the office or send a check with your student.

The Second Annual T.C.C.S. Crusader Classic Golf Tournament will be held in September, 2016. The beautiful Magnolia Creek Golf Course in League City has graciously offered to once again host our Crusader Classic Golf Tournament. The event will begin with an 8:30am Shotgun Start and will conclude with awards and lunch. For more information, please call 281-337-5212.

Congratulations Erika, Trinity, Debbie, Shelby, John, Lauren, Alexis, Caleb, Alex, Trent, Roman, and Harley!!!  We are extremely proud of these students and will miss them dearly!  We wish them only the best!

Congratulations Mr. Rangel and the TCCS Band on their outstanding performance at the Gator Music Festival!!! They received straight ones for both performing groups! We are so proud!