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Lower School Field Day: March 13, 2026
Spring Break: March 16-20, 2026
Yearbook Order Deadline: April 3, 2026
2025-2026 QUICK VIEW SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR
March Snapshot:
March 6, 2026 - Junior & Senior Prom tickets now on sale | Purchase tickets here
March 7, 2026 - Lower School Mother-Son Event | 10am-12pm | Amber Brooke Farms
March 7, 2026 - HCLM Crawfish Boil | Purchase tickets here
March 6-7, 2026 - HCLA Theatre presents Godspell the Musical | Purchase tickets here
March 12, 2026 - N.U.T.S Day
March 13, 2026 - End of 3rd Quarter
March 13, 2026 - Lower School Field Day at Upper Campus | See details below
March 16-20, 2026 - Spring Break | No School
March 23, 2026 - Beginning of 4th Quarter
March 27, 2026 - La Dolce Vita Sip & Bid | Buy your tickets here
📣Click here to submit your Step Up Award ID to finance📣
Dear HCLA families,
It is hard to believe we are quickly approaching the final quarter of the school year—it has truly been a wonderful season of growth, achievement, and joyful moments across every grade level! Time flies when you are joyfully serving students, sharing Christ's love and doing meaningful work together in our school community!
At Holy Cross Lutheran Academy, we are continually grateful for the faith, partnership, and generosity of our families. As we approach our annual fundraiser, I want to thank you in advance for your prayerful consideration and support. As the final touches are prepared for our special event, our hearts soar with abundant gratefulness! Proceeds from our annual fundraiser, this year’s Sip & Bid, will go toward the addition of a covered walkway at our lower campus and an official scoreboard and field lighting at our upper campus.
Your generosity directly enriches our School Growth Plan—strengthening academic excellence, expanding programs, enhancing campus resources, and deepening the Christ-centered mission that guides all we do. Because of you, we are able to invest not only in facilities and programs, but in the spiritual and academic formation of every child entrusted to our care.
Thank you for believing in our mission and for walking alongside us as we continue to grow and serve. Together, we are building something lasting for our students and for God’s glory.
With great gratitude,
Cindy Moon
Executive Director- Holy Cross Lutheran Academy
🦞 ANNUAL CRAWFISH BOIL 🦞
Purchase your tickets here. This is a fundraiser for high school youth to help offset the cost of their Summer Mission Trip to North Carolina. This is a fun night with all you can eat crawfish, shrimp, potatoes and corn.
March 7th at 5:00pm
960 Paul Hoyer Way
Lake Mary
Lower School Field Day: Friday, March 13th
Field Day will be Friday, March 13, 2026 at the HCLA Upper Campus.
Address: 100 Aero Ln., Sanford, FL 32771
Normal school hours.
This event is for Lower Campus, Kindergarten - 5th Grade.
VPK will remain on Lower Campus as usual.
Students will be dropped off at Upper Campus from 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM.
Before care will begin at 7:30 AM at Upper Campus.
Students must come to school in a bathing suit with HCLA PE t-shirt and shorts over top.
PLEASE, bring old athletic shoes or water shoes.
PLEASE, no Flip-Flops or Crocs!
Please, put sunscreen on students before arriving at Upper Campus.
Please, make sure to pack a towel and a change of clothes if you are returning to Lower Campus.
Please, pack your HCLA uniform and dry shoes.
PLEASE, pack a lunch and bring a snack!
Please, pack a water bottle for the day!
Water will be provided as well.
Students will be picked up at Lower Campus at regular times (3:05 PM - 3:40 PM).
Students can be checked out early after Field Day is over at 1:00 PM at Upper Campus.
Please, find your student’s home room teacher to sign them out for the remainder of the day.
Permission slips will be sent home for Field Day.
Please be sure to turn in permission slips.
Parents can spectate Field Day, and/or choose to volunteer the day of Field Day.
Please, locate Coach on Field Day to receive instructions on how you can help.
Please no siblings.
Become a sponsor and showcase your support for HCLA!
Sponsor the Sip & Bid
It is our joy to recognize your generosity with a prominently displayed thank you banner. View our sponsorship levels here: Sponsor Levels
Join us Friday, March 27th for an unforgettable evening by
purchasing tickets through Handbid, our event app!
Lower School Afterschool Clubs
Lower School Afterschool Clubs
We’ve got a lineup of exciting, creative, and hands-on clubs with registration beginning Monday, February 23, 2026 at 2:00pm. Each club runs for six sessions. A variety of exciting club options will be available!
For full club descriptions and to register, please visit hclaclubhub.org. Reach out to Ms. Hartley at lhartley@thehcla.org for any questions.
MESSAGE FROM BLAKE WRIGHT, DIRECTOR OF SPIRITUAL LIFE
As March quickly approaches, I wanted to share an exciting new opportunity for the moms in our HCLA community. Starting Monday, March 23 (the Monday after spring break), we’ll be launching a group called Moms in Prayer.
Moms in Prayer is a Christian prayer ministry that gathers mothers to pray for children and schools around the world. Brooke Austin, one of our HCLA moms, will be leading this group weekly to help ensure our schools are being covered in prayer. This is a wonderful chance for moms to grow in faith while also building community and fellowship with one another.
If you’d like to learn more about Moms in Prayer, you can visit their website here. Details are below:
Who: HCLA moms
What: Moms in Prayer
When: Mondays at 9 a.m., starting March 23
Where: Upper Campus Conference Room
For questions or more information, please reach out to Brooke Austin at brookeaustin87@yahoo.com.
Have a blessed weekend!
HOW to view your TUITION/ BILLING breakdown on FACTS and to print off payment summary needed for your TAXES:
Login to your Family Portal account
Select Financial (on the left
Select Financial Home (on the right) - here you can view your current balance and past due balances on account
Select View Details (in the middle of the page) for a more in depth look.
Select View Payment Summary
Select the dropdown box with the year listed and change it to the year you need summarized.
If you need a specific time window of transactions you can select Date Range and input the Start and End date you need and then click View.
Select Print at the top right and Save as PDF.
Applications for the 2026–27 school year open Feb. 1, 2026, for the Private School Scholarship and Unique Abilities Scholarship. Mark your calendars so you don't forget to reapply for Step Up. Step Up will send you email reminders as well. For those of you new to Step Up, you must state your intent to use the scholarship on an annual basis. Your student will receive a new student award ID which will need to be provided to Finance by April 15th (finance@thehcla.org). If we do not have your numbers by then, we will set up your tuition in full until we have received your student's award ID.
ATHLETIC NEWS
Off Season Spring Soccer Scrimmages
New Practice Day
Day: Every Thursday afterschool for the rest of the spring semester
Time: Kickoff is at 3:30pm.
Parent Pick up time: 5pm.
Gear: cleats, soccer socks, shin guards, shorts and T-shirt (your favorite soccer team kit or just a sports shirt), and a water bottle.
Next scrimmage: Thursday, March 12th
HCLA Athletics Presents: The 5th-8th Grade and JV & Varsity Sports Banquets
📣Calling all Lower Campus dads/father figures 📣
Once a month, on the 2nd Thursday dads/father figures will take over the morning carline. If interested you would open car doors, greet our students and remind them that they are special! Join other dads/father figures for high fives and cheers as our students arrive to school. Carline begins at 7:45am and concludes at 8:15am. Ready to sign up please sign up here: Dads/Father Figures Helping in Carline. Please email lowerpals@thehcla.org with any questions or concerns.
March-ing Forward into Spring!
Order your Yearbook before the April 3 Deadline - $25 for Lower | $35 for Upper
Website: https://shop.memorybook.com/login
Lower Campus Code: 221079M
Upper Campus Code: 221495M
This is the only way to guarantee your child gets a yearbook. Please note the different codes for each campus.
High School Mission Trip, Registration Now Open - Our high school students are heading to Camp Linn Haven in Linville, North Carolina, for an unforgettable week of service, worship, and community — June 21–27, 2026!
This trip is open to rising 9th graders through students graduating in Spring 2026. The cost is $425 per participant, with a $125 deposit due at registration. The remaining balance will be covered through group fundraising events, including our annual Crawfish Boil.
Registration opens Sunday, November 16th at 12:00 p.m., and space is limited to 35 student spots, so don’t wait to sign up!
Please note: Some additional paperwork will be required. Forms will be emailed after registration is received. Click the red button below for the registration link. Contact Josh@hclm.org with questions.
PALS sponsored, N.U.T.S. Days (No Uniform To School). Students are welcome to come to school out of uniform on the following days. Students must pay $3 per month. You can pay it all at once or on a monthly basis. Please keep dress code in mind regarding modesty, graphics, shoes, etc.
Information below sent prior to Jan. 1st
UPPER SCHOOL DROP OFF - Dear parents, if you arrive prior to our gate being opened in the morning, please park away from the key pad and pull over as close to the curb as possible so teachers / staff can gain access to the key pad. Thank you for your cooperation.
Join The Story Network Study - Begins October 19th
Join The Story Network Study - Begins October 19th
We're inviting all academy families to join our network-wide alignment study using "The Story: The Bible as One Continuous Story of God and His People" by Randy Frazee.
This is an opportunity for all ages to share a common experience of faith across our school, your home, and our network churches.
Network-Wide: Everyone reads the same content at the same time for a unified focus.
For All Ages: Attend worship and choose from multiple developmentally appropriate study opportunities surrounding the service times. Bibles for every age will be available.
School Connection: Your student will reinforce the content in their chapel messages at the academy.
Join any of our network congregations to participate:
Join any of our network congregations to participate:
Holy Cross Lake Mary: 8 am & 10 am
Resurrection Church: 11 am
The Cross Orlando: 10 am
...and more!
We encourage you to choose a network church and join us!
Questions? Contact: Tiffany@hclm.org.
DON'T MISS OUT ON THE MEMORIES - ORDER YOUR YEARBOOK TODAY!
Please note the specific QR code per campus
Thank you PALS and to many of you for submitting your business information. This HCLA Family Business Directory is a platform that showcases businesses owned, operated or employing members of our school family. This will be periodically updated, so please feel free to provide your business information if you've started a new business or are new to the HCLA family.
Looking for a Church Home? We have two local churches in our network ready to welcome you. Resurrection Church gathers at our Upper Campus Gym on Sundays and our founding church Holy Cross Lake Mary is located off of Lake Mary Blvd.
sundays at 8:00 & 10:00am
sundays at 8:00 & 10:00am
960 Paul Hoyer Way, Lake Mary
SUNDAYS AT 11:00
100 Aero Lane Sanford (Upper Campus Gym)
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