Other Activities

Students in grades 1 - 8 participate in classroom Spelling Bees, and grade level winners move on to the All School Spelling Bee. Students in grades 5 - 8 may move on to compete in the Monsignor Coates Youth Organization City Wide Spelling Bee.
 

Students in grades 3 - 8 participate in the Holy Family Academy annual event. After competing at the classroom level, students have the opportunity to advance to the school wide competition.

Quiz Bowl is a game in which two teams compete head-to-head to answer questions from all areas of knowledge including history, literature, science, fine arts, current events, sports, and popular culture. Our team competes against other teams in the metro area.

Eighth grade students participate in the Diocesan High School Quiz Bowl at the University of St. Thomas each December. We have placed in the top ten (of approximately 42 teams) for the past several year, and took third place in the 2015 - 2016 school year. 

Fifth - seventh grade students participate in the Minnesota Quiz Bowl Alliance.

Students in grades 6 - 8 are welcome to joing our MN Junior High Math League team. Math League is coached by Mie Yamasaki. Mrs. Yamasaki is a pharmacist from Japan, a former math tutor, and has a degree in Nutrition from the University of Minnesota. While taking courses at Normandale Community College, she was successful in many of the highly competitive Math competitions which were held for financial awards and fun. Practices are after school twice per week, and students have the option to attend five meets over the season.