From the Principal's Desk 3.18

Dear Parents,
With the feast of Christmas so close, and the fact that this is the last From the Principal’s Desk for the year, I am going to deviate from my discussion of character traits and instead focus on the incarnation and why students of all ages should revel in the glory of Christmas.

There exists in all likelihood, no event in history, that has been written about, sung about and pondered more than Christmas.  It, the birth of a child, is the most human of miracles, the most easily imagined, and yet the most unfathomable, impossible, stupendous and thrilling event of all time.  The wonderful paradox of the infant God who holds the whole world, while being held; the word of God which made creation,  speechless as a newborn; the immensity of God all packed into 6 pounds (or less) of beauty, innocence and wonder  truly boggles the imagination.

As parents, we share in the wonder of our children. Certainly they are not divine, as Christ is, but they carry in themselves that divine spark as one of God’s children.   All children must be trained to achieve their potential, even Jesus had to be taught.  He spoke Aramaic, Hebrew and perhaps Latin because someone taught him, so if the perfect Man needed a teacher and a school, how much more do we?  (and thank you for using ours!)

I will finish my comments with the final verse of Hark the Herald.  It is seldom sung but contains in it so much of what the Nativity truly portends.

Come, Desire of nations, come,
fix in us thy humble home;
rise, the woman's conquering seed,
bruise in us the serpent's head;
Adams likeness now efface!
Stamp thine image in its place!
Second Adam from Above,
Reinstate us in thy  love.

Hark, the herald-angels sing
Glory to the new-born King!

Timothy Gallic
Principal
Holy Family High School

From the Principal's Desk 3.19

Dear Parents and Friends,

Can we ever truly be safe?  No.   That sad reality is ever more real to us as we contemplate the massacre of last week.  Sitting at my desk I look out across the parking lot and watch students being dropped off by parents, or driving themselves to school.  For 90 years they have walked into Holy Family thinking mostly of academics, relationships and faith,  concerned little with personal safety.   In reality we have a very safe school, a closed campus and front desk monitor who allows in, or doesn’t allow in visitors.  Our staff is well trained, we practice lock down drills, fire drills, and evacuation drills.   We have security cameras and a Police officer from Broomfield works with us in maintaining our security.  We even hire police officers for our dances and big events.

With all of that in place, we remain vulnerable.  We could go to the next step and have several of us trained to use firearms to defend us;  we could install hardened glass windows, or should we?

The reality is that the world is a safer place than it might appear.  There are thousands of schools and millions of students who go to and come home safely each day.  Violent crime has been steadily decreasing over the last several decades.  While we can never be completely safe, we should not live in fear.

Christ tells us., “Fear is useless, what is needed is faith.”  We must have faith in Christ, in His Church, and in His love for us.  

As we near the celebration of the incarnation,  let us recall that Jesus came as a defenseless baby in a very dangerous world.  His first playmates all died at Herod’s hand,  His earthly father, Joseph, died, he had no brothers or sisters.  He traveled to Egypt as a little child and returned as a young man.  All around him people were being attacked by robbers, dying of disease, or being seriously hurt.  And after healing and teaching,  he was put to death.   If God can make that sad tale the most glorious story ever told,  imagine what He could do for us.  If we let Him.

So safe or not,  “I fear no evil, for You are at my side.” (Psalm 23)

Happy Advent,  Merry Christmas! 

Duc in Altum!

Timothy Gallic

From the Principal's Desk 3.17

Trait of the Week: COURAGE

 Dear Parents and Friends,

Courage, the trait the cowardly Lion thought he lacked, transforms.  It changes the weak timorous soul into a brave, powerful hero.  It does not add strength, wisdom or cunning; the courageous soul changes not in physical qualities they change personal qualities.  It overcomes fear, irrational and rational, it does not ignore fear; it masters fear.  Courage makes us bold, it allows us to see what must be done, and do it. 

Daily we receive the call to be courageous; normally the call is small in nature. We must get out of bed, face the troubles of the day; deal with our homework (or lack thereof), prepare for exams, make our lunch, talk to our siblings, (in an appropriate manner) and who knows what else.  Though small in nature these tasks loom large in significance.  Precisely by small acts do we prepare for the large ones.  I will never be able to die for Christ, if I cannot live for him.  If I cannot love  my critics how  will  I ever love my God.   (1 John 4:20)


We all want our children to be heroes.  To be selfless and laudable, to live lives of significance and if needed, not hesitate to give of your life for another, in a word, to be courageous.


Timothy Gallic
Principal
Holy Family High School
303-410-1411