Parish members are invited to a program “End of Life Issues and Answers in Today’s World” with Fr. Roger Linnan on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Bishop Heelan High School

Over 50 scholarships are available to students attending Bishop Heelan High School next school year. Applications are available in the Heelan Guidance Office and due in April. The scholarships – named in memory of parents, children and priests -- are awarded to incoming Heelan freshmen and upperclassmen who fill out formal applications.

Jeannie (Griffin) Forker, has been named new Director of Finance for Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools, effective Feb. 10. Forker, an experienced financial leader for the City of Sioux City, is a 1977 Heelan grad.

“Happy Days,” a salute to the ‘50s, will be the theme of this year’s Heelan Auction on Saturday, April 18 at 5:30 p.m. at the Marriott Center in South Sioux City.

Parents are invited to “Discover Kindergarten” events and preschool open houses to learn how Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools gives children a solid foundation for learning.

Discover Heelan Night will be held Monday, Feb. 3 at 6 p.m. at Bishop Heelan High School for all incoming students for the 2020-21 school year.

Tuition assistance has been adjusted to give BHCS parents a faster picture of student tuition for next school year, and an online tuition estimator has been created to be up on our website, bishopheelan.org, on Feb. 1.

A STEM Festival will be held at Holy Cross-St. Michael School Thursday, Jan. 30 at 5:30 to 7 p.m. to engage preschool thru second grade students in fun STEM projects involving science, technology engineering and math. Activities will highlight stories from the Bible using STEM concepts.

Bishop Heelan High School has named Chad Moseman as new football coach. A 1990 Heelan graduate, Moseman brings with him 28 years of football coaching experience, including most recently as an assistant coach for Heelan varsity football.

Crusader Cakes, Warming Shelter donations, a first-ever All Schools Mass for 1700 and a STEM night will be among the highlights of National Catholic Schools Week Jan. 26 - Feb. 1 for Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools. Activities focus on students, clergy, community service, academic growth and celebrating family.

School families are invited to cheer on five BHCS elementary teachers in a “Teachers Dash for Cash” at the Musketeers Hockey match Saturday, Feb. 1 at 7:05 p.m. to raise funds for their classrooms. The Musketeers will donate $3 from every ticket back to Mater Dei or Sacred Hear.

Parents, guardians, grandparents and retired teachers are invited to our first ever All-Schools Mass during Catholic Schools Week Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 9:45 a.m. at Bishop Heelan High School’s O’Gorman Fieldhouse.

It’s Merry Christmas for Holy Cross, Mater Dei and Sacred Heart School teachers in the form of 12 Excellence in Education classroom grants totaling $9,227 to benefit student learning. The grants are awarded by the Siouxland Community Foundation to support K-5 teachers in local public and private schools.

Kids ages 3 to 7 are invited to Indoor Family Fun at the new Bishop Heelan High School gym Saturday, Jan. 11 at 10 a.m. till 12 noon. Parents and grandparents are encouraged to bring your littles to enjoy play time in our new gym, crafts and child-friendly food.

Why not buy your child a Dell Chromebook for Christmas?! Two choices of 11.6” Dell and a 15.6” Lenova chromebooks are now being offered through Sterling computers while supplies last. The 3 options range from $249 to $459 and are perfect for BHCS classroom use

Students in grades 3 -11 at Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools scored substantially higher than students in the state of Iowa on new achievement tests that replace the former Iowa Assessments.

Order a Print of Old Heelan today as a unique Christmas Gift for a loved one to hang at home or in the office. The size is perfect for a 16 x 20 frame or 20 x 24 matted frame.

Sarah Jabre, a Heelan junior was sworn in as Heelan Mayor Pro Tem of the city’s Mayors Youth Commission (MYC) for 2020. Jabre is one of 51 Heelan students in the student organization of 118 area high schoolers. She succeeds Nick McGowan. Heelan senior. Heelan’s Aman Alahi served as Mayor in the past year.

Reservations can be made now for the annual Bishop Heelan Madrigal Dinner Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 12-14 at Nativity Parish Center at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Liz Meyer, the daughter of Dr. Steve and Dana Meyer, has been recognized as the December Rotary Student of the Month today. She is Student Council President, a National Merit Semifinalist, Student of the Year in Math and Science and scored a perfect 36 on her ACT.

BHCS students from kindergarten through middle school learned more about computer coding during Hour of Code at their school the week of Dec. 9. It was part of a global campaign to promote computer programming.

Bishop Heelan High School will celebrate the completion of its new $3.7 million gym, the “O’Gorman Fieldhouse,” with a blessing, ribbon cutting, cheers and the school fight song Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 1:15 p.m. in the new gym.

Ten Heelan students qualified for the Iowa All-State Festival in Ames Nov. 23 at the Hilton Coliseum, eight as top vocalists and two in instrumental music. Students who are selected are considered the state's most talented high school musicians

“A Lifetime Advantage” has been adopted as a new tagline for the Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools’ logo to strengthen the brand of the Heelan School System.

Thirty-eight juniors and seniors will be inducted into the Heelan High chapter of the National Honor Society in a ceremony Nov. 14 at 2:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium. A reception will follow in the Commons.

A whopping 22% of Heelan seniors have scored a 30 or higher on their ACT college prep exams, a record at Heelan in its 70-year history. The impressive scores are expected to boost Heelan’s ACT composite score report next October.

Bishop Heelan’s second annual mattress fundraiser will be held in Duffy Hall Commons Saturday Nov. 16 at 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. The Commons will be transformed into a showroom with 25 mattress floor models on display to raise funds for Heelan’s Music Department.

Heelan seniors Ellie Ernster and Molly O’Neill of Sioux City turned a class assignment into a fun and delicious part-time business. Last December Ellie and Molly received a Heelan Journalism class assignment to create a demonstration. They chose “how to bake and decorate cookies” and worked out of Ellie’s kitchen.

Heelan’s Spring Musical has moved to November! Don’t miss the singing talent of Heelan students in the Drowsy Chaperone, a hilarious parody of musical comedies, on Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 7-9 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. in the Heelan auditorium.

Nick McGowan, Bishop Heelan High senior, has been named "Male Youth Leader of the Year" by the Sioux City Area National Council on Youth Leadership. His selection as a top leader qualifies him to attend a major leadership conference in St. Louis Oct. 19-23.

If you pay taxes in Iowa you can help tuition assistance for Mater Dei, Sacred Heart, Holy Cross and Heelan, and benefit financially by making a gift to the Monsignor Lafferty Tuition Foundation based at the Sioux city Diocese office.

Bishop Heelan High School seniors Foster Johnson, Elizabeth Meyer and Jackson Thompson have been named National Merit Semifinalists. Jaiden Utech has been named National Merit Commended scholar. The four are among the 22% of Heelan students who have scored 30 or more on ACT college entrance exams.

Shopping on Amazon now or for the holidays? Order thru AmazonSmile and raise money for Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools! Register at this website-- https://smile.amazon.com, chose BHCS as your charity, and 5% of your purchase price will be donated to BHCS.

Parents, alumni, faculty and parish members are invited to learn of progress, challenges and the financial condition of Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools at a Townhall meeting Thursday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. in Heelan’s Fine Arts Auditorium.

Board members, parents, faculty and staff helped craft a BHCS Five-Year Strategic Plan for 2019-2024 that will guide direction and decisions for the Heelan School System over the next five years. The plan has been formally approved and several initiatives have been completed.

Friday: Homecoming Assembly at 10:30 a.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium, parade at 12:30 p.m. the route starts at 12th and Grandview, runs south to 8th Street and turns west to connect to Wesley Parkway and the Heelan campus. Heelan’s football game against at Denison at 7 p.m. at Memorial Field

Heelan's Homecoming Assembly will be Friday Oct. 4 at 10:30 a.m. in the Heelan Fine Arts Auditorium. Read on to see who the candidates are:

Heelan family members donated over $41,000 to surface the indoor track of the new gym as part of Siouxland Big Give Day Oct. 1. Heelan's goal was $20,000.

Want to help Heelan install a special surface on the indoor track that loops the top of our new gym? Be ready donate to SiouxlandBigGive.org on Oct. 1!

Bishop Heelan was has been awarded a $100,000 grant for the new high school gymnasium from the Missouri River Historical Development Inc., (MRHD) The announcement was made to BHCS President Dr John Flanery at a special ceremony this week.

A video scoreboard has been installed in the new Heelan gymnasium, thanks to donors who contributed nearly $20,000 in the Siouxland BigGive online giving event October of 2018.

Over two dozen sets of parents, including a number of Heelan alumni, are serving as Parent Ambassadors for our schools this year. The program -- to help new parents feel supported and comfortable in the Bishop Heelan School System -- started out with a picnic with new families in late August..

You can now go to your phone’s app store and download the free mobile web app for Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools onto your smartphone. The BHCS app features lunch menus, Infinite Campus, the staff directory, calendar, news, school sections, contact us, the website and notifications (for emergency alerts.)

All families are invited to come enjoy music, Mexican food trucks, bounce houses, face painting and fun Sunday, Sept. 15 at 12 noon to 3 p.m. at Bishop Heelan High School.

Parents are invited to their children's elementary school classrooms to hear teachers present at BHCS Curriculum Night Monday, Sept. 9. Identical sessions will be held at 6 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. to allow parents to see teachers in different grades.

Kids and adults with special needs are invited to pass, catch, kick, be the quarterback or be a cheerleader with Bishop Heelan High School student athletes and cheerleaders Sunday, Sept. 15 at 2 p.m. at Heelan's Memorial Field.

Our elementary schools and high school have welcomed new teachers and staff members for the school year which starts Aug. 23.

We thank these 25 teachers and staff members who are celebrating milestone anniversaries this school year. Thank You for Your Service to our students, families and school mission!

Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools welcome back families and students to the new school year with the Hoopla Sunday August 25 beginning at 4:30 p.m. at Memorial Field.

Mayra Padilla will join the Heelan School System as the new preschool teacher in the new dual Language Academy, set to open in fall. Antonia Maria Carreño, an experienced teacher with 28 years of teaching experience, will be teaching kindergarten students.

Schools in the Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools system will start the school year Friday, Aug. 23 and Monday, Aug. 26.

A new preschool program for 3-year-olds, the "Children's School," will open at Holy Cross-St. Michael School in fall. Monday, Wednesday and Friday sessions are filled, but there are still openings Tuesday and Thursday 8:15-11:30 a.m.

Support student athletics and activities by attending the Gold Club Kick-off Monday, Aug. 12 at 6 p.m. in the Heelan Duffy Hall Commons and Auditoirum. After a Sneaky’s chicken dinner, coaches will talk and tours will be offered a sneak peak of the new Heelan gymnasium.

Sacred Heart School broke ground in July to install a new playscape area and prepare to add a basketball court and soccer field next spring.

Cory Kruse ‘11 and former Catholic school teacher, has been named new director of annual giving at Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools. He is working with alumni, businesses and other community supporters to increase annual giving to the Spirit of Heelan Annual Fund and will assist the BHCS advancement team on the Heelan Gold Club, Heelan Auction and alumni communications.

Parents and faculty are invited to offer input on the 2019 BHCS Five Year Strategic Plan Wednesday, July 10 and Wednesday, August 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Bishop Heelan High School.

Visit our special website for the Heelan Gold Club Golf Outing Friday, Aug. 9 at Whispering Creek Golf Course and sign up with a foursome. It’s a 12 noon. Shotgun Start for the 4-person scramble. Fee of $100 per player or $400 per foursome includes; golf, cart and a pork chop dinner.

Heelan Offers Summer Camps for fitness and conditioning, basketball, volleyball, wrestling football and marching band. To obtain specific flyers contact Alicia Porsch at 226-0365 or email Alicia.Porsch@bishopheelan.org

Heelan's 2019 graduates were offered $1million in academic and athletic scholarships.

A reception honoring the 50th anniversary of the ordination of Fr. Patrick Walsh, retired president of Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools, will be held Saturday, June 8 at 2 to 4 p.m. at Heelan High School. Refreshments will be served in Duffy Hall Commons and the public is invited.

Parents can choose one of two sessions of a four-day “Science Classic” camp for their students entering grades 6-8: June 10-13 or July 8-11 at 9 a.m.-12 noon in the Heelan High School science classrooms.

A New Dual Language Academy will open in the Heelan CYO in fall where preschool and kindergarten students will learn through 80-90% Spanish instruction.

Hi-Tech Pen Pals Goodbye postcard pen pals. Hello Google Meet! Holy Cross School third graders gathered Tuesday to visit online with other school friends in the Sioux City Diocese

Nineteen Heelan boy and girls track athletes qualified to compete in the state tournament in Des Moines this week. Two competed in tennis. Hard work and practice have paid off!

Heelan students will perform the musical “Mary Poppins” Thursday-Saturday, April 25-April 27 at 7 p.m. and Sunday April 28 at 2 p.m. in the Heelan Fine Arts Auditorium. Tickets are $12 for adults and $5 for students and children. Buy tickets online at bidpal.net/Heelan Musical.

Parents and four-years-olds are invited to Kiddie Crusaders Preschool Open Houses at 5-6:30 p.m. on March 4-7 to see classrooms, meet teachers and learn how children are introduced to reading, faith, math, music, art, science, and outdoor play.

Christmas shopping on Amazon? Need holiday items for guests? Order thru AmazonSmile and raise money for Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools! Register at https://smile.amazon.com, chose BHCS as your charity, and 5% of your purchase price will be donated to BHCS.

The ACT Test results for the Heelan class of 2018 are in and our seniors ACT average composite is 24 -- a 1.2 point bump from the previous year.

Heelan advanced art students are painting a “Welcome to Sioux City” mural at Wesley Parkway and 3rd St. on Tuesday, Oct. 2 from 8:30 a.m. till they finish.

Mater Dei is advancing its classroom technology this fall, using $47,500 in grant awards to fund student chromebooks, interactive projectors, flat screen TVs, wall mounted charging stations and Screenbeams for wireless classroom presentations.

Program helps employees who have used up their own sick leave due to serious illness or more.