Co-Curricular:

Spiritual:  Students participate in integral ways in the religious and spiritual activities of the school.  Students serve as lectors and altar servers at school liturgies, in preparing and presenting “Spirituality Day”, in retreats, and in special liturgies, such as the May Crowning, Student Council inauguration, Second Grade Communion Breakfast, and Eighth Grade Graduation.

Athletics:  Holy Family School hosts several sports teams: varsity and junior varsity basketball teams (boys and girls), girls’ softball, and co-ed track.  Beginning in grade three, students are eligible to participate.  The varsity boys’ and girls’ basketball teams participate annually in a benefit tournament. A Sports Award Banquet is held each spring to honor players and coaches.  Many students choose to participate in township programs, including soccer, lacrosse, and baseball.

Clubs:  At Holy Family School, club programs expand to meet student interests.  Current club offerings are: Forensics, Chess, Lit Wits (literary club), Yearbook, Photography, and the Academic Competition Team.  The D.A.R.E. program involves students in activities that encourage self-esteem, drug and alcohol refusal, and non-violence.

Leadership:  The encouragement and development of student leadership is an important school goal.  The Elections of Student Council Officers and Class Representatives occur early in September, and these student body leaders sponsor several events, activities, and service projects during the school year.  These include middle school dances, school-wide Olympics, Activity Nights, food and clothing drives, and dress-down days for charitable causes.  More than twenty Holy Family students are Distinguished Alumni of the Junior National Young Leaders Conference, held annually in Washington, D.C.

Music:  Students participate in a Christmas Concert, a Spring Concert, and a Variety Show to demonstrate vocal abilities.  They also visit assisted living and nursing facilities to perform for the residents.  Students who take instrumental music at the school perform in a Spring Recital, showcasing their talents.

Contests:  Students who choose to do so enter a wide variety of contests to improve their skills in areas of interest.  Contests are sponsored by national, state, diocesan, or local organizations.  They include poster, essay, art, and poetry.  Student efforts often are successful, and many have been published, honored at luncheons, or received awards.

Service:

Students at all grade levels are active in Church, school, borough, national, and state service projects.  Prominent among these are the Saint Jude’s Math-a-thon, the Salvation Army’s Soup Kitchen, the Florham Park Food Bank, the Holy Childhood Missions, and the Bridges Lunches for the Homeless. 

Special Events:

The planning and presentation of special school events often involves collaborative efforts among teachers, students, and parents.  These events celebrate student achievements, educational values, student-family sharing, and school spirit, to name a few.  Highlights of each school year are: School Academic Fair, Catholic Schools Week, Pre-K Daddy Day, Book Fair, Santa’s Workshop, Pep Rallies, Field Day, and the Bunny Breakfast.

Students in grade eight enjoy a sequence of special events during their final year.  These include being “buddies” to the kindergarten class, serving as tour guides during the school’s Open House, a ceremony at Mass to receive their Class Year Pins, a trip to New York City to see a Broadway play, high school visitations, class trips, performing a Shakespeare play for the students, a Breakfast sponsored by grade seven, Class Night dinner and dancing, and the Graduation Mass and Commencement Exercises.