Friday Newsletter 1-31-2025

THE WEEK AHEAD:

 

School Motto: We are learning, serving & praying – every moment of every day. We are COUGARS!

Sun -  Catholic Schools Week Culmination Mass – 8:00 am in gym

Mon –   5^th & 8^th Grade ACRE testing this week

Tues –  School Advisory Council Mtg – 6:00 pm

Wed – “Wacky Wednesday”

          Community Service Day – wear royal blue community shirt with dress code bottoms

          Rosary @ 2:30 in gym

Thur –

Fri -    Dress Down Day

          Progress Reports available

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS’ WEEK has been such a joy! From Nation Day on Monday through Student Day on Friday, we were able to learn a lot and share a wonderful week. We so appreciate all the things the CSW committee planned and facilitated. Special thanks to Ashley Burnett and Amber Schulte, who supported the events this week in a big way. We appreciate all the special gifts you sent, the food for the staff meal on Tuesday, the CreeMee treat for the staff, for helping your child get ready for the daily themes, and for all the little things that made this week so special. Thank you!

PENNY WARS: Just like last year, the Penny Wars have been a big hit! There has been lots of pennies in the jars, but even more “sabotaging silver”. We’ll let you know in next week’s notes which classroom wins. Thanks to all who have sent in money for their child’s classroom collection! All funds raised will support schools in Uganda.

THIS SUNDAY! ALL SCHOOL MASS – FEB. 2^ND – 8:00 AM: If you sent in your ministry sign up this week, you will find an updated list. The Mass on Sunday will be the culmination of Catholic Schools’ Week for our parish. Students should wear dress code to this Mass. All are welcome!

ACRE TEST: Every year, schools and PSR programs throughout the nation evaluate their 5^th & 8^th graders’ knowledge of religion and their views on current moral issues. Our students will be taking this test – The Assessment of Child Religious Education – throughout the next few days.

SHOW ME SUDS: Show Me Suds fundraiser runs now through February 14th. Show Me Suds offers quality laundry and dish soap products. Order forms were sent home in last week’s folder. Please collect payment as the orders are taken, with checks made payable to OLOS. We will also be taking order after Masses this weekend. Forms with payment must be returned by Feb. 14th and all products will be available for pickup on March 2nd. Contact Joan Doerhoff or the school office if you have questions about ordering. Thank you for your continued support of our school and parish youth.

VALENTINE’S DAY: Our Valentine’s parties will be the last “classroom party” for the 2024-25 school year. A list of room parents is available on the reverse of these notes. As always, we count on our wonderful room parents to plan for treats and games for the classroom. The parties will be on Friday, February 14th at 2:30 pm.

STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS: We are selling “Candy Grams” for Valentine’s Day for $! each. You will find order forms in today’s folder. Please have these filled out and returned, with payment attached, by Monday, Feb. 10^th. Thank you for supporting our fundraiser!

TWO NEW DATES FOR 8^TH GRADE PARENTS:

·          Tuesday, April 1: Cole R5 School Counselor, Jess Adrian, visits with students and parents in our school cafeteria – 8:00 am, in preparation for high school enrollment

·         Wednesday, April 30: Cole R5 Freshmen Orientation, 6:00 pm in Cole R5 cafeteria

 LOOKING AHEAD…

Wednesday, Feb. 26: First Reconciliation

Wednesday, Mar. 5: VIP Day

Monday, Mar. 10: H & S Meeting & Student Showcase

Tuesday, April 1: Cole R5 Counselor visits 8^th graders &

                parents at OLOS, 8:00 am in cafeteria

Friday, April 4: 8^th Grade Picture Day

Friday, April 25: Last Day for 8^th Graders

Saturday, April 26: 8^th Grade Promotion/Graduation-  

 6:00 pm Mass

Monday, April 28: Step-Up Day 7:30 – 9:00 am

Tuesday, April 29: Field Day

Wednesday, April 30: Cole R5 Freshman Orientation

Thursday, May 1: 8^th Grade Mass @ St. Joe, JC

Friday, May 2: Last Day of School, Preschool Graduation & 8^th Grade Recognition, dismiss @ 11: 00 am.

WEEKLY DRESS DOWN PASS WINNER(S)! Congratulations to Jacob E. for winning this week’s drawing! Remember – return your folder (with paperwork complete) by Tuesday to be added to the weekly drawing.

Please return your folder on Monday!

Have a wonderful winter weekend! 

 

 

 

 Friday Newsletter 1-24-2025

THE WEEK AHEAD:

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK!!!

School Motto: We are learning, serving & praying – every moment of every day. We are COUGARS!

         

Mon –   Nation Day, “Merica Monday” – wear red, white, & blue or camo

          PENNY WARS BEGIN

Tues –  Staff Day – students dress like a staff member, all staff may dress down

Wed – Vocations Day – dress like your future career

Thur – Community Day – Wear royal blue community shirts with dress down bottoms

Fri -    Show your love for each other, match with a friend

          Midquarter

          100^th Day of School! (tentative)

Sun -   CSW Culmination Mass 8:00 am in gym – All School Families please attend – Students please wear school dress code

REPORT CARDS: REPORT CARDS – 2ND QUARTER: Report cards are available online through your FACTS parent portal. If you have not already done so, please review and then sign & return the slip provided in last week’s folder. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact the classroom teacher. To access the grade card on your family portal, please follow these steps:

·          Log into your account at factsmgt.com – use school code ols-mo and your username & password.

·          On left, click “Student”.

·          On left, directly under “Grades”, click “Report Card”.

·          If you have more than one student, you can switch between grade cards in the upper middle of the screen.

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS’ WEEK IS HERE! Last week you received a handout outlining activities for our upcoming week. A copy of this may be found on the reverse of these notes for your reference. All activities are as outlined with the addition that Fr. Aubuchon, resident priest of St. Elizabeth, will visit with students about vocations on Wednesday. We are looking forward to a great week. Thanks to all the great parents who are helping through the week and all who planned the activities. It is so very much appreciated!

PENNY WARS ARE BEGINNING MONDAY! Please see the informational flyer enclosed in today’s folder. Thanks for supporting this most worthy project!

ALL SCHOOL MASS – FEB. 2^ND – 8:00 AM: Please find the student ministry assignments in today’s folder, which were taken from responses received this week. This Mass will be the culmination of Catholic Schools’ Week for our parish. Students should wear dress code to this Mass. All are welcome!

SHOW ME SUDS: Show Me Suds fundraiser begins today and runs through February 14th. Show Me Suds offers quality laundry and dish soap products. All families should find their order form in today’s folder. Please collect payment as the orders are taken, with checks made payable to OLOS. Forms with payment must be returned by Feb. 14th and all products will be available for pickup on March 2nd. Contact Joan Doerhoff or the school office if you have questions about ordering. Thank you for your continued support of our school and parish youth.

TAX STATEMENTS FOR CHILD CARE ARE IN TODAY’S FOLDER. Both preschool and extended care are included in these statements. If you have any questions, please contact Rosie. The TAX ID # is included on the statements.

LOOKING AHEAD…

Wednesday, Feb. 26: First Reconciliation

Wednesday, Mar. 5: VIP Day

Monday, Mar. 10: H & S Meeting & Student Showcase

Friday, April 4: 8^th Grade Picture Day

Friday, April 25: Last Day for 8^th Graders

Saturday, April 26: 8^th Grade Promotion/Graduation-  

 6:00 pm Mass

Monday, April 28: Step-Up Day 7:30 – 9:00 am

Tuesday, April 29 Field Day

Thursday, May 1: 8^th Grade Mass @ St. Joe, JC

Friday, May 2 – Last Day of School, Preschool Graduation & 8^th Grade Recognition, dismiss @ 11: 00 am.

WEEKLY DRESS DOWN PASS WINNER(S)! Congratulations to Madelyn & Henry D. for winning this week’s drawing! Remember – return your folder (with paperwork complete) by Tuesday to be added to the weekly drawing.

 

Please return your folder on Monday!

Have a wonderful winter weekend!

 

 

 

Friday Newsletter 1-17-2025

 

THE WEEK AHEAD:

School Motto: We are learning, serving & praying – every moment of every day. We are COUGARS!

         

Mon –   NO SCHOOL – MLK Holiday

Tues – 

Wed – All School Prayer Service (3/4 Ministry)

          Student Council Mtg – until 4:15 pm

Thur –

Fri -    Dress Down for $1 for Uganda Day

         

REPORT CARDS: REPORT CARDS – 2ND QUARTER: Report cards are available online through your FACTS parent portal. Please review and then sign & return the slip provided in today’s folder. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact the classroom teacher. To access the grade card on your family portal, please follow these steps:

·          Log into your account at factsmgt.com – use school code ols-mo and your username & password.

·          On left, click “Student”.

·          On left, directly under “Grades”, click “Report Card”.

·          If you have more than one student, you can switch between grade cards in the upper middle of the screen.

 SHOW ME SUDS: Show Me Suds fundraiser will begin on Friday, January 24^th and run through February 14th. All families will be receiving order forms in next week’s folder. Forms with payment must be returned by this date and all products will be available for pickup on March 2nd. Contact Joan Doerhoff or the school office for orders. Thank you for your continued support in our school and parish youth. Show Me Suds offers quality laundry and dish soap products.

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS’ WEEK: Please see flyer in today’s folder outlining our schedule for this very important week for our school. These plans are tentative – so if you have any other ideas for the week, please let us know in the office or contact the CSW chairperson, Ashley Burnett. Catholic Schools Week runs from January 26^th through February 2^nd.

ALL SCHOOL MASS – FEB. 2^ND – 8:00 AM: Please find and fill out the Mass sign up enclosed in today’s folder. This Mass will be the culmination of Catholic Schools’ Week for our parish. All are welcome!

LOOKING AHEAD…

Wednesday, Feb. 26: First Reconciliation

Wednesday, Mar. 5: VIP Day

Monday, Mar. 10: H & S Meeting & Student Showcase

Friday, April 4: 8^th Grade Picture Day

Friday, April 25: Last Day for 8^th Graders

Saturday, April 26: 8^th Grade Promotion/Graduation-  

 6:00 pm Mass

Monday, April 28: Step-Up Day 7:30 – 9:00 am

Tuesday, April 29 Field Day

Thursday, May 1: 8^th Grade Mass @ St. Joe, JC

Friday, May 2 – Last Day of School, Preschool Graduation & 8^th Grade Recognition, dismiss @ 11: 00 am.

WEEKLY DRESS DOWN PASS WINNER(S)! Congratulations to Gus & Vivian P. for winning this week’s drawing! Remember – return your folder (with paperwork complete) by Tuesday to be added to the weekly drawing.

Please return your folder on Tuesday!

Have a wonderful three-day weekend

Friday Newsletter 12-13-2024

THE WEEK AHEAD:

School Motto: We are learning, serving & praying – every moment of every day. We are COUGARS!

         

Sun     3rd Sunday of Advent: Joy

Mon –   Movie Theme: “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” – wear brown, flannel or reindeer attire

Tues –  Movie Theme: “The Santa Clause” – wear a Santa hat or your favorite hat

          Santa Store Shopping – during special class time

          Sacred Heart Penance Service – 6:00 pm, Eldon, MO

Wed – All School Mass (3/4 Ministry)

          Wear dress code

          Penance Service for 3-8^th – 9:45 am

Thur – Movie Theme: “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”, wear a Santa hat, red, or white

          OLOS Penance Service – 6:30 pm

Fri -    Movie Theme: “White Christmas”, wear your fancy clothes

          End of 2^nd Quarter

          No afternoon extended care – see schedule below

         

A DECEMBER TO REMEMBER DAILY DRESS DOWN MOVIE THEMES: Your child may dress down if they follow the theme for the day but must adhere to all length/no fray/no holes requirements. Mrs. Varner has tried to make it easy – you can either follow the theme closely with actual outfits, or just in the general color theme, as outlined on the flyer or in “The Week Ahead”, as listed above.

SANTA STORE: Our annual Santa Store will be available for our students to shop this Tuesday, December 17^th during their special class time. Name tag packets were sent home last week. If you have not returned your child’s envelope, please do so on Monday. We will accept donations for the store through Monday as well.

STUDENT COUNCIL MEETING CANCELLED: There will be no Student Council meeting this week. The wonderful ladies – our volunteer “elves” – are setting up the Santa Store for the students on Monday, so there will be no need for a meeting on Monday evening.

SPORTS NEWS: Madelyn & the St. Joe Cathedral Spartan 8^th Grade basketball team defeated Holy Family, Freeburg on December 5^th, with a final score of 36 – 6. Way to go Madelyn & Team!

CHRISTMAS PARTY/LAST DAY PLANNING:

We will follow the schedule below for December 20^th, our last day in session for 2024:

8:00 am                   All School Prayer Service – all invited

8:30 am                  Brunch (pancakes, sausage,  hashbrowns) all parent/guardians invited, complimentary

9:00 – 9:45 am       Classroom parties

9:45 am                  Students may be signed out

11:00 am                 All remaining students will be  dismissed (pick-up no later than 11:00 am – no afternoon extended care services)

LAST NOTES FOR 2024! On Friday, 12/20, we will send home folders with iReady & Achievement test results, along with January calendars. There will not be a newsletter enclosed, so we want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Happy, Safe, Blessed and Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!

 

Merry Christmas!

School resumes on Monday, January 6, 2025.

 

WEEKLY DRESS DOWN PASS WINNER(S)! Congratulations to Jameson K. & Tre B. for winning this week’s drawing! Remember – return your folder (with paperwork complete) by Tuesday to be added to the weekly drawing. 

 

Friday Newsletter 12-6-2024

THE WEEK AHEAD:

School Motto: We are learning, serving & praying – every moment of every day. We are COUGARS!

         

Sun     2^nd Sunday of Advent: Peace

          All School Sunday Mass – 8:00 am

          OLOSS Christmas Program – 9:15 am – in Church

Mon –   Movie Theme: “The Star” – wear yellow, gold or stars

Tues –  Movie Theme: “Frosty the Snowman” – dress in white, snowflakes or snowman

Wed – All School Mass (5/6 Ministry)

          Wear dress code

          Penance Service for 3^rd-8^th @ 9:30 am

Thur – Movie Theme: “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” – dress like a character from the movie or wear green

          Community Cookie Baking

Fri -    Movie Theme: “Home Alone” – wear your sweatpants or comfy clothes

          Dress Down for $1 for Uganda Day

          Community Cookie Baking

SCHOOL-WEAR ORDERS will be delivered to OLOS early this upcoming week.

A DECEMBER TO REMEMBER DAILY DRESS DOWN MOVIE THEMES: Your child may dress down if they follow the theme for the day but must adhere to all length/no fray/no holes requirements. Mrs. Varner has tried to make it easy – you can either follow the theme closely with actual outfits, or just in the general color theme, as outlined on the flyer or in “The Week Ahead”, as listed above.

OLOS CHRISTMAS PROGRAM is THIS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8^th, after the 8:00 am All School Mass. The program will begin at 9:15 am. The list of student ministry assignments is once again in today’s folder. For Mass, students are asked to dress nicely (no jeans) and adhere to dress code lengths. Please have students wear green, red, or black, if possible. Students may sit with their parents at Mass, and then should change into costume and should find their teacher NO LATER THAN 9:05 am. The school basement (in brick building) will be open after Mass for 10 minutes to allow for students (any grade) to get changed, if needed. Please use the lower back door.

SANTA STORE: Our annual Santa Store will be available for our students to shop on Tuesday, December 17^th during their special class time. Name tag packets & a flyer explaining the day are in today’s folder. We are still asking for donations of gifts for family members & friends. We are also asking for donations of bags, tape, and tissue paper. We thank our “Santa’s Elves” – those who have volunteered to help with wrapping and shopping that day - Lue Ann Hogg, Bev Koetting, Diann Brenneke, Debbie Groose, Crystal Hoover, Cindy McKenna & Darlene Rush.

PIZZA PARTY! The students, staff & Father Simon enjoyed their lunch tremendously on Wednesday! Deacon Chet treated all of us to pizza from The Mary’s Home Corner Market. He says he so enjoys the cards and gifts he receives from the students that he wanted to find a way to show them how much he appreciates it. He purchased 24 pizzas, so we all had our fill and then some! Thanks so much Deacon Chet!

 CHRISTMAS PARTY/LAST DAY PLANNING:

We will follow the schedule below for December 20^th, our last day in session for 2024:

8:00 am                   All School Prayer Service – all invited

8:30 am                  Brunch (pancakes, sausage,  hashbrowns) all parent/guardians invited, complimentary, rsvp coming out next week

9:00 – 9:45 am       Classroom parties

9:45 am                  Students may be signed out

11:00 am                 All remaining students will be  dismissed (pick-up no later than 11:15 am – no afternoon extended care services)

THERE IS A BRUNCH RSVP FORM IN TODAY’S

FOLDER. PLEASE FIND, FILL OUT, AND RETURN IT BY

TUESDAY.

***AND…We may have a special visitor show up that morning!!! Shhh!***

ARCHERY PRACTICE: We currently have three students interested in Archery. After conferring with parents of these students, they have tentatively decided to set practices on Wednesdays after the new year gets going. Students participating must have a physical on file, pay the $25 sports fee, and fill out a sports packet. If your child is still interested (5^th on up), please let the office know this week so that everything will be in order when practices begin.

WEEKLY DRESS DOWN PASS WINNER(S)! Congratulations to Alayna W. for winning this week’s drawing! Remember – return your folder (with paperwork complete) by Tuesday to be added to the weekly drawing.

 

Please return your folder on Monday!

Wishing you a lovely fall weekend!