Friday, December 17, 2010

FRIDAY NOTES

12-17-10

http://www.oloscougars.org/

OLOS School provides a quality education & develops the whole person

in a faith-filled Catholic environment.

 

What’s Up For Next Week…
Monday          3rd & 4th Field Trip – “Wreaths for Heroes” & Cookie Delivery to shut-ins
Tuesday         Christmas Parties – 10:00 am, 12:00 Noon Dismissal (lunch is served)
                        Dress Down in Red/Green Day”
Wednesday    NO SCHOOL – CHRISTMAS BREAK
Thursday       NO SCHOOL – CHRISTMAS BREAK
Friday             NO SCHOOL – CHRISTMAS BREAK

TAKE NOTE – ONLY NOTICE - WORKERS FOR UPCOMING HOME GAME:
(A parent of the player/cheerleader is expected to work – first workers for night please come 30 minutes early)
Thurs., Jan 6th                GATE: 6:00 pm –MAGGIE MORRIS, 7:00 pm – RAEGAN WOOD
CONCESSION:    6:00 pm – MIKENZIE FARRIS, 7:00 pm – TAVIA MATTHEWS,
8:00 pm  -  ALEX SCHULTE
COMPLETE BASKETBALL WORK SCHEDULES ARE POSTED ON THE SCHOOL WEBSITE.

REPORTED SCORES: The JV girls had a huge win against Taos at home last Thursday – 35-13. Way to go, girls! The JV boys lost to IC, Loose Creek – 33-17 and took another loss to Holy Family, Freeburg – 50-21, in their double header last Thursday. The JV boys and JV girls both won
2nd PLACE
in the High Point Tournament last week and brought home two very nifty trophies! The 5/6 Girls lost to St. Elizabeth last Saturday, with a score of 29-10, and the 4/5 boys took a loss to Fulton that same night, score – 22-18 (close game!!).

CLASSROOM PARENTS:  We are once again counting on you to do the great job with the classroom parties that you are famous for! Parties are at 10:00 am on Tuesday, Dec. 21st. We understand that since these are morning parties, some room parents may not be able to take off of work. Please let the classroom teacher know if this is the case, for planning purposes. Even if you are unable to attend, we are still counting on you to provide treats and drinks for the party. Parents – don’t forget that students will be exchanging $5 gifts within their own classrooms this year. 

There will be NO AFTER SCHOOL CARE on Tuesday, December 21st. We dismiss at 12:00 noon for Christmas.

Congratulations to the following students, nominated by their classroom teacher, for the Aquinas Academy this summer in Mexico: Sam C. Beck, Sydney Trachsel, Maggie Morris, Tori Adrian, & Daniel Beck. Nominations are made using grades, achievement test scores, portraying good Christian values, and having the maturity level for a residential camp.

Thanks to all the wonderful parents who sent items and “spending money’ for the Santa Store this week. It is always fun & interesting to open those treasured gifts! Also thanks to all the Student Council parents who sent in the cookies for the fun afternoon with Santa – it was very enjoyable! Thanks, too, to the 3rd and 4th grade parents – for supplying the cookies for the shut-ins – we couldn’t do it without YOU!

We thank Jean Rush – for acquiring nine flat-screen computer monitors through the Dept. of Ag. Disposition of Property program – much needed additions to our computer lab. Thanks too, to husband Ray – who delivered them directly to us. We appreciate the donations very much!

Due to the snow day on December 16th – SCHOOL WILL BE IN SESSION ON JANUARY 17 – MLK.


We wish all of you a very Merry and restful Christmas!
Be safe and enjoy your children’s smiles on Christmas morning!

Friday, December 10, 2010

FRIDAY NOTES

12-10-10

http://www.oloscougars.org/

 

What’s Up For Next Week…
Saturday        5/6 Girls BBall @ IC Jeff. Cy. (vs. St. Elizabeth) – 1:00 pm
                        4/5 Boys BBall @ HOME (vs. St. Peter, Fulton) – 10:00 am – COME CHEER!
Sunday           OLOS CHRISTMAS PROGRAM – after 10:00 am Mass
Monday          Santa Store Setup (evening)
Tuesday        
Wednesday    Santa Store Shopping
Thursday       All School Mass (7/8 gr. ministry)
                        JV Girls BBall @ HOME – (vs. Taos White) – 6:00 pm – COME CHEER!
                       JV Boys BBall @ HOME – (vs. St. Stanislaus) – 8:00 pm – COME CHEER!
                        Fundraising Mtg – 6:30 pm
Friday             Hot Chocolate & Cookies with Santa – sponsored by Student Council (afternoon)
                        December “School Spirit” Day – may dress down only if wearing school spirit shirt

The CHRISTMAS PROGRAM is THIS SUNDAY, December 12th, after the 10:00 am Mass, in the GYM. Students should wear dress clothing – no jeans (school dress code works nicely). Preschoolers will be dressing in costumes, to be provided by the school. If the weather turns bad, please stay tuned to the local radio & television stations for cancellations. Depending on the conditions, if we do have the program, we may continue in church or move to the gym. Students are to come to the gym immediately following Mass and go to their assigned seats. Parents & family members will be using the bleachers. Pray for good weather and hope for the best!

BASKETBALL WORK SCHEDULES ARE POSTED ON THE SCHOOL WEBSITE – under the SPORTS tab. If you do not have web access, please contact the school office for a hard copy. We will publish scheduled workers in the notes each week, but for planning purposes the full schedule will be found on our website. If you are scheduled to work the first game of the day/evening, please come 30 minutes early because teams arrive 30 minutes before the games. If you cannot work your scheduled time, please trade with someone. PARENTS – PLEASE DO NOT LET YOUR SMALLER CHILDREN RUN THROUGH THE GYM & CAFETERIA DURING THESE GAMES – it is distracting to the players and does not look good to visitors. Also – only children of those parents working at the time may be in the concession/kitchen area. Parents – please supervise your children if they are in the kitchen with you. This is a safety issue, so please abide by these requests. Thank you for your consideration and thanks for all you do to make this a successful basketball season.
WORKERS FOR UPCOMING HOME GAMES: (A parent of the player/cheerleader is expected to work)
Sat., Dec. 11th -             GATE: 8:00 am – ETHAN ADRIAN, 9:00 am – BILLY PARR
                                    CONCESSION: 8:00 am – CAMERON HAEFFNER, 9:00 am – BRYCE BACKES,
                                    10:00 am – SARA STANSBURY
Thurs., Dec. 16th       GATE: 6:00 pm –JAKE BROCKMAN, 7:00 pm – ASHTON BERNSKOETTER
CONCESSION: 6:00 pm – ZACHARY SCHEULER, 7:00 pm – BRIANNA KLIETHERMES,
8:00 pm – MORGAN PRINGER
REPORTED SCORES:  JV Boys lost their game last Thursday to St. George, Linn, score – 23-19. The 4/5th grade lost their game on Saturday against St. Peter, Fulton. The score was 24-17. Both games were close – great job boys! GO COUGARS!

CLASSROOM PARENTS:  We are once again counting on you to do the great job with the classroom parties that you are famous for! Parties are at 10:00 am on Tuesday, Dec. 21st. We understand that since these are morning parties, some room parents may not be able to take off of work. Please let the classroom teacher know if this is the case, for planning purposes. Even if you are unable to attend, we are still counting on you to provide treats and drinks for the party. A list of classroom parents is enclosed in this folder.

Student Council: We will be sponsoring “Hot Chocolate with Santa” on Friday, December 17th, in the afternoon. We are asking ALL STUDENT COUNCIL TO BRING IN TWO DOZEN HOMEMADE COOKIES on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16TH. Santa will be making a visit to enjoy the afternoon with our students!

HO! HO! HO! The Santa Store will be open beginning December 15th. We are still in need of all type of gifts for the shop (and wrapping supplies). You can still bring them – it’s not too late! If you wish, you may drop any items off on Sunday at the time of the play, in the school cafeteria. We are still in need of volunteers to help with the Santa Shop on Wednesday – especially with wrapping gifts. Please contact someone in the office or Mrs. Groose with your offer to help (grandparents are welcome to help out too!). Please find enclosed today the envelopes for Santa Store shopping.

For Christmas, students will be exchanging $5 gifts within their own classrooms this year. Christmas parties will be on Tuesday, Dec. 21st at 10:00 am. School dismisses at 12:00 Noon that day.

There will be NO AFTER SCHOOL CARE on Tuesday, December 21st. We dismiss at 12:00 noon for Christmas. Before school care will still be available that day.

The school received $52.20 from the Knights of Columbus as a donation to help students in our school with mental or physical disabilities. Thanks so much to the Knights for their dedication to the young people.

8th grade retreat @ Folk – scheduled for Fri, Feb. 18th. Thanks so much to Patsy Bond for volunteering to drive & chaperone our 6 students that day. The fee for each student to attend will be $10, which is paid by the parent. You may send your payment in anytime before January 17th, checks payable to OLOS.  

Italian Night – Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011 Class Basket Themes:  PK – Scrapbooking, K/1 – Sports Day, 2 – A Day at the Beach, 3/4 – Camping, 5 – Kitchen stuff, 6 – Religious, 7/8 – Mizzou. Every child in the classroom should either bring an item for their classroom basket or send in $5 to the classroom teacher so that they may do the shopping for the basket.

OLOS students will be participating in the Science Fair this year (occurs on alternating years). Our school science fair will be sometime in mid February. It is time now to be “getting on those thinking caps” to come up with a project idea. Students in grades 3rd through 8th will be required to do a project, which will be part of their science grade. Younger students are encouraged to do projects for show. Boards will be offered after the first of the year for a nominal fee. Students in grades 6th ,7th ,& 8th are required to also do a paper with their project. The diocesan fair will be held March 19th. More information will be provided after the Christmas vacation.





Friday, December 3, 2010

FRIDAY NOTES

12-3-10

www.oloscougars.org

OLOS School provides a quality education & develops the whole person

in a faith-filled Catholic environment.

 

What’s Up For Next Week…
Saturday        5/6 Girls BBall @ Honey Creek (vs. St. Peter, Blue – JC) – 10:00 am
                        4/5 Boys BBall @ St. George, Linn (vs. St. Peter, JC) – 9:00 am
Monday          St. Nicholas, 8th graders visit Helias (am)
Tuesday        
Wednesday    All School Mass – (2nd gr. ministry),
                       Immaculate Conception – Holy Day of Obligation
Thursday       Preschoolers to Candy Cane Hunt & Runge Center
                        Items for Santa Store due today
                        JV Girls BBall @ HOME – (vs. Taos Blue) – 6:00 pm COME CHEER!!!
                        JV Boys Bball @ HOME – (vs. IC Loose Creek) – 7:00 pm COME CHEER!!!
Friday -           December Dress Down Day

The cafeteria looks wonderful – decorated so nicely for Christmas. Thanks so much to the energetic Student Council for adding that special touch to our Christmas season!

The CHRISTMAS PROGRAM is scheduled for Sunday, December 12th, after the 10:00 am Mass, in the GYM. Students should wear dress clothing – no jeans (school dress code works nicely). Preschoolers will be dressing in costumes, to be provided by the school.

WEDNESDAY is the Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception – a Holy Day of Obligation. ALL SCHOOL STAFF WILL BE ATTENDING THIS MASS, SO IF YOU ARE DROPPING OFF YOUR CHILDREN AFTER 7:55 AM, PLEASE BRING THEM DIRECTLY TO CHURCH.

BASKETBALL WORK SCHEDULES ARE POSTED ON THE SCHOOL WEBSITE – under the SPORTS tab. If you do not have web access, please contact the school office for a hard copy. We will publish scheduled workers in the notes each week, but for planning purposes the full schedule will be found on our website. If you are scheduled to work the first game of the day/evening, please come 30 minutes early because teams arrive 30 minutes before the games. If you cannot work your scheduled time, please trade with someone. PARENTS – PLEASE DO NOT LET YOUR SMALLER CHILDREN RUN THROUGH THE GYM & CAFETERIA DURING THESE GAMES – it is distracting to the players and does not look good to visitors. Also – only children of those parents working at the time may be in the concession/kitchen area. Parents – please supervise your children if they are in the kitchen with you. This is a safety issue, so please abide by these requests. Several times, we have had the burners turned on with no flames – thus releasing a considerable amount of propane into our school. Thank you for your consideration and thanks for all you do to make this a successful basketball season.
WORKERS FOR UPCOMING HOME GAMES: (A parent of the player/cheerleader is expected to work)
Thurs., Dec. 9th         GATE: 6:00 pm – SAM BECK, 7:00 pm – ALISON BUECHTER;
CONCESSION: 6:00 PM – TYLER BOND, 7:00 pm – SIERRA EVERS,
8:00 pm – TORI ADRIAN
Sat., Dec. 11th -             GATE: 8:00 am – ETHAN ADRIAN, 9:00 am – BILLY PARR
                                    CONCESSION: 8:00 am – CAMERON HAEFFNER, 9:00 am – BRYCE BACKES,
                                    10:00 am – SARA STANSBURY

Please send in any items you may have for the Santa Store. Last year we were in need of more “guy” gifts. Please send anything you may have by Dec. 10th. The Santa Store will be open beginning December 15th.
Good luck to all teams, beginning their seasons now, and in the upcoming weeks. Come on out Thursday evening to watch our teams play at home and cheer them on to victory! GO COUGARS!

For Christmas, students will be exchanging $5 gifts within their own classrooms this year. Christmas parties will be on Tuesday, Dec. 21st at 10:00 am. School dismisses at 12:00 Noon that day.

There will be NO AFTER SCHOOL CARE on Tuesday, December 21st. We dismiss at 12:00 noon for Christmas. Before school care will still be available that day.

8th grade retreat @ Folk – scheduled for Fri, Feb. 18th. Thanks so much to Patsy Bond for volunteering to drive & chaperone our 6 students that day. The fee for each student to attend will be $10, which is paid by the parent. You may send your payment in anytime before January 17th, checks payable to OLOS.  

House Points Update: The 7th & 8th continue to lead the way – a great example for the younger student – but watch out 7th & 8th graders – you have some close competition!
PS “House of St. Theresa” –      20 points Nov. – 111 points total
K/1 “House of Mary”                  37 points Nov. – 153 points total
2nd “House of Eucharist”             26 points Nov. – 143 points total
3rd “House of St. Lucy”               7 points Nov. -     98 points total
4th “House of Assisi                   18 points Nov. – 105 points total
5th “House of Crusaders”            20 points Nov. – 125 points total
6th “House of St. Peter               45 points Nov. – 165 points total
7/8th “House of St. Clare”            28 points Nov. – 174 points total

Italian Night – Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011 Class Basket Themes:  PK – Scrapbooking, K/1 – Sports Day, 2 – A Day at the Beach, 3/4 – Camping, 5 – Kitchen stuff, 6 – Religious, 7/8 – Mizzou. Every child in the classroom should either bring an item for their classroom basket or send in $5 to the classroom teacher so that they may do the shopping for the basket.

OLOS students will be participating in the Science Fair this year (occurs on alternating years). Our school science fair will be sometime in mid February. It is time now to be “getting on those thinking caps” to come up with a project idea. Students in grades 3rd through 8th will be required to do a project, which will be part of their science grade. Younger students are encouraged to do projects for show. Boards will be offered after the first of the year for a nominal fee. Students in grades 6th ,7th ,& 8th are required to also do a paper with their project. The diocesan fair will be held March 19th. More information will be provided after the Christmas vacation.

Remember the NCYC Breakfast this Sunday morning, serving from 8:00 am until 11:30 am in the school cafeteria, Featuring sausage, biscuits & gravy, & scrambled eggs – YUMMY! Costs - adults $6, children $4 (ages 4 -10), 3 and under – free. Come on in and enjoy some great food and fellowship!