Friday, January 28, 2011

FRIDAY NOTES

1-28-11

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OLOS School provides a quality education & develops the whole person

in a faith-filled Catholic environment.

 

What’s Up For Next Week… CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK – “A+ FOR AMERICA
Saturday         4/5 Boys BBall @ IC, JC – 8:00 am, 5/6 Girls BBall @ St. Joe, Westphalia-12:00 noon
                        Celebration of CSW at 5:00 Mass
Sunday           Celebration of CSW at 7:45 & 10:00 Masses
Monday          CSW – “Our Country” – Dress down in Red, White & Blue, Prayers for those serving our country
Tuesday         CSW – “Our Vocations” – Bring an item for Father, visit with Father & tour rectory, Prayers for vocations
Wednesday    CSW – “Our Staff” – Staff Dress Down, Coupon books, Breakfast by Fundraising Comm. & Pizza for lunch for staff
Thursday        CSW – “Our Community” – Donuts & drinks to parents dropping off students in morning and for parish & community members after Mass
                        All School Mass (7/8 gr. ministry)
                        Midquarter
                        JV Boys Bball @ Honey Creek – 6:00 pm, JV Girls BBall @ Honey Creek – 7:00 pm
Friday             CSW – “Our STUDENTS” – Dress Down Day, Minute to Win It @ 9:00 am (6th graders play) with all students in attendance, snacks, treats &/or prizes, fun activities in classroom – movies or games, Conga line to gym led by Mrs. Trachsel             
                       and best of all…SCHOOL DISMISSES @ 12:00 NOON, lunch is served

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK BEGINS THIS WEEKDEND. Please see enclosed sheet to find out if your child is assigned a duty for the weekend Masses. Thanks to all who signed up. We tried to include at least one student from each family signing up, and in some cases scheduled more, if we were short on help. Parents are encouraged to send Father & the staff notes of thanks for all they do for OLOS School.

ITALIAN FEAST REMINDERS: PLEASE REFER TO ENCLOSED WORK LIST ASSIGNMENTS FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN– IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR. PLEASE TURN IN ANY ITALIAN FEAST MONEY YOU HAVE FOR TICKETS YOU HAVE SOLD THUS FAR. IF YOU NEED MORE TICKETS, PLEASE SEND A NOTE OR CALL THE OFFICE.
Silent Auction: Please help make the Silent Auction successful again this year.  We ask each family to donate to their class theme baskets as well as help round up other nice items for the Auction.  Please send these into school NOW so we can start preparing the bid sheets.  If you would like to go together with other families and donate some bigger items that would be great too.  
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.

Due to the snow day in January which cancelled the scheduled Home & School meeting, we will have a Home & School meeting, as well as a School Advisory Board meeting on Feb. 17th, at 6:30 and 7:30 respectively. We realize there are home games that evening, but it was the only available night in February.

Great thanks to Theresa (Ray) Bax & Betty Pound, who so graciously cooked the lunches on Monday and Tuesday while our cooks were in Washington D. C. for the pro-life march. These ladies donated their time & talent for our students. Please, if you see them, thank them with a pat on the back.
Snow Make up Days: We WILL be in session on Monday, Feb. 21st & Tues., April 26th to make up the 2nd & 3rd snow days.

Thanks to all who sent in the cookies for the Masses this weekend in celebration of Catholic Schools Week. WE APPRECIATE YOU!!!

Mrs. Groose will be selling BEEF STICKS at lunchtime again this year. They are $1 each.

Student Council: Because of the Valentine’s fundraiser we will not have our meeting on the first Monday of the month. We WILL meet after school on Friday, Feb. 11th to assemble the candygrams. We will meet again on Monday, Feb. 14th, at lunchtime, to assemble the flower orders.

OLOS students will be participating in the Science Fair this year. PACKETS WERE SENT HOME PREVIOUSLY THAT CONTAINED INFORMATION REGARDING PROJECT GUIDELINES. PLEASE KEEP THIS FOR YOUR REFERENCE. 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 are now being offered for a nominal fee of $4. If you need a board, please put payment (to OLOS) in a marked envelope and send to the office. Students in grades 6th, 7th, & 8th are required to also do a paper with their project. In these grades (6,7,8) one winner will be chosen to attend the diocesan fair in each of the categories of Life, Physical & Earth Science (3 winners total will go to diocese). Each student in these grades should prominently designate on the back of their board which category their project should be placed in. THE OLOS SCIENCE FAIR WILL BE FEBRUARY 22. All projects and papers will be due for display on that day. The diocesan fair will be held March 19th.

8th grade retreat @ Folk – scheduled for Fri, Feb. 18th. Your child will need to pack a lunch & a drink on that day. Nice jeans (no holes) and collared shirts may be worn for this event – as they may be outside a little bit if the weather permits. The students must be at Folk between 8:30 and 9:00 for registration, so they will be leaving school around 7:30 and will not return until after 3:30 pm.

PLEASE TURN IN ALL BEST CHOICE UPC LABELS TO THE OFFICE. THEY ARE ONLY REDEEMED ONE TIME PER YEAR AND THEY WILL BE SENT OFF VERY SOON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Please support the Student Council’s candygram and flower fundraiser for Valentine’s Day. Order forms should be found in today’s folder.

IMPORTANT DATES:    FEBRUARY 27TH – FIRST RECONCILIATION – AFTER 10:00 AM MASS
                                    MAY 1ST – FIRST HOLY COMMUNION – 10:00 AM MASS
                                    MAY 14TH – 8TH GRADE GRADUATION – 5:00 PM MASS






















Monday, January 24, 2011

FRIDAY NOTES (ON MONDAY)

1-24-11

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OLOS School provides a quality education & develops the whole person

in a faith-filled Catholic environment.

 

What’s Up For This Week…

Monday
Tuesday        
Wednesday    “Dress Down For $1 for Guido Day”
Thursday        All School Mass (2nd gr. ministry)
                        JV Boys’ BBall @ HOME – 7:00 pm – COME CHEER!!!
                        JV Girls’ BBall @ HOME – 8:00 pm – COME CHEER!!!
Friday             School Spirit Dress Down Day – (may dress down only if wearing school spirit shirt)

WORKERS FOR UPCOMING HOME GAMETHURSDAY, JANUARY 27th
(A parent of the player/cheerleader is expected to work – first workers for night please come 30 minutes early)
                                    GATE: 6:00 pm – NOAH EVERS, 7:00 pm – MORGAN PRINGER
CONCESSION:  6:00 pm – DYLAN LEPPER, 7:00 pm – RACHEL BUECHTER,
8:00 pm  - ZACHARY BOND
COMPLETE BASKETBALL WORK SCHEDULES ARE POSTED ON THE SCHOOL WEBSITE.
Ballgame Proceeds:  Games 1/7: Concession - $85.25, Gate - $196.00 (minus $150 refs); Games 1/14: Gate/Conc. combined - $341.50 (minus $140. refs).

REPORTED SCORES: Let’s catch up! On Saturday, Jan. 8th, the 4th & 5th boys took a loss to St. Elizabeth, with a final score of 22-16. On that same day, the JV boys took a loss to St. George, Linn, 47-29, in the St. Stanislaus Tournament. On Thursday, Jan. 13th, the JV Girls took a loss to Trinity, with a very close score of 27-26. The JV boys also played that evening, and took a loss to St. Joe, JC, final score 32-25. The 5th & 6th grade girls played on Sat., the 15th, taking a loss to Linn, score 22-14, and took another loss to Trinity on Jan. 22nd.  That’s enough for now – good luck with your games this week, ballplayers!

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK BEGINS SUNDAY. Please see enclosed sign up sheet for Mass volunteers. Also, please send in two to three dozen homemade cookies by this Friday, Jan. 28th (to pass out to parish family after all weekend Masses).

OLOS students will be participating in the Science Fair this year. PACKETS WERE SENT HOME PREVIOUSLY THAT CONTAINED INFORMATION REGARDING PROJECT GUIDELINES. PLEASE KEEP THIS FOR YOUR REFERENCE. 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 are now being offered for a nominal fee of $4. If you need a board, please put payment (to OLOS) in a marked envelope and send to the office. Students in grades 6th, 7th, & 8th are required to also do a paper with their project. In these grades (6,7,8) one winner will be chosen to attend the diocesan fair in each of the categories of Life, Physical & Earth Science (3 winners total will go to diocese). Each student in these grades should prominently designate on the back of their board which category their project should be placed in. THE OLOS SCIENCE FAIR WILL BE FEBRUARY 22. All projects and papers will be due for display on that day. The diocesan fair will be held March 19th.

Due to the snow days last week, we are rescheduling the DRESS DOWN FOR $1 FOR GUIDO FOR THIS WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26TH.

8th grade retreat @ Folk – scheduled for Fri, Feb. 18th. PERMISSION FORMS ARE IN TODAY’S FOLDER. Please fill these out and return. Your child will need to pack a lunch & a drink on that day. Nice jeans (no holes) and collared shirts may be worn for this event – as they may be outside a little bit if the weather permits. The students must be at Folk between 8:30 and 9:00 for registration, so they will be leaving school around 7:30 and will not return until after 3:30 pm.

We are pleased to announce that Mrs. Christinea Schwartzer had her baby – a girl named Isabella Marie – on Jan. 18th. Isabella weighed 7 lbs. 8 oz. We congratulate Mrs. Schwartzer and her husband on the birth of their new little bundle of joy!

We wish to thank the family and friends of Emma Schulte. $2050 was donated to Our Lady of the Snows School through memorial contributions. Please pray for the soul of Emma, and for the consolation and intentions of her family and friends. We appreciate your thoughtfulness!

Catholic Schools Week favorite meals for classrooms will be worked in throughout February. OLOS School is being reviewed by Dept. of Education/Lunch Program the same week as CSW and the “favorites” are too much/too close together…This a routine review that is conducted by DESE every 5-7 years.

PLEASE TURN IN ALL BEST CHOICE UPC LABELS TO THE OFFICE. THEY ARE ONLY REDEEMED ONE TIME PER YEAR AND THEY WILL BE SENT OFF VERY SOON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Thanks so much to the fantastic & very energetic Student Council for decorating the cafeteria so nicely for Valentine’s Day. Watch your folders – the Student Council will once again be offering the candygrams & flowers for your favorite valentine!

Please pray for the safety of those returning from the Pro-Life pilgrimage to Washington D. C. Among the almost thirty attending from OLOS parish were eight of our students and three of our staff members.

ITALIAN FEAST REMINDERS: PLEASE TURN IN ANY ITALIAN FEAST TICKETS THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SELL. IF YOU CAN SELL THEM, THEN BY ALL MEANS KEEP THEM.
Silent Auction: Please help make the Silent Auction successful again this year.  We ask each family to donate to their class theme baskets as well as help round up other nice items for the Auction.  Please send these into school at any time so we can start preparing the bid sheets.  If you would like to go together with other families and donate some bigger items that would be great too.  
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.
Tickets:  Please try to pre sell your dinner tickets to help with the up front food expenses.  Money can be turned into the school office.  You can also get more tickets via the office as well.

We thank Bill Plank, Darryl Love, Jacob Schwaller, Sam & Andy Beck, & Brian Kliethermes (and any others we missed?!!) for clearing the parking lots and sidewalks around the church and school last week! We appreciate it!

We have several full sized working computer monitors (not flat) from our computer lab that we need to get rid of. They were replaced with the flat screens through the donation from the state via Jean Rush. If you are interested in any or all – for free, please contact the school office.

IMPORTANT DATES:    FEBRUARY 27TH – FIRST RECONCILIATION – AFTER 10:00 AM MASS
                                    MAY 1ST – FIRST HOLY COMMUNION – 10:00 AM MASS
                                    MAY 14TH – 8TH GRADE GRADUATION – 5:00 PM MASS










Wednesday, January 19, 2011

FRIDAY NOTES

1-14-11

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        4/5 Boys BBall @ St. Stanislaus – 8:00 am
                        5/6 Girls Bball @ Honey Creek – 9:00 am
Monday          SCHOOL IN SESSION (MLK) SNOW MAKE UP DAY
                        Student Council Meeting – until 3:30 pm
Tuesday        
Wednesday    JV Girls BBall @ St. Thomas – 6:00 pm
                        JV Boys BBall @St. Martin – 6:00 pm
Thursday       All School Mass (3rd & 4th grade ministry)
                        Home & School mtg. – 6:30 pm
                        School Adv. Board mtg. – 7:30 pm
                        Fundraising mtg. – 7:30 pm
Friday             Pro – Life Rosary at Capitol – 12:00 noon (7th & 8th graders)
                       “Dress Down for $1 Day” for Guido

OLOS students will be participating in the Science Fair this year (occurs on alternating years). PACKETS WERE IN LAST WEEK’S FOLDER THAT CONTAINED INFORMATION REGARDING PROJECT GUIDELINES. PLEASE KEEP THIS FOR YOUR REFERENCE. 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 are now being offered for a nominal fee – see paper enclosed in this folder. Students in grades 6th, 7th, & 8th are required to also do a paper with their project. THE OLOS SCIENCE FAIR WILL BE FEBRUARY 22. All projects and papers will be due for display on that day. The diocesan fair will be held March 19th.

REPORTED SCORES: The JV Girls played against Holy Family, Freeburg at home last Thursday night and won by a score of 34-22. They played again on Friday night in the Wardsville Tournament and won against St. Francis – score 36-16. They played Saturday in the tournament and took a second win in a week from Holy Family, Freeburg, with a score of 35-23. They ended up the tournament on Sunday with a loss to St. Martin, final score 32-28. THEY TOOK
2ND PLACE
IN THIS TOURNAMENT! GREAT JOB, GIRLS! The 5/6 Girls took a loss against St. Peter, Jeff. Cy. on Saturday.

8th grade parents take note: 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.  (Please note – the retreat is not Jan. 18th, as listed on calendar sent home before Christmas.)

PLEASE TURN IN ALL BEST CHOICE UPC LABELS TO THE OFFICE. THEY ARE ONLY REDEEMED ONE TIME PER YEAR AND THEY WILL BE SENT OFF VERY SOON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Please SIGN & RETURN GRADE CARDS if you have not already done so. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the classroom teacher.

Let’s try this again!! Student Council members: Please note the meeting this Monday, Jan. 17th, until 3:30 pm or so. We will be decorating and making plans for Valentine’s Day. Please bring a note with permission to stay for the meeting.

Make a point to attend the Home & School meeting (and Fundraising meeting too!) on Thursday night to catch up on what is going on at our school. The meeting is at 6:30 in the computer lab. Parents earn a “bonus dress down pass” for each of their children, just for attending the meeting! See you there!

Please pray with our 7th & 8th graders at noon on Friday for an end to abortion. All are welcome to go to the Capitol for this event. If you cannot be there in person, please be there in spirit.

ITALIAN FEAST REMINDERS:
Work List:
Please return sign up sheets to work, if you have not already done so.  The Italian Feast is quickly approaching and we have lots of planning left to do.
Silent Auction: Please help make the Silent Auction successful again this year.  We ask each family to donate to their class theme baskets as well as help round up other nice items for the Auction.  Please send these into school at any time so we can start preparing the bid sheets.  If you would like to go together with other families and donate some bigger items that would be great too.  
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.
Tickets:  Please try to pre sell your dinner tickets to help with the up front food expenses.  Money can be turned into the school office.  You can also get more tickets via the office as well.

House Points Update: The 6th graders – “The House of St. Peter” -  are a very happy bunch these days! They are excited because they finally earned the “Spirit Stick” in our House points race. Up until now, the 7th & 8th graders had been keepers of the stick, but the 6th graders are now in the lead with 207 points (4 points ahead of 7/8).

PS “House of St. Theresa” –      22 points Dec. – 133 points total
K/1 “House of Mary”                  27 points Dec. – 180 points total
2nd “House of Eucharist”             32 points Dec. – 175 points total
3rd “House of St. Lucy”               41 points Dec. -  139 points total
4th “House of Assisi                  31 points Dec. – 136 points total
5th “House of Crusaders”            37 points Dec. – 162 points total
6th “House of St. Peter”              42 points Dec. – 207 points total
7/8th “House of St. Clare”            29 points Dec. – 203 points total

We thank Ray Bax, Jim Schulte, Dave Schwaller, Bruce Berendzen, and Darryl Love, & Brian Kliethermes for clearing the snow off of the parish drives, parking lots and sidewalks. Those tractors, trucks and shovels were really busy moving the snow out of the way! We appreciate it!

PRO LIFE MARCH ATTENDEES: There is a MANDATORY MEETING THIS SUNDAY, JAN. 16TH AT NOON AT ST. JOSEPH CATHEDRAL. There is an 11:00 Mass at St. Joseph’s Cathedral, if you would like to attend, and then just stay over for the meeting. Please bring $20 to cover the cost of two meals and the metro tickets that Fr. Joe has procured ahead of time, which will offset some of the challenges of eating after the tour of the Holocaust Museum and after the Mass at the Basilica. Please also bring your photo release form to this meeting.

NCYC NEWS: There will be a NCYC meeting between the Masses Sun. Jan. 23. Some of the youth and adults will not be here because of attending the March For Life in D.C. but EVERYONE ELSE--youth and parents please attend. We will begin accepting everyone's $100 deposit for the trip at this meeting. This will be your commitment to the trip and give us an idea of the exact number planning to attend. The Diocese has not given the date the deposit will be due to them so if something comes up for you between now and the date the Diocese requires a deposit it could be refunded. From the last email Donna received from the Diocese it looks like the cost of the trip will not be as expensive as we had guessed. There was a schedule mix-up for the KofC/NCYC steak dinner. It will NOT be Feb. 12. Hopefully it can be rescheduled before Lent.

Due to the snow day on December 16th – SCHOOL WILL BE IN SESSION ON JANUARY 17 – MLK.
Lunch for Jan. 17th will be:  Spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, fresh fruit


IMPORTANT DATES:    FEBRUARY 27TH – FIRST RECONCILIATION – AFTER 10:00 AM MASS
                                    MAY 1ST – FIRST HOLY COMMUNION – 10:00 AM MASS
                                    MAY 14TH – 8TH GRADE GRADUATION – 5:00 PM MASS

Friday, January 7, 2011

FRIDAY NOTES

1-7-11

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        4/5 Boys Basketball @ Westphalia – 10:00 am
                        5/6 Girls Basketball @ IC, Jeff. Cy. – 1:00 pm
Sunday           K. of C. Free Throw Contest – 12:00 noon – center gym
Monday          Student Council Mtg – until 3:30 pm
Tuesday        
Wednesday    Fr. Corel visits on Vocations
Thursday       All School Mass (5th gr. ministry)
                        JV Boys Basketball @ HOME – 7:00 pm – COME CHEER!!!
                        JV Girls Basketball @ HOME – 8:00 pm – COME CHEER!!!
Friday             January “Dress Down Day”

OLOS students will be participating in the Science Fair this year (occurs on alternating years). PACKETS ARE IN TODAY’S FOLDER WITH MORE INFORMATION REGARDING PROJECT GUIDELINES. PLEASE KEEP THIS FOR YOUR REFERENCE. 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 are now being offered for a nominal fee – see paper enclosed in this folder. Students in grades 6th ,7th ,& 8th are required to also do a paper with their project. THE OLOS SCIENCE FAIR WILL BE FEBRUARY 22. All projects and papers will be due for display on that day. The diocesan fair will be held March 19th.

WORKERS FOR UPCOMING HOME GAMETHURSDAY, JANUARY 13
(A parent of the player/cheerleader is expected to work – first workers for night please come 30 minutes early)
                                    GATE: 6:00 pm –TORI ADRIAN, 7:00 pm – GABBY MORFF
CONCESSION: 6:00 pm – SHELDON SCHULTE, 7:00 pm – SYDNEY TRACHSEL,
8:00 pm  - RACHEL WOOD
COMPLETE BASKETBALL WORK SCHEDULES ARE POSTED ON THE SCHOOL WEBSITE.

REPORTED SCORES: The 4th & 5th grade boys played on December 18th and won 34-28 against Honey Creek. They won this game after going into overtime, with a score at that point of 28-28. Hooray, boys! The 5th & 6th grade girls’ basketball team took a loss to St. Joe, Westphalia 22-14 on the same day. The JV Boys played in the St. Stanislaus tournament and played against St. Stan. on Tuesday evening. They went into overtime and lost by three, with a final score of 35-32. What a game!

ITALIAN FEAST REMINDERS:
Work List:
Please turn in your work list sign up sheets ON MONDAY.  The Italian Feast is quickly approaching and we have lots of planning left to do.
Silent Auction: Please help make the Silent Auction successful again this year.  We ask each family to donate to their class theme baskets as well as help round up other nice items for the Auction.  Please send these into school at any time so we can start preparing the bid sheets.  If you would like to go together with other families and donate some bigger items that would be great too.  
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.
Tickets:  Please try to pre sell your dinner tickets to help with the up front food expenses.  Money can be turned into the school office.  You can also get more tickets via the office as well.

Student Council members: Please note the meeting this Monday, Jan. 10th, until 3:30 pm or so. We will be taking down the Christmas decorations and making plans for Valentine’s Day. Please bring a note with permission to stay for the meeting.

7TH & 8TH GRADE PARENTS: Please find and fill out completely and return on Monday the permission form for your child to attend the Pro-Life Rosary at the Capitol on Jan. 21st. Please note that your child will need money that day to eat out.

Due to the snow day on December 16th – SCHOOL WILL BE IN SESSION ON JANUARY 17 – MLK.
Lunch for Jan. 17th will be:  Spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, fresh fruit

Special note for parents of students attending the Pro-Life rally in Washington D. C. in late January:  Please come to the short meeting at 6:15 on January 12th (Wed. night). This will be a short meeting (15 min.) to discuss the specifics of the trip – what to pack, what is expected, etc.

Because of limited seating on the van, only students who have contracted for bus services may ride. This means that if a child who normally rides the bus invites a friend over, the parent must make other arrangements for pick-up. Permission may be granted by request in the case of extenuating circumstances – and in this case the parent would need to speak with Mrs. Trachsel.

Box Tops for Education: We received $210.80 for the Box Tops for Education campaign. Thanks to all who clip those box tops  - we receive 10 cents each for them, and if you pay attention, you really can collect them pretty quickly because they are on so many of the groceries you may be buying. Thanks to Jeanne & girls for taking care of this campaign!

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.  (Please note – the retreat is not Jan. 18th, as listed on calendar sent home before Christmas.)

IMPORTANT DATES:    FEBRUARY 27TH – FIRST RECONCILIATION – AFTER 10:00 AM MASS
                                    MAY 1ST – FIRST HOLY COMMUNION – 10:00 AM MASS
                                    MAY 14TH – 8TH GRADE GRADUATION – 5:00 PM MASS