ATTENTION ALL PARENTS!!
INCLEMENT WEATHER * IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ON NEW ALERT SYSTEM:
INCLEMENT WEATHER * IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ON NEW ALERT SYSTEM:
OLOS school will begin phasing in the PARENT ALERT SYSTEM through Option C. This system gives OLOS School the ability to contact parents through an automated alert system for cancellations due to weather and other emergency situations. IT IS THE PARENT*S RESPONSIBILITY to logon to Option C and set up preferences for contact. By default, families will be alerted through an automated voice message to the main phone number and the main email address listed on the *family profile* sheet which you received and updated near the beginning of the school year. You may also opt to have messages sent via text messages to your mobile phone, to additional email addresses and to work numbers.
PLEASE LOG ON NOW AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS BELOW TO CHOOSE YOUR PREFERENCES:
Logon to www.optionc.com (or click on link on school website), and put in code 8085.
On far right of HOME page, click on *My Settings*
Click on *Family Profile*
Scroll down, click on *Family Alert Contacts*
This is where you select your preferences. You may opt to receive all forms of alerts * email, voice, texts, to both parents* phones and email accounts.
We will also contact the local TV & radio stations with cancellation information. This new system depends on internet service to the principal (at home & at school), which as we all know is sometimes unavailable.
You should always tune in to the following TV & radio stations: *
KOMU TV Channel 8, KRCG-TV Channel 13, ABC-TV Channel 17
Radio stations: KLIK, KJMO, KWOS, KPLA, KOQL, KATI, KCLR/Y107.
Logon to www.optionc.com (or click on link on school website), and put in code 8085.
On far right of HOME page, click on *My Settings*
Click on *Family Profile*
Scroll down, click on *Family Alert Contacts*
This is where you select your preferences. You may opt to receive all forms of alerts * email, voice, texts, to both parents* phones and email accounts.
We will also contact the local TV & radio stations with cancellation information. This new system depends on internet service to the principal (at home & at school), which as we all know is sometimes unavailable.
You should always tune in to the following TV & radio stations: *
KOMU TV Channel 8, KRCG-TV Channel 13, ABC-TV Channel 17
Radio stations: KLIK, KJMO, KWOS, KPLA, KOQL, KATI, KCLR/Y107.
FRIDAY NOTES
12-7-12
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OLOS School provides a quality education & develops the whole person
in a faith-filled Catholic environment.
Saturday Immaculate Conception – Holy Day of Obligation – Mass @ 8:00 am Saturday
& 7:00 pm Friday night
Sunday OLOS SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM – after 10:00 am Mass in Center Gym
Monday JV Boys BBall @ High Point Tourney – 6:00 pm (vs. Immanuel Lutheran)
Tuesday Santa Store Shopping
JV Girls BBall @ High Point Tourney – 8:00 pm (vs. St. Andrews)
Wednesday 5/6 Boys BBall @ Loose Creek – 7:00 pm (vs. Holy Family)
Thursday All School Mass (7/8 gr. Ministry)
JV Girls Bball @ St. Peter, JC –6:00 pm (vs. St. Peter, JC)
JV Boys Bball @ IC, JC – 6:00 pm (vs. IC White)
Friday December Dress Down Day
OLOSS CHRISTMAS PROGRAM – This Sunday, December 9, 2012 after the 10:00 am Mass. If you haven’t heard anything from your classroom teacher, your child should dress in his/her Sunday best/dress code for the program. On Sunday, Dec. 9th, please come to the Center gymnasium after the 10:00 am Mass. Students should remain in the cafeteria, from which they will enter the gym as a class.
SANTA STORE SHOPPING IS TUESDAY. Please remember to send in your child’s shopping envelope (sent home last week) by MONDAY. Ho! Ho! Ho!
REMINDER: Donated items for the Santa Store can be dropped off after the Christmas Program in the Annex AFTER the program. We also need plastic grocery sacks for the Santa Store. Please bring them Sunday or send them to school no later than Monday, December 10th.
Calling all room parents! It is time again to be planning those classroom parties. Remember – we count on YOU to coordinate snacks & games/activities for the classrooms. Christmas parties are on Thursday, December 20th, beginning at 1:30 pm. Without the gift exchange, there will be more time for activities, so please plan accordingly.
CHRISTMAS GIFTING: OLOS School is collecting baby items (Gifts for Jesus) for St. Raymond’s Society (new mothers’ support group), Birthright, and/or the Crisis Pregnancy Center. Gift ideas might be: diapers, wipes, shampoo/powder, onesies, towels, washcloths, or anything a baby and new mother might need. The Student Council has set up the manger (where students may place their “Gifts for Jesus”), so you may send those gifts in anytime. We will collect items until Friday, December 14th. This year we will not be participating in a classroom gift exchange. We want the focus of Christmas to be on the birth of Jesus and more about giving than receiving. We ask that you not send in gifts for teachers, and redirect the money you would normally spend on them and classroom gifts to Gifts for Jesus. We also ask that friends don’t exchange gifts with each other within the school day.
The Rada & That’s My Pan orders are in. Mrs. Groose cannot send Rada orders home with students (knives), so they can be picked up after the Christmas program on Sunday. If you cannot make it then, please make arrangements with Mrs. Groose for pick-up. We made a profit of $395 on Rada and around $130 on That’s My Pan. Thanks to everyone who helped with this fundraiser!
Every other year, OLOS School, along with schools throughout our diocese, participate in the Science Fair. All students in grades 3rd through 8th will be required to do a project, which will be part of their science grade. Students in grades 6th through 8th will also be required to submit a paper with their project. Students in 6th, 7th, & 8th grades will be eligible to compete in the diocesan fair and should make their project in one of the three categories of Life, Physical or Earth Science. We highly encourage all students to work individually; however, if two students work together they must be in the same grade. The OLOS Science Fair is unscheduled, but will likely be held in the first or second week of February. Winners from OLOS will compete at the Diocesan Science Fair on March 9, 2013. YOU HAVE RECEIVED SCIENCE FAIR PACKET GUIDELINES. DO NOT THROW THIS AWAY – YOU WILL NEED THIS AS A REFERENCE TOOL!! Students must run an actual experiment and follow closely the Scientific Method, as outlined in the packet. Display boards will be offered after Christmas for a nominal fee. Please begin thinking about this now, going over ideas with your child. It always seems to sneak up on everyone after Christmas so we urge you to start now.
The Italian Feast is scheduled for February 2, 2013. To make this the successful fundraiser, we count on the school families in several ways. The first way is donation of time and talent in working at and helping plan the event. The other obvious way we count on families is through donations of items for the Silent Auction. We are asking each school family to donate one item of value to place directly on the Silent Auction. We also ask that each family donate an item of at least $5 value to the “classroom basket”. Each classroom has picked a theme and is responsible for compiling this “themed basket” to put up for bidding at the auction. If you cannot come up with something for the themed basket, please send $5 to the classroom teacher, so that he/she may do the shopping for you. With the seasonal sales, you may be able to get better deals now than waiting until the last minute to purchase your items. The classroom themes are as follows:
PK – Mizzou; K/1 – Game Night, 2 – Anything Dr. Suess, 3/4 – Fishing, 5 – Movie Night, 6 – Spring cleaning supplies, 7 – Hunting, 8 – Cardinals
Students can purchase beef sticks during lunch for $1 each. If you would like a box of 30 sent home, the price is $30. All profits go to the school. Thank you for your support!
Income from games 11/29/12: Gate $28.00, Concessions $145.59. Refs & scoreboard paid from gate proceeds.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: OLOS Communal Penance Service, Wed., Dec. 19th at 7:00 pm.
