Friday Newsletter 1-29-14

THE WEEK AHEAD:

Fri -     Italian Feast Preparation – 6:30 pm

Sat – 5/6 Boys BBall @ St. Martin – 10:00 am (vs. St. Francis, Taos)

        4/5 Girls BBall @ St. Peter, JC – 11:00 am (vs. St. Peter)

        OLOS Italian Feast & Silent Auction

Sun - CSW Masses – 7:45 & 10:00 am

Mon – Midquarter

Tues –

Wed – Golf Tourn. Mtg – 6:30 pm – KC Hall

Thurs- All School Mass (6/7 Ministry)

        School Spirit Day

        JV Girls BBall @ IC, JC – 6:00 pm

(vs.  IC, JC)

        JV Boys BBall @ HOME – 7:00 pm

        (vs. St. Joseph, JC) COME CHEER!!!

Fri -   SCHOOL DISMISSES @ 12:00 NOON

        Lunch is served

        Progress Reports Available

ITALIAN FEAST NEWS: The Italian Feast is this weekend. All help is needed for setting up and preparing the cheesecake and other items. Work will begin at 6:30 this evening (Friday).

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK CONCLUSION: On Sunday, Feb 2, we will end our celebration of Catholic Schools Week by students (who volunteered) participating in the ministry for the 7:45 and 10:00 am  Masses. All with ministry assignments are asked to wear school dress code and should meet the teacher in charge in the main vestibule of church 10 minutes before the start of Mass. Other students are encouraged to wear their spirit shirts. Ministry assignments may be found in today’s folder.

THANK YOU to all the wonderful ladies who sent in the great soups and desserts for the staff on Monday. The food was very much appreciated and enjoyed! The gift was awesome (Stacy Schrimpf is so talented!) and very much appreciated as well! A huge thank you to ALL who made this CSW the great celebration that is was – whether is was through making sure your kids did their ministry in Mass, sending in the cookies and gifts for Father & the troops, helping out where needed during the celebrations, student games, and etc. We are continually overwhelmed by the great support of our school.

PLAYGROUND BENEFIT: The wonderful Knights of Columbus of our parish will be sponsoring a benefit steak dinner to support the development of a new required fenced-in playground area for the preschool program. This will take place on Saturday, Feb. 15^th, serving from 5:00 until 8:00 pm. Tickets are available from the school office. The cost is $15 per ticket. There are approximately 250 tickets available. If every school family sold two that would be 100 sold. If every school family sold four, that would take care of most of them. Ask around and let us know how many we can send home for you to sell. Thanks so much for your support!

GOLF TOURNAMENT MEETING: Wed., Feb. 5^th @ 6:30 pm at the KC Hall, All are welcome!

OUR CONDOLENCES and God’s blessings…

To the family of Leona Evers. great grandmother of Alex, Tyler, Alyssa, & Bryce Evers.

To Lorraine Barnicle & Tony, on the passing of Lorraine’s brother, Eddie.

To the Vandike family, on the passing of Josh’s grandmother, and Rylee & Zachary’s great-grandmother. You are all in our prayers!

CARTRIDGES:  We received $69.70 for a recent roundup of printer cartridges. Thanks to all who save & send those in. It all helps!

CALLING ALL ROOM PARENTS! The Valentine’s parties will be at 2:00 pm on Friday, Feb. 14^th. We always count on our room parents to provide snacks and games for these parties. Room parents – please feel free to contact any parent (not only those on the enclosed list) to provide refreshments. Thank you so much for your care and enthusiasm!

STUDENT COUNCIL MEETING – advance notice: There will be a meeting the following week, on Tues., Feb. 11^th from 3:00 to 4:00 pm to assemble the Valentine items.

CHANGE YOUR CALENDAR:  School will NOT be in session on Mon., Feb. 24^th and WILL BE in session on Fri., Feb. 21^st due to Religious Ed. Institute.

8^TH GRADE RETREAT: The eleven 8^th graders will be attending the annual retreat in Folk on March 12^th from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. The cost for the retreat is $8 each, which you may send in at any time, but please by Feb. 18^th. Students will need to provide their own sack lunches and drinks. We are in need of parent drivers for the day. Please call the school office if you can help transport these students. Thanks!

SODA TABS: The Student Council is collecting soda tabs for the Ronald McDonald House. Please begin saving these for this most worthy cause. You may send them into the office anytime. Thank you!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: The Home & School is sponsoring an Internet Safety class on Thursday, Feb. 13^th from 6:30 until 8:00 in the Center. This is not limited to school families – anyone in the community and beyond with an interest may attend. Please help spread the word. More information will follow.

BOOKFAIR & BREAKFAST:  Due to scheduling conflicts, the book fair breakfast originally scheduled for Feb 23^rd has been rescheduled for Sunday, March 2, 2013.

GUITAR LESSONS: Mrs. Forbis asks that any interested students to notify the school so she can get a head count.

DUE TO THE SNOW DAYS, SCHOOL WILL BE IN SESSION ON THURSDAY, APRIL 17^TH (1/2 DAY), AND TUESDAY, APRIL 22^ND.

PARISH MISSION:  Mark your calendars now for OLOS Parish Mission to be held from March 9^th through the 12^th. Fr. John Mark Ettensohn, a member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate from Belleville, IL will be conducting the mission. More information will be in future notes, but make plans now to attend these four evenings.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

Reading Counts Field Trip – Tan-Tar-A Waterpark, Thursday, May 8th

OLOS 8^th grade Graduation: Saturday, May 10^th, 5:00 pm Mass with reception at the School gym.

WORKERS FOR GAMES THURS., FEB. 6:

(Parents of…)

GATE: 6:00  - Andrew Schulte, 7:00– Jared Evers, CONCESSION: 6:00 – Zachary Bond, 7:00 – Cody Schulte, 8:00 – Cameron Haeffner

PLEASE ARRIVE 30 MINUTES BEFORE GAME TIME IF YOU ARE SCHEDULED TO WORK THE FIRST GAME. IF YOU CANNOT WORK, PLEASE

TRADE WITH SOMEONE. THANK YOU!

PARENTS: If you have any questions or concerns, please remember to follow the handbook pgs. 26-27 with the normal chain of command:  (1) teacher (2) principal (3) pastor.

FROM SAVANNA’S FAMILY: We want to thank everyone for all their support, prayers, contributions, and everything, we really appreciate it!!  The money in  the Savanna Strong Benefit account has been helping us a lot with medical / travel expenses.  The good news is our insurance just reimbursed us all of the Ronald McDonald apartment rent!!!  So this is back into the Savanna Strong Benefit account and we will continue to use it towards medical / travel expenses until it's all over with.  Then with the left-over money, we will begin to start helping anyone who else in need. ;-)

Savanna's doing great, feels good!  Has been keeping up with her homework on her laptop.  Her clinic appointments have been cut down to once a month for a few months!  Her next bone marrow check is next month (Feb. 14h) then won't have it again until August which will cut down to once a year every year.  She can't wait to have her Broviac (port on her chest) removed next month also!  All is good!!

Enjoy a great weekend, everyone!

Please return your folder on Monday.