OLOS SCHOOL OFFICE: August 2014

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Thursday Newsletter 8-28-14

THE WEEK AHEAD:

SUN – OLOS PARISH PICNIC

Mon – NO SCHOOL – Labor Day

(Picnic Clean-up)

Tues –

Wed –

Thurs- All School Mass (3/4 Ministry)

School Spirit Dress Down Day

JV Volleyball @ HOME – 6:00 & 8:00 pm – COME CHEER!!!

Fri - Mixed Bag Fundraiser comes home

September Dress Down Day

GRANDPARENTS DAY will be here before you know it! On Thursday, Sept. 11^th, all grandparents (or grandparent “subs”) are invited to share Mass & bingo with their grandchildren. We will begin the morning with 8:00 am Mass (1^st & 2^nd will be doing the ministry). All are then invited over to school for refreshments and bingo. After bingo, students will return to their classroom and grandparents will then be able to visit the Scholastic book fair display if they so wish. So students – ask your grandparents NOW to reserve the morning and plan to come. WE DO SO LOVE OUR GRANDPARENTS!

PATRIOTIC ROSARY: Also on Sept. 11^th, OLOSS will be hosting a patriotic rosary. All are invited and encouraged to attend. Especially make a note to invite all active military and veterans that you may know. The rosary will begin at 2:30 pm, and be prayed in their honor.

YEARBOOKS: We have a few 2013-14 yearbooks for sale in the office for the price of $12. If you would like to purchase one, please send payment in a marked envelope with check made payable to OLOS. Your order will be sent in the next Friday folder.

VOLLEYBALL NEWS: Our games will be starting next week, with OLOS hosting on JV games on Thursday evening (as outlined above). Volleyball parents, please find enclosed in today’s folder the work list for our two home games – Sept. 4 & Oct. 9^th. We welcome all school families, all parishioners & the community to come out Thursday night and cheer our team on to victory! Please note – JV players – since games are beginning practices will be on Tuesday only, from 3:00 to 5:30 pm. Also, if each team would designate a reporter, it would be nice to include game statistics in the weekly notes. Please contact Rosie in the office if you are willing.

SPIRIT DAY! Since OLOSS is hosting a home game on Thursday, this will be a SCHOOL SPIRIT DRESS DOWN DAY. Students may only “dress down” if they wear the official school spirit shirt. Ball shirts, old Reading Counts, shirts, etc, are not school spirit shirts. If your child does not have a school spirit shirt and you would like to order one, please contact the office for an order form. You would not get it in time for this spirit day but you would for the next spirit day in October.

WEBSITE ISSUES – NO MORE!! Thanks so much to Kim Evers, who diligently worked on and resolved our website issues. You should be able find us at www.oloscougars.org.

DELINQUINT LUNCH BILLS: If a student account falls behind on lunch payment, OLOS reserves the right to serve the student a peanut butter sandwich instead of the hot lunch. This would only occur after notice was made to the parent with a designated deadline date for payment.

CHANGE OF DATE: The book fair night originally scheduled for Sept. 18 has been rescheduled to Tuesday, Sept. 16^th.

PIONEER DAY is scheduled for Monday, October 13^th(Columbus Day). We scheduled it on this day because of the state holiday. We are asking for parent helpers – both to help in the classrooms & grounds with pioneer activities and with moving children between these activities. Please contact school office personnel with your offer to help out. All students (and adults!) are encouraged to dress in pioneer clothing for the day. If the student chooses not to dress in pioneer clothing, the normal dress code is still in force.

Dress Down on Fridays only – change for the 2014-15 school year. K-8^th graders may only use dress down passes on Fridays this year, as explained in the principal’s letter last week. Two dress down days will be designated on the calendar each month when all students may dress down. On non-designated Fridays, students may use any dress down pass they may have. We are no longer doing the monthly dollar dress down days.

LUNCH NOTICE: For students purchasing daily lunches: Students may choose a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in lieu of the main entrée if they have a note from home. They must bring a note on the day that the substitution is desired and must present it to the classroom teacher first thing in the morning. Please note that the “main entrée” is the protein item. For example, if our meal is vegetable soup with grilled cheese & string cheese, the substitution would be for the cheese sandwich & string cheese, not for the vegetable soup.

SPIRIT SHIRTS; We are holding in the office an order of two spirit shirts, one size large adult and one size 6-8 child. The order has no name or other information on it. Please contact the office if you think this may be yours. This order came with the registration packets last spring.

PE REMINDER: On Mondays, the 5-8^th graders are allowed to change in to a T-shirt and gym shorts during their gym time & then they may wear these clothes home.

PRESCHOOL PARENTS: Unless authorized through Marie, no switching of days is allowed for part-time preschoolers. The only exceptions would be for classroom parties and field trips. However, even for these days, you must contact Marie for authorization.

BEEF STICKS: Mrs. Groose will be selling beef sticks at lunch time for $1 each. They will only be available after lunches are eaten.

MEDICATION AT SCHOOL: We do not have a “stock supply” of medications for students. You may choose to send in a pain reliever or other types of medicine for your child. Make sure to clearly mark the container(s), and send a note giving staff permission to dispense the medication, with explicit dosage instructions and dosage cups/spoons. These will be locked up in the office. Sometimes having medicine available here for your child can mean not having to come after him/her or making a special trip to bring medications.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

OLOS PARISH PICNIC – AUGUST 31, 2014

NO SCHOOL – Mon, Sept 1 – Labor Day/Picnic Clean up

Grandparents Day/Bingo & Book Fair following 8:00 am Mass & Patriotic Rosary @ 2:30 in gym – Sept. 11, 2014

Bookfair/Breakfast – Sept. 14, 2014

Bookfair Night – Sept. 16, 2014

Achievement Testing – Sept. 29- Oct 3

Pioneer Day – Oct. 13, 2014

School Pictures – Oct 17, 2014

First Reconciliation – Feb. 15, 2015, after

10:00 am Mass

First Eucharist – May 3, 2015 – 10:00 am Mass

OLOSS 8^th grade Graduation – May 9, 2015,

5:00 pm Mass

OLOS Preschool Graduation – May 10, 2015 – 10:00 am Mass

Please return your folder on Tuesday.

Please pray for good weather and a successful picnic. We hope you all enjoy the four day “working” holiday! Happy Labor Day!

Friday, August 22, 2014

Friday Newsletter 8-22-14

THE WEEK AHEAD:

Mon –

Tues –

Wed –

Thurs- All School Mass (5/6 Ministry)

Fri - NO SCHOOL – Picnic Preparation

Welcome! Welcome! We are getting off to a great start this school year! We especially would like to welcome our new preschoolers – Alyssa Eickhoff, Braden Evers, Peyton Groose, Romie Groose, Alex Hagenhoff, Olivia Koetting, Tanner Lage, Elle Limbach, Ethan Limbach (will be coming), Lane McKenna, Nicholas Vandike & Clarice Whittle. Also, we welcome new elementary students – Ben Goetz (1^st), Emma Goetz (2^nd), Phoebe Whittle (2^nd), Grayson Koetting (2^nd), along with new preschool aide – Cindy McKenna. We are so glad that you are here! Please help us welcome these new students, staff, and families!

Babies! Babies! We congratulate two school families, celebrating the births and baptisms of new babies born over the summer. The Matt & Melissa Koetting household is full of activity with the addition of little Edson. We congratulate older sister, Grayson & proud parents. Baby Elsie Margaret joined the Schulte household this summer. Congratulations to older brothers Nolan, Adam & Braden & parents, Emily & Jermiah. Their household has to be full of life! Please pray for these families as they celebrate these births!

WEBSITE ISSUES: OLOS School is currently experiencing website issues. Our page is showing up under the search as Our Lady of the Snows St. Ambrose, which is really our website. Please be patient while we correct this problem. You can still access Option C directly for grades and billing.

COLLECTION ENVELOPES FOR THURSDAY MASS: Each Thursday, the students have the opportunity to place their offering in the collection. If you need collection envelopes at home, please let us know & some will be sent home. We also have them available in the cafeteria for student use.

BEEF STICKS: Today you are receiving sample beef sticks and order forms. After these orders are filled, Mrs. Groose will be selling beef sticks at lunch time for $1 each. They will only be available after lunches are eaten.

EXTENDED CARE SERVICES: In the event of inclement weather, or early dismissal due to unforeseen circumstances, there will be NO EXTENDED CARE SERVICES available. All students should be picked up at the dismissal time which would be announced with the dismissal notification. On regularly scheduled half days off (listed on school calendar), extended care is available from 12:00 – 5:30 pm.

REMINDER: The school doors open at 7:25 am. If your child arrives before that time, he/she will be placed in extended care and you will be charged the daily drop in fee of $5.

PARISH PICNIC: We are all excited when we think that our parish picnic is just one week away! So much hard work goes into the picnic, and it is of vital importance and of direct benefit to our school. Without it, we would not be able to function. In that regard, we encourage all of you to pitch in and help. We especially want to encourage all new families and out of parish members to help – as your name may not be on the work list. Please contact Jeanne Buechter @ 498-6259 or jbuechter@embarqmail.com or Barb Adrian @ 498-3599 or barbadrian@embarqmail.com to find out where you are most needed or just show up in the kitchen to help with dishwashing – where there is always a need! Thank you for your support!!!

SODA TABS: The Student Council is collecting soda tabs for the Ronald McDonald House. Please save these for this most worthy cause. You may send them into the office anytime. There is a collection can on the table near the office. Thank you!

DEADLINE FOR FRIDAY NOTES:

Thursdays, 9:00 am. All non-school related flyers need to be copied ahead of time on paper (the school cannot afford to supply paper for outside events). Upon approval by the principal, the information will then be placed in the Friday folder as a courtesy. It is not appropriate for the school to send out extraneous information that can be handled other ways. Also, if you have items for the Friday notes, please write these items up, send them in, or email them to rosie@radiowire.net

(call to let me know you have emailed please). I don’t mind doing a little editing and rewording, but the bulk of the item should be outlined with details.

PROPANE THAT PAYS… Late summer & early fall is the time many people like to fill their propane tanks or prepay. If you are or would like to be a customer of Capital Energy Co, contact them and please mention that you are a member of OLOS parish. The parish receives a percentage for every gallon the customer buys.