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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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: 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.

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.

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.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

OLOS PARISH PICNIC – AUGUST 31, 2014

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

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

Bookfair/Breakfast – Sept. 14, 2014

Bookfair Night – Sept. 18, 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 Monday.