Friday Newsletter 10-10-14
THE
WEEK AHEAD:
Sat – 4/5 Volleyball @ St. Martin – 9:00 am (vs. St. Martin )
Mon – Pioneer Day – dress in pioneer fashion
Tues – Shiloh/F.N. Planning Meeting – 6:30 in the
school cafeteria
Wed – End of
First Quarter
Helias will visit from 9-10:40 today
JV Volleyball @ IC, JC – 7:00 pm (vs. IC, Loose Creek)
Thurs- Donuts with Dad – 7:00 – 7:30 am
All School Mass (7/8 Ministry)
Basketball Coaches’
Meeting – 5:45 pm in the cafeteria
School Adv. Board
Meeting – 6:30 pm in the computer lab
Open Gym (boys’
4-8 bball) 6-8 pm
Fri - School Picture Day
Dress Up for
Pictures Day
PIONEER DAY is this Monday, October 13th.
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. Thanks to our great volunteers – Wendy
Whittle, Bryan Evers, Melissa Koetting (morning), Brittany Goetz (morning)
& Kim Evers. We ask that you join us at school by 7:45 am on Monday
morning. Volunteers – please find your
job detail/schedule in today’s folder.
DONUTS
WITH DAD: This Thursday, October 16th. Dads (or
dad “subs”) you are invited to school between 7:00 & 7:30 to enjoy donuts
with your kids in the school cafeteria. You are also invited to attend Mass
with your child that morning or go on to work, as time permits.
SCHOOL
PICTURE DAY is scheduled for Friday, October 17th. This
is a dress “up” for picture day. All length and sleeve requirements are still
in force.
PRESCHOOL
PARENTS: If your child does not normally attend on Fridays,
you are encouraged to bring your child at 8:00 am the morning of pictures,
Friday, Oct. 17th. We will do the preschool photos first. Otherwise,
there will be a retake day scheduled for later.
PLANNING MEETING: There is
a planning meeting for the Shiloh Dance and Italian Feast on Tuesday Oct 14th
at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria (or if it is in use, we will meet in Mrs.
Groose's classroom). All are welcome and encouraged to get involved.
Many hands make light work!!! Thanks! PLEASE FIND, FILL OUT, AND RETURN
THE ENCLOSED WORK SIGN-UP FOR THIS EVENT.
COKE
PRODUCTS: The school will begin collecting the Coke Rewards
codes, found inside the cardboard container of the boxes and on caps of Coke
products. Please clip these and send them in. The school can earn items for the
school with redemption.
BOX
TOPS: Please send in
all Box Tops and Best Choice labels that you may have accumulated. We will be
sending them in for redemption at the end of October. Thank you!
FANTASY
NIGHT: Congratulations to all Fantasy Night winners and a
huge thank you to Fr. Pat, for donating his entire winnings of $5500 back to
the school & parish! We appreciate it so much! Many thanks to all who
worked so hard for this event, especially to Lynn Morgan, for her endless hours
of planning. You will find a list of winners with today’s newsletter.
HALLOWEEN
PARTIES/WALK: Please
find enclosed in today’s folder, permission forms for our annual walk. Please
fill these out completely and return on Monday. All students are invited and
encouraged to wear their Halloween costumes for the walk, but please no scary,
evil or gory costumes. You will also find a list of room parents in today’s
folder. Room parents – the teachers depend on you to plan activities and
refreshments for the party. Please feel free to contact any classroom parent to
help provide things needed for the party. The students will all have the
opportunity to visit the “Haunted House”, sponsored by the 7th &
8th graders, if they so choose. We promise not to scare the little
ones!
PALS
FUN NIGHT has been postponed due to the Halloween dance at St. Peters
COMMITTEE
FOR FAMILIES IN NEED: As a faith community, we are called to help those
families in need of ongoing support due to health, financial, personal and
other types of crises. We are asking for volunteers to form a committee to
respond to the needs of these families – whether it be through
coordinating/providing dinners, clothing, etc. Please contact the school office
if you would like to help head up or help with this ongoing effort. We thank Melissa Koetting, Kim Evers, and
Brittany Goetz, for volunteering for this committee to date.
SANTA
STORE: The Santa Store is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 18th,
during special classes. This is a special opportunity for our school children
to shop for family members and they REALLY enjoy it. We are in need of
donations of any kind, but most especially “dad” gifts, and brother/sister
gifts. You can send those items in at any time. Also, we will need some helper
elves to wrap gifts and help the students with shopping. Debbie Schulte & Wendy Whittle have volunteered to help out. If
you are able to be here that day, please contact someone in the office.
STUDENT
COUNCIL LEADER: We are asking one or two parent volunteers to work
with the Student Council this year. The council generally meets once a month
and sponsors other activities through the year. Please contact Mrs. Werdehausen
with your offer to help.
MONTHLY
CALENDARS: You were provided monthly calendars for the entire
school year in your school handbook. We also post the calendar on our school
website, which is updated with game information and recent changes/additions to
the calendar. To save costs, we will no
longer provide the calendar in your Friday folder. For now, we will keep
sending the lunch menu, but it is also available online.
VOLLEYBALL NEWS: The JV girls won one of three sets last night
against St. Francis Xavier, Taos
BASKETBALL NEWS: 4th Grade boys can sign up for
basketball and will be combined with the sixth grade boys’ team. THERE WILL BE OPEN GYM FOR BOYS GRADES 4TH
THROUGH 8TH ON THURSDAY NIGHT (10/16) FROM 6:00 TO 8:00 PM. Please
be prompt with pick-up, as there is a wedding set-up immediately after
practice.
MILK
MONEY: Any student may purchase a milk at lunchtime for
50 cents. Students purchasing a school lunch already have a milk provided, but
may purchase an additional. Sack lunch students may purchase a milk for their
lunch. However, payment must be made to the office at the time the milk is
desired – no paying ahead. There will be no change available. So pack those
quarters parents!
PE
REMINDER: On Mondays, the 5-8th graders are
allowed
to change in to a T-shirt and gym shorts during
their gym time & then they may wear these clothes home.
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.
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.
HOMEWORK can only be picked up between 3:00 and 3:15 each
day for students who have been absent. Requests can be made to send work home
with siblings or others. Please specifically request homework when calling in
your child’s absence if you so prefer. Some parents prefer to not have the
homework, especially if their child is still feeling unwell.
MARK
YOUR CALENDAR:
Pioneer Day – Oct. 13, 2014
Donuts with Dad – Oct 16, 2014 7:00 – 7:30 am
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 8th 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.
Enjoy the fall weekend!
