Friday, May 8, 2015


Friday Newsletter 5-8-15


THE WEEK AHEAD:
Sat – 8th grade Graduation – 5:00 pm Mass with reception following in gym
Sun – Preschool Graduation – 10:00 am Mass with reception following in cafeteria
Mon – 
Tues
Wed – Field Day (pm) - Dress Down Day
Thurs- FINAL DAY OF SCHOOL
        School Spirit Day
        ALL School Mass (Teacher Ministry)
        9:00 AM DARE graduation
        10:00 AM Awards Ceremony
        Dismiss @ 12:00 Noon
        Lunch is served       
Fri  - Teacher Inservice
Sat – OLOSS Annual Golf Tournament

FEE REMINDER:  It is school policy that students will only receive final report cards if ALL SCHOOL FEES ARE PAID IN FULL. For 8th graders, the same applies, as well as no release of records to other schools and no graduation diploma if fees are not paid in full. Included in this are lunch, preschool, extended care, book/tech, lost library or textbooks, non-returned uniforms, out of and in parish school support, etc. FINAL FEE REMINDERS ARE IN TODAY’S FOLDER.

CONGRATULATIONS to our 8th graders, on their graduation this weekend. We recognize and honor the following students for their accomplishments:  Ethan Adrian, Zachary Eickhoff, Jared Evers, Madison Evers, Dakota Graham, Cameron Haeffner, Makinzie Morgan, Bill Parr, Andrew Schulte, & Cody Schulte. Please pray for these students as they continue their faith filled journey. We are proud of you all, but we sure will MISS YOU!

AND THAT’S NOT THE ONLY GROUP we have graduating! We can't forget our little preschoolers, who are graduating at the 10:00 Mass this weekend. We congratulate Shane Beck, Jacob Bittle, Ethin Burnett, Nora Burrows, Alyssa Eickhoff, Braden Evers, Bryce Evers, Natalie Groose, Alex Hagenhoff, Elle Limbach, Lane McKenna, & Clarice Whittle. We are so proud of these little ones and we look forward to seeing their smiling faces back again next year! God bless them all!

CHANGE OF TIME! The final day of school is Thursday, May 14th, which will be a half-day, dismissing at 12:00 noon. Lunch will be served. The Awards Ceremony will begin at 10:00 am that morning (INSTEAD OF 9:30 AM) and DARE graduation for 5/6/7 graders & parents will be at 9:00 am.

EXTENDED CARE: There will be extended care services offered both the morning and afternoon of the last day of school, May 14th. School will dismiss at 12:00 Noon.

BEEF STICKS:  We still have beef sticks left. We will not be selling them again next year. If you would like some, send a note saying how many. You can pay with cash or check to OLOS. They are $1 each. Thank you for your support!

TRASH BAGS: We have some rolls of white trash bags (15 gallon) for sale that are left over from last year’s fundraiser. They are $12.00 a roll.  Make checks payable to Our Lady of the Snows Parish. (We are sold out of the blue 55 gallon type.)

OPEN POSITION(S): Our Lady of the Snows School currently has the following position open:
7th/8th grade teacher (A.M.) Special Class teacher (P.M.)  or Full time 7th/8th grade teacher. Please contact the school office M-F 8:00-3:00 p.m. for questions about this position.

LAST CALL!! GARDENING COMMITTEE:  We are asking for volunteers for the summer gardening committee. If we get enough help, families are usually assigned to two weeks during the summer to keep the watering done & to pull weeds. Please send a note to the office with your offer to help. So far, Bryan and Stacey Evers, Brittany Goetz, Lynn Morgan, Nikki Evers & Amanda Koetting have volunteered.

8TH GRADERS: Please be in your classroom by 4:30 pm on Saturday, to get ready for graduation. Please have your gowns pressed and ready.

PRESCHOOLERS:  Please be in the preschool classroom by 9:30 am on Sunday to get ready for graduation. Please have your gowns pressed and ready.

CONGRATULATIONS to Miss Marie, on the birth of her new grandson, Gavin Dale. Baby Gavin is the new son of Jennifer & Clayton Talken. He was born on May 2nd @ 4:00 am and weighed in at 6 lbs. 9 oz.

GERBES:  OLOS has recently enrolled in the Gerbes “Community Rewards” program. This program offers money back to our school, based on enrolled customer’s spending. It is a really easy process. You just tie your Gerbes shopper’s card to our school account. If you don’t have a Gerbes shopper’s card, it takes less than a minute to get one at the store and also online. All the information needed to complete this process online is in the weekend bulletin. It takes less than 5 minutes to tie your shopper’s card to the school account. Get all your family and friends to register as well! The school will receive quarterly payments in cash form. We will update you as we receive those funds. This has the potential to be a huge moneymaker for the school – the key is to get many, many people involved. Please pass the word and thanks for supporting OLOS School!!!

SAVE, SAVE, SAVE. Save any used print cartridges, laser or jet, fax cartridges, etc, and send them in to school or leave in the church vestibule in the box so marked.
-Save those “Box Tops” found on many, many groceries & other misc. items – worth 10 cents each.
-Save Best Choice UPC’s (not the label).
-We receive premiums from Target if you choose OLOS School as the designated school on your Target RED credit card. Parents, teachers, and other school supporters use their REDcard credit card or Target check card, and Target will donate 1% of their purchases back to the designated school. To participate, all you need is a REDcard to enroll. Enroll at Target.com/tcoe or 1.800.316.6142.
-We participate in the Schnuck’s “Education is Everything” campaign. Visit www.schnucks.com and click on the eScrip Community Card link for program information. You will receive a card and you can present it every time you shop. A percentage of the purchase will be contributed back to OLOS School.
THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OLOS SCHOOL- EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS!

THE FIRST DAY FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR WILL BE AUGUST 19, 2015. THE OPEN HOUSE WILL BE ON MONDAY, AUGUST 17, FROM 6:00 TO 7:30 PM.


MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

Sat., May 9 – 8th Grade Graduation - 5:00  pm Mass
Sun., May 10 – Preschool Graduation – 10:00 am Mass
Wed., May 13  - Field Day (pm)
Thurs., May 14 – Last Day of School – dismiss @ 12:00  noon, Dare graduation begins @ 9:00 am, Awards Ceremony begins @ 10:00 am
Sat., May 16 – OLOS Golf Tournament - begins @ 7:30


IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE WE ARE ALREADY AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. WHERE DID THE TIME GO? WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WISH EVERYONE A WONDERFUL, HAPPY, & SAFE SUMMER. ENJOY YOUR TIME OFF, AND WE’LL SEE
YOU BACK IN AUGUST!


Friday, May 1, 2015


Friday Newsletter 5-1-15


THE WEEK AHEAD:
Sun – First Eucharist – 10:00 am Mass
Mon – 
Tues – 1/2 Field trip to Runge/Library
        7/8 Field trip to old State Pen
Wed – 6th Grade Vocation Day – St. Joseph Cathedral
        Student Council mtg – 3:00 – 4:15 pm
Thurs- ALL School Mass (7/8 Ministry)
Fri  - READING COUNTS/TAN TAR A WATER PARK DAY – Wear R. C. shirt to school

HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS to our 2nd graders, upon receiving their First Eucharist this Sunday. We congratulate six of our students – Deanna Backes, Emma Goetz, Charlie Harrison, Grayson Koetting, Zachary Vandike, & Garet Wood, along with all the children in our parish receiving First Eucharist this weekend. Please pray for these youngters as they celebrate this Sacrament of Initiation.

CONGRATULATIONS to the Sketch Day students for a job well done! Special congratulations to  Jared Evers & Emily Love, for placing third in the mixed media category, and to Cameron Haeffner for special merit. We are proud of all the students attending, including Bill Parr, Makinzie Morgan, Dakota Graham,  & Joe Beck.

OLOS SCHOOL  is pleased to announce the appointment of our new principal, Mr. Josh Vandike. We offer him our congratulations! Please pray for Mr. Vandike, as he takes on his new responsibilities. At this time we would also like to thank Mrs. Marianna Werdehausen, for her service to our school these last two years as principal and for the last twelve years in her teaching responsibilities. We wish you the very best!

 FEE REMINDER:  It is school policy that students will only receive final report cards if ALL SCHOOL FEES ARE PAID IN FULL. For 8th graders, the same applies, as well as no release of records to other schools and no graduation diploma if fees are not paid in full. Included in this are lunch, preschool, extended care, book/tech, lost library or textbooks, non-returned uniforms, out of and in parish school support, etc. FINAL FEE REMINDERS ARE IN TODAY’S FOLDER.

MORNING EXTENDED CARE STUDENTS:  On Friday, May 8th, please drop your before care children off at the side kitchen door (behind bank - where staff parks). Carla will be preparing the lunch that morning for the field trip.

CHANGE OF TIME! The final day of school is Thursday, May 14th, which will be a half-day, dismissing at 12:00 noon. Lunch will be served. The Awards Ceremony will begin at 10:00 am that morning (INSTEAD OF 9:30 AM) and DARE graduation for 5/6/7 graders & parents will be at 9:00 am.


BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION:  Thanks to everyone who sends in the Box Tops and especially to Gina Adrian for taking care of this campaign. The school just received $174.10 for a recent submission. Keep on clippin’!

BEEF STICKS:  We still have beef sticks left. We will not be selling them again next year. If you would like some, send a note saying how many. You can pay with cash or check to OLOS. They are $1 each. Thank you for your support!

DRESS DOWN PASSES: All remaining birthday and meeting dress down passes may be used on WEDNESDAYS – due to the fact that the remaining Fridays are all scheduled dress down days.

REMINDER TO PARENTS OF STUDENTS BRINGING LUNCHES FROM HOME:  Please see that your child’s lunch has everything they need for their meal – plates, utensils, condiments, napkins. The lunch program cannot afford to supply these things if the student is not buying the daily lunch.

TRASH BAGS: We have some rolls of white trash bags (15 gallon) for sale that are left over from last year’s fundraiser. They are $12.00 a roll.  Make checks payable to Our Lady of the Snows Parish. (We are sold out of the blue 55 gallon type.)

EXTENDED CARE: There will be extended care services offered both the morning and afternoon of the last day of school, May 14th. School will dismiss at 12:00 Noon.

GARDENING COMMITTEE:  We are asking for volunteers for the summer gardening committee. If we get enough help, families are usually assigned to two weeks during the summer to keep the watering done & to pull weeds. Please send a note to the office with your offer to help. So far, Bryan and Stacey Evers, Brittany Goetz, Lynn Morgan & Amanda Koetting have volunteered.

READING COUNTS TRIP:  On Friday, May 8, 2015, the students earning 200 Reading Counts points will be enjoying a trip to Tan-Tar-A’s Timber Falls Water Park. We are departing at 8:00 am, enjoying the water park from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and returning back to school by 2:00 pm. When we return, we will enjoy recess & a snack. Sack lunches, provided by the kitchen, will be enjoyed inside the park (unless you designated otherwise, and all students normally bringing a sack lunch will need to provide their own that day as well).  There will be no bikinis allowed on this trip. If your daughter chooses to wear one, they must cover with a T-shirt. Tankinis are OK, but they must cover the middle. Boys cannot wear jean shorts, they must be trunks. No rivets allowed. You may send a life jacket for your child, but Tan-tar-a will supply them as well.

FULL BUS!  We are taking a bus on the R. C. trip that holds 70, three to a seat (PK – 8, so it will be tight). We currently have 70 students wishing to ride the bus. This leaves no room for teachers. We need at least three additional spots for teachers. If anyone would like to haul their own children, please contact Nancy in the school office.

8th GRADE ATHLETES ATTENDING COLE R-V NEXT YEAR: Cole R-V is sponsoring free sports physicals on May 6, 2015. Forms are available at Cole R-V & must be returned to Cole R-V by May 5th.


MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

Sun., May 3 – First Eucharist – 10:00 am Mass
Tues., May 5 – 7/8 Field trip to old State Pen
Tues., May 5 – 1/2 Field trip to Runge/library
Wed., May 6 – 6th grade Vocation Day
Fri., May 8 – Reading Counts Field Trip
Sat., May 9 – 8th Grade Graduation - 5:00  pm Mass
Sun., May 10 – Preschool Graduation – 10:00 am Mass
Wed., May 13  - Field Day (pm)
Thurs., May 14 – Last Day of School – dismiss @ 12:00  noon, Dare graduation begins @ 9:00 am, Awards Ceremony begins @ 10:00 am
Sat., May 16 – OLOS Golf Tournament - begins @ 7:30