Friday Newsletter 8-31-17
THE WEEK AHEAD:
Mon - NO SCHOOL – PICNIC CLEAN-UP
Tues –
Wed –
Thurs – All School Mass (3/4 Ministry)
JV Girls VBall
– 6:00 pm @ St. Martin
(vs St. Martin)
Fri - Dress Down Day
GRANDPARENTS DAY: On Thursday, Sept. 14th,
we will celebrate Grandparent’s Day at OLOS. Please contact your grandparents
now so that they may mark their calendar. If grandma or grandpa can’t make it,
feel free to come yourself or ask a “substitute grandparent” to enjoy the
morning with your child. We will celebrate Mass at 8:00 am (students may sit
with grandparents at Mass), then enjoy bingo, refreshments, and fellowship. The
book fair will be open for grandparents to shop with their grandchild, if they
so wish. The morning festivities should end around 10 – 10:30 am.
BOOK FAIR NIGHT: The annual Scholastic Book
Fair is scheduled for the evening of Tuesday, September 12th. From
6:00 to 7:30 pm, students will be able to shop and participate in fun and games
and earn bonus reading counts points. Make plans now to attend this fun-filled
evening!
DRESS DOWN DAYS: Unfortunately, due to the
work on the school roof, we will not host any home volleyball games this year.
We are adding a SCHOOL SPIRIT DAY on
September 27th, so please add that to the Sept. calendar (you
received this at the Open House on the reverse of your Aug. calendar). Students
will receive a DRESS DOWN pass at the end of the month of their birthday or
half-birthday. Remember – these cannot be used on days we celebrate Mass
(Thursdays and Holy Days). Please be aware that all length and sleeve
requirements remain in force on dress down days.
NOT A DRESS DOWN DAY! Thursday, Sept. 7th
is listed as a dress down day on the school calendar. This is a mistake.
Thursday is a Mass day and we do not dress down on Mass days. We will have our
normal dress down day on Friday
FANTASY NIGHT: One of the main ticket holders
will be contacting each school family to see how many tickets you can sell. If
you haven’t already heard from them, you soon will. Remember, the price has
increased to $110 per ticket. Please get out and sell as many as possible. With
only 39 school families this year we have to all kick in and do more. The
EARLY BIRD drawing will be Tuesday, Sept. 12, the night of the book fair.
The winner will get the $110 or get another ticket. That day will be here very
quickly after the picnic so get out there and sell those tickets! Main ticket
holders are: Mark Adrian, Monica Bittle, Ashley Groose, Ashley Kempker, Melissa
Koetting, Shannon Lage, Mary’s Home Bank, and the school office.
ROOF WORK: The work on the roof is progressing. Due to
noise, a couple of the classrooms have moved up to the middle school for
classwork, as needed. We are excited to get the new roof on, so we are happy to
put up with a little inconvenience to get it finished!
GOOD LUCK! We wish the JV Volleyball girls good luck as
they begin their season, with their first game on Thursday evening at St.
Martin’s school at 6:00 pm. We wish them the best of luck this year!
REMINDER TO PARENTS OF STUDENTS BRINGING LUNCHES FROM HOME: Please see that your child’s
lunch has everything they need for their meal – drinks, plates, utensils,
condiments, napkins. The lunch program cannot afford to supply these things if
the student is not buying the daily lunch.
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.
READING COUNTS SHIRTS may be worn any
day in lieu of normal dress code shirts. They do not have to be tucked in. Your
child will receive a shirt when he/she has earned 75 Reading Counts points.
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.
OLOS
SCHOOL AND FACEBOOK: Did you know that OLOSS is on Facebook? Search
for Our Lady of the Snows Home & School Association and request to
join. This group is open to all school families. grandparents, aunts,
uncles, friends. It is a way to connect about all school related events and
activities.
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.
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.
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 poorly.
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.
We are no longer saving Best Choice UPCs.
BIRTHDAY
PARTIES/GET TOGETHERS: If your child is inviting
children to a party from school, and is not including either the entire class,
or all the girls, or all the boys, it is not appropriate to pass out
invitations at school. To do this causes hurt feelings with some students. We
know that this is not intentional, but it happens. If all are not invited (or
all the girls or all the boys) then invitations must be handled outside of
school. Thank you for your cooperation.
PARENTS
WELCOMED! You are always encouraged to attend Mass with the
school children on Thursdays, especially if your child’s class is involved with
the ministry.
MARK
YOUR CALENDAR:
Sunday, Sept. 3 – OLOS Parish Picnic
Tuesday, Sept. 12 – Book Fair Night 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Thursday, Sept. 14 – Grandparent’s Day – begins with 8:00 am Mass
Friday, Sept. 15 – Health Checks by MCHD
Please return your folder on TUESDAY.
ENJOY THE FOUR DAY WEEKEND!
Please pray for good weather and a successful parish picnic this Sunday.
See everyone here!
