Friday Newsletter 11-2-18
THE WEEK AHEAD:
Mon – NO SCHOOL – Teacher Inservice
Girls’ Basketball
Practice 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Tues – Athletic Committee Mtg – 6:00 – 7:00 pm,
cafeteria
Wed – All School Mass – 8 am (7/8 Ministry)
Thur – Picture Retakes – 8:30 am
Fri – Dress Down Day
THERE WILL BE NO SCHOOL THIS MONDAY DUE
TO TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
PICTURE RETAKES will be this Thursday, Nov. 8th
at 8:30 am. If you wish to return your photo, please make note of the change
you would like, place with the intact photo package, and have it to school by
Thursday morning. Class composites will be delivered at a later date.
GRACIOUS THANK YOU! Thanks to all those who donated towards the
cemetery lights for All Saints. If you were able to see the cemetery either
night, you know it really looked nice!
MUFFINS WITH MOM! Calling all moms! Now it’s
time for you to mark your calendar for Wednesday, November 14th,
when we will celebrate Mass and afterwards move over to school for fun and
fellowship. If mom can’t make it, a “substitute mom” may attend. We look
forward to having our moms at school!
BASKETBALL: This school year we
will have a 4-6th grade boys’ basketball team (coached by Josh Lage)
and a 6-8th grade girls’ basketball team (coached by Brittany Goetz).
Teams are based on number of available students in each grade, and eligible
grades in each league. Parents of
boys’ team players – you will find an athletic packet, to be filled out
completely by you and your player. This packet, along with a current physical
& the $20 per family sports fee, must be on file in the school office in
order for the athlete to participate in practices. Be on the look-out next
year as we may be forming more teams!
ROOM PARENTS – Thank you for the great Halloween parties!
You did a great job! Also, great thanks to those who sponsored the Halloween
Walk – The Corner Market, OLOS Credit Union, Fr. Alex, Evers Machine, Mary’s
Home Bank, Marie Massman, Darryl Love & Dianne Goetz. We appreciate their
generosity!
GERBES COMMUNITY REWARDS: The school
recently received a check from Gerbes in the amount of $41.22. See note below
on how you can help with this fundraising effort.
GERBES:
OLOS is 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 is online. @ www.gerbes.com/communityrewards.
Our school code is 48253. It takes
just a couple minutes so 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 to
family and friends and thanks for supporting OLOS School!!!
OLOSS “BEE” KIND CLUB: Students who were
recognized for acts of kindness and generosity on 10/25 were: PK – Elsie
Schulte – comforting a friend who was sad, K – Oliver Hagenhoff – picked up
trash that wasn’t his, 1st – Ryan Russell – for helping a
preschooler on the swings, 2nd
– Landon Backues – being a good example in church, 3rd – Clarice
Whittle – including a student at recess, 4th – Adam Schulte –
sharing creativity in class – awesome pictures and stories, 5th – Oliver
Burrows – for immediately helping clean up a water spill & always being
helpful, Oliver Burrows – cleaning up a water mess before school, 6th – Phoebe Whittle – shared candy with people who didn’t
have any & helping a classmate, 7th – Ethan Schulte – sharing
his ball at recess, 8th – Jordan Bittle – welcoming his teacher with
a smile and a “good morning”. All acts of kindness “bees” are displayed in the
school cafeteria. (Note – the first student listed in each grade is kindness
noted by the classroom teacher. If any additional are listed, they have been
noted by other members of the staff.) Great job, students!
PICK-UP/DROP-OFF: PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN THE
PICK-UP/DROP-OFF LINE. If you are coming into the school building with your
child, please park in a parking spot and walk in. If you are in the line and
need to step out of your car to get kids unbuckled and out, this is OK, but
never park and leave your vehicle in the line. To do so is very disruptive to
traffic flow.
SANTA STORE: We will have a Santa Store again this
December, and are asking for donations.
Donated items may be new or gently used - items for moms, dad, siblings,
grandparents, etc. We usually run short on men
and boy items. Please send any donation anytime. Thank you very much!
SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM: The date has been
set for the school Christmas program –
Thursday, December 6th at 6:30 pm. The make-up date will be
Sunday, December 9th at 10:30 am.
BLESS THE BABY JESUS! OLOSS students
will be able to bring the Baby Jesus from your home Nativity set to Mass on
Wednesday, December 19th for blessing. Father Alex will do this
blessing sometime during the Mass that morning. If you do not have or do not
wish your child to bring a fragile piece, please find and fill out the form in
today’s folder. We would like all school children to have a Baby Jesus to
bless.
ATHLETIC COMMITTEE FORMING: It was decided at
the H & S mtg to form an athletic committee. The first Athletic Committee
meeting will be November 6th in the School Cafeteria from 6-7 pm. Anyone
interested is invited to attend.
ATTENTION PARENTS OF OLOSS ATHLETES: A parent of each athlete in our school MUST attend a “Play Like a Champion”
training in order for their child to play sports this school year. The next
offered training is at St. Francis Xavier, Taos on November 14th,
from 5:30 – 6:30 pm. There is a $10
charge, to be paid by the parent. Please let Mr. Vandike if you are
attending, so that enough materials are available that night. There is also a
three-hour mandatory coaches training on Tuesday, November 13th,
from 5:30 – 8:30 pm at Taos. The school will cover the $25 cost of this
training.
VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS: Please return your uniform as
soon as possible. Place them in a bag with your name on them. They will be kept
in the office until it is time to take team pictures.
UPDATE ON CHRISTMAS CAROLING AT CAPITOL: Thus far, we have only enough drivers for 5/6 grades (drivers – Goetz,
Whittle, Koetting). Close possibilities are 2nd & 7/8th.
IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DRIVE – PLEASE LET US KNOW BY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH! A flyer
for this event is in today’s folder.
MARK
YOUR CALENDAR:
Wed., Nov. 14
– Muffins with Mom
Wed., Dec. 5
– Dress Rehearsal – 9:00 am
Thurs., Dec. 6
– School Christmas Program
Wed., Dec. 12
– Nativity/Caroling @ Capitol – grades tbd
Tues., Jan. 8
– Home & School Meeting
PLEASE RETURN YOUR FOLDER ON TUESDAY!
HAVE A GREAT THREE-DAY WEEKEND!
