Friday Newsletter 12-7-18

THE WEEK AHEAD: Student Council “Don’t Be a Grinch” Food/Hat/Glove Drive this week!

Fri     (Tonight)  Mass for Holy Day of  Obligation, Immaculate Conception – 7:00 pm (& 8:00 am Saturday morning)

Sat - 4/5/6 Boys Basketball @ St. Joseph,  JC – 8:00 am (vs. St. Joe, JC, G)

Mon – Italian Feast Mtg – 6:00 pm

        Girls’ Basketball Practice 6:30 -8:00 pm

Tues –

Wed – All School Mass (7/8 Ministry)

        Happy Birthday Jesus @ Capitol & Unique Creations Grades 5-8

        5-8 only wear spirit shirts/dress code pants

        Parish Penance Service – 7:00 pm

Thur – Christmas Meal for Volunteers 10:45 am (7^th/8^th graders will help host)

        School Spirit Dress Down Day

        JV Girls BBall @ HOME – 6:00 pm (vs. St. Joe, Westphalia) COME CHEER!

 Fri – Dress Down Day

       

MANY THANKS! Thanks so much to Mrs. Marianna Werdehausen & Mrs. Karen Haslag, for all their hard work and expertise with our musical on Thursday night. The students did a great job and we thank you all for sharing the evening with us!

WORKER LISTS are enclosed in today’s folder for the upcoming home basketball games. If you are a parent of an athlete, please pay attention to this list, and get a replacement if you are unable to work your assigned slot. Thank you!

SHILOH DANCE SIGN-UP: You will find the work sign-up for the dance on January 12, 2019. Please fill out & return on Monday. All help needed & appreciated!

THE STUDENT COUNCIL is sponsoring a hat/glove/canned food drive this upcoming week, and more details may be found in today’s folder.

CHRISTMAS CAROLING AT CAPITOL: The 5-8 Graders will be attending the “Happy Birthday Jesus” event at the Capitol this Wed., December 12^th. These students will also be going to “Unique Creations” that morning to create a Christmas ornament. PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD WEAR THEIR SPIRIT SHIRTS. WE KNOW THE NEXT DAY IS A SPIRIT SHIRT DRESS DOWN DAY, SO MAYBE THEY COULD WEAR AN UNDERSHIRT OR DO A QUICK WASH FOR THURSDAY? Sorry for the inconvenience.  Please remember to send money for an ice-cream stop!

SANTA STORE: We will have a Santa Store on Tuesday, December 18th, 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. We have had several offer to volunteer so we should be in good shape! YOUR CHILD’S SANTA STORE ENVELOPE IS IN TODAY’S FOLDER. PLEASE HELP YOUR CHILD FILL OUT THESE FIVE TAGS AND RETURN ON MONDAY.

CHRISTMAS CLASSROOM PARTIES will be at 9:30 on Thursday, Dec. 20^th. We will dismiss at noon that day. A brown bag lunch will be served on the 20th instead of the meal listed on the calendar. Closer to that time we will be sending home a survey to see who will be eating that day.

CHRISTMAS CLASSROOM GIFTS: By popular response, the traditional classroom gift-giving will continue. Gifts should be new and of $5 value. Boys buy for boys and girls buy for girls. Please mark the package “girl” or “boy”.

DUE TO THE SNOW DAY ON NOVEMBER 15^TH – SCHOOL WILL BE IN SESSION ON MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2019.

MARY’S HOME CHRISTMAS PARADE! The parade will be on December 22^nd. We have had some sign up to ride. Please be at KC Ballfield by 4-4:15. Even if you didn’t sign up, and decide you can make it, please join in.  Parental help needed and appreciated! Riders may bring their own candy to throw, but WE WOULD ASLO APPRECIATE ANY DONATIONS OF CANDY FOR THE FLOAT. PLEASE SEND TO OFFICE ANYTIME BEFORE WE BREAK FOR CHRISTMAS. Thanks to Joan & Allen Doerhoff, who will be in charge of getting the trailer and getting ready.

  

CLASS BASKETS: In your holiday shopping for good deals you may keep in mind the classroom themes for the Italian Feast fundraiser baskets. Each classroom sponsors a basket, in which is placed items donated by the parents of the classroom. You may send in an item for the basket or $5 & let the teacher do the shopping. Each family is responsible for 1 item for the classrooms they have children in, and also responsible for one other item to place directly on the auction, either through solicitation or donation. (For example, Parent A has three children in school. He/she will purchase a gift for 1^st grade basket, 3^rd grade basket & 7^th grade basket, and also asks their friendly business owner for a donation or the Parent A can donate an item directly.) Classroom themes are:

PK – Backyard Fun Basket

K/1 – Game Night Basket (games & snacks)

2 – Gift Card Basket

3/4 – Mizzou Basket      

5/6 – A Day at the Spa Basket

7/8 – Camping Basket

SCHOOL PICTURES: Class composites will be delivered at a later date.

BLESS THE BABY JESUS! OLOSS students will be able to bring the Baby Jesus from your home Nativity set to Mass on Wednesday, December 19^th for blessing. Father Alex will do this blessing sometime during the Mass that morning. Students who placed an order will receive their baby Jesus that morning before Mass (we had to substitute the style). We would like all school children to have a Baby Jesus to bless. 

GUN RAFFLE: 2019 OLOS Gun Raffle tickets are available for purchase at the school office or Mary’s Home Bank. If you need tickets to sell, you may also contact Josh Vandike, Greg Koetting, or Jay Harms.

OLOSS “BEE” KIND CLUB: Students who were recognized for acts of kindness and generosity on 11/30 were: PK – Henry Doerhoff – always being nice to his teacher, K – Ryder Lage –picking up trash in the classroom, 1^st – Abby Eickhoff – great classroom helper,  2^nd – Gus Pringer – tying another student’s shoes, 3^rd – Jacob Bittle – comforting a student when they were sad, 4^th – Leah Koetting – helping another student understand their assignment, 5th – Ben Goetz – always having a positive attitude, 6th – Zachary Vandike – carrying boxes of books to the classroom, 7^th – praying the rosary during hunting & sharing his story, 8^th – Grace Groose – reminding class to pray for Holy Souls in purgatory. 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!

FIRST EUCHARIST for 2^nd Graders will be on Sunday, May 5, 2019, 12:00 noon Mass. There will still be an 8:00 am Mass that morning.

READING COUNTS SHIRTS (earned at 75 points) can be worn any day in lieu of regular dress code shirt, unless specifically announced by the school in advance. They do NOT substitute for the official school spirit shirt.

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!!! 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

Wed., Dec. 12 – Nativity/Caroling @ Capitol – Grades 5-8

Sat., Dec. 22 – Mary’s Home Christmas Parade – 4:30 pm

Tues., Jan. 8 – Home & School Meeting – 6:30 pm

Sat., Jan. 12 – Shiloh 21 & over Dance – 7:30 – 11:30 pm