Friday Newsletter 2-22-19
THE WEEK AHEAD:
Mon – NO SCHOOL – (Diocesan Professional Development)
Tues – Breakfast Planning Mtg – 5:45 pm
Wed – All School Mass (5/6 Ministry)
Reading Counts Night for Grades 2-8th from 3:00 –
4:30 pm
Thur –
Fri – OLOS School Science Fair
Dress Down Day
School Dance – 3:00
– 5:30 pm
ENROLLMENT FORMS FOR THE 2019-20 SCHOOL YEAR are in today’s folder. Please fill these out and return as soon as
possible, as we place orders and make staffing decisions based on your response.
If you know of any families who may have an interest in sending their child to
OLOS School, please encourage them to contact the school office, or give us
their contact information so that we may reach out to them. Families of all
preschool and kindergarten age children listed in the parish baptismal records
should receive information on enrollment this week. PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN PARENTS – Mark your calendar for Tuesday,
March 12, when we will have the Preschool & Kindergarten Informational
meetings, from 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm. This is a time to meet the teachers,
orient your child to the classroom, and schedule Kindergarten testing. These
meetings will take place in the respective classrooms. If you need more
information, please don’t hesitate to call.
NO SCHOOL THIS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH, DUE TO DIOCESAN
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. This is NOT a snow make-up day.
BREAKFAST PLANNING MEETING: The planning meeting has been rescheduled to
this Tuesday, Feb. 26th at 5:45 pm to begin planning the Parish Fundraising
breakfast, scheduled for Palm Sunday, Sunday, April 14th. All
help needed and appreciated.
DUE TO THE SNOWDAY ON THURSDAY, FEB. 20th, SCHOOL WILL BE IN
SESSION ON MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2019.
CONGRATULATIONS to AUSTIN DOERHOFF, winner of the K of C Regional Free Throw Contest,
boys 10 and under, at St. Thomas. Way to go, Austin!
READING COUNTS: The Reading Counts field trip to Springfield is set
for Friday, May 3rd, 2019. The students will enjoy the day at the
Discovery Center. More information will follow in the near future.
SCIENCE FAIR: OLOS School Science Fair is scheduled for this upcoming Friday, March 1st,
for all students in grades 5th through 8th. Winners in
each of the three categories – Life, Physical & Earth – will move on to the
Diocesan Fair, scheduled for Friday, March 8th.
PRESCHOOL SIGN-UP 2019-2020: If you are interested in reserving a spot for your
preschooler for the next school year, please contact Rosie in the school office.
Preschool is offered daily and preference is given to families of our parish, with
full-time given preference over part-time (3 days/wk). However, we usually are
able to accommodate whomever has an interest. And, as always, if you have any
questions, do not hesitate to call or drop in.
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.
WINE FOR SALE: We have a few bottles of
Shawnee Bluff wine leftover from the Italian Feast. The price has been lowered
to $12/bottle (from $15). We have 1 bottle of sweet white – “Sweet Speakeasy”,
and 4 bottles of sweet red – “I’m a Sweetie Too”. Contact Rosie in the office
if you would like to purchase any.
MARY’S HOME LITTLE LEAGUE SIGN-UP: Feb. 27th – 5:00 – 8:00 pm., K o C Hall (ballfield),
Mary’s Home
OLOSS “BEE” KIND CLUB: Students who were
recognized for acts of kindness and generosity on Feb. 15 were: PK –Daxton
Boessen – giving a friend a place to set, K – Ryder Lage – picking up balls at recess, Anna
Eickhoff – sweeping up a mess without being asked, 1st – Ryan Russell – passing out
worksheets, 2nd – Olivia
Koetting - helping another student with their work, 3rd – Alex Hagenhoff –
sharing his football at recess, 4th – Leah Koetting – taking notes
for a student who was sick, 5th – Austin
Doerhoff – picking up a pen for the teacher, 6th – Grayson Koetting – sharing her candy
with others, 7th –Ethan Schulte
– helping his teacher pickup dropped items, 8th – Matthew Beck & Jordan
Bittle – janitorial work while Darryl was sick. 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!
SIGN UP FOR GERBES COMMUNITY REWARDS: 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!!!
DEADLINE FOR FRIDAY NOTES: Thursdays, 9:00 am. If you have items for
the Friday notes, please write these items up, send them in, or email them to olosschoolsecretary@gmail.com (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. 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.
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.
PLEASE RETURN YOUR FOLDER ON TUESDAY.
HAVE A GREAT THREE-DAY WEEKEND, STUDENTS!
