Friday Newsletter 3-15-19

THE WEEK AHEAD:

Mon – SCHOOL IN SESSION – Snow Make-up Day

        Breakfast Planning Mtg – 5:45 pm in school cafeteria

Tues – DARE – 8:00 am (for 5/6^th)

Wed – All School Mass (2^nd Ministry)

        Spelling Bee Practice – 3-4 pm

Thur – Dress Down Day

        School Board Mtg – 6:00 pm

Fri –   Dress Down Day

            Stations – 2:15 pm

GRADE CARDS are in today’s folder. Please look these over, sign, and return. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the classroom teacher.

DUE TO THE SNOWDAY ON THURSDAY, FEB. 20th, SCHOOL WILL BE IN SESSION THIS MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2019.

BABY SHOWER A HUGE SUCCESS! Thank you to everyone for donating to Birthright. We donated over $200 in cash and too many items to count! Thank you to the Student Council, Mrs. Groose, & Mrs. Haeffner for helping with the prayer service & games. Everyone had so much fun and Judy would be VERY proud!

NEW BABY! Congratulations to two proud big sisters! Brena & Romie Groose shared some important news this week – they are new big sisters to little brother, Hoyt Robert David, born Saturday, March 10^th. Hoyt was 7 lbs. 5 oz, Congratulations to the girls, and new proud parents, Danen & David.

IMPOMPTU DRILLS: OLOS School will be having several emergency drills throughout the next weeks. To avoid undue anxiety, please take an opportunity to discuss these with your children, especially the younger ones. We have tornado, fire, earthquake, and intruder/lockdown drills.

LOOKING AHEAD TO EASTER: We will have our annual Easter Egg Hunt on Wednesday, April 17^th, before we break for the Holy Days and Easter. We are asking that you please send in one dozen candy filled eggs to your child’s classroom (no peanut butter, nothing that melts easily) This would be for grades PK-6^th. Please do not send these in until the week of April 15^th.  Also, you may remember the 7/8^th graders with a treat, since they will be hiding the eggs for everyone else, and won’t have a hunt of their own!

BABY CHICKS! During the first couple weeks of April the PK, 2, 3, 4, 5-8 Science classes will get to witness firsthand the hatching & care of baby chicks. This program is a great hit with our students and is offered yearly through the Miller Co. Extension Office.

NEW LOGO? If anyone has good ideas/artwork that we could use for a new logo for our spirit shirts, please contact Rosie in the office. We have had the current logo for several years, and Tammy was wondering if we would want to change it. If you have any good ideas, please let us know.

TRACK: Due to transportation issues, there will be no track team this spring.

FAITH BASED MOVIES: Eagles Landing Cinema at Lake Ozark is showing these faith based films:

Patterns of Evidence – March 14 & 16 only

Breakthrough – opens on Wed., April 17^th

Kingdom Men Rising – No More Excuses – only @ 7:00 pm April 29^th

FACEBOOK: Our Lady of the Snows Catholic School is launching a school sponsored Facebook page. This is a good opportunity for us to showcase some of the wonderful things we do on a daily basis. If you DO NOT wish to have pictures of your children posted on Facebook, participating in activities, please send a note into the office to let us know.

 STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Mr. Vandike will be leading the Stations at 2:15 pm every Friday that we are in session during Lent. All are welcome!

READING COUNTS: The Reading Counts field trip to Springfield is set for Friday, May 3^rd, 2019. The students will enjoy the day at the Discovery Center. MORE NEWS: Due to the Reading Counts program being down for half of the school year, each student will receive 25 points toward their goal. Reading Counts deadline is Wednesday April, 24th. Field trip forms will go home on April 17th with any student who has already met their 200 point goal. The remainder of the field trip forms will go home on April 25th with students who reached their goal between the 17th and 24th.

BEST CHOICE & BOX TOPS: It is time for submission! Please send in any that you may have collected. Thank you for clipping and saving!

RICE BOWL: Please use it as a tool in your household to enhance your family Lenten experience. There is a Lenten calendar inside that may be used to help your family pray. You may return the Rice Bowls to the vestibule or school office after Easter, with any money that you may have saved.

ATTENTION 7^TH GRADE PARENTS: Traditionally, the 8^th grade graduation reception is planned & hosted by the parents of the 7^th graders. Kathleen Haeffner, 7^th grade parent, has volunteered to coordinate this. She will be in contact with all 7^th grade parents in the near future. Graduation is set for Saturday, May 11^th at the 6:30 pm Mass, with the reception afterwards in the gym.

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.

PLEASE RETURN YOUR FOLDER ON MONDAY.