Friday Newsletter 3-29-19

THE WEEK AHEAD:

Mon – Incubators Arrive (Baby Chicks coming!)

Tues – Spelling Bee @ St. Martin’s School

            School Board Mtg – 7:00 pm

Wed – All School Mass (5/6 Ministry)

        Student Council Mtg – 3-4 pm

Thur – Team Pictures – 8:00 am

        School Play @ Honeycreek – 1:00 pm

Fri –   Dress Down Day

            Stations – 2:15 pm

TEAM PICTURES: Volleyball & Basketball team pictures will be taken by D & J Photography on Thursday morning. If you have not already done so, please return your child’s uniform on MONDAY so that we don’t have to worry that not all will have theirs for pictures. If you have not turned in uniforms, you will find notice in today’s folder. If you have turned them in, they are being held in the office until Thursday. Remember to have your child bring in any shorts (volleyball), shoes, socks, etc., that they would need for a team picture. Order forms are in today’s folder. If you are ordering, please attach payment and return before picture day.

SPELLING BEE: Good luck to the 13 students competing in the Spelling Bee at St. Martin’s School this upcoming Tuesday. They are Gracie Silvey, Rylee Vandike, Austin Doerhoff, Nolan Schulte, Emma Goetz, Deanna Backes, Ethan Schulte, Aliyah Talledo, & Jordan Bittle. Alternates attending are Adam Schulte, Oliver Burrows, Garet Wood, & Aly Haeffner. ALL STUDENTS PARTICIPATING MUST RETURN THEIR COMPLETED FIELD TRIP FORM (WITH PAYMENT FOR PIZZA ATTACHED) FOUND IN TODAY’S FOLDER.

ATTENTION 8^TH GRADE PARENTS: Jess Adrian from Cole R-V will visit with our 8^th graders on Friday, April 12^th at 8:00 am. Students will begin to look at schedules. It is very helpful if at least one parent attends this meeting with their child, if at all possible. The Freshman Orientation at Cole R-V is on Monday, May 1^st, beginning at 5:30 pm in the Performing Arts Center.

BREAKFAST PLANNING MEETING – Monday, April 8^th at 5:45 pm in the school cafeteria.

HOME & SCHOOL MEETING – Tuesday, April 9^th at 6:45 pm.

PLAY AT HONEYCREEK: The 2^nd grade class will be attending the play at Honeycreek on Thursday at 1:00 pm. Mrs. Groose & Jeana Pringer will be driving.

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!

READING COUNTS: Reading Counts deadline is Wednesday April, 24th. 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. The bus is scheduled to leave at 7:45 am and return no later than 5:45 pm. Check in at the Discovery Center is 9:45 am. The PK-4^th grades will have presentations from 10:00 – 10:30 pm and the 5-8^th will have presentations from 10:45 – 11:30 am. Students will eat in shifts – PK-4 from 10:45 to 11:15 & 5-8 from 11:30 to 12:00. 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. Next Friday, you will get more details and a survey form to figure out what adults are planning on going and if you plan on hauling your child.

FIELD DAY: OLOS students will enjoy Field Day on the 2^nd to last day of school, May 16^th. We will do outdoor activities in the morning, grill some hotdogs or hamburgers, and enjoy a movie in the afternoon. If you would be able to help out with this, please contact Rosie or Mr. V.

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.

OLOSS “BEE” KIND CLUB: Students who were recognized for acts of kindness and generosity on March 25 were: PK – Cashton Evers – giving a ball to a friend to play with, K – Brena Groose – sharing toys with others at recess,  1^st – Abby Eickhoff – helping another student with their work, 2^nd – Gus Pringer – getting another student’s test ready for them, 3rd – Natalie Groose – being a great helper, 4^h – Adam Schulte – thinking of and praying for others, 5th –Austin Doerhoff – volunteering to put away the kick balls after recess, 6th – Garet Wood – always having something positive to say and helping his friends in need,  7^th –Ethan Schulte – quietly picking up objects and putting them away without being told, 8^th – Matthew Beck – keeping us on time for classes, Mrs. Werdehausen & Anna – for hanging up the rest of the swings after school, Gus & Vivian Pringer & Charlotte Groose – great singing at the weekend Mass. People in the parish commented how good it was! .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!

PLEASE RETURN YOUR FOLDER ON MONDAY.