Friday Newsletter 11-8-19

THE WEEK AHEAD:

Mon – NO SCHOOL – Faculty/Staff Benefits Rollout @ Tipton

Tues – Student Council Mtg – 3:00 – 4:00 pm

        Reading Counts Planning Mtg – 5:30 pm

        Home & School Mtg – 6:30 pm

Wed – Pancakes with Mom begins with 8:00 Mass (7/8th Ministry), fun & fellowship to follow in the cafeteria

        Speech Practice – 3:00 – 4:00 pm Basketball Practice – 3:15-5:00 pm

        Christmas Parade Float Mtg – 5:45 pm in the Art room

Thur – Cheer Practice – 6:00 pm

Fri –   Dress Down Day

Sat - Regional Speech Meet @ Taos

NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY DUE TO FACULTY/STAFF BENEFITS ENROLLMENT.

THIS WEEK!!! CALLING ALL MOMS! Pancakes with Mom will be this Wednesday, November 13^th, beginning with 8:00 am Mass. We will then come back over to the school for fun and fellowship. Make sure to bring your best smiles with you, because you will need them! If mom can’t make it, please invite a “sub” mom in for your child.

HOME & SCHOOL & READING COUNTS MEETINGS THIS WEEK: Please come to the Reading Counts meeting this Tuesday at 5:30 to help plan the end of year activities for Reading Counts. Students work hard to earn the 200 points required for the end of year activities, and they will be inspired to work harder when they know what they are working for! ALL SCHOOL PARENTS should plan to attend the Home & School meeting on Tuesday night, as well. It will begin at 6:30 pm. Find out what’s happening at our great little school, find your child’s Christmas program costume, and earn a bonus dress down pass for your child as well!

THANK YOU to Rick & Robyn Silvey, who have offered to create the framework for the backdrop of our Christmas musical. We appreciate it so much!

CHRISTMAS PARADE NEWS! The Mary’s Home Christmas Parade is planned for Friday, November 29^th at 6:30 pm. Tracey Backes has volunteered to head up the float planning, to the theme of “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”. There will be a Parade Coordinating Mtg. this Wednesday, November 13^th at 5:45 pm in the Art Room. Plan on attending this meeting if your child intends to ride the float, as props will be specific to each child. If you cannot attend, and your child would like to ride, please contact Tracey @ 573-291-0619 for further details. NEEDED ITEMS – please consider donating any of the following: pkg of flat paper plates, pkg. flat foam plates, garland, big cardboard boxes, enamel spray paint – red, black, silver white.

SANTA STORE: We will once again have the Santa Store, and it is scheduled for Friday, December 13^th. If you or someone you know can help us out that day, please call or send a note to the office. Those who have volunteered so far are Debbie Schulte, Rose Oligschlaeger, Amy Hagenhoff, Marie Massman, LueAnn Hogg & Cincy McKenna. Also, if you have any new or like new items to donate to the store, please send to school. We appreciate any and all donations!

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM: Mark your calendar for the OLOSS Christmas program, scheduled for Thursday, December 5^th at 6:30 pm. The alternate date will be Thursday, December 12^th.  In today’s folder you will find the student’s assigned parts for the musical. As mentioned, school costumes will be out for parents to look through at the H & S mtg on Tuesday evening.

GERBES COMMUNITY REWARDS: OLOSS received this quarter’s disbursement of community funding - $66.13.

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!!!  

2020 ALL SCHOOL RAFFLE: New prizes featured for those who do not hunt. Tickets are now available for sale for $50 each. Two winning tickets are drawn each month, for a total of 24 prizes awarded. If you would like to purchase or sell tickets, please contact Greg Koetting, Cindy McKenna or Josh Vandike. We do have individual tickets for sale at Mary’s Home Bank and the school office. For a list of prizes/explanation see the reverse of these notes.

BOX OF JOY UPDATE: OLOS School families and families in the community gathered enough supplies & goodies for the students to pack 38 Boxes of Joy! Special thanks to Thrivent & Kevin Beck, who donated $250 to this project, along with all who sponsored boxes and sent supplies.

BOX TOPS/BEST CHOICE: Please turn in your Box Tops for Education & any Best Choice UPC’s you may have saved, as we will be making a submission this month for reimbursement. Thanks to Joan Doerhoff, for taking care of this program.

 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK PLANNNING MEETING-Monday, November 18^th at 6:00 pm. All ideas needed and wanted.

PLEASE WELCOME NEW STUDENT, Payton, to 2^nd grade at OLOS School. We are so happy you are here!

PROPANE THAT PAYS… This is the time of year when many people like to fill propane tanks or prepay. If you are or would like to be a customer of Capital Energy Co, please LET THEM KNOW that you are a member of OLOS parish (They cannot issue a donation on the customer’s behalf unless the customer tells them they are a member of the parish.) The parish receives a percentage for every gallon the customer buys. Last year the parish received funds of approximately $850. That’s worthwhile! Thank you for your support!

OLOSS “BEE” KIND CLUB: Students who were recognized for acts of kindness and generosity in October were: PK – Liam Ramirez – always being so polite & kind to others,  K –Maddie St. George – caring for other’s needs, 1st – Ryder Lage – being a great classroom helper, 2^nd – Elaina Backues, Alayna Wood, Ryan Russell – helping Payton get settled in, 3^rd – Romie Groose – always sharing her things with others , 4^th – Nora Burrows – being kind to everyone she meets, 5^th – Rylee Vandike – always volunteering to help, 6^th – Nolan Schulte – always having a positive attitude & a smile on his face, 7^th – Garet Wood – doing a wonderful job helping younger students, 8^th – Bella Groose – always willing to help out.  Great job, students!

       PLEASE RETURN YOUR FOLDER ON TUESDAY.

Enjoy your three-day weekend, students!