Friday Newsletter 4-1-22

THE WEEK AHEAD:

Mon – Emergency Drill – 8:15 am

        Fire Department visits – 9-11am

Tues – Dr. Carolyn Tuckers visits w/5-8 grades, Growing in Love/Growing Up – am

        1:00 pm Kindness Project w/Dala –

        5th-8^th grades

        Spelling Practice 3:00 – 3:30 pm

Wed – All School Mass – 8:00 am (2nd Ministry)

        Spelling Bee @ St. Martin’s School

        Choir Practice 3:00 – 3:30 pm

Thur – Library Lady visits 3-8th

        Archery Training 5th-8^th – 9-11 am

Fri -   Midquarter

        8^th graders & parents meet with Jess Adrian (Cole RV) @ 8:00 am in cafe

        Electives – 1:00 pm (Journalism class visit Eldon Advertiser – tentative)

        Stations of the Cross – 2:15 pm

ENROLLMENT: Instructions for online re-enrollment and new student enrollment are in today’s folder, along with next year’s school calendar, supply lists, and school spirit wear, hoodie, and dress code shirt order forms. If you would like to have your shirt/hoodie orders ready for pick up at Open House on August 13, 2022, please send in your order to office before the end of the school year, along with payment to Steph’s Tees. If you have any questions or technical difficulties with enrollment, please contact Rosie in the office.

SUDS FUNDRAISING: Our Lady of the Snows is in the middle of its Show Me Suds laundry soap fundraiser, which will run until April 19, with product delivery on either April 27 or 28. Order forms were sent home in last week’s folder. This is the perfect opportunity to purchase laundry soap, dishwashing pods, dishwashing soap, and fabric softener to save everyone money and benefit OLOS at the same time. All proceeds will go towards our parish technology needs. Contact Joan Doerhoff or the School Office for additional information. Thank you for your continued support of OLOS!

AFGHAN REFUGEE COLLECTION UPDATE: Final Count – 544 items collected with a goal of 200. This is just astounding! Thanks to everyone for the great support!

KINDNESS BRACELETS: Please support Romie & Madelyn’s efforts by sending in $2 for a bracelet for your child to purchase at lunchtime. All proceeds will benefit a local mental health program. Thank you!

SPELLING BEE UPDATE: The Spelling Bee is this Wednesday, April 6^th. We congratulate the students who earned their spot on the OLOS Spelling Team! They are: 8^th – Nolan S., Austin D., Mikayla E.; 7^th – Rylee V., Adam S., Braden S.; 6^th – Shane B., Braden E., Jacob B.” 5^th – Madelyn D., Romie G., Gus P.; 4^th – Alayna W., Ryan Russell. Congratulations, students – we know you will represent OLOSS very well! Many thanks to Ms. Grellner for sponsoring and working with these students!

CHOIR PRACTICE is on Wednesdays from 3:00 to 3:30 pm.

TALENT SHOW/FIELD DAY: On Wednesday, May 11^th, we will be having a Talent Show sponsored by Mr. Jannetti in the morning, and a Field Day event mainly in the afternoon. Please be talking to your kids about what they might like to do for the talent show, as we want ALL students involved! Also, please contact Amy Hagenhoff if you would like to help plan the Field Day event. We are asking for parent volunteers for that day as well, so please let Rosie or Amy know if you would be able to help that day. We will have Mass at 8:00 am, Talent Show at 9:00 am, and begin some of the field day activities around 10:00 am or so. We will be grilling hot dogs for a picnic lunch. Sounds like so much fun!

SHILOH DANCE REPORT: Door $1785, 50/50 $277 plus $300 donated back from Aaron Sandbothe. Cost of band $850. Total profit $1512. Thanks so much to Aaron for donating his prize back to the parish! That was so generous! Thanks to Cindy McKenna for coordinating the dance, and thanks to all who helped in any way.

8^TH GRADE NET RETREAT: This retreat is a yearly tradition for our 8^th graders and takes place in Folk, MO. It is being held on Friday, April 22. We are in need of one driver to transport the three students to and from the retreat. Mr. Vandike will be in attendance with the students.

 CHANGES TO CALENDAR: We WILL be in session on April 19^th & 20^th, snow make-up days.  

AFTER EASTER PLANS: We will have our annual Easter Egg Hunt on Tuesday, April 19^th, after we come back from Easter Break. Would you please send in ONE DOZEN filled eggs by Monday, April 11^th for each student’s classroom? Please no chocolate that would melt or candy with any kind of nuts. Also, please remember our 7^th & 8^th graders with a treat. They will be hiding all the eggs so we want to make sure to treat them!

8^th GRADE GRADUATION is set for Saturday, May 7^th, 6:00 pm Mass. Traditionally, 7^th grade parents and students coordinate and host the 8^th grade graduation. Graduation checklists were sent home last week to 7^th grade parents. 7^th grade parents, please coordinate among yourselves on who will oversee each item on the list. Thanks so much to Missy Beck and Pam Groose, parents of 6^th graders, for offering to help host that evening!

SPOTLIGHT ON STAFF – Our Lady of the Snows School is very blessed to have such devoted, hard-working, and experienced staff members who have dedicated their careers to the children and families of Our Lady of the Snows community.  We will spotlight a different staff member in the bulletin each week.   This week's spotlight is on Carla Morris, our Cafeteria Manager.  "Hi, my name is Carla Morris! Mary's Home is where I was born and raised.  I grew up in a family of five that included my parents, my brother and sister who are still members of the Our Lady of the Snows parish.  My husband and I were married here and raised our family in this wonderful place.  I have six wonderful children who all graduated from Our Lady of the Snows School.  Because of their differences in ages, I was an Our Lady of the Snows School parent for 27 continuous years!  What great memories!  I am also blessed with nine awesome grandchildren.  I walked to school to attend Our Lady of the Snows School from 1st-8th grade.  I then attended Cole R-V in Eugene.  For the majority of my life I was a stay at home Mom.  When my last child started school, I came to work at my dream job-Our Lady of the Snows School!  I have worked here for 19 years now!  When I am not working, I like to spend time with family and friends and to spend time outdoors. Cooking is a passion of mine and so is reading!  I choose to work at Our Lady of the Snows because of the children.  Hands down we work with the best kids on the planet!  There is something so special about working in this school.  It is such a family, and everything is centered around Christ and His teachings.  What more could you ask?  My favorite thing about working here is EVERYTHING!  I have been blessed to work here!  I have always said that Our Lady of the Snows is not just a building, it is a living breathing entity!  It truly is the heart of this community!"

THANK YOU! Thank you to Jeremy Schulte and Darryl Love for installing the new cell phone booster for our campus! Thank you to Sarah Adrian and her art students for the lovely Lenten artwork in the Church windows! Thank you to Andy Beck of Prodezigns for granting us the rights to his artwork for the Our Lady of the Snows yard signs, school t-shirts, and picnic promotion, as well as other ideas we may have for its use!

CONGRATULATIONS to members of Our Lady of the Snows staff who recently received service pins for their years of dedication and commitment to Catholic education in our diocese:  Roxanne Schulte (+5), Pam Groose, Darryl Love, Carla Morris, Josh Vandike, & Marianna Werdehausen (+15 years), and Rosie Beck (20 years)!

CONGRATULATIONS to our newly trained and retrained parish servers:  Shane Beck, Anna Berry, Jacob Bittle, Austin Doerhoff, Madelyn Doerhoff, Brena Groose, Romie Groose, Alex Hagenhoff, Oliver Hagenhoff, Carina McKenna, Lane McKenna, Ryan Russell, Nicholas Vandike, Alayna & Avery Wood!  Thank you to Deacon Zuck for providing this important training for our parish!

BE KIND! Ms. Dala Hemeyer of Catholic Charities has started a six week anti-bullying & kindness pilot program with our Our Lady of the Snows School Grades 5-8 students in which they will be led through a curriculum and service project that promotes the practice of kindness and empathy as well as how to exercise growth mindset.  The goal is to give students practical skills they can use to battle challenges, both big and small, that they will encounter day to day and throughout their lives! The 3^rd & 4^th grade students are helping our staff to “spy” for the various acts of kindness being practiced by the older students and to report their observations back to Dala each week. We are so encouraged by this opportunity!

PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR for the afternoon of Friday, April 22, as we are planning a fun reunion for all former staff members of OLOSS. All parents and community members are invited to attend. There will be light refreshments available.

YOUR CHANCE TO WIN DRESS DOWN PASSES! All families returning their 21-22 Friday folder (The Heavens Declare the Glory of the Lord) by Tuesday, April 5th, 2022, with any needed paperwork completed, will be placed in a drawing for a bonus dress down pass for students in their family.  Congratulations to Lane & Colton M. for winning this week.

APRIL: Our April morning prayer is The Act of Contrition, and our March Christskill is Forgiveness.  

 

Please return your folder on Monday.

Have a wonderful Spring weekend!