Friday Newsletter 9-29-2022

 

 

THE WEEK AHEAD:

School Motto: I will treat people right, I will do the right thing, I will do God’s will.

Sun - School Advisory Council Mtg – 11:15 am

Mon – Turn in sold/unsold Fantasy N. tickets!

        Achievement Tests – am (3rd-8^th)

        National Custodians’ Day

        Community Service Day – wear  shirt

        Quiz Bowl practice 3:00-3:45 pm

Tues – Achievement Tests – am (3rd-8^th)

        Student Council Mtg – 3:15 – 4:15 pm

Wed – All School Prayer Service – 8:00 am (7/8th Ministry)

        Achievement Tests – am (3rd-8^th)

Thur – Achievement Tests – am (3rd-8^th)

            Library Lady visits 4^th-8^th, 1-3 pm

Fri -   Dress Down Day

        Achievement Tests – am (3rd-8^th)

        Fantasy Night prep. 3:15 & 6:30 pm

Sat - Fantasy Night – doors open @ 5:00 pm, Dinner @ 6:00 pm

 

ACHIEVEMENT TESTING: Grades 3-8 will be taking Achievement tests every morning during this upcoming week. Although they will get a drink & snack each morning at school, please make sure that they eat a good breakfast and get plenty of rest. In the afternoons, students will resume normal classroom routines.

PICTURE RETAKE DAY is scheduled for Tuesday, October 11^th at 8:15 am. Your child’s pictures (taken Tuesday) will be ready sometime in the upcoming week. If you would like your child’s picture retaken, please return the intact packet, along with a short note explaining what you would like to see changed. Students having retakes or who were absent on the day of pictures may dress up for the retake day, but will have to change into dress code afterwards.

FANTASY NIGHT is around the corner! It is next Saturday, October 8, 2022, Tickets are still available at Mary’s Home Bank, and the school office. We are asking that you please turn in all sold and unsold tickets to the school office by this Monday, Oct. 3^rd. Work schedules are in today’s folder. Please, if you have not signed up, call the school office to be placed into a time slot. As school families, we are all obligated to work and support our fundraisers. A Drive thru will be offered after the 4:00 pm Mass, beginning around 5:00 pm and ending at 6:00 pm for those not attending the event but who have tickets and would like to pick up their meals.

COMMUNITY SERVICE DAYS AT OLOS SCHOOL! Many of our students received their OLOS School “Community T-shirt” (Heart shirt) this week after completing their classroom community service goal. These students may wear their “heart” shirts on Monday, for our first Community Service Day (theme – Fire Department/First Responders), and if wearing it, may dress in appropriate length shorts or jeans, following dress down day guidelines. We will have a Community Service Day the first Monday of each month. You supplied the sizes when you filled out the online enrollment packet.  Please contact Tammy Love directly @ 573-418-0762 to purchase a new shirt if the size you supplied does not work for your child. The “Heart” shirts may also be used for field trips and other community service days.

EMERGENCY DRILLS: OLOSS students/staff will be conducting drills over the next several weeks. Classroom teachers discuss these drills with students beforehand, but it may be a good idea to discuss these at home with your younger children ahead of time.

CEMETERY LIGHTS: We are taking donations for the tea lights needed to light up our cemetery for All Saints’ Day. It takes a minimum of 1000 lights and they generally last two years. You can leave your donation with Rosie in the school office or place it in a marked envelope in the collection basket at Mass. Thank you for your support!

7/8 HELIAS VISIT: Our 7/8 will be visiting and touring Helias on Monday, October 10th. They will also be eating lunch out. Thanks to Pam Groose & Amy Hagenhoff, for driving our students on this trip!

CLASSROOM PARENT LIST/HALLOWEEN PLANS: The room parent list is in today’s folder (compiled from online registration packet). The room parent coordinator has been assigned to be the central contact for the classroom party – to coordinate & to make plans known to the classroom teacher. For Halloween, we are inviting all parents, parishioners, and community members to participate in our Trunk or Treat. At 1:30 pm on Oct. 31^st, students will go on their annual “Halloween Walk”, trick or treating the parish office, M.H. Bank, the Credit Union, and possibly the Market. In conjunction with this, we will also have our 3^rd annual Trunk or Treating in the church parking lot. Please pass the word to community members and parishioners – all are invited to treat the kiddos! Please call the school office if you or someone you know would like to participate. In planning ahead, we ask that students not wear scary or gory costumes. No fake blood, devils, etc. Keep it light and fun!

 IT'S GETTING COLDER!!! Please make sure your child brings a jacket with them each day, as it has been chilly several days already, and students have had to use jackets from our stockpile.

 VIRTUS TRAINING: As a school parent, it is important that you participate now in the Protecting God’s Children/Teaching Safety Program, otherwise known as VIRTUS (if you haven’t done so already). If you help in any way at school, are a room parent, drive students for field trips, coach, etc., you are required to have this course. There is an approximately 2-hour online training course (free) for your convenience. You can access this and create an account @ www.virtusonline.org. Please call the school office if you have any questions.

 ICE CREAM!!! Through a grant received from the Dairy Council, OLOS was able to purchase an ice cream/yogurt machine, valued at approximately $1500. We are so thrilled to be able to offer this treat to our students, hopefully at least once a month. However, the grant did not supply funds for actual ice-cream mix. We are looking for ice-cream sponsors, those who would like to donate to an ice-cream fund. We will be experimenting with it soon, but it looks like it will cost us about $30 to make enough ice-cream for our students each time. Contact Rosie or Cindy Lepper for more information.

 YOUR CHANCE TO WIN DRESS DOWN PASSES! All families returning their 22-23 Friday folder (The Heavens Declare the Glory of the Lord) by the Tuesday of the week following, with any needed paperwork completed, will be placed in a drawing for a bonus dress down pass for students in their family. Congratulations Jessi W. for winning this week!

 20 HOURS OF SERVICE: New for this school year is the required 20 hours of service to OLOS parish/school for parents of all school children. Most parents do many more than 20 hours of service here, but the expectation is that you do at least 20 per household. Student service hours are not included in the 20; they have their own goals within the school and classroom. Parent service hours should be logged on your family portal. Once in your portal, on the left side choose “Family”, select the parent’s name at the top middle, click “add” in the righthand corner and log your hours. They will be verified periodically by the school office staff. For tracking purposes, it may be easier to log all service hours performed by either parent under the parent who normally checks the portal. Make sure to log events like the picnic, FANTASY NIGHT, coaching, fundraisers, helping at school or in the parish in any way. If you choose not to fulfill this obligation, you may pay the hours out @ $10/hour, for a total of $200.

 SUN BUTTER/LUNCH ALTERNATIVE: Students may choose a sun butter and jelly sandwich in lieu of the main entrée if they have a note from home. They must bring a note on the day that the substitution is desired and must present it to the classroom teacher first thing in the morning. Please note that the “main entrée” is the protein item. For example, if our meal is vegetable soup with grilled cheese & string cheese, the substitution would be for the cheese sandwich & string cheese, not for the vegetable soup.

 REMINDER TO PARENTS OF STUDENTS BRINGING LUNCHES FROM HOME:  Please see that your child’s lunch has everything they need for their meal – drinks, plates, utensils, condiments, napkins. The lunch program cannot support the supply of these items. Thanks to families who donated some supplies – plates, cups, etc.

 TREATS FOR CLASS PARTIES/BIRTHDAYS: Store bought treats preferred.

 

PLEASE RETURN YOUR FOLDER ON MONDAY.

Have a fantastic

THREE DAY WEEKEND, STUDENTS!  

Friday Notes 9-23-22

  

THE WEEK AHEAD:

School Motto: I will treat people right, I will do the right thing, I will do God’s will.

Mon – Quiz Bowl practice 3:00-3:45 pm

        Picture Order Forms due!!!

        Fantasy Night Mtg – 6:00 pm (café)

Tues – School Picture Day – begins @ 8:45 am

        “Dress up for Pictures Day”

Wed – All School Mass – 8:00 am (4^th Ministry)

Thur – Father visits 5^th/6th grade @ 8:45 am

Fri -   NO SCHOOL – Teacher Prof. Dev.

 

PICTURE DAY: School Picture Day is TUESDAY. PLEASE TURN IN ORDER FORMS ON MONDAY!!!. This is a dress up day, so you may send your child in their dress code clothes or street clothes, keeping in mind that all length and sleeve requirements will be enforced. Students may wear jeans or shorts, as the picture is taken from the waist up. Thank you for being aware of dress code requirements.

MIDTERM PROGRESS REPORTS: (released last Friday)

K-2 Progress Reports: Look these over and if you have any questions or concerns, please contact the classroom teacher.

3-8 Progress Reports are available online To access Progress Reports on your family portal - sign in, then please follow these steps:

On left, click “Student”

On left, directly under “Student Home” click “Grades”

In upper middle/left screen click “Midterm Progress Report”

If you have more than one student, you can switch between them on the upper left. Please sign the slip enclosed in last week’s folder, acknowledging that you reviewed the report. It is a good idea to log in weekly to check grades.

HEALTH SCREENINGS: If there were concerns regarding your child’s health check, you will receive notice in today’s folder. Please note that the nurses always want parents to know that results on the hearing test can be skewed by buildup in the ear canal.

NO SCHOOL this Friday, September 30, due to Teacher Professional Development. 

FANTASY NIGHT is set for Saturday, October 8, 2022, Congratulations to our Early Bird winners, Keith & Lynette Otto. They chose to take another ticket and gifted it to a family member! Tickets are available at Mary’s Home Bank, the Credit Union, and the school office. If you want to pick up a few to sell, please check these out from Rosie in the school office or with Cindy Lepper. We need all families out there selling to get these tickets sold! We will be selling Fantasy Night tickets after weekend Masses this weekend! Please see enclosed insert for information on more ways you can help with this fundraiser. If you haven’t already signed up to work this event, you will be contacted. This is the second biggest fundraiser for our parish and school. Let’s give it our greatest support Thank you!

FANTASY NIGHT MEETING: Come one, come all! We will meet this Monday, Sept. 26^th at 6:00 pm, to firm up plans. We encourage all to attend!

COACHES NEEDED! We are looking for interested individuals to coach the 5-8 boys’ basketball team and the school cheer squad. Please contact the office with your offer to help. Basketball team registration begins on September 26^th on the PALs website. Thank you!

NEW STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS ANNOUNCED! Congratulations to the following students, who will represent our school as members of the Student Council:

President Shane B*  

Reporter- Alex H

Treasurer- Jacob B

Secretary- Madeyln D

Class Representatives-

4th- Anna Berry, Carina M, Brody S

5th- Ryan R

6th- Gus P, Nicholas V, Jessi W

7th-Clarice W, Natalie G, Braden E

8th-Rylee V, Avery W

*Shane ran for VP; no one ran for President, so by default Shane is now acting president. Our first meeting will be Oct. 4^th from 3:15 pm to 4:15 pm. See insert in folder for more information.

EMERGENCY DRILLS: OLOSS students/staff will be conducting drills over the next several weeks. Classroom teachers discuss these drills with students beforehand, but it may be a good idea to discuss these at home with your younger children ahead of time.

PLAYGROUND NEWS: Thanks so much to all who helped with the new playground set up. We know it was a very hot and tiring evening Tuesday night, but it was a job well done! The concrete was poured Wednesday, so all that’s left is the laying of the rubber mat and backfill, and eventually fencing (per our most recent self-study).

WHERE’S THE BEEF? In our freezer, of course! Many thanks to Mark Kempker, for the donation of the processed/USDA inspected beef to our lunch program. We appreciate it so much!

CEMETERY LIGHTS: We are taking donations for the tea lights needed to light up our cemetery for All Saints’ Day. It takes a minimum of 1000 lights and they generally last two years. You can leave your donation with Rosie in the school office or place it in a marked envelope in the collection basket at Mass. Thank you for your support!

COMMUNITY SERVICE DAYS AT OLOS SCHOOL! This year our school sponsored T-shirts will be used for “Community Service Day”, which will be scheduled for the first Monday of each month, beginning in October (theme- Fire Dept.). Each classroom is picking their own community service goal, and the whole class will receive their shirts once they meet their goal.  (The goal is to get their shirts before October 3^rd, our first community day). This shirt features the new “Our Lady of the Snow is the Heart & Soul of Mary’s Home” logo and are not the same as the spirit shirts from Steph’s Tees, Students will be able to wear the “Heart” shirts on the first Monday when they will also be performing some sort of community service. You supplied the sizes when you filled out the online enrollment packet.  Community service days will be indicated on the monthly calendar. The “Heart” shirts may also be used for field trips and other community service days.

7/8 HELIAS VISIT: Our 7/8 will be visiting and touring Helias on Monday, October 10th. With 11 students we will probably need three drivers. Please contact Mr. Vandike or Rosie if you might be able to drive. Drivers transporting students other than their own must fill out a driver information form, supply a copy of driver’s license and insurance with 100/300 coverage, and must have had VIRTUS training.

VIRTUS TRAINING: As a school parent, it is important that you participate now in the Protecting God’s Children/Teaching Safety Program, otherwise known as VIRTUS (if you haven’t done so already). If you help in any way at school, are a room parent, drive students for field trips, coach, etc., you are required to have this course. There is an approximately 2-hour online training course (free) for your convenience. You can access this and create an account @ www.virtusonline.org. Please call the school office if you have any questions.

ICE CREAM!!! Through a grant received from the Dairy Council, OLOS was able to purchase an ice cream/yogurt machine, valued at approximately $1500. We are so thrilled to be able to offer this treat to our students, hopefully at least once a month. However, the grant did not supply funds for actual ice-cream mix. We are looking for ice-cream sponsors, those who would like to donate to an ice-cream fund. We will be experimenting with it soon, but it looks like it will cost us about $30 to make enough ice-cream for our students each time. Contact Rosie or Cindy Lepper for more information. We thank Donnie Lepper for assembling the machine this week – without any provided instructions!

 YOUR CHANCE TO WIN DRESS DOWN PASSES! All families returning their 22-23 Friday folder (The Heavens Declare the Glory of the Lord) by the Tuesday of the week following, with any needed paperwork completed, will be placed in a drawing for a bonus dress down pass for students in their family. Congratulations Nolan S. for winning this week!

SERVICE: Parents – remember to log your picnic volunteer time into the family portal while it is fresh in your mind!

20 HOURS OF SERVICE: New for this school year is the required 20 hours of service to OLOS parish/school for parents of all school children. Most parents do many more than 20 hours of service here, but the expectation is that you do at least 20 per household. Student service hours are not included in the 20; they have their own goals within the school and classroom. Parent service hours should be logged on your family portal. Once in your portal, on the left side choose “Family”, select the parent’s name at the top middle, click “add” in the righthand corner and log your hours. They will be verified periodically by the school office staff. For tracking purposes, it may be easier to log all service hours performed by either parent under the parent who normally checks the portal. Make sure to log events like the picnic (many of you will meet your 20 hours immediately with this event!!), coaching, fundraisers, helping at school or in the parish in any way. If you choose not to fulfill this obligation, you may pay the hours out @ $10/hour, for a total of $200.

 

PLEASE RETURN YOUR FOLDER ON MONDAY.

HAVE A WONDERFUL  

FALL WEEKEND!

 

Friday Notes 9-16-22

THE WEEK AHEAD:

School Motto: I will treat people right, I will do the right thing, I will do God’s will.

Mon –      Quiz Bowl practice 3:00-3:45 pm

            Home & School Mtg/Potluck – 6:00 pm

Tues –

Wed –     All School Mass – 8:00 am (5/6 Ministry)

Thur –

    Father visits 4th grade @ 8:45 am

Fri -       Dress Down Day

 MIDTERM PROGRESS REPORTS:

K-2 Progress Reports are in today’s folder. Look these over and if you have any questions or concerns, please contact the classroom teacher.

3-8 Progress Reports are available online To access Progress Reports on your family portal - sign in, then please follow these steps:

On left, click “Student”

On left, directly under “Student Home” click “Grades”

In upper middle/left screen click “Midterm Progress Report”

If you have more than one student, you can switch between them on the upper left. Please sign the slip enclosed in today’s folder, acknowledging that you received the reports.

HEALTH SCREENINGS: If there were concerns regarding your child’s health check, you will receive notice in next week’s folder. Thanks so very much to the two nurses from MCHD and two of our stand-by volunteers – Marie Massman & Carla Morris. We appreciate them so much! Thank you!

FANTASY NIGHT is set for Saturday, October 8, 2022, with the “Early Bird” drawing for an additional ticket or $125 set for Monday, September 19, 2022 (moved from Sept 17^th). Tickets are available at Mary’s Home Bank, the Credit Union, and the school office. If you want to pick up a few to sell, please check these out from Rosie in the school office or with Cindy Lepper. We need all families out there selling to get these tickets sold! We will be selling Fantasy Night tickets after weekend Masses this weekend. The WORK LIST/SIGN UP SHEET is in today’s folder. Please pick your first & second preference and return on Monday. This is the second biggest fundraiser for our parish and school. Let’s give it our greatest support!

BOOK FAIR NEWS: We had a wonderful turn out for our fall book fair. Thank you to everyone who was able to help setting up and running the book fair.  I would especially like to thank Megan Kempker, Marie Massman, Rosie Beck, Mrs. Hoecker, Cindy McKenna, Natalie Groose, Mrs. Belshe, Mrs. Werdehausen, and Amber Schulte.  We sold over $1,700 in books.  Thank you to everyone who donated books to the classrooms.  We also earned $579 in books for our classroom and library. Congratulations to Elsie Schulte for winning the class ice cream party and Jacob Bittle for getting the closet guess to the amount of candy corn.                                                                                                         …Mrs. Groose

We would also like to recognize Mrs. Groose. She quietly leads and guides many of our school activities, and she is SO organized! We thank her so much for her extra efforts and time, and we also thank her husband, Patrick Groose, for the donation of all the grilled hot dogs & chips. It is so very much appreciated!

 HOME & SCHOOL MEETING/POTLUCK MONDAY NIGHT! Please mark your calendar and plan on attending. We rely on ALL school families to help plan, coordinate, and support our teachers and school, and would like all parents to be active in this organization. We will begin each meeting with a potluck dinner. Your child/ren will receive a bonus dress down pass for your attendance!

Monday, September 19, 2022 – 6:00 pm – FANTASY NIGHT EARLY BIRD DRAWING FOR $125 OR ANOTHER TICKET!!!

Monday, November 14, 2022 – 6:00 pm

Monday, January 9, 2023 – 6:00 pm

Monday, March 13, 2023 – 6:00 pm

PICTURE ORDER FORMS: Picture order forms were in last week’s folder, one per child. You may write one check for multiple children, but please note on the order forms that you have attached the check to a specific child’s form. Please return these by Friday, September 23. School Picture Day is Tuesday., September 27. Mr. Blackwell will once again be taking our pictures.

PARENT/STUDENT HANDBOOK: The revised handbook was enclosed in last week’s folder. If you have not already done so, please review, sign & return the acknowledgement sheet. Please pay special attention to the dress code guidelines.

CEMETERY LIGHTS: We are taking donations for the tea lights needed to light up our cemetery for All Saints’ Day. It takes a minimum of 1000 lights and they generally last two years. You can leave your donation with Rosie in the school office or place it in a marked envelope in the collection basket at Mass. Thank you for your support!

GRANDPARENTS’ CELEBRATION!  Thanks so much to all our grandparents! We had such a good turnout and participation – it was a pleasure. Special thanks to Cindy Lepper & Betty Schulte, for making ALL those YUMMY cinnamon rolls!

COMMUNITY SERVICE DAYS AT OLOS SCHOOL! This year our school sponsored T-shirts will be used for “Community Service Day”, which will be scheduled for the first Monday of each month, beginning in October. You paid for these t-shirts through your registration fees and supplied the sizes when you filled out the online enrollment packet.  Each classroom is picking their own community service goal, and the whole class will receive their shirts once they meet their goal.  (The goal is to get their shirts before October 3^rd, our first community day). This shirt features the new “Our Lady of the Snow is the Heart & Soul of Mary’s Home” logo and are not the same as the spirit shirts from Steph’s Tees, Students will be able to wear the “Heart” shirts on the first Monday when they will also be performing some sort of community service. Community service days will be indicated on the monthly calendar. The “Heart” shirts may also be used for field trips and other community service days.

7/8 HELIAS VISIT: Our 7/8 will be visiting and touring Helias on Monday, October 10th. With 11 students we will probably need three drivers. Please contact Mr. Vandike or Rosie if you might be able to drive. Drivers transporting students other than their own must fill out a driver information form, supply a copy of driver’s license and insurance with 100/300 coverage, and must have had VIRTUS training.

VIRTUS TRAINING: As a school parent, it is important that you participate now in the Protecting God’s Children/Teaching Safety Program, otherwise known as VIRTUS (if you haven’t done so already). If you help in any way at school, are a room parent, drive students for field trips, coach, etc., you are required to have this course. There is an approximately 2-hour online training course (free) for your convenience. You can access this and create an account @ www.virtusonline.org. Please call the school office if you have any questions.

ICE CREAM!!! Through a grant received from the Dairy Council, OLOS was able to purchase an ice cream/yogurt machine, valued at approximately $1500. We are so thrilled to be able to offer this treat to our students, hopefully at least once a month. However, the grant did not supply funds for actual ice-cream mix. We are looking for ice-cream sponsors, those who would like to donate to an ice-cream fund. We will be experimenting with it soon, but it looks like it will cost us about $30 to make enough ice-cream for our students each time. Contact Rosie or Cindy Lepper for more information.

YOUR CHANCE TO WIN DRESS DOWN PASSES! All families returning their 22-23 Friday folder (The Heavens Declare the Glory of the Lord) by the Tuesday of the week following, with any needed paperwork completed, will be placed in a drawing for a bonus dress down pass for students in their family. Congratulations Romie, Brena & Hoyt G. for winning this week!

 SERVICE: Parents – remember to log your picnic volunteer time into the family portal while it is fresh in your mind!

20 HOURS OF SERVICE: New for this school year is the required 20 hours of service to OLOS parish/school for parents of all school children. Most parents do many more than 20 hours of service here, but the expectation is that you do at least 20 per household. Student service hours are not included in the 20; they have their own goals within the school and classroom. Parent service hours should be logged on your family portal. Once in your portal, on the left side choose “Family”, select the parent’s name at the top middle, click “add” in the righthand corner and log your hours. They will be verified periodically by the school office staff. For tracking purposes, it may be easier to log all service hours performed by either parent under the parent who normally checks the portal. Make sure to log events like the picnic (many of you will met your 20 hours immediately with this event!!), coaching, fundraisers, helping at school or in the parish in any way. If you choose not to fulfill this obligation, you may pay the hours out @ $10/hour, for a total of $200.

 

PLEASE RETURN YOUR FOLDER ON MONDAY.

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!

Friday Newsletter 9-9-2022

THE WEEK AHEAD:

School Motto: I will treat people right, I will do the right thing, I will do God’s will.

Mon –  Quiz Bowl practice 3:00-3:45 pm

Tues – Book Fair Family & Community Night – 3:30 – 6:00 pm

Wed – All School Mass – 8:00 am (5/6 Ministry)

        Grandparents’ Celebration begins with Mass, classroom visits, book fair & cinnamon rolls

        Midquarter

            Student Council submissions due

Thur – Health Checks by MCHD

Father visits 2/3^rd grades @ 8:45 am

Fri -   Dress Down Day

        Progress Reports available

PARENT/STUDENT HANDBOOK: The revised handbook is enclosed in today’s folder. Please review, sign & return the enclosed acknowledgement sheet. Please pay special attention to the dress code guidelines.

PICTURE ORDER FORMS: Picture order forms are in today’s folder, one per child. You may write one check for multiple children, but please note on the order forms that you have attached the check to a specific child’s form. Please return these by Friday, September 23. School Picture Day is Tuesday., September 27. Mr. Blackwell will once again be taking our pictures.

CHANGE OF MENU: On Tuesday, Sept. 13 we will serve BBQ chicken, biscuits, cooked carrots, salad & fruit instead of the beef & noodle meal.

BOOK FAIR HELPERS: We need a couple volunteers to help with the Grandparents’ celebration on Wednesday. We need one person to help with book fair check out and one or two people to help with refreshments. Please let Rosie or Mrs. Varner know if you can help. Thank you!

QUIZ BOWL practice – every Monday afternoon 3:00 – 3:45 pm.

HEALTH SCREENINGS are scheduled for Thursday, September 15^th. Two Miller County nurses will be here to check vision, hearing, height & weight, along with performing head/lice checks. We need at least two volunteers to help with height/weight that morning. Please let Rosie know if you can help. Thank you!

STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS: If your child (grades 4th-8^th) is interested in participating in Student Council, please look over the positions and requirements form in today's folder. We will meet once a month after school. If you are wanting an officer position, please have your speeches to Mrs. Groose by Wednesday, September 14. If you are wanting to be a class representative let your teacher know by Wednesday, September 14 also. Remember there can only be two representatives per class.   Thank you

CEMETERY LIGHTS: We are taking donations for the tea lights needed to light up our cemetery for All Saints’ Day. It takes a minimum of 1000 lights and they generally last two years. You can leave your donation with Rosie in the school office or place it in a marked envelope in the collection basket at Mass. Thank you for your support!

GRANDPARENTS’ CELEBRATION! Our Grandparents’ Day celebration is scheduled for this Wednesday, Sept. 14^th, beginning with the 8:00 am Mass, and then moving over to the school for classroom activities, the book fair & homemade cinnamon rolls. We invite all grandparents to sit with their grandchild’s class We would love pictures of your child with his/her grandparents to run on the slideshow. You may email them to lvarner@olosschool.org. We are looking forward to having our grandparents join us that day!

COMMUNITY SERVICE DAYS AT OLOS SCHOOL! This year our school sponsored T-shirts will be used for “Community Service Day”, which will be scheduled for the first Monday of each month, beginning in October. You paid for these t-shirts through your registration fees and supplied the sizes when you filled out the online enrollment packet.  Each classroom is picking their own community service goal, and the whole class will receive their shirts once they meet their goal. This shirt features the new “Our Lady of the Snow is the Heart & Soul of Mary’s Home” logo and are not the same as the spirit shirts from Steph’s Tees, Students will be able to wear the “Heart” shirts on the first Monday when they will also be performing some sort of community service. Community service days will be indicated on the monthly calendar. The “Heart” shirts may also be used for field trips and other community service days.

BOOK FAIR: We will have the book fair open to all school, parish, and community families the evening of Tuesday, September 13, 3:30 – 6:00 pm. You can shop for your favorite books, grab something to eat, and earn tickets for prizes. We will be serving free hot dogs, chips, and drinks. Students will earn one ticket for each book purchased and two tickets for books purchased for their classroom and be entered into a drawing for an ice-cream party for their class. Students attending the book fair will also earn a scratcher card with additional prizes from the prize table. Don’t forget to check out the ewallet option. Thanks to Groose Heating & Cooling for the donation of the hot dogs & chips! https://scholastic.com/bf/ourladyofsnowsschool3

 7/8 HELIAS VISIT: Our 7/8 will be visiting and touring Helias on Monday, October 10th. With 11 students we will probably need three drivers. Please contact Mr. Vandike or Rosie if you might be able to drive. Drivers transporting students other than their own must fill out a driver information form, supply a copy of driver’s license and insurance with 100/300 coverage, and must have had VIRTUS training.

VIRTUS TRAINING: As a school parent, it is important that you participate now in the Protecting God’s Children/Teaching Safety Program, otherwise known as VIRTUS (if you haven’t done so already). If you help in any way at school, are a room parent, drive students for field trips, coach, etc., you are required to have this course. There is an approximately 2-hour online training course (free) for your convenience. You can access this and create an account @ www.virtusonline.org. Please call the school office if you have any questions.

ICE CREAM!!! Through a grant received from the Dairy Council, OLOS was able to purchase an ice cream/yogurt machine, valued at approximately $1500. We are so thrilled to be able to offer this treat to our students, hopefully at least once a month. However, the grant did not supply funds for actual ice-cream mix. We are looking for ice-cream sponsors, those who would like to donate to an ice-cream fund. We will be experimenting with it soon, but it looks like it will cost us about $30 to make enough ice-cream for our students each time. Contact Rosie or Cindy Lepper for more information.

FANTASY NIGHT is set for Saturday, October 8, 2022, with the “Early Bird” drawing for an additional ticket or $125 set for Saturday, September 17, 2022. Tickets are available at Mary’s Home Bank, the Credit Union, and the school office. If you want to pick up a few to sell, please check these out from Rosie in the school office or with Cindy Lepper. We need all families out there selling to get these tickets sold! This is the second biggest fundraiser for our parish and school. Let’s give it our greatest support! Please help spread the word that we will need many helpers for this event and to contact the school or parish office with offers to volunteer.

HOME & SCHOOL MEETINGS SET: Please mark your calendar and plan on attending. We rely on ALL school families to help plan, coordinate, and support our teachers and school, and would like all parents to be active in this organization. We will begin each meeting with a potluck dinner. Your child/ren will receive a bonus dress down pass for your attendance!

Monday, September 19, 2022 – 6:00 pm

Monday, November 14, 2022 – 6:00 pm

Monday, January 9, 2023 – 6:00 pm

Monday, March 13, 2023 – 6:00 pm

YOUR CHANCE TO WIN DRESS DOWN PASSES! All families returning their 22-23 Friday folder (The Heavens Declare the Glory of the Lord) by the Tuesday of the week following, with any needed paperwork completed, will be placed in a drawing for a bonus dress down pass for students in their family. Congratulations Emery C. for winning this week!

FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY: Sign up now for the Financial Peace University Course to learn how God has designed stewardship to be in all parts of our lives. This 9 week course will meet during PSR time (8:45-9:45) on Sunday mornings starting September 18. The course is open to all ages and is for anyone who wants a better relationship with their finances, better understanding of insurance needs, and a better plan for retirement and beyond. The cost of the course is $100. Contact Colleen Abbott to enroll.

SERVICE: Parents – remember to log your picnic volunteer time into the family portal while it is fresh in your mind!

 

PLEASE RETURN YOUR FOLDER ON MONDAY.

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!