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!