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 (4th Ministry)
Thur – Father visits 5th/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. 26th 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 26th 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. 4th
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 3rd, 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
