Friday Newsletter 1-19-2024
THE WEEK AHEAD:
School Motto: We are learning, serving &
praying – every moment of every day. We are COUGARS!
Mon – School Spirit Dress Down Day
Art Club – 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Tues –
Wed – All School Mass 8:00 am (2nd/3rd grade ministry)
Thur – Fr. Alex
visits 4th grade – 8:45 am
Fri - Dress Down Day
100th
Day of School (tentative)
DANCE TO BE RESCHEDULED: Due to a scheduling conflict, the Morgan County Line/Pizza Kwik
event originally scheduled for March 9th is being rescheduled to an
alternate date. More information will be available soon! You may discard the
flyers sent home last week. Sorry about any confusion this may cause.
OLOS SCIENCE FAIR: Our local science fair has been tentatively rescheduled to Friday, Feb. 9th (from Jan. 19th). All 5th through 8th graders are working hard on getting their projects finished up. We hope to have them on display before our Valentines’ parties that day. We look forward to seeing all their interesting projects!
DUE TO VALENTINE’S DAY falling on Ash Wednesday (day of fast and abstinence), the Valentine’s parties are scheduled for Friday, Feb. 9th from 2:15 – 3:15 pm.
EMPOWERING GOD’S CHILDREN Youth Safe Environment Program: This program will be taught in the classroom during the month of February. Detailed information is in today’s folder, and you will get more information from the classrooms as each lesson is introduced to your child. Please note that the form included in today’s folder is an OPT OUT option. If not returned by Feb. 6th, we assume your child CAN participate.
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK is almost here! It is the week of Jan. 29th, culminating with an all-school Mass on Sunday, February 4th at 10:00 am. The committee has planned activities centered around daily themes. Volunteers are needed throughout the week to assist the committee in helping with food prep./serving staff on Tuesday and help with bowling, popcorn & soda on Friday. You will find a tentative schedule of the week and a sign-up sheet for help with these activities in today’s folder. You will also find a sign-up sheet for the Catholic Schools’ Week Mass on Feb. 4th. Please return the sign-up sheet early next week so that plans can be finalized.
THE STUDENT COUNCIL is once again sponsoring Valentine Grams – with candy or a salty treat for $1.00 each. More information is in this folder. If you need more copies, please contact the office. All orders are due by Feb. 6th. Thank you for supporting the Student Council!
FREE THROW CONTEST: The Mary’s Home Knights of Columbus will hold a Free Throw Contest on Sunday 1/21 from 11:00-12:30 pm in the Parish Center gymnasium. Boys & girls ages 9-14 may participate. Participants must be this age as of January 1st, 2024. Bring your own ball, or one will be provided. Call or text Sam Berendzen with any questions @ 573-690-5245.
SHOW ME SUDS Fundraiser will begin on Friday, January 26th. This is a great opportunity to help our school and parish youth by selling and purchasing quality laundry detergents, dish soaps, dishwasher pods, and dryer sheets. Order forms with payments must be returned by Friday, February 19th. All products will be available for pickup on Sunday, February 25th. Contact Joan Doerhoff or the school office for more information. Thank you for your continued support in our school and parish youth!
ART CLUB: The first meeting of our newly formed art club will be this Monday, Jan. 22, from 3:30 – 4:30 pm. Mrs. Hoecker sent out permission slips last week to all 5th through 8th graders. If your child is interested, and you have misplaced the form, please call the office or contact Mrs. Hoecker.
8th GRADE MASS at Cathedral of St. Joseph, Jefferson City. The diocese intends to begin a tradition of having all 8th graders from our diocese come together for a special Mass at the end of each school year. This Mass is scheduled for Thursday, May 2, 2024, which is after our 8th graders are dismissed for the school year. 8th grade parents are encouraged to take their 8th grader. Mass will be mid-morning with lunch provided afterward. More information will be forthcoming. Please let us know if your child will attend so that we may RSVP.
SCHOOL CLOSING: Any emergency early dismissal or closing of the school due to weather will be announced by parent alert (text, email) and through social media, as well as over area television stations. Parents should not call the school office during inclement weather conditions to learn if the school is closing early. This unnecessarily ties up our phone lines for emergency communications. A phone call into school during this time will delay the process of getting our communications out to all families. Please note that afternoon extended care services are not available in the event of early dismissal due to weather or other emergencies.
Jessi W. is the lucky winner of the weekly Friday Folder dress down drawing!
MARK YOUR 2024 CALENDAR!
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 – First Reconciliation
after Mass
Sunday, April 21, 2024 – First Eucharist – 10 am
Mass
Saturday, April 27, 2024 – 8th Grade Graduation –
4:00 pm Mass
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 – Confirmation – 6:30 pm
20 HOURS OF SERVICE: 20 hours of service to OLOS School & Parish is required of 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. If you are not able to fulfill this obligation, you may pay the hours out @ $10/hour, for a total of $200.
Please return your folder on MONDAY!
Wishing you a wonderful winter weekend!
