Friday Newsletter 9-6-2024
Our Lady of the Snows School provides quality Catholic
education and
develops the whole person in a faith-filled
Catholic environment.
THE WEEK AHEAD:
Scholastic
Book Fair Week!
School Motto: We are learning, serving &
praying – every moment of every day. We are COUGARS!
Mon – Book Fair Family Night 4:00 – 6:00 pm
Home & School Potluck/Meeting – 6:00 pm
Fantasy Night Planning Mtg. @ 7:00 pm (or following H &
S Mtg.)
Tues –
Wed – Grandparents’ Day begins with
All School Mass 8:00 am (School Ministry). Grandparents
visit classrooms, enjoy refreshments, and visit Book Fair through 10:00 am.
Thur – 7/8 Graders visit Helias - am
Fri - Dress Down for $1 for Uganda Day
Midquarter
MONDAY NIGHT FILLED WITH ACTIVITY! Come one, come all!
·
Scholastic
Book Fair: Open from 4:00 –
6:00 pm, You can shop for your child, for gift-giving, and/or for your
child’s classroom. Classroom wish lists will be posted. All purchases help buy
books for our school.
·
Home
& School Meeting begins at 6:00 pm
with a potluck meal. This meeting should be one hour or less. All
attending earn a bonus dress down pass for their child. Join us to learn
more about your school and the exciting things we have on the horizon!
·
Fantasy
Night Planning Meeting begins
at 7:00 pm (or after the H & S mtg.) We will touch base on all
aspects of the upcoming fundraiser. The meeting will conclude @ 8:00 pm or one
hour after we begin.
BOOK FAIR: If you are unable to get to the book fair, or if you or your child
decides to purchase that last-minute book, Mrs. Varner will give students the
opportunity to shop/purchase through the day Thursday.
GRANDPARENTS’ DAY CELEBRATION is this Wednesday, September 11, 2024, beginning with Mass at
8:00 am, followed by classroom time, Scholastic Book Fair, & refreshments
(through approx. 10 am). We are looking for a great turnout and are excited to
spend the morning celebrating them! If grandparents can’t make it, please feel
free attend or ask another relative/friend.
FANTASY NIGHT SILENT AUCTION & SPONSORSHIP LETTERS are included in today’s folder. All families are asked to solicit a donation(s) in support of this fundraiser, be it one of the 50 items for the Silent Auction, or as a monetary sponsor, with social media exposure/advertising benefits. If you need more letters, please contact Rosie in the school office. Thanks for your help in making this fundraiser a success!
PIZZA KWIK PROCEEDS: The school received $360 from Pizza Kwik from their sales during the Open House event in August. Thanks to all who supported us by buying pizza that evening!
WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED by so many donations lately! We have received a donation for an ice-cream celebration in memory of a recently deceased member of our parish, several donations for cemetery lights, a donation at the picnic from a parishioner representing Veterans United (intended to “make someone’s day”!), many items on our Amazon Wish List, and memorial donations for recently deceased from our parish and beyond. We also want to recognize Gary & Pam Schulte, G & R Electric, for purchasing the 20 dozen donuts we will be enjoying on Grandparents’ Day this week. These donations, be them big or small, help make our school day more interesting, exciting, and help make our facilities a great place to learn in a big way!
SCHOOL PICTURES are
scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 24th. Order forms will be
available in next week’s folder. Lisa Herigon & her daughter Haley will be
taking the photos this year. Dwayne Blackwell, who had been taking the
pictures, has retired. We thank him for his years of taking great pictures for
our families and look forward to having Lisa & Haley (a former student)
here with us.
SERVICE HOURS: As a condition of
enrollment, 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. The
Parish Picnic and Fantasy Night are great opportunities to log several hours of
service.
YOUR CHANCE TO WIN DRESS DOWN PASSES! All families returning their 24-25 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 (or a treat for preschoolers). Congratulations to Jesse W. for winning this week’s drawing!
SCHOOL MOTTO: We are learning, serving and praying - every moment of
every day. We are COUGARS!
O – Optimistic
U – Understanding of Others
G – Generous
A – Achieving Academic Excellence
R – Respectful
S – Serving Others
Please return your folder on
MONDAY or TUESDAY!
Have a great weekend!
