Friday Newsletter 2-7-2025
THE WEEK AHEAD:
School Motto: We are learning,
serving & praying – every moment of every day. We are COUGARS!
Mon – Candygrams due
Tues –
Wed – All School Mass 8:00 am (5/6 Ministry)
Student Council mtg – until 4:15 pm
Thur –
Fri - St. Valentine’s Day
Dress Down in Red & Pink Day
SUDS orders due
today
St. Valentine’s
Day Parties – 2:30 pm
MIDTERM PROGRESS REPORTS are available today. Please follow the directions below to access your
child’s report.
3-8 Progress Reports are
available online. To access Progress Reports on your family portal - sign in,
then follow these steps:
On left, click “Student”
On left, directly under “Student Home” click “Grades”
In upper 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 that is enclosed in today’s folder,
acknowledging that you reviewed the report. It is a good idea to log in weekly to
check grades. This is also a good time to log in any service hours you
have performed.
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.
K-8 PARENTS: You will find information in today’s folder regarding the Protecting God’s Children Touching Safety program being offered in your child’s classroom next week. This is the same program that we’ve had over the past several years. The enclosed form is an OPT OUT form, to be sent back only if you do NOT wish your child to participate.
PENNY WARS: The money has been
counted, and we have some happy winners! Congratulations to the 7th
& 8th Graders, who were the only class to actually end up in
the positive column! They willl be enjoying a pizza party in the
upcoming days. Final results are as follows:
Preschool: -7684
Kindergarten: - 768
1st/2nd -2062
3rd/4th -7989
5th/6th -2979
7th/8th +2727
Staff -3911
We were able to raise just over $700.
All funds raised will be sent with Father Simon on his next visit home to support
school children in Uganda. Thanks to all who have sent in money for their
child’s classroom collection!
VALENTINE’S DAY: Our St. Valentine’s Day parties will be the last “classroom party” for the 2024-25 school year. A list of room parents is available in this folder. As always, we count on our wonderful room parents to plan for treats and games for the classroom. The parties will be this Friday, February 14th at 2:30 pm.
All parents should sign in at the school office. You will be able to
proceed to the classrooms at 2:30 sharp. Preschool parents – once you sign in,
you will be escorted to the preschool classroom as a group at 2:30 pm.
STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS: We are selling “Candy Grams” for Valentine’s Day for $1 each. Order
forms were sent home last week. Please
have these filled out and returned, with payment attached, by this Monday,
Feb. 10th. Thank you for supporting our fundraiser!
SHOW ME SUDS: Show Me Suds fundraiser runs now through February 14th. Show Me Suds offers quality laundry and dish soap products. Order forms were sent home two Fridays ago. Please collect payment as the orders are taken, with checks made payable to OLOS. Forms with payment must be returned by Feb. 14th and all products will be available for pickup on March 2nd. Contact Joan Doerhoff or the school office if you have questions about ordering. Thank you for your continued support of our school and parish youth.
WELCOME BACK FATHER SIMON! We are looking forward to greeting Father with a wholehearted “Welcome back to Mary’s Home” at the Masses this weekend. We sure did miss him!
KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS: We just received a quarterly check for $76.90. Want to help? See
details following…
SIGN UP FOR GERBES COMMUNITY REWARDS: OLOS is enrolled in the Gerbes “Community Rewards” program. This program offers money back to our school, based on enrolled customer’s spending. It is a really easy process. You just tie your Gerbes shopper’s card to our school account. If you don’t have a Gerbes shopper’s card, it takes less than a minute to get one at the store or online. All the information needed to complete this process is online. @ www.gerbes.com/communityrewards Our school code is TU152. It takes just a couple minutes so get all your family and friends to register as well! The school will receive quarterly payments in cash form. We will update you as we receive those funds. This has the potential to be a great moneymaker for the school – the key is to get many, many people involved. No selling needed! Please pass the word to family and friends and thanks for supporting OLOS School!!!
TWO NEW DATES FOR 8TH GRADE PARENTS:
·
Tuesday,
April 1: Cole R5 School
Counselor, Jess Adrian, visits with students and parents in our school
cafeteria – 8:00 am, in preparation for high school enrollment
·
Wednesday,
April 30: Cole R5 Freshmen
Orientation, 6:00 pm in Cole R5 cafeteria
LOOKING AHEAD…
Wednesday, Feb. 26: First Reconciliation
Wednesday, Mar. 5: VIP Day
Monday, Mar. 10: H & S Meeting & Student Showcase
Tuesday, April 1: Cole R5 Counselor visits 8th graders &
parents
at OLOS, 8:00 am in cafeteria
Thursday, April 3: Sketch Day
Friday, April 4: 8th Grade Picture Day
Friday, April 25: Last Day for 8th Graders
Saturday, April 26: 8th Grade Promotion/Graduation-
6:00 pm
Mass
Monday, April 28: Step-Up Day 7:30 – 9:00 am
Tuesday, April 29: Field Day
Wednesday, April 30: Cole R5 Freshman Orientation
Thursday, May 1: 8th Grade Mass @ St. Joe, JC
Friday, May 2: Last Day of School, Preschool Graduation & 8th
Grade Recognition, dismiss @ 11: 00 am.
WEEKLY DRESS DOWN PASS WINNER(S)! Congratulations to Nicholas & Isabelle for winning this week’s drawing! Remember – return your folder (with paperwork complete) by Tuesday to be added to the weekly drawing.
Please return your folder on Monday!
Have a great weekend!
