Friday Newsletter 3-14-2025
THE WEEK AHEAD:
School Motto: We are learning,
serving & praying – every moment of every day. We are COUGARS!
March
Focus: Pro-life
Mon – Dress Down in Green for St. Patrick’s Day
Sketch Practice - until 4:15 pm
Tues – Spelling Bee Practice – until 4:15 pm
Wed – All School Mass 8:00 am (3/4 Ministry)
Archery
Practice 4:30 – 5:30 pm, hall
Thur –
Fri - Dress Down Day
Stations of the Cross – 2:30 pm (5/6 Ministry)
RE-ENROLLMENT & APPLICATIONS: We have opened online enrollment for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year. Please take time now to re-enroll your student and make an application for your new student (if applicable). You will find directions in today’s folder. We would like to have all re-enrollment and new student enrollment completed by MONDAY, APRIL 14TH. All submitting the online enrollment packet by that date will receive a BONUS DRESS DOWN PASS for the new school year.
SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL BALLOTS: Ballots may be found in today’s folder – one per household. Please vote for 4 of the 6 candidates. Thanks so much to all six of these individuals who have offered their gifts of time & talent in service to our school.
PANTS/SHORTS POLICY: Full length pants must be worn October 1 – April 1. Administration may choose to designate a “short pants” day during this time frame.
REPORT CARDS – 3rd QUARTER: Report cards are available online through your FACTS parent portal. If you have not already done so, please review and then sign & return the slip provided in last week’s folder. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact the classroom teacher. To access the grade card on your family portal, please follow these steps:
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Log into your account
at factsmgt.com – use school code ols-mo and your username & password.
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On left, click
“Student”.
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On left, directly
under “Grades”, click “Report Card”.
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If you have more than
one student, you can switch between grade cards in the upper middle of the
screen.
STUDENT SHOWCASE/MEET & GREET: Thanks to all who attended our event on Monday night in support of our students and our outreach efforts. We saw many happy faces and also many new faces! We thank Ms. Williamson for giving the students the opportunity to share some of their artwork with parents – they are proud of what they create! Check out our Facebook page for some fantastic pictures of the event.
STEP-UP MORNING – MONDAY, APRIL 28TH: We invite all new preschoolers and any new student to attend the “Step Up” morning, (7:30 am – 9:00 am) which will help orient our new enrollees to the “school experience”. All current students will advance to the next grade for that same period of time to get an idea of what their next school year might be like. Please contact Rosie in the school office if you are interested in sending your new student to join us that morning.
2025-26 NEWS:
- Change in Staffing: Cindy Lepper (full retirement from head cook),
Amber Grellner (resigning from OLOS and education - at least temporarily),
Rosie Beck (slowly training her eventual replacement)
- New employees: Bryan Evers (head cook), Amber Schulte (office
assistant) and Michele Kempker (3rd and 4th). We are still working
on filling the position of assistant cook and a person(s) to help with
specials.
- Classroom divisions for next
year: Preschool with Mrs.
Groose – approximately 10-12 students, Kindergarten with Mrs. Belshe - 11
students, First & Second Grade with Mrs. Werdehausen - 12 students,
Third & Fourth Grade with Mrs. Kempker - 5 students, 10 Fifth and
Sixth Graders will be with Mrs. Hoecker and Mr. V will have 6 Seventh and
Eighth Graders.
FISHING DAY: 3rd – 8th Grade Fishing Day at Lepper Lake is planned for Wednesday, April 2, 2025, from approximately 12:00 noon through 3:00 pm. We will need many parent drivers. Mark your calendar now for this event and look for driver sign-up forms, which will be coming out in next week’s folder.
$ FOR UGANDA: THE 1st & 2nd graders were proud to raise $123.25 through their sales efforts last week. These students were studying a unit on producers and consumers, and Mrs. Werdehausen used this as an opportunity for a Christian Service project as well. We thank you, the parents, for sending in money to support their sales efforts. They did a great job! Check out the pictures on our Facebook page. The money raised will be sent with Father Simon the next time he returns home to support education in his home area.
7TH & 8TH GRADE PARENTS & STUDENTS: Today you will find a flyer in this folder announcing Vocations Night at Sacred Heart in Eldon on March 27th. Fr. Simon will be one of the featured presenters! We strongly encourage all 7th & 8th students and parents to attend this local event.
FANTASY NIGHT 2025 DATE SET: Mark your calendar now for Saturday, October 18, 2025 for our Fantasy
Night event. The date for this annual fundraiser was moved to the third weekend
of the month due to the fact that our grill masters have a family wedding on
the second weekend of October.
SERVICE HOURS: Please take time now to log service hours on your family portal. Remember that all households (between the two parents/guardians) must perform at least 20 hours of service to the school and/or parish each school year. This requirement does not include student service hours, which are performed within the classroom/school day. In lieu of the hours, you may choose to pay out the time @ $10/hr. (Next school year the fee will be $20/hr.). Please call Rosie in the school office if you have any questions.
WEEKLY DRESS DOWN PASS WINNER(S)! Congratulations to Brooklin for winning this week’s drawing! Remember – return your folder (with paperwork complete) by Tuesday to be added to the weekly drawing.
LOOKING AHEAD
Tuesday, April 1: Cole R5 Counselor visits 8th graders &
parents
at OLOS, 8:00 am in cafeteria
Wednesday, April 2: Fishing Day @ Lepper Lake for 3-8
Thursday, April 3: Sketch Day
Friday, April 4: 8th Grade Picture Day
Thursday, April 10: Spelling Bee @ St. Martin
Friday, April 25: Last Day for 8th Graders
Saturday, April 26: 8th Grade Promotion/Graduation-
6:00 pm
Mass
Sunday, April 27: First Eucharist – 8:00 am Mass
Monday, April 28: Step-Up Day 7:30 – 9:00 am
Tuesday, April 29: Field Day
Wednesday, April 30: Cole R5 Freshman Orientation at
6:00 pm in
Cole R5 cafeteria
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.
Please return your folder on Monday!
Have a great weekend!
