OUR LADY of the SACRED HEART SCHOOL

PRINCIPAL'S BULLETIN for FEBRUARY 25, 2005

 

Sunday, February 27              SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT

Wednesday, March 2             Second Lenten Raffle

                                                2:40 p.m.-3:40 p.m.--Young Rembrandts Art Program

Thursday, March 3                Beginning Band during Music Class

                                                Advanced Band during lunch

                                                2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.--Drama Club for selected actors

Friday, March 4                      8:15 a.m.--All-School Mass

                                                4:30 p.m.-7 p.m.--PTA Fish Fry in Activity Center

 

REGISTRATION:  Please look for registration forms for next school year coming home today with your youngest.  If you will have an incoming first grader for 2005-06, you will also receive a Registration Form and a Release of Records Form to fill out and return to the school office.  Please note turn-in dates for all forms.

 

CONFIRMATION:  Congratulations to our 49 eighth graders and 20 CCD students who were confirmed on Tuesday evening, February 22.  It was a well-attended and beautiful ceremony performed by Mark Burger, Head of St. Andrew Deanery.  Special thanks go out to Mrs. Wendy Schworer, Mrs. Debi Mace, Mr. Jim Champlin, and Mrs. Janet Geraci for their time in preparing these students for this important sacrament.

 

DRAMA CLUB:  There will be no Drama Club this coming Tuesday, March 1.  Selected actors will meet on Thursday, March 3.  Please consult the flyer from Mrs. O'Brien that was sent home to all Drama Club members.

 

FISH FRY:  The OLSH PTA will hold its first Fish Fry of this Lenten season this Friday, March 4 from 4:30 p.m. 'til 7 p.m.  Come join friends and family for a delicious meal, a kids' activity center, and a message board where you can write messages to your friends.  If you would still like to volunteer, please call Melissa Fahr (761-7332), Mary Beth Armstrong (793-4574), or Marc Zeuch (769-4735).  They would welcome your help. 

 

LENTEN RAFFLE:  Winners of the first teacher raffle for this Lenten season were:  Olivia Peters (3-B) and Emily Janszen (4-D)--sundaes in the middle of the week for them and three of their friends; Kristin Sutor (3-P) and Joanie Engel (5-L)--a night at the movies (with a snack) for them and a friend each; Kirsten Lucas (1-O)--lunch and a game with Mrs. O'Brien; and Ashley Peter and Brian Torbeck (both 4-T)--lunch from McDonald's for them and a friend each.

 

Items in this coming week's raffle (to be awarded on Wednesday, March 2) are:  one $5 gift certificate from Graeter's; one $5 Blockbuster gift certificate; a container of Smartees; and 10 free 30-minute guitar lessons from Mrs. Rieman (a $50 value--the only cost to the winner is the price of the instruction book!).  Students can buy raffle tickets (25 cents each or five for $1) in Ms. Schafer's fifth-grade classroom any morning before school.  Remember--all proceeds from these raffles will be donated to our Lenten Nicaragua collection.  Students can also donate money to their individual homeroom Nicaragua donation jars, which are brought to song practice on Wednesdays and added to the all-school jar.

 

POST SPELLING BEE RESULTS:  Seventh grader Keith Kennedy participated in The Cincinnati Post Spelling Bee on Wednesday, February 23.  Keith came in 12th in his division in this regional competition.  Keith missed on the word "ensemble" after successfully spelling "quesadilla" (thanks to the movie Napoleon Dynamite!).  He will not advance beyond this regional competition, but we are proud of his success and representation of OLSH.

 

CONGRATULATIONS:  Four of our eighth-grade boys were offered an academic scholarship for their outstanding performance on the Moeller entrance exam.  Congratulations to Chris Champlin, Andrew Mulderig, Joe Nurre, and Joe Wernke.

 

Seven of our eighth graders scored well enough on the entrance test given by The Summit Country Day School to be considered for scholarships to the school.  The following students scored above the 90th percentile and had outstanding overall applications:  Chris Champlin, Nick Clark, Aly Eagan, Eric Gammarino, Mark Gottschlich, Joe Nurre, and Joe Wernke.  Chris, Nick, and Joe Wernke have accepted scholarships and will be recognized at a Scholarship Reception on March 2.  Congratulations to these students.

 

WIN A MARKET DAY HAM!  Are you planning an Easter dinner/First Communion party/any party?  Take a chance to win a spiral-sliced ham (value--$27-$39, based on weight).  Place a Market Day order of at least $25 to be eligible.  The drawing will be held on our next pickup day (Wednesday, March 16).  If you have any questions, please call Lisa (733-4707) or Valerie (891-5830).

 

PTA:  Parents--please take a look at the PTA fundraiser information coming home in packets today.  PTA will vote on the fundraiser issue at their next meeting (March 9).  Thank you.

 

ST. PATRICK'S DAY DANCE:  The YAC's St. Patrick's Day Dance will be held on Saturday, March 12 with music by The Remains.  Please contact Teri or Tom Grau at 733-4129 with questions or for tickets.

 

NURSE'S OFFICE:  Volunteers for the Nurse's Office for next Friday, March 4, are Tamara Anderson (8 a.m.-11 a.m.) and Janice Miller (11 a.m.-2 p.m.).  Thanks, moms!

 

MENU for the WEEK of FEBRUARY 28

   Monday………beef and cheese burrito with salsa, corn, mixed fruit, pretzels, milk

   Tuesday………chicken and noodles, green beans, pineapple, roll, milk

   Wednesday……pizza, carrots with dip, peaches, milk

   Thursday……...cheeseburger, French fries, juice bar, milk

   Friday…………French bread pizza, tossed salad, pears, chocolate pudding, milk