OUR LADY of the SACRED
Enriching Souls and Enlightening Minds
Friday, January 6 Terra
Nova reports coming home to Grades 2, 4, 6, and 8 parents
Monday, January 9 Advanced
Band during lunch
Tuesday, January 10 NO
CHOIR PRACTICE
Wednesday, January
Thursday, January 12 Beginning
Band during Music Class
NO
DRAMA CLUB
Friday, January 13
End
of Second Quarter
Looking ahead…
Monday, January 16 NO
SCHOOL—Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
OLSH TAGLINE:
You may have noticed the extra line of text in the heading of this
week’s newsletter. “Enriching Souls and
Enlightening Minds” is the winner of the most votes for a tagline for
OLSH. We will begin using it on as much
correspondence as is appropriate so that people will start associating that
phrase with our school. Thanks to the
many parents who took the time to think about all of the tagline suggestions
that were sent in and cast their vote for the phrase that best identifies
OLSH. There were many great suggestions,
and we would not have wanted to make that choice without your input. Thank you!
PARENT MARKETING LETTER: In the October 21 school newsletter, I requested
as part of our new marketing procedure that I have as a marketing tool a letter
or letters from parents from all grades 1 through 8. This letter, if sent in on a disk or emailed
to me (I would then save it to a disk) could be personalized to send to
prospective OLSH parents. The document
should be in a Word document format. The
purpose of the letter would be to explain the benefits of a Catholic school
(namely, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart) and the worth of that investment. With over 200 families having children
enrolled at OLSH, you know the benefits and the worthiness of your own
investment. At the time of my initial
request, I received only one letter. Now
that the holidays are over, perhaps you will have the time to sit down and
write a letter for the benefit of our school.
You are our best supporters.
Thanks! --Mrs. Adelmann
SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME PRESENTATION: The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur will be at
OLSH next week to present to our seventh and eighth graders a documentary on
the life and work of Sr. Dorothy Stang, a fellow Sister of Notre Dame,
humanitarian, and martyr. Sr. Dorothy
was born in
MND/MOE LUNCH WITH GRADE 8: Representatives from the Admissions Offices of
Dame and Moeller High Schools will be here next Friday,
January 13, to meet with all eighth graders at lunchtime to share pizza and pop
and to answer any questions they may have following their schools’ Showcase
Day/Eighth Grade Day held on Friday, January 6.
All eighth graders used Friday the 6th to visit either MND or
Moeller or another high school that they might be interested in attending next
year. Although these reps are from MND
and Moeller, they are here to answer any questions about their own schools or
high school in general.
TERRA NOVA RESULTS:
Parents of students in grades 2, 4, 6, and 8—please look for an envelope
addressed to you and coming home with your child today. It contains the results of the Terra Nova/In
View testing that your child was a part of in October. There is also a letter from Mrs. Karen Jara,
our school Psychologist, explaining these results. The scores listed below are the median
percentile anticipated (what a student is capable of, listed in
parentheses) and obtained (what a student actually did, listed second):
Reading Language Math Science Social Studies
Gr. 8 (72.7) 79.2 (75.0) 79.7 (79.5) 87.0 (75.3) 87.0 (76.0) 73.3
Gr. 6 (65.5) 68.0 (68.0) 72.5 (69.0) 80.7 (66.7) 80.5 (66.0) 69.0
Gr. 4 (68.4) 77.5 (69.5) 71.5 (71.0) 76.3 (70.9) 74.5 (69.6) 84.0
Gr. 2 (65.0) 49.0 (65.0) 59.0 (66.0) 76.0 (66.0) 75.0 (62.0) 71.0
KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN SCHOLARSHIP: Parents of eighth graders—please check with
your children for the application and recommendation forms for the Knights of
St. John Scholarship (a renewable, partial scholarship to be used for high
school) that are coming home today.
There are deadlines (noted in the information) for both recommendation
forms and for the return of the application.
Questions can be referred to Greg Ernstes (563-0641) or Ron Ashbrock
(228-1212).
EIGHTH GRADE VIDEO REMINDER: Parents of eighth graders—If you have not yet
sent in the permission form (authorizing us to use pictures of your child in
this year’s eighth-grade class video), please do so by next Friday, January
13. If you have lost the form, there are
extras in the school office; or you can contact Monica Brandstetter at
769-1538.
YAC SIGNUPS:
Registration for spring sports (volleyball and baseball for boys in
grades 3 through 8, softball for girls in grades 3 through 8, CYO track for
boys and girls in grades 7 and 8, OLSH/SPPS soccer for boys and girls in grades
K through 7 and ages 4 through 13, and Golden Bears football for fall of 2006
for boys currently in grades 2 through 7) will take place after all Masses this
weekend (January 7/8) and next (January 14/15) in the Tiger Room of the
Activity Center. NO REGISTRATION IS TO
BE SENT THROUGH THE SCHOOL. Please see
the registration form being sent home with your child today.
CHILD FIND RELEASE:
Our school district needs help in locating children who may have a
disability. Each year, the Reading
School District conducts a state-required count of all children with disabilities
living in the District. If you know of a
child or adolescent between the ages of birth through 21 whom you suspect may
have a disability and who is not currently receiving services, the Reading
School District wants to hear from you.
Children who are attending or planning to attend a private school also
are included in this count. Please help
the Reading School District locate children and teenagers who may need
services. All information is
confidential. You may contact the
District directly or contact your child’s private school or church and ask them
to forward the information to the District.
Child Find is a community-wide effort.
The District acknowledges the support of the following private schools
that are participating with the District to ensure that all children are
located: Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
and Ss. Peter and Paul.
NURSE’S OFFICE: Volunteers
for the Nurse’s Office for Friday, January 13, are Eleanor Bermingham (8 a.m.
‘til 11 a.m.) and Karen Bigler (11 a.m. ‘til 2 p.m.). Thanks, moms!
Monday……….pizza,
carrots with dip, pears, milk
Tuesday………beef and
cheese burritos, corn, mixed fruit, tortilla chips, milk
Wednesday…chicken
and noodles, green beans, apple crisp, roll, milk
Thursday…….cheeseburger, tater tots, trail mix, milk
Friday…………mozzarella breadsticks with pizza sauce, tossed salad, fruit
cocktail, pretzels, milk