OUR LADY of the SACRED
NEWSLETTER for
TERRA NOVA TESTING (grades 2, 4,
6, and 8) during MONTH of OCTOBER
Monday,
October 3 Advanced
Band during lunch
Tuesday,
October
Wednesday,
October
Thursday,
October 6 Magazine
Drive/Kids First prize distribution
Beginning
Band during Music Class
Friday,
October
TERRA NOVA
TESTS: Students in grades 2, 4, 6, and 8 will be
taking the Terra Nova/In View tests during the month of October. The test results are used to analyze how well
our curriculum meets the needs of student learning. Your child's teacher will let her class know
the test schedule. A good breakfast and plenty of sleep will always give a child a good
start on a test.
HOTLINE: We will be testing the hotline on Wednesday,
October 5 starting at
PET BLESSING: Plan to join us on Wednesday, October 5, as
we celebrate the Feast of St. Francis of
OLSH PTO
MAJOR FUNDRAISER: Kids First and
Magazine Drive End of Sale prizes will be delivered and distributed to the
students on Thursday, October 6. If your
child will be loaded down with products and prizes on Thursday, please make
arrangements for his transportation home.
The winners of the Pig Pageant were 4-D's "Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle"
for best-dressed pig and 7-H's "Hamlet" for best-named. Congratulations and thanks again for your
support of this fundraiser!
RECOGNIZING
GOOD BEHAVIOR: Twenty-four of our
junior-high students earned a "limo lunch" from sales during the
LIBRARY
CHALLENGE: Your child should have brought home last week
or is bringing home today information from the Public Library of Cincinnati and
Hamilton County regarding the Public Library Challenge, a program they are
sponsoring in partnership with the Cincinnati Zoo. Please take time to look over this
information, fill out the library card information requested, and return it to
school NO LATER THAN THIS MONDAY, OCTOBER 3.
(If your child already has a library card, put his card number on top of
the form.) Our students could win a
visit from the Cat Ambassador or Wings of Wonder programs from the Cincinnati
Zoo. If we get 100% participation, we
will receive a Gold-level banner from the Public Library. In addition, your child will receive
half-price admission to the Zoo between October 1 and November 30 when he shows
his red library card.
ENTERTAINMENT
2006 BOOKS: Today your youngest
child is bringing home one "Entertainment Book" for you to view. This makes it easy to take the time to look
at the book at home to see where you could be saving lots of money. THESE ARE NOT FREE BOOKS! If you would like to keep the book, just
place a check (payable to OLSH) in the original envelope and send it to school no
later than TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11. If
you choose not to buy the book, just place it back in the original envelope and
return it to school no later than OCTOBER 11. There is no obligation to buy, and we are not
asking the students to sell these books!
This is a fundraiser for our school library. Profits will help purchase more A.R. books
and tests for the students, which will give them a larger selection of required
reading material. Thank you very much for
your support!
HURRICANE
RELIEF: Thank you for your generosity toward the
victims of Hurricane Katrina. We sent a
check for $1787 to Catholic Charities USA.
OLSH's Student Government contributed $1000 of that total amount. We thank our Student Government for providing
fundraisers that collected that amount of money. All Student Government fundraisers for the
2005-06 school year will designate victims of
Hurricane Katrina/Rita as recipients.
FAMILY OF GOD
MEDALLION: Several Girl Scouts from OLSH are working
toward earning the Family of God Medallion.
One of the requirements of this award is service to church or
school. Third graders Lily Beck,
Caroline Gallo, Taylor House, Elizabeth Stevenson, and Jennifer Sutor of
Brownie Troop 8724 (led by moms Suzanne Beck, Nancy Sutor, and Theresa
Wessinger) and fourth graders Colleen Armstrong, Carly Beckstedt, Sabrina
Smith, Kristin Sutor, and Ellie Wessinger of Junior Troop 6754 (led by moms
Mary Beth Armstrong, Nancy Sutor, and Theresa Wessinger) are working toward
this goal. Their project is the OLSH
courtyard. They have already worked two
days weeding and cleaning up; in November, the Junior Troop will return to
prepare the area for winter. It looks
great! Kudos to these
girls and moms.
CHAIRPERSONS
STILL NEEDED: PTO still needs a
chairperson for both the Children's Christmas Shop (December 7-9) and the
Spirit Day games (June 1). Reminder--if
we don't have a chairperson for these events, they will have to be
canceled. If you can volunteer, please call
Heather VonLehmden (733-3337).
FINGERPRINTING: In last week's newsletter, we notified
chairpersons of all organizations that they are responsible for making sure all
of their volunteers complete the requirements of the Archdiocese. One of these requirements is that all
volunteers view the Child Protection Decree video. This video may be viewed every Thursday here
at school at
YEARBOOKS: Yearbooks
are here! If you ordered a 2004-05 yearbook, it will come home with your child
today. We ordered a few extra books; if
you didn't order a yearbook and would like to have one now, send $13 to the
school office in an envelope marked "Yearbook". Make checks payable to "OLSH PTO";
we will send a book home with your child.
Direct any questions to Alison O'Neill (769-4853).
AFTER-SCHOOL
TUTORING/HOMEWORK HELP: Could your child
benefit from tutoring? Would extra
explanation and practice increase his/her understanding of
assignments/homework? Mrs. Mary Jo
Eggenberger offers after-school/evening tutoring and homework help. If interested, please contact her at 563-2079
to schedule a day and time. Group rates
are available for two or three same-grade students.
NURSE'S
OFFICE: Volunteers for the Nurse's Office for Friday,
October 7 are Kathy Mahoney (
MENU for the
WEEK of OCTOBER 3
Monday……….pizza, carrots with dip, fruit
cocktail, milk
Tuesday………mozzarella breadsticks with pizza
sauce, tossed salad, cinnamon apples, Goldfish crackers, milk
Wednesday….chili mac, corn, peaches, oyster
crackers, milk
Thursday…….mini corn dogs, green beans,
mandarin oranges, soft pretzel, milk
Friday…………pizza melt sandwich (like grilled
cheese), broccoli with cheese, pears, vanilla pudding, milk