OUR LADY of the SACRED
Friday, February 23 INTERIMS COMING HOME TODAY
Monday, February 26 Advanced Band during lunch
Tuesday, February 27 Lenten raffle drawing after song practice
Wednesday, February 28
Thursday, March 1 Beginning Band during Music Class
Friday, March
INTERIMS:
Parents—Please check for interims coming home with all students today.
JUMP ROPE FOR HEART: Donations for Jump Rope for Heart were due on
Friday, February 23. If you forgot to
send in your donation, please do so NO LATER THAN Monday, February 26.
SCHOOL-WIDE FIELD TRIP: All students will be going to Ss. Peter and
LENTEN RAFFLES: We are continuing the tradition of Lenten
raffles. For many years, OLSH has
supported the Cultural Center of Batahola Norte, Nicaragua. This is the center that the late Sr. Margie
(sister of former auxiliary clerk Mrs. Jan Otten) began in 1983. It has grown into a true oasis in a community
that knows great poverty. Our Lenten
raffles are one way students can donate to this worthy cause. Different items (donated by teachers and
eighth graders) are raffled off each week; tickets are 25 cents each or 5 for
$1 and can be purchased every morning before school in Ms. Schafer’s
homeroom. The winners of each week’s
raffle are announced after song practice on Tuesday mornings. Please see the list of this week’s raffle
items coming home today with your youngest.
In addition, each homeroom has a “Nica” jar in which students can
deposit donations; every Tuesday, we will add the contents of each homeroom jar
to our all-school container and will send that along with all raffle money to
Batahola at the end of the Lenten season.
We thank you in advance for your generosity and your encouragement to
your children to be generous as well.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Feel free to join us during Lent as we pray
the Stations of the Cross. With the help
of our eighth graders, we have placed large posters of the Stations around the
school building. On Friday, March 9 and
March 30, we will begin in church and proceed around the school hallways to
pray the Stations by each homeroom door.
On Friday, March 2 and 16, Stations will be said in church. On Friday, March 23, the sixth grade will
present Shadow Stations of the Cross in the Activity Center. All of these devotions will take place at
1:30 p.m. Living Stations of the Cross
will be presented by the eighth graders on Tuesday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. in
the church and again on Holy Thursday, April 5, at 1:30 p.m. in the
church. We hope this isn’t too
confusing, but we have a lot to offer to make this Lenten season
meaningful! As a reminder, we will list
all Stations each week in the top portion of this Newsletter.
POWER OF THE PEN UPDATE: All of OLSH’s participants in the initial
round of the Power of the Pen tournament held on Saturday, February 10,
received an “honorable” rating. We are
proud to announce that eighth grader Maria Gallagher and seventh grader Carly
McFarland both received a “merit” rating, which qualifies them to compete at
the Regional level on Saturday, April 14, at Sycamore High School. We congratulate all of our Power of the Pen
writers: seventh graders Nate Brunty,
Theresa Guye, Jenna Kalthoff, Carly McFarland, Danielle Mitsch, and Joey Walsh;
and eighth graders Kevin Bishop, Maria Gallagher, Molly Hildebrandt, Kiki
Isaac, Katie Lenart, and Luke Shadley.
MORE KUDOS:
We congratulate sixth grader Hallie Sansbury, who has qualified to
advance to the State Championship level of the Reader’s Digest National Word
Power Challenge. Hallie will compete
with other sixth, seventh, and eighth grade champions from schools across Ohio
on March 19. Good luck, Hallie!
HOTLINE HELP:
If you work full-time and are unable to be at school to volunteer for
your child’s class, would you consider helping out with Hotline phone
calls? These initial calls are made to
room mothers when Mrs. Adelmann has determined that school cannot be in session
due to weather reasons or building
malfunctions. Mrs. Adelmann activates
the Hotline as soon as possible, either the night before or as early as
possible in the morning. “Many hands
make light work”--more people making the calls to homeroom moms would mean that
parents would be notified in the most efficient manner. Call Heather VonLehmden at 733-3337 if you’d
like to help out. Thank you.
PTO:
Plan to join us this Monday, February 26, at 7 p.m. in the lower level
of the Parish Center for our monthly PTO meeting. Agenda items for this meeting include the
Talent Show, the Fish Fry, Mother’s Day Flower Sale, and Spirit Day. Remember—only members present can influence
the outcome and vote on issues!
PTO NEEDS YOU!
Nominations are needed for the 2007-08 PTO Board. You can nominate yourself or another
parent. It’s a great opportunity to get
more involved with your child’s education.
Our current President and Treasurer intend to step down at the end of
this school year. Nominations are being
accepted for all positions—President, Vice President, Secretary, and
Treasurer. Contact Alison O’Neill at alisononeill@fuse.net.
YAC:
YAC is still looking for additional soccer players for the spring season
for the following divisions: girls
Passers (K-Gr. 1--must be under 8 years of age as of 8/1/07); boys Wings (Gr.
3—must be under 10 years of age as of 8/1/07); and girls Strikers (Gr. 5 and
Gr. 6—must be under 12 years of age as of 8/1/07).
YAC DANCE:
Seventh and eighth graders are invited to the next YAC Junior High Dance
to be held on Friday, March 9, from 7 p.m. ‘til 10 p.m. Cost is $7, which includes soft drinks. Permission forms and details can be found on
the OLSH website: www.olshschool.net; click on Athletics,
then Programs, then Jr. Dances to download form. Parents:
interested in helping to chaperone or in working the check-in? Contact Ed Riordan or Dan Hackett.
LOST AND FOUND:
Mrs. Geers found a necklace in the gym on Thursday; please call the
school office to claim it. Also, there
was a small (5T) grey Old Navy sweatshirt left at the Talent Show auditions on
Thursday. Both items are in the
office.
Monday…………….grilled
chicken on bun, mashed potatoes with gravy, cinnamon apples, milk
Tuesday……………spaghetti with meat sauce, tossed salad, mixed fruit,
breadstick, milk
Wednesday……….boneless buffalo wings, green beans, peaches, soft pretzel,
milk
Thursday………….mini
corn dogs, corn, applesauce, graham crackers, milk
Friday………………grilled cheese, broccoli with cheese, pears, pretzels,
milk