OUR LADY of the SACRED
Enriching Souls and Enlightening Minds
Tuesday, August 29
Wednesday, August 30
Thursday, August 31
Friday, September
OUR
FIRST WEEK HAS GONE VERY SMOOTHLY,
AND
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SPENDING THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR WITH YOUR CHILDREN.
GOODBYE and HELLO: Mrs. Marcia Rogers, our Reading Specialist here at OLSH for the past 23 years, decided to retire at the end of June. We will certainly miss Mrs. Rogers. She has been a wonderful asset to our school, and we hope she enjoys her retirement. Please go to the OLSH website (under “Classrooms”, then “Enrichment”) to read her farewell letter to our school community. We have two Reading Specialists who will take Mrs. Rogers’ place. Mrs. Suzanne Fairbanks will be here on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Mrs. Melanie Schatzel will work with our students on Mondays and Wednesdays. We welcome them both.
OTHER CHANGES…
Mrs. Jody Pelzel
has moved back to first grade, replacing Mrs. Marlene O’Brien.
Mrs. Kathy Baker has moved to second grade,
replacing Mrs. Kate Rohlfs.
Mrs. Chris Dunlap has moved to third grade,
joining Mrs. Laura Peter.
Mrs. Mary Jo Eggenberger
has signed on to teach fifth grade, joining Ms. Donna Schafer.
Mrs. Lisa Maciulewicz
is the long-term sub for Ms. Leslie Willet, who had back surgery over the
summer (and is doing very well).
Mr. Jim Riehle
was brave enough to sign on as the only male teacher on our staff and accept
the eighth grade teaching position, replacing Mrs. Cindy Creighton.
Mrs. Cheryl Raine
has replaced Mrs. Gina Rieman as our Music teacher.
Mrs. Karen Jara
will not return; we will not have the services of a school psychologist this
year.
Please introduce yourselves when you come
across our new staff members and welcome them to our OLSH community.
NAMETAGS: New this year for all
students are nametags (first name and first initial of last name). Each grade has its own color; students’
nametags will follow them through their years at OLSH. The children will put their nametags on in
the morning when they come to school and will leave them in the classroom at
the end of the day. If you notice that
your child has come home still wearing his nametag, please be sure to send him
back to school with it the next day.
These nametags will help our new personnel match names with faces and
will also allow our upper-level teachers to get to know our new young students
sooner. Please talk with your children
about being responsible with their nametags—if a student loses his, he will
have to pay $3 to replace it.
TRAFFIC PATTERN: Please do not pass up cars that are lined up
along the sidewalk in the morning to drop off children. Students are exiting from both sides of
vehicles in some cases, and we want morning drop-off to be as safe as
possible. Thank you.
ABSENCE LINE: Please remember to use the absence line
(852-9391) to call in your child’s absence or tardy. We ask that you make this call by
MEET THE TEACHER NIGHTS: Plan to join us for Meet the Teacher
Night(s). If you have a student in
grades 1 through 4, please come on Wednesday, August 30; if you have a student
in grades 5 through 8, come on Tuesday, August 29. Some of you will have the chance to come both
nights! Both sessions will include the
opportunity to sign up to volunteer for various PTO events before and after you
visit your child’s classroom. Uniform
exchange will also be available. We hope
to see all our parents there!
MARKET DAY: We are looking for an organized individual
willing to step up as next year’s chairperson.
This year would be spent “shadowing” our current chairperson. Visit the Market Day table at one of the Meet
the Teacher nights for more info.
BAND: Mrs. Becky Jones of The Music Staff will be
our band instructor again this year.
Mrs. Jones will meet with current fourth graders one day next week to
talk about joining Beginning Band. Their
practices will be held once a week during their regularly scheduled Music
class. Advanced Band (for students in
grades 5 through 8) will meet for practice every Monday during lunch beginning
Monday, September 11.
YEARBOOKS: If you ordered a 2005-06
yearbook, it is being sent home with one of your children today. Any questions can be referred to Alison
O’Neill at 769-4853.
YMCA AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM: The Blue Ash YMCA offers an after-school
program both at
MARKETING: Parents are our most effective marketing
tool. Our Lady of the
MND FALL THEATRE PRODUCTION: Mt. Notre Dame’s Theatre Department will hold
tryouts for its November, 2006 production of “The Sound of Music” on Friday,
September 1, from 3:30 p.m. ‘til 6 p.m. and on Saturday, September 2, from 10
a.m. ‘til 1 p.m. in the MND Salerno Center for the Performing Arts (located in
the high school at 711 E. Columbia Avenue).
Auditions are open to students in grades one through eight.
ALUMNI NEWS: We will be posting items of interest
regarding OLSH alumni on the bulletin board near the junior high
classrooms. Parents—send us information
about your children who have moved on from OLSH to high school or college. We’d love to hear what they are doing!
Monday………..hot dog, baked beans, fruit cocktail, sunflower seeds, milk
Tuesday………..mozzarella breadsticks, tossed salad, trail mix, vanilla
bear grahams, milk
Wednesday…..chicken nuggets, celery sticks with dip, peaches, roll, milk
Thursday……….chicken and noodles, green beans, cinnamon apples,
Friday……………chili, chips, and cheese, mandarin oranges, juice bar, soft
pretzel, milk
NOTE: If your child is
packing his lunch and just buying milk for that day, he should carry his milk
money with him and pay at lunchtime. Do
not include milk money with hot lunch money.