Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School

Lourdes Letter


Week of December 4, 2024


Educating in Mind, Body and Spirit.

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by 3:00 PM on Monday.

Thank You

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WELCOME

We're here to guide you through all that is happening at Lourdes.

Christmas Faith, Family and Fun Night

Wednesday, December 4

6:00-7:00PM

Something for the whole family!

See details below.


Mass Schedule Change

Monday, December 9 is the Immaculate Conception (Holy Day of Obligation).

The school mass scheduled for Dec 11 will be held on Dec 9 (same time - 9:00AM).


Wednesday, December 11

NO School Mass


Thursday, December 12 - 6:30PM

Christmas Concert & 8th Grade Bake Sale

Additional details regarding this evening can be found below.


Thursday, December 12

Deadline for Christmas Scrip for Staff


Friday, December 13

Last day to donate for our Advent Service Project


+ Wednesday, December 18

School Mass - 9:00AM

(Spanish Mass - Our Lady of Guadalupe)

If unable to attend, the mass is livestreamed for viewing later or to share with out-of-town family and friends. https://www.youtube.com/ololdepere


Christmas Break

Sat, December 21 - Wed, January 1


Classes resume January 2, 2025


MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Catholic Schools Week - Family Dance

Saturday, January 25, 6:00-8:30PM


Catholic Schools Week Mass

Sunday, January 26 - 8:15AM


OLOL Lenten Fish Dinner

Friday, April 11

Volunteer Opportunities

Thank You for sharing your time and talents with our school.

Enter your TSF Volunteer Hours here.

(An email confirmation is sent for each TSF submission for your tracking purposes).

Lunch & Playground Volunteers

11:00AM-12:20PM


Thur Dec 5 - Katie Hurth, Katie Roberts, Dianna Lee

Fri, Dec 6 - Britney Choppen, Jenna Johnson, Kim Thill

Mon, Dec 9 - Fran Larson, Allison Harper, Shaun Johnson

Tues, Dec 10 - Katie Roberts, Cheryl Veasie, Mellissa Little

Wed, Dec 11 - Laura Behling, Jon and Heather Dretzka, Portia Asiamah


December Lunchroom Volunteer Schedule


If you are interested in lunch/playground TSF volunteer opportunity, please review the link below.

More Information & Signup Form


If you have questions, please contact the school office or Julie VanDenHeuvel

jvandenheuvel@gracesystem.org.


Please submit your volunteer hours here.


Going on now ...

Packer Parking at Green Bay Distillery


You park vehicles & the school earns $$.

Sign up link below.

From the Desk of Principal Young

Dear OLOL Families,


I hope that you all had an enjoyable Thanksgiving break and were able to connect as a family and do family activities. Those moments are just as important as the learning we do in school.


For new families and a reminder to existing school families, we follow West De Pere School District with cancellations and delays caused by winter weather. We will be monitoring those decisions and share the information with you as soon as I hear about delays or closings. This would be a good time to make sure that you have your Powerschool contact information correct. See information below.


We also keep students inside in the morning and for recess if the “feels like” temperature is at zero or below.

  

If your child is going to be absent or leave early for an appointment, we ask that in addition to emailing the classroom teacher that you also send the email to olloffice@gracesystem.org to ensure we are all on the same page.


Tonight is the Faith, Family, and Fun event at 6:00PM with OLOL Faith Formation. We hope you can come and kick off Advent in a fun way. Thank you to Mrs. Traci LaCrosse, Ms. Jessica Johnson and the elementary teachers for putting this event together.


Next week, the Christmas Concerts begin. The K-8 program Christmas Concert is Thursday, December 12th (see details below). We are having separate Christmas Concerts for our preschool programs this year. Mrs. Thorn's 4 year-old program is Friday, December 13th at 2:00PM. Ms. Feuerstein’s Christmas Concert is Friday morning, December 20th. These concerts will surely get you in the Christmas spirit.


“It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us the memories of goodness and thrust open the doors of hope.” - Pope Benedict XVI


Educating Mind, Body and Spirit,


Jeffrey Young - Principal

REMINDER:  In the event winter weather impacts our school hours, we will be communicating with you using BrightArrow. These communications are sent via email and text. 

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Our Lady of Lourdes

Christmas Concert




The Our Lady of Lourdes Christmas Concert, Christmas Joy will be Thursday, December 12. The concert will be held in the Church and will begin at 6:30 P.M.  Kindergarten through 8th grade students are participating in the concert. The concert is a mandatory performance for all students - every voice and instrument matters - their classmates are counting on them! Everyone should also plan to stay for the entire concert. All students are participating in the final numbers!


Students should dress nicely for the concert. Boys should wear nice pants (no blue jeans, no sweat pants, no shorts) and a nice shirt (button down or polo shirt). Sweaters, suit coats, ties, etc. are all fine, but not required. Girls can wear nice pants and a nice shirt, a skirt and a nice shirt, or a dress. Skirts or dresses should reach the knee or should have leggings worn underneath. Leggings should only be worn under a skirt or tunic-legth top. 


All band students should arrive at school and meet in the cafeteria by 6:00 PM. 


New this year: All Middle School Choir students should arrive at school and meet in the music room by 6:05 P.M. After warming up, they will proceed up to the church. All other students should arrive in church by 6:15 P.M. All students should plan on staying for the entire concert as we will be performing as a whole school at the close of the concert.


If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail Mrs. Lewis at mlewis@gracesystem.org.

Bake Sale after Christmas Concert


The 8th grade class is having a bake sale after the Christmas concert on Thursday, December 12th. 


They are looking for donations of baked goods to help make their sale a success! The money they raise will help support their 8th grade class trip. 


Some of the items they sell are cookies, bars, cakes, or pastry treats of any kind. If able to donate, the items need to be dropped off in the office on Thursday the 12th by 2:30PM.


If you have any questions, please text Heather Willems at 404-932-5952.


Thank you in advance from the

OLOL 8th grade class!


SCRIP News


Please order early for the holidays! 


Gifting SCRIP for Christmas? Your order for physical cards will need to be received by Monday, December 16 (8:30 a.m.), our last ordering date before Christmas. 


Scheduled distribution/pick-up is 12 noon on Thursday, December 19.  


There will be no orders processed December 17 through January 5. However, you can still order e-certificates throughout this time. Our on-hand inventory gets depleted quickly this time of year and so ordering is strongly recommended.

 

There will be no sales after the weekend masses December 21-22 and 28-29. 

Thank you so much for your support of the Scrip Program!


Any questions regarding the SCRIP program can be directed to scrip@lourdesdepere.org 

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Additional information regarding the Scrip program is available on our

school website at https://lourdesschooldepere.org/family-involvement/scrip/


Click here for Signup Genius Link or use QR Code below

TSF Opportunity

Park cars for HOME Packer Games &

NFL Draft

at Green Bay Distillery


The 2024 - 2025 Packer parking schedule includes an extra regular season home game and the NFL Draft in April. 


Choose the dates/times that work for you and plan for your 2024-2025 TSF Hours.



Cavalier Athletics

Additional information is available on our athletics website (link)

Basketball -

7th & 8th grades

The basketball game schedule is available here.


5th & 6th grades

The basketball game schedule is available here.


If you have questions regarding OLOL Athletics, please view our website here or contact our OLOL Athletic Director, Neil Basten at ololathletics@gracesystem.org.


Green Bay Area Catholic Education (GRACE)

Additional information is available on the GRACE website (link)

Loving and Living Life at Lourdes

Checkout what is happening!

There is something for everyone!


Please join us for weekend mass.

Saturday: 4:30PM

Sunday: 8:15AM, 10:15AM & 6:00PM



If you are unable to join us for school or weekend masses, please visit our parish YouTube channel. The Sunday (8:15AM) and Wednesday School Masses (9:00AM) are livestreamed.


Visit our parish website and our parish bulletin

 for additional information.

OLOL Alleluia Attitude Choir


Make an exciting difference in the music on Christmas Eve!


Singers and musicians needed for the 4:00 PM Christmas Eve Family Mass

Experienced musicians are also welcome.


Singers from preschool age through great grandparents are

welcome. No previous experience is required.


Rehearsals are in the St. Michael of the Saints Chapel. We practice on

Monday nights 5:00 to 6:30 - December 9 and 16.


On Monday, December 23rd there will be a special practice in the church

5:00PM to 7:00PM. On Christmas Eve, music begins at 3:00PM. with a

2:30PM rehearsal for musicians and 2:45PM for singers. You must

participate in practices in order to sing for Christmas Eve Mass.


To RSVP and for more information contact Miss Susan at AlleluiaAttitude@gmail.com or 920-265-5210.

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