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Our Lady of Guadalupe School fosters Gospel values, inspires academic excellence, and develops service and leadership. We face this as a sacramental community united and
sponsored by the Holy Spirit.
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2nd grade celebrate Pi Day
with 8th grade helpers
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3rd grade celebrates Pi Day
with 8th grade helpers
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Dear OLG Families,
Thank you for the support of our teachers! Last Friday was a retreat and inservice for our teachers to focus on our mission, especially developing leadership and service in our students. Just like Jesus did in the weekend Gospel message of the Women at the Well, we are all called to reach out to the marginalized, whether in our classrooms our out in the community. This timely training was the first to be partly supported by our Academic Excellence Initiative focusing and supporting our teachers in working with our diverse students (click here to read more). Our matching gift of $10,000 post-auction is available all this month to bring us to our full goal of teacher support (donate here to help us get that match)!
Your family can also take part in serving those marginalized by our society. Join the OLG community in the March 25th Day of Service to model our call to action (and have fun with friends too). Busy on March 25th? You can still help with the "Seafarers & Homeless/Homebound Kits" donations.
Pie/Pi winners! March 14th is our annual pi day celebrations in the school and our middle school students were great servant leaders in the younger grade classes! Additionally Nine middle schoolers participated in OLG’s annual Pi-Reciting Contest! Congratulations to: Rocco A, Evi Z, Sam V, Gianna P, Vera H, Evolette L, and our top 3 contestants:
1st Place: Nicole T. (208 digits)!!!
2nd Place: Lena D. (108 digits)
3rd Place: Nathan W. (40 digits)
Congrats to our fabulous student leaders and the great activities happening at OLG. Read on for info on tonight's Lenten dinner, events this weekend (and next), and so much more (including OLG summer camps)!
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Yours in Christ,
Anton Kramer
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Mar 17 - Free Dress. Wear green! ☘️ (St. Patrick's Day)
Mar 22 - Wednesday 2:15 pm Early Dismissal
Mar 23 - All School Mass - K-8 in full uniform- Join us 9:00 am
Note Changes to Calendar!
May 4 - OLG Spirt Day (moved from Friday to Thursday)
May 5 - Class Pictures All Grades - K-8 in full uniform - This is a 1/2 day with a tight schedule. Please be on time and avoid appointments/travel!
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Homeless, Homebound and Seafarer's Care Kit Supply Drive
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Drop off items at the school or parish office.
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Items collected during this drive will be used during OLG's Day of Service (-- Sign up for a project) to create care kits to give out to those in need.
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2023-2024 Registration Closes March 24 ($50 discount for registering on-time - applies to re-enrolling families). Log in to your SchoolAdmin parent portal. For families who have applied for financial assistance (K-8), your contract will be updated with tuition awards in the coming week. Questions? Contact Laura Wong or Shelley Bradley
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Day of Service is Next Saturday! (Mar 25)
An annual event where volunteers help at a variety of local non profits. There are many projects to choose from designed for all ages, abilities and schedules, including our drop-in campus projects and at-home projects.
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A great way to earn commitment hours for the whole family!
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This week in SEL students in K - 5 are growing their understanding of empathy and how understanding how someone is feeling can help us be a better friend, family-member, student, and servant leader. Middle school students are exploring the links between emotions and thoughts, thoughts and decisions, and how the brain reacts.
Tuesday was the last day to submit entries for the Doodle for Google contest. We had many students choose to enter their artwork and gratitude statements to the contest! Here's just a sampling of some of the great student creations.
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Summer Camps / Spring Classes |
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Auction Update
Let's give another round of applause to our fabulous Hilary Reeves and her amazing team of auction team volunteers for a fun and successful event.
Our 2023 final Auction numbers will certainly give us great reasons to celebrate as we reached a NET revenue of almost $75,000, in addition to $25,000 for our Fund-A-Need/Academic Excellence Initiative. This is a total of $100,000!! Go OLG!
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Buy A Spot! -- Fun-Filled Charcuterie Board Workshop at OLG School!
Ready to learn the art of beautiful charcuterie board creation but missed the opportunity at our last school auction to sign up for the workshop?
Good news! You can still join Sandra Watson of Charcute&Co on Saturday, April 29th, for a hands-on workshop where you’ll learn to prep, design, and pair ingredients on your very own board. All supplies will be provided as well as two glasses of wine to make the workshop that much more fun! :)
Think about it...wine, cheese, charcuterie...a fun afternoon with friends AND you get to help OLG School. What else can you ask for? :)
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Coming Up -- Parents Night Out!
We are excited to host Parents Night Out in support of our school. Join your fellow OLG parents on March 30th for wine tasting and small bites anytime between 5:30 – 7 at Princess and Bear Tasting Room. They will generously donate a portion of all proceeds to our school. P&B features small, boutique wineries in France, many of which are owned by women and grown organically. Come support the school and the West Seattle community!
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Seeking a Coach for 3rd Grade Girls Basketball
We are looking for a coach (or a coaching team - if a number of parents would like to join forces to share the role) for the 3rd Grade Girls Basketball team. Interested? Please reach out to Dan Womac.
Needing volunteer hours?
We need Gym Monitors on March 19, March 26, April 1 and April 2nd. Come watch your kid play and earn a volunteer hour or two. A great way to earn those volunteer hours whilst watching CYO Athletics! Contact Dan Campbell for more information.
Exciting new CYO swag will be available to purchase soon...
Let's go Bulldogs!!
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We ♥️ this OLG Event!
We’re back with the 2023 Loop The ‘Lupe, Seattle’s best 5K obstacle course fun run! The event will take place at Walt Hundley Playfield in West Seattle on Saturday, June 3rd. Join the 115 participants who have already registered. If you are thinking about being part of this year’s Loop the ‘Lupe don’t miss out and register early! Prices go up tomorrow, March 18! Participate in the Family Wave Obstacle course 5K, the new Elite Wave Obstacle Course 5K, Fun Run 5K, or Senior Saunter.
Can’t participate but still want to get involved? Sign up to volunteer. This event isn’t possible without the over 75 amazing volunteers needed. There is something for everyone.
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Our parish’s Leadership Team is committed to keeping parishioners up to date on this important Archdiocesan’s initiative to respond to current realities facing parishes. This includes answers to questions, recent developments, and parish opportunities to participate in the process in our bulletin, newsletter, and on our WEBSITE.
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THIS WEEK’S QUESTION: Why now?
Today we face many realities that are impacting parish life and making it difficult to fully live out our mission. We face an urgent — yet exciting —opportunity to transform parish life. Over the past few decades our local Catholic Church has experienced a decrease of engaged parishioners, fewer priests, dwindling finances, deteriorating campus conditions and more. Here are just a few statistics:
- Today the archdiocese has 80 diocesan pastors for 174 locations; by 2036, we estimate we will only have 66 diocesan pastors, an 18% decrease.
- While the overall population the Archdiocese of Seattle is growing, registered households are declining, along with Mass attendance, baptisms, first communions, marriages in the Church and parish giving:
- From 2010 to 2019, Mass attendance as a percentage of total registered parishioners declined from 40.7% to 35.5%.
- Between 2010 and 2019, baptisms declined 30% and weddings declined nearly 19%.
- Currently, 67% of parishes operate with a financial deficit (excluding extraordinary income, which is income apart from Sundays and Holy Days).
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Sunday, Mar 19, 12 pm - 4 pm at OLG Walmesley Center (gym)
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Celebrating the Season of Lent at OLG
There are many opportunities for individuals and families to participate in this holy season. These include:
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Fridays
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Pray the Stations of the Cross and/or
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Eat a Community Lenten Meal on March 17th & 31st
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Lenten Communal Reconciliation Services. Opportunity for individual confession will be available after each service.
- Saturday, Mar 18, 10:00 am
- Wednesday, Mar 22 at 7:00 pm
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CRS Rice Bowl - Make this a part of your almsgiving by being in solidarity with those most in need, learning more about this year’s sponsored countries of Honduras, the Philippines, and Kenya.
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More details in our Lenten Newsletter
Fr Kevin's 25th Anniversary of his Ordination
Our parish will celebrate this important occasion the weekend of June 10-11. This is an important milestone in a priest’s life and now is the time to begin planning for this joyous occasion. Volunteers are needed to be part of a steering committee to help oversee this effort. Contact Helen
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Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pray for Us!
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Our Lady Guadalupe Catholic School
3401 SW Myrtle St. Seattle, WA 98126
office 206-935-0651
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