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POWERSCHOOL
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Lunch & Playground Volunteers
11:00AM-12:20PM
December 23 - Early Dismissal
December 24 - Christmas Eve
January 3 - Katie V. and Dan
January 4 - Rachel and Allisa
January 5 - Jen A and Jenna J
View the schedule here.
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Volunteer Opportunities
TSF Volunteer Opportunities:
Signup for Packer Parking
Signup to Volunteer at Upcoming Events
Submit your TSF Hours here.
Can you share some time to help during student lunch/recess? If interested, please review/complete the form below.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
See what is happening this month.
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Week of:
December 22, 2021
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Important Dates:
- Thursday, December 23
- Christmas Carol sing-a-long
- 11:00 Early Dismissal
- $1.00 Dress Down Day
- Monday, January 3
- School Resumes in 2022
- Monday, January 17
- No School, Teacher In-Service
- Sunday, January 30
- Kickoff of Catholic Schools Week
- Join us at the 10:15AM Mass
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The paper bin is here!
OLOL Paper Drive -- December 20-27
Please bring your paper, shipping boxes,and packaging to help us fill it up!
A great way to raise some money for our school. Nothing to sell. Nothing to buy.
Tell your friends and neighbors.
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Letter from Principal Young | | |
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Dear OLOL Families,
On behalf of the entire OLOL staff, we wish your family a Merry Christmas.
I hope that you have a relaxing Christmas and share Christmas joy with your family and friends. The OLOL staff, students, and families are such a blessing to me. You can be sure that all of you will continue to be in my heart and mind as I reflect on making the second half of the 2021-2022 school year rewarding for our students and families.
I heard a wonderful homily last week-end where I worship. The message centered on the two main bodies of water in the Holy Land, The Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea. One is brimming with life and the other is absent of life. The main reason for the difference is one constantly has water flowing in and out and the other has no place for water to flow out. The priest challenged us to become more like the Sea of Galilee in terms of grace. We receive grace from God and others each and every day. To promote life we need to allow that grace to flow out of us to other and back to God.
I reflected on that message the rest of the day and thought we could expand that beyond grace. We are not designed to be “holding tanks”. Every feeling, disappointment, joy, and of course grace should flow in and out of us constantly. When we experience joy, we should take that joyful feeling and pass it on. Whenever we are given grace by God or someone else, that should be passed on as well. We should also allow disappointment and hurt to flow out of us. This doesn’t mean that when we are hurt by someone that we should go out and hurt others. That of course is wrong. We do need to have it flow out of us so we don’t allow ourselves to become bitter, disenchanted, and pessimistic. If you are looking for a New Year’s resolution, I think working on creating ourselves to become vehicles where God’s grace and love flows in and out might be a good resolution to work on.
The school office will be closed from December 24 through January 2. Christmas break hasn't even started but I’m already excited about having our students returning on January 3rd.
“It is not that we keep His Commandments first and then that He loves us but that He loves us and then we keep His Commandments. This is that grace which is revealed to the humbled but hidden from the proud” - Saint Augustine.
The Lourdes Way,
Jeffrey Young
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Cavalier Card Winners
Each week our K-4 students earn "Cavalier cards" when they display one of 15 self-disciplined skills that we are learning throughout the school year. Each week all of the cards are entered in a drawing where students can earn various prizes.
Last week's winners were:
Cora in Kindergarten
Alice in 1st grade
Vincent in 2nd grade
Amelia in 3rd grade
Austin in 4th grade
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Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School
2021-2022
First Trimester Honor Rolls
(Grade Point Average - 4.0)
Grade 8
Lauren VerBoort
Grade 6
Maxwell Derouin, David Seidl
Grade 5
Breah Barry
High Honors
(Grade Point Average – 3.5-3.9)
Grade 8
Isabel Derouin, Isabelle Fergus, Kailey Fink, Royce Lin, Vanessa McCallum,
Andrew Nelson, Cooper Nimmer, Addison Spencer
Grade 7
Alexander Schmeisser
Grade 6
Julia Day, Margaret Destree, Ryan McNerney, Yeside Omotoso
Grade 5
Abigail Cleven, Madalyn Turriff, John VerBoort, Michael Willems
Honors
(Grade Point Average – 3.0-3.49)
Grade 8
Jacob Cleven, Tinamarie Coronado, Julia Nolle
Grade 7
Nana Asaah Asiamah, Haylee Huth, Brennan Johnson, Daniel Rodriguez,
Miah Shefchik
Grade 6
Lola Beyer, Ryan Cleven, Miranda Jaecks
Grade 5
Layla Beyer, Lauren Kaumheimer, Anthony Nolle, Charlie Ward
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GRACE 2022 Calendar
Thank you to everyone who purchased a GRACE 2022 calendar.
OLOL sold 334 calendars.
The proceeds from the calendar sales will benefit all GRACE schools.
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Middle School Recess Change
Beginning Monday, January 3rd, OLOL is making a change to our middle school lunch recess. Middle school students will have the opportunity to remain inside on certain days to either complete homework assignments or just socialize with their classmates. We will have TWO indoor locations for middle school students. One location will be a quiet study room in which students may work on school assignments. The other location will be a room where students can talk and socialize with their friends. Phones will not be permitted in either location.
During the week of January 3-7, 7th and 8th grade graders can stay inside, if they wish, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The 5th and 6th graders can stay inside, if they wish, on Tuesday and Thursday. During the week of January 10-14, the days switch for which students can stay inside. We will continue alternating weeks throughout the school year. Our expectation is that middle school students will make good choices whether they are inside or outside.
Increasing these different options for students requires TWO parent volunteers each day. We are still looking for volunteers for our January recess and lunchroom schedule. If you haven’t signed up to volunteer or are able to increase the number of times that you are able to volunteer please contact Mrs. Hendricks at lhendricks@gracesystem.org or Mrs. Arkins at karifinnel@yahoo.com.
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Student Council
Candy Cane Sale
The Student Council offered a candy Cane sale for students/faculty.
This year, over 1,200 candy canes were sold!
The money raised from the sale of the candy canes will allow the student council to purchase several comforters for the Sleep in Heavenly Peace - OLOL Advent project.
The remaining funds will be used to support other activities/donations for the remainder of the school year.
Thank you to everyone for supporting this project!
OLOL Student Council
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Computer Science
and
Little Bits
The majority of our classes completed their Computer Science unit with circuitry using Little Bits this week.
The final project was for each team to build a self-driving vehicle or Art Machine.
As we had practiced with all the Little Bit blocks, this week the students accepted the challenge to build. The were required to review the project specs, build, test, problem solve and modify to see if their build was successful with or without modifications.
Great teamwork everyone!
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Challenge or Opportunity?
The students felt comfortable with the circuitry, but encountered issues with the mechanics, the foundation/board was not secure, which required some alternative measures to keep everything together. Rubber bands and tape were a necessary tool.
Upon return from Christmas break, we will evaluate these projects. Was the issue in the design, the components, construction or was more time needed?
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Food Service Manager (Immediate Opening)
Father Allouez: St. Matthew Campus
Are you interested in working at a school with a job that matches your student's schedule?
Do you enjoy providing nutritious meals to children? If yes, please contact Jamie Hurley, RD, CD, Director of Food Service at jhurley@gracesystem.org or
920-499-7330, ext. 1001 as we have a Food Service Manager vacancy.
Details include the following:
- ~25-28 hours per week; 42 weeks per year (follows the school calendar)
- Benefit eligible! - PTO, Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance, Retirement Plan
- Tuition discounts if children are enrolled in a GRACE School!
Apply Today! For questions or further details, please contact Jamie Hurley, RD, CD, Director of Food Service, at jhurley@gracesystem.org or 920-499-7330,
ext. 1001.
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Community Events/Activities | | |
NDA Youth Night - Basketball
Make plans to join the Notre Dame Academy Boys Basketball Team for Youth Night on Friday, January 7th when they host Bay Port. Game tips off at 7pm. Additional details will be provided the week of January 3rd.
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Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Family | | |
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If you were unable to join us today for our school or weekend masses. They are available on our parish YouTube channel. Watch it here.
Please join us for weekend mass.
- Saturday: 4:30PM
- Sunday: 8:15AM, 10:15AM & 6:00PM
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