Lourdes Letter - November 13, 2024

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School

Lourdes Letter

Week of November 13, 2024

Educating in Mind, Body and Spirit.

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WELCOME

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

November 15

Dress Down Day

November 16

OLOL Light Up Lourdes

Join us in THREE days! Final preparations are going on now ... please join us in making this event a success!

+ Wednesday, November 20

School Mass - 9:00AM (8th Grade)

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

November 22

Early Dismissal - 11:00AM

End of Trimester 1

November 25 - Last Day to order

OLOL Apparel Sale going on now!

Shop here.

Get your Christmas shopping done early!

November 26

Report cards go home

November 27-29 - No School

Wishing you a Blessed Thanksgiving!

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.

December 12 - 6:30PM

Christmas Concert

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

Thurs, Nov 14 - Marj Jo VanderBloomen, Jon and Heather Dretzka

Fri, Nov 15 - Katie Roberts, Dan Lemens, Allison Harper

Mon, Nov 18 - Shannon Eckert, Jon and Heather Dretzka, Kim Thill

Tues, Nov 19 - Katie Roberts, Courtney Janssen, Diana Lee

Wed, Nov 20 - Deb Crabb, Alissa Turriff, Kari Arkens, Portia Asiamah

November 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

The Packers play at home this Thanksgiving. We need 3 Packer Parking slots filled at the Green Bay Distillery. You can earn double the TSF hours for working this game.

You park vehicles & the school earns $$.

Light Up Lourdes is 3 days away!

Please sell your 2 key raffle tickets and return them to the school office.

Check out the event page on LUL2024.givesmart.com

New SILENT AUCTION ITEMS being added daily!

From the Desk of Principal Young

Dear OLOL Families,

Welcome to Light Up Lourdes Week.

I will have big thank you's next week but thank you to all that have gotten us to this point. It is much appreciated.

If you haven’t done so, you can still purchase raffle tickets for the event. Purchasing or selling your raffle tickets are part of your TSF requirement. If you have friends or relatives that you would like to bring to the event, please bring them along.

Working in the OLOL school office, I have gotten to see so many fantastic baskets. There is really something for everybody. If you are able please consider bidding on the many raffle prizes that we have.

Light Up Lourdes is a fundraising event but I want it to be so much more. The purpose of the event is to also build community which I believe has as much effect on student learning as raising funds.

In that vein I am asking each person who attends Light Up Lourdes to go up to at least 2 people they don’t know and ask them how they are connected to the school. When we extend a welcome to a family that we don'’t know, we are embracing what I hope OLOL is all about. It is about making human connections that play a large part in the success of our students and the success of our school.

I hope to see you Saturday night! May God bless Light Up Lourdes!

“We are all connected. We just don’t see it. There isn’t an unbreakable cord between you and everything else. We’re just too clouded with fear and resentment to see it” - Byron Katie

Educating Mind, Body and Spirit,

Jeffrey Young - Principal

Cavalier Card Winners

Students who make good choices at school are awarded Cavalier Cards. Each week we have a drawing where some lucky students win a prize.

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Kindergarten - Baeten: Liam Behling

Kindergarten - Yost: Raymond Carter

1st: Malkowsky: Hannah Philip

1st: Johnson: Maggie Shefchik

2nd: Lambert: Gabe Harper

2nd: Nisbit: Addison VanBoxel

3rd: Matzke: Warren Johnson

4th: Pahl/S Johnson: Jonathon Eckert

Apparel Sale

Uniforms * Ladies * Mens * Mens Tall Spirit Wear * Accessories

As the cold weather approaches, are you looking to order new, quality uniforms for your child(ren) or OLOL apparel for yourself? The OLOL uniform/apparel shop is open now through Monday, November 25th. Many new items have been added since the apparel sale this past summer!

Orders can be placed by visiting the following website: Click here to shop.

Orders placed by November 25th will be available for pick up at school mid-December.

LUL24: There is a $200 gift card to the online store in the Light Up Lourdes silent auction.

Our Lady of Lourdes

Christmas Concert

Believe it or not, students are already starting to work on their music for the 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. All 4 YO Preschool 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.

TSF Opportunity

Park cars for HOME Packer Games & NFL Draft

at Green Bay Distillery

The 2024 - 2025 Packer Parking schedule is going to be a busy year. The Packers have 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.

Click here for Signup Genius Link or use QR Code below

Cavalier Athletics

Additional information is available on our athletics website (link)

Basketball - 7-8 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.

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