May 2008

 

OUR STUDENTS SHINE

Congratulations to Stephen Schober for receiving the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Leadership Award – GREAT job Stephen!

 

 

The following students participated in LCHS Honors Band this year:

            Olivia Best

            Lauren Beaver

            Sammy Jo Lauriello

            Brooke Ressler

            Christa Rineer

            Megan Seibert

            David Kilp

            Bolang Zhou

            David Beaver

            Rachel Carey

            Samantha Green

            Chris Henkel

            Theresa Rineer

 

 

Megan Seibert took First Place and Honorable Mention in the local Catholic Daughters of the Americas National Education Contest sponsored by Court Queen of Peace in Lancaster. She also took second place at the State Level. Way to go Megan!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to the following students for representing Our Lady of the Angels

in the Knights of Columbus Track Meet on May 4th:

Mara Caruso

Jack Elliot

Hannah Knowlton

Nick Zell

Special congratulations to Jack Elliot for taking 4th place in the football throw – Way to Go Jack!

Mrs. Chmiel supervised this event. I want to express my gratitude to her for her dedication and commitment to Our Lady of the Angels School.

 

 

WELCOME

Our Lady of the Angels School family welcomed Max Kern to our fourth grade this past month. Max’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Kern.

 

 

 

2008-2009 STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS

The following students will be installed as Student Council Officers Friday May 23rd after Mass:

President                   Kevin Wolgemuth

Vice President          Monica Palmieri

Treasurer                   Christa Rineer

Secretary                   Emma Seibert

Congratulations and Good Luck!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANGEL CARE 2008-2009

If you are interested in your child attending Angel Care for the 2008-2009 school year, please complete the enclosed pre-registration form and send it along with the fee to the school office.  Please read the form carefully.

 

 

 

 

MASS ON THE LAST DAY

The last day of school is Friday June 6th. The Mass will be at Saint Peter Church. All students are to be dropped off at the Primary Building on that day. Dismissal is at 10:30 and the school districts will not transport at dismissal.

 

 

 

WATER BOTTLES

Students are permitted to bring OLA water bottles to school. All families are given a water bottle when they register. PLEASE only OLA water bottles.  New bottles may be purchased at the school office for $2.00

 

 

 

FIELD DAYS

Monday May 19th is the Primary Building Field Day and the Elementary Building will have theirs on Tuesday May 20th. Students are to wear their gym

uniforms. The activities take place at Glatfelter’s field and the children are bused. ALL CHILDREN WILL EAT A LUNCH PACKED BY THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA on their particular field day.

 

 

 

 

SHOES

No flip flops or crocs

The safety of the students comes first so it is important that the shoes they wear to school provide that safety. Students are not to wear open toe shoes, shoes without a back or any other style that may cause them to fall or slip. This includes but is not limited to flip flops and crocs.

 

 

 

VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION

We would like to express our gratitude to all our wonderful volunteers with a special luncheon. The luncheon will be on May 22nd at 12:15. After the luncheon we invite you to come to the Student Council sponsored talent show in the gym. Please let us know if you will be able to join us by May 16th. We look forward to seeing you.

 

 

 

AWARDS CEREMONY

Our Annual Awards Ceremony will be May 23rd at 1:30 at Holy Trinity Church. The children will receive their awards in the context of a Prayer Service. It is important to understand that all that we are comes from the Father.

 

 

 

DAFFODIL DAYS

A check for $630 was given to the American Cancer Society. We appreciate your support for this worthwhile cause. I am grateful to Mrs. Crumbling and Rachel Carey for organizing this event.

 

 

 

 

STATIONERY FEE

There is a stationery fee for all students in K3 through 8.  It covers all the day to day supplies your child will need. The only thing they

will need for the first day of school will be a book bag. The fee will be $25 for grades 1 through 8, $35 for K5, $20 for K4 and $10 for K3.

 

 

 

YEARBOOKS

To date approximately 78 books have been ordered. This number is lower than we would like. The more books we order the lower our cost. If you neglected to order a book please do not hesitate to place your order. We need the orders before the end of May.

 

 

 

UNIFORM EXCHANGE

Parents may contact Christina Caruso by email regarding clothing items available from the uniform exchange at uniformexchange@embarqmail; we appreciate Mrs. Caruso taking on this responsibility.

 

 

 

 

SCHOOL BOARD

I want to thank all those who ran for School Board and offer my congratulations and welcome aboard to George Seibert. We are grateful to Beth Bossert for stepping up and completing a term left vacant by a resignation.

 

 

 

 

 

ROSE DAY

Thank you to all those who made this a HUGE success this year. What a wonderful way to remember a classmate. A check for $3161.64 was presented to the American Lung Association in Emily Geyer’s memory.

 

 

 

GRADE REPORTS

Your child’s grade report will be mailed in June.

 

 

 

SUB SALE

Thank you for supporting our Technology Sub Sale you raised    $711.70.  This money is placed in our technology account for the express purpose of maintaining the GREAT system that we have at Our Lady of the Angels.

 

 

 

 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

On Wednesday May 28th we will have the Living Rosary at Holy Trinity Church at 9AM. After the Rosary the 2nd grade class will hold their birthday activity. All of the children will gather in the Elementary Building cafeteria for the final activity of the year. All are welcome to join in the festivities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIMES HAVE CHANGED

I ask that you talk with your child/ren about the manner in which they talk to others. Some children use phrases that could be interpreted as a physical threat. One phrase that may have been innocent at one time and now could be interpreted as a threat is “I’m going to get you”. We teach our children to act as Christ did. So if you would gently remind your children that at no time do we say things that may be interpreted as doing harm someone.

 

 

 

 

FAMILY ENVELOPES

The 2008-2009 Family Envelopes will be available for pick up from August 10th to August 17th. The envelopes will be at the building that your oldest child attends.

 

 

 

 

STUDENT COUNCIL CHARITY DRESSDOWN DAY

On May 8th students were given the opportunity to purchase a dress down day for $2. Each year the Student Council selects a charity to donate the proceeds from this event. This year they will present a check in the amount of $406.15 to the Make a Wish Foundation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ITBS TESTING

Cogat testing for grades 5 and 8 will be the week of October 6th.  The ITBS tests will be administered to students in grades 3 through 8 the week of October 20th. Please try to avoid appointments and vacations during those weeks.

 

 

 

 

PARENT SATISFACTION UPDATE

I want to thank the 48 families that returned this update. I appreciated your comments.

40/48 gave us a 9 or 10 - 83.3%

5 /48 gave us 7 or 8   - 10.4%

3/48 gave us less than 7 – 6.3%

We will continue to use this form and send it home two times a year.  Thank you again for your time.

 

 

 

 

 

ANNUAL APPEAL

Thanks to all of you who so generously gave to the Annual Appeal. We had a goal of $50,000 this year. To date we have $31,973.66 in cash and pledges of $4,613.34. This totals $36,587 and we are very grateful for you donations. We are still accepting donations. Thanks and God Bless You!