The second half of tuition is due January 15th, 2010
Weeks at a Glance
March 1st , 2010 to March 25th
Monday March 1
Elk’s eye screening
of our Preschool,
gr. k,1,2,3 takes place all week.
Make sure you have
returned your permission slip.
See’s Easter Candy sale
last fundraiser for your
contract obligation
Thursday 4
Mass 8 a.m. Grade 7
Friday 5
End of Trimester
Nachos $1 & Pretzels $1.50
NOON DISMISSAL Faculty meeting
(Thank you in advance for the
Teachers lunch from the Vasquez
family in 1st and Preschool)
Monday 8
1st Eucharist
meeting 6 p.m. gr. 8
Thursday 11
Mass 8 a.m. Grade 5
Friday 12
Report cards go home
See’s Candy and money order due
Tues - Thurs 16-17-18
WASC team visits OLPH
Thursday18
Mass 8 a.m. Grade 8
NOON DISMISSAL
Teachers meet with WASC team.
Friday 19
NO SCHOOL RELIGIOUS CONGRESS
Monday 22
NO SCHOOL TEACHERS
CELEBRATION DAY
Wednesday 24
SPRING PICTURES
Thursday 25
Mass 8 a.m. Grade 6
KINDERGARTEN CLASS OF 2010-2011
Is your child ready for Kindergarten and 5 by October 15th?
We would like to get our own families registered first. Please come to the school office and fill out a form stating that you will be sending your child to OLPH School in September. Kindergarten students who are not in our preschool will be tested.
FIESTA, FIESTA, FIESTA - MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR APRIL 30, MAY 1 AND MAY 2!!
Egg Shells and T-Shirt Contest
HELP NEEDED THIS FRIDAY AFTER ASSEMBLY….WE NEED TO STUFF FIESTA RAFFLE TICKETS. LOTS OF HANDS WILL MAKE THE JOB EASY!!!! COME TO THE HALL AND HAVE COFFEE AND STUFF ENVELOPES.
Start collecting egg shells and confetti for the confetti egg drive beginning on Feb. 16th Next meeting March 1st.
FIESTA T-SHIRT CONTEST for grades 6,7,8 is taking place now. Designs must be turned into the school office no later than March 1. Theme: “Service to God”
April 12th will be Soda Week, you can start purchasing it now and keep it at home until then. This booth is our biggest money maker. 2 liter bottles are needed.
Plant and Book sale will take place in the Kindergarten play yard during fiesta. We will need books to sell, so start cleaning out and keep them in your garage until April 12th. Plants also are needed to sell, if you have any contacts please contact Mrs. Mena. Check the web site for more fiesta updates.
We need a speaker for the roof of the office building during fiesta to make our sound reach further. If you can help with this call the office.
Solicitation…Are you good at asking for donations, we can really use you for the Auction. We need help to gather items for the silent and the big auction on Sunday.
LOST AND FOUND
Please check our the lost and found rack. We have lunch pails, a little of everything?? Heavy sweat shirts are also missing please check your child’s name in his sweatshirt.
KINDERGARTEN CLASS OF 2010-2011
Is your child ready for Kindergarten and 5 by September 1st?
We would like to get our own families registered first. Please come to the school office and fill out a form stating that you will be sending your child to OLPH School in September. Kindergarten students who are not in our preschool will be tested.
Need hours?
Come work the Pasta Dinner with friends and earn hours at the same time
We need parents to set up during the day and to help serve, wash dishes, clean up.
Question of the day
Can my child wear navy blue sweats to school on P.E. Day?
Sweat bottoms must be worn over their shorts. They should be plain navy blue. Sweats may not be worn to church.
FYI PLEASE CHECK FOR ANY DEFACING OF UNIFORM. ESPECIALLY SWEATSHIRTS.
SCHOOL WEB SITE
Take time to check out the complete web site. Our hope is by next year, that every parent is comfortable in reading their bulletin and announcements on line and has access. This will save the school $$$ in paper and time. Please be advised that all information that is on the page has been approved by Mrs. Moore our Principal.
HEALTHY KIDS
Make sure that your child is kept home if there is any sign of sickness or fever. Please call the office if your child is not in school.
Forms for medication at school need to be completed each year. Make sure your child’s forms are updated if they have ashma!.
All blue Emergency Cards need to be returned by Friday.
Clothing collections
The Student Council's Clothing for Christians has begun...
The student council will collect clothing on the first Friday of each month. Please bring clothing on that day only, due to a storage problem.
House Keeping: BULLETIN ENVELOPES NEED TO BE SENT BACK
• Please order your lunch on line from Cater Tots. If you need to have an order blank, you can pick up one in the office.
• Check out the new school bumper stickers for your car. $3
• Please make sure that you have inhalers for your children at all sports events. This is not the schools responsibility, when they are at league games. Please make sure the coach knows about your child’s asthma.
• Parents, please check out our web site (thank you to Mrs. Mena). We would like to use your students pictures on this site. We need your permission to do this. We are missing 40 families return forms. Please sign yes or no, if no, you do not need a reason. This is very confidential and only the office will see these forms. Forms are included in this bulletin for families who are missing them.
Due to safety reasons we cannot heat food for students at school. Please remember only to bring food for your child, you cannot give food to other students without parent permission.
Box Tops and Campbell soup labels
When you start looking for these, they are everywhere!! Thank you to Mrs. Maltese who is patiently counting all of these and getting money or sports balls for our school. Please take the time to tear off the box tops and soup labels and send them to school. Last month we received a check for $370 for box tops. We thank the Parish Pantry for saving these items for us. If you have any questions, please call Mrs. Maltese at 750-9345.
CANDY MONEY IS DUE!!!
We still have 20 families with money out.
SAFETY CLEARANCES:
Fingerprinting forms and Safe Environment info: Plan ahead and get fingerprinted and complete the safe Enviornment training before the fieldtrips begin. To work on campus you must be cleared. The cost for fingerprinting is $68.00 and you will receive 7 volunteer hours in return.
All new immunizations given during the summer need to be turned into the office.
Physicals for Kindergarten need to be in the office by September 30th.
EXTENDED CARE BILLS
PLEASE PAY YOUR BILL, AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE IT. THIS ACCOUNT HAS $6,500 IN OUT STANDING BILLS.
Altar Servers needed
If your child is in grade 4 or above and have received the Sacraments they may join the Altar Servers. Please call office and they will connect you with Dawn or Nicholle Varga.
Question of the Week
Where can I get one of the cute school stickers?
The stickers can be purchased by everyone from the PTO to help advertise our school. The cost is $3 each.
NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ON TUESDAY, MARCH 23RD
All changes will be put on line.
Please check out the Web site at least once a week. Next year we will only be putting the bulletin on line. Registration will be on line, as soon as the new year’s tuition is settled on. So now is the time to practice!! Watch for the intent to register form and parish verification form coming soon.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Lost and Found.
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE ITEM YOU ARE TAKING, DOES NOT HAVE A NAME IN IT. ESPECIALLY ON OUR SWEAT SHIRTS. SWEAT SHIRTS FOUND ON THE BENCHES DO END UP ON THE LOST AND FOUND RACK. MAKE SURE YOUR STUDENTS SHIRT HAS A NAME ON IT.
HELPERS!!!!
Free in the daytime? Class Librarians and P.E. helpers needed: Please let your child’s teacher know if you could help with P.E. or help in the Library.
Lunch Monitors needed, 11:00 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. please call the school office for more information.
Volunteers must be fingerprinted and have taken the “Safe Environment” training. Safe Environment training can be done on line, please check with the office.
LUNCH CONCERNS
Hot lunch is only for students who have ordered in advance. Please make sure that your student brings their lunch each day. Left over hot lunch will not be given to students.
• Needed forks and spoons (for your students to have when they forget from home)
• New warmers have arrived, new items on the menu for December.
PTO (PARENT-TEACHER ORGANIZATION) QUESTIONS:
...or you want to get involved……Please call our President, Sara Oldham at 951- 637-0731. COME SEE PTO IN ACTION…CHECK OUT OUR LIBRARY!!
Question of the Week
I need hours, what can I do?
We still have outdoor painting and clean up, that we would like to have done by March. If you have time during the week, please call the office or see Mr. Bob.
Fingerprinting Forms and Safe Environment Info
Plan ahead and get fingerprinted and complete the safe Environment training before the fieldtrips begin. To work on campus you must be cleared. The cost for fingerprinting is $68.00 and you will receive 7 hours.
You can find the Safe Environment training link right here on the OLPHRiverside website, in the column with the calendar. Take the training at any time, pass the final test, and print the certificate to turn into the office. There is no cost for the training.
Question of the week:
My child has not been baptized, how can I begin the process?
You must contact the rectory in the parish you belong for information. If you child has been baptized and is ready for First Communion, please contact Mrs. Sintek in 2nd grade.
SECURITY
QUESTION OF THE YEAR: Why do my children have to sign in each day before going to their after school classes? This is part of security check in case of an emergency. We will know that all children are accounted for.
Remember, we have begun a new sign out and pick up procedure for students that are involved in any extra-curricular program.
Those students will go directly to extended care at the 2:30 pm bell and sign in. At the 2:45 pm bell, when the teacher/moderators for each activity are ready, they will close the door on the parking lot side of the room and open the doors on the playground side for the students that will attend a particular activity in that class.
When the activity is finished, all students must then go back to extended care, sign in and wait for parents to sign them out. No students may be dismissed from the parking lot side. There is no extended day charge from 2:30 – 2:45 pm. Billing begins at 2:45 pm. This is for you children’s safety. In case of an emergency we will know where to find your child.
Lots of food is handed out during these tough economic times, so please continue to donate to our pantry. Just keep a count and give it to your student's teacher.