Our Lady of the Assumption School 2141 Walnut Avenue, Carmichael, CA 95608 (916) 489-8958 May 5, 2015 With Hands to Serve and Hearts to Love NOTE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL This week, I learned that Pauline Gilmour will be retiring at the end of the school year. Mrs. Gilmour has been at OLA for 39 years and has served as a teacher for 40. She has touched the lives of so many students and has left them with a legacy of social justice and Christian service that has no doubt enriched their lives and made our world a better place. She is fond of quoting Gandhi: "Be the change you want to see in the world," and I can think of no one who better exemplifies those words. Mrs. Bloom has also informed me that she will not be returning. She will be pursuing a new career, and we wish her the best and thank her for all the great work she has done for our school as a librarian, teacher, and Academic Decathlon chair. Our students and families will miss her. With the departures of Mrs. Tateishi, Mrs. Gilmour, and Mrs. Bloom, we have some big shoes to fill. The fourth grade position is posted on Edjoin, and interviews will take place soon. The librarian and 7 th grade positions will be posted on Edjoin this week, and we will search diligently to bring in the very best teachers for each position. Please put Mrs. Gilmour, Mrs. Tateishi, Mrs. Bloom, and our school in your prayers. Our students in grades 3-8 are taking the ACT Aspire test this week. Please make sure that your children are well rested and have a healthy, nutritious breakfast before coming to school each day. Students in grades 6-8 are able to use calculators on the math test, which is administered on Wednesday, so please make sure they bring them to school. Last Saturday, the Cougar Classic Golf Tournament took place at the Lincoln Hills Country Club, and the event was a phenomenal success. We raised over $60,000, which will go towards LearnPad tablets for our 6 th and 7 th grade classes next year, the adoption of new Math textbooks, and the Washington DC 8 th grade trip in May of 2016. Our heartfelt thanks go out to the Cougar Classic Golf Tournament Committee for organizing such a successful and fun fundraiser. Members include Bob Deaner and Stan Lukowicz (co-chairs), Kelley Smith, Michael Cook, Kelly Brothers, Steve Lawver, Glenn Seitz, Shaun Cho, Adam Nelson, Michael Rockenstein, Ben Stark, Jeff Hilmer, Kevin Terry, Jimmy Khov, Jeff Rosa, and Michael Tooley. Our virtue, this week, is loyalty. Please see the reflection on loyalty later in today’s bulletin. God bless, Robert Love THIS WEEK AT OLA – MAY 4- MAY 8 ACT Testing Week - Grades 3-8: Math test on Wednesday, May 6 th . Grade 1: Please bring food for the Saint Vincent de Paul Food Locker. PTG Meeting: Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 2:00pm, in Seton Hall Annual Spring Gathering: Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 6:00pm, in the gym. More details can be found on the attached flyer. Kindergarten: Field Trip to Fogwillow Farms – Wednesday, May 6 th . 8:00am Mass – Wednesday, May 6 th : Grades 1-2 will attend. Grade 8: Retreat at the Newman Center - Thursday, May 7 th , 8:45am-2:30pm Thursday, May 7 th Dismissal Time: 2:20pm Grade 8: Graduation Pictures - Friday, May 8 th . Arrive at school by 8:30am. Grade 3: Mothers’ Day Luncheon - Friday, May 8 th Friday, May 8 th Attire: Appropriate free dress bottoms with Spirit Wear tops. Friday, May 8 th Dismissal Time: 3:00pm All 2015-16 School Year Work Force Hours: You may now sign up on SchoolSpeak. Hot Lunch Menu: Access menu here: http://school.olaparish.net/students/hot-lunch-program NEXT WEEK AT OLA – MAY 11- MAY 16 Grade 2: Please bring food for the Saint Vincent de Paul Food Locker. Grade 2: Field Trip to B St. Theater - Tuesday, May 12 th . Grade 8: Exit Interviews - Tuesday, May 12 th . 8:00am Mass – Wednesday, May 13 th : Grades 3-5 will attend. Spanish Elective: Field Trip – Wednesday, May 13 th . Crazy Day - Thursday, May 14 th . Students may come to school wearing crazy apparel (appropriate for school). Thursday, May 14 th Dismissal Time: 2:20pm Grade 1: Field Trip to the Jelly Belly Factory - Friday, May 15 th . Summer Packets Due: Friday, May 15 th Friday, May 15 th Attire: Uniform bottoms with Country Fair t-shirts from any year. Friday, May 15 th Dismissal Time: 3:00pm Country Fair: Friday, May 15 th and Saturday, May 16 th
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Our Lady of the Assumption School 2141 Walnut Avenue, Carmichael, CA 95608 (916) 489-8958
May 5, 2015
With Hands to Serve and Hearts to Love
NOTE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL This week, I learned that Pauline Gilmour will be retiring at the end of the school year. Mrs. Gilmour has been at OLA for 39 years and has served as a teacher for 40. She has touched the lives of so many students and has left them with a legacy of social justice and Christian service that has no doubt enriched their lives and made our world a better place. She is fond of quoting Gandhi: "Be the change you want to see in the world," and I can think of no one who better exemplifies those words. Mrs. Bloom has also informed me that she will not be returning. She will be pursuing a new career, and we wish her the best and thank her for all the great work she has done for our school as a librarian, teacher, and Academic Decathlon chair. Our students and families will miss her. With the departures of Mrs. Tateishi, Mrs. Gilmour, and Mrs. Bloom, we have some big shoes to fill. The fourth grade position is posted on Edjoin, and interviews will take place soon. The librarian and 7
th grade positions will be posted on Edjoin this week, and we will search diligently
to bring in the very best teachers for each position. Please put Mrs. Gilmour, Mrs. Tateishi, Mrs. Bloom, and our school in your prayers. Our students in grades 3-8 are taking the ACT Aspire test this week. Please make sure that your children are well rested and have a healthy, nutritious breakfast before coming to school each day. Students in grades 6-8 are able to use calculators on the math test, which is administered on Wednesday, so please make sure they bring them to school. Last Saturday, the Cougar Classic Golf Tournament took place at the Lincoln Hills Country Club, and the event was a phenomenal success. We raised over $60,000, which will go towards LearnPad tablets for our 6
th and 7
th grade classes
next year, the adoption of new Math textbooks, and the Washington DC 8th grade trip in May of 2016. Our heartfelt thanks
go out to the Cougar Classic Golf Tournament Committee for organizing such a successful and fun fundraiser. Members include Bob Deaner and Stan Lukowicz (co-chairs), Kelley Smith, Michael Cook, Kelly Brothers, Steve Lawver, Glenn Seitz, Shaun Cho, Adam Nelson, Michael Rockenstein, Ben Stark, Jeff Hilmer, Kevin Terry, Jimmy Khov, Jeff Rosa, and Michael Tooley. Our virtue, this week, is loyalty. Please see the reflection on loyalty later in today’s bulletin. God bless,
Robert Love THIS WEEK AT OLA – MAY 4- MAY 8 ACT Testing Week - Grades 3-8: Math test on Wednesday, May 6
th.
Grade 1: Please bring food for the Saint Vincent de Paul Food Locker. PTG Meeting: Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 2:00pm, in Seton Hall Annual Spring Gathering: Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 6:00pm, in the gym. More details can be found on the attached flyer. Kindergarten: Field Trip to Fogwillow Farms – Wednesday, May 6
th.
8:00am Mass – Wednesday, May 6th
: Grades 1-2 will attend. Grade 8: Retreat at the Newman Center - Thursday, May 7
Attire: Appropriate free dress bottoms with Spirit Wear tops. Friday, May 8
th Dismissal Time: 3:00pm
All 2015-16 School Year Work Force Hours: You may now sign up on SchoolSpeak. Hot Lunch Menu: Access menu here: http://school.olaparish.net/students/hot-lunch-program
NEXT WEEK AT OLA – MAY 11- MAY 16 Grade 2: Please bring food for the Saint Vincent de Paul Food Locker. Grade 2: Field Trip to B St. Theater - Tuesday, May 12
th.
Grade 8: Exit Interviews - Tuesday, May 12th.
8:00am Mass – Wednesday, May 13th
: Grades 3-5 will attend. Spanish Elective: Field Trip – Wednesday, May 13
th.
Crazy Day - Thursday, May 14th. Students may come to school wearing crazy apparel (appropriate for school).
Thursday, May 14th
Dismissal Time: 2:20pm Grade 1: Field Trip to the Jelly Belly Factory - Friday, May 15
th.
Summer Packets Due: Friday, May 15th
Friday, May 15th
Attire: Uniform bottoms with Country Fair t-shirts from any year. Friday, May 15
COUNTRY FAIR Giddy up! OLA’s Country Fair is less than 2 weeks away! Read exciting details in the “Additional Information” section. Country Fair Service Hours: Please remember that each family is required to work 8 hours minimum. Read more in the “Additional Information” section. Raffle Donations Needed: More information can be found in the attached flyer. Help Needed: Please see the attached flyer for items needed to help make our annual Country Fair a huge success. Thanks for your support!
Scrip Did You Meet Your Scrip Requirement?: Each family is required to purchase $3,000 worth of Scrip each school year. Please see the “Additional Information” section for more details.
FUTURE EVENTS Summer Camp at OLA: 1st
-5th Grade, June 22
nd-July 31
st. Please see attached flyer for more details.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Diocesan Math Invitational Competition: Good luck to Matthew Mellas, Sophia Malloy, Braden King, Jared Agos, Logan McQuoid, Mollie Kauderer, Gabriella Parish, Gian Papio, and Erik Sparks, who will be representing OLA School tomorrow.
Mental Math Bowl: Congratulations to the following 1
st through 5
th grade students who participated in the competition last
Thursday: Colin Lee, Nathan Simmons, George Srabian, Connor McGuire, Riley Mitchell, Richard Desmond, Braden King, and Mason Benbrook.
PARISH NEWS Christian Meditation Group: Mondays, at 7:30pm, in our School Library. Details in the “Additional Information” section
SPORTS Golf: PAL Championship at Haggin Oaks, on Monday, May 11
th.
OLA is looking for a new Little Dribbler Coordinator: This would include Little Dribbler pre-season meeting, assisting with practice schedule, etc. Please contact Ms. Wright ([email protected]) if you are interested.
SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES Hot lunch help is needed: Please take a look at the hot lunch volunteer schedule. We have a number of open slots available. If you have any questions about volunteering, contact Colene Crowley at [email protected].
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Did You Meet Your Scrip Requirement?: Each family is required to purchase $3,000 worth of Scrip each school year. Is your Scrip total not where it needs to be? It’s not too late to buy more scrip. We have a fantastic assortment of scrip in stock. Just purchase gas cards before you fill up the car and grocery cards before you go shopping, and you’ll soon have your total purchases where they need to be. Think about using Scrip to buy items to donate for the upcoming Country Fair. The Country Fair needs cases of water, soda, sport drinks, and candy. We have Scrip for Sam’s Club, Raleys, Safeway, and Smart & Final. Giddy up! OLA’s Country Fair is less than 3 weeks away! Grab yer young ‘uns and saddle on up for all of your ol’ favorites and some new adventures. The ping pong tournament and the baseball pitch are back! Also, if you’re lookin’ for Bingo, it’ll be in the gym this year, and the ever popular Cake Walk will now be in the extension building. Contact Nadia Leslie at [email protected] or Yvette Gordon at [email protected] if you have any questions. Country Fair Service Hours: Please remember that each family is required to work 8 hours minimum for the Fair (5 for preschool families). Any additional hours worked can count toward your total yearly family 2014-15 hours. If, for some reason, you are unavailable on these dates (and sporting events do not count), please contact Michelle Munn [email protected] regarding your availability. There are very limited pre-fair hours available on a first come, first serve basis. All pre-fair hours must be pre-approved through Michelle. Thank you for your service, and we look forward to seeing you at the Fair!! Christian Meditation Group: In an age of rush and noise, it is essential that we find time to be still and quiet. “Be still and know that I am God,” says the Psalmist. In this prayer of silence called Christian Meditation we find God who dwells in our own heart. And, in finding Him, we find our own selves and thus, are renewed. A Christian Mediation Group regularly meets Mondays at 7:30pm in our School Library. Please call Fran at 488-4229 to learn more about this program.
OUR VIRTUE OF THE WEEK: LOYALTY Loyalty means being dependable and true to someone or something. Scripture Reference—Ruth 1:16 Wherever you go I will go, wherever you lodge, I will lodge, your people shall be my people, and your God My God. “Wherever you go, I will go…” these words from Ruth to her mother-in-law, Naomi, epitomize dedication and fealty piety. Despite Naomi’s entreaties for Ruth to return home and avoid a life of poverty with her newly widowed mother-in-law, Ruth is steadfast in her commitment to stay, even if the future is bleak. Together the two women weather storms of grief, poverty, and desperation and reach the happiest of endings. It is a profound and beautiful story of friendship, love, and most of all, loyalty. All relationships depend upon loyalty for success: fidelity in marriage, trustworthiness in friendship, and reliability among coworkers. As a part of our faith, we believe in God’s unwavering love and commitment to the covenant. “I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God.” (Exodus 6:7) The last words in the Gospel of Matthew are a promise of loyalty from Jesus to His disciples and to each of us: “And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:20) How, then, do we cultivate loyalty in our relationships with each other and our God? Ruth provides a simple yet profound answer. We stick around. We endure the bad times and celebrate the good ones. And, most of all, we draw strength from knowing we can weather every storm because God will always remain faithful to His promises. Loyalty in Action: Yogi Berra said, “When you’re part of a team, you stand up for your teammates. Your loyalty is for them. You protect them through good and bad, because they’d do the same for you.” Being a “team player” requires cooperation, mutual support, resilience, and a willingness to forgive when we let each other down. Assess your capability as a team player. How might you cultivate loyalty and encourage it among those with whom you associate?
The Tuesday Bulletin Submission Request Form can be found on Beehively by clicking on the “Files” tab.
Please note that all submissions must be received by 3:00pm on the Monday prior to bulletin inclusion date :)
You are invited to attend Our Lady of the Assumption School’s Annual Spring Gathering
May 5, 2015, 6:00pm, in the Gym
Join us for a tremendous adult event with Mexican food hosted by the PTG from El Palmar. Spring Gathering recognizes the lifetime contributions to OLA of families graduating their last child, as well as highlighting the achievements of the student body and faculty over the past year, and welcoming new school families. It’s a great time to visit and relax with friends before the rush of the last days of this school year. We will also hear about the new and exciting additions to the Country Fair! You do not want to miss it!
Please return your RSVP to the Front Office by Friday, May 1st
Family name and number of guests __________________________________________________
Child care will be available for K-8 children, in Extension.
*Unfortunately, due to licensing issues, kindergarten is the youngest we can accommodate.
Yes, our family will be using the childcare offered in extension_________ Number of children________
OLA COUNTRY FAIR – May 15th-16th, 2015
Ticket Order Form
Order your Country Fair tickets in advance and receive a discount!
Complete this form and return to the school office with a check by Thurs., May 7th, in an envelope marked “Country Fair Tickets.” Please do not leave this form at the school office after May 7th, as orders will not be filled. Tickets will be distributed to school families on Tuesday May 12th. Parishioner tickets will be held at the Courtesy Booth Will Call during the fair. You can also purchase discount tickets at 2:45p.m. in front of school May 11th-15th. SCHOOL FAMILY NAME: _____________________________ GRADE OF OLDEST STUDENT: _______
or PARISHIONER NAME: ____________________________ PHONE: _______________________
TICKETS Presale Price Quantity Total $
Food and Game Tickets
Book of 15 Tickets $5.00 per book ($7.50 at fair)
Book of 30 Tickets $10.00 per book ($15.00 at fair)
Book of 100 Tickets $34.00 per book ($50.00 at fair)
Meals and Bar Tickets
BAR TICKETS (adult drinks only) $4.00 each
FRIDAY NIGHT A variety of food trucks will be available on site
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SATURDAY NIGHT TRI-TIP DINNER 6:00-8:00pm Pre-sale guarantees meal until 7:00 pm
$8.00 per person ($9.00 at fair)
$25 per family (max 2 adults) ($30 at fair)
____# in family
$6.00 per Senior (Presale only)
Raffle Tickets Turn tickets in to the Raffle barrels in the school office OR turn in at the Fair Courtesy Booth
Hourly Raffle plus Grand Prize drawing! Hourly prizes given away. Grand prize drawing on Saturday
Buy tickets for $1.00 or Book of 6 for $5.00
____Tickets _____Books
Quilts Raffle One Quilt made by Preschool Grandmother Evie Villegas. Thank you! Drawing on Saturday
Buy tickets for $1.00 or Book of 6 for $5.00
____Tickets _____Books
Fanny packs Available for pre-sale and at the fair
$5.00 each ($7.00 at fair) _____Packs
Fair T- Shirts
Please indicate size & quantity: $12 each
CHILD: #XS____ #SM____ #Med____ LG____
ADULT #SM___ #Med____ #LG____ #XL____ #XXL___
____Shirts
TOTALS Payment by Check is Preferred!
No coins please.
Please double check your math TOTAL$
OLA is a nut-free campus. Every effort has been made to keep the campus nut-free during this public fundraiser. We have asked all vendors and volunteers to abide by the OLA nut policy. However, we ask all parents to exercise the appropriate level of supervision as they would for any public event.
___ Courtesy Booth
Pickup
_____ Check
_____ Cash
Bar/Snack Shack
* Soda (Pepsi/Coke, Sprite, Root Beer)
* Bottled Water & Sports Drinks
Fun Zone
* Bulk Candy(Laffy Taffy, Sour Straws, Tootsie Pops, Dum Dum & Nerd Ropes) *Small toys, pencils & balls (or any goody bag type toys)
General Fair Needs Curbside drop-off before school, on Thursday May 14, & Friday May 15
*E-Z Ups (please label with your family name)
* Coolers (please label with your family name)
Donations can be left in the school office. Your help is greatly appreciated! If you have any questions, please contact Nadia Leslie at [email protected] or Yvette
ROUND UP YOUR PARTNERS, OR COME SOLO WITH YOUR SINGING, DANCING, PET TRICKS, YO-YO, OR EXTREME HULA HOOP TALENTS TO CENTER STAGE! SIGN UP BY MAY 8, 2015 NAME OF PERFORMER(S): _________________________________ BEST PHONE CONTACT: _________________________________ BEST EMAIL CONTACT: _________________________________ DESCRIPTION OF TALENT: _________________________________ SONG (AND ARTIST): _________________________________ EQUIPMENT NEEDED: _________________________________ EQUIPMENT BRINGING: _________________________________ # OF MICROPHONES NEEDED: _________________________________ QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT DENISE JOHNSTONE [email protected]
