OLPH Friday Fanfare for Week Ending 2/17/2017

                             OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP CATHOLIC SCHOOL FRIDAY FANFARE

February 13 - February 17, 2017 www.myolph.com

Virtue for the Month of February: Cheerfulness - Looking on the bright side.

"May God be gracious and bless us; and let his face shed its light upon us." Psalm 66:2

Please attend Mass this weekend with your Parish Priest.

LUNCH MENU

·        Monday, February 13--Hot dogs, baked beans, cole slaw, peaches, milk

·        Tuesday, February 14--Spaghetti, salad, applesauce, milk

·        Wednesday, February 15--Cheese pizza, corn, pineapple, salad, milk

·        Thursday, February 16--Beef taco, salad, oranges, yogurt, milk

·        Friday, February 17--Teacher In-Service-- No School

SCHOOL CALENDAR

·        Saturday, February 11--Middle School Dance

·        Thursday, February 16--6^th Grade Retreat

·        Friday, February 17--Teacher In-Service--No School

SCHOOL NEWS: ChattiGras, Family Honor, Home and School Meeting, Yearbook Ads, Makers Club and House Numbers

1.      ChattiGras - ChattiGras 2017 is almost here! This event supports all three Chattanooga Catholic Schools and helps provide tuition support for those in need. Want to know how you can get involved?

ChattiGras.com has all the links for purchasing tickets and sponsorships, as well as details on special hotel rates (HURRY! Staybridge hold date is February 11, and The Chattanoogan is February 17) Tickets and sponsorship forms are also available in the school office.  Donate to the auction! We need all items in this week to be listed online. Give your business some publicity, ask a business you know to donate, share a Gift certificate for your unique service, or go in with your class parents on a basket or other fun item. Bid on items in the online auction! Get your account set up NOW on biddingforgood.com. If you are planning to attend the event, you will want to have your username and password with you. This year, MANY auction items will be offered online only, and you can skip the registration process during the event, if you are ready ahead of time. If you cannot attend the event, you can still place bids ahead of time for some items and even bid in real time on other items against those who are there!  Cash donations are welcome, too! If you just want to do something to be sure our Chattanooga Catholic Schools stay strong for the future, you can make checks payable to Chattanooga Catholic Schools and sent in to the school office. Volunteer the day of the event: sign up at http://signup.com/go/6nZF2T.  Spots between 5:45 PM and 11:30 PM are available for ticketed guests only. Clean-up volunteers can claim DOUBLE PIP hours. 

2.      Family Honor - Save the Date: Family Honor Real Love & Real Life, Saturday, April 1st 8:30 - 3:30. Sponsored by: Sugar & Spice, OLPH School Community.  For 8th grade students and their parents (Counts for Confirmation Retreat). Mature 6th & 7th grade students are welcomed with their parent. For more information and registration go to www.familyhonor.org.  Contact Patti Morrison at pmorrison@myolph.com if you have any questions.

3.      .Home and School Meeting - Math Night at OLPH- March 8, 2017. Our Winter Home and School meeting will be an exciting and fun Math Night hosted by Mathnasium of Chattanooga. Kids and adults will have the opportunity to rotate to different stations and "play" while learning various Math concepts! Go on a Pi Scavenger Hunt, play Tangoes, Four-way Countdown and more!  Mathnasium will have cool swag to give away, prizes and will even have a drawing for a chance to win a one-month Mathnasium Membership! In order to prepare materials for the evening, we are asking each family to RSVP with the number attending. You may RSVP on the Facebook event OR email rams.home.and.school@gmail.com.  This event is designed for both parents and students, therefore, no babysitting will be provided. 

4.      Yearbook Ads - It is time to purchase ads for our Yearbook.  If you are interested in buying a whole, half or quarter of a page in the yearbook, there are forms available in the school office and were also sent home with students.  Cost is $100 for a whole page, $50 for a half page, and $25 for a quarter of a page.  This is a great way to remember the school year.

5.      Makers Club - We will be meeting on Thursdays from 3:30 to 5:30 pm.  We will be building an underwater remote control vehicle that must complete 3 challenges. This device will be built at the school and tested at the Brainerd Rec Center pool.  This program will be for students 10 years old as of the first of March with a maximum number of 6 students.  We will build at least one ROV and an obstacle course to pilot it through.  Students will have to pass a swim test before they will be allowed in the water.  This program will meet starting March 2 until the end of April and will involve at least one Saturday.  The cost is $125 per student.  If you are interested, please email Mr. Gass at glennagassjr@gmail.com Makers Club will have a Mini Makers event February 16th called Makers are Breakers.  The kids will take apart laptops, printers, and other electronics.  This event is open to any students of any age maximum number is 8 students.  Cost is 15 dollars and includes snacks. If you have any question or would like to reserve a space, please email Mr. Gass glennagassjr@gmail.com Profits from the events will go towards a New EV3 system for Our First Lego team.

6.      House Numbers - Ministro - 2884 ,  Cognitio - 3285 , Caritas - 3338

SPORTS CALENDAR

·        Monday, February 13--Basketball Game--CCS @ OLPH--JVB--5:00

·        Tuesday, February 14--Basketball Game--OLPH @ CCS--JVB--6:00

·        Thursday, February 16--Basketball Game--OLPH @ SJS--JVG--4:00, JVB--5:00, VG--6:00, VB--7:00

·        Friday, February 17--Basketball Game--TCPS @ OLPH--JVB--5:00, VG--6:00, VB--7:00

SPORTS NEWS

·        It's that time for SPRING SPORTS!  I know we are only half way thru the winter season but we have to move into Spring Time thinking.  If your child is interested in JV or Varsity Boys Baseball, Middle School Tennis (Boys and Girls), Middle School Golf (Boys and Girls), Middles School Track (Boys and Girls) or Elementary School Track (Boys and Girls) please send in a Sports Sign Up form with a $60 registration fee (Booster Club member) or a $75 (non-booster) check to the main office.  We will see who and how many are interested and start to build our Spring Sports Season.

Registration will be open from February 6-17th.  Sports sign up forms can be found on the school website under the Athletic tab.

·        Football News:

The Catholic Football Awards dinner will be at 6:00 P.M. on Tuesday, March 14th at the Brainerd BX.  Dress for players is coat and tie.  Summer Football Camp is set for June 5^th -9^th, 9am-12pm. The camp is open for rising 2^nd through 8^th graders. Please mark your calendars.  Registration forms will soon be available.