OLPH Friday Fanfare for Week Ending 4/21/2017

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP CATHOLIC SCHOOL FRIDAY FANFARE

April 17 - April 21, 2017 www.myolph.com

Virtue for the Month of April: Obedience - Saying "yes" to the loving will of God and those He has set over us.

"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

·        Wednesday, April 19--Cheese pizza, corn, pineapple, salad, milk

·        Thursday, April 20--Hamburger, tri-tater, fruit, pickles, tomato, cheese, milk

·        Friday, April 21--Fish sticks, french fries, cole slaw, fruit, milk

SCHOOL CALENDAR

·        Friday, April 14--Nature's Place Workday

·        Friday, April 14--Good Friday

·        Saturday, April 15--Holy Saturday.

·        Sunday, April 16--Easter Sunday

·        Monday, April 17--Bishops Day--No School

·        Tuesday, April 18--Cardinals Day--No School

·        Wednesday, April 19--School Advisory Board Meeting--Library--6:00 P.M.

·        Thursday, April 20--Confirmation--(Last Name A-M)--6:00 P.M.

·        Friday, April 21--Frozen Friday

·        Friday, April 21--End of the Year Picnic

·        Friday, April 21 and Saturday, April 22--Notre Dame Production

·        Saturday, April 22--Confirmation--(Last Name N-Z)--12:00 P.M.

·        Sunday, April 23--Teen Mass

SCHOOL NEWS: Yearbook Ads, Grandparents Day, Spring Fling, Notre Dame Production, Home and School Board, PIP Hours, Kindergarten Camp, and House Numbers

1.      Yearbook - 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.  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.  Order forms for the yearbook are also available in the school office.

2.      Grandparents Day - Grandparents Day is coming up on Friday, May 5th. If you need to add, edit, or remove a Grandparent address from ParentsWeb, please contact Cissy West at cwest@myolph.com.  If you are interested in working on the planning for Grandparents’ Day, contact Cissy West if you want to help.

3.      Spring Fling - Please join us as we celebrate Spring and the END of testing! Enjoy social time with our school community. Home and School will provide hamburgers and hotdogs. You bring the lawn chairs, lawn games, and a food item to share (see the link to volunteer spot on what to bring). You can also work on those last minute PIP hours https://signup.com/client/invitation/6775657374/1851419/false#!1851419/false/false (sign-up to help with set-up/serving/clean-up). Please RSVP to the Facebook event with the number attending OR to rams.home.and.school@gmail.com so that we can prepare enough food for the evening.

4.      Notre Dame Production - Notre Dame High School Theatre is proud to present this year's musical entitled "You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown", based on "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles M. Schultz.  The production runs April 21-23, 2017 with performances at 7:00 on Friday and Saturday and 2:00 on Sunday.  Tickets are free with ID for Diocesan students and employees and $10 general admission.

5.      Home and School Board - The Home and School Executive Board would like to thank you for the support we have received this school year. Please take a moment to vote for a new board to take over for the coming school year -https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JLBZ9FL

6.      PIP Hours - DID YOU KNOW that there is one place that you can go to see all the volunteer opportunities available for parents at OLPH? The end of the school year is rapidly approaching, and Many families have not met their required  PIP hours - but have no fear! There are still many opportunities to do your part! Check out the " Parent Involvement" tab http://school.myolph.com/resources/pip.cfm for all the links to sign up for:

·        Spring Work Day in Nature's Place - April 14

·        Grandparents' Day 

·        Art Show help

·        End of School Picnic

·        Field Day

7.      Kindergarten Camp - STEPPING UP TO KINDERGARTEN CAMP

JUNE 5th – JUNE 9th

STEPPING-UP TO KINDERGARTEN - Rising Kindergarten Students

COST:  $85.00 (Make checks payable to OLPH Kindergarten.) DUE DATE: Monday, May 15, 2017

TIME:  9:00 A.M - 12:00 NOON

PLACE:  OLPH Kindergarten Classroom

DIRECTORS:  Karen Carden and Vickie Stovall, Kindergarten teachers at OLPH School. 

Is your child ready for Kindergarten?  Get a head start with "Stepping-Up" camp.  This camp will provide many hands-on classroom experiences as an introduction to the kindergarten environment.  Children will enjoy crafts, language arts, math, religion, science, social studies, art, music, and activities.  They will have recess and a snack too. WOW! Who could imagine that school could be this much fun!!!  Applications are available in the school and church offices.

      8.     House Numbers -   Ministro - 301 Caritas - 289   Cognitio - 206

SPORTS CALENDAR

·        Monday, April 17--Golf Tournament--Moccasin Bend

·        Tuesday, April 18--Catholic Baseball-Varsity vs.  Normal Park @ Rivermont--5:30--JV--7:15

·        Thursday, April 20--Track Meet--GPS--4:00 P.M.

·        Thursday, April 20--Tennis--OLPH vs. Grace @ Champions Club--4:30 P.M.

·        Friday, April 21--Catholic Baseball--Varsity @ CCS--6:15 P.M.

SPORTS NEWS

·        The popular Catholic Football Skills Clinic is right around the corner (June 5-9, 9am – 12pm). The camp will be held at OLPH and open to all boys age 8 – 14.  Campers are separated based on age and skill level.  The week focuses on fundamental football techniques.  In addition, instruction on a variety of related topics will be covered (leadership, conditioning, speed and agility, yoga, rules of the game, etc.).   It is a fun and worthwhile week.  Daily snack and camp shirt will be provided to all participants.  It's a great week and we hope you will join us.

·        The OLPH Booster Club is now accepting applications to become a board member for the 2017-2018 school year. Next year holds lots of exciting opportunities for the OLPH sports program. We meet monthly, usually off campus, and have a lot of fun.  If you would like to contribute to the athletic program please get involved as a booster club board member.  If interested, please pick up an application in the front office.  Any questions, feel free to contact Dawn Brown at 502-931-3864 or dawnbrown636@gmail.com, other current board members are: Kari Ingle, Tim Soard, Emily Lindsey and Erin Gabbert. Applications are due by 4/19/2017.  Thank you!

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