Mrs. Kerr

Our Lady of Peace School S C H O O L N E W S L E T T E R A U G U S T 2 0 1 9

Dates to note:

A LOOK INTO THE NEW YEAR:

JOIN US for Covenant Night

August 21

LOOKING FORWARD TO

OUR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

For K-8 August 22

Report to Classrooms at 8am

School Begins at - 8:15 am

Anchored in Christ

Kick Off Day August 30!

SEE YOU at Class Night September 5

FUN RUN Sept. 20

Family &Friends Day

October 11

Dear OLP Families,

Welcome to the 2019-2020 school year at Our Lady of Peace! It is a great time to embrace ALL that we are here at OLP. We hope you all had a fan-tastic summer, and hope you are ready to begin another year of learning! Father Joseph, the staff and I are anxious to see all of you and begin a new journey through a year that is promised to be filled with community, col-laboration and education the OLP way.

This year, our theme for the school year is……

Anchored in Christ! The anchor is a symbol of hope and safety. Christ is the unfailing hope of all who believe in him. He is the anchor of our soul. We will focus on living as Christ did – growing spiritually and becoming more like Jesus everyday. In all we set forth to accomplish this year, we will strive to serve and treat oth-ers as if we are serving Christ.

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure! -Hebrews 6:19

Even though we all may have challenges and hard times (rough seas) Jesus has a firm hold on us.

So, get ready for an AWESOME School Year OLP!

News in the classroom:

Our classrooms have new interior doors. Technology upgrades

Upgrades to Smartboards New interactive tech televisions

New Houghton Mifflin reading series for middle school

THANK YOU’s Families who came in over the summer to paint and do maintenance

Logan Roth for volunteering to help Mrs. Cain Tech Team for preparing our technology

Knights of Columbus for various interior and exterior maintenance

With Peace,

From the desk of Mrs. Kerr...

P A G E 2

COVENANT NIGHT

Preschool

2019-2020

PK3 Orientation: August 22

Morning classes

9:30-10:30 am

Afternoon classes 12:30-

1:30 pm

PK4 Orientation: August 23

Families C-M:

9:30-10:30 am

Families N-Z:

12:30-1:30 pm

PK4 First Day

August 26

PK3 First Day

August 27

Fr. Joseph Mandokkara Augustine and Mrs. Maureen Kerr look forward to seeing everyone on Covenant Night August 21st. Attire is dressy casual. Covenant Night has always been a special evening set for our stu-dents and their parents to start the school year a step ahead. Stu-dents bring in all of their supplies, meet their teacher, and get everything settled in their classroom, so the next morning all of our children from K-8th grade are ready to start an exciting school year well prepared and organized. This year we will again begin with Mass at 5:30 p.m. All OLP families are to attend this special Mass—so put it on your calendar as your top priority. Let’s celebrate as a school family and pray for a blessed school year. Our new families will arrive at 5 p.m. to the school. Returning families will go into the school after Mass. We’re excited for a year to declare every day that we are set out to be Anchored in Christ!

Celebrating our FAITH & COMMUNITY

Tuition Notes and Milk Order Info: Tuition is due by the 5th of each month to the FACTS Sys-

tem. To receive the Tuition Discount your full payment

should have been received by the school office no later than

July 19th as stated in the registration form. If you did not pay

your $100 Registration Fee it must be paid by Aug. 2nd. Your

promptness is appreciated.

Milk Prices for the 2019-2020 School year are as follows:

Monthly (for Aug./Sept.) due at Covenant Night (Order forms will be in Opening Packet):

White: $8.10 Chocolate: $8.10 OJ: $9.45 Apple Juice: $5.40

Semester:

White: $27 Chocolate: $27 OJ: $31.50 Apple Juice: $18

Year Cost:

White: $54 Chocolate: $54 OJ: $63 Apple Juice: $36

FYI each cost: White: $ .30 Chocolate: $ .30 OJ: $ .35 Apple Juice: $ .20 (4oz)

COVENANT NIGHT P A G E 3 A U G U S T 2 0 1 9

Class Night Tradition Continues

At Our Lady of Peace we welcome par-

ents to literally sit in the seat of their

student. Parents join us Sept. 5th for an

evening to share an outline of what your

child will learn in the course of the year,

what the classroom expectations are,

and how to get help or contact the

teacher when needed.

Refreshments will be served and our

popular Paw Pass (No Uniform Pass) will

be given to children whose parents at-

tend. As an added bonus, Mrs. Kerr will

have a drawing for Gift Certificates for

SCRIP and Tuition Credit!

Hot Lunch Begins Sept. 3rd

Thanks to our Hot Lunch Coordinators

and volunteer parents and grandparents,

hot lunch will begin on Sept 3rd!

Menus & Ordering slips will be included

in the Opening Packets for hot lunch.

Please complete and return on Covenant

Night. Be mindful of the hot lunch dead-

lines so we can best serve our students.

Fun Run & Walk-a-thon Sept. 20

Our first student led and most popular

fundraiser—Fun Run & Walk-a-thon is

set for Friday, Sept. 20th. Your child(s)

will be brining home an information

packet in the August. 22nd Thursday en-

velope.

We are planning for a fantastic day and

finalizing where we will whisk away our

top 10 students for their VIP day.

Who will be our top 10 this year?

Aug. 1-2 Diocesan Principals’ Meeting

Aug. 6 Home & School Council 9:30am

Aug. 12 Joint Leadership Dinner 6pm

Aug. 14 Opening Faculty Meeting

Aug. 27 Camp Magis Meeting 6pm

Aug. 28 Gr 8 Parent Meeting 5:30pm

Sept. 5 Class Night 6:30pm

Sept. 11 School Board Meeting

Sept. 12 Home & School Council 8:30am

Virtus Training at OLP

Sept. 17 8th Grade Parent Meeting 5:30pm

Sept. 24 Reconciliation Meeting 6 pm

Sept. 25-27 Gr 7 to Camp Magis

Meetings to Note: Celebrating our FAITH & COMMUNITY

Paw-some Round Up Info: OPENING PACKET will be available at Church at all Masses Aug.

17-18. Then they will be in the school office Aug. 19-20. You need

this packet before Covenant Night. (If you have a preschooler

you can pick up their packet at orientation).

SCHOOL PICTURES will be Sept. 18th for PK4-8 and Sept. 19th

for PK3 and make up. School uniforms are to be worn in pictures.

Watch for order forms to be sent home in August.

TRANSPORTATION TIPS:

There will be no School Sept. 2nd in honor of Labor Day.

STUDENT COUNCIL CANDIDATES SOUGHT:

Elections will be held in September. Candidates from grades 6-8

should submit their names to their teacher by Aug. 30. The Election

festivities will begin the week of Sept. 9th.

Panther Pride—Athletic News to Note

Arrivals and Dismissals for 2019-2020 Ohio and Marshall County buses arrive at three different times. If your child is a bus rider, please

confirm their schedules with your county school transportation director. All students who arrive between 7:30-8 a.m. will report to the gym through the Peace Family Center

door. A teacher is assigned for early morning duty (students should not arrive before 7:30 am). Students will report to their rooms after 8 a.m.

All students must be in school by 8:10 a.m. Morning prayers and classes begin at 8:15 a.m.

Parents, please be mindful and respect this school rule. Call the school office to report an absence or late arrival. Dismissal begins at 2:50 p.m. for our first Marshall County bus pick up. Students who walk home or

are being picked up by an authorized adult will be dismissed by grade after the first bus departs. For later bus pick ups and late parent pick ups students will report to “Bus Duty” (either an assigned

classroom/gym) until bus departs at 3:40pm. Students not picked up by that time will go to After Care and corresponding fees apply.

AFTER CARE—Our Lady of Peace School does provide After Care until 5:30 p.m. The cost re-

mains again at $8 per child per day. After Care Supervisor Elaine Malloy provides an activity and snack during this time. This service is open for students in grades K-8. Families who need After Care must call the school office for forms and registration. After Care begins Aug. 22nd.

All student athletes must turn in their physical forms before their first practice.

Girls Basketball—Lisa Miehle will coach the grade 5-6 girls team this year. Practices will begin Aug. 1st. Coaches will

notify teams of their practice schedule. Once season schedule is finalized, it will be sent along with the Gate & Conces-

sion Schedule. Panther Premiere Night will be held on the night of the first home game. Watch for more info.

Volleyball—7-8 girls’ volleyball is a fall sport. All girls signed up will be contacted by Coach Beth Blake before August

with practice times and game schedule.

Cheering—Christy Costain will coach the 7-8th grade Junior Knights Cheerleaders. The team is made up of girls

from all the Wheeling Parochial League schools to cheer at the fall Junior Knights’ football games. Cheerleaders will be

contacted by the coaches for practices and game schedules. OLP cheering will begin later in the fall for grades 5-8. Ann

Marie Potts will coach the OLP cheerleaders. Girls who signed up to cheer will be contacted by Coach Potts with

more information.

Football—There will be joint football teams at both the 5&6 and 7&8 grade levels for the upcoming 2019 season. A

coach will be contacting boys who signed up to play.

FALL SPORTS PHOTOS: Once teams are in place and uniforms are distributed, we will schedule team pictures. You

will receive an order form with choices of team and individual options.

Home & School Mtg 9:30am

Opening Faculty Mtg 8:30am

Covenant Night Mass 5:30pm

1st Day K-8

PK3 Orientation

First School Mass 8:30am PK4 Orientation

First Day for PK4

Stenger Golf Scramble

Pick up your Opening Packets at weekend Mass

Pick up your Opening Packets at weekend Mass

Gr 8 parents meet 5:30pm

NOTE: Hot Lunch begins Sept. 3. Students must bring a packed lunch in August.

Mass 8:30am

Kick-off Day WE ARE ... Anchored in Christ!

Joint Leadership Dinner 6PM

School Office Staff Returns. YAY! Diocesan Principals’ — 2-day meeting

First Day for PK3 Gr 7 parents—Camp Magis meeting 6pm