March 4th Newsletter - Our Lady Guadalupe Catholic School

March 4, 2016

Dear OLG Families,

Mark your calendar for this year’s State of the School Meeting:

2015-16 State of the School

Thursday, March 10, 2016

School Hall

Doors open at 6:30 pm

Program 7:00 – 8:00 pm

RSVP here. This event provides an update from the 2015-16 school year, as well as a look ahead to 2016-17. Topics to be addressed will include: enrollment for 2016-17, school finance, curriculum and student learning, facilities improvement projects, and more. Please come to be informed and be a part of the conversation!

2015-16 Distinguished Teacher/Staff Award Nomination

The annual OLG Distinguished Teacher/Staff Award recognizes one teacher or staff member for excellence. That teacher or staff person receives a stipend for summer travel and pledges to bring the fruits of that trip back into the classroom or school.

This is a great opportunity to recognize an OLG teacher or staff member who stands out in your child’s life and makes a significant positive difference through his or her educational ministry. Thank you for taking time to recognize excellence at OLG!

Nominees must have worked a full year to be eligible. Nominations are due by Sun., March 13th at 11:55 pm. Nominate a Teacher or Staff Member Now!

Welcome to the world, Naomi!

Rachel and Ken Hoch celebrate the birth of their beautiful baby, Naomi, born early yesterday morning. She is healthy and the family is enjoying these precious first days together. Thank you for all of your prayers and good wishes for the family!

Student Council Lenten Care Kit Drive

The Student Council is organizing a Lenten drive to collect supplies for homeless individuals in our community. Check out the flyer for a list of requested items. Sample-sized items are best, as the kits need to fit in a plastic bag.

OLG Auction a Big Success

Last weekend’s OLG Auction was a tremendous success. Thank you to all of you who participated, bid, procured, volunteered, and more, in support of our school! An announcement about our net revenue will be coming shortly. Statements were sent home in today’s FCE envelopes. Special thanks to our phenomenal Auction Committee:

Auction Chairs – Laura Vornbrock & Fabiola Prechtel

Procurement Chair – Alder Kuhn

Procurement Team – Kristin Beaty, Monica Dirks, Kim Pankow, Cheryl Roubicek

Class Projects Chair – Erin Pedras

(Preschool) Stephanie Nguyen, (K) Trudy & John Ide, (1st) Andy Robbins & Grace Corpuz, (2nd) Stephanie Huske, (3rd) Dani Flanagan, (4th) Sheila Hui, (5th) Shelley Bradley, (6th) Johanna & Steve Zang, (7th) Beth Percival, (8th) Chuck Lysen

Bar & Beverage – Elizabeth Betancourt

Graphic Design/Printing Chair – Susie Perry/Ralph Hill at Connect Printing

Mailing Chair – Dana Elsner

Cashiering/Finance – Michelle Scheving

Inventory/Family Donations – Cynthia Friart, Hilary Reeves

Online Auction/Website – Andy & Laurie Robbins

Live Auction Display Chair – Lissa Baier

Silent Auction Display and Set-Up – Cynthia Granada

Transportation/Clean-Up Chair – Cynthia Granada

Photography/Video – Josh Sutton/Chris Dyer

Reservations/Registration – Brenda Croft, Shannon Lysen

Dessert Dash Chair – Jori McChesney

Decorations Chair – Christi Meats

Community Relations – Christa & Brian Callanan, Nancy Standifer

Volunteer Coordinator – Jodie O’Toole

Photographer – Lysen Photo

No School – Regional In-service Day on March 18th

Please remember that we have no school on Friday, March 18th for the Archdiocesan Regional In-service Day. OLG is excited to host a workshop with Erik Palmer, a dynamic speaker on the topic of teaching speaking and listening skills. I am proud of the intentional and effective work that our teachers do in this area and look forward to gaining additional ideas from a national expert!

Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us!

Erin Stampe

Parent Org Chair

From our Auction Chairs…

Thank you all so much for your support of the OLG Auction & Gala – An Evening in Paris! It was a rousing success!

If you purchased items in the online auction, or did not take them home with you from the event, you may pick them up at the front office with Laura Vornbrock at drop off or pick up through Friday. Please contact your auction chairs for other pick up options.

All gift certificates and final statements will be send home in the FCE on Friday this week. Please look for them so they are not lost over the weekend.

We are so grateful for all the community support! We are truly blessed!

Mark Your Calendar!

Sunday 3/13/16 – Sunday Mass Coffee & Donuts with 4th Grade

Shannon Hieger

Seventh Grade Homeroom/Middle School Humanities & Religion

Seventh Grade and the Catholic Social Teachings

Next time you see an Our Lady of Guadalupe seventh grader, stop him or her and ask about the Catholic Social Teachings. They are experts! As emergent, active members of society, seventh graders have immersed themselves in these principles to understand how our faith calls us to live lives of holiness and justice in a complex, modern world. We began by looking at Scripture for evidence of these teachings. Then we researched the Church documents and relevant history of injustices throughout the world that led to these documents. Students then searched to understand what aspects of our modern world these seven principles most aptly relate to. Finally, each principle was applied to students them selves, in terms of what practical, tangible steps they could be taking now, to walk closer behind in Jesus’ footsteps. After honing their oral speaking skills by presenting to the rest of the class in expert groups that included a multi-media presentation, poster, skit, and quiz, they made the following short videos.

Marion Kari

Faith Formation/Pastoral Care

Family Faith Sunday

Praying the Stations of the Cross

When: March 6, 2016

Time: 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Where: In the Walmesley Gym

Who Should Come:

Families with school age children K-8th grade. Younger children will have a harder time relating to the topic and the prayer environment.

Find out more…

2016 Day of Service – April 16th
In 2014, we began a new OLG tradition…the OLG Day of Service. Each year, over 100 parishioners and friends have gathered to serve together at projects throughout our region. The 2016 Day of Service is on Saturday, April 16th and this year Peace Lutheran will join us! In honor of Pope Francis’ Jubilee Year of Mercy, the Day of Service will offer people the opportunity to perform the seven Corporal Works of Mercy. We will also have opportunities to care for the environment, in honor of the recent papal encyclical “Laudato Si”.

Jennifer Ibach

Pastoral Assistant for Outreach

Hungering to Learn

We journey with Catholic Relief Services to the Central American country of Honduras, where we meet students who are learning that it’s better to help our neighbor learn and grow than to leave him or her behind. To whom are we called to extend a hand this week? Visit the CRS Rice Bowl website for more. Perhaps you’d like to use CRS’ Stations of the Cross resource this week to help you reflect on Christ’s Passion and the suffering and poverty experienced by many of our brothers and sisters around the world (available online and in the church).