Dear OLG Families, It has been an active week at school, with a fire drill on Tuesday, MAP testing beginning in 1st- 8th, picture day today, and a fun surprise for students tomorrow, that I’m certain they’ll come home talking about in K-8. Today they likely came home telling you that Student Council announced the … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy Thursday to each of you! What a week it has been. Though I have been out of the building, attempting to rest (though I do not personally sit still well), I have been kept in the loop daily about the ongoings in the building. Thank you, Ms. Janet, and the office … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, A week into school, and the building is bursting with life, joy and the many things that make OLG such a wonderful place to grow, learn and thrive. Here on campus, the hours go by quickly, and day after day, I hear the reports from students, young and old, about the many … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, This summer, as I was preparing for the school year to begin, I was reminded of the song we used to sing at graduate school Masses, We Are Called, which is based on the passage from Micah 6:8 “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of … Continue Reading »
If you missed it, here are some recent communications. Check our Back to School web page for supplies list and upcoming dates! Covid Information 8/28/23 Back to School Ice Cream Social & ELC (PS/PK) Orientation Wednesday, Aug 23 Joyful Staffing Update 8/22/23 Register for Fall Sports Volunteer Preferences Survey – Mandatory for all parents/guardians Staffing … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, It is my pleasure to personally introduce myself to each of you, in my new role as Principal. Many of you have known me in the capacity of teacher for some time, and for others, I sincerely look forward to getting to know you and your families. It has been a … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, I have a few thoughts to share in my final official newsletter before I turn the reigns over to our new OLG Principal, Ms. Lauren Hobbs. I do have a few days here in the office in the rest of June, so I’m excited to see our summer campers next week. Ms. Hobbs’s … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, It’s been a fabulous fun week! From last week’s Principal for a Day & our Talent Show, to this week’s events of Graduation it’s been great to see the gifts, talents, and skills of our students shine for in so many ways!!! Enjoy all the videos of these great students (and a few staff)! And in … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, One of our favorite auction items each year is the “Principal for the Day” and this year Caleb C. (2nd) is our winner! He has a special Principal announcement for his day, this Friday, June 2nd! We will have special free dress: camouflage and/or tie dye! Straight out of the 60’s!!! Of course, our normal “OLG Spirit Wear” is also … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, What a week! Our 6th graders came back from Outdoor Education at Camp Hamilton with many stories to tell… Fr. Kevin and I visited them and heard so many great stories of their leadership and excellent choices! Way to go Bulldogs! Tomorrow is field day, so put sun screen on in … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Spring MAPS testing is almost wrapped-up, and so is all the amazing performing arts productions of this month!! Between last week’s Band Fest, Matilda, our Spring Concert last night, and our 2nd graders in their first school Mass this morning … it has been a whirlwind and amazing showcase of talent. As Fr. Kevin brought … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Spring MAPS testing is underway this month of May…Your homeroom teacher will let you know when your child will have a test session… Studies show getting a good night sleep and a solid breakfast helps student success! Congrats to our 2nd graders who are newly experienced in the sacraments last weekend and are preparing … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Spring MAPS testing is underway this month of May… keep an eye out for your 1st-8th grade students class email for particular dates when your child is testing! Studies show getting a good night sleep and a solid breakfast helps student success! Tomorrow, Friday (5/5), is a Noon Dismissal & class picture day! As staff we are … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, In our final week of April our spring weather finally arrives! Read on below for many updates, news, and way to get involved with those last volunteer hours to log! And don’t forget to take our short 4 question Parent Survey for the Principal Search Committee. Next Friday (5/5) is a Noon … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy Easter! Our 4th grade class did an amazing job preparing and participating in our All-School Mass this morning. Fr. Kevin reminded us that all of us can be “lifted-up” by each other just as Christ’s rising up has brought us all new life! Our “Bulldogs of the Month” were honored from all classes. 8th Grade also has … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Tonight is our annual Soup Supper where our school staff serves you and all friends and parishioners!!! Join us in the Walmesley Center starting at 5:30pm… you can even bring your own bowl and spoons if you’d like (and don’t forget that “Rice Bowl” for CRS)! Tomorrow is a little bit of Spirit Wear on our 11am Stations of the Cross & Noon-dismissal Good … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Exciting times as we move headlong into Spring! Next week is Holy Week, then Easter and a welcome break. As the weather steadily gets better and we shed our bigger footwear and large coats, remember to check your student’s attire that it still fits the active life of an OLG student (e.g. … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, It’s officially Spring! It may not feel like it that much every day, but the crocus’ are coming out of the ground and Easter will be here soon! As Father Kevin reminded us at Mass this week, we often take three steps forward, while two set us back. Whether referring to our … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Thank you for the support of our teachers! Last Friday was a retreat and inservice for our teachers to focus on our mission, especially developing leadership and service in our students. Just like Jesus did in the weekend Gospel message of the Women at the Well, we are all called to reach out to … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Our School Auction this weekend was a fabulous event with so many people to thank along the way. Next week at our Parent Org Meeting (Tuesday evening) there will be a greater detailed rundown, but I’d like to highlight one element — Our raise-the-paddle / Funda-a-Need this year: Academic Excellence Initiative! Our team of parent … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Check-out the Online/Virtual Auction that is going on now! There’s some good competition out there! It’s easy to get going! – click to Get Started! Even if you can’t make it to the in-person Auction, the online will keep open through Midnight Saturday! There are also a few more night-off volunteer spots! Our annual family … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Lent is upon us, and as the season changes we are reminded that so much is new, and so much remains the same! New: Welcome Carla Mayuri, our new Development Director as she begins her work supporting all fundraising, including our Auction and School Fund Drives! Read on below for more about Carla! The Same (but better)!: Re-enroll! The 2023-2024 school year is … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Last night was our State of the School and re-enrollment launch! Those who couldn’t be present, we missed YOU… and you missed the community, door prizes, and much more! Watching this shortened recorded version here is a low-tech (and yes, only my simple narration) way to catch up on some of the details. Action Steps to … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Congrats to our 6th Grade Boys (and all our CYO basketball teams) for a wonderful season. It was such a joy to see the teamwork and cooperation at work this basketball season! Tomorrow, Friday Feb 10th, has no classes across the Archdiocese. Our teachers are taking a variety of Professional Development courses, … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, What an amazing Catholic Schools Week !!! As many of you have already read it, it still bear mentioning that earlier today I sent out a special letter to all school families. Please discuss as a family as I plan to say a few words to students tomorrow in our fun and relaxing Pajama Day to … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, I’m looking forward to seeing many of you this Sunday, January 29, at our OPEN HOUSE kicking off our Catholic Schools Week celebration of all the wonderful learning and experiences here at OLG and across the nation! Please do this (before Sunday): Provide input to our school and parish life through our quick 4 minute school family survey! Invite others to come … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, There are many big invites and details in this week’s newsletter, including this weekend’s Partners in the Gospel invitation, an Auction/ticket update, plus preparing for Special Person’s Day, lots of CYO opportunities, and (NEW!) Chess and Art extracurriculars! There is so much to catch-up on, but I can’t fail to mention our OPEN HOUSE (Sun, Jan 29th) as you’ll see … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, We are happy to return to “ordinary time” this post-Christmas Season! We celebrated the return to order at Mass this week, along with special mention of our upcoming MLK holiday. Also this week our salmon eggs are starting to hatch (Check out the delivery to OLG on the WSBlog)! So many extra-ordinary things … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy 2023!!! It is still the Christmas season (yes those 12 days!) so Merry Christmas too! Join all families for the Epiphany this weekend at mass, especially for the fun Family Faith Sunday this weekend! Our new Hot Lunch Program was the most exciting change students are talking about, but as adults then the launch of auction ticket sales … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Here we are so close to the holiday break! It’s time to start looking ahead to January, but first: Tonight, Dec 15th => last day to pick up a pre-ordered glassybaby Tomorrow, Dec 16th ==> Noon Dismissal for all & Report Cards for Trimester 1 will be emailed to families! Read below for info … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, What a Light-up-the-Night it was last week… many hands at work to put on this great community moment, and especially thank you to the WS Blog for the great coverage too! Our Advent continues this week, with our second week Prayer Service yesterday and today our Mass of the Immaculate Conception. Our message at church today reminded us that … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, This week we enter Advent, the beginning of our new liturgical year, from Latin adventus = “arrival” or “to come.” Each of the four weeks of Advent we focus through prayer and reflection… this week we are hopeful for many new things. I hope many of you are able to turn out … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, A huge THANK YOU as we dismissed at noon and look forward to this great Thanksgiving break! As you can see by the pictures at the top of our newsletter this week, our students are not only focused on preparations towards Advent, but also sharing in the joys of giving and … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, We near the end of our Trimester with Thanksgiving approaching… this also means major upcoming events: TODAY: Commit to your family auction item or $200 donation procurement THIS WEEKEND: Holiday “Fair Trade” and community gift fair! NEXT WEEK: Thanksgiving, Shoeboxes of Joy, then … ADVENT Tuesday (11/29): https://www.givingtuesday.org/ OLG Giving Tuesday The Holiday Seasons are upon…Continue Reading … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy Veterans’ Day weekend! Here in November we honor our saints in our lives, including all those who serve our country! Our 4th grade class led the school in our assembly today. Veteran (and 42 year member of OLG Parish) Bill Dwyer stands with our guest speakers Tiffany Bothell (Iraq Vet) & Bruce Kilian (Vietnam Vet & … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, What an incredible Halloween Carnival this past weekend! Congratulations to our trunk and treat winner: “Candy Land” by Kindergarten and the Mercado’s family! And all the incredible volunteers who put on this great community event. This is the number one event of the year new families mention when registering, followed closely by our January Open … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Here we are moving from October into November already! This past week’s events included the the 8th Grade Math Games where teams made problem solving an adventure with wacky challenges and brain-busting fun. They worked hard, persevered and most importantly had fun! Congratulations Paolo, Desmond, Evolette, Sophia, Essy, Oscar, Nathan for winning…Continue Reading
Dear OLG Families, Our OLG staff last week joined with Holy Rosary for a communal inservice day helping bring our professional learning communities closer together in prayer, reflection, and powerful sharing of our craft. Today at our All School Mass we continued touch on our school theme of the year, Breathe of Life, as we breathed our … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, As we move into October, we are heading soon into Fall Conferences and our Halloween Carnival (both coming in just about two weeks time!). A special invite to signupgenius will come out soon for Fall Conferences with more details, but save the dates for parent-teacher conferences on Thursday and Friday (10/27 & 10/28). Here are a … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Last week I reported numbers prior to our Jog-a-thon… today I’m excited to report more than $29,000 has arrived! Wow what a blessing and great way to kick-off the school year! We will be celebrating our amazing efforts that have gone OVER the TOP of our $25,000 goal! Tomorrow is Spirit Wear for everyone in school: wear that Mariner’s … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Here we go! Our Jog-A-Thon update (prior to our run) = more than $13,000 has come in through our greater giving portal… Just like we say to our students…”keep it going” and help us reach our goal of $25,000 by the end of the day (9/30)! Our Seattle Mariners are almost in the playoffs… can we get … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Let the wind blow… Despite a bit of smoke this week, the microclimate of HighPoint (i.e. our windy location) kept us mostly on regular schedule. We added filters and cranked up our classroom fans to keep breathing clean this week. This week we also began our MAPs testing (grades 1-8: get … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, We are breathing deeply this week as the smoke clears and we move through our third week of school! Half our classes have now attended a “daily mass” as well as our first-day-all-school “Mass of the Holy Spirit”. This weekend you’re all invited to our parish’s first “Family Faith-Open House”. Look … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Our second week of school is underway and TONIGHT is our Kindergarten to 5th grade Curriculum Night @ 6:30pm. We will all gather in the School Hall (lower level entrance off of 34th Ave SW) and then quickly moving into our grade-level classrooms. You will be able to hear directly from your child’s teachers their overview of the year’s … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Our school newsletter is full and complete this week, our first week of classes! Note you’ll receive this in your email every Thursday and it is also posted as a permanent “button” on our School Webpage. As you can see from the pictures above, school is in session and classes are rolling! Don’t … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, It was great to see so many faces at our back-to-school event on Wednesday! If you missed it, your student can bring their school supplies on the first day. We hope to see you again TONIGHT at OLG’s Summer B.Y.O Picnic & Dance! Enjoy music from our talented Ann Sager and more. … Continue Reading »
Hello OLG Families, We are excited to welcome families back to campus. Meet two of our new teachers: Ms. Simpson, Kindergarten, is inviting new Kindergarten families to a playdate tomorrownight. Mrs. McKeehan Hart, Second Grade, has shared this welcome letter and video intro. We are actively working this week on…Continue Reading We are excited … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, We’ve been busy since the last day of school! Teachers have been cleaning up their classrooms and finalizing report cards. They’ve also been getting ready for summer with their professional development goals, time for their family, and getting all things in order. In other events, The Loop-the-Lupe at the beginning of June … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Congratulations to our Class of 2022 graduates! We celebrated this week with our Baccalaureate Mass and graduation on Wednesday and we look forward to hearing there many endeavors in the years to come. This is also a time alumni return to campus, and at graduation we heard from a few of them. … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, What talents we shared yesterday afternoon! From great pianists, dancers, and singers, to even a little syncro-swimming routine we had a good time celebrating our gifts and talents of our community! Thank you to Principal Peyton (our student Principal of the Day) for all the help with a little extra free dress fun, observing … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, May is almost over! With Field Day tomorrow and Memorial Day holiday on Monday we’re almost into June! While we celebrate these milestones together, we also take a moment to remember the lives affected by stress around us. Three resources you can use in your life and family around the recent tragedy … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Our All-School Mass this morning was a wonderful opportunity for our 2nd Grader’s to share their newly enriched spirit of faith and love with the school as they read and led us with our guest priest, Fr. Negusse. We look forward to having Fr. Kevin return from his vacation soon to be … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, A school bus? Yep! Kennedy HS hosted our regional Band Festival last night and provided transportation to the festival. A whole host of OLG 5th-8th graders participated and, as usual, gave a great performance led by the incomparable Frances McKamey! Great work musicians… we look forward to your next performance at our May 25th Spring … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Our Salmon had a wet and rainy send-off with our 1st and 6th grade “class buddies” yesterday. Thank you to Mrs. Gazewood and Mrs. Kunst on the great learning partnership together! As a school we made it through the power-outage yesterday but did get a little delayed in this week’s newsletter. Here … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, We have returned from our Easter Break with new life and energy in our school halls. And so quickly we also turned around to give our Middle School the Outdoor Education experience that they’ve been waiting for (some for three years!). Thank you to Mrs. Kunst and the wonderful group of volunteers … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Snow = Soup! This unusual day we had snow this morning, and hot soup on the stove! It is Holy Week and our school daily morning prayers, plus our final Wednesday Lenten Rosary, has led us all up to tonight and tomorrow… Tonight, join the whole community for our the return of … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Wow! This Aladdin Kids production is incredible! I hope you’re able to make the show tonight (7pm) as these 8th graders have really created something special together with Nikki W, Natalie T. and along with our fabulous staff team of Savio, Santos, and supporting cast! As we look to the future of OLG … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, This week we celebrate our completion of our Accreditation! We welcomed a highly qualified set of visitors to our campus who met with students, teachers, parents, and staff to review our work together. I am happy to share this synapsis with you: Our Lady of Guadalupe School committed themselves to a thoughtful, … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, There is much to celebrate this week! As we’ve enhanced our best practices with relaxed instructional distancing and mask requirements now allowed in the public health guidance, we have noticed a marked change in student engagement and wonderful interactions. Report cards are arriving in parent inboxes for the…Continue Reading
Dear OLG Families, Life is returning a little bit more of normalcy each and every day! As spring weather comes around and our temperatures rise, please remind your student(s) that dressing for school should be the traditional school uniform, especially…Continue Reading
Dear OLG Families, I begin with an apology for the delayed send of this week’s newsletter. As the state-wide mask mandate is lifting this weekend, I focus here on our own school response. Throughout this pandemic, we at OLG have followed the guidance from Public Health experts and the requirements of our local authority. With … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, The seasons are changing… in weather, in our faith through the season of Lent, and in our school’s response to the pandemic. As the sun starts to break through more and more, so does some relief from our restrictions. Covid updates: Zero new case this week! We can see the weather is clearing and … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, We’re having a busy week even in these short three days! Enrollment / registration is underway, with more notes below for those who missed last week’s State of the School. This weekend holds two major exciting events: the live preview & kickoff of the Auction (starts Friday right after school), and also … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Last night we held our State of the School event with re-registration information. Over 100 families attended and all families have received an email with more information on the re-enrollment process. More information here on next years’ tuition and re-enrollment….Continue Reading
Dear OLG Families, This Friday (Feb 11th) is a full teacher inservice day where all of our faculty are taking courses on topics with their peers across the Archdiocese. Thank you for your support of this great collaboration day and the conferences that have taken place these last two days! As we make plans for next school … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, What a celebration this week of Catholic Schools! Friday is for all students; wrap-up with some relaxation and fun. Thank you for your support this week, and all the other 175 days of the school year! As we begin making plans for summer and next school year, please save the date for re-registration beginning Feb … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, We look forward to the kick-off of Catholic Schools Week this Sunday, Jan 30th where we can again celebrate (safely) together! Many more details below, on our webpage, and in additional email/instragram/facebook posts! This Friday noon dismissal for all students is professional collaboration time for our staff to be prepared! Thank you for your support! … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, The All School Mass had a few live-streaming technical glitches (shall we blame 5G?) but our in-person attendance experienced a message of peace from Fr. Kevin and our 8th grade leaders, and harmony from Ms. Sager and the wonderful student singers. Thank you to all for helping remind us of the ordinary love and normalcy we can … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Thank you to all our families and staff for another week together! Yes that picture above was a pre-covid/maskless shot, but it shows the joy we still have here in being in-person whenever possible. Good news is that although we’re still working through many a covid-protocol here, there are many clearing and … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, This has been quite a week coming back to school! Thank you to all families for working together with us on re-establishing those school-wide expectations and “new years resolutions” this first week of 2022!!! Thank you also for your understanding and patience as our teachers rise to this most current challenge of … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy third week of Advent! This week our school focused on Joy!!!. Thanks to Ms. Sager and a few special guests in our Carpool line this week for bringing some extra JOY!! Tomorrow we will post our “4th Week of Advent” prayer service to our vimeo page and on our calendar for you and your family … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy second week of Advent! This week our school focused on Peace and we hope you’ve felt that at home as well. Thanks to Ms. Sager and the entire crew for a return to the Light-up-the-Night festivities. See the WSBlog post here if you weren’t able to attend. The tree is glowing every morning and brings … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Another huge THANK YOU as Giving Tuesday and Advent 1 all happened this week! And tomorrow is jam packed with Spirit Wear, Auction item coming in, and to cap-it off our fabulous “Light-up-the-Night” event! Vaccinations – As students receive their second shot, please verify vaccination status with the school office. Thank you to our active parents on our OLG Parent … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, THANK YOU this Thanksgiving holiday weekend! Highlights of this past week include: Student’s win Veterans Essay awards (see picture)! Auction awesomeness: WSBlog Post on Husky/Cougar auction basket fun and so much procurement already underway! Wednesday After School Tutoring training took place… program begins next week and will increase from here as we continue to grow our tutor core … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, What a blessed community we live in! Sunday we had eager families’ visiting with our Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Kolding, in our first ever Kindergarten Fall Open House. And Wednesday’s combined Catholic Schools Vaccine Clinic was a rousing success with many parents and student commenting on the ease and great community atmosphere! Thank you families … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Thank you to Chief Warrant Officer Terry and the 4th Grade class for the excellent Veterans’ Day assembly we had Wednesday morning! We all learned a bit more about our all those who serve our country. Thank you Veterans! Thank you also to all our teachers and staff today for being here at OLG serving our … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, I know this week has had a lot of communication coming out from school.. picture days, vaccine updates, all sorts of fun! Thanks for reading each of these notices carefully as there is a lot happening at OLG! I’ll try to keep things short in my section here: TRAVELING out-of-state at upcoming holidays? Please do this … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, What an awesome Halloween Carnival last weekend! Thank you so much to all the volunteers who made it happen, but especially Alex O. and Jennifer D. for their fantastic work as co-chairs of this most famous fall tradition! Our 8th grade families (plus some recent alumni help) and all the Trunk-or-Treaters really added to the event with tasty … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, We’re so excited to have the Halloween Carnival return to action this weekend! Read on below for more info. Our classroom celebrations will be on Wednesday (10/27) and a few reminders for this special in-school activity: Costumes should… Continue Reading
Dear OLG Families, Our parent-teacher Fall Conferences (student-led in many grades) are coming at the end of the month! Our Preschool thru 8th Grade Fall Conferences sign-ups are now open for October 28th and 29th, with additional limited availability on the 27th. These are required for everyone! Pre-School and PreK families, please coordinate your conferences directly with your teachers through Brightwheel. Students … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, I hope we can all enjoy a relaxing weekend… we’ve had a tremendous September and beginning to October… bear with me for this quick recap: Enrollment steady at 234 total students…There is room in K & 5th grades for a few more; referrals appreciated! 100% staff & on-campus volunteers vaccine verified! Note below, our campus … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, What a great Jog-A-Thon this past week! Being back in person with running, jogging, dancing, moving safely was so great for the kids (and adult volunteers). Tomorrow is the pizza party for the top lap getters, with more prizes to come as it’s also our last day of donating in your child’s … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Pictured here is our 4th grade super Loop-the-Lupe’ class last week receiving an award for their great participation. They showed great spirit last month in that fun event, and now it’s time for all of us to show spirit in our annual Jog-A-Thon tomorrow! We’re so excited to be back “in person” and running … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Tonight I look forward to seeing all our PRE-K and MIDDLE SCHOOL families at our Curriculum Night Zoom @ 6:30pm! The link is available in the calendar (below and on our website)… come online with a refreshment in hand and we’ll begin together, quickly moving into our grade-level “classroom visit”/breakouts. You will be able to hear directly … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, We are up and running this week with all things moving ahead. Fr. Kevin and I were very moved to see such family togetherness at our All School Mass on Tuesday morning. Tonight I look forward to seeing all our K-5 families at our Curriculum Night Zoom @ 6:30pm! The link is available in the calendar (below and … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, The first days of school are in the books! Families, please join us through our parish livestream link for our first All School Mass this Tuesday, Sept 7th 9:00 am. Students will be attending in-person, safely distanced, masked, and in their class cohorts throughout this gathering as we celebrate the Mass of the Holy … Continue Reading »
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Dear OLG Families, Our last week of school is almost done! Our Bread of Life has leavened and risen all year and now we are ready to spread out in the world! We completed our last day of classes today and look forward to our final School Mass tomorrow (signup here to attend or livestream)! We’ll see our new incoming … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Please join with me in congratulating our 8th grade graduates! This week had many events and functions honoring them, including passing the “Light of Leadership” onto the current 7th grade class. Our 8th graders left their mark with us in many ways, even a literal mark of service on our hillside below … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, What a Field Day this week! Thank you to Mrs. Sullivan and all our student leaders for putting on an enthusiastic and fun event, even with the scattered showers and all! Our wonderful 8th graders added thier extra creative energy by sharing their musical, “A COVID Life” with all students watching in their classrooms in special … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Thank you so much to 2nd grade and Fr. Negusse Keleta for bringing the Holy Spirit to us in the School Mass this morning. With COVID quarantines and the mixed mask messaging in our world this past week, it was so wonderful to spend the morning together in person / livestreaming in … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, What a week we’re having as the sun turns out each afternoon… highs in the 70s and so much happening around campus this month of May! Earlier this afternoon I sent some COVID and Vaccine information, so my “Principal Letter” at the top of today’s newsletter is brief. Thank you to Erin, … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Congrats to our First Communion recipients this past weekend! Mrs. Hoch and Zbaracki, plus our parish friends have had quite a journey this year. Aalthough you can’t see it, behind those masks are big smiles! Enjoy the pictures of this celebration of our faith! Thank you families for your ongoing support of … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, We continue to grow in our service and outreach to the community! Our parish and school’s DAY OF SERVICE was quite a success this past weekend, with more than 150 meals + 400 PB&J sandwiches, 110+ cards, 41 rosaries, 75+ homeless kits assembled, and more done with our service partners!!! Did you miss the Day of Service but … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, What a glorious week we’ve had… excellent weather, beautiful service, and more. Our All School Mass this week emphasized the message of belief leading to seeing. I am honored every day to witness the growth of our students in their academics, service and leadership, and I believe there is always more happening … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Growth opportunities abound for our school in this a special Monday morning edition! Welcome back from our Easter Break! It certainly has felt like spring with weather warming and much going on… CYO sports have begun (+ Track & Field sign-up now)! Thursday is Earthday + All School Mass (9am) + MS Career Day (2pm), Saturday is Day of Service Sunday … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, HAPPY EASTER! I know I’m a few days’ early, but I know we’ve been preparing all Lent long. Earlier this week our 7th graders led us all in a special Living Stations of the Cross this year in our tradition of our school this Holy Week! We also took 5 minutes of … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, This week has had quite a lot in the news cycles, with updated state travel guidelines earlier this week and yesterday afternoon’s change to school distancing recommendations. Yesterday Gvnr. Inslee did announce..Continue Reading
Dear OLG Families, This week we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day (pictured here is a little 3rd Grade “Lucky Charm’s Math”)! Many leprechaun traps and fun… and from green to blue, the next day we were all in dress blues for All-School Mass. The 4th grade class did a great job leading us along in … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Our all-virtual Auction was a great success thanks to the many volunteers and the Parent Org leadership! We even were able to complete the transformation of the gym into Middle School Learning spaces right afterward so this week brought back all our middle school classes on campus. Thank you to all the … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Look below for important dates — Tonight there are two major events that many our families will partake in. These are the final days of the auction. Follow the links below to support our school and share in the fun. A reminder for anyone looking for volunteer hours, our volunteer webpage…Continue Reading
Dear OLG Families, In our State of the School this week (see video recording here), we gave an update to where our school has been, and how we’re moving forward this Spring, and looking ahead into next year. Enrollment is looking strong. New & existing families for next year will receive links to register this coming week, keep an … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Big news this week as we begin our Lenten Journey and come nearer to the end of Trimester 2… Our K-5 classes have successfully been in-person, with hybrid options rounding into fullness, and our Middle School is now announcing its full return on March 8th (the beginning of Trimester3). Middle School families … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, It’s our first day of Catholic Schools Week !!! Each day this week we focus on a different group in our community. Thank you to parents and volunteers today! See the Catholic Schools Week webpage for each days events plus links to Our Virtual Open House/tour held from yesterday! We hosted many newcomers to our community … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, As we move ahead with returning more students to in-person learning then our Catholic Schools Week is getting even more exciting than normal! This Friday (1/22) our staff is coordinating and working through many of the complexities of providing the best hybrid instruction (meeting both in-person and remote learning needs). Thursday, Jan 28th & Friday, … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, This week our student leaders honored MLK and taught us all in Family Group zooms on Wednesday, Jan 13th and with our first All School Mass of the new year the follwoing day! At the end of this month is a special week for Catholic Schools and a special week for … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy New Year and welcome to 2021. As the news of the past few days have been quite unsettling in the nation’s capitol, I’m pleased with a very smooth start and solid return to classes this week here at OLG. Our recent third grade transition has been incredibly calm under the … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Our final week of Advent and school before Christmas! What Joy we’ve had around our school this 3rd week of Advent! From our totally re-framed “Christmas Sing-a-Long”, to 8th grade leadership of Advent prayer services and joining at Wednesday’s mass, an introduction of our newest staff, Mrs. Thrall, to our 3rd graders, and … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Our school-wide Advent services continue this week in Peace, with special Guadalupe Pageant at this Friday’s All School Mass (livestream tomorrow @ 9am). For a more intimate gather, consider joining Fr. Kevin at his fireside this next week or over the Christmas Break. Room is available (12/17, 1/9, & 1/15). We want to … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy Advent! We began this week with our weekly school-wide Advent celebrations… times and moments for giving and sharing thanks together. This week we focus on Hope. And there is much to hope for as we enter into this preparation season of Advent. Our school-wide Advent services…Continue Reading
Dear OLG Families, Happy Advent! We being this week after Thanksgiving with our weekly school-wide Advent celebrations… times and moments for giving and sharing thanks together. This week we focus on Hope. And there is much to hope for as we enter into this preparation season of Advent. This Monday at 9am is our first … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Thanksgiving is near, and our students and families have begun reflecting on giving thanks for all those who working so hard these days to keep us all safe and healthy. I am ever thankful for the remarkable staff and families here at OLG. Our tremendous volunteers who are preparing for the … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Corona Virus is surging in our state and we need your help. Just as our Veterans Day celebration focused our students on service to others, in today’s newsletter I ask us all to face the difficult decisions around our holidays and how we can be of service to our own community. It is clear from the recent public health … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, November is here, with stormy weather… and an unsettled national outlook. Yet OLG brings calm in the rough waters. Our parish “Voting Vigil” on Tuesday held many a peaceful moment. And the blessings of our saints were certainly felt in Thursday’s “All School Mass”. We are missing Fr. Kevins’ presence at Mass, … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Here we are at the end of October and although we may be mourning the loss of many things, we have opportunities for something new to sprout in place. From our Day Camp and Kindergarten & Preschool “costume parade” taking new shape this year, to zoom costume sharing and many a … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, This next week is a busy week for all of us! School Pictures (Oct 26): SIGN UP for a time slot here and more info below for how individual school pictures is working. Conferences (Oct 29/30): Signups are open and changes can be made up to Tuesday; In order to smoothly handle preferences … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Our 5th graders did a tremendous job preparing and leading our livestream All School Mass this week focused on St. Teresa of Avila. Even though it moved from a full Mass into a more simplified prayer service, our 5th graders were ready and prepared (and helped me so much in breaking open … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, We’ve arrived at the middle of our first trimester! Amazing how the time flies. MAPs testing is wrapping up in most classes, and this Friday (Oct 9th) inservice day is all about getting prepared for the next stages. Teachers and staff are working on a variety of projects, from tech assistance to grade-book … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, October is here! We’ve been in school a month now and so much has gone on. Thanks to the support of so many, our Jogathon was a rousing success this past month with over $21,000 in donations, supporting the efforts of our Parent Org and generating enthusiasm from far and wide. Thank … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Here we are near the end of our final full week of September! Start your Friday morning at this Jog-A-Thon zoom link! Teachers will take attendance on this Jog-A-Thon “Assembly” instead of in their normal homeroom zoom. Help your teacher by making sure your student’s zoom has the student’s name in it. I’m … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Our Bread of Life school theme this year continues to hold… we are rising! Our routines are getting in place this second week of K-8 Distance Learning at the same time as Jog-a-thon kicks into our final laps and we continue to welcome new families to our school! All this while the key indicators we use to measure … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Orientation is over and we are up and running! Our Day Camp and ELC in-person classes have been motoring along… it’s been great to have students back on campus!!! While temperature checks, coordinating space in the gym on smokey days, and wearing masks all day are new, our kids are quickly … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Our first week of school is almost complete! We have enjoyed seeing all our newest Preschoolers and our Pre-K classes in session, as well as so many K-8 families checking-in with teachers and having orientations this week. Many students have come in the school doors with apprehension, but are walking out eager … Continue Reading »
The 2020 Jog-A-Thon is underway! Did you get your headband at Orientation? If not please email our Jog-A-Thon Chairs Lissa or LInda. The Fall Jog-A-Thon will be held virtually! Here’s what that looks like. Between the dates of September 1st and 25th at a time that works best for your family, we’re asking students to get out … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, We know that the start of this year will look a little different! OLG is a school of community. We serve each other and our surrounding neighbors. As such, there are so many opportunities to volunteer, even while staying COVID safe! Volunteering is also a great way to meet other OLG families! Thanks … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, In this ever changing season of information and procedures, we are striving to improve our communication and updating process. Please know that we are working to kick off this year even more successful than last! We know it will look and feel different. Those of you already signed-up for the LooptheLupe know that for … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Teachers and staff have been working hard through the summer to create and address a robust academic plan for the year for both in person and remote learning. We know we will be starting different than most years. However, we have an amazing team ready to teach in both environments as … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, It is late July and you need an update before the month ends! While there has been a lot in the news in the last week from our government and public school neighbors, we are continuing on our path to a safe return this fall. I want to share with you … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, It is summer break! We did it! Checkout the video of all our Catholic Schools and a year we will never forget! With Covid still around then we know many parents and families are not experience a huge change of pace around the house, but we hope as King Co. moves ever … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, What a final week of school this year. Much fun was had in our spirit days and adventures, but at the same time we also know there is much pain in our world. It has been tremendous to see the spirit of West Seattle and our Guadalupe families shine bright on the … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Congrats to our graduates and families! Special thanks to Helen O., Ms. Sager and Ms. Hobbs for their excellent work putting graduation and the Baccalaureate Mass together…Continue Reading
Dear OLG Families, In this short week we have been busy making plans for June activities that complete our school year. Next week holds several exciting events including 8th grade Graduation. Graduates and families, special emails/links are coming separately. It’s easy for all of us to take part with the streaming of the Light of Leadership Mass at 10am, June … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, So nice to “see” so many at our School Mass yesterday; the running comments are especially endearing and a great way to interact alongside the Mass. Special thanks to Ms. Sager and students; our picture here is our group sharing the music with us all… I hope you were singing loud at home too! … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, We are COVID Strong at Guadalupe… we ended last week with some wonderful ” Field & Stream” events bringing us closer as a community and keeping our Many Parts focused on the One Body of OLG. Click on those pictures to see more of each event! Tonight we bring new families to our school (virtually) with the “New … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Our Appreciation/ Cinco de Mayo Parade was such a great time! Thank you for all who participated. We’ve got more community events too… Just about the time I send this there is the “Field Day Torch Lighting” tonight, and then more Field Day fun tomorrow (5/8). Wrap-up your week on Friday with a Live Stream @ 2pm of our … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, It’s May, which means First Friday = OLG Spirit Day. This first Friday of May was our jog-a-thon day (rescheduled to Sept), but we’re finding new ways to stay safe while continuing to share in community together. This upcoming week we have three events: a special Cinco de Mayo (5/5 @ 4pm) teacher appreciation parade, … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Prayers with you and your family this Easter Season. Three fundamental questions have been hanging over my head ever since mid-March when we started this new adventure together called “continuous remote learning.” That is (in no particular order), communications, health, and safety. Communications: one aspect of education is grades…Continue Reading
Dear OLG Families, We are moving forward together on our journey… through Lent, through this COVID-19 experience, through it all! I hope you’ve noticed our facebook and webpages getting a lot more frequent updating. We’ve certainly seen a lot more traffic both on the school and parish sites ( over 1,000 views of last Sunday’s Mass!!!) … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Tomorrow wear your OLG Spirit Wear and share on our facebook and instagram sites for a fun connection with all our OLG friends! Here we are in the third week of remote continuous learning and we’ve heard from a number of you! There have been 81 responses on the quick survey family survey … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, I’m continually surprised and delighted by the stories from teachers and families on all our new learnings and experiences this past week! From Fr. Kevin’s Live Streaming of Masses ( Tuesday-Friday 9am and Sunday 10:00 am + weekly Stations of the Cross Thursdays 3pm), to amazing teachers ( see pics above) to all the individual and classroom interactions… its been great to … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Wow… we have transformed our school VERY rapidly into a haven of remote learning. Kudos to teachers and support staff for working so hard, even while their children are also at home, to shift so quickly to a new format… and of course, to all of you who are now juggling all … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, What amazing times we live in! There are rapid changes everyday to how we live our lives and carry forward. Earlier today Governor Jay Inslee announced all public and private schools in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties are required to close through April 24th. As stated earlier, OLG will enact its Remote … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Our season of LENT continues… and it has been a busy season so far! Our prayer services each Monday morning in the school hall, and smaller student reflections on Wednesdays on each floor of the school have been a calming time for students and staff alike. We hope to continue these … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Ashes to Ashes…Lent has begun! As we began our Lenten journey at Mass yesterday, Fr. Kevin made the wonderful analogy of spring training and baseball’s three fundamental skills (throwing, catching, and hitting). Lent the “spring training” for us to similarly “shake off the dust” and practice three fundamentals of our faith (almsgiving, … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy Thursday! Three major events to note for next week: Safe Parking ( begins Monday 2/24) and our parent education series for Internet Safety (Tuesday 2/25) are two big items. The third is of course the beginning of Lent. There are three opportunities for Ash Wednesday (2/26) in our parish. See our calendar of events below! As … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, This Tuesday’s return from our conferences & mid-winter (President’s Day) break has been quite eventful! I apologize last Thursday the newsletter didn’t go out, but today is a bit of a catch-up… First of all, thank you so much for helping make winter conferences a success for all. There were over 100 … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy February. Tonight your FCE’s came home with your students and is full of upcoming February events. Quick reminder to check those backpacks and also don’t forget Spirit Wear tomorrow! Hopefully you also found the link to Winter Conferences and mid-tri progress reports in your email last night. We have noticed an … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Good morning this final day of Catholic Schools Week. After the concert on Wednesday and Special Persons yesterday, I have to admit I was a bit exhausted and didn’t get this written last night. Well, I’m in my pajamas this morning and happy to remind everyone to stay in pajamas today … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, As we near the half-way point of the year, I’m happy to report that our accreditation self-study is right on track and at the half-way point of completion! Last week Mrs. Sommerville, Ms. Sedivy, Ms. Savio and I spent some time with other teachers in our region working on our accreditation … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Thank you all for your flexibility as we weathered the late-starts this week! The snow and ice is winter fun for kids, but as Principal and a parent myself I know the safety of our kids and the staff is paramount. Thank you for your flexibility and understanding. I hope to … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, HAPPY NEW YEAR! Can you guess what is happening this weekend? YES! Trivia Night! Games for the whole family in the school hall this Saturday. Join the fun and read on more below. We also like to celebrate the excellent spirit in action here at OLG…Continue Reading
Dear OLG Families, What an amazing community we are in… There are two gifts that you can look forward to as we wrap-up this week: Report cards are coming home! Thank you for your patience with some technical difficulties of Powerschool this trimester 1. Please check your child’s backpack and feel free to sign and return … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy Second Week of Advent, when we’ve lit the candle of PEACE! With a full moon today, plus a fine OLG Feast Day Mass for the whole school, we hope you find peace as we round out our week that at times have not-so-peaceful moments. HOPE, PEACE, JOY, and LOVE: we focus weekly on one of these four during … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, We have fully entered the season of Advent, a time to prepare for Christ’s birth. Preparation can be a very busy endeavor: Auction Procurements, Light-up-the-Night tomorrow, St. VdP Drive all through Dec. 19th, Feast Day Sunday with the parish, OLG School Feast Day this next Thursday, and so much more. And that’s … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy Thanksgiving! I take a moment to share my thanks for all that Guadalupe does ” as a sacramental community united by the Holy Spirit!” You can see in the pictures above what our recent 7th grade fieldtrip accomplished at SvDP, and below in our calendar of events all that is to come! … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy last full week of November. Tomorrow is the final day for “Early Bird” Auction Procurement! Some very exciting new items are arriving in the school office these past few weeks and I know the Auction Team is revving up to full speed. We’re going to have an amazing event come February 29th, … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, It’s Math Night tonight in the school hall! You’ll see lots of games and learn about how students a growing in their problem solving skills. We have a wonderful partnership with Meeples Games and they are offering 20% back to OLG for any purchases in the next month. Drop your reciepts off at the school office … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, This week we honored our veterans in preparation for the long weekend. Dr. Christina Long spoke to our student body about her experiences and family traditions in the military, and we reflected as a school on service! Hooray to the 4th grade for putting on this excellent program and don’t forget to … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Saints Alive! We have Mass tomorrow morning with our 3rd Grade Saints and all the saints of our community. Fr. Kevin made sure to remind me that All Saints Day is a day of holy obligation and what better way to be more holy than to be with our parish community! Prior … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Next week is All Hallowed Eve and All Saints Day… which means this Saturday is our Halloween Carnival! Invite your neighbors and friends to join us all in this great event… I’ll be in the Dunk Tank and I’m so thrilled the weather looks so good! This is our biggest event of the fall and … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, This week we had a fabulous All School Mass with the 5th grade class leading the way. Fr. Kevin gave us all a lesson on martyrdom; the Mass was in honor of St. Ingatius of Antioch, one of the earliest Bishops of the church who was martyred in the Roman Coliseum. Luckily, … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, What a tremendous week! We celebrated last Thursday in ourCharleston Wrap recognition assembly (see FB for more), socialized as adults at the Beers & Brats and then came together in community onCatechetical Sunday! This week in classrooms we’ve been wrapping-up the last of our MAPS testing and making it this short academic week count for … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, We Made it! Our Charleston Wrap fundraiser was a great success thanks to many volunteers, and all of you! And as I’m sure most of your children have told you by now, I began the day with a full beard but the highest participating class (2nd Grade) had a lot of fun … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Tomorrow is our last day for the Fall Fundraiser for prizes! Will we get to that $8,000 fundraising goal for Mr. Kramer to “Shave that Beard”? Online reports show we’ve got about $6,000 raised last night…TOMORROW is the last day (Sept. 27th). Bring in all your paperwork… the online sales will get added to … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Curriculum Nights have concluded and our year is fully under way. The Charleston Wrap fundraiser is moving into its second and final week next week, and there is a buzz amongst students every day; will we get to the $8,000 fundraising goal for Mr. Kramer to “Shave that Beard”? We shall … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Here we are in our second week of school and things are rolling along! Tonight is our Middle School curriculum night and our group session at 6:30pm is full of new info regarding our middle school programs! We are all the Many parts of the One Body of OLG and I look … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Welcome to our new school year! We are the Many Parts of the One Body of OLG. Staff, parents and parish receive this newsletter weekly. It holds great reminders (like “Spirit Wear” tomorrow) and excellent info (like more about our fabulous pastor in Fr. Kevin’s bio). We hope you read it every week, or as you … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Here we are in the final days of this school for the year, yet I find myself with so much to say about exciting new developments looking ahead! This week our 2nd-7th graders voted on their 2019-2020 Student Council (Pictured above, not pictured: Kendyll King). I don’t think I’ve every heard such … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, We have been Growing in the Light of Christ all year and this past week has been a celebration of all the different ways we’ve grown. From last weeks’ family group activities at Field Day, to our 8th graders beating the staff at the annual volleyball game (my how they’ve grown), we’ve had some … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Tomorrow is FIELD DAY! How exciting… we celebrate the end of MAPs testing, all the great performances of the past few weeks, and a fun year together! Students will be playing games in their family groups all morning, so please enjoy “Free Dress” but keep in mind staying appropriate for the weather… … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, It is performance season here at OLG! We’ve performed physically in the Jog-a-Thon, academically in our Spring MAP testing, and in the past week our 8th grade musical Music Man and this past Wednesday’s Spring Concert! It’s not possible without the love and support and dedication of all adults, but especially: Lissa … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Welcome our new families to this newsletter. Tonight we welcome 43 new students to our community in our New Parent Information Night. The 2019-20 school year is fast approaching! Please pray for our new enrollees and greet them in our midst in the coming months! Our 2nd graders today at all-school Mass … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy Easter Season… what a beautiful start to May! Gorgeous sunshine, great First Communion celebrations, the ArchdiocesanWalking and Witnessing for Immigrants right before an amazing Fr. Boyle talk! All this happening as we wrap-up our Jog-a-Thon (continue to collect pledges before next Friday, 5/17). Not only are we seeing our children physically strong, but this is also a … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy Easter! Jog-a-Thon is here! As you can see, our students have been practicing and getting ready to run lots of laps! All pledges should be turned-in tomorrow (May 3rd) for our jog-a-thon! This final fundraiser of the year nets at least $20k each year to help fund our operations and tuition assistance … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, You recently received from me a special bulletin regarding the next three days, the Triduum. The Sacred Easter Triduum is a wonderful way to bring an end to Lent and to move into the celebration of Easter! We hope to see you tonight at our Soup Supper, or at any of the … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Last weekend was a tremendous Day of Service! Thank you to Karen Fitton, Lauren Hobbs, and the amazing staff and volunteers who made it all come together. All your help bringing in Care Kit items resulted in an amazing work party. We have a few at the school office and many more … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy Spring! Tomorrow is the First Friday of the month, which means Spirit Wear! Thank you to all who’ve ordered updated OLG spirit gear in the past few weeks. Our fabulous Parent Org is putting it all together and getting that order placed! Also this past week has been such excellent enthusiasm for … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy Spring! Flowers are blooming and trees are pollinating; growth abounds! This week and next, we are helping bring in supplies for the Homeless/Homebound kits that will be assembled on Apr 6th, the OLG Day of Service. There are more than 200 folks signed-up for Day of Service, beating last years record numbers!!! That’s … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Our most interactive auction class project to-date is coming to fruition… the chicks are hatching! We are certainly Growing in the Light of Christ in the third-grade class! TONIGHT, March 21st (6:30pm) is the final Vision 2025 opportunity to share your thoughts in-person and input into our long-term strategic plan. Come join fellow parents and school commission members to help … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, You can see from the top of this page our students are excited to share their cultures! Today we celebrated Pi Day (3.14) and we also got excited for the Multicultural Night this Saturday. Invite your friends and come have a wonderful dinner and experience, starting at 5:30 (but still rocking after Saturday Night Mass). Yesterday evening … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy Lent! We are in the 40 days of preparation for Easter. In school we will be recognizing this change of season with our school-wide prayers on Monday and Wednesday mornings. At home I encourage you to use one of the lenten reflection booklets from the church narthex. And on Sundays relive … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, At today’s All-School Word & Communion Service the 6th grade (with their 1st grade buddies) challenged us all to find ways we can Grow in the Light of Christ together… tomorrow is our “first Friday” OLG Spirit Wear day, so remind your student to wear their CYO/Bulldog/Uniform proudly tomorrow, and be in community together. Auction … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Thank you one and all for your flexibility around all the wintery weather of recent weeks. We’ve returned to our normal energy around school and it’s truly been wonderful to see students and staff immediately re-engage in great education (with a few makeup Valentine parties). As a parent myself I was certainly … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, I know you really wish this was an email that ended “powered by Swiftreach” announcing tomorrow’s weather/schedule adjustments (along with accompanying phone call and text). That may still come, but for now the forecast is for above-freezing temperatures till after 4pm and we’re planning on getting in a full day of school! Thank … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, “CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK Rocks!!!!” That’s what I hear from students this week, and they are correct! Parents, your energy and enthusiasm from Open House… to Winter Concert… to Special Persons Day is amazing! Your appreciation of the teachers and staff has helped them all carry on through the excitement and challenges of three major events in this one … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Last week I asked us to all consider how MLK Day was a time to reflect on our call to change the world. Here at Guadalupe I am continually blessed to see our youth listen for their call and respond. From the SVdP food drive last month, to seeing all students prepare … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Last weekend members of the School Commission and I had the pleasure of conversations with parishioners sharing input to our School Strategic Plan (updating the old Vision 2018). Two more dates are also on our our school calendar for February 7th and March 21st to help us write our new Vision 2025. One continuing theme we’ve heard … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, We are back and running at full steam. We had an excellent School Mass led by 8th grade today focused on the “Works of Mercy”. The mass concluded with our St. Vincent de Paul President sharing with students how meaningful the great SVdP food drive had been in the weeks leading up … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Gaudete = Joy! Our week began with our Advent Season candle of “JOY” shining bright, and much joy and energy was present all week long. With the wind and the rain this week we had more joyful indoor recesses than normal, but we also had a roaring-good time at our sing-a-long this Wednesday. … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Our Advent Season continues right along…This week our candle of “PEACE” was lit on Monday morning… read more here for your family reflections this week. Wednesday our annual School OLG Feast Day Celebration took place with fabulous leadership of our student council re-telling the story of Our Lady and Ms. Sager and our amazing 4th/5th grade … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Welcome to the Advent season! Each week this December I will share with you one thing you can do, as a family, to get your hearts ready for Christmas. This week our candle of “HOPE” is lit with the words of our students. We hope you will join us in preparing for Christ’s birth in any … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Thank you to all who gave to the School Fund Drive this past week of Giving Tuesday. It takes all of us for our school to continue to Grow in the Light. Letters are going out to the greater alumni and parish community this week. Thank you for your support of our programs that go beyond … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy Thanksgiving! Our 5th grade class did a great job with the Over 65 Luncheon this past weekend. Thank you to all the many hands who worked this weekend, sharing and serving our community. Mike and Yvette Messina did a fantastic job organizing the event. The seniors shared a wonderful meal and … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Don’t forget this Friday is our “Early-Bird Donation Deadline” for Auction procurements. Get your Amazon gift certificates, cash, or donated items in this week and this helps all the hard working Auction Team make this event the best it can be!!! This weekend is full of events at OLG: CYO Dinner on Saturday … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy Veteran’s Day weekend! Our fabulous 4th Grade class and choirs did a fantastic job on Wednesday reminding us all of the sacrifices and meaning of this special day. During this Monday when school is closed, take time to encourage your child to thank a veteran, visit someone you know who served, or say a … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy All Saints Day today! Last weekend we had our 8th grade Mathletes win an award, and a great Carnival. Special thanks to Hillary and Shauna for their excellent organization and direction, and all the volunteers who helped put on this tremendous event. And now we are into November already! This morning Fr. Jack was … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, At our School Mass this morning, our 5th grade student leaders reminded us of the call to deepen our relationships with Christ and each other. We recalled the challenges that many have faced recently with storms and discord, and we prayed for peace and healing. Fr. Jack reminded us all that our … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, This week things shook-up a bit for us here at OLG and beyond… we practiced our earthquake preparedness both in classrooms and out at recess. This was an excellent extension of last week’s professional development day with staff. Click through to www.shakeout.org to continue the conversation at home with your family. We’re also shaking … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Today was the last day of Fall MAPs testing, and we are excited to see how our students will grow this year. MAPs gives us the opportunity to test 1st-8th grade on national normed material, then to see how they grow through the year by assessing their learning again in the Spring. Thank … Continue Reading »
Hello OLG Families, What a week! We had an outstanding new event on our calendar last Saturday, the Artwalk. Thank you so much to Veronica, Katina, Kelly, and all the artists who made this event such a classy experience! This Thursday we sent home the first FCE (Family Communication Envelope) of the year. We try … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Our first major event of the fall is here: Artwalk, this Saturday night, after 5:30 Mass! Student artists, as well as school staff and artists from the community are showing their best. Come enjoy a social evening with other adults from school, parish, and the community! Tickets available at the door! As … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Curriculum Nights are over, you’ve all had a chance to meet your child’s teacher, and we are ready to “Grow in the Light of Christ” this school year! Last week I mentioned growing pains and this week I’m happy to announce that we’ve overcome one of those pains…Milk! Yes, we got past the … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, In this second week of school I have the privilege of seeing each of your children moving into gear, getting into the groove. Carpool runs a little more smoothly, we’ve worked-out some kinks with Pizza Friday, class lines are moving through the school with greater ease… we are at full-steam ahead!…Continue … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Welcome to the new School Year! We are Growing in the Light of Christ this year. This week we reflected on this year’s theme at our opening mass, with Fr. Jack encouraging us all, parent, student, and staff, to share our “lights” with each other as we all help each other grow. As … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Summer is moving along surprisingly fast! I’m happy to announce we have completed our hiring for the year. It took a little patience and some prayer, but we have fabulous new staff coming on board! There will be more bios online and in fall Curriculum Nights, but here is a small … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, I can’t believe we are here in the final days of our school year! Time has flown and here we are with only one 1/2 day of school left! A reminder that there will be no afternoon EDC tomorrow, so please be on time to pickup your child at noon! There are a few … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, I regret to inform you that the OLG Staff were soundly defeated by 8th graders last Friday afternoon in the annual Staff v. 8th Grade volleyball game. Staff were defeated 3 games in a row (I won’t mention the scores). The good news is that this was one more moment were we came to … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Talent abounds around OLG… from last week’s Spring Concert and talent show, to this week’s student council elections and 8th Grade Musical presentations, its’ been quite a show of students on stage! Come tonight to see the musical… it is a fantastical Suessical! Also tomorrow is another chance for students … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, What a fabulous concert last night! We had many themes of movement and summer fun. This week’s newsletter has a similar theme! We are moving: Students are moving and shaking, sharing their talents tomorrow at our school Talent Show! Show starts at 1:30 in the School Hall, all are welcome! Father Jack will share his … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Fire and Flame. This weekend we celebrate Pentecost, the birth of the Church. The flame of the Holy Spirit spread and many tongues could be spoken and understood (Acts 2). What a time for our nation and world now, where mountains spew fire and flame in Hawaii, and Friday the 18th is the anniversary of … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, What a great week of weather… from a perfect Jogathon last Friday to this week of glorious mix of sun and shade (OK, a little rain). Tomorrow we’ve got a little promo for the 8th Grade Play (see pic to right) and the salmon are being released by our 1st & 6th … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Tomorrow is our tremendous Jog-a-thon… May the 4th be With us all as we run, jog, and make our way around the field. I know how excited students are, I am too! Don’t forget the prize for costumes, but please leave lightsabers and blasters at home. If students have a mask for their … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Thank you for taking the time to recognize a staff member for the Distinguished Teacher/Staff Award. Our staff is an amazing bunch who are currently working on their summer professional development plans, as well as summer camp and school offerings (more info on summer options next week). Thank you for your incredible support of … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, We had a very nice Mass today focused on the Wisdom of the Cross. In making our preparations for Service Day on Saturday, we have an excellent opportunity to model that wisdom through our actions by making one last donation to the Care Kits, or to drop in on Saturday to help out … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy Easter and welcome back from Spring Break! We had fun at lunch today kicking off our Jog-a-thon… ask your child about a special guest appearance and what their Jog-a-thon goal is. Each year we raise over $20,000 for new curriculum, to help fund Tuition Assistance, or other daily operations of our … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, This evening we enter into the Holy Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter). Join us as a family at our Thursday Soup Supper (5:30pm), for Mass tonight (7pm), and our Friday Stations of the Cross (11:15am). Continue the celebration with the rest of our parish, or if you are out-of-town, visit the nearest church … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Our final weeks of Lent are upon us. The last Lenten Fish Fry is this Friday night and then we enter the holiest time of the church year. Easter is coming! For Christians we recall Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday this Sunday), The Last Supper (Holy Thursday and our Soup Supper), … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Our school mass this morning was led by 4th grade and focused beautifully on the Works of Mercy. This focus is a great tie-in to Lent and our school theme this year of living as theHands and Feet of Christ. Fr. Jack encouraged all of us, young and old, to think how we can serve … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Lent continues, with only a few two more weeks until Palm Sunday. Where does the time fly? Last week I focused on how Lent is a time of turning. We, as a community, turned-up bigtime in the last week! Turnout at Auction was great, with more than $110,000 in overall income, including more than $20,000 … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, We are well into Lent, which is a time of reflection and “turning.” Turning away from selfishness, away from consumerism, turning away from so many things our society pushes daily. It is a time for turning toward a deeper relationships. What will you do this Lent to turn? We have two turning events in the next … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, This week I am again reminded of what an amazing place OLG is. Yesterday we had fabulous students leading our Lent prayer service in the hallways. Parents have been in and out all week with preparations for Auction, the 100th day of school celebration in Kindergarten, and help with class fieldtrips to the Mount … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Welcome to the season of Lent. It is always a challenging time for me personally… choosing what to give-up, what to replace with a better practice. As Father said at Mass on Ash Wednesday, this is the time to let the Light of Christ in to our lives. What practices and habits … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Here we are back to “ordinary time” for a week. How relaxing it is to enjoy our regular rhythms of a normal school week! Next week begins the season of Lent. You have three opportunities on Ash Wednesday to be in community with our parish. You’re welcome to join us at the 9am Mass. It’s … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, What an incredible Catholic School’s Week! From the Open House & Mass on Sunday, through this week of events and concluding with Student Recognition (Pajama Day) today, the school has been abuzz with energy and celebration of the wonders of our students, staff, families, and our great community. All I can say … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, This Sunday, we have two important events in the life of the school. We kick off Catholic Schools Week 2018 by gathering with the parish community for the 11:00AM Sunday liturgy. Our Annual OPEN HOUSE is running from 9AM till 1PM, we welcome our families, perspective families, guests and parishioners. I know weekends can … Continue Reading »
Hello OLG Families, Things are hopping around here! We had a beautiful Mass this morning where 6th graders and Fr. Jack reminded us of the power of renewal through words of Martin Luther King, Genesis, and all the life around us. Thank you 6th grade (and 1st grade partners) for you excellent leadership of our … Continue Reading »
Hello OLG Families, I’m doing a lot of counting and numbers these days. Here we are just a few weeks away from reaching the midpoint of our school year, day 90, Mid-term of Trimester 2. The Auction team is working hard to create a fabulous event, less than 2 months to go. Parent Org and … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Happy New Year on this tenth day of Christmas! We don’t have ” 10 Lords a ‘leaping” around the school, but sometimes when the middle schoolers come down the stairs sounds like it. Join the whole parish this weekend as we celebrate Epiphany, the arrival of the three wise men, and on … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Here we are with the last newsletter of 2017! I can’t believe the first 6 months of my time here has flown by so fast! We have been busy, and even though school the next two weeks, we don’t stop moving. Our front entry is being remodeled (Contact Sal if you can help … Continue Reading »
Hello OLG Families, We are well into the Advent season, yet so much else is also happening in our school. This advent we are sending out family prayers you can use at home that tie in with the Sunday liturgy and our school prayers. This morning we also offered a reconciliation opportunity to all 3rd … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, Advent is upon us this weekend. We begin with 2017 OLG Light up the Night tonight, the parish fiesta honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe at 11am mass on Sunday, and then this Monday morning, 8:35am, we kick-off our own Advent Week 1 celebrations in the school. Please join us! This advent we … Continue Reading »
Dear OLG Families, It is Thanksgiving time! A time to rest, relax and enjoy our families and all the blessings around us. Our school and parish offices will be closed Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving Break. I am so thankful to be a part of this community with strong staff, amazing volunteers, and wonderful students. … Continue Reading »