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O'Hara's Blessing of the Animals and St. Francis Mass are this Wednesday!
We hope you will join us for this very special celebration.
We will meet on the playground at 8:15 for the Blessing of the Animals,
and Mass in the gym will follow.
Mass Dress is required for all students, p
lease review our
Dress Code Brochure
or ask your child's teacher if you have any questions.
We welcome you to bring your pet to school for a blessing, but ask that
you please
read and adhere to the following g
uidelines:
-Please have small animals in carriers and large animals on leashes.
-If your child has animal allergies, please take necessary precautions.
-Parents need to bring animals to the back playground where they will
meet their students for the Blessing.
-Please do not bring any animals into the school building.
-Following the Blessing, animals must go back to cars or be taken home.
Saint Francis of Assisi is the Patron Saint of animals, merchants and ecology.
Click HERE to learn more about St. Francis.
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-Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences
We are trying out a new online scheduler for conferences this year in an effort to make this process easier on parents and the school. If you should have any questions, please contact Mrs. Whitford in the office. This is a new system for us, so if you have any problems, please let us know.
- Parents of children Preschool - 4th grade: sign up for a conference with your child's homeroom teacher.
- Parents of 5th graders: Please sign up with your child's homeroom teacher. If you would like to schedule with the other teacher as well, you will have that option.
- Parents of 6th graders: Mrs. O and Mr. Conway will be conferencing together, so please sign up for one time for a joint conference. If your child has math with Mrs. Cosgrove, you may also sign up for a conference with her.
- Parents of 7th and 8th graders: We recommend and request you sign up for conferences with 2 of your child's core teachers (May, Cosgrove, Bloomer, Larson). If you need an exception to sign up for additional teachers, please contact Mrs. Whitford in the office.
- Conferences with Specialists: You are welcome to, but not expected to, sign up for a conference with any specialist teacher your child has.
-Talent Show Applications are due on Monday, October 12 to Mrs. Leonard.
Talent Show rehearsals will be held Tuesday, Oct. 20th and Wednesday, Oct. 21st immediately after school on the stage. All students must attend rehearsal on either Tuesday or Wednesday in order to participate in the Talent Show. A sign-up sheet is located in the music room, or you can e-mail
Mrs. Leonard with your preferred day.
Click
here
for more information. Download an application
here
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-Directory Update
Jho family email correction: mkparky2@gmail.com
-Congratulations
to Lisa & Bobby Baker on the arrival of their new baby girl!
Claire Annelise was born on October 2. Welcome baby Claire!
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- Congratulations to 2nd Grade!
They brought in the most money in JAT pledges last week and earned a Jamba Juice JAT reward on Tuesday, October 13th!
-8th Grade Jog-A-Thon Bottle/Can Drive - Thursday, October 15.
If you have cans & bottles to donate, please leave them in lined garbage cans outside the WEST entrance by Mr. May and Mr. Bloomer's rooms; cans will be picked up at 8:20am and at 3:20pm.
-O'Hara Jog-A-Thon is Friday, October 16th!
To help us reach our school-wide goal of $63,000, we are asking every student to raise $120 in pledges.
Click
HERE
to download a pledge form. Click
HERE
to pledge your student online.
-Dickie Jo's & Dickie Yo's JAT Fundraiser on October 16th!
After the Jog-A-Thon on Friday, head on over to Dickie Jo's & Dickie Yo's! 25% of all sales on Friday, October 16 that will be donated to our Jog-A-Thon fundraiser. Thank you to our friends at Westraunt Concepts for this fundraiser!
Click here to download the fundraiser flyer.
-O'Hara's 2015 Jog-A-Thon will be held on Friday, October 16.
Volunteers are needed! Click
HERE to sign up if you can help.
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Students in grades PreSchool - 5th may wear shorts until October 30; beginning on Monday, November 2, shorts are not allowed. Students are permitted to wear shorts again when school resumes after Spring Break.
Middle School students may wear shorts year round.
-O'Hara's Mobile App
Make sure to download O'Hara's mobile app!
Search for it in the app store by using the keywords: web4u ocs
-O'Hara's Veterans Day Assembly - Monday, November 9, 8:30am
Please mark your calendar and invite your favorite veteran(s) to join us for a very special assembly honoring our veterans and military.
-Upcoming Special Dress Days
The following Special Dress Days have been added to our O'Hara Calendar:
Monday, November 9: Veterans Day Assembly: Patriotic themed/colored tops with jeans
Tuesday, November 24: Civil War! UO/OSU tops with jeans
Friday, February 12: Valentine's Day tops with jeans
Thursday, March 17: St. Patrick's Day/Green tops with jeans
-Oregon Battle of the Books
The team formation process has started for the Battle of the Books. Teams can be formed among students in grades 3-5 and grades 6-8. We work very hard to ensure that all students who want to participate can, so if you are having trouble getting a team together please let
Mrs. Gori know. The deadline for teams to sign up is October 28th and there will be a coaches meeting on Tuesday, November 10 at 3:15pm in the Library. If you have any questions at all please don't hesitate to contact
Mr. Milliron.
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Your prayers are needed for Craig Leadon, father of O'Hara 4th Grader Trevor Leadon, as he battles cancer.
-To help with medical expenses, a Papa's Pizza Fundraiser will be held on Tuesday, October 20 at the Coburg Road location. Please mark your calendar to attend if you can help.
Click here to download the fundraiser flyer.
-A Meal Train Sign Up has been set up for the Leadon Family. If you would like to help by preparing a meal,
please click here.
-Click
HERE to download a Novena for Craig.
Your prayers are needed for UCC victim
Julie Woodworth
, the niece of O'Hara parents Scott & Shelley Nelson. Julie was shot 5 times in the shooting at Umpqua Community College, miraculously survived, and is currently at Sacred Heart at RiverBend with a long road to recovery ahead of her.
Many of our O'Hara families have asked how they can help; Julie and her family could use your help in the following ways:
1. Prayers. Please keep Julie and her entire family in your prayers.
2. Freezer ready meals - please coordinate with
Shelley.
3. Gift cards to Target, Walmart, restaurants, or gas stations (these may be dropped off at the O'Hara front office)
4
. The
Julie Woodworth Donation Fund has been estab
lished
at US Bank on behalf of Julie to help with her ongoing needs related to her injuries. Donations may be made at any US Bank location.
Please contact Shelley Nelson if you have any questions: 541-510-3830 or shelleyn@gmail.com.
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O'Hara's Smart Lunch Program
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Thank you for your generosity in helping us upgrade our kitchen. For the latest information on the fundraising and hot lunch program, please visit our
website.
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-O'Hara's 2015 Jog-A-Thon will be held on Friday, October 16.
Volunteers are needed! Click HERE to sign up if you can help.
-All Volunteers
must complete new requirements this school year.
Further instructions, links, and login/password information can be accessed
HERE
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| O'Hara's Red, White & Blue Rodeo - Feb 6, 2016 |
Mark your calendar, shine your boots and get your cowboy hat.
O'Hara's Red, White & Blue Rodeo is sure to be an All-American, fun filled night!
Silent auction & live auction donations are needed
If you can help with a Live Auction donation, please contact
Kate Hudson, Live Auction Chair.
Decorations Items Needed
The auction decorations committee is looking for cowboy boots to borrow for the auction.
If you have brown, youth size
(not toddler, not adult)
cowboy boots that you would be willing to lend to the auction, please send a note to Andrea Murphy and plan to bring the boots to school in January. Thank you!
Auction Fundraisers
We hope you will plan to eat out at one or more of our Auction Fundraisers! O'Hara has partnered with some very generous local restaurants, and a portion of sales at the fundraisers will be donated back to O'Hara to help underwrite auction packages.
Wednesday, October 28
Papa's Pizza on West 11th
Wednesday & Thursday, November 11 & 12
All Westraunt Concepts Restaurants in Eugene
Mucho Gusto, Bill & Tim's, Dickie Yo's & Dickie Jo's
Flyer coming soon
Friday, December 18
Chipotle Mexican Restaurant
Flyer coming soon
Wednesday, January 13
Oakshire Brewing, 5pm-8pm
$1 of every pint sold will benefit O'Hara
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