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Weekly Bulletin
September 13, 2015
We hope your family had a great first week at school! 
This coming week is a busy one; please make sure to read the calendar below.

NOTE: Wednesday is Mass at St. Mary. 
K-8 Students should report to St. Mary by 8:05am.
Mass dress is required.

Calendar

O'Hara's Mobile App
We are excited to announce the release of a new Mobile App fo r our school! This app is available for download in the Android and Appl e Stores. The App is a new and effective way for the school to commun icate with you and for you to stay connected with the school. The App includes our school calendar, dress code, quick links to email our staff and other valuable resources including Daily Mass Readings, the Order of the Mass, Sunday Reading Reflections, the Bible, a digital rosary and more.

Best of all, we can alert you of extra special happenings and cancellations via the app's push notifications system. Make sure to say yes to push notifications when loading the app, or turn on the notifications in your phone settings.

You can download the app in the following ways:  
Search for it in the app store by using the keywords: web4u ocs
Updates
-St. Mary Mass on Wednesday (9/16)
All students in grades K-8 should wear Mass Dress.
PreS & PreK students may wear regular uniform dress.

K-8 students should be dropped off at St. Mary between 7:50am - 8:05am.  Students will walk back to O'Hara after Mass.  Parents are welcome & encouraged to attend Mass. Parent volunteers are needed to drive backpacks from St. Mary to O'Hara, please contact homeroom teachers if you can help.

PreS - PreK students should be dropped off at normal time at O'Hara, or after dropping older kids off at St. Mary's.
 
-Summer Reading Program
Summer Reading slips may be turned in to the library through September 18th.  The Popsicle Party will be held on Friday September 25th. Please contact Mrs. Booth if you have questions. 

-Piano Lessons
Piano Lessons are available at O'Hara through Dolce Piano Studio. There are still lessons available if you would like to sign your children up. Lessons are open to students in K-8. Please email  Mr. Clabby   if you are interested.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to O'Hara Pre-K Student Caylee Brunson on her baptism. 

Congratulations to the following O'Hara families who have recently had new babies:
Erin & Dustin Whitaker, a boy
Joy & Nick Strasser, a boy
Melissa Baker and Alain Poncelet, a girl
Jacquelyn & Brian Zenz, a boy
Reminders
-O'Hara's website has a new password
Certain sections of O'Hara's website, including the calendar page, require a password to access. The password for the 2015-16 school year is:  thrive
 
-Gospel Theme T-Shirts - LAST DAY TO ORDER IS TUESDAY
If you haven't placed your Gospel Theme T-Shirt order, and would like to, please follow the link below. The deadline to order your t-shirt is September 15th. Click  HERE to order your shirt.
 
-All Volunteers must complete new requirements this school year.
Returning Volunteers:
You have 2 requirements this year, both can be completed online. Both modules are required, even if you have completed them in the past, before you will be permitted to volunteer.
1. View the update video: " Preventing Bullying ."
2. Read & sign the  Standards of Conduct .  This has been updated by the Archdiocese, so everyone is required to complete it again.

New Volunteers:
You have 3 requirements that are necessary before you will be permitted to volunteer.
1. Complete a Criminal Background Check .
2. Attend a Called to Protect Training .
Next training: Tuesday, Sept. 22 @ 5:00pm in O'Hara Library.
3. Complete the Standards of Conduct . This is done online and cannot be accessed until a background check has been completed.

Further instructions, links, and login/password information can be accessed HERE.

-O'Hara's School Calendar is easy to add to your smartphone!
Clicking on the link below on your iPhone will give you the option to add the calendar to your phone.

-O'Hara's dress code has a few changes for the 2015-16 school year.
1.  Socks:  All socks mu st be solid white.
-Ruffles, lace and other embellishments are not permitted.
-Discreet logos and bows (smaller than 1") are acceptable.
2.  Mass dress for girls: girls are required to wear skirts, jumpers or dresses to Mass; pants are not permitted.
Volunteer Opportunities
-Health Screening volunteers needed on Friday, October 2
- V olunteers are needed from 8am until 11am to help students travel between screenings.
-Volunteers are needed from 8am until 11am to take blood pressures.
-Dentists are needed to perform dental checks for students.
 
Any help is greatly appreciated and counts towards family involvement hours. 
If you can help, please contact:  Jennifer Phillips at  jphillipsRN@gmail.com   or Kim Shah at lileska@hotmail.com  

-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.
"I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly." 
John 10:10
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