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Sunday, April 10, 2016
Make sure to save the date for O'Hara's Annual Ice Cream Social! Our Ice Cream Social is a very special tradition and we encourage your student(s) to invite grandparents or other special people to join them for an ice cream bar or popsicle after their lunch on this day.
We will also hold a Family Mass in our gym at 6:30pm that evening and we invite all of our families to join us. The cafeteria & playground will be open after Mass and we welcome families to bring a picnic dinner and stay to socialize!
(Click on the ice cream image for a link that can be emailed out)
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Important Calendar Updates
Please make the following changes to your calendar:
-Thursday, April 14 is now a full day of school
-Friday, April 15 is now a half-day of school
-We have added a Mass to the calendar: Wednesday, June 1 - Christ the King Mass, 8:30am @ O'Hara
-Friday, June 3 is NO LONGER a Gospel T-Shirt Day, it has been rescheduled to Friday, June 10.
Front Door Security at O'Hara
O'Hara's front door biometric entry system is nearly ready! We are awaiting one final component of the electrical install and then the system will be operational. Thank you for your patience as we add this new security feature to our building.
Once the system is launched, all parents will use their fingerprint on the biometric reader outside the front doors to gain access to the building during school hours, excluding morning drop-off & afternoon pickup. Initial setup is required for all parents, and it just takes about 30 seconds to upload your fingerprint into the system.
We are asking all parents to please stop by the front office the next time you are in the building. We would like to capture as many fingerprints as possible before the system goes online. Thank you!
Reminders about building safety
As a school, we are working very hard to provide the safest environment possible for our students and staff. As you know, we have increased our camera numbers and we are changing and securing our front entry system. In addition, it is very important that our school entry rules are followed.
In the morning during drop off, the ONLY door that is a school entrance is the front door of the building.
We have several families that are knocking on the middle school door and the door in PreK park (by 3rd grade) and asking students to let them in. I need to ask that this stops. It is not a safe practice and we need this very important rule to be followed. There are and have been signs on each of these doors with reminders that they are not an entrance. After school, please be sure not to prop open the middle school wing doors as well.
As another reminder, I would like to request that if you do walk your student in to the building that you then make your way to the exit. It is very important that our teachers can give all their attention to their class and get started with their day. When parents gather in the hallways, it can be distracting to the classrooms.
When the bell rings at 8:05am, I ask that all parents immediately exit the hallways and classroom areas to the front office area or to the parking lot.
Hot Lunch
Click
HERE for instructions to sign up for hot lunch.
Click
HERE to login to your hot lunch account.
Clubs
O'Hara club sign ups are open. Clubs still available this spring are: Pokemon, Chess & Lego. Please
click here for more information.
Spring Book Fair
The Spring book fair is May 2nd-4th. This is a great time to stock up for summer reading! We anticipate that some of next year's OBOB books will be available. If you are interested in volunteering, the hours will be:
Monday, May 2nd: 10am - 3pm
Tuesday, May 3rd: 9am - 3:30pm
Wednesday, May 4th: 12pm - 3pm
Please contact Lynn Gori if you would like to help.
Pre-K Park Reminder
Please remember: the toys in Pre-K Park are specifically built for little bodies. When older children (age 5+) play on the equipment, it damages the equipment. For that reason,
please do not let children over the age of 5 play on the equipment in Pre-K Park after school. The structures are very expensive to repair or replace. Thank you for your cooperation.
BINGO fundraiser @ St. Mary on 4/16
Come one, come all, to a fun filled evening of Bingo at St. Mary Catholic Church. Bingo will be held on Saturday April 16th, starting at 6:00pm. The cost is $1.00 per board, per game. Cash prizes to the winners! There will also be a hot dog dinner, with salad and chips. Dessert will be sold separately. This is a great family event and open to all ages! Bring your family and friends! All proceeds benefit the teens attending the Steubenville conference in July. Please email Mrs. Jones with any questions.
8th Grade Retreat - IMPORTANT INFO
All 8th graders must have paperwork and payment of $112 turned into Mrs. Jones by May 6. All forms were emailed to 8th grade parents this week. Forms are also available to download on our website,
click here to view.
Volunteer Opportunities
Still need FIP hours?
-Volunteers will be needed
after
the Ice Cream Social for Mass setup on Friday, April 22.
4-5 people needed to help clean the gym floor and setup Mass. Additional help will be needed to clean the cafeteria. We anticipate this will take until the end of the school day.
-Our Spring Book Fair is in need of volunteers. Email
Mrs. Gori if you can help.
Immunization Reports
O'Hara is required, per Senate Bill 895, to release our immunization rates.
Click to view reports for:
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| Directory Updates - Welcome Myers Family! |
We are pleased to welcome the Myers Family to O'Hara! Katie will begin in KB on Monday morning!
Please update your directory with the following information:
Katie Myers, KB
John & Meghan Myers
3248 Blacktail Drive
Eugene, OR 97405
ph: 503-428-3491
myers.meghan@ymail.com
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Please save the date for 3rd annual Ladies Tea & Luncheon benefiting the O'Hara Foundation. Thank you to Nissa Pellegrini and Jennifer Phillips for hosting this year's event. You should receive your invitation any day now!
If you missed the email on Thursday with ticket sales and raffle info, click here to read all about it! Didn't receive the email? Make sure to add foundation@oharaschool.org to your contacts & safe senders list.
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FIP Hours
The school year will be over before we know it! Make sure you have recorded all of your FIP hours on your family's card (located in the black filing box on the front counter). Reminders will be going home at the end of May for those families that have not yet completed their hours. Remember, there is a $15 per hour charge for hours not completed by the last day of school. Please contact
Barb if you have any questions.
Pictures Needed
Work on the 15-16 yearbook is underway and we need your pictures! Please send pictures to
pictures@oharaschool.org.
Note: if sending pictures from your smart device, please send them at full/actual size.
O'Hara's Mobile App - New content!
Make sure to download O'Hara's mobile app!
Search for it in the app store by using the keywords: web4u ocs
Not sure you're seeing the latest content on our app? Make sure you're up to date by gently shaking your smart phone while the app is open - this will refresh all of the content!
We've added a few things to our app we want you to know about:
-O'Hara's Cafeteria Schedule
-Hot Lunch Menus
-Past Weekly Bulletins
Sick Day Reminders
Please remember:
students must be fever free and vomit free for at least 24 hours before returning to school. It is imperative that this rule is strictly followed to keep our students and staff as healthy as possible. Thank you.
Kidsports Vouchers Available
Our school has been adopted by a generous family through Kidsports to be able to offer free vouchers for families who need help with the cost of registration for their student. Vouchers are still available to families, if you need one, please see Barb in the front office.
Uniform exchange tables open
Our students are growing! We have put out the uniform tables by the library. If you have uniform clothing to donate, please drop your donation in the barrel located next to the uniform tables. Please remember, only clean uniforms in good condition should be donated. If your student needs a few new uniform items, please come and take what you need.
Thank you to Josefina Cardenas and Celia Sampedro for organizing our uniform exchange tables this year.
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All Volunteers must complete new requirements this school year.
Further instructions, links, and login/password information can be accessed
HERE
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