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Thank you for a great Jog-A-Thon
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Please join us at 8:05am on Monday morning for our results assembly!
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Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences
ALL CONFERENCES SCHEDULED ONLINE - YOUR ACTION IS REQUIRED
We are using the same online scheduler for conferences this year that we used last year. If you should have any questions, please contact
Mrs. Whitford in the office. If you have any problems, please let us know.
- Conferences with Specialists: You are welcome to, but not expected to, sign up for a conference with any specialist teacher your child has.
- Parents of children Preschool - 2nd grade and 4th grade: sign up for a conference with your child's homeroom teacher.
- Parents of 3rd graders: Miss Pusateri and Mr. McKinnon will be unavailable during conferences, but will be available at other dates and times. Please contact them with questions. You may still meet with specialist teachers on conference days if you would like to.
- 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: We recommend and request you sign up with two of your child's core teachers (Obersinner, Conway, and in some instances Cosgrove).
- 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/Conway). If you need an exception to sign up for additional teachers, please contact Mrs. Whitford in the office.
New families will be asked to create a login (email) and password (one is not provided) and then sign up for each of your children individually.
Returning families will be prompted to enter their email/password from last year. If you have forgotten your password, please use the "Forgot My Password" button. If a child does not show up on your screen, you may add them using the boxes in the far right column.
Veterans Day Assembly - PLEASE SEND PICTURES!
As part of our Veterans Day Assembly this year, we would like to collect photos of O'Hara parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. that have served our country. We would prefer photos of veterans pictured in uniform.
If you would like to participate, please email your photo(s) to
pictures@oharaschool.org and include the following information: Name, Branch of Service, Rank, Dates served and also the connection to O'Hara (
for example, John Smith's grandfather
). Thank you!
Postcard invitations for our Veterans Day Assembly were mailed out this week.
Please extend the invitation along to family and/or friends, especially those who are veterans, we would love to honor them at the assembly.
If you'd like a postcard to mail to someone, there are extra copies at the front office.
The assembly will take place at 8:05am on November 7.
Dress Code Request for October 24 & 26
On Monday, October 24, and Wednesday, October 26, O'Hara's Auction Committee will be taking photos of O'Hara students for use at our 2017 Auction. Students are requested to please wear a white or navy uniform top on both days (no jumpers, no burgundy). Thank you, O'Hara families, for accommodating this request!
School pictures coming home tomorrow
Please check your backpacks after school tomorrow; school pictures will be sent home on Monday. If your student would like picture retakes, please send the pictures back to school on Tuesday, November 29th for picture re-take day. If your student missed getting their picture taken, flyers will be sent home before picture re-take day for you to fill out and send with your student on November 29th.
Please remember to send your white folder back to school.
November tuition payment will include $150 registration fee for some families
Some O'Hara parents elected the option to pay their $150 (2016-17) registration fee with their November tuition payment. If you elected this option, the $150 will come out on the same date that you have requested your tuition payment to be made: November 1, 2016 or November 15, 2016.
If you do not remember and need to know, you may contact Rebecca Plant at the business office at rplant@oharaschool.org.
School Fundraiser THIS WEEK!
Uniform Shorts Reminder
Students in grades PreSchool - 5th may wear shorts until October 28; beginning on Tuesday, November 1, shorts are not permitted. Students are permitted to wear shorts again when school resumes after Spring Break. Middle School students may wear shorts year round.
Pizza lunch offered on Friday, November 4
Domino's pizza slices will be available for sale to all students at lunch time on Friday, November 4. Slices will be $1 each, and students should bring coin, cash (small bills only please - there will be limited change) or check payable to O'Hara Catholic School. Cheese pizza will be available for PreSchool - 2nd Grade students and cheese and pepperoni pizza will be available for 3rd - 8th Grade students. Thank you to O'Hara parents Shelley Giustina, Megan Helfrich, Christina Hoffstot, Jaime Landon and Laura Rossow for donating their time to organize this for our school.
Costume Requirements for O'Hara's Costume Strut & Pumpkin Carnival
As we near our fun Halloween festivities, please keep in mind the following guidelines:
-No devils, gothic characters, anything immodest, violent or unkind toward others.
-Sleeveless costumes require an undershirt with sleeves.
-No blood or weapons as part of any costume.
-Masks are allowed during the Costume Strut, but must be taken off for the remainder of the day.
-Masks should not be scary or violent.
FREE on select Sundays! UO Women's Basketball Games
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Please make the following update to your directory:
New address for Erin & Dustin Whitaker:
420 Blackstone Court
Springfield, OR 97477
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O'Hara's Pumpkin Carnival
Friday, October 28,
4:30pm - 8:00pm
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O'Hara's Pumpkin Carnival is a fun filled night of carnival games
and candy prizes for the whole family.
Dare to walk thought the 8th grade Haunted House. Try your luck at winning live gold fish. Spend time creating your own Halloween decorations! Walk the cake walk to win a yummy baked good item. VOTE! for a free dress day for your grade.
Dinner
will be sold
in the cafeteria. Food for sale includes: Papa John's Pizza ($2), Hot Dogs & Chips ($2), Apples, Carrots and Drinks (50 cents each).
Each game
costs one ticket to play.
Buy your game tickets in the front lobby on the night of the carnival.
10 tickets - $5
20 tickets - $10
30 tickets - $15
40 tickets - $20
Each family is asked to bring a bag of treats or trinkets for the carnival. Please drop your donation off to the front office any time
.
Each family is asked to bring a bakery item for the cake walk. Please drop your item off at the front office on Thursday, October 27 or Friday, October 28.
Volunteers are needed, please follow the links below to sign up:
If you have any questions (volunteering or participation) please email or call Caryn Kimble:
THANK YOU for making this a fun-filled night for our kids!!
Caryn Kimble & Dana Bernard
Pumpkin Carnival Co-Chairs
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Invitations from Marist to O'Hara Parents
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Parent Information Night on November 2
O'Hara 7th & 8th Grade parents are invited to a Parent Information Night on November 2
nd
from 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. in the Academic Resource Center (ARC) at Marist Catholic High School. Learn why students and parents are choosing Marist Catholic High School! Academics, faith life, extracurricular activities and tuition assistance will be covered during the presentation. Please register HERE.
If you have questions, please contact Rodrigo Hernandez, Admissions Manager, 541-681-5464
or
rhernandez@marisths.org
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Guest Speaker on November 3 
Each year, Marist Campus Ministry sponsors a guest speaker who can bring to their student body - and sometimes to their adult community - a faith perspective that motivates and inspires. This year's speaker is
Roy Petitfils
, an internationally known speaker, who joins his private counseling background with his experience in Catholic youth ministry, teaching and administration, and school counseling. Marist has asked him to speak on issues of adolescent mental health - stress, anxiety, depression, life changes, eating disorders, self-harm, and others - with Marist students, student leaders, staff, and parents. They have also extended an invitation to O'Hara parents. Numerous studies have emphasized a growing awareness of mental health issues plaguing teens today, and of the importance of adult support. Therefore, on Thursday evening, November 3, from 7-8pm in the Marist gym,
Roy will be addressing parents to help them consider some of the complexities of raising and caring for teenagers in today's world. Please
CLICK HERE
to view the informational flyer. Please contact Rick Martin at Marist with any questions: 541-681-5474.
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Oregon Battle of the Books
Teams are now forming. Permission slips are due November 1st.
Click here
for more information, or contact
Mrs. Booth
or
Mrs. Gori
in the library at ext. 226.
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Pumpkin Carnival Volunteer Sign Up Links:
Scoreboard Operator and Scorekeeper Needed
We are in need of volunteers to run the scoreboard and be the scorekeeper at home middle school basketball games. No prior experience or ties to the team are necessary. Games begin at
4:30pm,
and usually wrap up by
7:30pm
. Contact our athletic director, Mr. Milliron, if you are interested or want to learn more.
Volunteers Needed for O'Hara's Annual Auction
Donation Request Phone Calls: Preparations and planning are underway for O'Hara's 2017 Auction and volunteers will be needed this November to make follow up donation request phone calls to local business donors. If you would like to learn more or sign up to help, please contact
Amy Londahl, Silent Auction Chair (541-514-1369).
Donation Pickup Drivers: Drivers are needed to make local donation pickups. These pickups will primarily take place in January and February, on an as-needed basis. If you would like to learn more or sign up to help, please contact
Amy Londahl, Silent Auction Chair
(541-514-1369).
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| Important links for our families |
Dress Code
O'Hara's App for smartphones
O'Hara's app is available by searching the app store for: web4u ocs
Returning Parents: NEW VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS
New Parents: VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS
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| October & The Holy Rosary |
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The month of October
is dedicated to the Holy Rosary, and
each O'Hara classroom will pray the Rosary ever
y morning during the month of October. If you'd like to learn more about how to pray the Rosary, or the history and importance of the Rosary, follow the links below for some great resources:
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FEATURED SAINT:
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Francis Assisi was born Giovanni de Bernardino to a wealthy merchant in Assisi, Umbria, in 1181. As a youth, St. Francis lived a lavish life of wealth, feasts and joy.
Because of his rich lineage, he was kidnapped and held in captivity for a year before he was ransomed. Soon afterward, he set out for battle but that night God spoke to him and told St. Francis to return home. For the next 25 years, St. Francis spent time in prayer and asking forgiveness for his sins.
His turnaround was extremely inspirational and influential in his time - and continues to be an inspiration to this day. St. Francis' birthday is celebrated September 26 and he is often remembered for his commitment to the Lord. The Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi is celebrated on October 4.
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy;
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Learn more by following these links:
Click
HERE to read some popular stories about St. Francis and learn why he is the Patron Saint of Animals
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