Please join us tomorrow morning
for our Veterans Day Assembly!
The assembly begins at 8:05am in the O'Hara Gym.
A coffee & donut reception will be held for all veterans and their families following the assembly.
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| Parent / Teacher Conferences: Nov 9 & 10 |
DEADLINE: Conference sign-ups close Monday at 8pm.
In order to schedule a conference with your teacher(s), you must use the link below to pick your time(s).
We are using the same online scheduler for conferences this year that we used last year. If you should have any questions or problems, 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.
- 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.
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Alternate Conference Times
Please note:
If your family has chosen to take a vacation during our scheduled conference days, there will not be alternate conference times available.
Our conference days are scheduled more than 6 months in advance, giving ample time for our families to mark their calendars. When a family chooses to take a vacation instead of attending conferences, O'Hara does not accept requests for alternate times. Accommodating alternate conference times becomes logistically difficult for our teachers, takes away from their personal and instructional planning time and negates the purpose of taking days specifically for conferences. Thank you for your understanding in this matter.
Childcare Available During Conferences
After the Bell will be on-site for both of our conference days and will be providing drop-in care while parents attend conferences. The fee is $5 per child, per drop-in.
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Vacation Day Reminders
If your family will be taking extra days off during November or December, please send an email to
Barb Whitford with that information. Thank you.
Middle School Dress Code Reminder
Middle School Students participating on an O'Hara sponsored sports team may wear their team sweatshirt to school only during the sports season (
Girls Volleyball, Boys & Girls Basketball, Boys & Girls Track
).
Thank You!
Thank you the following O'Hara parents that organized and served pizza lunch for our students on Friday: Shelley Giustina, Megan Helfrich, Christina Hoffstot, Jaime Landon, Andrea Murphy and Laura Rossow. We appreciate your time! Thank you also to Domino's Pizza for their assistance and guidance in planning and executing such a large order for our school.
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St. John Paul II Relic Tour at St. Alice Catholic Church
St. Alice Catholic Church invites the O'Hara Community to attend this very special event taking place on Monday, November 14th and Tuesday, November 15th. Please click the following links for more information:
National Vocations Awareness Week is November 6-12
Please ask Our Lord for more dedicated, holy priests, deacons and consecrated men and women. May they be inspired by Jesus Christ, supported by our faith community, and respond generously to God's gift of a vocation. We also ask you to join us in praying for the 23 seminarians in the Archdiocese of Portland.
Carmel of Maria Regina 2017 Calendars For Sale
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O'Hara's 2017 Auction: Your Help Needed!
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DECORATIONS
If you can help by donating or lending any of the following items, please drop items off to
Danielle Hauser.
-Wine Corks (will not be returned)
-Brown, flip-top beer bottles
(empty & clean please. These can be returned - if you'd like them back, please mark with your name) (
click here for an example image)
-We would also like to borrow German Beer Steins. If you have one or more that you would be willing to lend, please mark it with your name, and we will return it to you after the auction.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Donation Request Phone Calls: Preparations and planning are underway for O'Hara's 2017 Auction and volunteers are needed 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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SILENT & LIVE AUCTION DONATIONS NEEDED
Our Silent and Live Auction Committees are hard at work putting together great packages for our bidders! To help make our auction a success, we ask that every O'Hara family help by procuring or donating an item or package.
A wish list for our
Silent Auction
will be published soon, if you would like some ideas; or contact
Amy Londahl
, Silent Auction Chair with any questions.
If you can help with a connection or a donation for a larger package that might go in our
Live Auction
, please contact
Kate Hudson
, Live Auction Chair.
O'Hara's auction is the school's largest fundraiser of the year and we are grateful for the help and generosity of our families to make it a success!
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Job Opening at St. Mary Catholic Church
Position
: Business Manager
Job Description:
St. Mary Catholic Parish
has an opening for a full time, 12 month, benefited Business manager. Must be proficient in QuickBooks, have a strong understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), including double entry accounting, and demonstrate office computer skills including Excel, Word and data base systems. Experience with full cycle accounting, budgeting and financial analysis is expected, along with great verbal skills to convey data and analysis to leadership team. An accounting degree is required, with three to five years experience in the accounting environment. Practicing Catholic preferred. Bilingual: English/Spanish preferred.
Location:
St. Mary Catholic Church, 1062 Charnelton St., Eugene, OR 97401
Category:
Accounting/Finance
Terms:
Full Time Employee
Experience:
2-5 years
Education:
Graduate/Undergraduate degree
Base Pay:
$40,000 - $45,000
Deadline:
November 30
Scholastic Book Fair
The hours for the fall book fair will be as follows:
Monday, November 28: 10am - 3pm
Tuesday, November 29: 9am - 3:30pm
Wednesday, November 30: 12noon - 3pm
PreSchool - 5th grade students will have class time to visit the library; Middle School students will be able to visit the book fair as arranged with their teachers. Parents are welcome to visit the book fair during the school day.
O'Hara's Christmas Programs (December 6 & 7)
PreSchool - 4th Grade
students have specific dress/costume requirements. Please look for an email from your room parents for details.
5th - 8th Grade students should wear their Christmas best. (Girls: shoulders must be covered and hem length should be no shorter than 3" above the knee.)
7th graders may bring a pair of sunglasses to use as a prop.
8th graders may bring a hawaiian lei to use as a prop.
All Students
are required to attend the Christmas Programs. For students in grades 5-8, failure to attend will result in an automatic grade reduction. Exemptions are given only in extraordinary circumstances by the administration.
A webcast will be made available for both program nights.
The weblink will be emailed out as we get closer to the programs.
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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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