UPDATE: Weather Day Make-Up

The Archdiocese has issued a new set of guidelines surrounding make up days for school missed due to inclement weather. These new guidelines are stricter than in previous years and will make it more difficult for O'Hara to make up days without extending the school year. For example, we are not going to be permitted to extend our Wednesdays to make up minutes, and giving up teacher inservice days is also under more scrutiny and not at our discretion.

To date, O'Hara will need to make up 4 school days. We are working very hard to negotiate viable options with our Superintendent's office. As of Friday, we have convinced them to allow us to use February 21 as a make-up day. We will continue to work with the Archdiocese to establish our make-up days and keep you informed as we learn more. 

MAKE UP SCHOOL DAYS (as of 1/13/17)

Tuesday, February 21

Auction Fundraisers - MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

On  Wednesday & Thursday, January 18 & 19, Dickie Jo's & Dickie Yo's will be holding a fundraiser in support of O'Hara's Auction. 25% of the value of your purchase will be given back to the school and used to help underwrite auction packages.  Make sure to bring the required flyer. Thank you to our friends at Westraunt Concepts for supporting O'Hara.

On  Thursday, February 2, Papa's Pizza on West 11th   will be holding a fundraiser in support of O'Hara's Auction. 50% of the value of your purchase will be given back to the school and used to help underwrite auction packages. Make sure to bring the required flyer. Thank you to our friends at Papa's Pizza for their support.

Middle School Boys Basketball Schedule Change

The Middle School Boys Basketball Game Scheduled for January 18 has been moved to February 27. The game will be at 4:30 at O'Hara.

Box Tops News: O'HARA COULD WIN $5,000!

Thanks to General Mills and Walmart, every Walmart-exclusive Box Tops Certificates that we clip and collect until 3/1/17 enters our school in a drawing and gives us a chance to be one of 20 winners of 50,000 Bonus Box Tops- that's $5,000 for our classrooms!! So do some shopping at Walmart, keep your eyes open for the General Mills specially marked packages, and clip away!! With your help, we can make a real difference for our school. Thanks for all your hard work! If you have any questions, please call our Box Tops Coordinator, Meredith White, at 541-513-1568. Thank you.

On Sunday, January 29, O'Hara will hold our 2017 Open House for interested and prospective families. Please help us spread the word by inviting friends and neighbors who might be interested, and by sharing our Open House event on Facebook. Postcard invitations were mailed to all families in our waiting pool. Additionally, please send names/addresses of anyone who might like to receive a postcard invitation to admissions@oharaschool.org and we will make sure they receive an invitation. We encourage you to email the  invitation to your friends as well. Thank you!

Catholic Schools Week is Sunday, January 29 - Friday, February 3

All students and staff are invited to participate in our spirit dress days on M-W, and are required to wear Mass dress on Thursday. Please read below for details.

• Dress Code:  Any Catholic school (Notre Dame, Gonzaga, Marist, etc.) or Christian apparel (any shirt that has to do with Jesus or faith) on top. Blue Jeans or regular uniform bottom.
• Activity:  Prayer service led by Student Council.

• Dress Code:  School Colors on top (Maroon or Gold...red/yellow are fine). Blue Jeans or regular uniform bottom.
• Activity:  Bible Trivia, 1:30pm in the gym. Parents welcome!

• Dress Code: Regular Uniform Dress on top and bottom.
• Activity: Vocations Day - Religious Sisters, Deacons, and Priests will be visiting classrooms to share their vocation with the students.

• Dress Code:  Dressy best for Mass.

• Activity - All Schools Mass at Marist Catholic High School. All students need to be dropped off at Marist Catholic High School by 8:05am. Preschool - 2nd grade will be riding a bus back to O'Hara. 3rd - 8th Grade will carpool with parent drivers back to O'Hara.

Sibling Applications for 2017-18 School Year

Enrollment applications for sibling of current O'Hara students must be turned into the front office by Monday, January 30. Click here to download the application form. 

Marist Preview Day - RESCHEDULED

Due to last weekend's inclement weather, Marist Catholic High School has rescheduled Preview Day. The event will now take place on Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 12:30pm.  Click HERE for more information!

QUICK LINKS.  (Read below for more details)

BUY auction tickets/table

VOLUNTEER  at the auction

SPONSOR  the auction (email Sean Jones)

LEND  an  item to decorations (email Christina Hoffstot)

DONATE  to the Silent Auction (email Amy Londahl)

DONATE  to the Live Auction (email Kate Hudson)

DOWNLOAD  a Procurement Form

 

AUCTION TICKETS NOW ON SALE

O'Hara's annual auction event is the schools largest and most important fundraiser. The event sells out every year, so make sure to purchase your table or seat soon! 

Tickets/Tables can be purchased online, or by returning the response card included in the invitation to the front office at school.

AUCTION VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER

AUCTION SPONSORSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE!

If you or your business is interested in sponsoring the 2017 Auction, please contact Sean Jones in the Advancement Office.

The following sponsorships are still available:

Platinum Sponsor - $5,000

Gold Sponsor - $3,000

After Party Sponsor - $2,500

Silver Sponsor - $1,500

Super Silent Auction Sponsor - $1,000

Dessert Dash Sponsor - $1,000

Tuition Raffle Sponsor - $1,000

Pick of the Live Auction Raffle Sponsor - $1,000

DECORATIONS WORK PARTIES SCHEDULED - FIP Hours Opportunity

Our decorations committee will be holding 2 more work parties in January. If you can help, please come to the cafeteria from 8:05am - 11am on any of the following days, it is not necessary to RSVP:

Wednesday, January  18

Wednesday, January 25

Please note: work parties are for adults only, please no toddlers or small children (infants ok).

Please contact Christina Hoffstot with any questions.

DECORATIONS REQUESTS

If you can help by donating or lending any of the following items, please drop items off to Danielle Hauser.

-Do you have any wood chargers that you could lend to the auction (size 12" - 18")?

-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.

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. 

Graphic Design Volunteer Hours Opportunity

Each year we send out beautifully designed invitations for our sixth grade Living Saints Project. We are looking for someone with experience using Adobe InDesign who can create this year's invitations. We have templates available from previous years that would need to be updated with current information, and we would like a new design for the cover this year. If you would like to assist us with this for your FIP hours, please contact  Mrs. Obersinner. Thank you!

Auction Volunteers are needed!

Click HERE to sign up online.

Jog-A-Thon Invoices

PLEASE forward invoices to those who pledged your student(s) and help us save on postage. 

Payments can be made by cash, check (made payable to O'Hara Catholic School) or online.

FIP Hours

FIP hours are now logged online. To log your hours, visit O'Hara's homepage and click FIP hours under the Family Login Menu (password: lovemercy). 

Notice of FIP hours opportunities are in the bulletin each week.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the front office.