UPDATE: Weather Day Make-Up Plan

Please make the following changes to your calendar:

-Add Friday, February 3 as a full day of school

-Add Tuesday, February 21 as a full day of school

-Change Thursday, April 13 to a half day. Students released at 11:45/noon. Parent/Teacher conferences will be held by teacher request in the afternoon.

-Change Monday, June 19 to a Teacher Faith Formation Day. Parent/Teacher conferences are cancelled. There is no school this day.

If you missed the email on Friday with more details about our make-up days, please click here to read it.

Auction Fundraiser

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.

Open House postcards will be sent home with O'Hara students tomorrow, please help us spread the word by mailing or giving the postcard to someone you know that would be interested in learning more about O'Hara. Thank you, O'Hara families!
 

You can also help by sharing our Open House event on Facebook. 

Knights of Columbus Free Throw Contest

The Knights of Columbus Free Throw shooting contest is taking place in PE for grades 4-8 on January 20th (6th, 8th, 4th), 23rd (7th) and 24th (5th). The Knights of Columbus District shoot off will be Friday, February, 24th in the O'Hara gym from  3:15pm-5:00pm . The State KC Free Throw Championship date is TBA. 

Save The Date! Knights of Columbus Valentine's Dinner & Dance

Overdue Notices from O'Hara's Library

Please watch for notices that will be sent home with students that have overdue books from our library. We appreciate you taking time to locate and return any missing books.

O'Hara Clubs

School clubs offer the opportunity for students to explore special interests and are run by parent volunteers after school. A club can focus on just about any topic that kids might have an interest in - Legos, math games, chess, world cultures and languages, etc... are just a few of countless possibilities. If you are interested in leading or co-leading a club at O'Hara, please contact Mr. Milliron. Time spent volunteering will count toward FIP hours.

 

A list of clubs to be offered will be announced in the Bulletin as soon as club leaders are in place, and signups will follow soon after. The first round of clubs will begin in early February and end prior to Spring Break. Additional clubs may be offered after Spring Break and will be announced later this spring.

Sibling Applications for 2017-18 School Year - DUE NEXT MONDAY

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. 

Ca tholic Schools Week is Sunday, January 29 - Friday, February 3

All students and staff are invited to participate in our spirit dress days on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday, 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.

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 school's 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

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 1 more work party. If you can help, please come to the cafeteria this Wednesday, January 25, from 8:05am - 11am. It is not necessary to RSVP.

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

Please contact Christina Hoffstot with any questions.

DECORATIONS REQUEST

-Do you have any wood chargers that you could lend to the auction (size 12" - 18")? If you can help, please label each one with your name and drop them off to Danielle Hauser. Items will be returned.

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.

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.

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.