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Sunday, February 26, 2017
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Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, is this week.
We invite you to join us for our Ash Wednesday Mass, at 8:30am on March 1.
All parents and visitors are welcome to participate in a prayer group that will meet in the chapel before Mass, from 8:05am - 8:25am.
Students should wear uniform Mass dress, please click here for reminders about the guidelines.
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Ash Wednesday is one of the most important holy days in the liturgical calendar. Ash Wednesday opens Lent, a season of fasting and prayer.
Ash Wednesday takes place 46 days before Easter Sunday, and comes from the ancient Jewish tradition of penance and fasting. The practice includes the wearing of ashes on the head. The ashes symbolize the dust from which God made us. As the priest applies the ashes to a person's forehead, he speaks the words: "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
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2017-18 Registration begins on Tuesday
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Registration packets for returning families will be sent home with your youngest student on Tuesday, February 28.
-Please watch your email inbox on Tuesday for instructions and information regarding registration for returning families.
-If you know your family will not be returning next year, please
email Mrs. Conway
as soon as possible.
-If you know of new families interested in O'Hara for next year, please let them know the first step is to fill out an application form and return it to us; the application form is on O'Hara's website.
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Congratulations to our Fall Honor Roll Recipients!
Congratulations to our O'Hara students who received these awards for the first semester! Being a recipient of one of these awards takes a remarkable amount of effort, perseverance and Christ-like behavior. We are very proud of our students!
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Pizza Friday is this week! 
Friday, March 3 is Pizza Friday.
In observance of Lent, only cheese pizza will be available. Slices are available to purchase: $1/slice. O'Hara's Student Council will be selling bottled water & sports drinks for $1/bottle. Thank you to our Pizza Moms, to our friends at Domino's Pizza, and to Student Council for making our Pizza Days happen!
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Spaghetti Feed and Movie night 
Friday, March 3
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from 5:30pm to 6:30pm will be an all-you-can-eat
Spaghetti dinner with salad and bread. Cost is $15.00 per Family or $5.00 per person. After the dinner, the movie
Zootopia
will be shown in the gym; the movie will begin at 6:30pm. Bring your bean bag chair or blanket and join us for a great evening.
Please email Leslie Jones or stop by her office and let her know if you will be attending the spaghetti dinner, we'd like a head count for food.
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Classroom pictures
Due to a processing error, our school photo vendor, Lifetouch, sent only a portion of our classroom pictures to the school. The pictures received will be sent home in Monday folders this week. If you don't receive your photo(s), don't worry - the rest are on their way and will be sent home when the school receives them.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call Barb at 541-485-5291.
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OBOB Update from our Librarians
Our school-level Battle of the Books is complete. In the 3rd - 5th grade division,
Word Readers and
Bookie Bunch competed in an exciting final battle with
Word Readers moving on to the regional competition at North Eugene High School. In the Middle School division,
Just Some Muggles 2 competed with the
B.A.B.E.S. (Books Are the Best Entertainment ) in 2 battles for a best 2 out of 3. The
Muggles will be moving to the regionals at Willamette High School. We are very proud of all the teams that participated. This program requires a significant amount of time and work on the part of both students and coaches. Thank you to everyone.
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Disney's Aladdin JR. is NEXT WEEK!
The students of O'Hara Catholic School are proud to present: Disney's Aladdin JR.! Mark your calendar now and plan to attend one (or more!) nights of this performance!
All of your favorite characters are here in this stage adaptation of the Disney hit, including Aladdin, Jasmine, and of course, the Genie. Most of all, the tuneful, Academy award-winning score with songs including "A Whole New World" and "Friend Like Me" w
ill certainly make this musical a favorite!
SHOW TIMES
Wednesday, March 8th - 6pm
Thursday, March 9th - 6pm
Friday, March 10th - 6pm
FREE ADMISSION!
Donations we
lcome, and all proceeds from concessions go to
wards the O'Hara Drama Program!
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2017 St. Paul Tournament
Congratulations to our O'Hara Basketball teams on their fantastic performances at the 2017 St. Paul Tournament of Excellence.
Our boys team took 1st place and our girls team took 2nd place!
Thank you to everyone who attended the games to support our students!
Congratulations to the following students:
3-Point Contest
Madeline Mahalak - 2nd place
Alec Vendetti - 1st place
Free Throw Contest
Anika Thompson - 1st place
Luke Eagen - 2nd place
All Star
(voted on by participating coaches, referees & tournament officials)
Anika Thompson
Alec Vendetti
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Uniform Table
Students are growing fast and many of our students are starting to outgrow their uniforms. We will have the uniform tables out starting Tuesday, Feb. 28th. Please stop by and pick up any uniforms that will help fill your closets for the end of the year. We also will have the barrel out for you to donate outgrown uniforms. Please remember we can only take clothes that are clean, have all buttons and zippers working, etc.
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All are welcome to join
Irish Echo at a St. Patrick's Day Party, a benefit for Catholic
Community Servces & Project Starfish!
Where: Marist Catholic High School Activity Center
Bar Opens: 5:00pm
Dinner Starts: 6:15pm
Music Starts: 7:30pm
Cost: $30/ticket
To Learn More:
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Eugene Seminary Benefit Dinner - March 5, 2017
Please join Mount Angel seminarians for the 8th annual Eugene Seminary Benefit Dinner, on Sunday, March 5, at the Eugene Hilton. The reception begins at 4pm, followed by dinner and the program. Guests will break bread with seminarians at their tables, getting acquainted with the men who will offer the light of Christ to the world. Many of you have watched your seminarians grow into their vocations, through pastoral formation assignments as deacons and, finally,
as ordained priests. These are men our world needs. Visit the Mt. Angel Abbey website for more information.
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Lent 2017: Resources + Information
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Project Starfish started this week!
Project Starfish is the brainchild of former Springfield Mayor and State Senator Bill Morrisette. The project's goal is to break the cycle of homelessness one family at a time. Each year the O'Hara community joins together by participating in a variety of fundraising projects during the season of Lent in an effort to raise funds to help homeless families through a partnership with Catholic Community Services.
Click
HERE to read a schedule of events and activities that will be happening at O'Hara during Lent. The project will conclude with an assembly when the funds from our efforts will be presented to a representative of Catholic Community Services.
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Need a refresher on the season of Lent?
To read more about Lent, and all of the customs and days of significance that surround it, click
here.
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Recommendations from Mrs. Jones, O'Hara's Campus Minister, and Alexandra Westover, Faith & Community Enrichment SAC chair.
Looking for resources to help you enter into Lent?
Check out these websites who post daily videos that help us enter into Lent in a deeper way:
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Lenten Lunch Server help needed at St. Mary
St. Mary is looking for Lenten lunch servers during Lent. The lunches are served for seven Fridays beginning on
March 3, 12:30pm - 2:00pm at St. Mary. This service counts for family involvement hours at St. Mary and is a fun way to get involved with the Catholic community. Volunteers can serve once, or all seven times. For safety
reasons, and at the request of the church, no small children are permitted to attend volunteer shifts. Contact
Kate Harvey
or
Wendy Pierpont
with questions or to sign up.
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Congratulations to the Mora Family on the arrival of their daughter!
Zuri Josephine Veva Mora was born on
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Called to Protect Training - March 3
There is a Called to Protect training scheduled for 8:30am on Friday, March 3 in the O'Hara library. No RSVP is necessary.
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2017 Raise Your Paddle Appeals
Missed the appeals at the auction? If you would like to donate to one of our 2017 Raise Your Paddle categories (
Scholarships, Classroom Technology), our
donation page is open for a few more weeks. Thank you!
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Auction DVDs for sale
Thank you to O'Hara parents Erin & Dustin Whitaker, of
Down the Beanstalk, for producing our wonderful auction video! It is always a highlight of the night to watch our kids on the big screen! If you missed the video, or want to watch it again,
click here. (password is: ohara)
DVD copies of this year's video are available to order, please click here for details.
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Spring Break Variety Camp at AAC
It'll be a very exciting week! We're pulling out a little bit of everything, including LEGO Robotics, Programming, STEM challenges, Art Projects, and more. Scholarships Available. Sign up at
www.eugeneaac.com
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Announcing: Tommy Hilfiger School Uniforms
Tommy Hilfiger has launched a school uniform division, and we have been working over the past few months to add them as a vendor for our families. We are pleased to announce that the process is complete, and our families can now use Tommy Hilfiger as an additional vendor when shopping for school uniforms. You can visit our
online store here.
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Marist Youth Baseball
Calling all 5th, 6th and 7th-grade Baseball Players!
Registration is open for all Future Spartans to play
competitive baseball this Spring and Summer!
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Newman Center shoe collection
St. Thomas More Newman Center is collecting gently used shoes as a fund raiser for their spring break mission trip. Newman Center is collecting any adult
and children sized shoes, including athletic shoes. Once the shoes are received, they are processed for exports to various countries in South America & Africa, where they create thousands of jobs for small businesses who resell them as a means of supporting their families. It is a win-win situation: help our students attend their spring break mission trip helping the poor and needy in New Orleans, and help families in a third world country as well!
You can drop off shoes at the Newman Center Monday through Friday between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm or call the following number and we will arrange pick up! (458-215-4209)
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O'Hara Track and Field - Physical Requirement
6th, 7th, and 8th grade students can participate on the St. Paul/O'Hara Track Team in the Spring. If your child is interested in participating, we suggest that you make an appointment for a physical exam in the near future to avoid scheduling issues; students are not permitted to take part in practices or meets without a valid physical on file in the office. Physicals are considered up-to-date for 2 years. Please email Amber Ferrari, if you'd like to confirm a physical on file. Click to download a Sports Physical Form.
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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.
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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.
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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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