IMPORTANT NOTES FROM THE OFFICE Please do not block our neighbors driveways when waiting to enter the OLQA carlines. We have had a few phone calls :-) Thank you! Parents, please remember to wear masks when on campus to include carlines and picking up from Extended Day. Please send in empty baby food/yogurt glass jars to the office.

Don't miss this great opportunity to meet OLQA families and support our school. PLEASE RSVP HERE

VIRTUAL PARENT CONFERENCES - October 22 & October 23 A reminder to sign up, CLICK HERE! TK-Grade 2 conferences will be with the Parent and Teacher. Grade 3-8 conferences will be Student Led with the Parent and Teacher.

OLQA GOLF TOURNAMENT IS SOLD OUT!!!! October 29 ~ Strawberry Farms Golf Club GOLF BALL DROP Have you purchased your golf ball tickets yet? The class that sells the most golf balls wins a Kona Ice Party! To learn more and participate in the golf ball drop CLICK HERE Not a golfer but still interested in joining? We are looking for volunteers to help out on the course, please email ashleyrodi@icloud.com! Looking for donations for the opportunity drawing, please email ptogolf@olqa.org.

STUDENT PICTURES ONLINE ORDERS ONLY! mylifetouch.com (OLQA ID: EVTPHF8Q6) CLICK HERE for more information.

STUDENT STAR TESTING (Grades 1-8) Please look for an envelope with the NEW RENAISSANCE PARENT HOME CONNECT PORTAL registration information and test results. A reminder, STAR is NOT an achievement test but instead an adaptive formative piece that informs instruction for the teachers. Going forward, you will need to follow the steps to register on the NEW RENAISSANCE HOME CONNECT PORTAL to receive further STAR testing and Accelerated Reader results. OLQA will only be sending the printed reports home for this first trimester.

HALLOWEEN will be celebrated October 30. This is a Minimum Day!  All students are invited to come to school in costume. Costume Guidelines: Must be Catholic School appropriate and not interfere with school work. Light face makeup, glitter in moderation, nail polish, and wigs are permitted.  Students must wear health PPE masks with their costumes. Absolutely no FULL costume masks, full-face painting, props, or weapons can be brought to school. Vampires, ghouls, devil, and scary costumes are not permitted. Shoes must be closed toe and and closed heel, no slip-ons, flip-flops, or sandals.  Online students can send a picture of costume to be included Student Council contest to admissions@olqa.org.

OLQA CHILDREN’S CHOIR IS BACK! Choir is open to students or parishioners in grades 3-8, Wednesdays 3:00-4:00 on the parish patio. Improve your singing and musicianship skills while working on songs and playing music games. 5th-8th graders also get to ring handbells with Dr. Lamb. Theater & Drama activities coming later in the year. Visit www.OLQA.org/joinchoir for information.

GET OLQA GEAR Sideline is offering 20% off on your Sideline Store purchase in October! CLICK HERE to shop. Fan wear only. The clothing is not approved uniform wear.

PAL SPORTS UPDATE FOR 2020-2021 Dear Parents, In this time of increased concern over the health and safety for our children and families, we find it prudent to cancel Parochial Athletic League sports in our elementary schools for the 2020-2021 school year. While we place a high value on our athletic program, we cannot deny that sports provide unique challenges to our safety protocols. Our principals, teachers and staff have been incredible in their dedication to opening our schools and we do not want to jeopardize their good work with sports. We are committed to maintaining our focus on keeping our schools open through strict adherence to our safety protocols as we believe this is the best way to ensure student learning and equitable access to instruction. With God’s grace, we are hopeful to bring sports back to our school programs as we look toward next year. Thank you, Erin C.O. Barisano, Ed. D. Catholic Superintendent of Schools FROM OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, COACH B! STAY TUNED FOR POTENTIAL AFTER SCHOOL 5th-8th GRADE INTRAMURALS! A survey will be sent out soon regarding potential sports. Intramurals would be for 5th – 8th graders. Similar to those able to participate in the PAL sports seasons. All updates can be viewed on the OLQA Athletics webpage: CLICK HERE

CLICK HERE to print out Boo Grams!!! Boo Grams are for a limited time only! LAST DAY to PURCHASE Boo Grams is Friday, October 23.

NEW CATHOLIC CORNER Each week our Catholic Identity Advisory Board Chair will be sharing a tidbit of Catholic history, fun facts, etc. October is the month of the rosary!  All are invited to pray the rosary in Kathleen Nielsen’s backyard every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. during the month of October.  Don’t remember how to pray it?  No worries.  We have cheat sheets! Address: 332 Evening Canyon Road, Corona del Mar, CA Treasures from the Catholic Church As St. Augustine wrote, “He who sings prays twice.” It was in the early 11th century that Guido of Arezzo, an Italian Benedictine monk and music theorist, developed staff notation or the modern form of written music. The solfège, “Do-Re-Mi” was taken from the first six half-lines of a hymn dedicated to St. John the Baptist, the Ut queant laxis.

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