Enter to Learn. Go Forth to Serve.
Saturday, April 25, 2020
NEW UPDATES & INFORMATION FOR OUR FAMILIES
WE LOVE AND MISS YOU, O’HARA!

We hope everyone has had a chance to peek outside and see the surprise we left O’Hara students in your yards. Thanks to everyone who has sent us pictures of your students standing with the signs - we love seeing their smiles! We’d love to see more pics - please email them to pictures@oharaschool.org or tag us in your social media.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR & SAVE THE DATE!
AMAZON SMILE

Are you doing lots of Amazon shopping these days? Next time, go to smile.amazon.com and choose O'Hara Catholic School Development Foundation as your beneficiary before you shop. O'Hara receives 0.5% of your purchase price as a donation. What an easy way to support our school!
BY O'HARA, FOR O'HARA: READ ALOUD LIBRARY

Thank you to all the O'Hara students who have recorded themselves reading a story our loud! We now have a library of stories to share with our younger students! Please click here to access .

We'd love to keep adding to this library. If you’d like to participate, please send a video of yourself reading a short story to Mrs. Ferrari (or upload it to google docs and share the link).
ART CLASS PROJECTS COMING UP

Mrs. Fulton and Mrs. Scott are planning some fun, optional art activities that will require supplies that you may not have on hand. They’ve put together some information and supply lists for parents who would like to start planning/gathering/ordering supplies if their student(s) would like to participate.

May 4-8: We will be creating a special watercolor surprise
-Watercolor paint
-White construction paper or watercolor paper
-Oil pastels or crayons (either will work)

May 11-15: Paper Mache
-1 newspaper per child
-2 or 3 cups of flour per child
-Masking tape
-Acrylic or tempera paint
-A place to get messy...outside near a hose perhaps? 

June 1-5: Painting Rocks
-Small smooth river rocks
-Acrylic paints in a few fun colors

May 25-29: Self Portraits for Preschool - 5th grade*
Each year, students draw a self portrait in art and we save them throughout their years at O’Hara. All that is needed is a pencil and paper (white copy paper). Mrs. Fulton and Mrs. Scott would really love to have EVERYONE participate in Self Portrait Week. Please save your child’s finished self portrait to give back to the art teachers when school starts again! We will be sending out more reminders as this special week gets closer.

*6th - 8th graders have already completed this project this year.

Amazon Links are below for some of the less common supplies if you would like to order. (purchase is optional - all projects can be done with things you have at home as well)

Contact Mrs. Fulton or Mrs. Scott with any questions.
VIEW MISSING WORK, GRADES & MORE - Parent Access to Alma

Need to check missing work or grades? Parents of students in 3rd-8th grade can access Alma to check missing work or grades in the online gradebook. Parents of younger students can view report cards and other student information. Use your parent login to view everything in Alma . The default username is formatted like this: firstname.lastname (all lowercase). If you’ve forgotten your password, use the forgot passwor d link to reset it. 
 
O’Hara utilizes Alma, a student information system, for attendance, grades and more. O’Hara parents have access to view their student(s) accounts & information. 
20-21 TUITION PAYMENT OPTIONS - DEADLINE to make changes is Monday, April 27.

If you are a returning family , your account information and tuition payment plans have been rolled over to your FACTS 2020/2021 account. If you need to update any contact or student enrollment information, or wish to change your payment plan or account information, please log into your account (instructions below) and do so. 

The deadline for all returning families to complete this process is Monday, April 27.

If you have any questions about payment processing or need assistance completing this setup process, please contact  Mrs. Plant , our business manager. You may also contact a FACTS representative at (866) 441-4637 with any questions. For more information, view the  FAQ's  or the  how to  flyers provided by FACTS.

Login Instructions:
Step 1:  Click  THIS LINK  to be directed to the FACTS website. 

Step 2:  Login or create an account for your family
-If you've used FACTS in the past to apply for tuition assistance, you will use that same account information to login.

-If you do not have an account, please create one to use going forward. 

Step 3:  Choose the green button that says "Set up a payment plan" and then select "begin."

Step 4:  Complete all 7 steps, following the timeline prompts across the top of the screen. 

-Please enter student grade levels for next year, not the current year. 

-There is a $10 processing fee for the 2-payment plan, and a $45 processing fee for the 10-month or 12-month plans. There is no fee for a 1 time payment plan. There is a 2.85% fee charged for using a credit card. These fees are assessed by FACTS.

-If there are multiple parties who will be making payments on your account, you will have the option to designate an additional party in the final step.

Step 5:  Upon completing all steps, click the green "Done" button to complete your setup process. 

Once your setup process is completed, O'Hara will then finalize the balance due for your account. A confirmation, including the amount owed and payment schedule, will be emailed to you for your review and confirmation. If you applied for scholarship/tuition assistance, we will notify you in the next two weeks how this will affect your payments.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR OUR FAMILIES

Each and every O’Hara family is an important part of our community. If this extended closure is bringing financial difficulty to your family, and you need assistance, please reach out. We want to work with families to provide tuition assistance as much as we are able. If your family needs additional support at this time, please reach out to Mrs. Plant , our business manager. 
THANKFUL THURSDAY

This Thursday, let’s show our local first responders some love! Use our template - or make your own- to write a note of thanks or color a picture for the Eugene Police Department, Lane County Sheriff’s office, Springfield Police Department or the Eugene-Springfield Fire Department and post it on your social media or send it to us to post ( pictures@oharaschool.org ). 

Instagram tags for our local agencies are:
@eugenepolice
@lanecountysheriffsoffice
@spdoregon
@eugene_springfieldfirefighters

REMINDERS FROM LAST WEEK
OPEN DOOR FOUNDATION SPRING EVENT UPDATE

Traditionally we have held the Open Door Foundation's Spring Fundraiser each year in May. Due to the Governor’s restrictions on in-person gatherings, we have decided to postpone our event until the restrictions are lifted and we feel it is once again safe to gather. We are confident we will have a Foundation event this year; we also know it will look different than it has in the past. 

The mission of the Open Door Foundation is to provide tuition assistance to families at O’Hara Catholic School and we recognize this is more crucial today than ever before. We will proceed with the Foundation’s Annual Appeal in early June.
FACEBOOK GROUP UPDATE: O'HARA CATHOLIC ENCOURAGEMENT

The O’Hara Lent 2020 Facebook Group is now O’Hara Catholic Encouragement 2020 . The group focuses on enriching our faith lives and community through encouraging and relatable posts; it is hosted by Kim Van Den Wymelenberg, O’Hara’s SAC Faith & Community Chair. All adults in our O’Hara community are invited to join.
CHINESE CLUB

Chinese is the most widely-spoken language in the world. Join Chinese Club and learn Chinese! Students can learn basic Chinese characters, pronunciation (Ping Ying), and some useful daily dialogues.  
 
O’Hara parents Jun and Xiaodi Li will be hosting Chinese Club via Zoom meetings. Spots are limited to 10 students. There is no fee for this club. Students who were already signed up prior to digital learning days will be included in the club and will have any fees paid reimbursed.
  
Dates: May 15, May 22, May 29, June 5, June 12
When: Fridays at 2pm
Where: Zoom meetings (link will be sent to participants)
Grades: 1-8
To sign up, use this link .
 
Please contact Mr. Milliron for more information.
ENROLLMENT OPENINGS NEXT YEAR

O’Hara currently has a handful of spots available in the following grades for next year: Preschool, PreK, 1st grade & 3rd grade. If you have a friend or neighbor that is interested in O’Hara for next year, please have them email us at admissions@oharaschool.org .
PLEDGE & PRAYER VIDEOS WANTED

Each school-day morning, Mrs. Conway’s parent email includes a link to the Pledge of Allegiance by O’Hara students. And each evening, we are posting a bedtime prayer by O’Hara students on our social media.

We would love to feature your student; please submit videos as follows:
FIP HOURS

Our FIP hours requirement for families has been waived for this year. To those families who have already completed their hours for the year: thank you so very much.
PLEASE KEEP SENDING IN YOUR PICTURES!

We are still collecting pictures for our 19-20 yearbook. Please continue to send us pics of your students ( pictures@oharaschool.org ) or upload them to Vidigami . If you need help accessing your Vidigami account, please email Mrs. Ferrari .
20-21 CALENDAR DATES

Work on the 2020-21 school calendar is underway. Right now, we have the following dates to share with our families:
 
Start Date
Tuesday, September 8 (Passport Day) 
 
Christmas Break
December 21 - January 1 (first day back is Monday January 4)
 
Spring Break
March 22-26
 
Last Day of School
June 18
COMMUNITY & RESOURCES

Let's stay connected while we're #alonetogether!

Follow us on Social Media!
Please follow our Instagram and Facebook page for prayers, live feeds, and activities your students can participate in!

Send us pictures or tag us on social media!
We want our students to remember they are an important part of our O’Hara community and we want to see their pictures! We encourage you to tag us in your posts, or send us pictures to share via email: pictures@oharaschool.org . 

Resources
Check out our Resource page at the top of the Digital Learning Directory that includes links for families. We recognize that the sheer number of emails sent and links being posted can be overwhelming, so this document is just meant to capture and catalog these as we share them out on social media or via email. This document is just for reference and no action is required on your part.

"As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."

- Joshua 24:15
O'Hara Catholic School
715 West 18th Avenue
Eugene, Oregon 97402
541.485.5291