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Enter to Learn. Go Forth to Serve.
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Sunday, September 22, 2019
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Did you know that there are guardian angels?
Matt Muhich offers:
- Angels like to dress-up (kind of)
- They are super-geniuses (smarter than Tony Stark)
- They're probably laughing at you right now
- Angels are snowflakes
- Angels can't get bored
- They love us
- Angels are telepaths
- Angels are always in contact with God
- They contain the space in which they operate
- Angels are more beautiful than we can possibly imagine
- They respect hospitality
- Angels don't have a gender
- They appear to women more than men
- Angels are fearsome
- They inspire up
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PICTURE DAY IS FRIDAY!
Picture orders can be placed in 2 ways: traditional paper ordering packets OR via online ordering.
Picture order forms will be sent home with students tomorrow.
Online ordering is available at
www.mylifetouch.com
- use O'Hara's Picture Day ID
FO529171Y0
. All students will have their picture taken for yearbook purposes, even if they do not place an order. Students should wear their uniform best for Picture Day.
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MIDDLE SCHOOL CHROMEBOOK INSURANCE 
Parents of students in grades 6-8 are highly encouraged to purchase insurance for their child's school-issued Chromebook. Information about the
policy and
claims process are available on the O'Hara website. This is a 3rd-party provider so parents should send the
application to the company directly. Contact
Mrs. Seaver with any questions.
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CONGRATULATIONS, JOSHUA!
O'Hara 5th grader Joshua Jesiah won First Place in the Catholic Daughters of the America's Education Contest, at the National Level. The contest topic this year was: "Here I am Lord, I come to do your will."
Local representatives presented Joshua with an award certificate and $100 prize at an all-school assembly last Monday.
For more information about Catholic Daughters:
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O'HARA'S ANNUAL MAGAZINE 
O'Hara's 2019 publication is now
available online. Hard copies were mailed to all of our families this summer - if you didn't receive your copy, or would like another, please
send us an email!
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O'HARA'S SCREEN FREE WEEK: OCTOBER 14 - 18
This year O'Hara will be participating in a Screen Free Week during the week of the Jog-A-Thon. The purpose of our participation is to encourage a healthy, active lifestyle for our children and to reconsider the use of screens in our daily lives.
While your students are at school that week, teachers will work to minimize or eliminate screen time during class. An example of an exception would be using a screen for whole-class instruction. We encourage families to participate at home, too!
Information will be included in the weekly bulletin over the next few weeks with ideas for how to celebrate the week from home. Thank you for your support, and we look forward to a great Screen Free Week!
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OREGON BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
The Oregon Battle of the Books, (OBOB), is a statewide program for reading motivation and comprehension sponsored by the Oregon Association of School Libraries. The goals are to encourage reading for enjoyment, broaden reading interests, increase reading comprehension, and promote cooperative learning. This is a voluntary activity. Students who would like to participate form teams of 3-5 players. Among them, they will read 16 pre-selected books. Each team is required to have a parent coach who will help them organize, read and discuss the books. The coach also asks the students questions about the books in preparation for "battles" which begin at the school level in January. All teams will battle at least twice in the preliminary round. There are two divisions, 3rd-5th, and 6th-8th. Teams may be formed from more than one grade within a division. The top team in each division goes on to the regional and possibly state competitions.
The coaches meeting for OBOB is scheduled for October 16, 2:45 to 3:30 pm in the library. The meeting is for coaches and anyone else who would like more information about the program.
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ALMA: O'HARA'S STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
All O'Hara parents (with an email on file with the school) have access to Alma via a unique login and password. If you missed the email invitation to set up your account, please click here and submit a help ticket. Additionally, as an easy way to access Alma, we encourage you to add the shortcut to your smartphone.
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NEW! ONLINE PICTURE MANAGEMENT @ O'HARA 
Meet Vidigami! This school year, we will be using Vidigami's secure media management system as the place for our school photos. This online system allows for faster and more efficient picture uploads and organization for both parents and staff. (This will replace submitting pictures to our pictures@oharaschool.org email address.)
On Monday, September 9, we launched the parent side of our system and all parents received a message (from Vidigami) with instructions for setting up their account. In addition, Vidigami offers an app (available in the app store) so users can upload pictures directly from their smartphones.
Vidigami is the only private and secure system designed exclusively for school communities to store and share photos and videos. Made available to users in the O'Hara community via invitation only, Vidigami closely follows and adjusts to changes in state, federal and international data privacy laws to ensure privacy for our families and community.
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SPORTS, CLUBS, EVENTS & OTHER COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES
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MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHCOUNTS CLUB
MathCounts is a club to prepare middle school students for the popular middle school math competitions, MathCounts and AMC8. The club will meet once a week during lunch (tentatively on Thursdays), and more frequently as the competition dates get closer. Students will spend the time working on fun math problems.
The competitions, which have both individual and team elements, encourage students to develop their math skills and find creative solutions for problems. We invite all students who like math, regardless of their performance in class. Please contact O'Hara parent
Maria Nemirovskaya for more information.
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EUGENE MATH CIRCLE
Eugene Math Circle offers classes for math loving kids in grades 2-12. The program has been operating for six years, and all classes are taught by University of Oregon professors or instructors. Last year, approximately 80 students attended weekly classes. Some of these kids traveled from as far as Albany and Corvallis. If you have students who enjoy math and want to be challenged,
please click here for more information
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GIRLS BASKETBALL: OPEN GYMS AT MARIST
The Marist girls basketball program will be hosting a number of Saturday morning open gyms from 9am to 11am at Marist Catholic High School for girls in grades 5-8. If your daughter is interested in participating, please contact coach
Britton Reeser for dates and more information.
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CROSS COUNTRY OPPORTUNITY FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS
O'Hara has been invited to participate in the WVYL Cross Country District Championship. This will be held Wednesday, October 23, 2:30pm at Richardson Park on Fern Ridge Reservoir.
If you have a middle schooler currently participating in Cross Country as a club sport and who'd like to race on the 23rd, please read the following information:
The race distance is a 3k. We will meet once, on October 21, after school, but we won't be holding regular practices. O'Hara does have some track & field jerseys still available for students to wear or they can wear their O'Hara track & field jersey from last season. They can also wear their own shirt.
Athletes must :
- Have a current sports physical on file with Mrs. Whitford at O'Hara's front office.
- Be currently participating in a sport, have participated in track & field last spring, and/or must have strong physical fitness.
- Arrange a ride to and from the meet.
- Have all coursework up to date and have no missing assignments.
If you have any questions or would like your child to participate, please send an email by October 1st to
Wendy Pierpont.
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Congratulations, Tiberius Fortuna - he was our Summer Incentive winner!
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Our $25 incentive winners will be chosen at tomorrow's Monday assembly.
Stay tuned for next week's incentive.
VOLUNTEERS
JAT 2019 Volunteers Needed - Click
HERE to view the volunteer opportunities for the upcoming Jog-A-Thon on October 18. It is a fun way to get a head start on FIP Hours!
PLEDGE A STUDENT
SPONSOR OUR JOG-A-THON
QUESTIONS?
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LINKS: 
Reminder for students with the Annual Plan:
Please remember, the default meal selection for your student is the hot lunch. If your student would like the Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Vegetarian option, then that option must be selected in the online ordering system at least 2 weeks prior to the meal date.
If your student would like to select the Salad Bar and/or the Hoagie Sandwich option instead of, or in addition to, the Hot Lunch, that selection must be made in the online ordering system by 9am.
Volunteers are needed to help in the kitchen, please contact
Tracy if you can help.
Hot Lunch Contact:
Tracy Whalen, Kitchen Manager (541-485-5291 x 303). Email is the best way to contact Tracy.
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NEWS & INVITATIONS FROM MARIST
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YOUTH SPORTS NIGHTS AT MARIST!
Students in grades 5-8 are invited to the following athletic events as a guest of Marist.
Football: Friday, September 27 vs. Elmira, 7:00 pm
Boys Soccer: Thursday, October 3 vs. Elmira, 6:30 pm*
Girls Soccer: Tuesday, October 8 vs. Cottage Grove, 6:30 pm*
Volleyball: Thursday, October 10 vs. Siuslaw, 6:30 pm
No RSVP required - free admission at the gate (including one parent per 5th-8th grader).
Come cheer on the Spartans and have some fun!
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MARIST MAGAZINE
Marist's summer 2019 magazine is online! The issue includes a number of O'Hara alumni & current parents.
Click here, or on the image, to browse their most recent publication.
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MARIST ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME
On Friday, October 18, Marist will hold their first ever Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
Congratulations to all the inductees- and an extra special shout out to O'Hara alum Kayla (Braud) Berney.
Inductees include:
Kayla (Braud) Berney '09
Joe Holvey '81
Coach Ed Hummel*
Kristina (Andersen) Mosley '97
1973 Football Team
Details:
Date: Friday, October 18
Time: 4:30pm (social) | 5:15pm (dinner)
Location: Marist Gymnasium
Click
HERE for more information or purchase a table/tickets.
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ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH IS HIRING
St. Mary Parish has a job opening for a full time Administrative Assistant / Communications individual to join their office staff. They are looking for an organized, energetic individual who is a self starter, with strong computer, communication (including social media) and secretarial skills.
This person should be active in the Catholic faith and have a deep understanding and love of the faith. Bilingual a plus. Contact the church office at 541-342-1139 or email Rose Burke
for more information.
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2019-20 VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS: CASE TRAINING
All volunteers have requirements to fulfill before being eligible to volunteer at school this year
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Per the Archdiocese, online updates to your volunteer training are not available this year, and anyone who wishes to volunteer must attend one of the in-person training sessions. The dates and times of the upcoming sessions are listed below, and further instructions are on our website, please
click here to learn more. Please contact
Stacie Seaver with any questions.
September 24 5:30pm- O'Hara Library
September 26 1:15pm- O'Hara Library
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NEWS FROM THE MATH AND READING ROOM
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Hello parents! 
I
nstead of a monthly newsletter sent home with students in grades preschool - 5th grade, as we've done over the past couple of years, we wanted to see if maybe there was a better way to reach parents with fun, quick, learning ideas and ways to support your students at home as well as answer questions that we're
often asked. We asked for teacher feedback and they suggested that we send out a note in our weekly bulletins, so here you have it! And the sky is the limit! From reading and math tips to behaviors and homework questions for all grades! Make sure you check this space in the weekly bulletin for new and exciting ideas to help you and your student in school and at home!
This week's topic: What should I allow my child to read at home?
The answer? Reading is reading and it is ALL worthwhile. We know we certainly don't like to read anything we're not really all that interested in. Students are required to read textbooks and other materials at school, which are important in their learning; at the same time, they may not be all that captivating. If they want to read something they enjoy at home, after their homework is done, of course, let them!
Comic books, newspapers, non-fiction books, magazines...
if they're interested, please encourage your child to read it!
Have a great school week!
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COMMUNICATIONS INFO FOR OUR FAMILIES
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NEW CONTACT INFO?
If your family has a new address, phone number, email address, etc., please make sure to update us with your new information. O'Hara's 2019-20 School Directory will be going to print soon, and we want to make sure we have everyone's information correct! Please fill out
this form
, or email
Barb Whitford
if you have updates to share with us.
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O'HARA WEBSITE UPDATE
O'Hara uses a password protected portion on our website for important resources for our families.
The password is: HOUSE
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EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS FROM O'HARA
Please make sure to add the following email addresses to your safe senders list and/or your address book to ensure you receive O'Hara's weekly email bulletins (sent each Sunday afternoon during the school year) and other important updates:
Parents wishing to add an additional email address (work, grandparent, nanny, etc.) to our weekly bulletin distribution list should email that request to:
communications@oharaschool.org.
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O'HARA'S APP FOR SMARTPHONES
O'Hara also uses our app to send push notification reminders for special dress days, early release days, Mass days and more. We request that all parents download our app.
O'Hara's app is available
HERE, or by searching the app store for: web4u ocs
The app includes quick access to the following:
School Calendar
Student Lunchtime Schedule
Dress Code
Weekly Bulletins
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
O'Hara uses a Google calendar as our school calendar. Parents can access this calendar via our app and our website. It can also be added to iPhone calendars. Please visit our
school calendar page on our website for the link to add the calendar to your phone.
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CONTACT INFO FOR O'HARA STAFF
All O'Hara staff members have a school email address. Email addresses are set as follows: John Smith = jsmith@oharaschool.org
There are a few exceptions to note:
Click
HERE for a complete staff listing.
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"As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."
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Joshua 24:15
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