Dear Families,  

This year for Advent, we will be anticipating Jesus’ birth using our beautiful Christmas carols. Our Christmas story is told so beautifully through these beloved songs! Each classroom has selected a Christmas carol that they will learn about, and that information will be shared with everyone during morning announcements. On December 23 we will end our Advent celebration by having a Christmas Carol sing-a-long together.

We will also have our weekly Advent Wreath services on Mondays in the church.

Fr. Jim will be talking to students the first week of Advent to teach us more about the season of Advent and explain the decorations in the church.

Our outreach activity is in support of a new organization:

 “SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE”

Please see the information below explaining the organization and the collection items. We will have volunteers that work with the organization visiting us to talk about the work that they do.

Have a Blessed Advent!

SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE (SHP) – DE PERE, WI CHAPTER  

Calling All Our Lady of Lourdes Students and Families

Are you looking for ways you can help make a difference for kids in your local community this Advent season??? 

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School has agreed to partner with Sleep in Heavenly Peace to help school age children in the De Pere (Brown County) community by bringing smiles to kids’ faces when they receive their very own bed from Sleep in Heavenly Peace. 

Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP) is a national, registered 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization that has a newly founded Chapter in De Pere. SHP is the only charity providing hand-made bunk beds to children in Brown County from the ages of 3-17 who do not have beds of their own. SHP partners with organizations, churches, schools, businesses, and individuals/families like you to help build beds at events called Build Days so “no kid sleeps on the floor in our town!” The De Pere Chapter was started in February 2021 and recently delivered its 200th bed in our local community. 

The SHP De Pere Chapter just had a build day on November 6, 2021 where we were able to build 65 more beds for the upcoming holiday season. Every bed built and given to a child comes with a new twin mattress, new twin sheets, new twin comforter, and a new standard pillow.  

How can you help? 

Consider donating any of the following items during Our Lady of Lourdes Advent project from December 1-17, 2021.

SHP needs include brand NEW:

• Standard-sized pillows
• Twin comforters
• Twin sheet sets 
• Twin blankets
• Twin waterproof mattress pads
• Books (ages 3-17)
• Monetary donations (donated funds are used by SHP to purchase lumber, tools, and twin mattresses). 

*** Solid Colors (gender neutral) and bed-in-a-bag sets are perfect!

ADVENT PROJECT DROPBOX LOCATION: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School

If you are interested in an upcoming Build Day, go to shpbeds.org and look for the De Pere chapter or use this link to register.

Students interested in helping with the Build Days MUST be at least 12 years old and accompanied by a parent.  

The SHP De Pere Chapter also accepts monetary donations and Corporate Sponsorships for Build Days. If you are interested in learning more about SHP, please feel free to contact Lisa Sharapata via email at dlpata3@hotmail.com or via cell at (920) 492-1769.

Computer Science

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Little Bits

As we kickoff Computer Science week, we are introducing Little Bits to our students.

This week we are learning about the various Little Bit components and reinforcing some of the vocabulary that we have been learning.

• Power = blue blocks
• Input = pink blocks (We reinforce -what is an input to a computer?)
• Wire = orange blocks
• Output = green blocks (We reinforce - what is output from a computer?)

As we learn about the various components, we work together in teams to create and learn what the bits can do. When we have explored each of the components, we will have the opportunity to tackle a challenge with Create, Play, Remix and Share what we learned.

CodeWisco Week

December 6-10

We are excited to be a part of the Computer Science Talent Eco System for Youth (CSETY) with CESA7.

As participants in the CSforAll Script progam, we were asked to participate in the #CodeWISCO week.

Checkout the following video featuring some familiar faces from Our Lady of Lourdes as we kickoff CodeWISCO week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDj4PclMWTg

Learn more about how CESA7 is supporting Our Lady of Lourdes and other schools to bring Computer Science into all K-12 classrooms in Wisconsin.

https://sites.google.com/cesa7.org/cstey/home

Holiday ordering – Order your gift cards now; don’t wait until the last minute. As with most others, we are being alerted to the possibility of delivery delays in December. It is suggested that you have your order(s) for any Christmas gift-giving (physical cards) placed by December 13th . We don’t anticipate processing orders December 20th due to volunteer availability in the event of shipping delays.

$5 and $10 gift cards – Smaller denominations offered for many retailers through December 31. Visit the ShopWithScrip site to browse the selection.

eGift Card Bonuses: December 11-17

RaiseRight Exclusive – by using the ShopWithScrip app (RaiseRight), you can get gift-cards delivered right to your door for a small fee. Orders must be paid for with your bank account or credit card.

New Retailers and/or Options:

Big Lots – now available (4%); physical ($25/$100) + eGift Card

Door Dash – eGift Card only; (3%)

Fleet Farm – eGift Cards now available (3.5%)

Harley-Davidson – eGift Card only (5%)

Panda Express – eGift Cards now available (8%)

Julie’s Café – No Longer Available

SHELL Local Dealer Gift Card Program - We have been assured that the recently announced sale of the Grand Central Station stores will not affect our SCRIP cards. The change of ownership will not affect the gift card program.

VOLUNTEERS – We are still looking for volunteers to keep the SCRIP Program at OLOL up and running. Interested individuals, please email the program at scrip@lourdesdepere.org.

Pickup your Countdown to Advent in the Church Gathering Space.

Thank you to Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Family for preparing these kits for our homes.

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School https://lourdesschooldepere.org/