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February 25, 2015
Our Lady of Lourdes School
Kindergarten Information
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Lourdes Letter
1305 Lourdes Ave.
De Pere WI. 54115
920-339
339-3091
Dear Lourdes Families,
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Letter from the Principal
1
Up Coming Dates
2
Lunch/Playground Schedule
2
PBIS Winners
2
Check Writing
2
Yearbook Reminder
2
Seroogy Sale
2
Life’s A Beach Party
2
Jump Rope for Heart Info
3
On Tuesday, March 3rd I will be giving my oral presentation for my Master’s of
Education Leadership. I took the principal position here at Lourdes with an
understanding that I would obtain my license within 2 years. I found a program
that work
worked
ed at an accelerated level and would have it completed in 20 months.
When I started the program, I couldn’t even imagine a time when I found myself
putting everything together and finishing the program. As this date approaches, it
caused me to reflect on my journey as Lourdes principal and led me in a direction
of appreciate for those who have helped me along the way.
All Lourdes families deserve a word of thanks from m
me.
e. Two summers ago, you and
SAC decided to offer me, an unknown person without any experience,
ex
an
opportunity to lead your school. I’m sure there were
re a number of reasons why you
could have given it to another candidate. Thank you for allowing me to come to
your school and give me a chance. Getting to know you and your children has
enriched
iched my life in so many ways. I am so blessed to come to a school where I
know every child’s name and have an understanding of what makes them tick. I’m
sure we have all heard the advice of
of, always look for small things in your life that
you are gratef
grateful
ul for. So many times we are looking for something better, easier, or
bigger and we don’t truly appreciate what we have. Being able to see your children
every day is one of the greatest blessings that I don’t
on’t take for granted. The only
way that I can rrepay you for this great opportunity is
s to continue to work on ways
to improve our school and help your children. Thank You Lourdes Families!
The staff at Lourdes has been great to me while on my journey. They have allowed
me room
m to grow and helped in so many ways. They have been open to looking at
things from different perspectives and giving input on suggestions. They have
helped me to better understand what being a leader is and how to find ways to
bring the best out of every person. They have been patient, understanding,
thoughtful, and instructional. Thank you Lourdes Staff!
My wife Jennifer and my children Kayla, Brian, and Rebecca have all been very
understanding of this process and the time commitment. They have all had to
step up and take on additional responsibilities at home. My educational career
actually started when I quit my corporate job and deci
decided
ded to be a stay at home dad.
dad
Since I hav
have been heavily involved in my children’s lives since they were small, this
past 20 months has been a little different. Thank you Young clan!
Lunch Schedule:
K-2: eat 11:55-12:15,
recess 12:15-12:35
3-5: eat 11:40-12:00,
recess 12:00-12:20
As March 2nd kept getting closer and closer, I started thinking of my father more
and more. My dad passed away in 2006. He was a tough nut to crack. He didn’t
hand out compliments very often. I believe that his mindset was established in us
boys that we had certain expectations to meet and nothing less was accepted. I
didn’t like it at the time but his influence has helped me so much in becoming the
person I am and it certainly helped me these past 20 months. I had so much to do
and I was spread quite thin, but the expectation I put on myself was to put my
m
mind to it and succeed. There was no other option. I am certainly hoping that he
is looking down on me this next week and is thinking “job well done, you did good
kid”. Thank you Dad!
6-8: eat 11:24-11:44,
recess 11:44-12:02
Follow Our Lady of Lourdes School on
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Living, Loving, and
Learning The Lourdes Way
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Weekly PBIS Winners
NOTICE!
This week’s winners!
When making out
checks for school
please be sure to
make them out to
GRACE not OLOL.
Only checks for
athletic should be
made out to
OLOL.
Up Coming Dates:
Feb. 27: $1 Dress Down Day!
Jump Rope for Heart in gym
Life’s A Beach Party @ Green
Bay Distillary
Yearbook orders are due.
Mar. 5: GRACE Forensics
Mar. 6: Early Release M.S.
11:00 am, Elem. 11:30 am
End of Tri 2
Brennan Johnson
Henry VanDenHeuvel
Haley Blevins
George Smullen
Elijah Zifferblatt
Gabriel Merline
Thank you for showing
us the Cavalier way!
Yearbook
Reminder:
Orders for the
2014/2015 school
year are due
Friday, February
27th. Extra order
forms are
available in the
office.
Lourdes Way T-Shirt Day
SEROOGY’S EASTER SALE
Lunch/Playground
Volunteer Schedule
Thur. Feb 26: Neil
Green/Julie Stiles
Fri. Feb 27: Kathy
Kocken/Holly Roarty
Don’t forget about the Easter Seroogy's Fundraiser.
Please ask your family and friends if they would like to
order some of the traditional favorites. Orders are due
back to the office by Friday, March 6th. My goal is to have your
order to you well before the Easter holiday. Any questions,
contact Vicki DeJardin 338-9355. Thank you for supporting Our
Lady of Lourdes and also a De Pere business.
FUN!
AWESOME BAND PLAYING LIVE MUSIC! DANCING!
DRINKS/FOOD! SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOL!
If any of those things sound up your alley, you don’t want to miss out on
the “Life’s A Beach” Party on Friday, February 27th!
Mon. Mar 2: Susan
DeRuyter/Carrie Ricker
Spread the word — family, friends, neighbors, co-workers…all are
welcome (adults only).
Tues. Mar 3: Sandy
Gatewood/Katie VerBoort
You can sign up via this signupgenius link:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4ea4a62aa0fd0-lifes1
Wed. Mar 4: Alessandra
Cudicio/Peg Schneider
Please be at school from
11:20 until 12:35.
Thank you
*** If you interested in a fun and easy way to earn TSF hours, ***
we are looking for volunteers to work the admissions table at the
Beach Party from 7pm until 11pm (shifts can be broken down into
1-2 hour increments if preferred). Please contact Michelle Stevens
or Kelly Smullen if you're willing/able to help.
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OLOL parents,
In last week’s Family News we included a letter about this year’s
Jump Rope for Heart event at OLOL.
This Monday, your child should have brought home two important
pieces to support this year’s event:
1. Heart Hero: This paper heart is a visual way to showcase
the people in our lives who have already been impacted by a
heart condition or stroke. We hope it served as an
opportunity to talk with your child about heart health. If
you haven’t yet, we ask all hearts be returned to school by
Thursday, Feb. 26. We’ll be creating one giant heart on the
wall of the gym as a valuable visual for the students as they
jump during our Jump Rope for Heart event.
2. Fundraising: A fundraising packet was also sent home.
Students are encouraged to raise money to support their
jumping efforts and the American Heart Association. There’s
even an option to help your child create an online
fundraising page – making it easy to collect donations from
family near and far. Visit www.heart.org/jump and click on
“Register Today” to get started. As you can see on the
pamphlet, there are some great incentives to encourage the
students to fundraise. We’ll collect donations through
Friday, March 6.
Come Cheer and Jump
Our Jump Rope for Heart event will be an all-school activity in the
gym this Friday, Feb. 27 from 1:20 – 2:30. Students will rotate
stations. All parents are invited to attend and cheer on our
jumpers… even come jump with us!
Thanks in advance for your involvement with this year’s Jump
Rope for Heart.
We’re on the Web
www.lourdesschooldepere.org
Early Release
OLOL Office Hours
The school office will
close on half days a
half hour after
dismissal, noon for
11:30 elementary
dismissal and 11:30
for 11AM releases.
If you have an event
or other information
that you would like
published in the
newsletter, please
send it to Cindy
Smits at
csmits@gracesystem.
org by Monday at
3:30 pm to be
published the
following Wednesday.