5th Grade Revolutionary Day Parade
 March 2nd is rememberance of the American Revolution. To celebrate and remember the 5th grade put on a wax museum for the school, traveling from room to room.  

 Men's Club hosts Fish Fry March 2nd

Celebrate family, friends and faith at the Men's club Fish Fry this Lenten Season! 

All you can eat family friendly menu:

- Fried Fish, Potatoes, Mac n' Cheese, Coleslaw, Carrots, Dinner Rolls, Cookies and Beverages

Friday March 2nd, 5:00-7:30 p.m.

Our Lady of Peace School Gym

Adults $10

Seniors (62+) $8

Children (3-12) $5

Family max. $35

*Image from: Mom's Taste of Home, Fried Fish

 Time to think about next year ...
Registration continues online during the next few weeks. Please make a point to make sure that you have re-registered your 1st - 8th grade student.

If you have already registered for Preschool, PreKindergarten or Kindergarten you only need to register other students in your family 1-8th grade.

Only one fee of $125 is due per familiy for registration.

If you have difficulty or need to clarify/ammend something from your registration application please contact either Ms. Campbellin the school office or Ms. Svard in the parish office and they will assist you.

Foodshelf

Each March Minnesota FoodShare runs the largest food drive in the state and restocks food shelves across Minnesota.  During March all financial contributions are doubled through a matching grant, so your almsgiving goes twice as far.  Envelopes will be available in the Church pews beginning March 3^rd.  Place your financial contribution in the envelopes and deposit them in the weekend collection or you can drop them off at the parish office by March 31^st.

We will also hold a food drive at all school Mass on March 29^th to collect non-perishable food items for a local food shelf.

Our Lady of Peace Home

Our Lady of Peace Home (formerly Our Lady of Good Counsel Cancer Home) is currently operated by the Franciscan Health Community and treats terminal cancer patients who are unable to afford care in other nursing facilities or to continue care at home.  On the weekend of March 10-11, we will be collecting toiletries for the patients of Our Lady of Peace Home.

It's ALMOST Time to Preorder Your COLOR Yearbook!

Yes! We finally made the switch to color!

The 8th graders have produced a FABULOUS yearbook for the 2011-2012 school year!  Don't let time run out on your opportunity to get one!  Preorders will be accepted March 13th - 23rd.  Preordering is the ONLY way to guarantee your child receives a yearbook.  After preorders are filled, yearbooks will go on sale at the end of May and will be sold on a first come, first serve basis.

In case you're wondering ... Preschool and Prekindergarten ARE featured in the school yearbook!

Pricing:     

$22   Yearbook (increase from last year's price due to switch to color)

$24   Yearbook w/zoom

Please look for order forms that will be sent home March 9th.

Questions? Contact Mrs. Riehm at eriehm@olpmn.org

SPA Sponsored Flower SALE!!!!
It's time to think about the garden and chase away the winter greys! SPA is hosting the Wagner's flower sale again this year, look for the colorful order forms to come out on Monday, March 5th!  

SPARK stands for "Sports, Play & Active Recreation for Kids"

We start each day off with 40-50 mins of  "SPARK" time

The program was developed by a team of researchers and educators from San Diego State . It was supported by grant money from the Heart,Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health as a counter to heart disease.(the number one cause of death in the USA)

It promotes physical activity especially after the students have been sitting for much of the day , or have little or no PE time during the regular school day.

The focus of SPARK is the development of motor skills, movement knowledge and social and personal skills.

It is our hope that physically educated children and adolescents become lifelong movers and model the behaviors necessary to achieve a healthy lifestyle.

Some other bullet points about SPARK and what we expect to accomplish with the program:

Participants will:

·         Enjoy and seek out physical activity

·         Develop the ability to get along with others in movement environments (share space, share equipment, employ good sportsmanship behaviors

·         Develop self-responsibility for physical activity

·         Help them to maintain acceptable levels of physical activity

·         Creativity in playing games

·         Increased opportunities for social interaction

Our students brought in 12,320 items to recycle last week!

Thank you for the great Cash for Trash contest last week!    Please start saving now for the contest in the fall (gasp!).  Educate your friends, relatives and neighbors about all the great things we recycle and please have them save them for our school:)  FYI, please keep chargers with used cell phones because they need to be charged when Megan sends them in to be recycled. 

The winners of this contest were Mrs. Snee's second grade with 2792 items and Mr. Munoz's homeroom with 1511!  The following are the classroom totals:

Mr. Munoz=1511

Mrs. Roth=1439

Mrs. Riehm=1347

Ms. Loso=761

2nd grade=2792

Kindergarten=1922

3rd/4th grades=900

preschool/preK=837

1st grade=789

Thank You!  Thank You!  Thank You!  We are all winners when we earn free money for the school!