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The I.N.F.O.
Our Lady of Peace School
2401 West 38th Street
Erie, PA 16506
814 838-3548
  Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Contacting The I.N.F.O. 
If you would like to submit information to be included in upcoming issues of The I.N.F.O. please send to theinfo@olpcrusaders.org The deadline for the January 22, 2013, issue is Monday, January 21, 2013, at 9:00a.m.  Thank you.
In This Issue
Upcoming Events
This Weeks Athletic Events
Catholic Schools Week
Yearbook Activity Pictures
Advancement
A Sense-sational Evening
National School Choice
Girls Night Out
Scouts
PRAISE
Youth Group
FSA
Athletics
Photo of the Week
Upcoming Events

 

January 15

~Holy Hour 6:45-7:45 OLP Church

 

January 17

~School Liturgy 9:00a.m.

~SAC Meeting 7:00p.m.

 

January 18

~Yearbook Activity Pictures

~End of Second Quarter/First Semester

 

January 21

~Martin Luther King Jr. Day

~No School  

 

January 23

~School Families Registration Due

 

January 24

~School Liturgy 9:00am 

~Parish Family School Registration 8:00am-3:00pm 

This Week's Athletic Events

All schedules for fall sports can be found here.

 

Please come and support your OLP Crusaders!! 

 

Girls' Varsity Basketball

Jan. 16 @ OLP 6:00p.m. 

Jan. 20 @ OLP 1:30p.m.

Jan. 23 @ St. Peter 6:00p.m. 

 

Boys' Varsity Basketball

Jan 16 @ OLP 7:15p.m. 

Jan. 20 @ OLP 2:45p.m.

Jan. 23 @ St. Peter 7:15p.m. 

 

Boys' JV Basketball

Jan 17 @ OLP 6:00p.m. 

Jan. 20 @ OLP 4:00p.m. 

Jan. 25 @ St. Peter 6:00p.m. 

 

Swimming

Jan. 19 @ Central 9:00a.m. 

 

 

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Catholic Schools Week is Coming!

Don't forget to turn in your reservation for Family Lunch on Thursday, January 31, 2012.  Reservations are due by January 23, 2012.  Family Lunch RSVP

Monday, January 28, 2013 ~ OLP Spirit Day

*Students Dress Down in OLP Spirit attire or blue and white.

*Winter Sports Pep Rally 9:15a.m.

 

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 ~ Faculty & Staff Appreciation Day

*Faculty and Staff Dress Down only

*Special Lunch for Faculty & Staff

*Prizes for Faculty & Staff throughout the day 

 

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 ~  Vocations/Community Day

*Students will be making cards to thank Chaplains of the various branches of the Military.

 

Thursday, January 31, 2013 ~ Family Day

*Family members are invited to eat lunch with their students at OLP.  In support of the Second Harvest Food Bank, OLP is asking all families to provide lunch items for school children throughout Erie. Food is sent home in backpacks so children have meals to eat over the weekend. Items you can bring include canned soup and canned pasta. We appreciate all of your support for this worthwhile community project.

 

 Session 1 11:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. A through G
Session 2 11:45 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. H through O

Session 3 12:30 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. P through Z 

 

Friday, February 1, 2013 ~ Student Day

*Student Dress Down

*Random Prizes for various students

*Ice Cream treat at lunch

*8th Grade VS Faculty & Staff Volley Ball Game 1:30p.m.  

 

Yearbook Activity Pictures
Yearbook Activity Pictures will be taken on this Friday, January 18, 2013.
 
The following groups will be photographed:
Altar Servers
Cantors
Fourth Grade Chorus
Student Council Officers and Reps
Patrols
Quiz Bowl
Math Counts
All Girl Scouts (Wear Scout uniform or attire with OLP uniform)
All Boy Scouts (Wear Scout uniform or attire with OLP uniform)
Yearbook Staff
7th & 8th Grade Youth Group
All Cross Country
Ski Club
Wrestling
Clay League Basketball
Bowling?????
JV & Varsity Football  
JV & Varsity Football Cheerleaders (bring Uniforms) 
JV & Varsity Basketball Cheerleaders (bring uniforms) 
JV & Varsity Girls' Basketball (bring uniforms) 
JV & Varsity Boys' Basketball (bring uniforms) 
Swimming Grades 1-4
Swimming Grades 5-8
 
 
 
Mrs. Delavern is looking for team photos of:
JV & Varsity Football (OLP students preferably)
JV & Varsity Football Cheerleaders
JV & Varsity Basketball Cheerleaders
JV & Varsity Girls' Basketball
JV & Varsity Boys' Basketball
Swimming Grades 1-4
Swimming Grades 5-8
 
If anyone has team photos of one or more of these groups PLEASE send them to Mrs. Delavern at OLP on a USB drive, memory card, or CD (all will be returned) for the yearbook.
 
THANK YOU!
 
 
  
Advancement Office News                    


2013-2014 School Year Registration
Registration and financial assistance information for the 2013-2014 school year are being sent home today, Tuesday, January 8, 2013, with the youngest child. Please make sure to check the Tuesday Folder. Registration forms along with the $50 registration fee per family is due in the school office by Wednesday, January 23, 2013.

 

A Sense-sational Evening
Sense Sational Evening
A Sense-sational Evening committee members are busy preparing for the March 2, 2013 event. We are in process of securing sponsors for the event. If you or someone you know has a business that may be interested in sponsoring, please click on the following link for more information. Also - NEW THIS YEAR - Anyone can be a patron. For $200 you can have your name listed in the program, receive two tickets to the event and patronage will be displayed on a screen throughout the evening.
  
Remember to mark your calendars for Saturday, March 2, 2013, for this great event. Tickets will go on sale on Saturday, January 26th for the discounted price of $35 each. They will remain at $35 throughout Catholic Schools Week. After that time they will be sold for $40 each.
  
  
  
National School Choice Week
NSCW

Save the Date:
for a Special Event on Thursday, January 31, 2013!
  
Come and Celebate National School Choice Week at the Erie Art Museum (411 State Street) at 4:30p.m. to shine a spotlight on effective education options for every child.

This is a nationwide effort to support the concept of school choice.
  
For more information click here.  
OLP Little Blu Cru

Little Blu Cru Cheerleading Camp
 Saturday, January 19, 2013
1:15p.m. - 5:00p.m.
Our Lady of Peace School Gym

T-shirts are limited.  Please send in reservation ASAP.

Little Blu Cru Form
OLP Insurance Wavier

 

 

Scouts
DGS 
1ST GRADE DAISY SCOUTS
COOKIES! COOKIES! COOKIES!  Please note that all purple forms need to be returned to me as soon as possible signing off that your daughter is allowed to sell the cookies.

Our next Daisy outing will be on January 17, 2013 ... to Claytopia. Cost for each Daisy will be $5.00 to help defray the cost of this trip. Field Trip forms went home last week. Drivers will be needed.

To all OLP Families ... Daisy Troops at OLP are selling cookies! If you are interested in stocking/restocking your pantries (and tummies) with yummy Girl Scout cookies, please contact Troop Leaders Jen Poff for Kindergarten or Kathy Roach for 1st Grade and we will be more than happy to set you up. Cookie sales run through January 25, 2013.

 

PRAISE
 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PRAISE AWARD WINNERS FOR

DECEMBER 2012

 

Izak Slupski - Grade 2A

Joey Cooper - Grade 3B

  Christina Wilson - Grade 6A


 

7th & 8th Youth Group
OLP MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP UPDATE:

1. Service Project Opportunities: BINGO at Presbyterian Lodge in Erie on January 16th and January 30th. Please sign up with Mrs. Ehrman if interested.

2. Flyers will be e-mailed out on January 22nd for our February Tubing outing at Mount Pleasant (please pray for snow!). Cost is $10.00 per tuber.

3. As a reminder, every Youth Group participant must complete 1 service project and attend 2 spiritual events in order to go on the end of year Cedar Point trip. We are in the planning stages of a February/March spiritual event, as well as an event in April. You may also attend a Holy Hour with Deacon John. These Holy Hours are offered as follows, all beginning at 6:45 in the church: January 8, February 12, March 12, April 9 and May 14. Please check in with Mrs. Mang if you decide to attend one of these services in order to receive credit.

4. We are looking for a parent to chair the April Youth Rally, along with Fr. Jason and Debbie Maciak. Please contact Kathy Roach if interested.

5. Also, we need an FYI count as to how many of you will be attending the Cedar Point trip on Monday, June 10th. We are trying to get a sense for how many buses and chaperones we need. Please e-mail Kathy Roach with your intention before Friday, January 11th at kathyroach66@gmail.com.

 

 

FSA

The Book Swap, that was scheduled for February 8, 2013, has been cancelled. It is being replaced with a future event at Barnes and Noble.

More information on this new event will be coming!

 

BoxTops 

The classes winning a dress down day for December are:
KA
1C
2A
3BBoxTops
4A
6A
7B
8B

Please send in your Box Tops by the 15th of every month, this is an easy way to earn money for the school to use for parties, field trips and so much more.  

 

OLP Bowling
A Bowling League will be starting at OLP for students in grades 2-8.  Sign-ups will be held after school on Monday, January 28, 2013 at Rolling Meadows, 32nd & Zuck Road.

The cost for 10 weeks is $50.00, which must be paid in full on January 28, 2013.  This payment will cover the cost of bowling, shoe rental and the end of year party.

Please contact Elizabeth Beres at 864-0649 or eaberes@hotmail.com with any questions.
 
Athletics
Due to a conflict on Sunday, February 10, 2013 and after contact with Boniface AD, the girls' and boys' varsity games between OLP and St Boniface on February 10, 2013 are being cancelled. The boys' JV game is still a go on that date.

2nd Annual Diocese of Erie
Track & Field Championships/Field Day
Saturday May 11, 2013
Cathedral Prep Events Center

Track & Field Flyer 

Photo of the Week
Geography Bee
Geo bee
    
Congratulations to Olivia White who won the OLP Geography Bee on Friday, January 11, 2013. 
  
Contacting The I.N.F.O. 
If you would like to submit information to be included in upcoming issues of The I.N.F.O. please send to theinfo@olpcrusaders.orgThe deadline for the January 22, 2013, issue is Monday, January 21, 2013, at 9:00a.m.  Thank you.
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