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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 22, 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 29, 2013, issue is Monday, January 28, 2013, at 9:00a.m.  Thank you.
In This Issue
Upcoming Events
This Weeks Athletic Events
Catholic Schools Week
Advancement
A Sense-sational Evening
AHA Jump/Hoops
National School Choice
Scouts
Youth Group
OLP Bowling
Athletics
Scrapbooking Event
Photo of the Week
Upcoming Events

 

January 23

~School Families Registration Due

 

January 24

~School Liturgy 9:00am 

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

~March for Life 1/24-26/13 

 

January 25

~Parish Family School Registration 8:00am-3:00pm 
~Progress Reports Sent Home

 

January 26-February 1 

~Catholic School Week

 

January 26

~CSW 5:00p.m. Mass

 

January 27

~7:30a.m., 9:00a.m., 11:00a.m. Masses

~Open House 10:00a.m.-1:00p.m.

~A Sense-sational Evening Tickets on sale

 

January 28 

~OLP Spirit Day

~Pep Rally 9:15a.m.

 

January 29  

~Faculty Day

 

January 30

~Community/Vocations Day

 

January 31

~Family Day

~School Liturgy 9:00a.m. 

 

February 1

~Student Day

~Volley Ball Game 1:30p.m. 

 

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. 23 @ St. Peter 6:00p.m.  

Feb. 7 @ OLP 6:00p.m. 

 

Boys' Varsity Basketball

Jan. 23 @ St. Peter 7:15p.m.  

Feb. 4 @ OLP 7:15p.m.

Feb. 7 @ OLP 7:15p.m. 

 

Boys' JV Basketball

Jan. 25 @ St. Peter 6:00p.m.  

Feb. 4 @ OLP 6:00p.m.

Feb. 8 @ OLP 6:00p.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

Saturday, January 26, 2013

*Students participate at 5:00p.m. Mass 

 

Sunday, January 27, 2013

*Students participate at 7:30, 9:00, and 11:00a.m. Masses 

*Open House 10:00a.m. to 1:00p.m. 

 

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

 

 

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 

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

 

Advancement Office News                    


2013-2014 School Year Registration
Registration and financial assistance information for the 2013-2014 school year were sent home Tuesday, January 8, 2013, with the youngest child. Registration forms along with the $50 registration fee per family is due in the school office Tomorrow, 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.
  
  
  
American Heart Association
Jump/Hoops for Heart Event
AHA Jump/Hoops
February 25-28, 2013
 
The students of OLP will be participating in the AHA Jump/Hoops for Hear Event the week of February 25, 2013 during all gym classes.

To learn more about this event and how you could win a Kindle Fire click on the links below.

AHA Parent Letter
AHA Online Registration
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.  
Scouts
DGS 
1ST GRADE DAISY SCOUTS

Just a reminder that your daughter's Girl Scout cookie order form is due NO LATER than FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25TH.  To date, I have received Ella Mitchell's and Ava Blanchard's - great job ladies! Mrs. Tatarko will be in the gym that morning from 8:15 on to collect the forms from you. I will be in Washington DC for March for Life and will be returning late Saturday night. Orders have to be entered by midnight Sunday, which is why I need the forms on Friday.  If you have them earlier, please send in to Elizabeth Roach's attention in 1B.

 

Our next 1st Grade Daisy Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 7th,  after school until 5:00pm.

 


 

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

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

Tubing
  February 14, 2013

5:00pm-8:00pm

Mount Pleasant Ski Resort, Edinboro

 

Please see attached flyer and documents for more information. This information will also be e-mailed home today.

 

 

MARCH FOR LIFE PARTICIPANTS:

Please remember how important it is to segregate out your money into envelopes. The following envelopes will be collected prior to getting on the bus to head down to DC. Please mark each label accordingly and don't forget to put your name on each oneJ

                $10.00 - Hard Rock Café

                $10.00 - Metro Card

                $2.00 - Bus Driver

 


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.

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.

 

 

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.

Bowling will take place on the following dates:
Jan. 28, Feb. 4,11, & 25, Mar. 4, 11, & 25, April 8, 15, 22, & 29

One adult must be present and responsible for each team, each week.

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 

All Day Scrapbooking Event

Presented by the OLP Families Together Ministry

 

   Saturday, February 23, 2013

           9:00a.m. - 9:00p.m.  

Our Lady of Peace School Cafeteria

 

Click Here for Registration form.


 

 

Photo of the Week
Dinosaur Week  

Dino Week
It's Dinosaur Week in Third Grade!!  Be sure to stop by and see all of their projects during OLP's Open House on Sunday, January 27, 2013 from 10:00a.m. to 1:00p.m. as we begin Catholic Schools Week.
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 29, 2013, issue is Monday, January 28, 2013, at 9:00a.m.  Thank you.
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