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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, February 12, 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 February 19, 2013, issue is Monday, February 18, 2013, at 9:00a.m.  Thank you.

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In This Issue
Upcoming Events
This Weeks Athletic Events
Valentine's Day
A Sense-sational Evening
PRAISE
Daisy Scouts
Girls Night Out
AHA Jump/Hoops
Youth Group
FSA
Athletics
EYTFL
Pink the Rink
Upcoming Events


February 12

~Bury the Alleluia

~Holy Hour in Church 6:45

 

February 13

~Ash Wednesday Liturgy 9:00a.m.

~Dress Down $

~Early Dismissal 1:30p.m.

 

February 14

~Valentine's Dress Down K-6

~Valentine's Exchange K-3

 

February 15

~Teacher Inservice Retreat

~No School for Students

~Stations of the Cross OLP Church 7:00p.m. 

 

February 18

~School IN Session

~Make Up Day for Hurricane Sandy

 

February 19

~Reconciliation OLP Church 4:00-5:00p.m.

 

February 21

~School Liturgy 9:00a.m.

~Sac Meeting

 

February 22

~Stations of the Cross OLP Church 7:00p.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

Feb. 13 @ OLCS 6:00p.m. 

Feb. 17 @ OLP 1:30p.m.

 

Boys' Varsity Basketball

Feb. 13 @ OLCS 7:15p.m. 

Feb. 17 @ OLP 2:45p.m.

 

Boys' JV Basketball

Feb. 15 @ OLCS 6:00p.m. 

Feb 17. @ OLP 4:00p.m.


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Valentine's Day
The students of Our Lady of Peace School will celebrate Valentine's Day with a Red, White, and Pink dress down day on Thursday, February 14, 2013.  The students in Kindergarten through Grade 3 will also pass out their treats and cards on that day.

The students in grades 4 through 8 have opted to share their treats on Today, February 12, 2013 due to the season of Lent starting on Wednesday.
 
A Sense-sational Evening
Sense Sational Evening
Let us send your tickets to you!

 

We realize you are busy and may not have time to stop in the office to buy your A Sense-sational Evening tickets. We want to make it as easy as possible for you to come out and enjoy a wonderful evening at The Brewerie at Union Station. Connect with old friends, meet new people and enjoy a great time while supporting OLP.

 

If you would like to purchase tickets for A Sense-sational Evening, to be held on Saturday, March 2, 2013, from 7:30 - 11:00 p.m., simply send a check or cash in an envelope marked A Sense-sational Evening tickets with your child to school. If they send the envelope to the office, the tickets will then be sent back to you via your child. It is that easy! All proceeds from this event will benefit our school

 
  
PRAISE Award Winners
Congratulations to the January 2013 PRAISE Award winners!

Drew Erhartic - Grade 2A

Maggie Gwinn - Grade 3B

Renee Stoicovy - Grade 7B


 

Daisy Scouts
DGS
It's Girl Scout Cookie Pick-Up Time!!! The date is Saturday, February 16, 2013 and the time and locations are as follows:
Kindergarten:
OLP Cafeteria between Noon and 2:00pm

1st Grade:
Scout House between Noon and 2:00pm

All scouts who sold cookies MUST pick up your order during this time, unless prior arrangements have been made.


KINDERGARTEN DAISY SCOUTS
750 boxes of cookies sold from our Kindergarten girls! Proceeds will help the girls on their first camping trip this summer. Our next meeting will be February 14, 2013 after school until 5:00p.m. at the Scout House. Please remember to write a note to daughter's teacher saying that she will be a car rider and walking over with Mrs. Poff.  Also, please check your email for updates on the troop from jenny@presqueisledesigns.com.

Girls Night Out
Please note there is a schedule change for the February Girls Night Out.   FEBRUARY MEETING WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 21 FROM 6-7:30 PM.   We are excited to welcome Krista Lamb who has performed in many Mainstage shows at the Erie Playhouse.  She will share with us some stories and activities from the world of the theater!
All girls in grades 4-8 are invited to attend.  We will not be collecting dues for the meeting.  PLEASE BRING A NEW OR GENTLY USED WARM CLOTHING ITEM  (gloves, hat, sweatshirt, sweater, long-sleeved shirt, pants, ......) FOR A CHILD TO BE DONATED TO MERCY CENTER FOR WOMEN.  
Questions please contact Cheryl DiPietro cheryl_dipietro@yahoo.com  or Clarisa Zacherl azacherl@roadrunner.com

 

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
OLP 7th & 8th Youth Group
Tubing this Thursday at Mount Pleasant in Edinboro from 5:00pm-8:00pm. Please bring 1 hygiene product that will be given to the men at St. Martin's Center. A bin will be available at tubing to place your item in.

About half of our youth group participants are in need of 1 service project. BINGO is being offered each month and is a fun way to meet this fulfillment. We are also going to be going to assist in a local food bank in March - details to follow shortly.

 

FSA
BoxTops
BoxTops  The winning classrooms for January are:
KB, 1C, 2B, 3B, 5B, 7A, and 8A

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.
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Athletics
OLP Athletic Board Open Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April 2nd has been changed to Tuesday, April 9th at 7:00 pm in the OLP cafetaria.


Swimming

Congratulations to the OLP Swim Team who did an excellent job at the Diocesan Championship on February 3, 2013.  The following students placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.

 

 Jacob Fleming - 2nd Place Finish 7th Grade 50yd Freestyle (27.10 sec)
 Molly Welton - 1st Place Finish 6th Grade 50yd Backstroke (34.84 sec)
Jacob Fleming - 2nd Place Finish 7th Grade 50yd Backstroke (34.50 sec)
Sara Prischak - 2nd Place Finish 7th Grade 50yd Backstroke (35.32 sec)
Olivia Sanders - 2nd Place Finish 5th Grade 50yd Breaststroke (38.49 sec)
Olivia Sanders - 3rd Place Finish 5th Grade 50yd Butterfly (37.65 sec)

Sara Prischak - 3rd Place Finish 7th Grade 50yd Butterfly (34.33 sec)  

Erie Youth Tackle Football League
Cathedral Prep Varsity Football Coach, Mike Mischler is in his 16th session of EYTFL.  Erie Youth Tackle Football League provides a safe, fun and family oriented environment for players (boys age 6-12) to learn the fundamentals and skills of the game of football.

For more information visit the web site
http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=eytfl

 

Pink the Rink
 
McDowell vs Prep
Varsity Hockey
February 20, 2013
7:00p.m.
Erie Insurance Ice Arena
$5.00 at the door

Proceeds benefit The Kanzius Foundation
chinese auction, Raffles, Givaways, t-shirts and more

Click Here for more information.

 

Photo of the Week
          OLP Wrestlers

Congratulations to our OLP Wrestlers!!

Ian Irvin and Izaak Slupski both took 1st place at the Ft.Leboeuf Novice tournament on Saturday, February 9, 2013. 

Evan Selker took 1st place and Izaak Slupski took 4th place at the Great Lakes Elementary Wrestling League (GL-EWL)
Championships at Edinboro University on Sunday, February 10, 2013.  Way to go boys!!  We are proud of you!!

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 February 19, 2013, issue is Monday, February 18, 2013, at 9:00a.m.  Thank you.
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