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The I.N.F.O.
The Important News From OLP

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

$153,160 GIFT MOVES OLP AHEAD
As the annual Erie Catholic Schools Week neared an end, students, faculty, and staff of Our Lady of Peace School celebrated Mass on Thursday, January 30, 2014, with profound gratitude for the late Mr. Frank Amoroso, an Our Lady of Peace Church parishioner of many years. Upon the New Year, Mr. Amoroso's attorney executed his wish to present a donation of $153,160.82 to Our Lady of Peace School.

With the guidance of Fr. Ted, Our Lady of Peace Church Pastor, Mary Beth Ek, Principal, and John Plavcan, school Computer Technician, a decision was made that technology would be the best investment for these funds and a three year plan was developed. The schools' two computer labs will be completely equipped with state-of-the art technology and software, and the teachers will receive new computers and software as well. Their forward thinking technology department is researching the most current technology with which to equip the school.

The news was presented by Fr. Ted and Miss Ek at the weekly faculty and staff meeting Wednesday January 8^th. The heartfelt emotion of the elated faculty and staff is a testament to the significance of this gift. One teacher could be overheard stating, "God really does answer our prayers."

Execution of the three year plan is underway, and the school plans to make purchases by March.

Second Quarter Honors

Congratulations to the 5th - 8th grade students who earned honors for the second quarter!

First Honors

Grade Five

Brooke Moffatt

Anna Welton

Grade Six

Hannah Labonte

Mitchell Ruff

Olivia Sanders

Grade Seven

Lauren Baker

Jack Hilbrich

Sara Huber

Alex Kolodychak

Leah Prischak

Michaelena Siggia

Sanibel Stravinsky

Molly Welton

Christina Wilson

Grade Eight

Drew Bleggi

Sara DiPietro

Alexander Harrity

Claire Kitcey

Gregory Pociej

Sara Prischak

Joshua Rohrbach

Victoria Sanders

Renee Stoicovy

Benjamin Zukowski

Second Honors

Grade Five

Chase Abramczyk

Kady Brink

Ann Buechel

Andrew Carlson

Ava Catrabone

Taylor DeLuca

Michael Duska

Briana Empey

Jeffrey Giannelli

Anna Grychowski

Maria Knox

Rachel Majewski

Megan Nagel

Andrew Nawrocki

Owen Ogrodowczyk

Dominic Padalino

Michael Pelletier

Riley Poolson

Sarah Stravinsky

Jessica Tarasovitch

Julia Wilson

Grade Six

Jennifer Conover

Joshua Cooper

Mark DiPietro

Caralyn Dufala

Nicholas Eddy

Angeline Kurczewski

Courtney Patsy

Matthew Sandstrom

Kaitlyn Steiner

Abigail Valerio

Rebecca Wallen

Grade Seven

Sara Breckur

Melissa Carlson

Lauren Hanke

Samuel Knox

Michael Laufenberg

Ryan Mason

Adam Pundt

Meghan Relampagos

Chace Rodgers-Gentile

Evan Selker

Ava Tierney

John Vergotz

Madeline Welch

Grade Eight

Amber Bizzarro

Jacob Fleming

Jacquelyn Giannelli

Phoebe Gromacki

Amanda Hamilton

Robert Harris

Lauren Kurpiewski

Maya Leibold

Hannah Maciak

Joseph Mischler

Cassie Mlakar

Hannah Moffatt

Lauren Prischak

Amanda Reichert

Ashley Reichert

Kiaran Todd

Ryan Valerio

Olivia White

Nicole Wisniewski

Adam Wodarski

Brion Zacherl

Caring Crusaders

The Safe and Caring Schools theme for February is "Teaming Up for Success."

Cooperation is the ability to work well with others in order to get things done. Children need to learn early on that cooperation is a valuable lifelong skill. We need to model and teach accountability, being a team player, responsibility and effective communication so they learn that these are important aspects of getting along.

Students will

Learn the importance of cooperation
Practice leadership and teamwork skills
Learn and practice communicating effectively

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CARING CRUSADERS WINNERS FOR JANUARY 2014

Carter Marks - Grade 2A

Emily Blenner - Grade 4A

Mike Friello - Grade8A

OLP MOVES to Raise Money for the American Heart Association (AHA)

OLP students are going to be Hooping (basketball and hula hoops) and Jumping (jumping rope) to raise money for the American Heart Association during the week of Valentines' Day in their physical education classes.

Students are asking family and friends to sponsor them in their effort to help fight heart disease. Some are doing this in honor or memory of loved ones. We will have a Heart Chain of names for those who students wish to honor/remember in the gym. Hearts are free; just send in names of those you would like to include.

Students can set there own goals as to how much they wish to raise and the AHA does provide thank-you gifts for the various money levels that students collect. There are online opportunities for donating and AHA can link request to email or social networks (Facebook, etc.) to simplify collecting. It can all be done online.

The following links include information you may find helpful.

JFH Parent Letter

HFH Parent Letter

FSA
Save the Date ~ OLP Barnes & Noble Bookfair Fundraiser

The FSA is sponsoring a Barnes and Noble school fundraiser on Thursday, February 13, 2014, located at the store on Peach Street. The event will run from 6:00-8:00p.m. Please plan on attending this great event to benefit Our Lady of Peace School. All purchases will be compiled, and a percentage of the sales will be given back to the school! Your support is greatly appreciated!

If you are unable to attend, please visit: BN.COM/bookfairsto support us online from 2/13/14 to 2/20/14 by entering Bookfair ID 11294832 at checkout.

Barnes & Noble Bookfairs Flyer

OLP 2013-2014 Yearbook Now on Sale

ORDER ONLINE!

Order your OLP 2013-2014 Yearbook today! Order forms were sent home in the Yellow, Tuesday Folder on February 4, 2014. Extra order forms are available in the school office. OR ORDER YOUR YEARBOOK ONLINE!

There are many new exciting options for you to choose from this year! Students can have their yearbook personalized with their name in foil on the front cover! Yearbooks are $20.00 with an added cost for the extras.

To make things easier for you and the school ORDER YOUR YEARBOOK ONLINE! Go to ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter ID Code 11468814

ALL YEARBOOK ORDERS ARE DUE BY FEBRUARY 25, 2014.

Very few extra yearbooks are ordered, so make sure you order yours today!

OLP Cheerleaders Bake Sale

The OLP Varsity Cheerleaders are heading to Cleveland to compete in CCC's Hard Rockin'

National Championship Competition!!

The OLP JV and Varsity Cheerleaders are having a bake sale to help raise money to send the Varsity Cheerleaders to compete in Cleveland on Sunday, March 9, 2014!

Please help support these girls by visiting the bake sale after mass this Saturday, February 15, 2014, and after most masses on Sunday, February 16, 2014. Thank you in advance for your support!

2014 Diocesan Cheerleading Competition - Please come support the OLP JV and Varsity Cheerleaders as they compete in the 2014 Diocesan Cheerleading Competition on Sunday, February 23, 2014, at Mercyhurst Preparatory School! Doors will open at 11:30a.m., with the competition beginning at 12:30p.m. Cost is $3.00 per Adult and $2.00 per student. Go Crusaders!

Athletics

OLP Athletic Board Open Meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at 7:00 pm in the OLP Cafeteria.

It is an open meeting and anyone who wishes to be put on the agenda, please contact Debbie Maciak Secretary

at hockeymominpa@aol.com.

P.L.A.Y. Basketball League

P.L.A.Y or Participate & Learn at the YMCA is a new basketball league for OLP school students and parishioners in grades 1-4. This league has reached the halfway point in the season. OLP has fielded 6 teams comprised of 47 players! If you have an opportunity, please visit the downtown YMCA on Saturdays and cheer on our young Crusaders!

Link to Grade 1-2

Link to Grade 3-4 boys

Link to Grade 3-4 girls

Wrestling

Congratulations to Ryan Selker, Izak Slupski, and Ian Irvin for their performance at the Great Lakes Elementary Wrestling League Championships (GL-EWL) at Edinboro University this past weekend. Izak Slupski logged a win and Ian Irvin had several wins that earned him a 2nd place finish. Great job to all!

Swimming

Congratulations to the OLP JV Swim Team for an OUTSTANDING job at the Diocesan Championship this past weekend!

Here are the Diocesan Championships results for the 1st - 4th graders. First through eighth place and all events are 25 yards long.

FIRST GRADE

Collin Troutman: 1st place in breaststroke and 2nd place in butterfly.

Lillie Beuchert: 2nd place in breaststroke and 4th place in butterfly.

Cassidy Boque: 7th place in butterfly and 8th place in breaststroke

Karlee Nolan: 5th place in butterfly

1st grade freestyle relay 4th place; Karlee Nolan, Cassidy Boque, Collin Troutman, Lillie Beuchert

SECOND GRADE

Kylie Troutman: 1st place in breaststroke and 3rd place in butterfly

Cassidy Swain: 2nd place in backstroke and 4th place in breaststroke

Nick Publicover: 2nd in place butterfly

Emily Krahe: 4th place in freestyle and 7th place in backstroke

Katie Denlinger: 5th place in butterfly and 8th place in breaststroke

Carter Marks: 6th place in backstroke and 7th place in freestyle

Greg Boam: 5th place in breaststroke and 8th place in backstroke

2nd grade freestyle relay: 2nd place Cassidy Swain, Emily Krahe, Katie Denlinger, Kylie Troutman

THIRD GRADE

Mary Grace Stravinski: 2nd place in freestyle and 4th place in butterfly

Katie Welton: 5th place in freestyle and 8th place in butterfly

Marissa Birchard: 7th place in breaststroke

Mally Mourton: 7th place in butterfly

3rd grade freestyle relay: 4th place Katie Welton, Mally Mourton, Olivia Buckel, Mary Grace Stravinski

FOURTH GRADE

Haley Rohrbach: 1st place in freestyle and 2nd place in backstroke

Emma Sanders: 1st place in breaststroke and 4th place in butterfly

Andrew Kolokychak: 4th place in breaststroke and 5th place in butterfly

Emma Prischak: 7th place in backstroke and 7th place in breaststroke

4th grade freestyle relay: 4th place Haley Rohrbach , Andrew Kolodychak, Emma Sanders, Emily Torrance

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE OLP SWIMMERS!! We had a wonderful year!!

i9 Sports Spring Registration

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Attention 8th Graders & Parents

We are well under way with the preparations for the Class of 2014's graduation from Our Lady of Peace School! Individual Committees should be meeting this month and next to work on their plans.
If you would like to be a part of the planning and haven't signed up for a committee, please call me or email and I will connect you to your chosen event chairwoman.

Committee chairwomen, please have an update ready to give to the group at our February meeting.

Any interested 8th grade parents please join us on Wednesday, February 27, 2014, at 7:00p.m. in the Teacher Lunch Room for our next meeting. Don't hesitate to call with any questions or concerns. See you at the meeting!
Laura Kitcey,
8th Grade Graduation Chair
Cell 746-6404 or lkitcey@roadrunner.com

Jesus Christ Superstar

The eighth grade class performance of Jesus Christ Superstar is April 16, 2014, at 1:30p.m. in the OLP Church. This is a tradition for the eighth grade class here at OLP and one the students look forward to.

Have you been looking for your black attire? All eighth graders need to have a roomy black turtleneck, plain black pants, and black socks for the performance. It is easier to find them now than in April.

7th & 8th Grade Youth Group

Join us for an evening of fun!
OLP Youth Group Inner Tubing
At Mount Pleasant
Thursday, February 13, 2014
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Mount Pleasant Ski Resort
14510 Mount Pleasant Road
Cambridge Springs, PA 16403

$5.00 is the cost and includes tubing, pizza, snacks, and drinks.
Please bring a hygiene product to be donated to the City Mission.
Transportation is not provided. Think carpooling!

Spiritual Opportunity

7th & 8th grade parents. Please see the information below, as it sounds like a wonderful opportunity for both you and your child. If your child is in the Jr. High Youth Group, this will also count as a spiritual event. Just please let me know if you attend. Thanks! Brenda Barto 823-5670 or chuckybrenda@verizon.net

Providing and promoting a family-centered Catholic approach to chastity education

Bringing Families Together!

Parents, have you had "the talk" with your child? Do you know what you are going to say? Do you need some assistance getting the conversation started or just need opportunities to continue with success? Don't worry...help is here!

Join us at St. George Church on Friday March 28th from 6 pm-9 pm and Saturday March 29th from 9 am-3pm., for Real Love & Real Life. Parents, this program is designed for you and your 7th or 8th grader. It will bring you together with other parish families to learn about love, life, chastity and God's gift of sexuality. You and your child will have the chance to enhance your communication skills, true worth, guidelines for future dating and lots more.

Here, one parent shares what they liked most about the program, "It opened a door for me that wasn't open before between my daughter and me. I definitely feel more comfortable and confident discussing chastity with her."

Real Love & Real Life is a fun, unique, interactive program presented by Family Honor, Inc. The deadline for registering is (Friday March 14th). Space is limited so register early online at www.familyhonor.org. There is no charge for this program (though donations will be requested).For more information contact Bernadette Carroll 814-572-1016 or dettedette26@hotmail.com

OLP Goes Disney ~ New Discounts!

Not only can you now save up to 30% on your room at Walt Disney World this spring, but if you upgrade to a package with at least 4 day Magic Your Way tickets, you will get 1 day free!

This offer is good for stays most nights March 14 - April 12 and April 20 - June 15, 2014!

Check out the details at this link

http://magicalmainstreetvacations.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/walt-disney-world-spring-room-discount/

You must book by March 31, 2014, and rooms allocated to this offer are LIMITED so don't wait! Book your Spring Walt Disney World vacation today!!!

Contact Mandy at MagicalMainStreet@hotmail.com or 814.882.6204 for your free, no obligation quote! And remember, as always, my services are FREE to you!

Mercyhurst University ~ Kids Night Out

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Mercyhurst University Athletic Center

501 East 38th Street

6:00-9:30p.m.

Kids Ages 4-15

$10 per child (family discounts are available).

For those few hours kids will play several games with the Mercyhurst Softball team including basketball, wiffle ball, football, tag, and volleyball. They can also watch movies and listen to music.

It's a great chance for parents to go out and celebrate Valentine's Day child free.

Leanne Baker

Mercyhurst University Head Softball Coach

lbaker23@mercyhurst.edu

LEAF's 9th Annual Winterfest ~ Recycled Sled Contest

Sunday, February 23, 2014

12:00-4:00p.m.

Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier Park (LEAF)

1501 West 6th Street

Erie, PA 16505

www.leaferie.org

Click here for more information.

Read to the Therapy Dogs

Spend time with our certified therapy dogs every Thursday from 6:00-7:30p.m. Bring your favorite book to read and make a new friend!

Therapy Dogs United Office

1932B West 8th Street

Park in the back parking lot and you will see our new office.

Contact Debbie Whitman with any questions

chrebbie001@gmail.com

Photo of the Week
Math Counts

Sara DiPietro, Sara Prischak, Alexander Kolodychak, and Joshua Rohrbach participated in the Math Counts competition on Saturday, February 8, 2014, at Cathedral Prep. The team did OLP proud.

Note:

If your organization would like to submit information to the OLP electronic newsletter, please contact Mrs. Jennifer Delavern at 838-3548 or at theinfo@olpcrusaders.org

Deadline for the Tuesday, February 17, 2014, issue is

Friday, February 14, 2014, by 9:00a.m.

Contact Info:

School: 814 838-3548 Preschool: 814 838-3886 Church: 814 833-7701

Extended Care: 814 923-7607

On the web: www.olpcrusaders.org
Attendance Email: attendance@olpcrusaders.org