2401 West 38th Street, Erie, PA 16506

(814) 838-3548

PARENTS
Please Review Guidelines for Lice

Attention Parents: Please take a moment to review the Millcreek Township School District Policy on head lice listed below. Our School Nurse is available to answer any questions you may have. You can email her at lcrankshaw@olpcrusaders.org.

Guidelines for Lice
Millcreek School District PDF
Millcreek School District Head Lice Check List

Wellness Policy

Please click here then scroll down to review the Diocese of Erie Catholic Schools Wellness Policy.

Quick Links

February 2015 Lunch Menu

January 2015 Lunch Menu

2014-2015 School Days Calendar

Lunch Menu

Please note there have been a few changes to the February Lunch Menu. Click on the link above for the corrected menu.

OLP Extended Care Families

Parents please note that the OLP Extended Care phone number has been changed.

The new OLP Extended Care Phone Number is

(814) 218-3021

Looking Ahead

January 27
~CSW Faculty & Staff Day
~Lip Sync 1:30p.m.

January 28
~CSW Outreach Day

January 29
~CSW Family Day
~School Liturgy 9:00a.m. Second Quarter Honors Grades 5-8
~Family Lunch

January 30
~Student Day
~Student Dress Down
~8th Grade VS Faculty & Staff Volley Ball Game 1:30p.m.

February 1
~KoC Pancake Breakfast
~Superbowl Sunday

February 2
~Groundhog Day

February 3
~Throat Blessing Feast of St. Blaise

February 5
~School Liturgy 9:00a.m. Handwriting Awards
~FSA Board Meeting 6:30p.m.

For more Calendar Events Click on the Quick Link below.

Athletic Events

Girls' Varsity Basketball
Wednesday, February 4, 2015, 6:00p.m. at OLP against St. George

Monday, February 9, 2015, 6:00p.m. against St. Luke

Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 6:00p.m. at OLP against Blessed Sacrament

Boys' Varsity Basketball
Wednesday, February 4, 2015, 7:15p.m. at OLP against St. George

Monday, February 9, 2015, 7:15p.m. against St. Luke

Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 7:15p.m. at OLP against Blessed Sacrament

Boys' JV Basketball
Thursday, February 5, 2015, 6:00p.m. at OLP against St. George

Thursday, February 12, 2015, 6:00p.m. at OLP against Blessed Sacrament

Click here for Diocesan Athletic Information and Schedules

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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

The I.N.F.O.

Catholic Schools Week

Thank you to all who participated in the Catholic Schools Week Masses and who helped make our Open House a success!

Bishop Persico has a special message to all students, teachers, and families for Catholic Schools Week. Click here to see the video.

Tuesday~Teacher/Staff Day
~Faculty and staff only dress down.
~Lip Sync 1:45p.m. OLP Gym

Wednesday~Outreach Day
We will be collecting scarves, mittens, and hats for children for the St. Joseph Neighborhood Network as well as donating to the Second Harvest Food Bank.

OLP alumni Josh Rohrbach, Ryan Valerio, and Jacob Fleming, with Zac Mahon from McDowell Intermediate, will be conducting a food drive as part of their Leadership class project. Items that you may donate include non-perishable food items or monetary donations. For every dollar received, seventeen dollars of food can be purchased. The goods collected will be donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank.

Thursday~Family Day
    ~9:00a.m. School Liturgy & Second Quarter Honors Assembly OLP Church
   ~ Family Lunch - Students will eat Lunch with visiting members of their families.
        Session 1    11:00a.m. - 11:40a.m.    A through G
        Session 2     11:45a.m. - 12:25p.m.     H through O
        Session 3    12:30p.m. - 1:10p.m.    P through Z
Reservation form

Friday~Student Day
~Students only dress down. 8th Grade VS Faculty & Staff Volleyball game 1:30p.m.

2015-2016 School Year Registration

Don't Forget to register for the 2015-2016 School Year!

Returning Families Registration Form and $50.00 Registration Fee were due January 21, 2015. Please turn in your registration as soon as possible to reserve your spot for next year.

This is an important reminder that all fully completed registrations that are submitted by Monday February 2, 2015, at 2:00p.m. will be entered into a drawing for an iPad! All supporting registration documents and checks must accompany the registration.

The drawing will take place just before dismissal on Monday. Good Luck!

March 1, 2015, or March 31, 2016 - Catholic Diocese of Erie Tuition Aid Application Due

2015-2016 Registration Letter to Returning Families

2015-2016 Registration Form

Tuition Assistance Letter

Catholic Diocese of Erie Tuition Aid Application 2015-2016

Preschool Application - K-8 Application

Advancement Office

TURN YOUR TAX DOLLARS INTO TUITION

Do you own a company that pays Malt Beverage Tax? Your company may be eligible to participate in the Education Improvement Tax Credit Program.

HB91 has amended the list of taxes which are eligible for inclusion to the EITC program to include the Malt Beverage Tax. This year, we were so lucky to have over $147,000 in tuition assistance to offer financial aide to OLP families. Next year, we WILL be increasing that amount, and we hope that you will participate in this tax program to make this happen.

Please call Ashley Caldwell at 838-3548 or email at acaldwell@olpcrusaders.org to schedule an appointment to learn how your company can give the gift of education!

4th Annual Sense-sational Evening

Planning is about to commence for this years 4^th Annual Sense-sational Evening. We are currently seeking creative volunteers to plan this very fun event! As you know, this is a great opportunity to get together with your OLP friends to dine, drink and win some awesome prizes! Without volunteers, this event would not be possible.

What is needed?

-Procurement of Silent Auction and Chinese Auction gifts

-Volunteers who love to design and decorate

-Volunteers for the day of the event to assist with operations of the event

Donors/Sponsors

If you are interested in making an in-kind or cash donation to this event, please do so via the contact information listed below. More information will follow regarding sponsor/donors.

If any of this sounds like fun to you, please contact Ashley Caldwell at acaldwell@olpcrusaders.org.

2014-2015 OLP Yearbook

Calling All Photographers!
Did you take pictures at an OLP School Event?
Share your candid photos - they could be included in the OLP Yearbook!

You can submit candid school photos for consideration in the yearbook. To submit photos to the yearbook staff, go to community.lifetouch.com and register with the following access code: JIBUFV

Click here for more information.

FSA

Save the Date!

Family Bingo Night!

Bring your Valentine to Family BINGO night on Friday, February 13, 2015, from 7:00-9:00p.m. in the OLP cafeteria, sponsored by the FSA. Click here for the registration form.

Jump and Hoops for Heart

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION JUMP ROPE AND HOOPS EVENT

The annual OLP AHA Jumprope/Hoops event will be conducted during physical education classes the week of Valentines Day.

This voluntary event allows students to collect money for the American Heart Association while sponsoring them for a hoops/jump event during their physical education class. Students earn thank you gifts and collect "ducks" as they progress up sponsorship levels. Collection folders should be in the Tuesday Folder. Students may go to the following websites www.heart.org/jump or www.heart.org/hoops and register to request sponsors online. There are also "duck" incentives for online registration and donations earned online.

As many people do donate to the American Heart Association already, they may do so during this OLP School event and help sponsor our students as well.

Attached is a Parent Letter with more information, and you may contact me if you have any further questions.

Yours in fitness,

Ms. Turley

Parent Letter

8th Grade Parents

Save the Date!
8th Grade Performance of

Jesus Christ Superstar

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

1:30p.m.

OLP Church

All 8th grade students must have loose fitting plain black pants, a plain black turtleneck, and plain black socks. White gloves will be purchased through the school.

Attention 8th Grade Parents -

Our next meeting will take place on Thursday, February 5, 2015, at 7:00p.m. in the OLP Teacher's Lunch Room.

We need everyone's help to make make Graduation events memorable for our children. If anyone has any questions, please call Bea Blenner, 8th Grade Graduation Chair, at (814) 440-9116 (cell) or email her at penguinshockey555@yahoo.com.

Catholic High School Timelines

Click on the link below for the Admissions timeline for Prep-Villa.

Prep-Villa Admissions Timeline

Considering Mercyhurst Prep? Click below for the MPS Admissions Timeline.

Mercyhurst Prep Admissions Timeline

OLP 7th & 8th Grade Youth Group

The year is flying by and youth group members have attended several spiritual and service events. Below is a link to a listing of the event attendance to date. Please check your attendance to make sure you have the required 2 spiritual and 2 service events to go on the Cedar Point trip. The tentative date for the Cedar Point trip is June 10, 2015.

OLP Youth Group 2014-15 event attendance

March for Life
Thanks to Father David, Joanie McCoy and the other parent chaperones for making our trip to the March for Life a safe and spiritual pilgrimage. With very little sleep, we thank the 27 students for representing Our Lady of Peace school with class and outstanding behavior. You were a very impressive group.

Upcoming Events:

Spiritual:

YCEA Dates

-- 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Eucharistic Adoration. Come and Worship the Lord!

Saturday, February 8 - 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm **this month only

Saturday, March 7

Friday, April 24

Saturday, May 16

Friday, March 26 & Saturday, March 29 Family Honor -- Real Love & Real Life

Provides and promotes a family-centered approach to chastity education. Parents and students attend together. St. George Catholic Church More information to follow.

Wednesday, April 1 Father Larry Richard's Passion talk 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm St. Joseph Catholic Church 8th grade only. Permission slip to follow.

Service:
Wednesday, February 25 - Bingo at Elmwood Presbyterian Nursing Home 6:15 pm - 8:00 pm
***This event requires a permission form located in Mrs. Ehrman's room.***

Mark your calendars -- Cedar Point will be Wednesday, June 10. Please make sure to attend 2 spiritual and 2 service activities to go! More details to follow.

Questions, email Robin Wilson rrotz@yahoo.com.

Athletics

Wrestling

This past weekend Jacob Esser, Izak Slupski, and Ian Irvin competed in their third and final Great Lakes Elementary Wrestling League meet before the championship in two weeks. They had several wins among them with Ian Irvin winning all 3 of his matches. Great job boys and keep up all the hard work!

OLP will also be hosting a dual meet between the Diocesan schools and Northwestern this Thursday, January 29, 2015, in the school gym. Wrestling will begin at 5:45p.m. and we hope to see you there!

Boys' JV Basketball

COME SUPPORT THE

JV BOYS BASKETBALL

TOURNAMENT

FRIDAY FEB 6-8

ON FRIDAY THERE WILL BE A SCHOOL WIDE ATTENDANCE CONTEST!!

THE CLASS WITH THE MOST ATTENDANCE ON THAT NIGHT WILL WIN A PIZZA PARTY!!

THE WINNING CLASS MUST HAVE 7 OR MORE STUDENTS TO BE ELIGIBLE TO WIN!

(SORRY JV BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM AND JV CHEERLEADERS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO COUNT TOWARDS THE CLASS)

The OLP game will be at 8:45p.m., but student attendance will count towards the contest for all games (games start at 5:00). Be sure to check in at the admissions table in the foyer of the gym to give your name and class. Bring your whole family to the gym for a weekend of basketball, concessions, raffle baskets, 50/50, 3 point shoot out a lot of fun! Come out and show your school spirit by supporting your Crusaders!

Cost is only $1.00 for students, $3 adults, $7 family

We hope to see you all there!

GO OLP!

Spirit Song

SpiritSong Youth Choir wants you!

Youth from grades 5^th to 12^th who like to sing are needed to participate in OLP's music ministry.

SpiritSong is a great opportunity for your child to learn about music in the Mass, cantoring, proper singing techniques as well as making new friends and having fun at the same time!

You are invited to just "show up" for any

scheduled rehearsal and try us out!

SpiritSong leads music at the Saturday 5:00pm Mass twice per month,

and rehearses on Wednesdays from 5:15 to 6:30pm.

For more information, please contact:

Debby Holmes: 838-6306 (after 7:00pm)

Brian Kuzmin (OLP Music & Liturgy Director): 833-7701

West Ridge Firefighters Ball

Click here to Print the above flyer.

Anime Club of Erie Valentine's Day Dance

The Anime Club of Erie is here once again! Come on down to the Chelsea Ballroom at the Quality Inn & Suites and enjoy an evening of music, dancing, cosplay, and video games!

Dance is on Saturday February 14th at Quality Inn and Suites

8040 Perry Hwy, Erie, Pennsylvania 16509.

Cost is only $5 at the door plus one non-perishable food item for the Second Harvest (or $7 if not bringing a food item, $2 of which goes to the Second Harvest). Proceeds benefit the Anime Club of Erie and Erie Makerspace.

Marti Gras

http://erieartmuseum.org/events/fundraisers.html

KoC Pancake Breakfast

The Knights of Columbus Council of Our Lady of Peace will hold their monthly "Pancake Breakfast" in February on Sunday, February 1, 2015, in the OLP Cafeteria from 8:00 - 11:00 AM.

Menu includes: Pancakes, French Toast, Scrambled Eggs, Hash Browns, Sausage, Juice, Coffee or Tea.

Adults: $6.75, children: $3.00, under 5: free.

Please join us for the "Best Breakfast Deal" in town, and support your KOC organization. Proceeds from these breakfasts are used to support worthwhile parish, diocesan, and community projects.

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*NOTE: The profit from the February 1^st breakfast will go to the "OLP School Scholarship Program". It's a wonderful opportunity to have a great breakfast with your family, while at the same time supporting our OLP school. Please join us!

Photos of the Week
Catholic Schools Week
Pep Rally

Lip Sync

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 3, 2015, issue is

Friday, January 30, 2015, 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