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Events
Pumpkin Patch
Sun. Oct. 14th
Student Directories
Mon. Oct. 15th
The student directory will be sent home on monday Oct. 15th with students.
8th Grade Shadow Day
Mon. Oct. 29th
8th Grade students are encouraged to set up their high school shadow day on Oct. 29th!
Student NOT shadowing are expected to come to school!
MEA - No School
Thur. & Fri Oct. 18 & 19th
Trivia Night
Fri. Nov. 2nd 6:30-10
Come test your knowledge and see how much your friends know! Sign ups will occur online next week! Form your teams, sign up ... and start studying!
Picture Retake Day
Tues. Nov. 6th, 8:30-12
Students have a second chance for photos.
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| School News |
Peace Circles Students met this week for Peace Circles - watching a video about bullying and signing a pledge to be a peace building adding their positive energy in the form of paper suns to power the flower gardens built during the first Peace Circles. NaNoWriMo Did you know that sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students spend the month of November writing novels? That's right! Each year Our Lady of Peace Middle School students participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for short). Each day during Language Arts, students spend the first 10 minutes of class writing. Word counts are tallied daily and each class tries to be the first to meet their goal of 100,000 words. In addition, students also vie for the title of "Word Wizard" - the person who writes the most words in one day! This year, students will have another exciting opportunity tied to NaNoWriMo. On Oct. 23rd, the 6th-8th graders will have the chance to meet a local author who wrote her recently published book during NaNoWriMo. Stephanie Watson, author of Elvis & Olive and Elvis & Olive: Super Detectives, will visit OLP and lead the students in a writing workshop. We are thrilled to be able to offer this amazing learning experience to our Middle School students! |
| Civics at OLP | | Every four years, Social Studies teachers are given the chance to make tangible so much of what we teach. With the responsibilities of meeting the numerous standards on an annual basis, the Presidential Election provides the opportunity to introduce, review and master a handful of the required Civic standards. Our 8th graders have been studying American History and focusing on the basis in which our country was founded. Beyond the freedom of speech and religion, the rights to a fair and speedy trial, and the other eight amendments in our Bill of Rights, we have had discussions on how fortunate we are to live in a country where all adult citizens have the opportunity and civic responsibility to vote. To simulate the process of electing our national leader, the 8th graders have assigned electoral votes to classrooms, registered students to vote, and created ballots and "I Voted" stickers to hand out on election day. This is the third time I have had the opportunity to incorporate such an important citizenship unit, and it is amazing how much these students have embraced the unit of study.
We wanted to share how we will embrace our learning and have the election process simulated on November 6. As a Catholic School and a non-for-profit corporation, we are also aware of our responsibility to avoid any perception that Our Lady of Peace endorses one particular candidate based on this voting process. With that responsibility in mind, we have decided that the students will not count or apply electoral votes to the classrooms, but rather they can apply this important learning experience to the actual Presidential Election results on November 6.
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| Event News | |
Pumpkin Patch
Pick the Perfect Pumpkin:
Sunday Oct. 14th from 10am - 2pm at Our Lady of Peace Church.
Join us for complimentary doughnuts, cider, coffee, face painting, photo ops, music and more!
Should the weather prove unfavorable on Sunday the Pumpkin Patch will be held in Pates Hall during the same hours. |
| Forms, Flyers, & Announcements | |
Student Directories
The student directory is at the printer! Students will be bringing home 1 copy per family of the directory on Monday, Oct. 15th. Additional copies will be available in the school office for $5 each.
Middle School High School Day
Attention 8th Grade Students and Parents
Spending a day shadowing a student is a valuable experience when trying to determine the right high school. Therefore, we have reserved Monday, October 29th as "8th Grade Shadow Day." Students interested in shadowing a high school student are encouraged to do so on this day.
Please note: Parents need to contact the high school directly to set up the shadow experience. Students NOT shadowing on Monday, October 29th should come to school.
Trivia Night - Save the Date!
Friday Nov. 2nd from 6:30 - 10 pm
The cost is $15 per person and registration opens the week of October 15th! Check the website for upcoming information!
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| Fundraisers | 
Toiletries Drive
Monday is the last day for the toiletries drive!
These kids need:
Tissues
Hand soap
Body soap
Shampoo
Conditioner
Toothpaste
Toothbrushes
Brushes and combs
Whichever team brings in the most will get an out-of-uniform day. Good luck to everyone!!
Chloe
8th Grade
Our Lady of Peace School
Target Red Card
REGISTER YOUR TARGET RED CARD & RAISE MONEY FOR OLP!!
Did you know that OLP School recently received a check for $3,965.57 from Target's Take Charge of Education initiative? That's close to $4,000 raised for our school with very little work on our part! What's even more impressive is that OLP has received over $30,000 in funds from this Target program since we've been enrolled.
If you have a Target Red Card (credit or debit), go to www.target.com/redcard/tcoe to designate your card for OLP. It's that simple! There is also a link on our school home page, www.olpmn.org.
Cash for Trash
The contest starts Monday October 22nd and runs through Friday the 26th!
The two top classes (1 from Early Learning program - 4th grade and one from 5-8th Grade) will win an ice cream party!
Please bring in as many box tops*, soup labels for education, kemps $.05 lids, tape dispensers & cores, used ink cartridges, old cell phones (must have charger), coke caps and labels and juice pouches.
This is free money for the school - and super fun for the classes!
Thank you for your support - without you we can't get free money for the school!
If you have questions feel free to call Andrea at 612-991-9205 or Shelley.
*Please collect the box tops for education in a plastic baggy and write the number of labels in the bag on the outside.
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 National Scream Day ...
Ever feel super frustrated and needed to scream into a pillow? Well - today is the day to let it out, scream into the pillow, by yourself in the woods - and let go of that pent up frustration!
Photo from. |
| Sports Update | 
Winter Sports Registration
Eagles Gym is the place to be this winter.
Sign-up to get into the game.
Register and get full details online at
www.olpmn.org/athletics
Men's Pick-up Basketball.
Wednesday Nights 8:00 pm. Open to parishioners. Each parishioner can
bring one guest/session. Cost is $65/person for all 20 weeks or $5/session. Starts October 17.
Boys/Girls MCYO Basketball (Grades 4-8).
Represent Our Lady of Peace against other parishes, pick-up some new basketball skills, and have some fun. Teams are divided by grade and gender. Cost is $65/player. Starts in November. Open to all parishioners.
Intramural Basketball (Grades K-3).
Learn some skills and play with fellow classmates and parishioners. Sundays December-February (12 sessions). Grades K-1 @ 4:00pm and 2-3 @ 5:00pm $40/person.
Sports Saturdays
Pick-up style of play with adult supervision-no coaching, just playing! The
gym is split. One half for Floor Hockey and the other half for Futsal (indoor soccer).Grades K-3 & 4-5 @ 3:00pm. Grade 6-8 & 9-12 @ 4:00pm.12 sessions December -February. $30 gets you a season pass or $5/session. Space is limited.
Special Athletic Events
* Mid-afternoon Madness-Pizza, Pick-up Hoops, Movie
Eagles Gym-Friday, Nov. 9
* Christmas Break 3 v 3 Hoops Tournament (grade K-8)-
December 28-29
* MCYO Floor Hockey Tournament (7-8th grade) -
Date TBD |
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Our Lady of Peace School
5435 11st South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417
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Whate'er I do, things great or small
Whate'er I do, things great or small
Whate'er I speak or frame.
Thy glory may I seek in all,
Do all in Jesus' name.
My Father, for His sake I pray.
Thy child accept and bless
And lead me by Thy grace to-day
In paths of righteousness. Amen.
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