Our Lady of the Assumption School 2141 Walnut Avenue, Carmichael, CA 95608 (916) 489-8958 March 14, 2017 With Hands to Serve and Hearts to Love NOTE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL Rates of Tuition As you are aware, there are two rates of tuition at OLA School: discounted and standard. A discounted rate of tuition is available for families who meet all of the following criteria: Must be a registered Catholic member of Our Lady of the Assumption Parish. Must attend weekend Mass regularly and be active in parish life. Must contribute a minimum of $500 annually (approximately $10 week) to OLA Parish using Parish Pay or the parish envelopes on a monthly or weekly basis. Families who choose not to meet these criteria pay the standard rate of tuition. Each spring, the status of each family is assessed by the parish staff. Now that the registration period is over, the parish will begin its annual review. Over the next few weeks, families will receive letters informing them if they will be receiving the discounted or standard rate of tuition. If you have any questions, please direct them to me at love@olaparish.net. We have recently received from the diocese a template to complete our budget for the 2016-2017 school year, and we are working on it now. When the budget is complete, tuition rates for next school year will be announced. Kelley Smith We received news this week that Kelley Smith will be leaving his post as the parish business manager for our parish. Kelley is a former OLA student and parent, and his service to our parish these past 8 years as parish business manager is most appreciated. We wish Kelley the best of luck in his future endeavors. God Bless, Robert Love THIS WEEK AT OLA: MARCH 13 - MARCH 18 Grade 6: Please bring food for the Saint Vincent de Paul Food Locker. Match Mr. Love: Please see the attachment for details about our Lenten food drive service project. Young Rembrandts: The 4 th and final session this year will start Tuesday, March 14 th. Please see the attached flyer. Thursday, March 16 th Attire: Spirit wear top with uniform bottom Grade 8: Field trip to The Tech Museum, in San Jose, on Thursday, March 16 th. Thursday, March 16 th Dismissal Time: 2:20pm Friday, March 17 th Attire: Greens and Jeans Day. Students may wear St. Patrick s Day colors and attire. Friday, March 17 th Mass Time: 8:00am Friday, March 17 th Dismissal Time: 3:00pm TRUE GRITS ONE DAY SALE: Friday, March 17 th. Please see the attached flier for details. Grade 2: First Eucharist Picture Day Saturday, March 18 th Life Center Baby Bottle Project: Please see the attachments for details on this fundraiser. Plastic Easter Eggs Needed: Please see the attached flyer for information. Home and School Connection: Please see the attached current edition of this publication. Grades1-8 Hot Lunch Menu: The current menu can be accessed online by clicking here. Cold Drinks: As the weather becomes warmer, please be sure to pack bottled water or a cold drink in your child s lunch. NEXT WEEK AT OLA: MARCH 20 - MARCH 24 Grade 5: Please bring food for the Saint Vincent de Paul Food Locker. Match Mr. Love: Please see the attachment for details about our Lenten food drive service project. Grade 6: Field trip to Discover the Flyway on Wednesday, March 22 nd. Thursday, March 23 rd Attire: Spirit wear top with uniform bottom Thursday, March 23 rd Dismissal Time: 2:20pm Friday, March 24 th Attire: Full Uniform Friday, March 24 th Mass Time: 8:00am Friday, March 24 th Dismissal Time: 3:00pm FUTURE EVENTS Cougar Classic Golf Tournament: Friday, April 28 th, at Lincoln Hills Golf Club. This is a minimum day for OLA School. Please see the attached flier and additional information in the Volunteer Opportunities section. OLA Country Fair: Friday, May 5 th, 5:00pm-9:00pm, and Saturday, May 6 th, 3:00pm-9:00pm.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION First Eucharist Banners Previous Years: Some First Eucharist Banners made by our second grade students over the past few years have never been picked up. They are a wonderful keepsake of your child s First Eucharist celebration. Please stop by the table located outside the Faith Formation office hallway, and see if your child s banner is there. Any banners left at the end of March will be disposed of. Jesuit Junior Marauders: Please see the attached flyer for information, and if you have any questions please contact Johann Miller at jjmcheerjrm@gmail.com or 916-257-1970. KUDOS Box Top Contest: The 8th grade class won and will receive an ice cream treat. Thank you to all who brought in box tops. HANDS TO SERVE ~ HEARTS TO LOVE Connor McGuire (5) - He helped with moving chairs and putting them away. (Mrs. Bollinger Klinke) Reece Camacho and Cooper Davey (7) - For helping remove the old soap and paper towel dispensers from the classrooms. (Mr. Roderick) Jaeya Leavitt (3) - For diligently cleaning somebody else s paint spills off the floor. (Mrs. Jacobs) Amelia Totten (5) and Henry Totten (1) - Thank you for helping set up the cones for morning drop-off. (Mrs. Kick) VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES As a reminder, all K-8 families are required to work 8 Country Fair hours or 2 Country Fair shifts while Preschool only families work 4 Country Fair hours or 1 Country Fair shift. While the Country Fair is celebrating its 67 th year as one of Carmichael s beloved longstanding traditions, the Golf Tournament has fast become a favorite annual Sacramento event in its 8 th year! Few, if any, other area parish schools are able to pull off one event of this magnitude, much less two great events within one week of each other! But if anyone can do it, OLA can! This year, to help ensure continued success of both events, families are offered a chance to work either event or a combination of both events to meet their hour requirement; meaning Golf Tournament hours may be substituted hour for hour for Country Fair hours. Golf Tournament hours are limited and are meant to offer families who are unable to work any or part of the Country Fair weekend a chance to fulfill their commitment. If you have any questions, please email rachaelh@outlook.com Country Fair: Families needing pre Country Fair hours due to previous commitments, such as being out of town the weekend of the fair, please contact the work force chair Michelle Munn at michelle@englishgardencare.com. A few sub chair positions remain open, if you have an interest in helping with these roles, please contact Amy Kuzmich at ackuzmich@gmail.com: Fish Pond - Organize and oversee work force. NO live fish. Children play for tickets redeemable for fish after the fair at a pet store. Photo Booth - creative fun role organizing props and overseeing the work force for the photo booth. Assistance needed during kindergarten lunch hour in the Extension Cottage: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Fridays: 10:45 to 11:45; Thursdays: 10:35 to 11:35. Please contact Lynn Sweeney or Ms. Cori at 489-8958 ext. 30 Hot lunch: We need a parent volunteer to assist during hot lunch. Please visit School Speak for more information and to sign-up: https://as2.schoolspeak.com/secure/volcalendarview.aspx?name=volcal1&community=95608001&group=1 PARISH NEWS Lenten Soup & Stations Schedule: Dinner Host 7:00pm Stations Host March 17 th Music Ministry, at 5:30pm, in Parish Hall Music Ministry Corned Beef Pot Luck Dinner (RSVP) PLEASE SEE ATTACHED FORM March 24 th - Fish Fry Social Group, 5:30pm, in Parish Hall (RSVP) Faith Formation, School, Youth Group March 31 st - Soup St. Vincent de Paul, at 5:45pm, in St. John s Hall Lectors April 7 th - Soup P.E.R.T., at 5:45pm, in St. John s Hall St. Vincent de Paul Good Friday None Deacon Michael Mountains of Love Concert to Benefit Camp ReCreation: Christian Brothers, Saint Francis, and Jesuit High School Choirs present a concert to benefit Camp ReCreation, which provides a residential summer camp program and yearround activities for participants with developmental disabilities, all while creating valuable respite for parents and caregivers. This will take place on March 24 th, at 7:00pm, at St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church. An offering will be collected to support Camp ReCreation. Irish-Hispanic Benefit: Come and enjoy an Irish-Hispanic concert, featuring song and dance, music and storytelling, with Nicole McKeever, of word acclaimed Riverdance and her dancers, young and not so young! Sunday, March 26 th, at 3:00pm, at St. Anthony Church Hall, 660 Florin Road. You will be benefiting two worthy causes: 1. Catholic AIDS Ministry for those without shelter, food, or medications; 2. Mora Values Program, inner city middleschool, where children win and gangs lose. For information please contact Fr. John Healy at 456-7561, or Arnold Kunst at 213-7463. No tickets needed in advance. Suggested donation is $15; children under 12 are free.
Continue Your Lenten Journey with Bishop Barron s Study of the Eucharist: Come and join your fellow parishioners beginning Wednesday, March 22 nd, and continuing March 29 th and April 5 th, in St. John s Hall, from 7-8pm, to continue your Lenten journey with Bishop Barron s Study of The Eucharist. Bishop Barron offers inspiring insights into the mystery of Christ s presence in our lives and the centrality of the Eucharist as an important part of that presence. So many believers do not understand the Eucharist, which Vatican II said is the source and summit of the Christian life. This fresh look at the Eucharist brings to light its reality as sacred meal, the sacrifice necessary for communion with God, and the Real Presence of Christ. PARISH YOUTH NEWS Unplugged Retreat for 8th 12th Graders: April 8, 2017, 1 9pm, at St. Clare Church, Roseville. Unplugged challenges high school teens to unplug from the distractions of the world and plug into their relationship with God. Join us for a day of prayer, food, wisdom, reflection, and fun. Cost is only $8 per person. 1 chaperone is required for every 10 students. RSVP to Lourdes Ramirez at lramirez@scd.org. This retreat is co-sponsored by the Diocese of Sacramento and CRS. OLA Youth Choir and Ensemble (Grades 3-12): All parish and school children grades 3-12 are invited to participate in these activities. We are looking for both singers and instrumentalists. Practices are from 6:00-6:55pm on Wednesday evenings, in the church, right before the OLA youth group meetings. Please contact our Music Director, Casey Oliver, with any questions at 481-5115 or worship@olaparish.net. OLA Youth Groups - 7th/8th Grades: Meetings are on Wednesdays, from 7:00-8:30pm, in Seton Hall. Please contact Johann Rubia-Miller for more information at 488-4626 or youth@olaparish.net. Youth Ministry Dinner and Mass Fellowship Night: Every 3 rd Sunday of the month, come and break bread in the youth room. Then, attend Mass together and experience our faith through prayers and worship. There will be a light dinner in the youth room from 6:30pm to 7:15pm followed by attendance at the 7:30pm Mass. Help to participate in the Mass by greeting, ushering, bringing up the gifts, and Reading. This evening is for youth in grades 7 12. RSVP is not required. If you have any questions please contact OLA Youth Minister, Johann Miller, at 486-4626 or youth@olaparish.net Stations of the Cross URGENT: Students from our school and Faith Formation classes have been requested to help with Stations of the Cross this year on Friday, March 24 th at 7:00pm. These Stations will follow the Fish Fry held in the gym beginning at 5:30pm. Please attend the Fish Fry (Reservations due by March 19 th ), and come watch your son or daughter walk the path from Jersulem to Calvary as our youth enact the Stations of the Cross. Faith Formation students have been asked to volunteer and a few of them have come forth. We will have practice on Sunday only, March 19 th, from 12:00Noon to 2:00pm. If we all come together and work hard, this may be the only practice needed. When you come to pick your son or daughter up on Sunday, please come into the church to pick them up, and if we need another time to get together we can discuss it. I find all our students tend to learn quickly and should be able to learn their part quickly. If your child is interested in participating, or if you have any questions, please contact Joan Cotton: faithformation@olaparish.net. Please note that all Tuesday Bulletin submissions must be received by 3:00pm on the Monday prior to bulletin inclusion date :) The submission form is available here.
Come join your OLA parish community for these great events. SPACE LIMITED MAXIMUM NUMBER 240 RESERVATIONS A MUST! No reservations by phone will be accepted. Friday, March 17 th we will hold a St. Patrick s Day Corned Beef & Cabbage pot luck dinner in the Parish Hall at 5:30pm. The parish will be providing the corned beef. Attending parishioners are asked to bring a cooked side dish of potatoes, cabbage, or carrots. 7:00pm Stations of the Cross will follow in the church. Return this form via offertory basket or drop off to the parish office no later than March 13 th! ALL ATTENDEES names must be listed below. Name: Total No of Adults: Total No of Adults: I WILL BE BRINGING: (potatoes, cabbage, carrots). Please use reverse side for additional space. =================================================================== Friday, March 24 th we will hold a Fish Fry Dinner w/leatherby s Ice Cream in the Parish Hall at 5:30pm. 7:00pm Stations of the Cross will follow in the church. Return this form via offertory basket or drop off to the parish office no later than March 19 th! ALL ATTENDEES names must be listed below. Please use reverse side if you need additional space. Name: Total No of Adults: Total No of Adults: Please use reverse side if additional space is needed.
The Saint Vincent depaul Food Locker really needs our help to bring in food for the needy. Our goal this year is provide the ingredients for complete meals. Here is a list of the most needed items according to the St. Vincent depaul Food Locker. Any food is welcome at any time. If you match Mr. Love s donation, you will win a small prize. Here is a list of the types of items Mr. Love will be bringing in each Friday. Mar. 17 - Juices and Canned Fruit Week Juices Canned Fruits Mar. 24- Tuna Casserole Week Tuna Egg Noodles Cream of Mushroom Soup Mar. 31- Soup Week This is a change from the original schedule Any type of soup is welcome. Apr. 7- Spaghetti Week Spaghetti Noodles Spaghetti Sauce Apr. 13- Cereal Week Hot Cereal Cold Cereal Thank you so much for your continued support of the Food Locker.
Wanted: Easter Eggs for the Annual OLA Easter Egg Hunt Donations of plastic Easter eggs filled with candy or other treats will be accepted at the Parish and School Offices until Thursday, April 13th. We ask that donors please adhere to the School s nutfree policy when selecting candy or treats to donate. A list of acceptable candy can be found in the Health and Wellness section under the Parents tab on the OLA School website. Questions regarding acceptable candy donations can be sent to olanurses@gmail.com while general donation questions can be sent to Karen at mongeauherold@yahoo.com.