April 14, 2008

Date Submitted: 4/18/2008 12:23 pm

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SNOW DAY Due to having the snow day last week Friday, we will need to make up this day in May. The last school day for Mary of Lourdes students in grades K-7 now will be Friday, May 30th.

Calendar of Events:
April 22 - HAPPY EARTH DAY
April 23 – MOLE liturgy – Mrs. Czech’s Class – 2A
- 8:30 a.m.
April 23 – MOLMS Grandparent’s Day liturgy –
Mrs. Holey’s Class - 8:30 a.m.
April 23 – MOLMS Grandparents’ Day
April 25 – Mid-quarter
May 2 – NO SCHOOL
May 6 – School Board Meeting – MOLMS, 6:30
May 7 – All-school Mass at OLOL to celebrate 15th
years of MOL consolidation – 9:00 a.m.
May 19 – All-School Picnic

ONE-ACT PLAY PERFORMANCE SCHEDULED
FOR THIS SATURDAY
Seven MOLMS students (gr. 6-8) will be performing, “The Old Cookie Shop” play this Saturday, April 19th at 7:00 p.m. in the MOLMS gym. The cast includes: Jacob Borash, Brennan Norwood, Joseph Reis, Isaiah Korver, Emily Dunaisky, Sarah Nelson, and Jessica Durfee. The play is being directed by Mr. Stan Wielinski and Mrs. Holey as the assistant director. Admission is $2.00 for adults and $1.00 for students. All proceeds will go to the Morrison County Food Shelf. This is a very entertaining and enjoyable play! Hope you can attend it this Saturday night!!

SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK
Next week is Severe Weather Awareness Week. Students and staff will be practicing tornado drill procedures during the week.

THANK YOU TO OUR OFFICE STAFF
This coming week is designated “Administrative Professionals Week.” We would like to thank our four office staff for all the good work they do for our school: Carol Peine, Dee LaForce, Sue Pietron, and Peggy Miedema!

“STAFF MEMBER OF THE WEEK”

Wanda Gau – First grade teacher

Who is in your family? Husband – Buddy, Daughters – Angela (20), Christina (16) and Michaela (13)

Favorite Book? Marathon Woman by Kathy Switzer – an amazing story of the first woman to run the Boston marathon.

What do you like to listen to? Barry Manilow is the greatest musician! Ever!!

What is your favorite time of year? I enjoy spring because everything comes alive after a long winter rest.

What is the one object you cannot live without? I cannot live without my running shoes. I am addicted to running.

If you could have a conversation with one person, who would it be? Mother Teresa – she had such compassion for all humanity.

Other interesting facts: She is a dedicated runner and after months of training will be joining other runners throughout the world in the 112th running of the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 21. You need to qualify just to be able to run the race, so we congratulate her and hope her Boston Marathon experience is everything she hopes it to be. Our prayers and support are with her! To follow along, go to www.bostonmarathon.org for race results.

Elementary School:
PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION UPDATE
Preschool registration for new families was held Thursday evening. At this time, will be able to offer Monday/Wednesday/Friday morning/afternoon classes and Tuesday/Thursday morning. The Tuesday/Thursday afternoon class (12:15 – 2:45 pm) would need an additional 5 – 6 students to be offered. If you know of families seeking preschool for their child/ren next year, pass along that we have openings available. They may contact the elementary school office for further details.

TESTING
MCA testing is coming up for Grade 3. Testing for reading will be on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 22 and 23rd. Math testing is the following week, April 29 and 30th. For the past several years, the school has not done any formal assessment for grades 2,4,6,8. In order for us to measure how our curriculum is doing on a national level, we will be taking the Iowa Test of Basic Skills in these grade levels during the last week in April.

ELEMENTARY TUTORING
Mrs. Marge Young will be offering summer tutoring for K, 1st and 2nd grade students again this summer. For more information, call her at 632-5408.

Middle School:
MOLMS PARTICIPATING IN SPEECH FESTIVAL
Our speech festival coordinator, Mrs. Hynes, and her speech students from Gr. 5-8, will be participating in the annual Catholic Schools’ Speech Festival held at St. Mary’s School in Alexandria this Saturday morning, April 19th. Other schools participating in this festival are from Fergus Falls and Morris. All parents and any family members are welcome to attend this exciting event!

MOLMS GRANDPARENTS’ DAY
Grandparents’ Day will be celebrated at the middle school this Wed., April 23rd, beginning with a Mass at 8:30 a.m. Students are welcome to sit with their grandparents during this liturgy. Grandparents are also invited to a band & choir concert, speech presentations, games in the classrooms, and lunch. We welcome all our grandparents to Mary of Lourdes Middle School!

MOLMS DANCE THANK YOU
Thanks to Student Council members who helped organize our recent school dance and to all parents and staff who helped chaperone! It was a fun event and a great success!

STANDARDIZED TESTING
Grades 5 & 7 will be taking MCA tests, starting this Thursday, April 24th. Grades 6 & 8 will be taking the Iowa Basics Skills Test, beginning at the same time. The tests will be taken over a five-day period (Apr. 24, 25, 28, 29, & 30). Especially during this time, please encourage your middle schooler to get extra rest and eat good breakfasts.

INITIATIVE FOUNDATION HOSTING COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ABOUT METH, ALCOHOL, & OTHER DRUG ABUSE
Concerned about youth alcohol and drug abuse in our community? Come join the conversation with a nationally known expert in adolescent drug abuse, Carol Falkowski, director of Chemical Health, State of MN Department of Human Services. This will be followed by a panel of local and regional experts from schools, law enforcement and treatment, who will each address the local drug abuse situation and what challenges they face in addressing it. The event will be held at the Initiative Foundation this coming Wednesday, April 23rd at 6:30 p.m.

MOLMS UPCOMING EVENTS:
April 19 – Speech Festival - Alexandria
April 19 – One-Act Play Performance – 7 p.m.,
MOLMS gym
April 22 – Gr.5-8 attending LFCHS musical,
Godspell – 12:30
April 23 – Grandparents’ Day
April 24 – 30 – Gr.5-8 Standardized Testing
May 1 – Gr.5 going on field trip to SCSU
Planetarium, Poor Claire’s Monastery, & Pine
Country Bank (Rice)
May 7-9 – Gr.5 Long Lake Trip
May 20 – MOLMS Spring Concert
May 22 – Gr.6-8 Field Trip Day
May 23 – MOLMS Honors Program
May 27 – 8th grade go on fishing trip with Fr. Mark
May 28 – 8th grade graduation – 6:30 p.m.,
St. Mary’s Church

MOLMS GR.7/8 GIRLS’ SOFTBALL SCHEDULE:
Tues., April 22 @ Pierz - 4:00
Thur., April 24 @ Holdingford - 4:15
Mon., April 28 vs. Royalton (home) - 4:00
Tues., April 29 @ John 23 - 4:15
Fri., May 2 vs. Upsala (home) - 4:15
Tues., May 6 vs. Pierz (home) - 4:00
Thurs., May 8 @ Royalton - 4:00
Mon., May 12 vs. Holdingford (home) - 4:15