April 4, 2008

Date Submitted: 4/4/2008 9:38 am

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WEDNESDAY IS A LATE START DAY: This coming Wednesday, April 9th, is scheduled as a two-hour Late Start Day. Please make transportation arrangements with your children if they are not taking the bus to and from home.

Calendar of Events:
April 7 - MOLMS Parent/Teacher Conferences –
4:30 - 7:30 p.m.
April 9 - Two-hour Late Start
April 11 (Fri.) – MOLE liturgy – Mrs. Witt’s Class – 3A –
- 8:30 a.m.
April 11 (Fri.) - MOLMS liturgy - Gr.6 S4 - 8:30 a.m.
April 17 – Home & School Meeting – MOLMS library, 6:30 p.m.

SPAGHETTI SUPPER, CASH RAFFLE, & SILENT AUCTION THANK YOU
The spaghetti dinner went very well last Friday, March 28th. The food was wonderful! Thank you to our fantastic cooks, Anita Miller and Bonnie Neu. A BIG thanks to Mary Bednarek who organized the spaghetti supper preparations and Judi Ficek for heading up the raffle ticket sales. We appreciate all of your hard work! Also, thank you to all parents and students who helped work at the event. Thank you to the teachers and their homerooms/advisories for their great ideas and generous item donations towards the silent auction theme baskets. Please see the raffle winner list and basket auction list of results, attached to this newsletter!

REMINDER:
TUITION SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
* AVAILABLE ONLINE *
The FAIR tuition application may be completed online. If interested in receiving the online information and directions, please go to the FAIR website (www.fairapp.com) and punch in the school code “146” and the school password is “mols146”. In order for families to apply online, please have the following items ready: * The MOL School Code & Password * A valid e-mail address * A credit card to complete payment processing (Visa or Mastercard) * A complete copy of your 2007 Federal Income Tax Return with all schedules and W-2’s. The deadline for FAIR applications is APRIL 15th. We encourage families to apply for FAIR!

LOOKING FOR A WAY TO VOLUNTEER AT MOLS?
Mary of Lourdes is looking for parents who may be interested in serving on the Home & School Association Board for the 08-09 school year. We are currently accepting nominations. The Home & School Association greatly supports our school by organizing fun family events, coordinating wonderful fundraisers, and helping our school purchase “wish list” items that we could not afford otherwise. If interested in learning more about this fun volunteer opportunity, please contact Mary Bednarek (President of the Home & School Association) at 632-8642 or call either school office.

“STAFF MEMBER OF THE WEEK”

Aimee Ballou – Third Grade Teacher

Who is in your family? Husband – Dwight, son – Dane (2) and daughter – Elise (1)

Favorite Book? I just love to read and could never pick out just one!

Where would your dream vacation be? Australia

What do you like to listen to? Right now I like the Dixie Chicks and also listen to TONS of children’s music with my kids.

If you could have any pet, what would it be? A dolphin—I don’t think I’m allergic to them!

What is the one object you cannot live without? Fruit

What was your favorite school lunch as a child? I liked them all!

Who made a big difference in your life growing up? Both Grandmothers were big inspirations!

If you could have a conversation with one person, who would it be? Amelia Earhart-she was such a courageous, adventurous woman who was ahead of her time.

Would you like to be a teacher who goes into space and lands on Mars? No, I am NOT a fan of small spaces!

Other interesting facts: Participates and enjoys a variety of sports, she scrapbooks, and always has a delicious recipe to share. She is also VERY organized—can you believe she preplans her menus for the week so she always knows what she is making when she gets home!

Elementary School:

PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION
Preschool Registration is open for current families for the 2008/2009 school year. A $50 registration fee will be required with the registration form. Tuition has been set at $110 per month for the Monday, Wednesday, and Friday classes and $85 per month for the Tuesday, Thursday classes.

New preschool families interested in attending Mary of Lourdes Preschool will be having a registration night on Thursday, April 17th, at 6:30 pm in the elementary school gym. The Lottery for student placement in available sections begins at 7:00 pm.

ELEMENTARY PLAYGROUND
Students at the elementary building have an exciting opportunity to be a part of the decision making process in getting new playground equipment. The Kiwanis and City of Little Falls are interested in adding new updates to our playground area and would like to get input from our students. Currently, the teachers are working with their students in identifying some playground equipment choices. From this, we’ll narrow down the choices to come up with our final recommendations when we meet with the Kiwanis and the City of Little Falls. We’ll keep the parent and student community informed of this process as it continues.

Middle School:

MOL MIDDLE SCHOOL DANCE TONIGHT
MOL Student Council is organizing a school dance for TONIGHT, Friday, April 4th from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. MOL students in grades 5 – 8 are welcome to attend, as well as friends from LFCMS and MOL Alumni currently attending LFCHS.

MOLMS PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES
The 2nd day of MOLMS conferences will be held this Mon., April 7th. Grade 5 conferences are scheduled with your child’s fifth grade teacher in the classrooms and art conferences will be held in the art room. Grade 6-8 conferences will have each teacher at a table in our gym so that parents can rotate around to conference with each of them from 4:30–7:30 p.m. It is asked that parents limit your visit with each teacher to about three-five minutes, so that each parent has an opportunity to visit. Please join us!

JAZZ BAND PERFORMS AT UPCOMING CONCERT
MOL Jazz Band has been invited to participate in a jazz band concert at the LFCMS this coming Monday, April 7th at 7:30 p.m. Our jazz band will perform 2-3 numbers, followed by the LFCMS Jazz Bands and the LFHS Jazz Bands.

Jazz band students are asked to please dress nicely for this special event. Please report to the LFCMS at 7:00 p.m. with your instrument. Mr. Anderson will bring your music. Keyboards and drum equipment will be provided for those players. MOL Jazz Band is the 1st to perform, but students are asked to stay for the entire program to listen to the other groups. Please feel free to call Mr. Anderson with any questions or comments (749-2622 home or 360-6392 cell).

STUDENTS COMPETE IN HISTORY DAY AT SCSU
Six of our 8th grade computer class students competed in History Day at St. Cloud State University last Saturday. Michael Anderson and Preston Zimny did their project on President Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb; Britian Conley and Jessica Hanowski did Title 9: Women’s equality in sports; and Tony Arnold and Adam Grams did the Vietnam Draft. Adam and Tony received an honorable mention. Britian and Jessica advanced to the state competition. They will present their project April 27th at the University of Minnesota. Congratulations to all six of our students who participated in History Day and good luck to Britian and Jessica!

MOLMS STUDENT PLACES 1ST IN STATE KC
FREE-THROW COMPETITION
Congratulations to Jake Scott (a 7th grader) who participated in last weekend’s State Knights of Columbus Free-throw Contest at the Minneapolis Target Center. Jake received a 1st place finish, winning the 12 year old age category and making 18 out of 25 shots! Great job, Jake!!

ONE-ACT PLAY PERFORMANCES SCHEDULED
Seven MOLMS students (gr. 6-8) will be performing, “The Old Cookie Shop” play on 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.

MOLE students will have an opportunity to see the play on April 17th (at MOLE) and MOLMS students will see it on April 18th at 1:45 p.m. All MOLMS students are asked to donate a non-perishable food item as “admission” to the April 18th matinee, supporting our local food shelf.

MOLMS UPCOMING EVENTS:
April 7 – Qtr.3 MOLMS P/T Conferences- 4:30-7:30 p.m.
April 7 – Little Falls Jazz Concert – 7:30 p.m., LFCMS
~ MOL Jazz Band performing!
April 9 – Hawaiian/Beach Day (& 2-hour late start day)
April 12 – Speech Festival at St. Mary’s School
- in Alexandria
April 17 – Gr.7/8 Science Fair – 5-7 p.m.
April 17 – MOLMS Family & Friends Speech Night - 7:00 p.m.
April 19 – MOLMS One-Act Play performance – 7:00 p.m.

MOLMS GR.7/8 GIRLS’ SOFTBALL SCHEDULE:
Mon., April 14 vs Upsala (home) - 4:00
Tues., April 15 @ Sauk Rapids - 4:00
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 @ Upsala (city park) - 4:15
Tues., May 6 vs. Pierz (home) - 4:00
Thurs., May 8 @ Royalton - 4:00
Mon., May 12 vs. Holdingford (home) - 4:15