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November Newsletter

Dec 3, 2024
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Dear Parents,


Thank you to all the parent “trunkers” who decorated their cars for Trunk or Treat on Halloween! Awards were voted on for the best decorated cars:


1st prize Ximena Velazquez and Maria Macias Lopez

2nd prize Liliana Cardoso

3rd prize Olimpia Torres


Prize winners earned a Buddy Bear Car Wash gift package and gift certificate!


Report cards go home tomorrow.


Friday, November 22 is the deadline for immunizations. Students who are non-compliant after this date cannot come to school. November 22 is also the due date for the Christmas Raffle. The raffle supports our school tuition scholarship fund. All monies collected, along with unsold tickets, must be turned in to the office. Winners will be announced on Christmas Day.


Sunday, November 24: We’re having a Bake Sale to benefit the OLC Class of 2025 after all Masses at OLC. Also that day, the parish will host a Wine & Pies sale at OLC starting at 11:00, and at St. Mary of Czestochowa on Nov. 23 and 24 starting at 9:30 AM.


November 27 - December 1: Thanksgiving Break


Friday, December 6: Honor Roll Assembly for grades 4-8 after the 9:00 Mass


Sunday, December 8: All school Mass at noon. The seventh grade will serve refreshments afterward in Halpin Hall. All OLC families are encouraged to join their classmates for this liturgy.


Monday, December 9: Roller skating begins for one week.

Monday, December 9: The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin; all school Mass at 1:00, parents are invited.

Thursday, December 12: Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Grandparent/VIP Day; all school Mass in Spanish at noon. There will be a reenactment of the apparition of the Virgin to St. Juan Diego and songs, as performed by students in grades 3-4. Each student in grades K-8 should invite one grandparent or other VIP to school for Mass and refreshments afterward. VIPs may include an aunt, uncle, older sibling, adult family friend, etc.


Wishing you and your family a blessed and joyful Thanksgiving!


Yours in Christ,

Frank S. Zarate, Jr., Ed.D.

Principal

(708) 652-0262




 
 
 

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