September 2012 May God Bless Us All and Open Our Eyes, Our Ears and Our Hearts, to Listen and Learn This Year!

FATIMA FALCON CONNECTION September 2012 May God bless us all and open our eyes, our ears and our hearts, to listen and learn this year!

320 Jim Money Road A Note from our Principal….. Biloxi, MS 39531 Welcome to our 2012-2013 school year. I’m sorry we’ve had (228) 388-3602 school a “stormy start”, but this is one of the hazards of beginning the school (228) 388-7980 Cafeteria year in August. We are putting together a make-up plan in the event (228) 385-1140 Fax that the state requires us to make-up the three days (more on that Principal: Susie Bass later). It is time to get back into a routine. Help your child(ren) get a [email protected] good start every morning by eating a healthy breakfast, getting to Website: www.olfschool.org school on time and doing school work after a small afternoon break. Please email newsletter items to Family time in the evening is important. Parents are the first and best [email protected] teachers of their children. Don’t forget that prayer should be a family by the 25th of each month. staple! This year Pope Benedict XVI has proclaimed from Reminders October 11, 2012—November 24, 2013 as “A Year of Faith.” Our PTO has ordered prayer cards. There are two prayers: one for Be on time for school students and one for the general catholic public. We will send them  At morning assembly, home for each family when they arrive. Please make this year a parents please stand special year to help renew a wounded world. I truly believe in the behind the class line. power of prayer. I have received many blessings and graces by way of prayer. Please do not park on In our liturgical year during the month of September, which west side of Monica Hall falls in the season of Ordinary Time, we hear in the gospels the many (cafeteria). mysteries of Jesus. We follow the life of Christ and what it means for Make sure your child is in us to be a follower of Christ. The September Ember Days particularly the proper uniform. focus on the end of the harvest season and as Christians we recall Teach them to follow the God’s constant protection over his people. In November we will give rules. thanks for the year’s harvest. Send in all money (lunch, Some of the Saints and feasts days for September include: aftercare, street clothes, St. Gregory the Great, Sept 3rd; The Birth of Mary, Sept 8th; St. Peter etc.) properly marked with Claver, Sept 9th; Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Sept 14th; St. Pio, Sept student’s name & teacher. 23rd, St. Vincent de Paul, Sept 27th and Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. The beginning of school is always a great time to jump in feet first and get involved with church activities. Show your Welcome to a new school year!! We would children that God is an important part of your life, every like to extend a warm welcome to our day and in every way. Our God is an awesome God and worthy of top billing in our lives. A very easy one line 32 new families. Also, please prayer that I use every day is: “Help me Sweet welcome our new teachers: Jesus!”…. And He does!

Mrs.Kopszwya, 6th Grade Mrs. Moak, 4th Grade & Mrs. Mandal, PE. Check out our school’s Thank you to everyone who attended our new website: open house on Sunday, August 12th! www.olfschool.org CAFETERIA NEWS

Make Healthy Lunch Choices Lunch Room For Your Children Policies & Schedule Lunch Prices are as follows: Student Lunch—$3.00 Eating a healthy diet helps children stay alert Adult Lunch—$3.25 Extra Milk—$0.35 during class, fight off illnesses and grow into Extra Entrée—$1.00 (only 3rd—6th strong, healthy adults. Our cafeteria is in grade allowed to purchase) Please pay weekly on Monday or compliance with the MS State food and monthly at the beginning of the month so we can properly plan. Send money health requirements. The State asks that in a sealed envelope marked “Lunch parents comply with their health standards. Money” with your child’s first & last name. Also, list the days your child Please do not pack candy, junk food or will be buying lunch. Per Mississippi sodas in your child’s lunch box. Make State law, there are NO CHARGES in the cafeteria. Please make sure your healthy food choices for your children! lunch room account is current.

Class Lunch Schedule

If you have time to help our cafeteria ladies PK3/Butler 10:30—10:55 PK4/B&P 10:40—11:05 during the lunch times listed, please give K/de los Santos 10:50—11:15 Ms. Lucy a call in the cafeteria (388-7980). 1/Moore 11:00—11:25 2/Spires 11:10—11:35 Volunteers are needed daily to help serve 3/Delcambre 11:20—11:45 milk and lunch trays. 4/Moak 11:30—11:55 4/Torricelli 11:40—12:05 5/Grammar 11:50—12:15 6/Kopszywa 12:00—12:25

Keep this schedule handy in case you would like to join your child at lunch. Ice Cream Fridays Also, If a parent or guest is ordering a salad, these must be in ordered in 75 cents advance. Send a note to your child’s This is a fundraiser for the Cafeteria. teacher to indicate this is your lunch Please send money separately. choice. Thanks! Ice Cream cannot be charged to student’s lunch account or included with regular lunch money. Please send exact change. Thank you!

*All ice cream products are approved by the state office of Child Nutrition and fall within the guidelines of our Wellness Policy. ~Many hands make light work~ VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Job well done OLF’S MENS CLUB OLF Volunteers If you haven’t seen the hallway & bathrooms in the South Building, If you would like to be a please do so. A huge thank you part of the OLF Men’s goes out to Craig Brown for all of his hard work and long hours Club, please let us totally redoing the two sets of know! This bathrooms in that building. Our organization exists to children now have nice, new bathrooms to use. help serve the needs of A big “hug” goes out to the OLF School with such ladies (listed below) that painted things as grounds keeping, building the entryway near the office. All of repairs, Halloween carnival setup, etc. the long hours painting truly paid off. Every child is in awe of what Fun events are planned through out the you did for OLF! year. Our main fund raiser is the Chili Cook-off that is held in conjunction with Terri Brown Renee Dellenger the Halloween Carnival. If you have not Chevelle Demers had a chance to sign up, please email Michelle Filipich your name, phone number and email Carolyn Handler Aimee McLendon address to Craig Brown @ Courtney Myers [email protected]. Missy O’Keefe Lauren Sabatini Grant Writing Cecilia Schmidt Robin Trosclair Committee Mary Williams If you have experience writing grants, Amber Saunders (Artist from please contact Renee Dellenger @ BYOBrush Studios in Ocean 547-1315. This committee is in the process Springs) of finding, researching & applying for grants. Please join if you can help. Just Please sign up with another way to improve our your Room children’s school! Coordinator or the PTO President, Going Green: OLF will email Chevelle Demers, to help with most information to your email the upcoming Halloween account on file in the office. If Carnival. This is OLF’s only you would like a printed copy, fundraiser during the entire just tell Mrs. Debby or Mrs. Terri and a school year. Now is the time to hard copy will be sent home with your sign up! Your help is needed! child. PTO NEWS We are excited to begin another Room Coordinators (or RCs) Our school families serve coffee & school year and look forward to and Assistants for the 2012-2013 donuts after all morning masses on the meeting and working with all of our school year are: 4th Sunday of each month. A special new parents as well as our existing PK3/Butler—Renee Schoerner & thanks to Tiffany Soljan and Dawn families! While the PTO coordinates Anderson who will serve as PTO Ashley Yard hospitality chairs this school year. our fundraiser Halloween Carnival, PK4/B&P—Ginger Maxwell Your class RC will contact you to we are also here to help provide K/de los Santos—Tiffany Donoian sign-up to serve during your assigned information and support to all of our & Diane Dore month. The class schedule for the year families and teachers. The PTO also 1st/Moore—Carol Shinn & Ashley is: plans fun-filled activities for our Lott Fatima families throughout the 2nd/Spires—Diane Renkas & Aug.26th—3rd / Delcambre school year. Please feel free to Sheri Krause Sept. 23rd—5th / Grammar contact any of the officers and chairs 3rd/Delcambre—Linda Creel & Oct. 28th—PK3 / Butler Jan. 27th— 4th/Moak & Torricelli listed below. We are here to help, Tasha Thomas answer questions and would love to Feb. 24th—K / de los Santos 4th/Moak– Tara Rice & Mar. 31st—PK4 / Broussard & hear any new ideas and/or Missy Lawrence Polovich suggestions that you may have! 4th/Torricelli—Michelle Lucas & April 28th—1st / Moore President: Pam Lee May 26th—6th Kopszywa 5th/ Grammar—Meshell Brascia Jun. 23rd— 2nd / Spires Chevelle Demers / 860-6907 or 6th / Kopszywa—Jodie Knight & [email protected] Courtney Myers Thanks to the following who Vice-President: Art / Hornsby—Lauren Sabatini served coffee and donuts during the summer months:

Carolyn Handler / 424-7965 or [email protected] Grandparents Mass and June— Okeefe Family, Vyverberg Treasurer: Reception will be held on Thurs- family, Renee Dellenger, Sabatini Fam- day, September 6th. The PTO and the ily, Gerretse Family, Robin Trosclair, Aimee McLendon / 365-5111 or classes host and provide breakfast for Danny & Julie Bass, Pam Lee, Terri & [email protected] our special grandparents. Look Craig Brown

Secretary: for more information and the menu to come through your class Room July—Courtney Myers, Tina Murray, Mary Williams / 662-213-1433 or Coordinator (RC). Catherine Broussard, Candi Wasilenko, [email protected] Robin Trosclair, & Steve and Melissa Spirit Week will take place Polk Room Coordinator Co-Chairs: October 9th-12th. Information about Cecilia Schmidt / 324-9758 or Thanks also to Mrs. Delcambre and the the approved dress days will be sent following 3rd grade parents for serv- [email protected] & home through the folder from Spirit ing in August: Chair, Tara Yates. Lots of fun activities Jinx Chaney / 297-9660 or Butler Family, Ramona Bowman, are in the works. Get ready to show [email protected] Adele Williams-Bluett, Patty DeRoche, your Falcon Pride! Spirit Chair: Smith Family, Missy Okeefe, Schmidt Family, Sonya Hogan, Melissa Logos, Tara Yates / 697-1779 or Linda Creel, & Paul and Charlotte [email protected] OLF Halloween Delcambre Public Relations Chair:

Jennifer Mavar / 424-0397 or Carnival [email protected] & Social Media Policy Hospitality Co-Chairs: 5th Annual Tiffany Soljan / 806-1782 or All Catholic Diocese of [email protected] & Chili Cook Off! Biloxi school Principals have been advised that no Facebook Dawn Anderson / 617-0828 or pages (or comparable social [email protected] October 20th media sites) be officially Welcoming Co-Chairs: associated with any schools in Mireya Alexander / cell 238-7502 or Look for details on our the diocese. Please refrain [email protected] & Halloween T-Shirt Art from creating any such site Rana Azar / cell 257-3373 or Contest, Pumpkin Decorating with our school’s name. [email protected] Contest and lots more! Thank you! FATIMA NEWS Congratulations Fun Draw Winners! $ave For America Help your child develop the skill of wise June: money management and experience the Jerry Jordan $250 Makela Hutchins $75 benefit of saving by participating in “Save Craig Allen Brown $75 For America”. Our Lady of Fatima has Kristine Evans $75 partnered with The Peoples Bank to offer July: your child the opportunity to open their Ross & Ginger Maxwell $250 Elizabeth Williams $75 own savings account and make deposits Melissa Carcia $75 every FRIDAY at school. The Peoples Missy O’Keefe $75 Bank will donate the first $1.00 to your Caroline Dellenger $75 child’s account. There are incentives for August: consistent savers. For more information, Chantall Hall $250 Ross & Ginger Maxwell $75 please contact Chevelle DeMers @ 860- Susan Griffith $75 6907. The school office has packets for Jo Seymour $75 new accounts. Returning savers begin banking on Friday, September 7th. If your child is a returning Street Clothes Day Don’t forget! The 3rd saver, no new paper- Wednesday of every month is Street work is required . Clothes day. Please mark your calendars! Children may not be called out of their classroom to change once the school day begins .

Thank you! $ave For America is now on FRIDAYS!!!

Box Tops Program PK3 & PK4

Once again, School Uniform students are encouraged to Starting the 2012-2013 school year, Pre-K collect Box Tops students are required to wear the blue for Education Pre-K t-shirt. The white uniform shirt is labels from participating food labels. Our school receives money not acceptable for Pre-K students this year. from the Box Tops program when we turn these The blue t-shirt is available for purchase at in. The money received from the Box Tops program is used to assist needs in our Library, School-La-La Computer, Art, Music and P.E. classrooms. located on Popps Mrs. Gina Wack is this year’s Box Tops Ferry Road. Coordinator. A collection sheet is attached to this newsletter for your child to turn in collected box tops. Each month, the Top Collector and Thank you! the Top Class receive a prize. If your child Mrs. Susie Bass collects more box tops than fit on the collection sheet, simply send them in an envelope or Ziploc bag to school marked with your child’s name and teacher. Make sure your box tops are not expired as these do not count. HEALTH & FITNESS

P. E. News This year the P.E. Department at OLF has a new teacher, Mrs. Michelle Mandal. Michelle has a degree in physiology from Ole Miss and she is very excited to be at OLF. Her main goal is to increase awareness of proper nutrition and exercise. She wants every student to understand why it’s so important to live a healthy lifestyle now and as they grow. Over the school year, she intends to incorporate lots of exercises and nutrition information into fun games so that the students really PE Schedule enjoy being physically fit.

PK3—Butler: M, Tu, Th, Fr PK4—B/P: M, Tu, W, Fr Please make K—de los Santos: M, Tu, W, Fr sure your 1st—Moore: M, Tu, W, Fr child wears 2nd—Spires: M, Tu, W, Fr tennis shoes on 3rd—Delcambre: M, Tu, Th, Fr their PE day! 4th—Moak: M, Tu, Th, Fr 4th—Torricelli: M, Tu, Th, Fr 5th—Grammar: M, Tu, Th, Fr 6th—Kopszywa: M, Tu, Th, Fr Procedures for the Administration of Medication for Students

 All medication must be brought PE Class Rules: to the school office in its original container or clearly marked  container.  All medication must be kept in 1. Be Safe school office (including cough drops). 2. Be Respectful  School personnel or parent will administer all medications. 3. Be Responsible  Parent must fill out Prescription Drug & Medicine Form which 4. Be a Good Sport can be found in school office.  No medicines will be adminis- tered without proper paperwork. Thanks to… SAVE THE DATE!  All families who attended the Open House and PTO meeting  All teachers, staff members and volunteers who worked so  hard to get ready for the new school year Labor Day Holiday—Monday,  Mr. John Shinn for creating our beautiful, new website September 3rd—No School (www.olfschool.org)   Charles & Kacee Murray and Premier Carpet Cleaning for 1st Save for America—Friday, cleaning the carpets before the start of the school year September 7th  The PTO Officers and School Advisory Council members who work hard year round to make our school successful  Grandparents Mass—Thursday,  Mrs. Gina Wack for coordinating the Box Tops program September 6th, 8:30 a.m.  Ms. Diane Renkas for organizing the uniform closet  Mr. Craig DeRoche for donating new orange traffic cones  Mid-Term Progress Reports—  Grandparents Club for sending treats to the teachers Wednesday, September 13th  Mrs. Kopszwya’s 6th graders who planned the masses in August  Mrs. Kopszwya’s 6th graders who led the prayer/pledge in  Street Clothes Day ($1) - August Wednesday, September 19th And Kudos to…  Fall Break—No School—  Last year’s 6th graders for completing their journey at Our Monday, October 8th Lady of Fatima elementary school and continuing their education in junior high school  Spirit Week—October 9-12

 Report Cards—Friday, October 19th  Halloween Carnival & 5th An- nual Spooky-Ooky Chili Cook off—Saturday, October 2oth. Grandparents Mass  School Pictures—Tuesday, October 23rd—Wear school uniform  Hurricane Isaac Make-up Days: Thursday, May 23—regular school day, Friday May 24— regular school day, Monday, May 27—out at 12:30, lunch served and Tuesday, May 28th—dismiss at 10:00

***Class schedules are attached to this month’s newsletter. Please refer to these when scheduling medical, dental and other necessary appointments for your child(ren). Thank you!*** September 2012

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Mass ~ 6th Grade 1 Pledge ~ 5th Grade

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Labor Day $ave for America Grandparents Mass No school & Reception 8:30 Fatima Falcon T-Shirt 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 $ave for America

Mass 8:30 Fatima Falcon T-Shirt

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Street Clothes $1 $ave for America

Mass 8:30 Fatima Falcon T-Shirt

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 $ave for America 5TH-GRAMMAR Mass 8:30 DONUT SUNDAY Fatima Falcon T-Shirt

30 Lunch Menu ~ September

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Lunch Prices: Ice Cream 1 Student Lunch—$3.00 Adult Lunch—$3.25 Fridays Extra Milk—$0.35 75 cents Extra Entrée—$1.00 (only 3rd—6th graders allowed (exact change please) to purchase)

2 3 4 Chef Salad OR 5 Chef Salad OR 6 Chef Salad OR 7 Chef Salad OR 8 Labor Day Chicken Tenders Spaghetti Grilled Cheese s/w Pizza Potato Wedges Roll, Corn Chicken Noodle Soup Tossed Salad No School Green Salad Tossed Salad Misc Veggies Broccoli w/ Cheese Pear Mixed Fruit Tater tots, Orange Diced pears Milk Milk Milk Milk

9 10 Chef Salad OR 11 Chef Salad OR 12 Chef Salad OR 13 Chef Salad OR 14 Chef Salad OR 15 Fish Nuggets Turkey Roast Red Beans w/ sausage Tacos Pizza, Cheesy Macaroni Roll Rice Corn Carrot & Celery Sticks Green Peas Green Beans Misc Veggies Green Salad w/dip, Broccoli w/ Cheese Bake Beans Green Salad, Mixed Fruit Grapes Fruit Salad Apple & Milk Sliced Peaches & Milk Milk Milk Milk

16 17 Chef Salad OR 18 Chef Salad OR 19 Chef Salad OR 20 Chef Salad OR 21 Chef Salad OR 22 Hotdog Chicken Nuggets Pancakes Hamburger, Pizza French Fries Mash Potatoes w/ gravy Sausage & ham, Tossed Salad Green Salad Bake Beans Green Peas Hashbrowns Broccoli w/ Cheese Corn, Pear Roll Orange, Celery w/ Dip, Orange Diced Pears Milk Apple & Milk Pineapple & Milk Milk Milk

23 24 Chef Salad OR 25 Chef Salad OR 26 Chef Salad OR 27 Chef Salad OR 28 Chef Salad OR 29 Corn Dog Beef Sticks Chicken Patty s/w Ham & Cheese s/w Pizza Bake Beans Rice & Gravy Tater Tots Potato Wedges Tossed Salad French Fries Green Beans Pear Green Salad Carrot & Celery sticks Misc Fruit Roll, Corn on the Cob Cookie Misc Fruit w/dip Milk Milk Milk Milk Grapes & Milk