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Parents,
As we approach approach these last important days of Lent and look forward to the joy of Easter Sunday, I pray in a special way for all the students, parents, families, friends, alumni, teachers, and staff of the Our Lady of Lourdes community. We end our third quarter of school with proud feelings of accomplishment in what we have been able to endure and achieve together this past year. I look forward to a fourth quarter filled with the promise of completion - a journey fulfilled, a job well done. I thank you for partnering with us and being part of this incredible community. I pray that you and your families enjoy some time together to celebrate the gifts that God has placed in your lives. At OLOL we pray in thanksgiving for all of you and look forward to rejoining one another on April 12! Blessings for a safe, joyous, and restful Easter week, Ms. Moore NEW INFORMATION:
REMINDERS: LAST WEEK FOR OFF THE HOOK DINNER DELIVERY: Thanks so much for all your support of this fundraiser. Hopefully you have enjoyed some delicious dinners delivered right to your door! This is the LAST week. OLOL has won the contest for most orders received for 4 out of 6 weeks. We have raised over $450! If you can support us this week please consider ordering early (Thursday morning gets very busy at OTH!). Remember, orders are due Thursday by NOON. There are new items on the menu! Place your order now and have your Friday dinner ready to be delivered! https://www.othfundraisers.com/ ORDER YOUR YEARBOOK BY APRIL 1: If you would like to have a yearbook for this incredible year, you must place your orders online by April 1. Don't delay, order your yearbook today! You can choose hard or soft back covers. Orders are made through Freed at: (code=OLOL2021YB). SEE FLYER BELOW freedphotography.simplephoto.com/prepay/42686881?code=OLOL2021YB A special reminder for 8th grade parents: ONE copy of the yearbook is purchased for each graduate as part of the Graduation Fee. If you want additional copies you can order those as you wish. Greetings OLOL families, As we head into a long weekend for our families and some professional time for our teachers and staff, I wanted to take the time to recognize the outstanding efforts of our eighth grade students who applied to high schools this year and have been anxiously awaiting the results. At OLOL we are proud of our 8th grade students for so many reasons. Our students are kind, compassionate, and faith-filled young ladies and gentlemen. They take on the challenges of schoolwork, set an example for others as leaders in our school community, and traverse the challenges of preparing for high school. By the 8th grade, Our Lady of Lourdes students understand their responsibilities as members of their family, school, church, and community. They learn how to handle new challenges and look ahead to the next step in their development, moving on to high school. Whether our students are looking for a Catholic or public high school to continue their education we know that they will leave OLOL ready for whatever lies ahead. The application and acceptance process puts many demands on our students and their families. Our students prepared for and took the HSPT, interviewed with high school administrators, wrote essays, and more, all while maintaining a high level of performance on their 8th grade coursework. Our students were awarded various scholarships for excellence in academics, dance, theater, band, and leadership. The total amount awarded for four years of high school surpasses $150,000 in merit based scholarships. Our students highlighted their strengths and were recognized for their accomplishments across many areas. We applaud our students for their hard work and know that they will proudly represent Our Lady of Lourdes in the high school of their choice. Congratulations OLOL Class of 2021 and the future Class of 2025! Here are some of the schools hoping to see our graduates on their campus this fall: Academy of the Holy Cross Bishop McNamara Connelly School of the Holy Child Georgetown Visitation Gonzaga College High School DeMatha Catholic High School Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart Georgetown Day School Sandy Spring Friends School St. John’s College High School Our Lady of Good Counsel Have a blessed and restful weekend, Ms. Moore NEW INFORMATION: PLACE YOUR YEARBOOK ADS BY MARCH 17: It is the time of year to purchase and place your yearbook ads. The information in on our website and orders can be placed in the school store. (see flyer below) It is a great way to celebrate your graduate, send a message of pride in a year well done to your child, thank a teacher, and more. All orders must be received by Wednesday, March 17. Place your order for your half or full page ad online here and then send all images in jpeg format and messages for the text in your ad to Ms. Norton at rnorton@bethesda-lourdes.org. ORDER YOUR YEARBOOK BY APRIL 1: If you would like to have a yearbook for this incredible year, you must place your orders online by April 1. Don't delay, order your yearbook today! You can choose hard or soft back covers. Orders are made through Freed at: (code=OLOL2021YB). SEE FLYER BELOW freedphotography.simplephoto.com/prepay/42686881?code=OLOL2021YB A special reminder for 8th grade parents: ONE copy of the yearbook is purchased for each graduate as part of the Graduation Fee. If you want additional copies you can order those as you wish. REMINDERS: School is closed Friday, March 12 and Monday, March 15 for teacher professional days. Keep up to date with our Google calendar on the home page & our Monthly Calendar & To Do List: http://bit.ly/OLOLCalendar Picture Day - Thursday, March 18 Individual student pictures will be taken at school on March 18. Students will NOT wear uniforms for this year's pictures, instead they should wear appropriate picture day attire (your nicest church clothes; no jeans, sweatshirts, sportswear). See the flyer below. Friday Dinner Deliveries Continues each week in Lent: You still have many weeks to enjoy a delicious dinner from Off the Hook Catering. Orders must be placed by Thursday at 12pm each week. OLOL receives a $5 donation for each order and an extra dollar if our school has the most orders for the week! We won the first 2 weeks (and came in 2nd last week)! So far we've earned over $260! See this site for all the information you need & to place orders: www.othfundraisers.com/ The CCSE Celebrates Two OLOL Teachers - Sat., March 13 The CCSE (Catholic Coalition for Special Education) is honoring Mr. David Long and Mrs. Alison Interlandi as "Making IT Happen" award recipients. This special Virtual Gala will be held on Saturday, March 13. Online registration for the event is free and there are wonderful opportunities available to support the CCSE in their fundraising event. Visit their website to find out more about their wonderful works and how you can participate in this evening and support two of OLOL's finest teachers and show your appreciation for all they have done to support and promote inclusion at OLOL. See the homepage or private page for more information: Home / One MOORE thing.. Daily Edition Lenten Prayers Vocations Tree for ADW Seminarians During Lent the students, faculty and staff at OLOL are praying each day for 22 days for each of the 66 ADW seminarians. If you would like to pray along each day or select one of the seminarians to pray for at home during Lent, please use the links below: OLOL's Vocation Tree: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vT9fKCgOiMEdwjcfY4oscJ-gnY7KSvgM7z-ugG07lSi-fZihMHp8Jf2VORO51AXugNeTdZI9WIqfikB/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000 More Information: https://www.saintjohnneumann.org/vocations-tree Travel Requirements for Easter Break: If your family is traveling please consider the following requirements so that when we all rejoin at OLOL we do so safely for everyone:
Hello OLOL Families, I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the promise of Spring. It is rather cold today but the sun is shinning so brightly that it makes me think of warmer days ahead very soon. It is remarkable to think that it has been a year since we were affected so dramatically by COVID-19. Whenever I reflect on this last year I am overwhelmed by the constant changing, adjusting, and reinventing that we were forced to endure. Those thoughts always lead me to a place of thanksgiving and gratitude, blessed that we are all here, at this point today. Every day is a miracle, and the pandemic has only strengthened that belief within me. We still have much to do and far to go until we ever get back to what we remember as "normal". We may never get back to that "normal" exactly as it was before, but we will do wonderful things in the loving presence of God in our days ahead and we will find the joy in every moment and praise God for His infinite love. There is a particularly joyful day tomorrow for our 2nd grade students as they receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Please join me in keeping all the students receiving their First Penance in your prayers as they experience the healing love of our Father's forgiveness. Blessings, Ms. Moore NEW INFORMATION: Picture Day - Thursday, March 18 Individual student pictures will be taken at school on March 18. Students will NOT wear uniforms for this year's pictures, instead they should wear appropriate picture day attire (your nicest church clothes; no jeans, sweatshirts, sportswear). Yearbook Ads: It is the time of year to purchase and place your yearbook ads. The information in on our website and orders can be placed in the school store. (see flyer below) It is a great way to celebrate your graduate, send a message of pride in a year well done to your child, thank a teacher, and more. All orders must be received by Wednesday, March 17. Place your order for your half or full page ad online here and then send all images in jpeg format and messages for the text in your ad to Ms. Norton at rnorton@bethesda-lourdes.org. REMINDERS: School is closed Friday, March 12 and Monday, March 15 for teacher professional days. Keep up to date with our Google calendar on the home page & our Monthly Calendar & To Do List: http://bit.ly/OLOLCalendar Friday Dinner Deliveries Continues each week in Lent: You still have many weeks to enjoy a delicious dinner from Off the Hook Catering. Orders must be placed by Thursday at 12pm each week. OLOL receives a $5 donation for each order and an extra dollar if our school has the most orders for the week! We won the first 2 weeks! See this site for all the information you need & to place orders: www.othfundraisers.com/ The CCSE Celebrates Two OLOL Teachers - Sat., March 13 The CCSE (Catholic Coalition for Special Education) is honoring Mr. David Long and Mrs. Alison Interlandi as "Making IT Happen" award recipients. This special Virtual Gala will be held on Saturday, March 13. Online registration for the event is free and there are wonderful opportunities available to support the CCSE in their fundraising event. Visit their website to find out more about their wonderful works and how you can participate in this evening and support two of OLOL's finest teachers and show your appreciation for all they have done to support and promote inclusion at OLOL. See the homepage or private page for more information: Home / One MOORE thing.. Daily Edition Lenten Prayers Vocations Tree for ADW Seminarians During Lent the students, faculty and staff at OLOL are praying each day for 22 days for each of the 66 ADW seminarians. If you would like to pray along each day or select one of the seminarians to pray for at home during Lent, please use the links below: OLOL's Vocation Tree: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vT9fKCgOiMEdwjcfY4oscJ-gnY7KSvgM7z-ugG07lSi-fZihMHp8Jf2VORO51AXugNeTdZI9WIqfikB/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000 More Information: https://www.saintjohnneumann.org/vocations-tree Travel Requirements for Easter Break: If your family is traveling please consider the following requirements so that when we all rejoin at OLOL we do so safely for everyone:
 Happy Friday & happy end to a full week of school! This has been a month full of weather interruptions, but OLOL students, faculty, and staff continue to work hard and do great things! Already, amazingly enough, we are headed into the month of March on Monday. We are happy to say that many of our teachers have been able to get their first dose of the COVID vaccine. This year has been so full of challenges and during this time of Lent we reflect on Christ's challenges and suffering for us and look forward to the joy of Easter and new beginnings. In God all things are possible and we will continue to keep God in all we do and say and have faith in better days and new beginnings ahead. God Bless, Ms. Moore Preliminary Calendar Dates for 2021-2022: We have a list of major holidays, half days, and school opening and closing dates for next school year. This is a preliminary list and subject to change depending on unforeseen circumstances relating to the pandemic. See the list below and on our family web page: One MOORE thing.. Daily Edition Friday Dinner Deliveries Continues each week in Lent: You still have many weeks to enjoy a delicious dinner from Off the Hook Catering. Orders must be placed by Thursday at 3pm each week. OLOL receives a $5 donation for each order and an extra dollar if our school has the most orders for the week! We won the first week! See this site for all the information you need & to place orders: www.othfundraisers.com/ The CCSE Celebrates Two OLOL Teachers Making IT* Happen Teacher Awards *Inclusive Teaching The CCSE (Catholic Coalition for Special Education) opened their 15th anniversary year by celebrating their trailblazing partner schools at their 2019 Spring Benefit, of which OLOL was proud and honored to be recognized. The CCSE was to close their anniversary year last year by honoring a select group of exemplary teachers with their first Making IT* Happen Awards. So this year they carry on with their celebratory theme to finally honor four teachers! At OLOL we are once again thrilled and honored to have two of our own exemplary teachers recognized. We were told of this over a year ago and we are so happy to share with our community the recognition of Mr. David Long and Mrs. Alison Interlandi as "Making IT Happen" award recipients. This special Virtual Gala will be held on Saturday, March 13. Online registration for the event is free and there are wonderful opportunities available to support the CCSE in their fundraising event including dinner delivery, online auction bidding, sponsorships, and more. Visit their website to find out more about their wonderful works and how you can participate in this evening and support two of OLOL's finest teachers and show your appreciation for all they have done to support and promote inclusion at OLOL. See the homepage or private page for more information: Home / One MOORE thing.. Daily Edition Lenten Prayers Vocations Tree for ADW Seminarians During Lent the students, faculty and staff at OLOL are praying each day for 22 days for each of the 66 ADW seminarians. We have divided the 66 seminarians into groups of 3 and we will offer a special prayer each day during our morning prayers. If you would like to join us in this special Lenten prayer activity you can choose one or more of the seminarians and pray for him each day as a family. This "Vocations Tree" includes information on each of the 66 ADW seminarians and provides us with the opportunity to prayerfully support the men called to serve our Church. If you would like to pray along each day or select one of the seminarians to pray for at home during Lent, please use the links below: OLOL's Vocation Tree: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vT9fKCgOiMEdwjcfY4oscJ-gnY7KSvgM7z-ugG07lSi-fZihMHp8Jf2VORO51AXugNeTdZI9WIqfikB/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000 More Information: https://www.saintjohnneumann.org/vocations-tree  Hello OLOL Families, We end this week with a smile and a sigh... whew!, it has been busy and full of fun! We celebrated so many events this week: our successful Read-a-thon, the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, Valentine's Day & Tag Day Fundraiser for the American Heart Association/8th Grade Legacy Gift Fund, and now we celebrate the birth of a new baby. Mr. & Mrs. Helms have happily welcomed into the world Bernadette Marie Helms, born of Feb. 11, the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes! What a blessing for the Helms Family and for our OLOL family. We are so happy for them and can't wait to meet Bernadette! (scroll to the bottom to see a picture of Bernadette) This week was also the deadline for our current families to re-enroll. A sincere thanks goes out to all our families for completing re-enrollment by our due date. On behalf of the priests, faculty, and staff at OLOL, I want to express our gratitude to all the families who have hung in there with us this year. In the face of so many obstacles, you have been patient, caring, and flexible as we tried and largely succeeded to give your children the best education possible. There is no surer sign of your belief in us and our commitment to this task than the fact that slightly more than 90% of families have renewed for next year. We have not had a retention rate this high in recent memory! We have many classes that have or will soon have a waiting list for new applicants. Your commitment to OLOL ensures that our great work continues on and we can begin planning for another great year for 2021-2022. The best years for OLOL are in its future! Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the Presidents Day holiday! Ms. Moore Changes for receiving ashes on Ash Wednesday: Father Rob wants all of our community to understand the changes that are in store for Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17. The Archdiocese of Washington has asked parishes to distribute ashes by sprinkling them on top of heads instead of drawing crosses on the foreheads as we see in non-pandemic times. This will limit skin-to-skin contact during the tradition. This is how ashes will be distributed at all Masses at Our Lady of Lourdes this year. Ash Wednesday is not a Holy Day of Obligation. We will take our 3rd through 8th graders to Mass at 9am (move our weekly Friday Mass to Wednesday). The second grade will visit church with Fr. Rob at another point in the day. All our priests and teachers will all take time with our students to prepare them for the season of Lent and share with them the significance of our Lenten ashes. The CCSE Celebrates Two OLOL Teachers Making IT* Happen Teacher Awards *Inclusive Teaching The CCSE (Catholic Coalition for Special Education) opened their 15th anniversary year by celebrating their trailblazing partner schools at their 2019 Spring Benefit, of which OLOL was proud and honored to be recognized. The CCSE was to close their anniversary year last year by honoring a select group of exemplary teachers with their first Making IT* Happen Awards. So this year they carry on with their celebratory theme to finally honor four teachers! At OLOL we are once again thrilled and honored to have two of our own exemplary teachers recognized. We were told of this over a year ago and we are so happy to share with our community the recognition of Mr. David Long and Mrs. Alison Interlandi as "Making IT Happen" award recipients. This special Virtual Gala will be held on Saturday, March 13. Online registration for the event is free and there are wonderful opportunities available to support the CCSE in their fundraising event including dinner delivery, online auction bidding, sponsorships, and more. Visit their website to find out more about their wonderful works and how you can participate in this evening and support two of OLOL's finest teachers and show your appreciation for all they have done to support and promote inclusion at OLOL. See the homepage or private page for more information: Home / One MOORE thing.. Daily Edition Lenten Prayers Vocations Tree for ADW Seminarians During Lent the students, faculty and staff at OLOL will offer a prayer each day for 22 days for each of the 66 ADW seminarians. We have divided the 66 seminarians into groups of 3 and we will offer a special prayer each day during our morning prayers. If you would like to join us in this special Lenten prayer activity you can choose one or more of the seminarians and pray for him each day as a family. This "Vocations Tree" includes information on each of the 66 ADW seminarians and provides us with the opportunity to prayerfully support the men called to serve our Church. If you would like to pray along each day or select one of the seminarians to pray for at home during Lent, please use the links below: OLOL's Vocation Tree: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vT9fKCgOiMEdwjcfY4oscJ-gnY7KSvgM7z-ugG07lSi-fZihMHp8Jf2VORO51AXugNeTdZI9WIqfikB/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000 More Information: https://www.saintjohnneumann.org/vocations-tree Red & Pink Tag Day Our Tag Day was a huge success! The 8th grade was able to raise $965 that will be split between donations to the American Heart Association and the 8th Grade Legacy Gift Fund. What a fun and beautifully pink & red day we had at OLOL! A special way to end our week. Thanks to the 8th grade for their leadership. Success of Canned Food Drive Even though our Catholic Schools Week was interrupted by some snow, our 5th grade canned food drive was a success! Thanks to the generosity of our community we were able to collect over 700 cans of food to help stock the area Catholic Charities food banks. Thank you to the 5th grade for sponsoring this service project. CONGRATULATIONS MR. & MRS. HELMS!  Happy Catholic Schools Week! It has been a short but wonderful week at OLOL! We are so blessed at OLOL, and this year more than any other we reflect on all that our Catholic school means to each one of us. We thank our parents, students, staff, pastor, priests, administrators, and teachers! We do exceptional things at OLOL because we are all committed to providing our students a "home" where Faith, Excellence, and Service are part of every step of our journey. The students had a fun day of appreciation, pizza lunch, stuffed animals and more on Thursday! Today the teachers and staff have been treated like royalty! The HSA provided a fabulous breakfast from Panera and a special donated lunch from an anonymous donor. This has been a beautiful day of thank you notes and words of appreciation. The OLOL community of parents and students have made the teachers and staff feel truly loved and appreciated, and in this year with all its difficulties what a wonderful gift to give! Thank you very much, I am so proud of our faculty and staff, and your appreciation is what makes every teacher and staff member's heart burst with pride in recognition of a job well done. Have a happy weekend & enjoy the Super Bowl! (Go Tampa Bay?! Go Kansas City?!) Best, Ms. Moore Reminders & Updates: No School Monday, February 8: Teacher Professional Day Many Valentine's Day cards are often packaged with some kind of sweet treat. It is acceptable to bring in these pre-packaged card/treats to school on Friday, Feb. 12 (please consult homeroom teacher for specifics). Please see the letter below from our Superintendent of Schools/ Secretary for Catholic Schools, Kelly Branaman, concerning the ADW's efforts to help provide COVID vaccines for school staff. Re-enrollment These are the last days for re-enrollment for all current OLOL families. We are excited to welcome you back to OLOL for the 2021-2022 school year. We need all families to re-enroll and pay the non-refundable tuition deposit by February 8 in order to ensure their child's place in each classroom. We have many interested families and will be opening up registration to new applicants after the re-enrollment deadline on Feb. 8. Please help us by re-enrolling now and guaranteeing your child's place at OLOL next year! If you have any questions about TADS or the re-enrollment process, please email Ms. Winters at awinters@bethesda-lourdes.org. 8th Grade Legacy Gift Fund Thanks to everyone who supported the 8th grade fundraising efforts in our Super Bowl Squares Contest. We have sold 100 squares and raised $1500 for the Legacy Gift Fund. Good luck to all the participants who have a Super Bowl square! Mrs. Reilly will contact winners by Tuesday, Feb. 9. Read-a-thon ~ ends Sunday, February 7 We are doing an amazing job with this year's Read-a-thon. OLOL students have currently read over 100,000 minutes and raised nearly $29,000! It is wonderful to see our students of all ages asking for extra time to read during the school day and spending time at home (away from electronic devices) to read independently or with family. Please keep reaching out to friends and family through the Read-a-thon website. Every donation makes a huge impact on our efforts to raise even more money than last year. Keep up the great reading and recording minutes at home through Sunday! Thank you for all your support! Calendar: Make sure to keep up with our dates/events on our school calendar at the bottom of our homepage, our special planner pages, and our list of upcoming dates on our OLOL One MOORE thing... Daily Edition. Weather Advisory & Communication Parents will receive a text message and email when emergency closings or delays must be announced. I will also post the message at the top of our OLOL web page. Please be sure to join our text messaging group, it is a quick and efficient way to reach our families to share emergency messages, updates, and reminders. To join our school text messaging group, please text "OLOL" to this number: (833) 977-2912 Make sure to bookmark our OLOL Family Page: One MOORE thing... Daily Edition (email office@bethesda-lourdes.org if you do not have the password). This page has calendar information, updates, reminders and more! It is updated regularly to keep our parents informed about all that is happening at OLOL. https://www.bethesda-lourdes.org/one-moore-thing-daily-edition.html Superintendent's Letter 2/5/21
Hello OLOL! We have made it to the true middle point of our school year and we are in the middle of so many wonderful school activities and exciting events that it almost feels like normal. The forecast of some real measurable snow has most of our students (and teachers) excited. It seems so long since we have seen the beauty of a fresh blanket of snow, felt the cold, icy chill of snow balls in our hands, and breathed in the crisp snowy air as a trillion fluffy flakes fall to the ground. (Can you tell?...I am a bit excited as well!) I look forward to the winter beauty potentially coming our way on Sunday. There are many things to update you on and ask for your support and help. Two things especially that are very important are re-enrollment and a special thank you for our teachers during Catholic Schools Week. First, please take some time today or this weekend to complete your re-enrollment. You are all so important to us and we want to officially welcome you to the 2021-2022 school year. Your prompt re-enrollment is more important than ever during this year. We have a high level interest from new families that want to be part of our community and after our re-enrollment deadline of Feb. 8 passes we will be opening seats to new families as available. Your re-enrollment ensures your child's spot and helps us to plan for new families and potential wait list availabilities. Secondly, I would like to ask all our families and students to take a moment in the next week to write a thank you to one or several of our teachers and staff. This Friday we celebrate Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day and one of the most meaningful things to receive from a student or parent is a letter from the heart expressing thanks for all the things that make each day at OLOL special. It is a treasure that will be kept for years to come (I speak from experience). These cards can be bought, made, downloaded, emailed, etc. The important thing is to write some words of thanks to someone who has made your year at OLOL special. Thank you for working with your children on this special assignment for our wonderful faculty and staff. I have even more things to share below! Have a wonderful weekend. Stay safe & warm. If we are blessed with some real snow this weekend, I hope that your family has a chance for some traditional winter fun with snowmen, snowball fights, sledding and snow angels, followed by some hot chocolate, a warm blanket, and a good book. Best, Ms. Moore Re-enrollment Two weeks ago, all current OLOL families received their re-enrollment letter from TADS. We are excited to welcome you back to OLOL for the 2021-2022 school year. We need all families to re-enroll and pay the non-refundable tuition deposit by February 8 in order to ensure their child's place in each classroom. We have many interested families and will be opening up registration to new applicants after the re-enrollment deadline on Feb. 8. Please help us by re-enrolling now and guaranteeing your child's place at OLOL next year! If you have any questions about TADS or the re-enrollment process, please email Ms. Winters at awinters@bethesda-lourdes.org. Weather Advisory & Communication Parents will receive a text message and email when emergency closings or delays must be announced. I will also post the message at the top of our OLOL web page. Please be sure to join our text messaging group, it is a quick and efficient way to reach our families to share emergency messages, updates, and reminders. To join our school text messaging group, please text "OLOL" to this number: (833) 977-2912 Make sure to bookmark our OLOL Family Page: One MOORE thing... Daily Edition (email office@bethesda-lourdes.org if you do not have the password). This page has calendar information, updates, reminders and more! It is updated regularly to keep our parents informed about all that is happening at OLOL. https://www.bethesda-lourdes.org/one-moore-thing-daily-edition.html 8th Grade Legacy Gift Fund During this untraditional year it has been difficult to plan for traditional fundraisers, so the 8th grade families and students are sponsoring the Super Bowl Squares Contest to raise money for their legacy gift to OLOL. Traditionally, 8th grade students and their families bestow a legacy gift upon their graduation from OLOL. This year the fundraising begins with the Super Bowl Squares! Please see the flyer below and on our home page for more information. Having a Super Bowl Square can make watching the game a lot of fun, especially when our local teams are not playing! Good luck & enjoy the game on Feb. 7. Canned Food Drive: "One Can Make a Difference" During Catholic Schools Week (Feb. 1 - 5), the 5th grade is sponsoring a canned food drive to support local Catholic Charities' Food Banks. Please see the flyer below (and on our homepage) for more information about suggested items and drop off times and locations. Thank you for your help in supporting our efforts to serve our community. Catholic Schools Week Catholic Schools Week is a special time when we reflect on our wonderful school and give thanks for all that a Catholic education brings to all our lives. We examine our motto of Faith, Excellence, and Service and discover ways to show our gratitude toward all the people in our school, parish, and family who make our Catholic school such an important part of our lives. During the week of Feb 1-5 we will take part in many special activities and service opportunities that will help us to grow as a community of faith and to support others. See the flyer below for some of our plans for the week. Thursday is Student Appreciation Day! Students have a Free Dress Day and we will provide all students with pizza lunch and frozen treat! (please send in your own lunch if you do not want/can not eat pizza; as always bring your water and snack as usual). Friday is Teacher Appreciation and a 12:10 dismissal. Calendar: Make sure to keep up with our dates/events on our school calendar at the bottom of our homepage, our special planner pages, and our list of upcoming dates on our OLOL One MOORE thing... Daily Edition. Read-a-thon OLOL students LOVE our annual Read-a-thon!! We are doing an amazing job with this year's Read-a-thon. OLOL students have currently read almost 60,000 minutes and raised nearly $25,000! It is wonderful to see our students of all ages asking for extra time to read during the school day and spending time at home (away from electronic devices) to read independently or with family. Please keep reaching out to friends and family through the Read-a-thon website. Every donation makes a huge impact on our efforts to raise even more money than last year. Keep up the great reading at home! Thank you for all your support!
 Hello OLOL families! I hope everyone is doing well and excited about our upcoming first "regular" two day weekend and our first Monday back at school! Today we end our second quarter of the school year and I am so thankful and appreciative to all the members of our school and community that have made this wonderful accomplishment possible. The dedication to excellence from our faculty and staff is evident in every morning greeting, every afternoon farewell, and all the special care and instruction that comes in between. We have some exciting things coming up in the next few weeks and some important events and deadlines that all our families will want to take note of and make sure to complete. Have a blessed weekend, Ms. Moore Re-enrollment Last Friday all families received their re-enrollment letter from TADS. We are so happy to welcome you back to OLOL for the 2021-2022 school year. We need all families to re-enroll and pay the non-refundable tuition deposit by February 8 in order to ensure their child's place in each classroom. We have many interested families and will be opening up registration to new applicants after the re-enrollment deadline on Feb. 8. Please help us by re-enrolling now and guaranteeing your child's place at OLOL next year! If you have any questions about TADS or the re-enrollment process, please email Ms. Winters at awinters@bethesda-lourdes.org. Dinner Out - Delivered to you in the OLOL Parking Lot! Take a well deserved break from planning and preparing dinner next Wednesday, January 17. This is a great opportunity to bring home a delicious dinner for you and your family and support OLOL at the same time. Place your orders by NOON on Sunday, January 24th. Meals will be ready for pick up in the school parking lot between 3-4pm on Wed., Jan. 27. Click here to order: www.othmarket.com/ Read-a-thon- Jan. 23 to Feb. 7 We are about to start our 2nd Annual Read-a-thon. About half of our students have already set up their accounts online and we already have over $3000 in donations in support of our readers and OLOL! All students who activate their account win a Free Dress Day on Tuesday, Jan. 26. There are lots of prizes to earn for reading and raising money. Please see the information below from my parent letter sent earlier this week. Our home page has a link to our Read-a-thon dashboard to watch all the reading and fundraising accomplishments. Mid-Year Standardized Testing for students in grades 2-8 Students in grades 2-8 will take the mid-year standardized tests in reading and math next week. Your child's homeroom teacher will let you know which date this will happen and remind families to make sure students get a good night's rest and a good breakfast to start the day. There will not be homework assigned the night before (except to read perhaps) and no other tests or quizzes scheduled for a testing day. Catholic Schools Week Catholic Schools Week is a special time when we reflect on our wonderful school and give thanks for all that a Catholic education brings to all our lives. We examine our motto of Faith, Excellence, and Service and discover ways to show our gratitude toward all the people in our school, parish, and family who make our Catholic school such an important part of our lives. During the week of Feb 1-5 we will take part in many special activities and service opportunities that will help us to grow as a community of faith and to support others. See the flyer below for some of our plans for the week. Canned Food Drive One of our service projects, sponsored by the Fifth Grade, is a canned food collection to support the Catholic Charities Food Bank. Please consider donating canned goods during the week. There will be bins at the temperature stations at arrival time and bins in the parking lot at dismissal all week from Feb. 1 - 5. Read Aloud Day is Feb. 3 Parents if you have a favorite story book that you would like to read aloud, please record your video and send it to your child's homeroom teacher by Feb. 2. We will share these stories during our celebration of World Read Aloud Day on Feb. 3. Your homeroom teacher will email more information on Jan. 25.
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful day. God has given us a warm and sunny afternoon to hold all our Thanksgiving gatherings outside! Thank you to everyone who attended Grandparents Day! It was a beautiful celebration of gratitude and thanksgiving to God for all the gifts in our lives. I was very touched to see so many grandparents attending from all over the world. We were able to make a special morning for all of us in these challenging times. It was perhaps even more special because of our current situation and our ability to connect with family from all over the world! We need to find time to be together whenever and however we can! (If you weren't able to see our performance video it will be posted on our One MOORE thing Daily Edition page). Have a wonderful day and restful holiday! Ms. Moore Reminders: The Book Fair is underway. Drop by online and do some shopping! We will keep the book fair open through next week so our families can do some holiday shopping. We have almost $2000 in total sales so far. (Just for a frame of reference, that's about what we collect in one day of our on campus book fair) Please help support our library by purchasing items at the book fair. Click here - Shop Now Our Annual Fund it up to $7000! We still have a long way to go. Let's all join together and give a donation, any size is appreciated, let's come together to reach 100% participation in support of OLOL and all the wonderful things we are doing. If there was ever a year to join together it is 2020. You can always donate again during the year, but now join in our push to reach our goal of having 100% of our faculty, staff, and families donate by December 1. Donate to the Christmas Gift Collection for OLOL faculty & staff. Go to the school store in the main menu. Winter Coats for those in need As you start digging out your cold weather coats, consider donating lightly used (cleaned) and/or new coats and other cold weather items. We will do things a bit differently this year due to COVID. Mrs. Gadwood has graciously volunteered to manage this drive, collect used (cleaned) and new items here at school on specific dates, and drop them off with Catholic Charities by January 15. Our first drop of date is Friday, December 4. Bring your cleaned, lightly used coats, new coats, and new scarves, hats, gloves to the parking lot during arrival and dismissal. See the flyer below for more information. Please remember about Thanksgiving plans and travel. We are keeping school closed for two extra days to give us some time away from school after our holiday, but we need every family to make sure to follow state and county regulations and CDC safety precautions. If you travel out of the area and/or attend gatherings with a large group, please stay home for additional days during the week after Thanksgiving to ensure that your child has not been exposed and then unknowingly exposes students and teachers at school. See the information below: OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL ADVISORY. With the holiday season approaching, the travel advisory issued by state health officials has been renewed and remains in effect. Under this advisory, Marylanders are strongly advised against traveling to states with positivity rates of 10% or higher. Anyone traveling from these states should get tested and self-quarantine while awaiting results. Marylanders should avoid non-essential travel of any kind outside of the region. Read the travel advisory. (from https://governor.maryland.gov/2020/11/05/governor-hogan-maryland-prepared-for-fall-covid-19-surge-warns-against-complacency/)  Hello OLOL families,
We are halfway through November and the Masters Golf Tournament is being played in Augusta, Georgia today. For those of you who do not follow golf, this is usually an early April event with azaleas in bloom and all the beauty and promise of spring in the air. This year the trees are ablaze in golden hues and the shadows from the pines fall long on the fairways. This has truly been a strange year. I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend. I have some reminders and updates for everyone. Please keep Ella Tran and her family in your prayers. The Tran family is so appreciative of all your prayers and support. Our wonderful students and their families made our Little Sisters of the Poor Tag Day a great success! We raised over $1,500.00 in donations!! Thank you for your support. We know the Sisters will do important things with our support and we pray for all their good works, especially during the holiday season. The Book Fair is underway. Drop by online and do some shopping! Click here - Shop Now Our Annual Fund it up to $5000! We still have a long way to go. Let's all join together and give a donation, any size is appreciated, let's come together to reach 100% participation in support of OLOL and all the wonderful things we are doing. If there was ever a year to join together it is 2020. You can always donate again during the year, but now join in our push to reach our goal of having 100% of our faculty, staff, and families donate by December 1. Our first quarter is complete, report cards are posted, conferences are underway and continue tomorrow, and our 4th through 8th grade honors have been announced. Congratulations to all our students who earned Principal's or Honors List for the 1st quarter. Check our honor roll on the home page. Save the date: Wednesday, November 25, at 10am- we are working on a great Grandparents Day Zoom with time for prayer with our OLOL family, gratitude for all the blessings in our lives, recorded holiday performances and messages, and more! Please remember about Thanksgiving plans and travel. We are keeping school closed for two extra days to give us some time away from school after our holiday, but we need every family to make sure to follow state and county regulations and CDC safety precautions. If you travel out of the area and/or attend gatherings with a large group, please stay home for additional days during the week after Thanksgiving to ensure that your child has not been exposed and then unknowingly exposes students and teachers at school. See the information below: OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL ADVISORY. With the holiday season approaching, the travel advisory issued by state health officials has been renewed and remains in effect. Under this advisory, Marylanders are strongly advised against traveling to states with positivity rates of 10% or higher. Anyone traveling from these states should get tested and self-quarantine while awaiting results. Marylanders should avoid non-essential travel of any kind outside of the region. Read the travel advisory. (from https://governor.maryland.gov/2020/11/05/governor-hogan-maryland-prepared-for-fall-covid-19-surge-warns-against-complacency/) Coming up: Winter Coats for those in need We will be sending information about our annual Coat of Many Colors Winter Coat Drive this week. As you start digging out your cold weather coats, consider donating lightly used (cleaned) and/or new coats and other cold weather items. We will do things a bit differently this year due to COVID. Mrs. Gadwood has graciously volunteered to manage this drive, collect used (cleaned) and new items here at school on specific dates, and drop them off with Catholic Charities by January 15. Here Comes Santa Claus... We are working with the North Pole to schedule some Zoom time with Santa in December. We can't invite him for breakfast as we usually do, but we hope to have more information for you soon on our new plan. |
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