Home and School Association Newsletter –
May 20, 2009
Congratulations to all the winners and participants in the Sister Frances DeSales Poetry Contest!
Your poise and self-confidence were very impressive!
Enclosed in this week’s Blue Folder is a summary of all the Curriculum Enrichment programs and activities that the HSA was able to sponsor this year. Part of your dues and fund-raising efforts enable us to provide these events that enhance our students’ educational experience at OLM – and they are a lot of fun! Thank you to Christina Martin who coordinated Curriculum Enrichment this year. Christina also applied for and received an “Arts Presentation Grant” of $625 from the Connecticut Council on the Arts and Tourism. Well done!
Our Last outreach project for the year
will benefit the organization Paying It Forward run by OLM’s Santoro family. This organization supports working mothers and their children living in the Bridgeport area. The Sisters of Mercy train the mothers in a profession so they can provide for themselves and their children on their own. We will be collecting “Summer Fun” items such as buckets and shovels, water toys, beach towels, sunbrellas, flip flops, sunscreen, etc. Please deposit items in the decorated shopping cart in the school lobby.
If you have any questions, call Sheryl Phillips at 245-3122.
Please consider nominating yourself or someone you know to be an HSA officer or representative for next year. For us, participating in HSA has been a gratifying way to meet friends and assist the OLM community to be the best it can be. There are positions with varying levels of time commitment - we are sure there is one for you!
***Information regarding HSA Positions for the 2009/2010 school year is on the OLM web site: www.olmschool.homestead.com***
***Don't forget:
OLM Yearbook - send photos and ads to Miss MohrEighth Grade Play, "The Sound of Music". Purchase ads and/or come to a performance the weekend of May 29-31. Watch for more information!*Scrip Program* Grocery cards available for immediate purchase in car line on Fridays from 2:30 – 2:50. Get your grocery cards before the weekend!
Don’t forget – the money you earn for your family through Scrip can be used to pay off Service Hours! Call Lisa Engelhart if you have questions (779-5278)
*HSA meeting notes, contact names for volunteering, and the HSA weekly newsletter will all be available on the HSA page of the OLM website: www.olmschool.homestead.com.
Thank you for your support, HSA Co-leaders
Sandy DiVincenzoLiz Gabel Jane Bechtold
Liz Gabel Jane Bechtold silverbells@comcast.net designsltd@msn.comjanebechtold@hotmail.com (203)245-3409(203)458-8883(203)458-7403
(203)458-8883(203)458-7403 Curriculum Enrichment 2008-2009
January 27, 2009
DENNIS WARING* will perform his “Trash to Tunes” program. He uses music, history, art and social studies to demonstrate how all cultures through time use their environment for making music. Grades PreK through 8.February 24, 2009
CT HISTORICAL SOCIETY* will present the program “The Amistad: A Journey to Justice”. This program tells the story of 53 Africans who were kidnapped and became slaves, who went on to win a legal battle in the United States and then were able to return home. Grades 5 through 8. February 26, 2009
CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF CT* will present “Science Showcase – Wizard’s Lab”. Students in Grades 1 – 4 will explore the wonders of physical science. This is set-up like a science fair with 6 different stations. Subjects will be magnets, electricity, solar power, lasers, polarized light, optical illusions, math puzzles, and motion. Grades 1 through 4.March 25, 2009
JEFFREY BENOIT* will perform “Chariot of the Sun”. He uses masks, songs, rhyme, and theater to introduce the world of ancient Greece to the students. Grades PreK – 8.January 2009 - “Science Snoopers” that Mrs. Cerjanec donated to Mrs. Sheffield’s PreK & K classes.
April 2009 - A nutrition/exercise program (½ hour long) to be presented by Jill Gaudelli – a kindergarten mom. This will be for 1st grade and kindergarten.
May 2009 - “Science Snoopers” to be presented to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade classes
