Friday, April 24, 2009

Dear Parents,

This has been a busy week for some of our OLF students. Congratulations to our Knights and Lady Knights Basketball players and their coaches who were honored Sunday evening at our annual sports’ awards banquet. The evening was very nice, and I would like to thank Jane Staats for preparing the wonderful meal for everyone. Students in grades 1 and 4 attended an Arabian horse show presentation at Barton Coliseum on Monday in conjunction with their "Black Stallion" unit. On Thursday, students in grades 5 and 6 saw the Africa presentation at the IMAX Theater in Little Rock. The 8^th graders had their portraits made on Wednesday. They look very grown-up in their graduation pictures! And while all of this has been going on, many of your children have been working to meet deadlines for Science Fair projects. This is always a busy time for our school!

Make-up testing was done this week for students who had missed any portion of last week’s Stanford 9 Tests. These are being processed to take to Little Rock for scoring. We will let you know when the results arrive.

Thanks to all of you who have sent in registration forms for the 2009-2010 school year. Please remember that we have set an April 30^th deadline for pre-registration. After that time registration fees increase. Ms. Andrea has mailed you a reminder letter and forms in case you need copies of the registration forms. If you have any questions, please contact the school office.

Please take the time to complete your family’s Operation Rice Bowl offerings and return them to school so that we can send our Lenten contributions in to Catholic Relief Services. Thank you for your participation in this event.

Congratulations to sixth grader Nick Thomas who art has been chosen to be in the Youth Art Exhibit at the Arkansas Arts’ Center. He was honored at a reception last Sunday. Congratulations, Nick!

Students in grades 4 through 8 who will be turning in individual science projects should bring these into the gym on Tuesday morning, April 28^th between 7:30 and 7:55 AM. Students will then report to church for Mass.

Please remember that next Thursday, April 30^th, the students will display their work at OLF’s annual Spring Science Fair and Art Show. Doors will open for to the gym at 6:30 PM for viewing, and then we will have a PTO meeting at 7:30 PM.

Let us continue to rejoice in the risen Lord. "Joy is the echo of God’s life in us."

In the joy Christ,

Jan Cash

Principal