OLPH Friday Fanfare for Week Ending 12/6/13

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP CATHOLIC SCHOOL FRIDAY FANFARE

December 2 - December 6, 2013 www.myolph.com

                             

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or if all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic information in employment or in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.)

LUNCH MENU

·         Monday, December 2--Hot dog, baked beans, cole slaw, peaches, milk

·         Tuesday, December 3--Chicken nuggets, potatoes, green beans, fruit, milk

·         Wednesday, December 4--Cheese pizza, corn, pineapple, salad, milk

·         Thursday, December 5--Hamburger, oven fries, mixed fruit, pickles, tomato, milk

·         Friday, December 6--Tomato soup, grilled cheese sandwich, fruit, crackers, milk

Please attend Mass this weekend with your Parish Priest. "I have waited, waited for the Lord, and he stooped toward me."-Psalm 40

Virtue for the Month of December: "Generosity" is the virtue of giving and sharing what we have and who we are to benefit others.  When we are generous we place the best of our qualities, talents, and possessions at their service.

Please use extra caution and drive slowly in the parking lots, especially at the archway.  Let's keep our kids safe!  Thank you, Fr. Jim.

SCHOOL CALENDAR

·         Saturday, November 30--5^th grade boy basketball evaluations, PLC, 12:00 - 2:00 P.M.

·         Monday, December 2--5/6 Soccer--Silverdale @ OLPH--4:00 P.M.

·         Monday, December 2--School wide shoot around for all basketball players--5:30 P.M.--Gym

·         Monday, December 2--Parent basketball meeting--5:30 P.M.--Gym

·         Monday, December 2--VIRTUS Training--6:00 - 9:00 P.M.--PLC

·         Thursday, December 5--First Reconciliation--T.B.A

·         Friday, December 6--Virtue mass--4^th grade--First Friday

·         Saturday, December 7--Breakfast w/Santa--7:30 A.M.--PLC--Gym

·         Saturday, December 7--Book Fair--School Library

·         Saturday, December 7--Middle School Dance--7:00 P.M.--K of C Hall

     

SCHOOL NEWS: Chatti Gras, Book Fair, Family Honor, Christmas Program, Middle school Dance, Teacher Gifts, Breakfast w/Santa, Pennies for the Philippines, VIRTUS Training

Please consider donating an item for the ChattiGras Auction! The online auction will begin January 27, 2014 on Bidding for Good (www.biddingforgood.com/chattigras).  All auction items will be visible to everyone who goes online to purchase tickets for the event, as well as the entire Bidding for Good community. If your company would like to be a sponsor or donate an auction item, please contact Cissy West at 423-622-1481 or cwest@catholicweb.com.

Book Fair - The Book Fair will begin on Saturday, December 7^th during Breakfast with Santa and will continue through the week of December 15^th.

Family Honor - Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church will be hosting Family Honor on Friday, February 7^th and Saturday, February 8^th.  Deadline for registering is (two weeks before program).  For more information contact Blane or Mary Pat Haywood: haywood@epbifi.com or (706)459-6391.

The Christmas program scheduled for Wednesday, December 18^th, has been changed to Thursday, December 19^th, at 6:00 P.M. in the gym.

OLPH Middle School Dance - Current middle school students (6^th, 7^th and 8^th grade) of OLPH and St. Jude only are invited to a semi-formal Jingle Bell Rock dance on Saturday, December 7^th from 7-10 pm.  Dance will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall Council #610, 313 Sylvan St Chattanooga, TN 37405.  Entry fee of $10 entitles you to dancing to hit music by DJ April Eberly, beverages, snacks and a chance to win an iTunes gift card.  Bring 2 non-perishable food items to be donated to the OLPH food pantry for a chance to win another iTunes gift card.  (Modest attire required.) Don't miss all the fun!!!

For the safety of the students, parents or guardians must drop off and pick up their students at the door.  No students from other schools will be admitted to the dance.   For more information, contact Chanshini Redmond at (423) 580-3444.  

Teacher Gifts Made Simple--This year Home and School will again make your Christmas teacher gift buying easier.  Instead of parents purchasing individual teacher gifts, Home and School would like for all parents to contribute money towards purchasing gift cards for the entire staff.  The monies collected will be evenly divided among all staff.  We will be collecting the money until December 6^th.  Please send in your "gift" to the front office in an envelope marked "Teachers Gifts" and we will take care of everything else.

Breakfast With Santa--Come enjoy a full breakfast with all the fixings.  We will have crafts in the gym along with pictures with Santa provided by Image Photography. Breakfast will be served in the PLC beginning at 7:45 A.M.  Pictures will begin at 7:30 A.M. in the gym.  Each family will receive a free copy of their picture session with Santa.  You will have the opportunity to purchase additional photos online.  You must sign up for your time slot using the information listed below.  You will pay for the event when you arrive.

Saturday, December 7

7:30am-11:00am

$5 per person/$20 max per family

Please sign up for Breakfast with Santa - here's how it works in 3 easy steps:

             1. Click this link to go to our invitation page on VolunteerSpot: http://vols.pt/Lw8JDJ
            2. Enter your email address: (You will NOT need to register an account on VolunteerSpot) 
             3. Sign up! Choose your spots - VolunteerSpot will send you an automated confirmation and reminders.

Note: VolunteerSpot does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact, Deanna Roberts at, Deanna.roberts@cumulus.com and she will sign you up manually.

Pennies for the Philippines--As a Service Project, the third grade is collecting pennies to donate to Catholic Relief Services to help with the efforts in the Philippines following the devastating typhoon.  Please donate your pennies.  Pennies will be collected from each homeroom until December 17th.  We will also accept other forms of money.

There is a VIRTUS Training session scheduled for Monday, December 2^nd, 6-9:00 P.M. in the PLC. Registration is done online at www.virtus.org.  Once on the website, click on registration, scroll to Knoxville Diocese and click to find Our Lady of Perpetual Help and register.

SPORTS: Basketball and Football

The OLPH 5^th grade boys' basketball team will have a pre-season evaluation on Saturday, November 30^th from 12:00 to 2:00 P.M. in the OLPH gym.  There be a school wide shoot around for all basketball players on Monday, December 2^nd at 5:30 P.M. in the school gym along with a parent meeting at 5:30 P.M.

The OLPH Football team will be representing MAKUS (www.makus.info) at the Ooltewah/Collegedale Christmas parade this Sunday, December 1^st.   This is the 9^th consecutive year the football players have undertaken this worthwhile service project.   The primary message of MAKUS is to encourage seat belt usage.   MAKUS began after an unbuckled Michael Appleby was killed in an automobile accident.   Michael was very special to OLPH and OLPH Football.   Michael’s accident occurred just 5 months after he was awarded team MVP at the OLPH Football awards dinner.   Come out and cheer on the team this Sunday at the parade.   Parade begins at 3pm. (www.spiritofchristmastn.com).

OLPH Friday Fanfare for Week Ending 11/ 29/13

 OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP CATHOLIC SCHOOL FRIDAY FANFARE

November 25 - November 29, 2013 www.myolph.com

                             

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or if all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic information in employment or in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.)

LUNCH MENU

·         Monday, Nov. 25--Ravioli, salad, applesauce, milk

·         Tuesday, Nov. 26--Chicken noodles, peas, carrots, fruit, milk

·         Wednesday, Nov. 27--Thanksgiving break--no school

·         Thursday, Nov. 28--Thanksgiving break -- no school

·         Friday, Nov. 29--Thanksgiving break--no school

Please attend Mass this weekend with your Parish Priest. "I have waited, waited for the Lord, and he stooped toward me."-Psalm 40

Virtue for the Month of November: "Gratitude" is the virtue that leads us to take note of the gifts that we receive each day, value the generosity of the giver, respond to these gifts, take advantage of them, develop them, and place them at the service of others.

Please use extra caution and drive slowly in the parking lots, especially at the archway.  Let's keep our kids safe!  Thank you, Fr. Jim.

SCHOOL CALENDAR

·         Saturday, November 23--Practice for Teen/Youth Mass--10:00 A.M.--Church

·         Sunday, November 24--Teen/Youth Mass--10:00 A.M. Mass

·         Monday, November 25--5/6 Soccer--OLPH @ Boyd--4:00 P.M.

·         Wednesday, November 26--Thanksgiving break--no school

·         Thursday, November 27--Thanksgiving break--no school

·         Friday, November 28--Thanksgiving break--no school

     

SCHOOL NEWS: Chatti Gras, Scrip Sunday, Ram Run T-Shirts, Christmas Program, Teen/Youth Mass, Teacher Gifts, Breakfast w/Santa, and Pennies for the Philippines

Please consider donating an item for the ChattiGras Auction! The online auction will begin January 27, 2014 on Bidding for Good (www.biddingforgood.com/chattigras).  All auction items will be visible to everyone who goes online to purchase tickets for the event, as well as the entire Bidding for Good community. If your company would like to be a sponsor or donate an auction item, please contact Cissy West at 423-622-1481 or cwest@catholicweb.com.

Scrip Sunday Sales will be available after the Masses on November 23 and November 24.  Please consider placing an order (using a form in the back of the church) or purchasing gift cards from inventory from this ongoing fundraiser for OLPH School.

Great News!  For those of you who missed the Ram Run due to Fall Break or other commitments, we still have some of the fabulous, one of a kind Anne Bordash designed, Ram Run 2013 t-shirts for sale for only $10.  Please stop by the school office if you would like one.

The Christmas program scheduled for Wednesday, December 18^th, has been changed to Thursday, December 19^th, at 6:00 P.M. in the gym.

Teen/Youth Mass is on Sunday, November 24^th, at 10:00 A.M. Mass.  There will be practice on Saturday, November 23^rd, at 10:00 A.M. in the church.

Teacher Gifts Made Simple--This year Home and School will again make your Christmas teacher gift buying easier.  Instead of parents purchasing individual teacher gifts, Home and School would like for all parents to contribute money towards purchasing gift cards for the entire staff.  The monies collected will be evenly divided among all staff.  We will be collecting the money until December 6^th.  Please send in your "gift" to the front office in an envelope marked "Teachers Gifts" and we will take care of everything else.

Breakfast With Santa--Come enjoy a full breakfast with all the fixings.  We will have crafts in the gym along with pictures with Santa provided by Image Photography. Breakfast will be served in the PLC beginning at 7:45 A.M.  Pictures will begin at 7:30 A.M. in the gym.  Each family will receive a free copy of their picture session with Santa.  You will have the opportunity to purchase additional photos online.  You must sign up for your time slot using the information listed below.  You will pay for the event when you arrive.

Saturday, December 7

7:30am-11:00am

$5 per person/$20 max per family

Please sign up for Breakfast with Santa - here's how it works in 3 easy steps:

             1. Click this link to go to our invitation page on VolunteerSpot: http://vols.pt/Lw8JDJ
            2. Enter your email address: (You will NOT need to register an account on VolunteerSpot) 
             3. Sign up! Choose your spots - VolunteerSpot will send you an automated confirmation and reminders.

Note: VolunteerSpot does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact, Deanna Roberts at, Deanna.roberts@cumulus.com and she will sign you up manually.

Pennies for the Philippines--As a Service Project the third grade is collecting pennies to donate to Catholic Relief Services to help with the relief efforts in the Philippines after the devastating typhoon.  Please donate your pennies.  Pennies will be collected from each homeroom until December 17th.  We will also accept other forms of money.

SPORTS: Basketball

The OLPH 5^th grade boys' basketball team will start the 2013 - 2014, season with 2 pre-season evaluations on Monday, November 25^th from 5:30 to 7:30 P.M. and on Saturday, November 30^th from 12:00 to 2:00 P.M. in the OLPH gym.  There be a school wide shoot around for all basketball players on Monday, December 2^nd at 5:30 P.M. in the school gym along with a parent meeting at 5:30 P.M.

There will be a 6^th, 7^th, and 8^th grade basketball evaluation for girls on Tuesday, November 26^th at 3:30 P.M. in the school gym.

OLPH Friday Fanfare for Week Ending November 22, 2013

 OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP CATHOLIC SCHOOL FRIDAY FANFARE

November 18 - November 22, 2013 www.myolph.com

                             

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or if all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic information in employment or in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.)

LUNCH MENU

·         Monday, Nov. 18--Fish, cole slaw, squash, peaches, milk

·         Tuesday, Nov. 19--Ham, pinto beans, mixed vegetables, pears, milk

·         Wednesday, Nov. 20--Cheese pizza, corn, pineapple, salad, milk

·         Thursday, Nov. 21--Turkey, dressing, green beans, mash potatoes, roll, little Debbie, milk

·         Friday, Nov. 22--Taco, black beans, salad, mandarin oranges, milk

Please attend Mass this weekend with your Parish Priest. "I have waited, waited for the Lord, and he stooped toward me."-Psalm 40

Virtue for the Month of November: "Gratitude" is the virtue that leads us to take note of the gifts that we receive each day, value the generosity of the giver, respond to these gifts, take advantage of them, develop them, and place them at the service of others.

Please use extra caution and drive slowly in the parking lots, especially at the archway.  Let's keep our kids safe!  Thank you, Fr. Jim.

SCHOOL CALENDAR

·         Saturday, November 16--Scrip weekend at Church

·         Sunday, November 17--Scrip weekend at Church

·         Monday, November 18--7/8 Soccer--OLPH @ BCA--4:15 P.M.

·         Monday, November 18--5/6 Soccer--OLPH @ Boyd--6:00 P.M.

·         Tuesday, November 19--5/6 Soccer--OLPH vs. Silverdale @ Redoubt--6:30 P.M.

·         Tuesday, November 19--7/8 Soccer-- OLPH @ Oakwood--4:15 P.M.

·         Thursday, November 21--Thanksgiving lunch

·         Thursday, November 21--5/6 Soccer--OLPH @ Brainerd Baptist--4:00 P.M.

·         Thursday, November 21--7/8 Soccer--OLPH @ Boyd--5:45 P.M.

·         Thursday, November 21--Notre Dame Play--Mumbo Jumbo--6:00 P.M.

·         Friday, November 22--Notre Dame Play-- Mumbo Jumbo--7:00 P.M.

·         Friday, November 22--Girl Scout sleepover--7:00 P.M.

·         Saturday, November 22--Notre Dame Play--Mumbo Jumbo--7:00 P.M.

     

SCHOOL NEWS: Chatti Gras, Thanksgiving Lunch, Catholic Charities Food Drive, Scrip Sunday, Ram Run T-Shirts, Christmas Program, Teen/Youth Mass, Notre Dame Production, and Family Honor

Please consider donating an item for the ChattiGras Auction! The online auction will begin January 27, 2014 on Bidding for Good (www.biddingforgood.com/chattigras).  All auction items will be visible to everyone who goes online to purchase tickets for the event, as well as the entire Bidding for Good community. If your company would like to be a sponsor or donate an auction item, please contact Cissy West at 423-622-1481 or cwest@catholicweb.com.

LAST CALL--Our annual Thanksgiving Lunch will be Thursday, November 21^st.  Reservations need to be in by Monday November 18^th.  There will be no exceptions.  Adults $5.00 and Children guests $3.00

OLPH School and Parish is helping Catholic Charities with their annual Thanksgiving Food Drive.  Food will be collected for 150 families this year.  Please send in the following food items by Friday, November 22nd.  The food baskets will be assembled on Sunday, November 24^th at 2:00 P.M. in the OLPH Parish Life Center.  If your family would like to help assemble the food baskets, please contact Cissy West at cwest@catholicweb.com or 423-622-1481.  Thank you for helping us, help others.

We need 150 of each food item listed below- Thank you

·         Pre-K and Kindergarten:  Jiffy Cornbread Mix

·         1^st and 2^nd Grade:  Instant Mashed Potatoes

·         3^rd and 4^th Grade:  Cranberry Sauce and/or Canned Green Beans

·         5^th and 6^th Grade:  Canned Yams

·         7^th and 8^th Grade:  Stove Top Stuffing and/or Canned Corn

Scrip Sunday Sales will be available after the Masses on November 16-17.  Please consider placing an order (using a form in the back of the church) or purchasing gift cards from inventory from this ongoing fundraiser for OLPH School.

Great News!  For those of you who missed the Ram Run due to Fall Break or other commitments, we still have some of the fabulous, one of a kind Anne Bordash designed, Ram Run 2013 t-shirts for sale for only $10.  Please stop by the school office if you would like one.

The Christmas program scheduled for Wednesday, December 18^th, has been changed to Thursday, December 19^th, at 6:00 P.M. in the gym.

Teen/Youth Mass is on Sunday, November 24^th, at 10:00 A.M. Mass.  There will be practice on Saturday, November 23^rd, at 10:00 A.M. in the church.

The Shamrock Players present, "Mumbo Jumbo" on the Notre Dame Theatre stage at 6:00 P.M., Thursday, November 21 and 7:00 P.M. Friday and Saturday, November 22-23.  Admission is $7 or free with Notre Dame, student ID or Prospect Pass.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church will be hosting Family Honor on Friday, February 7^th and Saturday, February 8^th.  Deadline for registering is (two weeks before program).  For more information contact Blane or Mary Pat Haywood:  haywood@epbfi.com or (706)459-6391.

SPORTS: Football

It was a great year for OLPH football.  Our middle school "Catholic" team (a combined team with St. Jude) completed a winning season, including a victory in the Choo-Choo Bowl.  The 5^th grade team advanced to the semi-finals in the Scenic City league.  Being one of the top 4 teams in this competitive league was quite an accomplishment.  The 5^th grade Rams have been asked to participate in the East Ridge Christmas parade on November 22^nd.

Our 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th grade team won their league's Super Bowl!  The Rams defeated the Middle Valley Falcons 39-24 in a spirited game at Soddy Daisy High School.  The Rams finished the season 12-0, undefeated Super Bowl Champions.

Overall the Rams Football program finished the season with a 26-6 record.  More importantly, the teams represented the OLPH Community with class and sportsmanship.  It was a great year.