Our Lady Queen of Peace Good News www.olqpmke.org April 10, 2014 Successful School Tip Lent is a time of prayer, fasting, and alms giving as means to spiritual renewal. Take time each day to discover new ways to observe the season with your family. Up-Coming Events April 11th Report Cards Sent Home April 15th All School Mass @ 8:15am April 17th Holy Thursday Seder Meal @ 9:00am DISMISSAL @ 11:30am April 18th Good Friday Passion Play @ 1:00pm April 18th-25th NO SCHOOL: Easter Break April 28th School Resumes May 1st All School Mass @ 8:15am Volunteer Breakfast Honor Roll and Student Merit Recognition @ 2:20pm in Church May 9h All School Mass @ 8:15am May Crowning May 23rd Day of the Child Celebration Annual Balloon Toss OLQP Annual Cook Out Mass Servers Saturday, April 12th 4:00pm Andrea Aranda Brenda Aranda Daniela Sanchez Arely Sanchez Sunday, April 13th 8:30am Mass Chloe Weithofer Emma Weithofer Edwin Davila-Leon Leonardo Davila-Leon 10:30am Diego Castro Hugo Castro Maria Zamora Ricardo Zamora OLQP Parents are Awesome! Thank you to all our parents who have followed our new student Drop-Off and PickUp procedures. Remember, if you decide to park on the playground, you must leave before 7:30am otherwise you must remain parked until 7:45am. Also, as a reminder, we are asking parents to please park their vehicles and walk onto the playground to pick up your child. With the craziness of the construction on 27th Street, we want to thank you again for your cooperation and understanding. May Crowning Please make a note, due to scheduling conflicts, our May Crowning is no longer on Thursday, May 8th, instead it will take place on Friday, May 9th. Thank you for your understanding. Honor Roll Congratulations to the following students who have earned Honor Rill status for the Third Quarter: First Honors (G.P.A. 3.50 and higher) Second Honors (G.P.A. 3.00-3.49) Grade 8 Jean Carlo Loria Alexandra Soriano Chloe Weithofer Juan Zorrilla Grade 8 Tania Castillo Tatiana Ramirez Rosario Rios-Cerda Maria Zamora Grade 7 Amanda Roman-Gonzalez Grade 7 Rodolfo Gregory Lysandraliz Santos Grade 6 William Bergersen Diego Castro Liliana DeLeon-Garcia Jocelyn Sanchez Joaquin Toscano Grade 5 Joseph Bergersen Joaquin Toscano Grade 6 Christopher Garduno Jose Gomez-Segura Student Merit Congratulations to the following students for having earned Student Merit for the Third Quarter: First Grade Alyssa Bustos Leonardo Campechano Angel Duvnjak Jesus Garcia Diego Gomez-Segura Ethan Hampton Erick Hernandez Maryveth Ocho Kevin Placek Alexandraliz Santos Xavier Uribe Second Grade Brian Bergersen Christian Cruz Hugo Martinez Jonathan Ochoa Karen Ruiz-Castillo Third Grade Gabriela Benitez Mario Bustos Jaciyanna Castillo Dwight Chesick Leonardo Davila-Leon Alan Fuentes Maria Rivera Emmanuel Rodriguez Stephanie Toscano Fourth Grade Leonel Avila Luis Cappa-Robles Hugo Castro Fatima Ochoa Jose Martinez Anai Rodriguez Ivan Sanchez Fifth Grade Joaquin Bustos Christina Espinoza Maricarmen Garcia Brandon Talavera Sixth Grade Diego Castro Liliana DeLeon-Garcia Joaquin Toscano Seventh Grade William Benitez Amanda Roman-Gonzalez Lysandraliz Santos Policarpo Sanchez Eighth Grade Tania Castillo Tatiana Ramirez Rosario Rios-Cerda Chloe Weithofer Maria Zamora Juan Zorrilla Thank you Student Council News Thank you to all who attended the Breakfast with the Easter Bunny this past weekend. It is out families and parishioners who make these events a success. Student Council is sponsoring an Easter Egg Hunt in a few weeks. They are in need of plastic Easter eggs. If you have any at home that you wish to donate, please send them to school next week. Also thank you to all who purchased raffle tickets. Below is a list of the winners: Set of 3 Fry Pans – Jill Barth Bear & Chocolate – Jeanette Letendre Bear & Chocolate – Lois Hammond Bear & Chocolate – Karen Olson Pit Ham & Turkey – Joni Flury Tray & Sausage – Rosemary Orlowski Margarita Basket – John Kroll Puzzle – Sue Pampuch Power Play (Boy) – Angel Duvnjak Art Set (Girl) – Sue Schwabe Easter Egg Basket (Girl) – Donna Neudauer Easter Egg Basket (Boy) – Liz Woodburn Also, congratulations to Ethan Hampton for winning the jelly bean guess. Thank you, Student Council Pack’er Up Goodwill Challenge Rice Bowl With spring right around the corner it is the perfect time to start cleaning out your closets and participate in the Goodwill Donation Challenge. You may take your donations to any participating Goodwill Store and Donation Center between April 1st and April 30th. Remember to indicate Our Lady Queen of Peace in Milwaukee and the number of items you are donating on the slip provided to you by the Goodwill Donation Attendant. The school with the greatest number of items donated will receive a visit from Donald Driver! Please remember to send your Rice Bowls to school by Monday, April 14th. For more information visit their website at www.AmazingGoodwill.com. Stations of the Cross Gym Uniforms Please join the school children as they pray the Stations of the Cross every Friday during lent. Each Friday a different grade will lead the prayer. It has been brought to our attention that students in grades 6th-8th are not wearing the correct gym uniform that was issued to them. This is the OLQP navy blue t-shirt and navy blue shorts or they may wear their own SOLID navy blue t-shirt and shorts/sweatpants. NO OTHER COLOR SHORTS AND T-SHIRTS may be worn. If your child is not wearing the proper attire, they will be issued an out-of-uniform violation. After 3 out of uniform violations, they will be issued a detention that will need to be served after school. April 11th Grades 2 & 5 (Living Stations) St. Gerard Scholarship A few weeks ago, the St. Gerard Scholarship form was sent home to families who may be interested in applying for it to pay for their 2014/2015 school tuition. If you have not already done so, please take a moment to fill out the application and return it to the school office NO LATER than Monday, April 14th. Choice Applications April’s enrollment period is now open and we are able to accept Choice Applications for the 2014/2015 school year. Please call the school office to set up time to fill out your application. Also at that time, I will inform you what you need to bring to complete your application. Registration for 2014/2015 Open enrollment for new students to OLQP has begun. If you have not already returned the registration form for the 2014/2015 school year, please take a moment to fill out the form and return it to the school office. Also, if you have new students enrolling, please make sure to include them on the registration form. Office News Please make a point to visit our new website. We recently have created a Facebook account for OLQP, so please take a moment to like our page. Lastly, remember to check both regularly for the latest updates and events happening at OLQP. Please remember that if your child has not been picked up from school by 2:50pm they will be sent to extended care. They are NOT allowed to stand, unsupervised, at the back door and wait for their ride. Also, when picking your child up from extended care, parents are required to come into school and sign their child out with the time they were picked up at. Tardy Passes Please remind your child that if they arrive at school later than 7:45am, they MUST stop in the school office before going to class to receive a tardy pass as well as inform us if they will be having hot lunch. School Absences Please remember that if your child is going to be absent, a parent/guardian must phone or e-mail the school office before 9:00am. In addition to a phone call, State Law requires a written, dated note for any absence. The note must have your child’s name, the date(s) your child was absent and the parent/guardians’ signature. School Field Trips/ Playground Duty Please remember that in order to chaperone a school field trip or volunteer in the school it is required by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee that you complete the “Safeguarding All God’s Family” training course and submit your completion form to the school office. In order to register for a course, you need to go to archmil.org and click on the “Safeguarding All God’s Family” link, then click on the upcoming sessions link. You then can scroll through the different upcoming sessions and choose the one that best fits your schedule.