Principal Newsletter
From the Desk of Mrs. Riley
September 13, 2018
Dear Parents,
We are coming to the end of our first full week of school and everyone has settled in nicely. We welcome all of our parents to next week's Back to School Nights. BTSN for Grades K-4 will take place on Wednesday, September 19th and Thursday, September 20th for Grades 5-8. Both evenings will begin at 7:00 PM in the gym. There will be introductions and brief presentations by P.I.E. and CYO. Parents will then be invited to their child's classroom for presentations by individual teachers. Before concluding each evening, parents will be invited to tour our new Digital Learning Commons, Kindergarten classroom and CARES room. We hope to see all of our parents on these two special evenings!
Thank you for your constant support and prayers for our school. I encourage you to continue to support our work as we advance our mission to provide a transformative education steeped in academics and faith to our deserving students. There is no greater investment for forming our future saints than a Catholic education!
Please carefully review this week's newsletter for many reminders and updates. We thank you for entrusting your children to us and for the sacrifices you make each day to send your child(ren) to Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic School.
God’s Peace,
Mrs. Barbara Riley
Principal
Pre-K Morning Drop-Off
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Important Flyers & Information
OLGC Parent-Student Handbook 2018-2019
To view our OLGC Parent-Student Handbook, please click HERE.
Safe Arrival
Amazon Smile
Did you know: When you purchase ANYTHING from Amazon you can use AmazonSmile & select Our Lady of Good Counsel Partners in Education (P.I.E.) from the list.
AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support OLGC every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you'll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to OLGC. Then you can bookmark the link for future use!
Box Tops for Education
OLGC is excited to reintroduce our Box Tops for Education Program that now includes a mobile app that will provide another vehicle to raise free money for our school. There are some changes to how we will be managing the Box Tops for the next school year. We will continue to accept all loose Box Tops however, if students wish to participate in a contest, Box Tops must be glued to one of the Box Tops for Education collection sheets. This will greatly help us in the labor intensive Box Top submission process. We want to encourage everyone to participate, as this has been a very profitable program raising several thousand dollars over the years for our school. Remember each Box Top is worth 10 cents!
Contest Details
The contests for next year have not been determined as of yet but please continue or begin to collect & paste your Box Tops to collection sheets in preparation of the new school year & impending contests. Who knows what you could win by bringing them in!
Instead of sending in your Box Tops loosely & in plastic bags, we ask that you please have your child(ren) cut out your Tops & glue them onto one of the various Box Tops themed collection sheets. Please check to ensure that they are not expired. Each sheet is worth 25 box tops. In order to receive credit for Box Tops that your child(ren) want to bring back into school, your child’s name, grade & homeroom needs to be visibly written on the Box Tops sheet & each Box Top should be glued to the collection sheet in a corresponding square. There are times when BONUS points or certificates are issued. Please affix those on a separate sheet of paper and don’t forget to write your child’s name on the sheet.
Please note that this new way of affixing Box Tops to the Box Tops for Education sheet is the ONLY way we will be accepting Box Tops for our school contests starting next school year. Those Box Tops that are not brought in affixed to the Box Tops sheets will not count toward any contest however, we will still accept and process them to earn free money for our school.
Collection Sheets
To view all of the various Box Tops collection sheets please visit this link: Box Tops for Education Collection Sheets
Here are a few examples of Collection Sheets:
Example #1 of a Box Top Collection Sheet
Example #2 of a Box Top Collection Sheet
Example #3 of a Box Top Collection Sheet
All Box Tops must be affixed to a collection sheet in order to be in the running for one of our Box Tops contests. We will accept all Box Tops however, if students wish to participate in a contest, Box Tops must be glued to one of the Box Tops for Education collection sheets.
Mobile App
There is also a Mobile App that you can use to help OLGC receive Box Tops credits. Simply snap a picture of your receipts & upload it to the app to help our school receive free money. The link to the Mobile App can be found here: Box Tops for Education Mobile App
Digital Coupons
As an added bonus for our parents, Box Tops for Education offers parents various digital coupons to be used at various locations. For a list of retailers, please visit this link: List of Box Tops for Education Retailers
OLGC Lunch Program - October Menu
OLGC Band 2018-2019
Here at Our Lady of Good Counsel, we proudly offer instrumental lessons after school. Lessons are offered for students in Kindergarten through 8th Grade for percussion and strings with Mr. Mike Dettra.
For more information and/or questions, please see the attached flyer or visit the Band Section of our school website at http://school.olgc.org/music/.
2018 Clothing Drive sponsored by P.I.E.
OLGC's P.I.E. Organization will be sponsoring a clothing drive the weekend of October 6th, October 7th & again on October 13th. Please see the attached "Save The Date" for more details.
Thank you for your support!
Annual Knights of Columbus Car Show
5th Annual Knights of Columbus Car Show
Car Show Sponsorship Letter
Vendor/Business Sponsorship Letter
Important Dates to Remember
9/19: 7th Grade Mass; Back to School Night Grades K - 4 – 7:00 PM
9/20: Back to School Night Grades 5 - 8 – 7:00 PM
9/26: 6th Grade Mass
9/27: Dress Down Day - $1.00
9/28: Community Homeroom - 8:45 AM
10/2: Kelly's Classroom with Fox 29 & Bob Kelly - 9:00 AM
10/3: 5th Grade Mass
10/4: Fire Prevention Day PreK -4
10/5: First Friday Mass & Student Council Installation - 9:00 AM; Pre-K trip to Shady Brook Farm
10/6: Clothing Drive sponsored by P.I.E.
10/7: Clothing Drive sponsored by P.I.E.
10/10: 4th Grade Mass
10/12: National Junior Honor Society Induction Ceremony - 1:00 PM
10/13: Clothing Drive sponsored by P.I.E.
10/14: Fall Open House - 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM
10/17: 3rd Grade Mass
10/19: Harvest Dance - Grades 6, 7 & 8 - 7:00 PM
Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic School
Mission Statement
"Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic School, under the guidance of Mary, seeks to empower students to commit to Christian service, dedicate their lives to Gospel values, and lead with academic excellence."
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Website: school.olgc.org
Location: 611 Knowles Avenue, Southampton, PA, United States
Phone: 215-357-1300
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