Old Mission School News
OMS website: www.oldmissionschool.com
OMS website: www.oldmissionschool.com
April 8, 2016
Dates to Remember
Monday, April 11
OMS Pizza
Book Fair is Coming!!!
Tuesday, May 3 through Thursday, May 5, 2016
Nativity Spring Conferences
Tuesday, April 12
Parent Club Mtg.
4 - 6 PM, Nativity
Nativity Spring Conferences
Wednesday, April 13
8 AM Mass
Early Dismissal Schedule
2 - 2:30 PM
Nativity Spring Conferences
Friday, April 15
OMS Pasta Feed & Bingo
Parish Hall
Dinner: 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Bingo: 6:30 PM
Book selections from toddler to adult levels.
OMS Campus Hours:
Tuesday, May 3 from 2 - 4 PM
Wednesday, May 4 from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Thursday, May 5 from 2 - 4 PM
Special Event: Book Fair Day at NATIVITY
Thursday, May 5th
Preschool - K titles ONLY available in the Nativity Parish Hall
Nativity Campus Hours:
Thursday, May 5 from 9AM - 10 AM and 11AM - 1PM
Can't make it to the campus to visit in person?
The online book fair begins April 15th and goes through May 5!
Orders will be delivered to your child at school.
http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/omsreads
When you shop the book fair online or in person, OMS gets a
percentage of the proceeds.
Thanks for your support!
OLD MISSION SCHOOL
7TH ANNUAL
TRI-TIP BARBEQUE
Meal Includes:
(feeds 5)
$45 Per Ticket
One Whole Tri-tip
Green Salad
McLintock’s Ranch Style Beans
San Luis Sourdough Garlic Bread
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Pickup from 3 - 5:30 PM
Nativity Church
Drive-thru….Drive-thru….Drive thru….Drive-thru….
For more information contact Old Mission School @ 543-6019.
SAVE THE DATE
OMS Family Fun Night of Bingo & Pasta
Friday, April 15, 2016
Dinner: 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Bingo: 6:30 PM
Mark your calendars for this lovely opportunity to spend a casual evening with other OMS
families playing lots of bingo & eating lots of pasta!!
** More information in the flyer section **
Policy Regarding Parent Deliveries during the School Day on the OMS
Campus On the Old Mission School campus, we are working very hard to help students
develop personal responsibility and accountability. We have adopted a policy of not accepting
the delivery of papers, books, reports, projects, etc. that parents might bring to school because
the students have forgotten them. We never want to teach students that someone will follow
behind them in life to see that they have their personal materials. In the bigger picture of life, we
all want our students to feel confident and self-reliant. Please help by discussing this policy in a
very positive way with your children, so that students fully understand how this policy will help
them prepare for life in the 21st century. Parents may still drop off lunches. Lunches will be
placed outside the office on a lunch table. Please be sure your students know the place to find
lunch deliveries, and please be sure their names are clearly written on the lunches.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR
UPCOMING PIZZA DAY
MONDAYS
APRIL 4, 11, 18 AND 25
Parish News Reminder to parents of
children receiving First Eucharist
(Communion). Our last retreat is April 24 at
10:30 am in the parish hall at Mission SLO.
Remember to bring your pew banners. Any
questions call Terry Burrows at the parish
office 781-8220 ext. 15 or
email [email protected]
MAY 2, 9, 16 AND 23 (LAST DAY)
Blessings,
Terry Burrows
Director of Faith Formation
Altar Server Coordinator
Mission San Luis Obispo
805.781.8220 ext. 15
Living Rosary We will celebrate a Living Rosary and Crowning of Mary in honor of the
mother of Jesus. This event will take place on the playground on Monday, May 2 at 9:15 AM.
We ask that students decorate a large can or plastic container and bring it to school (along
with flowers from home) on May second to help with these reverent festivities. All families are
invited to attend. We will also need parents to snip stems and arrange flowers starting at 7:45
AM that morning. Bring your clippers!
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Get on the Bus 2016
Child-to-Child Ministry
11th Annual Donation Drive
∙ This is the 11th year OMS is involved in Get on the Bus , a program that brings children throughout the state of California to visit their mothers and fathers in prison.
∙ In 2006, OMS helped launch the very first Father’s Day event which was held at the California
Men's Colony.
∙ An interfaith community of over 50 organizations has come together to answer the call.
∙ This year 9 buses of children will travel to visit their fathers at San Luis Obispo’s California Men's
Colony on May 14 th .
∙ OMS families can support the program by donating games, money to rent a bus, and supplies to
fill Stay-Connected Bags . These bags will help the children
communicate with their fathers when the children return home.
∙ Tithing collected (on the 5 Fridays after Easter break during morning
assembly) will also help pay for a bus. There is also a donation box in the
office.
∙ Please send NEW items only. These are gifts to the precious children riding the buses.
∙ Please send items listed below to school by 12:00 on Friday, April 22nd .
Donations by Grade
Nativity Campus (P1, P2, TK and Kinder students) : BRAND NEW unopened
games like:
Apples to Apples, Candyland, Headbanz, Master Mind, Guess Who?, Life, Sorry!,
Checkers, Chess (No games with dice, please.)
Grade 1 : packs of blank note cards with envelopes
Grade 2 : 4x6 picture frames (to hold photo of the child with his/her dad)
Grade 3 : special pens the children can write to their dads with (multipacks
or individual)
Grade 4 : boxes of new crayons (24 count)
Grade 5 : boxes of new markers (8 count)
Grade 6 : coloring books
Grade 7 : Forever Stamps (in a snack baggie or other, if possible)
Grade 8 : Forever Stamps (in a snack baggie or other, if possible)
Grades 1-8: Tithing collected for the next 5 weeks will be given to Get on the Bus to help
cover the cost of the day. The total cost of our bus is $4000. Financial donations may also be
made at http://www.getonthebus.us/ . Please designate the money for bus # CMC06.
Thank you for helping with this very special ministry!
If you have any questions, please call Tess Barket (OMS campus) at
[email protected] or 543-6019 ext 245 or Lisa Eckler (Nativity Campus) at
[email protected] or 805-305-0002.
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TUITION ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS
. family is interested in tuition assistance for the 2016-2017 school year, the forms from
If your
Private School Aid Service are now available in the school office. We strongly encourage any
family in need of tuition assistance to complete an application. Forms must be postmarked no
later than MONDAY, MAY 2, 2016. We will award the tuition assistance in the first week of
June and notify our families by mail.
**** You have the option of applying for tuition assistance online. Please go to the
following address to apply: www.psas.org/1191.aspx. ****
If you have any questions, please call Jillian Iverson in the school office at 543-6019 x 242.
Thank you to all of you who contributed to St. Joseph’s table. We had so much food that we
made several trips to the church to deliver it! Sincerely. OMS First Grade!!
Nativity Summer Session is BACK!
We are pleased to announce the fourth-annual Summer Session Program at Nativity. This
year the program will be seven weeks long, running from June 20 until August 5. The daily
schedule will be similar to the existing program. Classes will run from 9:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M.
with before-school care beginning at 7:45 and afternoon care ending at 5:30. The cost of the
program is $600. Extended-care costs will continue to be $5.00 per hour.
The program is open to all Nativity students enrolled for the 2016-17 school year, including
incoming first graders. For more information or to pre-register for the program, please contact
Jillian Iverson ([email protected] or 548-0242). Enrollment is on a first-come, first-served
basis, so please don’t hesitate to email or call. We hope to see you this summer!
Yearbook Information
Yearbooks will be sold for $43.00 from now to the end of the year on a first-come, first-serve basis
while supplies last.
Don’t be caught without your yearbook!
Spring Cleaning?? Reduce - Reuse - Recycle
Parent Club will be holding its 3nd Annual Recycled Uniform & Used Textbook Sale before you
know it. We need your support with donations of gently-worn, laundered uniforms (including
Walk-A-Thon shirts) and used textbooks. Unfortunately we can't take uniforms that are torn or
stained. You can drop off items in the donation bin in front of the OMS Office any time until the
office closes for summer. For more details or to volunteer to work at the sale, please
email [email protected]
Thank you!!!
Catherine Meeks
2016-2017
Admission Contracts
Parents wanting copies of their 2016-2017
Admissions Contract for your family’s
records, see Jillian in the office. She can
be reached by phone (543-6019 ext. 242
or by email ([email protected]).
Hot Lunches
Please make all lunch checks
payable to Carol Iaquinta.
Support your school by placing a Mi$$ion Family Ad!!
Do you have something to sell? Perhaps a guitar? Or a kayak? Are
you a Mission family with a business who would like to advertise their
services or offer or a discount? Mission Family Ads are classified ads
for OMS Parent Club fundraising. They can be submitted by OMS
parents, staff, students or associates of OMS. They will be connected
to a link in the weekly newsletter. All ads are a full page and cost $15
per week or $45 for a month. Payment is made to the OMS Parent
Club. Ads can be submitted electronically or on paper. Ads must be
submitted by Tuesday at 2 PM to be in the Friday newsletter. If you
have any questions or would like to put an ad in the newsletter, you
may contact the ad coordinator, Kathy Schwanitz at 610-1258 or
[email protected] & BJ Woods at the OMS office 543-6019
or [email protected].
OMS Extended Care
OMS has a direct-dial
telephone number for the
after-school program. The
telephone number is
548-0299.
Thank you!
Falcon Awards
Participates in Class Service Projects
Patrick Ornellas, Wendy Wilson, Yadier Abiko, Mariella Floyd, Katie Stermer, Tamar Roide,
Ella Finch, Griffin Watson, Austin Coles and Devan Montgomery.
Filled with the Holy Spirit's Gift of...
Alexis Heinle, Anthony Herbst, Damian Marano. Sally Morelos, Maia Doughty, Charlie
Cummins, Neill Safreno, Lily Webber, Anders Axelson, Reeve Briscoe
The next scrip preorder is Monday, April 4, 2016.
All preorders are due by 10:00 AM
Scrip is available Monday through
Friday from 9:00 AM-1:00 PM in the office.
Grade
Name
Extension
Email
Admin. Assistant
BJ Woods
240
[email protected]
Principal
Tina Ballantyne
241
[email protected]
Registrar
Jillian Iverson
242
[email protected]
Bookkeeper
Katie Martin
543-2165
[email protected]
Asst. Principal/Religion
Margaret Porter
244
[email protected]
Counselor
Jannelle DiFronzo
259
[email protected]
Grade 1
Tess Barket
245
[email protected]
Grade 2
Leslie Monaco
255
[email protected]
Grade 3
Mary Donnelly
246
[email protected]
Grade 4
Stefani Higuera
247
[email protected]
Grade 5
Nicolle Gilsdorf
248
[email protected]
Grade 6
Jeff Palaszewski
249
[email protected]
Middle School
Katie Dahan
250
[email protected]
Middle School
Terra Colburn
243
[email protected]
Middle School
Katie Rose Segletes
252
[email protected]
Middle School
Mary Ellen Mosley
253
[email protected]
Elementary/Middle School
Catherine Sclimenti
268
[email protected]
Religion/Resource
Margaret Gresens
261
[email protected]
Math
Lindsey Pereira
260
[email protected]
Computers
Benjamin Guise
251
[email protected]
Asst. Principal/Nativity
Linda Murray
256
[email protected]
P.E./Spanish
Patience Santos
257
[email protected]
Middle School/Athletic
Director
Music
Becky Brown
258
[email protected]
Natalia Berryman
254
[email protected]
Art
Mary Cowitz
267
[email protected]
Extended Care
Madison Hunt
548-0299
[email protected]
Middle School
Direct-Dial numbers for teacher’s mailboxes do not ring in the classroom, however the
message light on the classroom phone will indicate a voicemail has been left for the teacher.
Direct-Dial telephone numbers: (805) 548-0 plus your extension number. Ex. (805) 548-0240
reaches directly to EXT. 240.