Elementary 4-6 Campus Weekly Reminders - May 3-7, 2010

Monday, May 3
Progress reports will be available in INOW.
Family Life Program begins.

Wednesday, May 5
4th & 5th grade go to the movies to see Oceans.

Thursday, May 6
National Day of Prayer.
9:00 am Mass planned by Mrs. Thompson's class. Fr. Bruce McCarty will be celebrating with us.
Sixth Grade Prayer Day! Thank you to Danny May for leading this day for our sixth grade students.

Friday, May 7
Spirit Day! Sixth Grade go to Mammoth Cave.
9:00 fifth grade band presentation.

Elementary K-3 Campus Weekly Reminders - May 3-7, 2010

Thursday, May 6- 9:00- Mass- Crowning of Mary after Mass

Upcoming Dates:
May 12- Rainbow Mass- 10:30 at the Sportscenter- Bishop Medley presiding
May 21- AR Picnic at Legion Park- 8:30- 1:00
May 28- Field Day
June 1- 11:30-Awards Program (Students will receive awards for AR Milestones,Perfect Attendance, and Most Christlike. Each class will also perform a song.)- Students will be allowed to leave with a parent after the program.
PLEASE NOTE: The After School Program will NOT operate on the last day of school. Parents of students in the program will need to make other arrangements for them that day.

New Home Raffle - Key Exchange

Congratulations to Jane Brand, the winner of the New Home Raffle, featuring a new Jagoe home.

OCMS Weekly Reminders - April 26-30, 2010

Tuesday, 4/27/10: PTO meeting, 7:00 p.m., OCMS cafeteria.
The OCMS PTO is hosting a group that will speak about Eating Disorders in teens on Tuesday, April 27, 7pm in the OCMS cafeteria. Barbara Delker, therapist for Healthpark Employee Counseling, OMHS, and Seth Stiff, President of Aubrey's Song Foundation, will speak about Anorexia, Bulimia and other eating disorders.Students whose parents attend will receive a jean day on Wednesday, April 28th.
Wednesday, 4/28/10:
7:45 a.m. Student council reps practice for rosary parts for May crowning.
Thursday, 4/29/10:
Mass at 9:00 a.m.

General Information and Reminders:
Anyone interested in playing girls' golf next season, please come by the office for information.

Anyone interested in trying out for OCHS Cheerleading needs to attend the pre-tryout meeting Thursday, April 29 at 6:30 in the conference room at Central Office. A parent must attend this meeting. If you are unable to attend, see Coach Bethe Lowe at Central Office, or contact her at 852-8032 or bethe.lowe@owensborocatholic.org. Clinic and tryouts will be held May 5 through May 7. Boys and girls are encouraged to try out.
7th grade students interested in serving as represenatives of OCMS on the Owensboro Youth Council, please see Mrs. McCormick.
Yearbooks are for sale - $25.00 each. To guarantee a copy, pre-paid orders should be made as soon as possible. Yearbooks will be given to students in May.

Auditions for the Owensboro Catholic Color Guard will be held on Monday, May 3 and Thursday, May 6 from 3:30-5:00 in the OCHS Small Gym. Color Guard is open to any Owensboro Catholic student currently in grades 6-11. You do not have to be a current member of the band to audition. The Owensboro Catholic Color Guard, a fall activity that performs with the Marching Aces, has won several first place awards in recent years. Many of the color guard members also participate in the Owensboro Catholic Winterguard-which recently won the Gold Medal at the 2010 TriState Circuit Championships. For more information, contact the band office at 685- 0566 or email ed.hauser@owensborocatholic.org.

OCHS Girls Golf Information

Anyone interested in playing OCHS girls golf next season needs to contact the OCHS main office at 684-3215 to obtain information.

Driver's Education during Summer

Students interested in taking Driver's Education this summer should pick up an information sheet concerning Driver's Ed offered at Daviess County High School. These sheets are available in the main office.  Registration is available online.

Note: Driver's ed will NOT be offered at Catholic High this summer.

Owensboro Youth Council Applications

OCHS - Applications for the Owensboro Youth Council are available in the Main Office they are due to be returned to the office by noon on Wednesday, May 12.

Elementary 4-6 Campus Weekly Reminders - April 26-30, 2010

Monday, April 26
ITBS Testing continues this week.
4-H Speech Contest Regional Competition 6:30 at College View Middle School.
There will be no Homework Helper this week due to testing.
Tuesday, April 27
PTO Meeting 6:00 at the K-3 Campus. The Singing Aces will perform during the meeting and ice cream will be served at the conclusion of the meeting.
Wednesday, April 28
Mid-Quarter Review
Thursday, April 29
9:00 am Mass planned by Mrs. Luttrell's class. Fr. Josh McCarty will be celebrating with us.
Friday, April 30
Non-Uniform day for students with no infractions for the month of April.

Beginning this week, the students will have a third lunch choice: chef salad. This meal will consist of lettuce, croutons, salad dressing, and either ham, turkey or chicken. This lunch will also come with a fruit or dessert.

Elementary K-3 Campus - Weekly Reminders - April 26-30, 2010

Monday - Friday, April 26- 30- K-3 Book fair


Tuesday, April 27- 6:00- PTO Meeting

Thursday, April 29- Mass with Bishop Medley- Mrs. Hayden's Kindergarten Class- All are welcome to come celebrate Mass with us and with our new Bishop!

Friday, April 30- Free Dress Day

Friday, April 30- 3rd Grade Prayer Day

Fundraiser to Benefit OCHS Volleyball At Beef O'Brady's

On Wednesday, April 28, at Beef O'Brady's 10% of sales between 4-8 pm will benefit the OCHS Volleyball program.
Be sure to show your support and have a meal to benefit Lady Aces Volleyball!

Bike Helmet Order Form

OMHS is offering Bike Helmets at a reduced price. Each helmet is just $8.50. Color choices are blue, green, red, black, purple. Checks should be made payable to OMHS and the order form returned to the school office.

Natalie Woodard – Daymar Foundation Finalist

Natalie Woodard, an OCHS Senior, is a finalist for the Daymar Foundation Scholarship Showcase. The event is a version of American Idol or Britain’s Got Talent, where high school junior and senior students can showcase their talent for the opportunity to earn a scholarship to further their education.


Date: April 29th
Time: 7:00 pm
Place: RiverPark

Please contact Daymar Foundation 926-1188 for group rates:

25 - 50 tickets $10

over 50 tickets $8

**The winner will be decided during the final round by the audience**
Let’s cheer on Natalie!

OCHS Students Place in State FPS Competition

KAAC has just released the results of the "Top Five" in each division at the state individual Future Problem Solving competition.


Once again, we have placed at the high school level:

Ann-Claude Rakatoniaina placed 4th in the state.
Alex Riccio placed 5th in the state.


They competed against the top FPSers in the state and this is a great result.

Cason Cruises to OCHS Freshman Mile Record

Bowling Green, KY – Owensboro Catholic Aces varsity track and field distance runner Olivia Cason ran a time of 5:52.75 for the 1600 Meter Run at the Greenwood Great Gator Invitational in Bowling Green, KY to break the high school freshman record by 3.05 seconds. Cason’s mark bested the 5 year old mark of 5:55.8 set by Annie Schultz in 2005. Cason, a 7th Grader at OCMS, who earned Varsity All-State Honorable Mention Honors this past cross country season, is currently ranked ninth amongst Kentucky high schoolers for the 3200 meter run and second and third in the state for the middle school 3200 meter and 1600 meter runs as well.

OCS Band Solo and Ensemble Band Festival

Congratulations to the following band students who participated in the Solo and Ensemble Festival at Burns Middle School this past Saturday. All Owensboro Catholic students were either Distinguished or Proficient!!!
Owensboro Catholic Middle School:
Students receiving a Proficient Rating in an event were:
Emily Lorenzen, Kelsey Conkright, Andrew Riccio, Jack Padgett, Griffin Wassmer, Kyle Alvey, Sam Booth, Cory Burdette, Marty Crowe, Reid Wassmer
Students receiving a Distinguished Rating in an event were:
Rebecca Gross, Emily Wills, Sam Booth, Andrew Riccio, Jack Padgett, Griffin Wassmer, Ben Keller, Nicholas Gray, Eric McBride, Kyle Alvey, Marty Crowe, Sam Booth, Mason Jackson, Kelby Roberts, Logan Buckman, Tyler Mayfield
A special congratulations to Emily Wills, Andrew Riccio and Sam Booth on receiving more than one Distinguished rating.


Owensboro Catholic High School:
Students receiving a Proficient Rating in an event were:
Kevin Thompson, Shelby Bennett, Morgan Oller


Students receiving a Distinguished Rating in an ensemble were:
Nathan Lasley, Megan Alvey, Kevin Thompson, Marissa Wilson, Emily Rose, Erin Ballard, Michael Crowe, Melinda Thompson, JT Wells, Nathan Lasley, Hunter Steele, Alex Coomes, Kent McCarthy
Congratulations to the following students on receiving a Distinguished Rating on a solo:
Erin Ballard, Wren Osborne, JT Wells, Michael Decker, Kent McCarthy

The following students earned Distinguished Ratings in two events:
Megan Alvey, Michael Crowe, Melinda Thompson, JT Wells, Kent McCarthy
Congratulations to Erin Ballard and Nathan Lasley on earning THREE Distinguished ratings each!!!!

Aces Baseball Claim All 'A' Classic Region Title; Fall in Sectional Title Game

Congratulations to the Baseball Aces on claiming the All 'A' Classic Region Title in a 4-2 win over Hancock County.

The following were named to the All Tournament Team: Tyler Delano, Nolan Miller, Masden Riney and Cole Sturgeon.

The Aces then fell to Russellville in the Sectional title game.

Jenna Riney Earns Curtsinger Scholarship

Jenna Riney was awarded the Tom Curtsinger Scholarship. She is the daughter of Keith Riney.

Kate McNulty Awarded Farm Bureau Scholarship Award

Congratulations to Kate McNulty, who was awarded the Daviess County Farm Bureau Scholarship. Kate is the daughter of David and Renee McNulty.

Do You Know a Family Interested in OCS?

Hello Parents!
As you are aware, preregistration has been on-going and early results give us every reason to believe our enrollment numbers will be stable or above our current enrollment!
In order to have the best opportunity to grow, we are asking you as parents to help. Our database contains the names of potential families; and these families receive numerous contacts from OCS throughout the year.

We know we do not have all the names of families who have school-aged children, however, and that's where your help is needed. If you know of a child who is school-aged and would be willing to share their name, and contact information, we can check our database to see if they are on our radar.
You can send the contact information to Karen Gross, our Enrollment Specialist at karen.gross@owensborocatholic.org, or you can simply return it to school.

Any help you can provide to help us GROW will be greatly appreciated!

OCHS Student Places 1st in 2010 Olympic Winter Games Essay Contest

During the fall semester of the 2009-2010 school year, students at Owensboro Catholic High School participated in the AT&T/JA Job Shadow Initiative, in which students “shadowed” local AT&T employees during the regular work day to see firsthand the educational background and skills these employees needed on the job.

As part of the program, students had an opportunity to participate in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games Essay Contest. For the contest, students were asked to write an essay on the impact of the JA Job Shadow Program as well life lessons learned from the book, “Obstacles Welcome,” by Ralph de la Vega, which was distributed by AT&T during the Job Shadow event.

One grand prize winner and 10 first place winners were chosen nation-wide. One of the first place recipients was Mason Nofsinger, a senior student from Owensboro Catholic High School.

In his essay, Nofsinger states that, “The story of Ralph de la Vega has inspired me to go above and beyond the status quo and furthering my academic and athletic career. Now that I have participated in the Job Shadow (event) and read “Obstacles Welcome,” I am much more open to working toward a college degree.”

As a first place winner, Nofsinger received an AT&T Olympic messenger bag, Olympic blanket, Olympic t-shirt signed by Olympic figure skater and Gold Medal Winner Evan Lysacek, other AT&T items and a Junior Achievement Duffle Bag.

Photo Caption: Dan Douglas, president with Junior Achievement, presents Mason Nofsinger, a senior at Owensboro Catholic High School, with his first place award in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games Essay Contest through the JA Job Shadow Program.

OCHS Cheerleading Clinic and Tryouts for 2010-2011

Anyone interested in trying out for OCHS Cheerleading needs to attend the pre-tryout meeting Monday, May 3 at 6:30 in the conference room at Central Office. A parent must attend this meeting. If you are unable to attend, see Coach Bethe Lowe at Central Office, or contact her at 852-8032 or bethe.lowe@owensborocatholic.org.

**Please take note of the date change.**

Clinic and tryouts will be held May 5 through May 7. Boys and girls are encouraged to try out

Cason Cruises to OCHS Freshman Mile Record

Bowling Green, KY – Owensboro Catholic Aces varsity track and field distance runner Olivia Cason ran a time of 5:52.75 for the 1600 Meter Run this past Saturday morning at the Greenwood Great Gator Invitational in Bowling Green, KY to break the high school freshman record by 3.05 seconds. Cason’s mark bested the 5 year old mark of 5:55.8 set by Annie Schultz in 2005. Cason, a 7th Grader at OCMS, who earned Varsity All-State Honorable Mention Honors this past cross country season, is currently ranked ninth amongst Kentucky high schoolers for the 3200 meter run and second and third in the state for the middle school 3200 meter and 1600 meter runs as well.

Book Fair - Elementary K-3 Campus

The Elementary K-3 Campus will host a Book Fair April 26-30:

Schedule for Purchasing:

Monday: 2:00 - 4:00 pm

Tuesday- 2:00 - 8:00 pm

Wednesday- 7:30AM - 4:00 PM

Thursday- 7:30 AM-6:00 PM

Friday- 7:30-11:00 and 1:00-3:00

Now is your chance to purchase books for summer reading.

OCMS Weekly Reminders - April 19-23, 2010

Monday, 4/19/10:
There will be NO 8th grade cheerleading practice today or tomorrow.

Tuesday, 4/20/10:
Student Council meeting for all reps at 7:45 a.m. in Mrs. Barr's room. Mrs. McCormick will come and get you in the gym or cafeteria.



Thursday, 4/22/10:
BETA Club meeting after school until 4:00 in Ms. Cheshire's room.

Friday, 4/23/10:
Sign language practice for all interested from 3:00 to 3:45 in Mrs. Renshaw's room.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Yearbooks are for sale - $25.00 each. To guarantee a copy, pre-paid orders should be made as soon as possible. Yearbooks will be given to students in May.

Weekly Reminders - Elementary K-3 Campus April 19-23, 2010

April 19-30- ITBS Testing for 1st-3rd Grade Begins

Wednesday, April 21- Secretaries Day/Administrative Professionals Day- Let Mrs. Gray know what an AWESOME secretary she is!

Thursday, April 22- Mass- Mrs. Cecil's Class

Weekly Reminders - Elementary 4-6 Campus April 19-23, 2010

Monday, April 19 - ITBS Testing will begin and continue through the next few weeks. Teachers will be sending home a schedule of testing days.
There will be no Homework Helper this week due to testing.

Wednesday, April 21 - Singing Aces perform at the Carmel Home at 6:30. Students need to be there by 6:15 pm.

Thursday, April 22 - 9:00 am Mass planned by Mrs. Glenn's class. Fr. Mike Clark will be celebrating with us.

Friday, April 23 - Spirit Day!


Testing begins this week and will run through April 23rd. Please make sure your child has two No. 2 pencils with good erasers, a good breakfast, and a good night's rest.

All order forms and money were due on Friday, April 16th. If you have not turned in your forms, please do so ASAP. Pick up will be on Saturday, April 24th 8 am-noon at the Coca Cola plant on Daniels Lane.

Safe Prom - Focus at OCHS

Watch the News25 segment about the measures taken at OCHS to ensure a safe prom for all.

Freshmen Standardized Testing

We will be giving the Iowa Test of Basic Skills Tuesday, April 20 and Wednesday, April 21. Only freshman will be tested. We will test in the morning both days, please be in the gym by 8:05 a.m. Each student should bring at least two #2 pencils. Calculators are allowed on the math test. Due to temperature variations in the gym, bring a sweatshirt. A small packaged snack will be allowed to bring in the gym during break.

OC Color Guard Auditions

Auditions for the Owensboro Catholic Color Guard will be held on Monday, May 3 and Thursday, May 6 from 3:30-5:00 in the Owensboro Catholic Small Gym.

Color Guard is open to any Owensboro Catholic student currently in grades 6-11. You do not have to be a current member of the band to audition.

The Owensboro Catholic Color Guard, a fall activity that performs with the Marching Aces, has won several first place awards in recent years. Many of the color guard members also participate in the Owensboro Catholic Winterguard—which recently won the Gold Medal at the 2010 TriState Circuit Championships.

For more information, contact the band office at 685-0566 or email ed.hauser@owensborocatholic.org.

OCMS Weekly Reminders - April 12-16, 2010

Monday, 4/12/10:
Welcome Back!

Tuesday, 4/13/10:
Faculty meeting after school.

Wednesday, 4/14/10:
FCA meeting at 7:45 a.m.
CHEERLEADING: Parent Meeting: Wednesday, April 14 - 6:30 pm - OCMS Cafeteria
In order to be eligible for tryouts, a parent must attend this meeting. If a parent is unable to attend or has any questions please contact Coach Bethe Lowe at 852-8032 or bethe.lowe@owensborocatholic.org. No experience necessary to tryout.
Be part of the great up and coming OCMS Cheer Squad!

Thursday, 4/15/10:
BETA Club officers meeting at 7:45 a.m. Ms. Cheshire will come and get you from the gym.
Mass at 9:00 a.m.
BETA Club meeting after school until 4:00 - weather permitting. Please meet in Ms. Cheshire's room.

Friday, 4/16/10:
NO SCHEDULED EVENTS EXCLUDING SPORTS

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Yearbooks are for sale - $25.00 each. To guarantee a copy, pre-paid orders should be made as soon as possible. Yearbooks will be given to students in May.

Traffic Detour Information

Several streets around the Elementary K-3 Campus are having road work completed in the next few weeks.

Fairfax Drive is closed from Frederica Street to Placid Place W.

Detour information:
From the North - Use Tamarack Road to Placid Place W.
From the South - Use Time Drive to Hawthorne Drive to Placid Place W.

Please note, Jefferson Street is closed from Byers Drive to Warwick Drive.

OCS All 'A' Honor Roll - Quarter 3

Congratulations to the following students who were named to the All 'A" Honor Roll for the 3rd Quarter.

Grade 4
Olivia Bickett, John Henry Booth, Abby Cecil, Samuel Clore, Benjamin Conkright, Emma Goetz, Meredith Grant, Claire Hagan, Rachel McBride, Mary Mullican, Derek Osborne, Payton Sanford, Casey Wink

Grade 5
Harper Dotsey, Danielle Durbin, Allison Ford, Brendan Higgins, Alison Kuntz, Holly Logsdon, Megan McCarthy, Madlyn Murphy, Brooklynn Reynolds, Alli Thompson, Tricia Thompson, Allison Wright, Grace Wright

Grade 6
Raychel Bahnick, Rebecca Ballard, Lauren Brown, Matthew Caldwell, Michael Clore, Alex Danhauer, Peyton Ford, Sarah Haleman, Samantha Horsley, Kelby Krampe, Samantha Krampe, Lucy Kurtz, Emily Linn, Emily Marshall, Olivia Miller, Lydia Mills, Annabel Moore, Nolan Mullican, Emily Oberst, Cameron O'Nan, Anne Pfeifer, Luke Reid, Paul Reid, Mikala Riney, Mason Robertson, Abigail Tignor, Elizabeth Warren

Grade 7
Meredith Bickett, Samuel Booth, Logan Brown, Olivia Cason, Hannah Hagan, Lesley Harney, Adam Hayden, Alex Hayden, Darcy James, Leslie Kuntz, Georgia McMaster, John Padgett, Madeline Rafferty, Adney Rakotoniaina, Sara Ross, Morgan Thomas, John Thompson, Griffin Wassmer, Andrew Wilson, Leslie Wilson, Audrey Wright

Grade 8
Kyle Alvey, Hannah Aull, Liza Brown, Kelsey Conkright, Stephanie Hayden, Danielle Hogg, Justin Krampe, Brooke Logsdon

Freshmen
Carli Barr, Ryan Carlisle, Chase Carrico, Hayley Frey, C.J. Glaser, Michael Goedde, Molly Higgins, Eric Johnson, Sam Lilly, Philip Lovekamp, Justin Magnuson, Neil Mattingly, Ciara Sauer, Paulena Schreiner, Kevin Thompson, Sydney Tignor, John Wathen, Emily Whitehouse

Sophomores
Will Bickett, Katie Brown, Cassidy Clark, Michael Crowe, Hunter Gough, Amanda Gross, Julia Hayden, Alex Riccio, Stacey Schepers, Emily Taul, Megan Tigue

Juniors
Morgan McCubbins, Melanie Millay, Sarah Sterling, Alex Vaughan

Seniors
Trenton Ackerman, Katie Castlen, Taylor Edge, Eric Goetz, Christian Hall, Erica Hamilton, Olivia Hardesty, Katelyn Hayden, McKenzie Higdon, Rene Howard, Andrew McCarthy, Sean McGehee, Kate McNulty, Haley Minton, Hannah Minton, Will Payne, Abbie Riney, Martina Riney, Kaley Robertson, Melinda Thompson, Caitlin Wilson, Jarrod Wolford, Ellen Wright

Becca Greenwell Named to Girls Basketball 2nd Team All State

Congratulations to Becca Greenwell for being name to the 2nd team All State for Girls Basketball. Becca is a freshman.

Weekly Reminders - Elementary 4-6 Campus - April 12-16, 2010

Tuesday, April 13 -Rick Lavoie, creator of How Difficult Can This Be? keynote address 7:00 PM at Talyor Lecture Hall Brescia University. He is a leading authority on children with learning disabilities. Parents are welcome to attend.

Wednesday, April 14 - 4th Grade to River Park.

Thursday, April 15-9:00 am Mass planned by Mrs. Hardesty's class. Fr. Pete will be celebrating with us.

Friday, April 16- Spirit Day! Yearbook orders due!


Testing begins next week and will run through April 23rd. Please make sure your child has two No. 2 pencils with good erasers, a good breakfast, and a good night's rest.

Weekly Reminders - Elementary K-3 Campus - April 12-16, 2010

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!
Monday, April 12- PTO Soft Drink, Powerade, and Water Sale Begins
Thursday, April 15- Mass 9:00- Mrs. Pott's Kindergarten Class

Please note Friday, April 16 is a big DUE date! Following are the things the students should have turned in by Friday:
1. Yearbook Order Envelopes with $15- Checks made payable to OCS.
2. SummerBridge Workbook Order Form with $10- Checks made payable to K-3 Campus.
3. Order Forms and Money for PTO Spring Soft Drink Sale- Checks made payable to OCES PTO.
We are sorry for the inconvenience, but you will have to pay for each of these separately.
For the PTO Soft Drink Sale- the cost is $17 per case. Pick up will be on Saturday April 24 from 8:00-12:00 (noon)) at the Coca Cola plant on Daniels Lane. Each family is asked to sell 10 cases.

Buy Your New Home Raffle Tickets! Last Week!

Last week of ticket sales!

Saturday, April 10 at 10 am the winner will be drawn. Be sure to join us.

Sts. Joseph and Paul youth group will host a pancake breakfast that morning leading up to the drawing. Pancakes, milk and juice - donations will be accepted.

WBKR radio live remote from 8 am - 10 am.

New Home Raffle - $500 Winner

Congratulations to Janet Kase on winning the $500 from the new home raffle sales incentive.

Dressing of the Rats - OCHS Sophomore Biology Class

Take a look at a video montage of the Dressing of the Rats for the Sophomore Biology class.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

OCMS Cheerleading Tryout - Parent Meeting

Parent Meeting: Wednesday, April 14 – 6:30 pm - OCMS Cafeteria

In order to be eligible for tryouts, a parent must attend this meeting.
If a parent is unable to attend or has any questions please contact Coach Bethe Lowe at 852-8032 or bethe.lowe@owensborocatholic.org.

No experience necessary to tryout.

Be part of the great up and coming OCMS Cheer Squad!

2009-2010 Accomplishments
WKU Cheer Camp
• 1st Place Dance
• 2nd Place Cheer
• Most Improved Squad
• Most Spirited Squad
• 6 Blue Superior Ribbons
• 3 Gold Superior Ribbons
KAPOS Exhibition Squad
Jamfest – 2nd Place – Nashville, TN