OLS GOLF TOURNAMENT! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!
Friday, September 5th, was our second annual OLS Golf Tournament at Swaneset Golf Course in Pitt Meadows. It was an amazing day of golf and community with our generous golfers and sponsors supporting our New School. Many of our families golfed and sponsored the holes for the tournament as well. We wish to thank Cavallo Technologies as our Title Sponsor, Kern Building Solutions as our Cart Sponsor, OTIVO Developments as our Golfer Experience Sponsors, Reliance Insurance Agencies as our Hole In One – $10,000 Sponsor, PLUS the many Gold, Silver, and Food and Drink Hole Sponsors! Please see our website https://ourladyofsorrows.ca/fundraising/ for the entire list of sponsors who made our Golf Tournament such an amazing success!! THANK YOU!!
SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 – FEAST OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS SPECIAL ROSARY (6:30 P.M.) AND MASS (7:00 P.M.)
Our school has been invited to lead this Special Rosary (Chaplet) and Mass to our Patroness for her personal interventions for our prayers on Thursday, September 11th. OLS students will be presenting flowers (provided by the school) to Mary at the end of the Rosary. Please help us celebrate our Special Feast Day. All students and parents are welcome.
EARLY DISMISSAL REMINDER
If your child is to leave school early, please ensure you notify their teacher and school office in advance.
MORNING AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE CLUB
Morning and After School Care Clubs have now started. Registration forms were sent home last week. If you did not receive one, please complete and return the attached form to register your child(ren). We require all families that are interested, to fill out the Morning Care and/or the After School Care Club Guidelines and Expectations form(s) to secure your child(ren)’s spot. This form may be returned by email ([email protected]) or you can send it to school with your child.
Please note space is based on a first come first serve basis as we have limited spots.
OLS BAND PROGRAM!!
Starting September 15, 2025, a Band program will be part of our school offerings for Grades 6 and 7 only. Meetings/rehearsals/classes will be held Mondays after school from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. and will be taught by Mr. Passmore. Mr. Passmore is the Band and Instrumental Music teacher at Notre Dame Regional Secondary School. Students will work towards short public performances at OLS and will be invited to share at Notre Dame.
To participate in this optional program, students and their families will attend a brief meeting on Monday, September 15th. Here, presentations on flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone, euphonium and percussion will be demonstrated.
Students will supply their own instrument, and it is highly recommended that instruments be rented from the online portal of Tapestry Music or from Massullo Music. These two retailers have proven to have the best customer service for beginning band instrument rental programs. The cost of renting a previously rented band instrument varies from approximately $22/month (flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, percussion) to approximately $45/month (alto saxophone). There are options for renting new instruments that are approximately $31 to $59 a month. Instrument rental plans offer the opportunity to have rental monies be transferred to the eventual purchase of the instrument, should the person so desire.
Please forward any questions to [email protected].
SWEATPANTS AND SWEATSHIRT ORDERS
We will be placing an order for sweatpants and sweatshirts at the beginning of October. Order forms were sent home last week. If you are interested and did not receive an order form, please complete and return the attached by Friday, October 3rd. Samples sizes will be available for you to view on Thursday, September 25th prior to our first Mandatory Parents’ Meeting.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2025 – FEAST OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS (FESTA DELLA MADONNA)
The Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows Mass will be held on Saturday, September 13th, at 5:00 p.m. followed by the Procession at 6:00 p.m. There will be a casual dinner following the Procession. Tickets to attend the dinner are $20 per person. All order forms should now have been returned to the office.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2025 – GRADE 6 FEAST DAY MASS
On Monday, September 15th, the Grade 6 class will be leading the Opening School Mass to honour the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, the patroness of our school. Please join us for this beautiful liturgy.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2025 – FUN RUN WITH SFA AT CALLISTER PARK
A notice with further details will be sent home shortly. This event will be rain or shine, so please make sure students are prepared for all weather.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2025 – TERRY FOX RUN
Mr. Crozier sent home our annual Terry Fox Run letter. This year’s run will take place on Friday, September 19th. We ask that all students give a minimum donation of $2.00 on this day. Thank you for your support of this great and historic cause for Cancer Research.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2025 – COMMISSIONING SUNDAY MASS
On Sunday, September 21st at 11:30 a.m., there will be a Commissioning Mass for all Staff Members of Our Lady of Sorrows School. All families are encouraged to attend our regular Sunday Masses as their regular obligation to our Catholic School Community. Thank you!
SEPTEMBER 22, 2025 – BOOK FAIR AND READ-A-THON ASSEMBLY
Our Read-a-Thon and Book Fair Assembly will take place on Friday, September 19th. Students will receive a Parent Volunteer Sign Up Form at the assembly. Reading Records and Pledge Sheets will be handed out prior to the start of the Read-A-Thon. Please check your child’s bags for this information and please help to make our Book Fair and Read-A-Thon another great success!!
SEPTEMBER 22 – 26, 2025 – SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR
The annual OLS Book Fair will begin on Monday, September 22nd and will end on Friday, September 26th. Further information will be sent home with students shortly.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2025 – MEET THE TEACHERS NIGHT
The first Mandatory Parents’ Meeting will be held in person on Thursday, September 25th. The actual meeting will begin at 6:45 p.m. followed by one 15 minute session in the classroom. Please mark your calendars. This will be the first Mandatory Meeting as indicated in the Policy Manual and Registration Guide! Do not forget to visit the Book Fair in the Library that evening.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2025 – USED UNIFORM SALE
We will be hosting a used uniform sale on Thursday, September 25th prior to the meeting. Please see the attached flyer for further details and instructions.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2025 – INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS
Students will have their Individual Photos taken by Artona on Friday, September 26th. Please ensure your child comes to school in full uniform on this day. They must also have their gym strip under their uniform if there is gym that day.
SEPTEMBER 27TH – OUR LADY OF SORROWS PARISH RAFFLE – DRAW DATE SATURDAY
Raffle booklets are now for sale. If you would like to purchase a raffle booklet, please contact the school office at [email protected], your classroom teacher or visit the Parish office. Each booklet costs $20 and consists of 10 tickets. We are asking each family to sell at least one booklet.
Grand prize: $5,000; 2nd prize: $3,000; 3rd prize: $1,000; 4th prize: Dinner for two at The Parlour, one night-stay at The Rosedale Hotel, two Canucks tickets ($1,000 value); 5th prize: two night-stay at Whistler.
Thank you for supporting our OLS Capital Campaigns! All proceeds from the Parish Raffle and our 2nd Annual Golf tournament are going directly to our NEW SCHOOL FUND! We appreciate the tremendous support from all families supporting these important fundraisers for our future school!
SEPTEMBER 28, 2025 – FAMILY MASS
The Family Mass will be held on Sunday, September 28th at 11:30 a.m. This will be our first Choir Mass. We invite all families from OLS to celebrate the Family Mass. This is a great way for our families to attend and participate in the required Sunday liturgy.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2025 – ORANGE SHIRT DAY
Orange Shirt Day will be held on Monday, September 29th. This day is to honour Indigenous children who were sent to residential schools in Canada. Orange Shirt Day challenges us to witness and honour the stories of Survivors and their families, and to commit to meaningful discussion and the ongoing process of reconciliation.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 – NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH & RECONCILIATION – STAT HOLIDAY
There will be no school on Tuesday, September 30th. This day is to honour Indigenous children who were sent to residential schools in Canada.
ITALIAN LANGUAGE LESSONS FOR GRADES 3-4 AND 5-7
We are happy to announce the Italian Center will be providing Italian class lessons again this year beginning in October on Fridays. More details to come.
REMINDERS
Please review the attached School Office Reminders. This is also located on our website’s homepage under ‘Documents’.