Dear Parents,
As we official close our fantastic school year today, we again want to give thanks to all those who made this year so successful. First, thank you to Father Rosemond, and our Parish Education Committee, for their unwavering support for our Catholic School. Next, we wish to thank our amazing parents for your continued support, and generosity in all that you do, and your participation throughout the year and of course the extremely generous gifts you give to our staff. Thank you to our incredible staff! They are an incredibly dedicated and hard-working group who continually put the students’ needs ahead of their own! And finally, thank you to our amazing students, who give their best in all they do! Have a safe and relaxing summer, and we will see you all again in September!
NEW STAFF!! AND PROGRAMS FOR 2024-2025!!
We would like to introduce our new PE and Music teachers starting in September. First, we would like to introduce Mr. Logan Crozier as our new Full time Physical Education Teacher. Logan comes with a background in Athletics and is excited to take over for Mr. McCloskey as they both have similar philosophy of Health and Physical Education. Logan has been working these last 3 years in BC and is excited to share his many experiences teaching Physical education and athletics with our students.
We would also like to introduce our new music teacher, Corinne Welk who comes with 20 years teaching music, piano and Orff instrumentation as well as graduate studies in music performance. Our goal with the new music program is to encourage more core music development throughout our K-7 program. Corinne will be implementing a high engagement and hands-on program on Wednesdays for all students. We are very excited to have Ms. Corinne Welk join us.
NEW!! We are also very excited and fortunate to be offering a NEW Band program primarily for students going into grades 6 and 7. We will consider grade 5s only if there is space. The program will be offered Mondays from 3- 4 p.m., for free!! And by the outstanding Band Teacher at Notre Dame, Mr. Greg Passmore. Finally, Mrs. Matterson will continue to teach our outstanding Choir again as well.
Please sign up for the New OLS Band Program Here: https://forms.gle/awKxReFrPjDmBxE3A
Our Lady of Sorrows has always been a strong Spiritual, Academic, Athletic, and Service oriented school. Our goal for 2024-2025 is to be encouraging more of our Fine Arts student and programs. We are very excited for our new and more dynamic music programs for next year!
MORNING CARE and AFTER SCHOOL CLUB -STARTING SEPTEMBER 9th
Thank you for all the parents who have completed the survey/pre-registration for the Before and After school Care for September 2024. We will be providing you the spots request for your desired days and time for all those who have already completed the survey. We only have 20 spots for grades K-2, and 20 spots for grades 3-7. If you wish to have your days registered in advance, please complete the survey below as those parents will be registered in order of their surveys.
The minimum to register is 1 day per week. The rate will be $10 per hour and these days will be billed hourly and not by the half-hour. Late pick up, starting at 5 p.m., will be charged $10 for every 15 minutes late. We hope to continue to help our working parents with before and after school care, however, we do also need to balance our staffing needs to continue to provide this service. Please complete the survey below:
https://forms.gle/T6U6crh2vssctPYJ7
REMINDERS & PARISH NEWS
MEMORY BOOKS
Memory books were sent home with students on Friday (oldest only). If you would like to purchase an additional book the cost is $15.00, please contact the office in September.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION – OUR LADY OF SORROWS PARISH RAFFLE
Please note all sold or unsold raffle booklets are overdue. As raffle books are numbered, they must be returned, sold or unsold. If you have misplaced your book, please send your donation of $50 to the parish so we can claim them as sold. This is mandatory due to the gaming license requirements. Thank you for your continued support!
JULY 31, 2024 – SCHOOL SUPPLIES (GR. 3 – 7) ORDER DUE DATE
All children in Gr. 3 – 7 brought home a list of supplies that will be required on the first day of school in September. Please follow the notice instructions for ordering. If you have not yet placed your order, please do so online or by telephone and pay by credit card by Wednesday, July 31st to receive your supplies by September.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 – OLS 1ST ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT- SOLD OUT!
Our First Annual Golf Tournament is now sold out!! We are overwhelmed with the community response! Again, we are truly overwhelmed by the generosity of our families and our greater school and Parish community! THANK YOU!
SEPTEMBER 14, 2024 – OLS PARISH GALA
The Parish is selling tickets to the Our Lady of Sorrows Gala on Saturday, September 14th. If your family or a group of parents wish to purchase tickets to this great community event, tickets are $75. Tickets are available to purchase from the Parish office or via email at dance@olos.ca.
Thank you for supporting our OLS Capital Campaigns! All proceeds from the Gala, and our First Annual Golf tournament are going directly to our NEW SCHOOL FUND! We are presently in the design phase with our Architects (“Think- Space”) along with our building committee. We are hoping to have a plan ready to present to the City of Vancouver in the fall. We sincerely appreciate the tremendous support from all families supporting these important fundraisers for our future school!
School will resume on Tuesday, September 3rd at 8:45 a.m. with an early dismissal at 12:00 p.m.
Reminder: The After School Club will not be available the first week of school.