Monday, January 30th – Sunday, February 5th
Catholic Schools Week is a National Event celebrating the many blessings of a Catholic education. So many acts of kindness where exhibited throughout this precious week. Thank you to all the parents who help make Catholic School Week so special. Our parent support is an intricate part of the fabric of Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic School.
The PSA would also like to sincerely thank Kathleen Nielsen and Ashley Rodi for all the planning and hard work that went into this very special weeklong celebration. Mrs. Rodi and Mrs. Nielsen are Chairpersons of Catholic School Week.
DAY 1 Monday (Jan. 30th) – STUDENT APPRECIATION DAY
On this day students enjoyed free dress and had a special heart shaped note from their parents and treat waiting on their desks when they arrived at school. What a special way to start their day! The kindergarteners often ponder how their parents snuck into to school and put the note on their desk!
Later that day, as part of our on-going Enrichment Program, students attended a special assembly featuring a presentation by The Imagination Machine. The Imagination Machine is a school assembly program that celebrates your student’s efforts in writing through a live performance of their short stories. Students all participated in writing and submitted a short story to be selected to be acted out. Ten stories were selected and performed on Student Appreciation Day. Congratulations to all the students for their creative ideas and to the students’ stories that were selected.
DAY 2 Tuesday (Jan. 31st) PRIESTS/ADMINISTRATION/DIOCESAN APPRECIATION DAY
On this day a special presentation was made to our School Administrators and Priests at the morning assembly and a thank you letter was sent by the PSA Board on behalf of our school to our Diocesan Staff office along with a donation in their name to St. Joseph’s Catholic School – a local Catholic School in need. Students also took the priests and the administration on a “tour of the world” with specialties from different countries.
DAY 3 Wednesday (Feb. 1st) PARENT APPRECIATION DAY & OPEN HOUSE
On this day parents are celebrated throughout the day and enjoyed visits to the students classroom at Open House. Open House allows the school to celebrate the outstanding work that is being done in their classrooms and share their hard work with their families and friends. You can really feel our strong sense of community on that evening.
DAY 4 Thursday (Feb. 2nd) – SPECIAL PERSON’S DAY
Students celebrate a special person in their life on this day. This special person joins the student at a prayer service in the church with a meal provided by parents immediately following either picnicking on the field or at tables around the school. Afterwards, the student and special person took a tour of their classroom. This was the first year that Special Person Day was separated between younger grades and upper grades due to parking limitations, but it still proved to be a lovely as in years past with all the positive remarks and enthusiasm from special persons throughout the day.
DAY 5 Friday (Feb. 3rd) FACULTY & STAFF APPRECIATION DAY
To kick off Catholic Schools Week, the administration, faculty, and staff enjoyed a breakfast each morning prepared and delivered by the PSA Board.
On this day students brought in special THANK YOU notes, cards, and pictures to their teachers and coaches. Teachers and staff also enjoyed a lovely lunch as part of the In-Service day and were each presented with a special gift. All the cards, lunch and recognition for the teachers and staff made them feel very special!
DAY 6 Sunday (Feb. 5th) PARISH APPRECIATION DAY
On this day we thanked our wonderful OLQA parish for the enormous support and love they continue to show our school. Students and their families were asked to attend the 8:30 am mass. We had student greeters, gift bearers, readers, altar servers and our very own school choir present. The PSA Board provided free donuts after the 7:00 am, 8:30 am and 10:00 am masses.