Our Lady of the Lakes

Dress code for exam days is jeans, Capri’s or Bermuda shorts for girls or cargo shorts for boys for exam days. Wear an appropriate t-shirt or uniform shirt. Students may also wear athletic shoes or sandals (no flip-flops or sandals that resemble flip-flops).

Report Cards
Final report cards will be mailed by the end of next week. The information will also be available on Edline by the end of next week. We will send an email when the grades are posted on Edline.

2011 Washington D.C. Trip
7th grade students were given Washington D.C. Registration Packets for next year. The trip is planned through World Strides Travel for May 11 thru 16, 2011. You can lock in a price of $869.00 if you register with a $99 non-refundable deposit by June 15th. The price of the 2011 trip will be higher, but has not been set to date. Please look for the packet if you are interested. Additional packets are available in the office.

Lunch Ladies
Today was the last hot lunch day. We seldom get a chance to thank Ann Broderick and Kim DiDio for all the work they put into feeding our children every day. They are hidden out of site in the kitchen. We appreciate the effort and enjoy the food. Have a great summer ladies! We look forward to you returning. If you see them over the summer, please take the time to acknowledge the work they do.

The 8^th Grade Wishes to Thank You
The 8^th grade students and parents wish to thank everyone involved with the 8^th grade graduation ceremony and celebration. Special thanks go to Karen Fluegel who volunteered to coordinate this event. She did a remarkable job and we appreciate her patience and humor. We hope you all enjoyed working with her.

The 8th grade and Karen Fluegel would like to personally thank all who baked and/or sent decorations. They gave their time and talents in the preparation, set-up and clean up to make this a wonderful event. Special thanks to Karen Bagley, Gail Bell, Nichole Campbell, Cheryl Heiss, Lisa Vitale, Stacey Jasinski, Rachelle Jordan, Jane Kawka, Paula Imboden, Jordie Kramer, Jan Martucci, Ann Mattise, Liz Reynolds, Ed Peck, Donna Piot, Grace Safko, Julie Skaer, Deirdre Turkington, Nancy Verheyen, Barb Yugovich and Lori Haduck. We have three nice pans that were left from our bakers. They are in the office.

We at OLL are blessed to be part of a caring community with teachers, administrators, parents and support staff who work together to make this a great school for our children.

We would also like to thank the OLL PTG who paid for the DJ for the dance and supplied food for the celebration. Thank you.

President’s Award for Educational Excellence
Criteria for the President’s Educational Excellence Award is maintaining a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and achievement in the 85^th percentile or higher in math or reading is required. We are proud of the following students who received the award: Shelby Auger, Anne Balogh, Nicholas Bennett, Mitchell Monarch, Zachary Zednik. Congratulations!

President’s Award for Educational Achievement
Criteria for this award is that students must show outstanding growth, improvement, commitment or intellectual development in particular subjects such as English, math, science, etc. We are proud of the following students who received this award: Emily Caiozzo, Sarah Kowalczyk, Vincent Puma, Kristen Salustro, Rachel Ulewicz. Congratulations!

Robotics Team
Our Robotics Team was invited to participate in the IGVC Event at Oakland University last weekend. Marissa Gallmeyer, Emily Owen, Becky Wolanin, Nick Grenn and Domonic Simiele all participated. The team took 3rd place out of 14 teams. We are very proud of our team.

Middle School Yearbooks
The yearbooks have been distributed. The quality of this book is outstanding once again. A special thanks to Paula and Jerry Imboden, Diane Valent, Juli Skaer, Karen Fluegel and Christine Maiorana who so generously took on the task of preparing our yearbook. They spent hours here at the school, in group meetings, chasing photos, creating the pages and editing. We genuinely appreciate the final product. We hope they had a great time. Please thank them if you see them so they will do this again!!!!!

Band Awards
Band Awards were presented to our students. Shelby Auger and Rebecca Wolanin were presented with Most Outstanding and Bridget Kurzava and Keegan Vaughn were presented with Most Improved. Congratulations.

Summer Band Program
Students entering grades 6 – 12 next year that want to be new to the band program need to take the summer band program classes. The only beginners that will be accepted into the band program at school in the fall will be 5th graders.
Mr. Sheldon is offering a summer band program for current band students or students who wish to join band next school year. The sessions will take place at OLL on Wednesdays in 30 minute blocks between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm. The program will run 6 weeks from June 14th to July 27th. Please register this week if you wish to participate.

CYO Football Camp
For boys entering 4th-8th grade, July 18-23 6:00-8:00pm, meet behind the school next to the football field at 5:30pm on July 18th to register. $50 Registration fee includes t-shirt and 10 hours of personalized instruction and conditioning. For more information contact Mike or Karen Romkema at Romkemafamily@aol.com or (248) 623-7565

OLL Summer School
Our Lady of the Lakes offers Middle School Summer School from June 22nd – July 15th (correction). Registration is June 21st. For more information, please see our web site.

Catholic League Hall of Fame Day
Mr. Carl Uberti will be recognized with three other Catholic School Administrators at the Catholic League Hall of Fame Day on June 14th at the Fern Hill Country Club. If you are interested in reading more, or would like to attend, please see the brochure on the CHSL web page: www.aodonline.org/CHSL/CHSL.htm

John Wigman, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
This annual scholarship is available to any student attending High School or College in the fall. It is required that the candidates return the application and transcripts to the foundation by June 19th. Application Forms are available in the school office.

Dennis Uniform Manufacturing
Along with Schoolbelles, we now have Dennis Uniform as a new uniform supplier. Dennis Uniform has been in the business of supplying school uniforms since 1920 and we are happy to have them. More information will be supplied in the near future. Their web site is www.dennisuniform.com. Dennis Uniform has a store front at: 1532 N. Opdyke Ste 450 Auburn Hills MI 48326 (248) 340-8890. Uniform items are available now. Dennis Uniform is offering a 10% discount on all items ordered tomorrow, Wednesday, June 9, from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Shop in store, 1532 North Opdyke Rd., Ste. #450, Auburn Hills or online, www.dennisuniform.com.

OLL Summer Volleyball Camp 2010
Girls of all skill levels are invited to sign up for Our lady of the Lakes Volleyball Camp. The middle school camp is open to any student entering grades 5-8. It runs the week of June 21st, Monday through Friday from 8-10 am. The cost for camp is $55 and includes a camp T-shirt. The Camp will focus on improving volleyball fundamentals and is run by OLL Varsity Volleyball Coach, Stephanie Linz. Flyers are available on the web site and in the school office. There is also an MSU Team Camp from July 26-28th. If you are interested, information is in the school office or on the website.

Vacation Bible School
Vacation Bible School “High Seas Adventure” August 2 – 6th 9:00 am – noon. Register by June 28th at Religious Ed. 248-623-0291 or email ollreligouseducation@yahoo.com or lsj2mgoblue@aol.com . Volunteer forms are available at the school office, parish center, religious ed building.

Summer Athletic Programs
Parents please check out the front page of our web site for information on all of our summer camps. They are being held in June.

Things to save during the summer
Please remember that we participate in programs that bring extra money into our school. Tenuta’s and VG’s receipts. Box Tops for Education, and Campbell’s Labels. Try to pick a drawer and save these items over the summer. Thank you.

Our Lady of the Lakes Middle School

Tuesday, June 8, 2010