Catholic Schools Week

Catholic Schools Week is coming up this coming week.  We will be gathering together for the 9:30am Mass this Sunday, January 27.  Following the Mass, stop by and visit OLV for our Open House from 10:30am-12:30pm.  Take a tour through each classroom to see what "tools" each student receives here at OLV.  Together we are "Building Our Future. 
If you can't make the Open House on Sunday, join us on Thursday evening from 6-7:30pm, or feel free to call for a tour at any time.

Our Family Christmas Tree

OLV Family Christmas Tree 2012

Our families and faculty have been bringing in ornaments to add to our family tree.  The tree can be found on the landing by the Laramie entrance.  I love walking past the tree each day looking at all of the ornaments.  Each day there are more ornaments to see.  Thank you for bringing in the ornaments and hanging them on our tree!

Back to School Night

The school year has begun, and it is great to have the students back in the building.  To celebrate our school year, we will host Back to School Night on September 18.  We will begin with everyone in the gym with a prayer and introductions of faculty and staff.  The evening will begin at 6:30pm.  We will also share some of the new and exciting things we are doing at OLV this year.  After we conclude in the gym parents will be invited to visit their child's classroom.

Back to School BBQ and Motorcycle Demo

Can you believe we are thinking about Back to School already?  Where has this summer gone?  It seems as if July just started, but we can definitely do without this crazy heat!

So, you may have heard, we are raising money to purchase iPads for the students in grades 5 - 8.  To help us with this purchase, we will be selling raffle tickets to win an 2012 Dyna Harley Davidson Motorcycle or a cash raffle prize.  Tickets will be on sale beginning July 22 at our Blood Drive.  We will also have the 2012 Dyna on display.  The tickets are only $20!

The winner will be chosen at our Back to School BBQ and Motorcycle Demo on Sunday, September 23 following the 11:15am Mass.  We will have instructors from the Woodstock Harley Dealership show us their moves on their bikes.  Food will also be available.  Start thinking about "gettin' your motors runnin," and join us for this great event to help support our technology enhancements at OLV.

For more ticket information, please contact the school office: 773-283-2229.

Excited to be at Our Lady of Victory!

I cannot begin to tell you how excited I am to be a part of OLV School in Chicago!  A strong Catholic education is very important to me, and I am delighted to be able to bring the successful program of The Academy with to OLV.  We have many great things in store for the coming school year, including technology enhancements, an update to the curriculum, an update to our sports program, and more!  Stop by for a tour or call at any time 773-283-2229!

Summer Office Hours:

Monday through Thursday from 8:00am-12:00pm

Happy Easter from The Academy

Can you believe Easter has come and gone? We spend so much time preparing for the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus, that we sometimes forget to take time for ourselves. The students prepared for us a beautiful prayer service on Holy Thursday for us to think about what it was like for Jesus to carry his cross for his death. Our preschool students colored pictures of the Stations of the Cross, while the students in the multi-age class wrote and read about the Stations. We recreated Jesus' symbolic act of washing his disciples' feet, during our prayer service when we washed our hands.

After this time of sorrow for Jesus, we can't wait to celebrate on Easter Sunday with Jesus' resurrection, and we remember that Easter is a time of new beginnings. I hope you all had a wonderful and blessed Easter!

Oreo's 100th Birthday

Tuesday, March 6 is Oreo's 100th Birthday!

Who does not love Oreo cookies dipped in a cold glass of milk? It's hard to believe that Oreo's have been around for 100 years. This is something too exciting to let it pass us by! We, of course, will be celebrating Oreo's birthday at the Academy with some Oreo cookies and a nice cold glass of milk!