inviteolc

September 2016

Dear Parents,

Our Outreach Program for our Third and Fourth grades is Our Lady of Confidence Day School in Willow Grove. This is an Elementary School for the Mentally Challenged. For the past ten years, these grades made and will be making visits to OLOC. Our children will meet for an hour to enjoy either a gym, art or a musical activity along with a healthy snack supplied by our parents.

We have four dates reserved as of this writing.

The Third Grade is scheduled for **//Thursday, November 17th and Thursday, April 20th. The Fourth Grade is scheduled for Friday, November 18th and Friday, April 21st//** On your child's scheduled day, we will leave school at **//10:10,//** enjoy an hour of fun from **//10:30 to 11:30//** and return to school. We will be car- pooling and we will be asking for parent drivers. It is our hope that those with vans might volunteer so that we can travel with as few vehicles as possible.

We look forward to a most rewarding experience for both of our schools' populations. As we continue to make our children aware of the differences among us, we ultimately realize how much we are alike. When we get closer to the dates for our visits, a reminder and driver volunteer slip will come home to the appropriate grades involved. This letter is an introduction to our Outreach Activity for our 3rd and 4th grades. Also included is the permission slip, to be filled out, signed on both sides and returned to school by**//__, Monday, September 19th.__//**

As we reach out to our extended communities: St. Vincent Soup Kitchen, Rydal Park and Our Lady of Confidence Day School, Holy Redeemer Hospital NICU, let us continue to remember to show our kindness and gentleness to those close to us in our own school and homes. Let us also be good to our selves. We need to respect ourselves, first, before we reach out to others. PEACE needs to start in or own hearts first. Each tiny act of kindness can be forwarded and can become contagious. Let PEACE begin with us. May God bless us all with His LOVE and PEACE!

In LOVE and PEACE,

Ms. Sue Semple