Old Mission Montessori News

SAVE THE DATE,
June 29th @10.00 am! Oceanside will be holding its Independence Day Parade. Join our Mission San Luis Rey community and help represent Old Mission Montessori School! We need parade marchers to walk alongside our Mission float! Celebrating its 215th anniversary, “The Mission” will be the parade’s Grand Marshall. Oceanside celebrates its 125th anniversary.

Eoilchange Gift Cards are now available
The school office now has Eoilchange gift cards for sale so you may grab one without the wait. They are $40 for three oil changes. Our school earns $20 for each card sold! What an easy way to earn extra money for our school! We’ve earned $125 for our school so far this year.

Bring in Your Box Tops!!
We are still on track to reach our goal for the year. Please bring in an envelope or baggie of the box tops you have collected so far this year. Bring them in anytime to the little blue box in the office on the East wall. Thank You for your support! Keep clipping!!

Christmas in July –
RAFFLE TICKET TIME
It is that time of year again; time to start gearing-up for OMMS’ biggest fundraiser, Christmas in July (CinJ)! Per the Tuition Agreement, each family has been given 100 tickets to sell or purchase. You may sell them to friends, family, co-workers, or purchase them yourself. Tickets issued to families may not be sold at any school or parish event. Raffle tickets stubs and monies are due no later than May 31st, in the front office. If you would like additional tickets, please contact Lisa Caso, Raffle Ticket Chair, at 760-521-6841 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

OMMS sold over $4,700 in books. Many thanks to everyone who helped during our week-long event. Thank you to OMMS teachers and staff and special thanks to Clifford (aka Xavier Snaer-Williams), Jennifer Moffat, Stephanie Badillo, Zofia Dyblie, Michelle Acosta, and Donnah Snaer-Williams. Our very special thanks to our super Book Fair Coordinator, Michelle Shebest!! We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of the parents who helped to make our annual Spaghetti Night a terrific successful! This was a wonderful opportunity for community building and family fun. We would also like to express our appreciation to those parishioners who came out to support this event! However, none of this would have been possible without the generosity of our sponsor, Fratelli’s. Italian Kitchen! Thank you!!!

Don’t forget our second annual GENERAL PARENT MEETING will be held next week on Thursday, February 28, at 6:30 p.m. in the McKeon Center. We hope to see many families present for
this important meeting.

We would like to thank all of our families who participated in the Fresh & Easy fundraising event.  If you have any receipts that you collected during our Christmas break, please drop them off at the school office as soon as possible.  Our deadline to submit all receipts is January 14^th.  Thank you for your support!

SCRIP GIFT CARDS – The perfect gift!
NO COST Fundraising

Don’t forget that you can help OMMS earn funds without having to spend extra money. Scrip (gift cards)is available for purchase
from shopwithscrip.com (use OMMS code DA1245BF17557). You may also use the order form available in the school office.  We do carry some extra gift cards in the office. Stop by to see what last minute gift cards we have available.

Christmas Shopping with eScrip
www.escrip.com

Joining eScrip is a gift that costs nothing and will continue to add up to $$’s for our school all year long.

Simply:
o Log onto www.escrip.com
o Click on “sign up” and locate our school name
o Or our Group ID# 151787616
o Register your grocery club card and/or debit/credit card

Every time you shop at an eScrip merchant and swipe your registered card—our school receives a percentage of your purchase!
That’s it! It’s that easy—your family shops—our school earns dollars!

Entertainment Coupon Book Sales
Our coupon book fundraiser has come to a close. Please return the demo Entertainment book to the office if you do not wish to purchase or sell it. Unfortunately, the coupon book is not free.

Innisbrook Christmas Wrapping Paper Sales
This week students will bring home an Innisbrook catalog and order form. The deadline for all orders is Monday, October 15th. Please return the envelope with payment (checks should be made payable to OMMS) and order form to the Main School Office.

OMMS offers many different fundraisers throughout the year and we know that not everything is for everyone. We hope that there is something that works for each family. The best fundraisers are those that don’t cost any additional money…like Scrip.

ROOM PARENT “CONTACT INFORMATION” FORMS
If you have not already done so, please return the contact information forms to your Room Parent Coordinator. This will make classroom communications much easier and more efficient.

Entertainment Coupon Book Sales
Our coupon book fundraiser is coming to a close. Please return the demo Entertainment book to the office if you did not purchase or sell it. The coupon book is not free.  Each book costs only $40 and up to $20 comes back to our school. There are hundreds of coupons and the savings potential is incredible! The book literally pays for itself with the use of just 2 or 3 coupons.
The deadline to return the book or payment is September 25th.

St. Francis Day Celebration and OMMS Gift Baskets for the Auction

Each of our classrooms has been asked to donate items for a gift basket to be auctioned off at the St. Francis Day/Horse Drop Celebration. Our baskets each have a theme and we ask any families who are able, to contribute something to the basket. For more information or how you can help, please contact Jennifer Powell at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or your classroom room parent. Thank you for your assistance!

Please come join us!  We need fresh new faces and ideas!  We will be holding a PTG Committee Meeting on Thursday morning, September 13^th, at 9:00 a.m.  We look forward to seeing you there!

Entertainment Coupon Book Sales

Your child should have brought home a demo Entertainment coupon book and order form.  The coupon book is not free.  Use the book as a sample to show family and friends then bring back the order form and payment (checks made payable to “OMMS”) to your child’s classroom.  If you do not wish to sell or buy the book, simply return the book to the classroom or school office.

Each book costs only $40 and up to $20 comes back to our school.  There are hundreds of coupons and the savings potential is incredible!  The book literally pays for itself with the use of just 2 or 3 coupons.

The deadline to return the book or payment is September 25^th.

FAMILY NIGHT AT FRATELLI’S

Our first restaurant night is on Thursday, September 20^th, at Fratelli’s Italian Kitchen.  Mark your calendars and come together with friends and family to enjoy good times and good food.  Our school earns 20% of your transaction!  A flyer will be available as we get closer to the date.

It’s Time to Start Saving Your

Fresh & Easy Receipts

For every $20 you spend at Fresh and Easy we can earn $1.00!!  Just turn in your receipts to the

school office. Thank you for participating in this important school fundraiser!