Every year during the last week in January, Catholic Schools around the country observe Catholic Schools Week in celebration of our faith family. At OLL, Catholic Schools Week serves as a sort of Spirit Week with special activities each day. We hope you will join with us our celebration! Monday January 28: Buddy Day and Picnic! Buddy Day will include a special Open Air Lunch and Walk-a-Thon to benefit the Kimberly Home. Students are welcome to bring a blanket and a bag lunch from home, or purchase a picnic lunch from Chef Tulio. We will sit outside with our buddies and More...
Read more
17
Jan
2013
Catholic School’s Week
13
Dec
2012
Advent Happenings
In order to fully enter into the season of Advent, each of our ten classes have found their own unique ways to welcome Christ into their hearts. From art projects to service projects, the students of Our Lady of Lourdes are actively participating in the deepening of their faith. Due to our vacation schedule, we will begin our celebration of the Christmas season this coming Monday, and our students will tell you that they are certainly prepared to celebrate the birth of the King! The Kindergarten class had a special Tree Trimming party with their parents and made Advent Angels More...
Read more
10
Oct
2012
Giving Drink to the Thirsty
A seventh grade student stepped up to the microphone, “Over one-half of hospital beds in the world are occupied by someone with a water- or hygeine-related illness. So that means they are sick because they didn’t have water to drink or wash with, or because the water they did drink or wash with wasn’t clean and gave them a disease. What do you think about that?” “Wait – what about people who have cancer?” “Water causes more people to go to the hospital than cancer.” “What about violence – when people get shot or injured?” “Water causes more people to More...
Read more
13
Sep
2012
A Year of Mercy
“Teacher, what is the greatest commandment of the law?” He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.This is the greatest and the first commandment.The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.” -Matthew 22:36-40 To love the Lord with all your heart, soul, and mind – that is the message we as Catholics not only strive to live, but strive to instill in our children. As we know, children learn best by example. More...
Read more
08
Mar
2012
Loads of Lunches
Last week, we reached that day in February that comes every four years – Leap Day. While we are grateful for each and every day that God gives us, we at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School were particularly grateful for this extra day of life in 2012 and wanted to celebrate in a special way: with service to the to those in need in our greater Pinellas County community. The festivities actually started more than a week before Leap Day, when students and teachers began their discussions about the parables and Catholic Social Teaching. Through the parables, Christ tell More...
Read more
06
Jan
2012
Living the Virtues
The students and staff of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School practice virtues every day in our lives. From collecting food for the hungry to praying during every class, it is evident that OLL is a faith-filled environment that allows students to learn and succeed. For the past fifty years, we at OLL have strived to live as Jesus did while learning and experiencing new things each day. Each year, we at Our Lady of Lourdes try our best to give hope to those who are less fortunate than we are. For example, we do many service projects that help More...
Read more
13
Dec
2011
Generous Hearts
This year, in keeping with a long standing tradition, the students of Grade Four and Grade Five collaborated on a special Christmas project to benefit the children of a local migrant community. The project, which began back in October, involves the entire school under the leadership of these two special classes. Earlier this week, with toys, candy, tinsel, and bows, the project culminated with a morning of gift wrapping and Christmas cheer. Candy Drive During the month of October, students in Fourth and Fifth Grade work together to plan and advertise a school-wide candy drive. They distributed posters and More...
Read more
