News & Announcements

What does a dinosaur, Saint Francis of Assisi, a cartoonist, a stubborn donkey, the desert of souls, God’s Storyteller, and a champion all have in common? Ask any Saint Olaf student, and they will excitedly share that those are all things that were a part of our Read Across America Week Festivities. Did you know that we had an author or two visit with our students? And by author or two, we mean 4 Catholic Authors with one still to come, one very local Utah author, and 3 nationally known-award winning authors!

The Saint Patrick's Day Parade will be held on Saturday, March 12th at 10:00 AM The parade is at the Gateway at 18 South Rio Grand Street, Salt Lake City. Please join us!

Meet Zeke. Zeke is 6 years old, is a younger brother to Nolan and Benny Bird in 6th grade and has Down syndrome. Zeke inspired his family to create http://amaZingZ.org which raises money for organizations that support amazing people with Down syndrome. This month's 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗨𝗔𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔 𝗖𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗘 will support amaZingZ.org in donating to Ruby's and Reece's Rainbow.

The goal and mission at Ruby's Rainbow is to grant scholarships to adults with Down syndrome who are seeking post-secondary education, enrichment or vocational classes, helping them achieve their dreams of higher education while spreading awareness of their capabilities and general awesomeness.

Reece's Rainbow provides grants to families adopting children with Special Needs internationally. (Click to read more)

Reminder that today is Formal Uniform Day and we will have Mass at 9:30 am.

In light of the recent events in Ukraine and the crisis unfolding there, we feel blessed to have a connection through Mrs. Braukmann that will allow our community to donate funds to a Catholic Ministry working in Ukraine. Combined with Pope Francis' call to prayer and fasting for today, Ash Wednesday there are several ways we can each serve. Click the Title to read a snippet of the correspondence from Mrs. Braukmann's friend with specific information of how to donate.

Next week, February 28th - March 3rd is Read Across America Week. We have fun events planned all week long with many authors. Click the title to see more details:

We've got the Home Court advantage for all of our basketball games this week. Come cheer on our teams! Please join us on Saturday, February 26th for ALL HOME GAMES:
🏀 3/4th-grade girls play at 10 AM
🏀 3/4th-grade boys play at 12 PM
🏀 6th-grade boys play at 1 PM

Our students had an awesome day on the mountain. Many learned to ski and snowboard while the more experienced got in a lot of great runs, while helping and encouraging the newbies. A great day was had by all. ⛷🏂

Thank you to Nordic Valley and to Ms. Allen, Mrs. Braukmann, Mr. Pack and Mr. Stokes who accompanied our students!

This month's Casual for a Cause for Catholic Community Services is going to support the preparation of pantry packs for school age children, a "cause" near and dear to the Jaramillo Family from our community. In a non pandemic year, Addison's mom, Bobbi, would love to have Saint Olaf students help shop for meals and snacks and then pack the pantry bags. These bags go home on Friday with students who otherwise might not have access to adequate food over the weekend. Our thanks to Bobbi and Addison for mentioning this very important service. We look forward to helping beyond donations next year!

Taken from the CCS FB page:
CCS' Basic Needs Ogden facility provides Pantry Packs to children facing hunger in local schools.

We currently only have enough Packs to last through the end of February and are in need of donations.

For more information, contact Durrell Annis at dannis@ccsutah.org or 801-428-1291.

We are excited to announce our Richard and Midge Gourde Scholar, 𝗧H𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗔  𝗥𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗚! As the first Gourde Scholar, Teresa has been selected to receive the scholarship for the next two years for her continued education at Saint Olaf Catholic School.
𝑅𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 11 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑆𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑂𝑙𝑎𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 1960 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 1990𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝐸𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐹𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑-𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝. 𝐶𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐹𝐴𝐶𝑇'𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝐶𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝐸𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑡 𝑆𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑂𝑙𝑎𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑, 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑑.

Congratulations to our Employee of the Year, 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗧! We are so blessed to have you. From those that nominated Miss Witt:
𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿: Miss Witt is extremely dedicated to her class. She puts in 110% every single day and comes in with a positive attitude. She is determined and driven to make her students' experience the best possible while striving to have a positive and scrupulous learning environment. (Click Title to read more from those that nominated Miss Witt).