Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week

This week, we recognize and say thank you to our teachers and supporting staff who dedicate their time and talents with the students and their families at Our Lady of Lourdes School.

We thank our teachers who dedicate their school days and beyond in preparing their students for the future.

Their days include:

  • Planning lessons to meet academic standards in each subject area.
  • Assess students’ strengths, weaknesses and adapting lessons to maximize the child’s learning potential.
  • Skill assessments, review, grading and sharing feedback with students.
  • Preparing report cards, parent/teacher conferences and parent communication (newsletters or one-on-one discussions)
  • Identify and form learning groups in their classroom for differentiation needs to maximize instruction time.
  • Professional development for new materials, change in standards or curriculum.
  • Learning Communities, where teachers are working together to share best practices to benefit the students.
  • Staff meetings, a time to share and plan for various events with school and parish.
  • Faith/Prayer time
  • Advisors for extra curricululars.
  • Educational learning opportunities as they develop additional skills/specialties in partnership with various colleges, GRACE, Diocesan, CESA7 or other organizations.

This week and always, we give a heartfelt THANK YOU to all of our teachers, aides, specialists, school office personnel and principals who dedicate themselves for the benefit of our students.

Learn more about what is happening at our school, in the Lourdes Letter school news for May 8, available here.

School Musical & Spring Concert

The students have been preparing for our School Musical and Spring Concert scheduled for Thursday, May 9 at 6:30PM in the school gymnasium.

The evening will begin with instrumental performances by our school bands, which include: 4th grade, 5th/6th grade, 7th/8th grade and our combined bands.

Following the instrumental performances, our school musical production for the 2023-2024 school year is ‘Adventures of a Comic Book Artist’. The book and lyrics are by Pat Lydersen. Music is by Wendy Woolf. This production is in special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., Englewood, CO.

A summary of the Adventures of a Comic Book Artist … Stanley Leonardo Sappovitz wants nothing more than to become a comic book artist and create heroes and villians for the comic books he loves so much. As the janitor at Wonder Comics, he anxiously awaits the day that his boss, D.C. Wunderman, will see his drawings and give him a chance to have his superheroes come alive on the printed page.

Did you know that Our Lady of Lourdes School has a School Musical production alternating years? The preparation for these musicals are done during school music classes. The middle school students (typically 7th and 8th graders) have the first choice of lead roles in the musical. This allows all of our 7th and 8th graders an opportunity to play a key role in each production.

On the alternating years, our Spanish program has an end of year production with students in grades K-8. It is commonly referred to as Spanish Show-Off night and includes a variety of activities ranging from song, dance, skits, stories and more.

We hope that you will join us on Thursday, May 9 in the school gymnasium for the student performances!

Learn more about what is happening at our school, in the Lourdes Letter school news for May 1, available here.

First Holy Communion

On Sunday, the Our Lady of Lourdes School students and Our Lady of Lourdes Faith Formation students received their First Holy Communion at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church at a special mass for them and their families. This day is a holy and special day as the child is welcomed to the table of the Lord.

This day is a cause for celebration with families, grandparents, godparents and loved ones joining together for mass. It is a significant and memorable day and may cause you to reflect on your First Holy Communion.  First Communion is one of three Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism and Confirmation) which complete an individual’s membership to the Catholic Church. What do you remember from your First Holy Communion?

While the first holy communion is extra special, each time we receive holy communion we are nourished by Jesus. When leaving Mass, we are to share the love God with all those around us. Today, we celebrate again as our second graders receive their second holy communion.

As adults, there are several opportunities for renewing our excitement from our First Holy Communion.

  • National Eucharistic Renewal which is being held in Indianapolis this summer.
  • Four Eucharistic pilgrimage routes are planned for this summer. The northern, Marian route, will go through the Diocese of Green Bay. Each day of the pilgrimage will include mass, reflection and adoration at a different site. Interested in learning more about this pilgrimage route, visit this website link.

Pope Francis encourages us to spend more time with God and the Eucharist, “I encourage you to continue your efforts to contribute to a revival of faith in, and love for, the Holy Eucharist.” ~ Pope Francis

Learn more about what is happening at our school, in the Lourdes Letter school news for April 24, available here.

The Future Is So Bright

There is so much to learn for our first graders at Our Lady of Lourdes School. Whether they are learning in their classroom, real-life experiences inside and outside, projects with help from their parents, parish activities and more!

Last week, some of the first grade educational activities included:

– A lesson on the eclipse that is not only educational, fun, but tasty too. Oreos = sun and moon.

– Viewing the solar eclipse and learning about the importance of protecting our eyes with the eclipse glasses.

– Learn about a Saint and share with our friends.

– Be a Saint

– Family, Faith and Fun Night at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church (those in attendance donated their favorite items for someone else to use).

– Severe weather awareness week has us practicing to be prepared of what to do in the event of severe weather or tornado.

– Kindness is something we all can learn and share!

Learn more about what is happening at our school, in the Lourdes Letter school news for April 17, available here.

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Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School’s Outstanding Volunteer

oday we’d like to highlight an outstanding pair of volunteers in the GRACE community: Jim and Kelsey Christensen!

The Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL) Volunteer Award went to two individuals that are involved in just about everything that is being done at OLOL.

This family is involved as GRACE Board Member, Site Advisory Chair, OLOL marketing committee member, OLOL grade level parent mentor, OLOL Parish Council Member, OLOL Light Up Lourdes Committee Member, OLOL Homecoming Committee and most importantly they are the biggest cheerleaders of the OLOL Vision and Mission.

To summarize, if OLOL Catholic School is doing something, one or both are involved. The OLOL Volunteer award for 2023-24 was awarded to Jim and Kelsey Christensen!


Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School is part of the Green Bay Area Catholic Education (GRACE) School System. It is a private Catholic school serving Preschool and Elementary through 8th grade (PK3-8.) The school has open enrollment and provides an individualized education in a faith-based environment. Each child is supported not only academically, but spiritually. The best way to learn more is to visit! Schedule a tour here.

Student spotlight

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School: Student Spotlight

Today we’d like to highlight an outstanding student in the GRACE community, this time from Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School!

Addie is always happy. She has a smile on her face and enjoys talking with anyone. Addie is a great friend and willing to help anyone who needs it at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School. 

Learn more the school here.


Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School is part of the Green Bay Area Catholic Education (GRACE) School System. It is a private Catholic school serving Preschool and Elementary through 8th grade (PK3-8.) The school has open enrollment and provides an individualized education in a faith-based environment. Each child is supported not only academically, but spiritually. The best way to learn more is to visit! Schedule a tour here.

Helen Mears Art Contest

The Helen Mears Art Contest is sponsored by the Woman’s Club of De Pere as part of the General Foundation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC-WI) with district, and state level competitions. This annual art contest is for 7th and 8th grade students. The contest began in 1927 to honor the memory of Helen Mears, who was an Oshkosh born sculptor who encouraged artistic talent, and recognized student artists.

Our Lady of Lourdes School 6th-8th grade students participated in this art contest with the following students earning recognition:

  • Daniel – 2nd place in 2D
  • David – Honorable mention in 2D
  • JP – Honorable mention in 2D
  • Teddy – Honorable mention in 2D
  • Jeffrey – Honorable mention in 2D
  • Charlie – 1st place Digital
  • Aubrey – 2nd place Digital
  • Anthony – 3rd place Digital
  • Lauren – Honorable mention in digital
  • Abby – Honorable mention in digital

Congratulations students! The winning entries by 7th and 8th graders, Charlie, Aubrey and Anthony are advancing to the district judging and will be on display at the Oshkosh library.

Thank you to the Woman’s Club of De Pere for sponsoring the Helen Mears Art Contest. Thank you to Ms. Cwiklewski, Our Lady of Lourdes School K-8 Art Teacher, who coordinated the student entries. To learn more about Helen Mears: http://womeninwisconsin.org/helen-farnsworth-mears/

Learn more about what is happening at our school, in the Lourdes Letter school news for April 3, available here.

Who Was …?

Who Was … is a biographical project by our third grade students based on their reading and research of the ‘Who Was?’ book series that tell stories of trailblazers, legends, innovators and creators. As part of this project, the students transformed the school gymnasium into a wax museum to display and share information about influential people.

Each biographical display was created by the students based on their reading and research. When visiting a display, the museum visitors pressed the button to learn more about the famous person at the museum.

This activity demonstrates so many aspects of the third grade curriculum, which include: reading, internet use/research, writing, presentation, timelines and public speaking!

The museum visitors were very impressed by the third grade wax museum. Additional photos from the Wax Museum are available on our school Facebook page.

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Learn more about what is happening at our school, in the Lourdes Letter school news for March 27, available here.

Dream Big & Create Impact

Dream Big & Create Impact was the theme of the Middle School Leadership Conference hosted by CatholicLink a partnership of Green Bay Area Catholic Education (GRACE), Notre Dame de la Baie Academy and St. Norbert College.

The Middle School Leadership Conference (MSLC) was led by student leaders from NDA and 8th grade GRACE students who were former MSLC participants.

During the event they explored the definition of leadership, skills, qualities of leaders and the importance of the core values in leadership.

Congratulations to the following Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School students who participated in this year’s leadership development opportunity.

– 7th Graders: JP, Michael, and Charlie

– 8th Grade leaders (former MSLC participants): Julia and Yeside

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Learn more about what is happening at our school, in the Lourdes Letter school news for March 20, available here.

Trimester 2 Honor Rolls

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School is proud to announce the 2023-2024 Second Trimester Honor Rolls.

Congratulations students on a job well done!

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Second Trimester Honor Rolls (Grade Point Average – 4.0)

Grade 8

Julia Day, Margaret Destree, David Seidl

Grade 7

Abigail Cleven, John VerBoort, Charles Ward

Grade 6

Theodore Little, Avia Nielsen, Amber Spencer

Grade 5

Finnley Arkens, Adrienne Day, Madeline Gale   

High Honors (Grade Point Average – 3.5-3.9)

Grade 8

Miranda Jaecks, Caroline Johnson, Ryan McNerney, Yeside Omotoso, Michayla Schounard, Lillia Stachura

Grade 7

Lauren Kaumheimer  

Grade 6

Marley Coonen, Daniel Destree, Allison Jensen, Ethan Matelski, Mays Thill

Grade 5

Sloane Janssen, Bennett Johnson, Alexander Montague, Andrew Seidl, Nikki Shefchik, Amelia Turriff, Andrew Willems

Honors (Grade Point Average – 3.0-3.49)

Grade 8

Ryan Cleven

Grade 7

Anthony Nolle, Michael Willems, Aubrey Zwiefelhofer

Grade 6

Jeffrey Fair, Jr, Andrea Johnson

Grade 5

Akinmayowa Omotoso, Stephanie Silva

Academic Improvement Honor Roll (AIR)An Improved Grade Point Average from the previous trimester.

Grade 8

Ryan Cleven, Julia Day, Miranda Jaecks, Estrella Luevano, Tristan Rosek, 

Sage Rhoads-Medellin, Michayla Schounard, Lillia Stachura

Grade 7

Lauren Kaumheimer, Jacob Krueger, Anthony Nolle, John VerBoort, Charles Ward, Michael Willems, Aubrey Zwiefelhofer

Grade 6

Marley Coonen, Daniel Destree, Jeffrey Fair, Jr., Madiison Hobbs, Ethan Matelski, Amber Spencer

Grade 5

Autumn Case, Sloane Janssen, Alexander Montague, Ameila Turriff , Andrew Willems, 

Stephanie Silva

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Learn more about what is happening at our school, in the Lourdes Letter school news for March 13, available here.