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When: Friday, March 21, 2025 (5:30 VIP cocktail hour, 6:15 student call time, 7:00 all parent admission)

Is this a Fundraiser or a Friendraiser?It’s BOTH! As in past years, all parents will want to come to view their children’s talent. They can also use this opportunity to grow our community, widely inviting friends, future OLV parents, and extended family to come experience the beauty of Chesterton exemplified by our Fine Arts programming, while benefitting OLV’s future.

VIP Cocktail Hour (5:30 - 7:00 p.m.):

For Cocktail Hour ticket holders, the evening will begin with these benefits:

• hors d’oeuvres and wine

• mingle with friends, teachers, headmaster, and executive director

• listen to talented background instrumentalists from our student body

• exclusive, uncrowded access to the student art show

• opportunity to select art pieces which, for a donation to OLV, will be carefully framed and delivered a few weeks after the evening

• priority seating during the chorale and dance performance (7:00 - 8:30)

Tickets: $100 per couple or $270 for a group of 6
Bring your friends for a fun evening out and benefit truly joyful Catholic education! All proceeds help grow our tuition assistance fund.

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**NEW** Childcare During Cocktail Hour:

The VIP Cocktail Hour is an adults-only event. We are therefore pleased to offer childcare from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Afterward, parents can rejoin their children at 7:00 p.m. for the remainder of the evening. Costco pizzas will be provided for dinner!

If you’re interested, please fill out this form to register your child(ren).

8th Grade Childcare Volunteers:

We are seeking 8th grade volunteers to assist with childcare from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Costco pizzas will be provided for dinner for both the volunteers and children. If your 8th grader is available to volunteer, please fill out this form.

This Friday, March 21st, we have the honor of having Archbishop Aquila celebrating Mass for us! Please feel free to bring yourselves and your families. Mass will be at the usual time of 7:30 am.

For the Feast of the Annunciation, we will be elevating the liturgy which is on Tuesday, March 25th! One of the ways we will be doing this is by using Latin for the entrance antiphon, the offertory antiphon, and the communion antiphon. English translations will be provided as a handout as you walk into Mass. In addition, the Sanctus and Agnus Dei will be sung with different Gregorian chants. This will be the Missa de Angelis, also known as Mass VIII. Handouts for these chants will also be available at the door. If you would like to listen to these beautiful chants ahead of time, please follow the links below.

Sanctus

Agnus Dei

Well Read Mom will meet on Friday, March 28th from 1:30 - 3:00 pm. They will be discussing Cry Beloved Country by Alan Paton.

• Charity: Maria Chavez

• Fortitude: Sam Burnett

The Classical Learning Test is a college entrance exam accepted at hundreds of colleges across the United States as an alternative to the SAT® and ACT®.  At OLV,  we also use it as an assessment test to measure how our students are performing academically.  Each year, the CLT recognizes top performers across the U.S. Distinguished Scholars are those who earn the top score at their school; Regional Scholars are those who score in the top 5% in their respective region; and National Award Recipients are the top 50 high school sophomores across the U.S. National Award Recipients are also awarded a $2,500 scholarship to use at any CLT Partner College to help cover the cost of tuition and room and board.  Students are automatically considered for these awards simply by taking the exam. 

OUR CLT10 TESTING SCHEDULE HAS CHANGED! Our freshmen and sophomores will take the CLT10 on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, and the juniors test date will remain on April 10. Any student wishing to brush up on any skills to better prepare can see Dr. Wilderman or go to cltexam.com for practice exams.

We’re excited to announce the Yearbook Cover Contest, and we want ALL students to join the fun! Whether you’re an artist or just love to get creative, this is your chance to design a front and back cover that represents our amazing school community. Everyone's contributions are welcome, and you don’t need to be a pro to participate. Your design will be featured in this year’s yearbook, making it a memorable keepsake for you and your classmates. So grab some paper and get to work! We can’t wait to see what you create!

Guidelines:

• Must adequately reflect the OLV spirit and capture the theme of this year’s yearbook (Jubilee)

• Must stay within the branding guidelines for Chesterton Academy

• Must be submitted to Miss Stefanick via pdf or physical copy

• Must be able to fit within 8.5”x11”

• Must be turned in by Friday, March 28th!

Prize:

• Although there can only be one picture on the cover of the yearbook, we do want to honor everyone who participated. Every submission will be placed in the honorable mention pages in the back of the book.

• Ticket prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd places (6, 4, 2 Tickets given)

Click the link to buy your yearbook for the 24-25 academic year! All custom pages need to be completed by April 21st.

Registration for Fall sports will open in April. We plan to have girl’s volleyball and coed cross country again. The reason for the early registration is to catch as many people as possible before summer break and to prepare as needed within the summer. Practices will start about a week before the school year officially begins. Early registration will help ensure athletes are ready and communication is sent out in time. Matches and meets often occur within a week of the school year starting.

Practice times and locations are TBD but be on the look out for registration to open. Contact Coach Jayce with any questions.

Graduation 2025 is fast-approaching! Parents of Graduating Seniors - It is time to order graduation gowns, caps, etc. Please submit your order form and graduation fee to Dr. Wilderman by Monday, March 24, 2025. The form was sent home with seniors and emailed to parents. If you need another copy, please send an email to Dr. Wilderman. The Baccalaureate Mass is scheduled for Saturday, May 17, 2025, at 12:30 pm at St. Mary's in Littleton. Commencement is from 2:00-3:00 pm and the reception is from 3:00-4:00 pm. All are welcome to attend.

New Students: Continue to Encourage Your Friends to Join OLV!

We have sent out the first round of admissions acceptances to 37 freshmen families. We have more freshmen families and transfer student families who are still in the application and interview process. We look forward to welcoming these families and expanding our joyful Catholic education. We will continue to accept applications until the class enrollment limit is reached for each grade. 

If you know of families who may be interested in OLV, please see the information below and pass along to them. Please join us for upcoming admissions events to encounter our joyfully Catholic high school. Prospective parents are required to attend either an Open House or Prospective Parents Coffee and students are required to come for a Shadow Day.

Check out our Admissions page and read more about these events!

Upcoming Admissions Events:

• March 27: Shadow Day (3 spots available)

• April 9: Open House (8:15 - 10:15 am with Mass at 7:30 am)

• May 2: Middle School Formation Friday for 7th Graders (1:00 - 3:00 pm)

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Men: Outdoor Survival Skills Day - This day will include fire and shelter building, orienteering, and knot tying. Students will compete in groups to see who would survive longest in the wilderness. 

Women: Women’s Lenten Reflection