Scott Simpson

Our second graders continued their First Communion celebration at our May Crowning ceremony.  May God bless them all!

The 2nd graders helped the less fortunate by packaging foods at Forgotten Harvest recently. They packaged more than 8,000 lbs. of food! It was a great way to help to fulfill their Lenten promises.

A big “thank you” to the 8th graders who shared their Optimist Speeches with the school today!

A special congratulations to our three winners:

• 1st place – Sophia Skellett
• 2nd place – Isabella Dimitroff
• 3rd place – Sagel Yono

Everyone did a truly fantastic job!

The Kindergarteners celebrated their 100th day of school. They are the cutest 100 year olds we’ve ever seen!

Over our break, Alayna Ayar competed in the Oakland County Spelling Bee.  She put in a lot of time studying and did a great job!  She made Our Lady of Refuge very proud.  Congratulations Alayna!

Please be advised that in the future, if the school is closed due to weather conditions, the ENTIRE campus is closed. (The only exception is the morning Mass). This includes ALL school activities, sporting events, practices, open gym, etc. as well as any parish programs, meetings, prayer groups, etc.

The safety of our school families and our parishioners is our utmost concern.

The 8th graders are having fun studying static electricity!

We are pleased to welcome Darlene Earls to Our Lady of Refuge School

Darlene Earls is an art teacher and classically trained metalsmith. She holds a masters degree from The School for The American Craftsman at Rochester Institute of Technology. She has taught across the developmental spectrum including teaching positions at University of Michigan, Cranbrook/Kingswood and most currently at Detroit Country Day School.

Prior to becoming a Michigan certified teacher Mrs. Earls was a designer and silversmith at Tiffany & Co.’s flagship store in Manhattan. Mrs. Earls has experience teaching drawing, painting, weaving, jewelry and art fundamentals, which will help her to provide a fantastic educational experience for the students at Our Lady of Refuge!

Denny Rapal,
Assistant Principal

We loved celebrating Career Day during Catholic School’s Week! The future is looking bright at OLR!

OLR’s buddy bench is where our students can go if they feel lonely at recess. Other kids will see that that student needs a buddy and will come over to the bench and invite them to play. Keep up the kind acts, Ravens!