Tag Archive: #olwschool

OLW Making a Difference in East Africa

Our Lady of the Wayside student council and sponsor/Spanish teacher Joe Nigliazzo rallied before Summer break to do missionary work for Uganda, East Africa. Using funds raised in the “Change for Change” student council campaign, students and parents in the [read more...]

It’s a New Year!

Dear OLW Parishioners, Happy New Year! You read that correctly. July 1st marked the new fiscal year at Our Lady of the Wayside and across the Archdiocese. After hours of calculations, deliberations and number crunching we managed to produce a [read more...]

Dr. David Wood Bids Farewell

Dear OLW Parish Community, It is difficult to find the words to express my feelings as my time at OLW comes to an end. When I first accepted the position of principal at OLW in 2009, I never imagined I [read more...]

Bathroom Renovation Continues

We continue to edge closer to our fundraising goal to renovate the bathrooms in the Fr. Mackin Center, but we can’t take our foot off the gas. As of May 1, 2024, we have raised $61,116, which is in addition to [read more...]

Wayside Open… July 12… Are You In?

Get your foursome together and dust off your golf clubs! Join us at the Old Orchard Country Club for the Wayside Open (formerly the Celebrate 70! Golf Outing and Pastor’s Masters) on Friday, July 12. The shotgun starts begins at 12:30 [read more...]

OLW School Welcomes New Principal

Dear Our Lady of the Wayside Families, It is an honor to introduce myself as the new principal of Our Lady of the Wayside School and to join this extraordinary school community. I am working with the current school administration [read more...]

Bathroom Renovation Project Well Underway

Renovation is well underway on the Father Mackin Center bathrooms. The locker rooms were cleared and workers started roughing in the plumbing. Piles of building materials line the hallway. And, as many know from making home improvements, it always looks [read more...]

Happy New [fiscal] Year

Dear Fellow Parishioners, Happy New Year! Yes, you read that correctly. Tomorrow, July 1st, we begin the new fiscal year here at Our Lady of the Wayside and across the archdiocese. Along with the New Year comes a new, recently [read more...]

Operations Director Corner: Update

The lazy, hazy, dog days of summer are here! A couple thoughts this week… The Parish Picnic came together well, in spite of a wet start. Those who came and braved the weather were treated to good food, cold beverages [read more...]

If I Built a School it Would Include… NEW BATHROOMS

Our Lady of the Wayside School’s last Buddy activity of the year was a fun exercise based on the book, “If I Built a School” by Chris Van Dusen. Buddy pairs worked together and wrote ideas they thought would make [read more...]