A Christ-centered community,
provides excellence in education
to meet the needs of the whole child.
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July
15 Used Uniform Sale - 4-6pm Gym - old logo has one more year of amnesty for 21-22 school year
15 Book Bill Payment or Full Day KG tuition Due
30 - Aug 1 Shoe Carnival Sale at Noblesville location: 17140 Mercantile Blvd 46060 (tentative - stay tuned for more information)
August
1-19 Online Spirit Wear Store Open
8 Raider Roundup (ice cream social) 6:30-8pm Parish Hall
8 Newcomer tours 6:30 - 8pm
9 Kindergarten Orientation 6:15pm Parish Hall
9 New Family & Kindergarten Meeting 7pm Parish Hall
10 8th grade mandatory retreat 2-6pm Parish Hall
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Yearbook Information:
To order a 2020-2021 yearbook:
Deadline has been extended! Order by July 3!
Cost: $17.50
Use code 58881R
Yearbooks will be ready for pickup at Raider Roundup on Aug 8, 2021 at 6:30 - 7:30 PM.
If you ordered a yearbook for the previous school year, 2019-2020, they will be available for pickup then also.
Mrs. Pliley is still listed as a first grade teacher on the yearbook site instead of Mrs. Scherer. You can go ahead and order a yearbook. In the section where is asks for grade, just scroll to the bottom and select “not listed”. If you already ordered and selected Mrs. Pliley, that is ok too!
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PTO News & Volunteer Opportunities:
Our outgoing & incoming PTO Presidents, Jane Ann Gaskill & Amy Quinn invite you to read the end of year letter with some highlights from the 2020-21 school year, gratitude & important information about volunteer opportunities for the 2021-2022 school year! Click here to read now.
Volunteers: After reading the PTO End of Year Letter, please click here to let us know how you would like to be involved and share you talents with our school community. We are looking forward to a great year getting back to some fun-filled events.
All volunteers must have completed the Diocesan Safe & Sacred Protocol Training program. The consists of watching an online video and taking a short quiz (this takes about 45-75 minutes) and submitting a background check through the Diocesan website. We recommend that you complete this before school starts so everything is complete before you want to volunteer. Training must be updated once every 3 years. Click here to get started.
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Staffing Updates:
Brianne Smyth will be joining Mrs. Cronkhite and Mrs. Gregus in the 4th grade as a full time teacher. Brianne has served at OLMC School for the past 5 years part time as our Curriculum Coordinator.
Reilly Rueschhoff will be taking over many of Brianne's old responsibilities and teaching grades 6-8 grade STEM (this is the old Spanish special). Mrs. Marroquin-Fraga will will continue to teach Spanish to our younger students in grades 2-5. Reilly is a graduate of OLMC School and has worked as a substitute teacher for several maternity leaves during the 2020-21 school year.
Janie Richardt and Karen Stachowiak will both work part-time to share the Music Teacher position. Mrs. Richardt joined the OLMC School staff in January 2020 and did an amazing job getting a band program together and coordinating our Spring Arts Walk during the last quarter of the school year. Mrs. Stachowiak is new the Carmel area and bring 23 years of music experience to her new role. Learn more about her below.
Pam Malone has accepted a job at Brebeuf High School working in educational technology. Thank you Pam for your years of service and love you poured into our school community.
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Getting to Know Mrs. Stachowiak:
My name is Karen Stachowiak and I am so happy to be joining OLMC as a part-time music teacher and band director. My husband and I are new to Carmel, moving from Illinois last fall to be close to our granddaughters and their parents. We love the area and are now settled and feel at home here.
Although I have been a school counselor the last 20 years, music was an important part of my life since I was a little girl. I graduated from the University of Illinois in music education and taught band or private lessons the first 20 years of my career. I even met my husband of 44 years in high school band, and we have a special memory of competing internationally in Vienna, Austria.
As a band director, I studied all the instruments, but clarinet was my major in college. My private music teaching led me to counseling and I pursued a master's degree in school counseling which gave me the opportunity to work in that field.
Besides music, I enjoy spending time with my family, traveling, reading and volunteering.
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Book Bills: Grades 1-8 & Half-Day KG:
- Book Bill letters were mailed on June 17. If you have not received your letter, please email the school office at olmcschool@olmc1.org.
- Some letters did not include the $25 SCRIP discount. If your family earned the discount, amended letters were mailed on June 22.
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Payment for the first half (or full amount, if you choose) of the book bill is due by July 15, 2021.
- If payment has not been received by the due date, and no communication of hardship has been expressed to the business manager, then you will forfeit your child(ren's) spot(s) in the school for this school year.
Please make checks payable to OLMC. They can be delivered to the church office or mailed to:
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Attn: Book Fee
14598 Oak Ridge Rd
Carmel, IN 46032
If you have a financial hardship that prevents you from paying these fees on time, please contact our business manager, Glen Ritchey, at ritcheyg@olmc1.org before the payment due date. Thank you.
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Full Day Kindergarten Families:
- You will not receive a book bill for children enrolled in KFD.
- You will receive an envelope (mailed June 17) with a list of KG readiness skills, supply list, tuition payment information and Scholarship Grant Opportunity (SGO) information. Click here to view on webpage.
- Payment in Full, SGO Application or your ACH Direct Debit form are due to the church office by July 15.
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School Supply Lists:
The school supply lists for the 21-22 school year may be found on the school website here:
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School Lunches:
We are hoping to return to a more normal year in 2021-2022!
Our school we will be using is Campus Cuisine on Fridays only to start the school year. This food service operates by partnering with local restaurant vendors who deliver food to the school. So far, Chick-fil-A,, Jimmy John’s, McAllisters, Jet’s Pizza, Panera are vendors that work with Campus Cuisine to deliver food to OLMC on a rotating basis.
We will start with Pizza Fridays and hopefully add other dates of the week as the year progresses. August 13th will be our first day for this lunch option.
All students (except Half-Day Kindergarten) will need to pack a lunch with a drink every Monday through Thursday and on Fridays if not ordering pizza.
Students odering pizza on Fridays, must have an account set up with Campus Cuisine. The cafeteria is not able to accept cash payments.
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PE Uniforms - Grades 4-8:
Students in grades 4-8 will again be wearing uniforms for PE Class during the 21-22 school year! The lockerrooms in the gym are used for changing before & after class.
For the 21-22 school year, the PE uniform must be the navy blue shorts and gray t-shirt with logo available through Land's End. The Used Uniform Committee does not currently have much of a selection of the new PE Uniform. We understand that items imprinted with the school logo take longer to ship. The PE Teacher will provide a grace period during the first week or two of school.
Students may change shoes for PE class. PE shoes may be athletic shoes of any color (they do not have to be all black or all white.
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School Uniforms:
Lands' End is the official provider of all uniform items. Please shop early to allow time for items with the logo to be processed and shipped.
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Purchase Lands' End SCRIP from https://www.shopwithscrip.com/ to double your earning power for our school. The school earns a rebate from the purchase of the SCRIP gift card and again on the purchase from the Lands' End website when you shop with our school code 900134263.
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Notes from the Nurse:
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Summer is an excellent time to complete annual doctor visits to discuss your child's health and immunization needs. Click the link below to view the State of IN requirements for the 2021-22 school year.
OLMC School Nurse
14596 Oak Ridge Rd
Carmel, IN 46032
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If your student has any specific medical needs during the school day, please make sure to complete the correct action plans for the 21-22 school year. These can be accessed via the school website: https://school.olmc1.org/school-health
Indiana law allows students to carry emergency medication with them at school. If your child will be carrying their emergency medication on them during the school day, please make sure the "self carry" section of the action plan is completed by the physician.
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