A Christ-centered community,
provides excellence in education
to meet the needs of the whole child.
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August
1-19 Online Spirit Wear Store Open
5 Girl's Basketball Camp - see below for more info
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
11 First Day of School (Full day 7:45am - 3:05pm)
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Spirit Wear on Sale through Aug 19:
Get your official Raider Gear and show your school pride! Our first out of uniform day will be a Spirit Wear Day on Friday, Sep 3 for OLMC School's birthday. Please refer to the Family Policy Guide page 45 for Spirit Wear day guidelines.
Students may wear any shirt that is school colors if they do not have official Spirit Wear.
Items ordered will be delivered to school before Sep 3.
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Raider Roundup:
August 8 6:30 - 8pm Parish Hall & School
The OLMC version of the Ice Cream Social.
- What to expect:
- New Family Tours will begin in the Gym area.
- Ice Cream and Sherbet will be served in the Parish Hall.
- Used Uniforms will be for sale in the Gym Loft.
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Come learn about different parent and student opportunities available at our school (ex. PTO, Athletics, Scouts, Little Flowers, Robotics, SCRIP fundraising, Choir, The Arts Council (including Band & Choir), and more!!
- The school & K-6 classrooms will be open
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Teachers will not be present.
- Grades 1-6 may bring paper products and cleaning supplies. Look for a designated spot in the classroom to leave these items.
- Enter the front or back doors of the school
- Please resist the temptation of playing with items in the classrooms. The teachers have been hard at work getting ready for next Wednesday (classrooms may not be complete yet)
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1st Day of School:
- Drop off begins at 7:15am. Students wait in the Parish Hall until 7:30am. All teachers & staff will be outside or in the hallways assisting children with finding their way to their classrooms.
What you can do to prepare for the first day:
- Pray as a family for all students/families/teachers/staff during these first few weeks of school. Refer to the prayer at the head of this newsletter.
- Teach your child the name of their teacher & homeroom so they can tell us if they are asked.
- Have a positive attitude about the return to school.
Health and safety protocols related to Covid-19 are fluid and can change quickly. Please start having conversations with your children about best practices.
- i.e. Respecting everyone's personal space, washing hands regularly, using hand sanitizer, reporting to their teacher if they don't feel well, the possibility of wearing a mask (it would be prudent to have a mask on hand), NOT sharing water bottles, respecting the choice to wear a mask or not wear a mask.
Before & After School Care:
If your child will be riding a bus from a local before/after school care provider, please email your child's teacher (see directory on website here) and the school office (olmcschool@olmc1.org) and let us know which bus they are supposed to riding and which days. |
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Checklist of things to do before August 11:
Here is a quick list of action items to complete before the first day of school. More information on each of these may be found in the sections below but we wanted to provide a consolidated list. There is a lot of information and we don't want to overwhelm anyone.
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Sign the Family Policy Guide Acknowledgement: If you have not yet gotten a chance to sign off on the Family Policy Guide, please do so sometime before August 11. This family form is due by 7 am Wednesday. Only one form per family is required.
Other Helpful Tips:
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Family Contingency Plan for Childcare: In the event that your child needs to be picked up and/or immediately quarantined, you will need to have a plan for an assigned person to pick up the child. If that person is not already listed as an emergency contact in Powerschool, please email the office so that the person will be added.
- Covid-19 Precautions:
- Pre-screen children each day for Covid-19 symptoms. Please do not send children to school if they are sick or waiting for Covid-19 test results to be released. Of course, children should not be sent to school if a household member has Covid-19 or if the child has been identified as a close contact of an infected person.
- Contact the school if you have a child or immediate family member who tests positive.
- Practical Items:
- Please send your child to school each day with:
- A water bottle lunch (not glass)
- A lunch with all necessary utensils, napkins, etc. (Lunch may be purchased in advance on Friday's through Campus Cuisine - see more information below)
- Optional items:
- Personal hand sanitizer
- Sunscreen. Teachers will take advantage of nice weather to go outside when possible. If you would like your child to wear sunscreen, please apply it before he/she comes to school.
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Carpool Info:
August 11
- Have patience, it is a virtue!
- Keep your phone/devices put away so your attention is on what is happening around you.
- Pull all the way forward (do not stop short by KG rooms/Parish Hall)
- Parents are to remain in your vehicle
- Students should exit the vehicle to the left whenever possible.
- If students exit vehicle on the right side, they should cross in front of your vehicle.
- Do not pull around vehicles in front of you, wait for them to proceed forward.
10:45 Morning Kindergarten carpool pickup will be in front of school.
- Remain in your vehicles, teachers will bring your children to you.
3:00pm. Parents should be in carpool for afternoon dismissal.
3:05pm. Late gate is locked (on the backside of the gym).
- If you arrive after the late gate is locked, please remain in your car until the late gate monitor unlocks the gate to allow you through.
3:05-3:15pm. Students dismissed.
3:20pm carpool dismissed & late gate opened.
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Bulletin Board Volunteers:
Before School Starts
Sister Peter Marie is looking for a few volunteers to help put up some bulletin boards in common areas (main hallway and Parish Hall). She has all of the supplies- we just need them put together!
This would just take a couple of hours one day before school starts.
If you are willing to help, please email Sr. Peter Marie at srpetermarie@olmc1.org
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Recess Helpers Needed:
Recess is a very important part of the day at an elementary school. We need 2 adults each day (in addition to the classroom teachers that are assigned recess duty). The children do go outside every day unless it is raining or temps are below 15 degrees so it is not recommended that younger siblings tag along. The hours are from 11:00am to 12:25pm each day paid at $15.00 per day.
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Online Giving!
Our Lady of Mount Carmel is blessed to be supported by the entire Church community! We are so grateful for our ability to offer a private Catholic school education tuition free! It is only because of our amazing parishioners that the Lord has blessed us with! One tool that greatly helps us is our online giving program! Please consider switching your tithe to our online system by clicking here!
Testimonial from Matt and Stephanie Lesher:
Before signing up for online giving at OLMC, our gifts to the parish were inconsistent, in terms of timing (we are out of town many weekends in the summer and traveling to visit
family throughout the year). Online giving is a fantastic solution for our family, allowing us to consistently give on a weekly basis whether we are attending mass at OLMC or another parish out of town. It's also great on weekends when we are distracted by busy schedules and could forget to grab our envelope on our way to mass. We love that it is secure and so convenient for our family, as well as providing consistent, reliable contributions to our beloved OLMC!
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2020-2021 Highlight Video:
Some very talented people collaborated and put together this short highlight video for our school. Click here to watch now
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Attention Parents of Girls Playing CYO Basketball:
Aug 5: 6-8pm
Girls in grades 4-8
Free
RSVP to LBehrle@sbcglobal.net
Coach Laura McCullough Behrle is having a CYO Girls Back to Basketball Camp on Thursday, Aug 5 from 6-8pm. The cost is free. Please email her at lbehrle@sbcglobal.net if your daughter plans to attend. This will ensure a proper head count. Questions may also be directed to her email.
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Little Flowers Group:
Attention all parents of incoming girls K-3rd grade (this group is for any girl in our Parish not just an OLMC student) Little Flowers will be starting up again this coming year. Registration will be open until school starts. The 1st meeting will be September 10th. Please register ASAP to ensure we have all supplies ordered and ready for the first meeting.
The Little Flowers Girls’ Club is a Catholic club in which girls learn about Catholic virtues through fun-filled activities that highlight the lives of the saints. Following the model of our namesake, St. Therese of Lisieux, “The Little Flower”, the girls learn how to practice virtuous works of kindness and charity to grow in their love for Jesus!
Meetings will be held after school one Friday each month, September-May from 3:20-4:45 in the lower level of the church. Monthly meetings consist of snacks, games, crafts, music & occasional guest speakers; yearly activities include our Daddy-Daughter Dance and Mother-Daughter Tea.
Also, we will need parent leaders for each grade. If you are planning on signing your daughter up, please prayerfully consider helping out. 🌸 🌺❤️
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