Messages from the Mount
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provides excellence in education
to meet the needs of the whole child.
December 22, 2021
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Dear OLMC School Parents,

On behalf of our school staff, I would like to wish you all a VERY Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! The first 1/2 of the school year has been a huge blessing with many wonderful school events we should all be proud of. A special shout out to all of the room moms & dads during the last week of school before break- the staff really appreciated all of the extra support. Thank you for your continued partnerships!

Looking into the January session, I am excited to share that construction on the new Parish Life Center will begin. With construction, comes some building access and traffic pattern changes. I am working with our leadership team to finalize the details of what this will mean for school families. Stay tuned..

Also in January, I will be posting the 2022-2023 school calendar. Developing the school calendar is always an interesting process. When gathering feedback from parents and teachers, I consistently hear that we start school too early and finish too late! I get it, I feel the same way! The reality is that we must go to school 180 days, attempt to line up with area schools and provide some needed breaks throughout the year. Keeping all of those items in mind, our calendar will look somewhat similar to our current school calendar. *One change to next year's calendar is that we will move to a 1 week Fall Break (October 17th-21st). More to come...

Over the next three days, let us pray together for a safe and joy filled Christmas season. We are truly blessed in many ways! Hope to see you all over the break at Mass or out and about enjoying family time.

God Bless,

Tim Fletcher
Principal- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic School
School Calendar
January 2022
3 School Resumes
17 new E-Learning day (to make up for school closure for Fr. Paternoster's funeral)

2022-2023
Calendar Update

The 2022-2023 school calendar is in its final stages of completion. The new calendar will be posted on Wednesday, January 5th 2022.
Maternity Leaves & Help Needed:
4th Grade: We are very excited for Mrs. Gregus as she prepares for an adoption of a new baby! She will be taking maternity leave starting Thursday, December 16th and will return on February 28th. Please keep the Gregus family in your prayers.
We welcome Mrs. Powers to Mrs. Gregus's classroom while she is absent. Mrs. Powers is an amazing educator that has experience teaching 4th grade at OLMC (she covered Mrs. Gregus's last maternity leave). She is also a long time OLMC parent and has been working with our kindergarten classes the past couple of years. Mrs. Powers can be reached at powerst@olmc1.org for any questions or concerns you may have while Mrs. Gregus is out.

Art: We are also excited to announce that our Art Teacher, Mrs. Hinshaw, will be starting her maternity leave on/about March 1, 2022. She plans to return to complete the school year in May to finish the school year but has decided not to return in August. So we are looking for both a long-term substitute for her maternity leave (exact dates to be determined) and for a new art teacher for the 2022-2023 school year. If you or anyone you know is interested, please complete the application that can be printed here and send it to Mr. Fletcher as soon as possible.
The Lunch Duty Calendar for January - May is ready!
Please check the calendar and make a note of which days your family has lunch duty.

Lunch Duty is from 11:00am - 12:50pm. If you are not able to fulfill your duty on your assigned day, please switch with another family on a day that works for you. If you switch days, please let the office know by emailing olmcschool@olmc1.org. You can use Directory Spot to look up contact information.

We are also in need of someone to cover lunch duty on December 14 (next Tuesday). It is assigned to a family that is no longer here at our school. If you are able to help, please email olmcschool@olmc1.org.