A Christ-centered community,
provides excellence in education
to meet the needs of the whole child.
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September
16 Jr. High Social 3-4pm
21 Navigating Pediatric Anxiety Talk (sponsored by Trinity Free Clinic)
23 Movie Night K-2 5:30pm PH
24 GCHS Choir Festival
27-29 Fall Book Fair
29 Book Fair Night/School Open House & Food Truck Festival
30 2-Hour Late Start 9:45am
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Gratitude:
Dear OLMC Families,
Since our sisters began serving at OLMC in 2005, we have been overwhelmed by the goodness and generosity of this community. This year is no different!
THANK YOU for the many donations of household supplies for our convent pantry and for those of you who made donations for Walmart Scrip on our behalf! We are incredibly grateful for your kindness. The day we put all the items away, we offered our evening prayers for each of you, and we remember you daily in our prayers for benefactors.
May the Lord richly bless your families with His peace and joy!
Your Dominican Sisters,
Sr. Peter Marie, Sr. Paulina, Sr. Maria Grace, Sr. Mariam, Sr. Cecilia, and Sr. Sofia Thomas
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Student Accounts:
All students in grades 6-8 now have access to their student accounts. Grade 5 will set up their accounts in computer class tomorrow. Grades K-2 do not need student accounts since grades are not stored in PowerSchool for these grades yet. Information for Grades3 & 4 is at the bottom of the Parent Powerschool letter being sen home tomorrow.
Parent Accounts & Mobile App:
We have received word that the issues with creating parent accounts have been resolved! Letters with instructions for creating your parent account will be sent home tomorrow. (some of you may have received yours at your parent/teacher conference today)
Please make sure you use the link on the school website. If you have bookmarks for the link from previous years, it will not work.
If you have the mobile app downloaded on your phone from last year, you will need to delete the app and re-install it with the new school code JQZF
Please email Jennifer Seaman at seamanj@olmc1.org if you have
any questions.
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Movie Night K-2-Save the Date
Attention K-2nd graders!!
The PTO presents Finding Nemo (PG) on
September 23, 5:45pm-8:00pm
Check in 5:45pm
Movie 6 pm
Pick up 8:00pm
OLMC Parish Hall
Cost includes pizza, popcorn, candy, snack and a drink.
$8 Pre-registered & PAID
$10 Late payment/Registrants/ Walk-ins
Please send payment into the school office BY September 16th (checks payable to OLMC PTO or exact cash only).
LATE PAYMENTS/REGISTRATIONS are $10
If you have any questions please email
Betsy Hoffman at betsyhoffman88@gmail.com or
Jill Reitz at reitz.jillian@gmail.com.
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Now Hiring:
Administrative Assistant: Part-Time (M/W/F) 7:15am-4pm
TITLE: School Secretary/Administrative Assistant
JOB FUNCTION: Perform a wide variety of clerical and secretarial duties to organize, coordinate and
schedule school office activities, assist the administration in routine tasks and perform
public relations of the school.
The candidate must have an understanding and respect for the Catholic Church,
it's beliefs and practices
Click here for a list of duties & responsibilities.
Click here to print an application.
The same application is use for teachers so if parts do not apply, just enter N/A.
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Carpool Safety:
The office continues to receive called from neighbors living on Bennett Rd, the road that borders the back of the school property. Bennett Road is not an appropriate location for morning drop off or afternoon pickup. Please only use the designated areas on school property.
Walkers and bikers should enter campus from the playground and wait for the crossing guard to signal that cars are stopped and that they may safely cross.
Walkers should not be using the path and crosswalk located near the back of the gym/late gate. We do not have staff to provide a crossing guard at this location in the mornings.
Thank you for your cooperation in helping to keep all of our children safe.
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Mothers' Mass & Brunch:
Please join us for our Mother's Mass and Brunch on Monday, October 3rd! Mass is at 8am and then at the Ritz Charles for brunch where our amazing speaker, Mary Collins, will talk about friendship. There will also be shopping and a cash raffle!
Guests are welcome to come. Check your email for the invite.
Contact Kristin Miller at kristen.minneman@gmail.com with questions.
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School Lost and Found:
The school lost & found table is located in the Parish Hall/Cafeteria.
Items like jewelry & electronics are kept in the office.
Please make sure your child’s items are labeled
with at least a last name.
Items left on the Lost & Found table for 4 weeks get donated to the Merciful H.E.L.P. Center. We do check for names before we donate.
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Justin Griswold, "Social Media and the Effect on the Family":
October 11th at 6 p.m.
This past summer, Fr. Richard, Jayne Slaton and Mr. Fletcher met with Mr. Justin Griswold to discuss hosting an event on the topic of “Social Media and the effects in your family”. Mr. Griswold is a graduate of OLMC and now works as a licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in the state of Indiana. He relies on his clinical experience and extensive study on the topic of social media to help families navigate the dangers as well as the benefits. Justin seeks to provide professional help to guide his clients to find peace in their lives through a better understanding of their relationship with themselves, others, and God.
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New Praise & Worship Band!
Have a student who adores Jesus, loves to sing or play guitar, piano, drums, or other instrument, and loves contemporary music? The Arts Council has a brand new offering for you: the new Praise and Worship Band! Join us Fridays after school for eight weeks this fall, where the students will learn some wonderful modern praise music and the art of playing together in a group.
Fridays, Sept 23 - Nov 18
3pm - 4:45pm
OLMC School Music Room
No Cost
For more information and to register: https://forms.gle/qeveLKwtVdfKPEhw8
Upcoming Art Council Workshops:
Poetry Workshop - Grades 2-5:
September 19-21 - after school until 4:30pm.
Taught by former St. Luke Language Arts Teacher and Raider Grandma.
No Cost.
E-mail Amy Stutey if you’d like to sign up:amystutey@yahoo.com
Figure Drawing - Grades 5-8:
September 26-28th after school until 4:30pm.
Taught by Amy Stutey.
No Cost
E-mail Amy Stutey if you’d like to sign up:amystutey@yahoo.com
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Robotics for Raiders:
Interested in a sport where your kid can go pro?
Alumni from the OLMC Robotics teams are currently using problem solving, teamwork, and coding skills that they learned from competing on a Robotics team to serve their community. Service performed by our team members includes projects for their schools and service to the wider community with outreach programs that give disadvantaged kids an opportunity to learn about coding and robots. Participation in the OLMC Robotics program prepares students for high school level competition and beyond. FIRST (The international robotics league we work with) lists over 164 scholarships on their website. Some former team members have even able to apply their skills in robotics projects to earn money.
It’s time to start our season and we want to hear from you today!
OLMC currently provides several different Robotics programs that meet after school, evenings and weekends.
These programs create opportunities for students to develop problem-solving, leadership and teamwork skills while engaging with technology (sensors, motors, gears, programming...)
Follow this link to learn more and register your interest: https://www.3brightideas.com/OLMCRobotics
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OLMC Volleyball
Girls Open Gym Grades 4-8
CYO Girls Volleyball open gym registration is in the link below. It’s free!!
Please fill it out asap if your daughter is planning to attend any of the days so Jason and Mike have a good idea on the numbers!! Let’s pack the gym and get ready for a great season!
Click here to register
Boys Open Gym Grades 4-8
When:
9/23 3:30-6:30
3:30-5pm (4th/5th/6th)
5-6:30 (7th & 8th)
10/14 3:30-6:30
3:30-5 (4th/5th/6th)
5-6:30 (7th & 8th)
CYO Raider Volleyball officially begins with evaluations on November 19th!
Open gym registration is free but please register your son to help us plan for coaching and space. Link to register here
Please contact Denise Millay with any questions.
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Young Adult & Family Choir:
Attention musical young adults and families: have you ever wanted to get involved in music ministry at OLMC but cannot commit to evening rehearsals? We’re trying something new this fall: family-friendly to help you be involved, either as a whole family, part of the family, or individuals. Even babes-in-arms are welcome!
This group will sing at the 12:30 Sunday Mass, with rehearsal at 11 AM, starting September 18. What a Sunday – a late breakfast and singing for the Lord! If interested, please come to a short kick-off meeting on Sunday, September 11 @ noon in the Bride’s Room (near the Adoration Chapel), or contact Cathy Rund at rundc@OLMC1.org or 317-416-5111.
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The Merciful HELP Center coordinates all of the 2 day (weekend) back sacks for Carmel Elementary school children and most of the middle school kids, as well as our OLMC children in need. We coordinate the entire year of back sacks and provide almost ALL of the food for the year. Its not an easy thing to accomplish but it is SO worthwhile and needed. We engage other local churches in our efforts for food collections and packing as well, so it is an ecumenical project coordinated by us, and we include local Greek Orthodox, Episcopalian and Presbyterian churches as well as and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish.
50% of the food comes from the funds you donate, which we use to purchase food at Gleaners and local stores at a discount, and the 30% of the food comes from Green Bag Sunday physical donations from our OLMC Families that we collect two times per year and 20% comes from other local churches!
The food we give is carefully chosen for high vitamin, mineral and protein content. Any cans we give have tops that can be popped off and food can be prepared without use of the stove.
Jayne was invited by the Carmel School Administration to talk with the Carmel School Social Workers about all the services we offer in the county and to talk over ways to feed their families, get a bed, pillow and bedding for a child, clothing for their students, transportation and so much more!
Mid-August Jayne got a phone call from 2 parents wondering how they could get backsack help in August. We finish our Carmel Summer Lunch program about August 12, right before school starts. One of the calls received was a mom explaining that her child had to go to her grandma’s house because she is a server and works until 10 or 11 PM on Friday and then has to work a second job on Saturday morning on a breakfast shift. She said her grandmas is in her 90’s so the food we give in the backsacks makes it easy for him to eat when grandmas has no energy or resources to feed him. My heart was filled with gratitude that we have people willing to give us funds and food and give us their precious time to prep, pack and deliver the sacks so kids are supported and the parents feel cared for and loved!
The food is purchased and donated in small, easily prepared portions so children can feed themselves with little to no help at all. Thank you for all you do to make feeding children daily possible!
Your compassionate and benevolent hearts are what makes ALL we do at the Merciful HELP Center happen!
Please don’t forget us in your monthly envelopes on the third Sunday! Every penny counts to keep people in their homes, feed, electricity on, with more love and less depression and anxiety! We can only be as generous as you chose to be!
Grateful beyond words, Jayne Slaton
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GUERIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
UPCOMING ADMISSIONS NEWS
Register at GuerinCatholic.org
PROSPECTIVE PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT
Tuesday, September 20, 6-7:15 pm
Parents of prospective students are invited to join us to meet our Admissions staff, learn about the admissions process, and hear from a current student and members of our faculty and staff.
HIGH SCHOOL PLACEMENT TEST
Saturday, October 1, 8:30 am - 12 pm
OPEN HOUSE
Sunday, October 9, 1-3:30 pm
Join us on a student-led tour of our 72-acre campus
(a.k.a., The Nest), meet our beloved teachers, and
get excited about our academic, athletic, fine arts,
and service opportunities that will lead you
to SOAR as a Golden Eagle!
All grades welcome to learn more about your diocesan high school!
COMMUNITY EVENTS
All youth wearing a club jersey or school spiritwear will gain free admission to the following Youth Nights:
GIRLS SOCCER
Monday, September 19
Guerin Catholic vs. Cathedral
7 pm
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Tuesday, September 27
Guerin Catholic vs. Cardinal Ritter
JV at 6 pm, Varsity at 7 pm
BOYS SOCCER
Tuesday, September 27
Guerin Catholic vs. Lafayette Central Catholic
6 pm
ADULT RETREAT
"In the Footsteps of Mother Guerin"
Thursday, October 6
St. Mary-of-the-Woods College
Experience a similar retreat that GC students take their freshman year!
More info/Register
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