Raider Pride: Jr.High Awards Ceremony

Each year we recognize Jr. High students for various achievements. Click here to see a list of the award recipients for 2021-2022. We are very proud of all of your achievements!

And Congratulations to all of our 8th graders graduating tomorrow evening!

Miss Erin Martin- welcome to Miss Martin as our new teacher for 4C!

Hi! My name is Erin Martin, and I am thrilled to join the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic School family and combine my two passions of Catholicism and teaching. After finishing a year of student teaching, I graduated in early May from Butler University with a degree in Elementary Education. During my time at Butler, I not only studied elementary education but also minored in early childhood education and diverse learners. I additionally was president of Butler’s chapter of Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education, assisting future educators in developing professionally. I am a parishioner of OLMC and was blessed to teach a fourth grade Children’s Faith Formation class at our parish this past school year. When not teaching, I enjoy reading, spending time with my family, traveling to interesting destinations, and playing board and card games. I also love being creative and artistic and have a special interest in DIY projects and photography. I am so thankful and excited for this opportunity to share my love of teaching, learning, and God with your amazing children! 

Mrs. Veronica Werth- Welcome to Mrs. Werth as our new ELA 5th Grade Teacher.

Hi, my name is Veronica Werth, and I am so blessed to join the Our Lady of Mount Carmel staff! My husband and I moved to Carmel in the fall of 2010 and have been OLMC parishioners since 2011. We have an 8^th grader and 3^rd grader at OLMC. I received my B.A. in Political Science from UC, Santa Barbara. My education credential is from California State University, Northridge. I taught for five years before becoming a stay-at-home mom. I am a voracious reader, frequent writer, and life-long learner. My reading interests include literature, philosophy, art, history and theology. On a personal note, I love to drink coffee, paint, volunteer, cook, and take family road trips. I am currently a substitute teacher at OLMC, Sunshine Committee member, and President of the Eta Delta Chapter of Psi Iota Xi (a philanthropic sorority that raises money for art, music, literature, and speech/hearing). I look forward to combining my faith and creativity with literature and writing to maximize my students’ intellectual and spiritual potential.

Communication Survey:

Communication is an essential element of our faith and school. Jesus himself has called all of us to go out and spread the good news! In order to improve, we are asking that both mom and dad from all our school families take a few minutes to complete our communication survey. The results will be analyzed by our school council and communication sub-committee and then used to make improvements for next year. Thank you in advance for helping us by providing feedback in this area.

Click here to complete the survey

Last Day of School Schedule

Field Day: Grades 1-7

Friday, May 27

Dresscode:

Grades K-3: Students may wear an appropriate t-shirt and loose-fitting jeans/athletic pants. They can also wear shorts that reach mid-thigh.

Grades 4-8: Students will wear an appropriate t-shirt, loose-fitting jeans/athletic pants or their Lands’ End P.E. shorts. The P.E. uniform shorts are the only shorts that are permitted to be worn on Field Day for 4^th-8^th grade students.

Schedule for the day:

• Normal arrival time
• 7:45amTardyBell
• All School Mass - 8:00 AM. At the end of Mass, the Priest will give a teacher/student blessing for the summer.
• Moving Up Ceremony (grades 1-7) - immediately after Mass in the church.

• Lunch(altered schedule)
• 10:45-11:10 am: 7th (eat at Sports Field), 5th & 6th (cafeteria)
• 11:15- 11:40 am: KFD (please eat outside or in classrooms), 1st & 2nd (cafeteria)
• 11:45- 12:05 pm: 3rd & 4th (cafeteria)

• Field Day: 12:15 - 2:00 PM
• Dismissal of students at 2:05 PM

Library Corner:

Birthday Book Club

Happy Birthday to the newest members of the Birthday Book Club: Claire Martin, Molly Morton, Oliver Sipes, Nicholas Raines, Addie Reardon, and Lyla Sprunger. Thank you for your donation to our library. Your names have been placed inside of a new book for everyone to read. 

If your student would like to participate in the Birthday Book Club, please have them bring in a new book of their choice or a $10 donation to the library. Thank you for helping build our library collection!

Indy 500 - Library Version

Congratulations to Mrs. Cronkhite's Class for being the first class to race into the winner's circle!  The school year is quickly coming to a close. Please help your student's class race into the winner's circle by having all of their library books turned in. All library books are due back to the library.

 Notices went home on Monday/Tuesday with any library books that are still checked-out. If your student brought the book back after the notice was printed on Monday morning, please disregard it. As a school we have over 140 books out! Thank you for your help getting the books back.

School Lunch Program 22-23:

OLMC families, the kids have spoken and have requested an additional day be added to our "hot lunch" program. After a very lively debate, Mexican food came out on top and we will be working with Campus Cuisine to add a Monday option to our current Wednesday/Friday rotation. 

In order to facilitate this addition, we are putting together a team of 5 to 6 parents that will commit to assisting in the lunchroom on our "hot lunch" days throughout the year. This team will not replace the current lunch duty volunteer program but it will guarantee that at least 1-2 parents will be present on "hot lunch" days to make sure everything goes smoothly. Team members do not need to be present every Monday, Wednesday and Friday but would need to work out a suitable rotation amongst themselves so that all those days are covered. Our Lunch Team members would also be exempt from their typical lunch duty volunteer obligation!

Please prayerfully consider giving of your time next year so that we can continue to offer this lunch alternative to our students! 

If you are interested or have any questions, please feel free to email Kate Vespa at Kate.vespa@outlook.com.

Based on parent feedback, we are changing vendors for the school uniform for the 2022-2023 school year!

• Schoolbelles will be the new preferred vendor.
• Our school code is s1276.
• They have a physical shop located at 6315 N. Keystone Ave or
• Shop online at www.schoolbelles.com.
• Plaid and monogram items now appear on the website.
• Items are available to try on in store for ordering purposes
• Logoed items will be in  by July to purchase in store

Click here for the flyer

Lost & found:

Come and get it! Anything left after May31 will be donated to the Merciful HELP Center.

Summer Camp:

Who: Students in K – 3^rd grade

What:  We will kick of summer break with a few days of fun in the sun at a few of our favorite local parks! We will be playing games, doing crafts, and spending some time playing on the playgrounds, of course!

Dates: Wednesday, Thursday, and/or Friday – June 1^st, 2^nd, and/or 3^rd. You pick which days work best for your schedule – sign up for one day or all three!

Times: 9:00 – 11:30am

Where: Session 1 – Asa Bales Park (Westfield)

Session 2 – Quaker Park (Westfield) *This park does have a splash pad, so we plan to spend some time playing in the water!

Session 3 – Freedom Trail Park (Westfield)

Cost: $40 per session, or $100 for all three sessions. 

Click here for registration form

Band Camp - revised dates

Summer Band Camp will be held on the following dates:

June 2nd, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th 13th, 14th

Beginners 1:00-1:50

Students already in the band 2:00-2:50

All sessions will be held in the music room.

Enter and Exit in the back

Camp fee is $80.00

All checks payable to OLMC with 

Band Camp in the memo area

Any questions contact Mrs. Janie Richardt

richardtj@olmc1.org

Click here for registration form.

Volunteer Opportunities:

Help at Pack the Cruiser at a local Kroger. We will be collecting food for our Ecumenical Carmel Summer Meals Program, and also building school supply bags for Tools for School!

These are great opportunities for your family to volunteer together!

Benefits:

When asked about the benefits of volunteering together as a family, the participants identified several themes:

• Brings the family closer together

• Value system strengthened by volunteering; children see parents are involved

• Builds extended family among youth and other youth as well as youth and adults

• Get something back from volunteering; self-satisfaction; makes you feel good

• Strength in numbers; family gets more done than individual

• Benefits to youth—such as helps with job and college applications

• Children see how lucky they are

• Positive influence on the people they help

• Fun; social; gives children/youth something to do

Pack The Cruiser 2022

Lots of other great opportunities

Thank you for your help!