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Thursday, 2/21 Discussion Group with Sr. Maria Joseph, 9:30am Friday, 2/22 All School Mass, 8:15am Stations of the Cross, 2:15pm Grades posted to Edline Tuesday, 2/26 Rosary, 8:15am Wednesday, 2/27 SACS Early Dismissal, 2pm Thursday, 2/28 Discussion Group with Sr. Maria Joseph, 9:30am
Deadline to submit yearbook photos Friday, 3/1 All School Mass, 8:15am Stations of the Cross, 2:15pm End of Trimester #2 FACTS Deadline Saturday, 3/2 Chili & Cake Cook Off, 6pm Monday, 3/4 Foreign Language Week Begins Tuesday, 3/5 Rosary, 8:15am Wednesday, 3/6 Spirit Wear Day SACS Early Dismissal, 2pm Thursday, 3/7 Discussion Group with Sr. Maria Joseph, 9:30am Friday, 3/8 All School Mass, 8:15am Stations of the Cross, 2:15pm Grades posted to Edline Report cards go home Tuesday, 3/12 Rosary, 8:15am Thursday, 3/14 Pi Day Discussion Group with Sr. Maria Joseph, 9:30am Friday, 3/15 All School Mass, 8:15am Stations of the Cross, 2:15pm Saturday, 3/16 St. Patrick's Day Parade Tuesday, 3/19 Rosary, 8:15am Spring Program, 2pm Wednesday, 3/20 SACS Early Dismissal, 2pm Thursday, 3/21 Discussion Group with Sr. Maria Joseph, 9:30am Spring Program, 6:30pm Friday, 3/22 All School Mass, 8:15am Stations of the Cross, 2:15pm Grades posted to Edline Saturday, 3/23 New Student Testing Tuesday, 3/26 Rosary, 8:15am Wednesday, 3/27 Catholic Bee, 1:45pm March 28-April 7th Easter Break Monday, 4/8 School Resumes |
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Bingo Schedule
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Next Upcoming Bingo Night:
Monday, February 25, 2013
Families Scheduled
Floor Duty:
Anderson, David
Byrne, James
Castillo, Guillermo
Catimbang, Terence
Cavelli, David
Cheney, John
Domzal, Karen
Tuzzolo, Paul
Wojtas, Christy
Wojtas, John
Kitchen Duty:
Colbert, Michael
Jost, Eva
Tanko, Daron
Floor Captain:
Wojtas, John
In the event that a substitute is needed for your night, please contact Julie Hill at 757-596-2754.
We would like to thank the families that worked bingo the past few Mondays. Out of uniform passes are available at the Knights of Columbus on bingo nights. Please pick up one pass for each student in your family. If you forget to pick up the pass that night, they are available in the Front Office.
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Pilgrim Virgin Schedule
Winter Schedule
Feb. 19-25
Kus Family
Feb. 26-Mar. 4
Aungst Family
Please pick the statue up no earlier than Tuesday and return by Monday. May God bless your time with Our Lady and may she enliven the presence of Jesus in your home and your family. Our unity in prayer will surely bring many graces to our school and community. |
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Thank You
Cafeteria Staff!
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We would like to thank Mrs. Caison and Mrs. Taleghani for all of their efforts to complete the necessary work to ensure that OLMC's Cafeteria is meeting Michelle Obama's healthy school lunch standards. Their efforts ensured that our students are now receiving even healthier daily meals! Great work!
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Vacation Bible School will be held at OLMC this summer from July 8-12th. The theme this year is "Kingdom Rock: Where Kids Stand Strong for God!"
Please watch the OLW for future updates and registration information.
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OLMC School is interested in creating some summer programs to educate and entertain children this summer. We are open to all types of courses including robotics, science camps, language courses, crafts, sports camps, and more. If you have a talent or skill that you would like to share and we invite all parents, teachers and friends to consider our summer program. If you are interested in leading a course or teaching a class, please contact Mrs. Tucker at
ctucker@olmc-school.com Please be sure to include what you could teach and what age group you are interested in.
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February 23, 2013
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
9am-12pm
February 26, 2013
St. Mary's Star of the Sea
in Hampton
6-9pm
For more information or to register, please visit
Virtus Training
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All Are Welcome!
Stations of the Cross
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in the church.
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Junior Youth Group
Come on, live on the
EDGE with us! All youth, grades 6-8, in public and private school, are invited to join the OLMC youth group!
Upcoming events:
March 15th-17th
The Diocesan Youth Conference will take place in Hampton, VA at the Hampton Convention Center on March 15th-17th. Current 8th graders and above are welcome to attend. Registration forms are due before Feb 14th. If anyone has any questions or would like a form, please contact Christina.
*Don't let payment stop you from registering your teen. If you have any questions or would like more information, please feel free to contact Christina at 595-0385 x128
or by email at:
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CHKD Classes Around the Blocks
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CHKD offers classes on many topics for kids, teens, parents and grandparents. Most are free but registration is required because space is limited.
Upcoming Classes:
Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids:
How to stop yelling and start connecting
Thursday, February 28th
6:30-8:30pm
For locations, please call
757-668-9304
For a complete list of classes, or to register online
please visit:
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Parenting Classes Offered by:
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Here, Now and Down the Road...Tips for Loving Parents
This class fosters a positive parent-child relationship and enhances parents' skills in guiding their children toward safe, healthy and
productive lifestyles.
February 1st-March 29th
Friday Mornings, 10am-12pm
(no class March 8th
or March 15th)
Active Parenting of Teens
This program offers an effective approach to improving parent-teen interaction. Parents will learn to communicate effectively, resolve conflicts and discuss difficult topics.
Tuesdays, February 12th-
March 19th, from 6-8pm.
The Impact of Media
Violence on Children
This workshop will address facts related to media violence, what to teach young children about media, and strategies to reduce the impact media violence has on young lives.
Monday, March 25th
from 6:30-8:30pm
Child Bullying Prevention
This workshop will teach the effects of bullying, why children do it, and what to do if your child is being bullied.
Tuesday, March 26th
from 6:30-8:30pm
Classes are free!
To register or for more information, please call
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Is Christ calling you to serve Him in others as a sister, brother,
deacon or priest?
Call Father Michael Boehling
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Crusader Connection
Are you a new family this year? Or are you looking to know more about the happenings at OLMC?
You are invited to read our monthly newsletter "Crusader Connection" to learn the ins and outs of OLMC. If you would like to be on our distribution list, please email Christine Dugan at
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Please send all information that you would like to be included in Our Lady's Word to
Christine Dugan at
cdugan@olmc-school.com
The deadline for entries is Mondays at 5pm
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For the latest pictures, postings, events and updates, join us on Facebook!
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Voted the Best Private School in Hampton Roads!
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From the Principal's Desk
Dear Parents, Guardians, and Friends of OLMC,
As we celebrate on Friday, February 22nd the Feast of the Chair of Peter, we remember our current Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI who is making his final preparations to resign his office on the evening of February 28. At school the children, faculty and staff are praying daily for Pope Benedict XVI who has been a gift of simplicity and clarity for the Church in the midst of deeply troubled times. Upon his resignation we will each receive the name of a cardinal for whom to pray. The 117 cardinals who are eligible to vote for the next Pope will meet at the upcoming conclave for which the date is yet to be announced. (The Vatican website has a great virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel where the conclave takes place; if you wish to explore you can click on the hyperlink: Sistine Chapel).
As you know, the pope resigned because, although he is quite well in mind and spirit, his physical health has not kept pace, but he is growing weaker due to his old age. He believes that the difficulty of our times calls for a pope who can travel, celebrate public liturgies with greater frequency, and keep a demanding schedule of meetings, which he simply cannot do. I think it is important to know that our pope is not retiring in the sense we think of retiring from a career. He is not saying "I've done my duty, and it's time for someone else to take the helm. I've worked all my life and I am ready for a break." This is a foreign concept to someone who has totally given himself to God and to His Church. As you probably read, the Pope will live in a monastery in the Vatican Gardens where he will study and pray, and offer his daily sufferings for the Church he has loved so faithfully through all his days.
The past eight years of this Pontificate have truly culminated this year with the Year of Faith. This Year is set aside for us to recall the work the Holy Spirit accomplished in the Second Vatican Council of 1962 and to revisit the Council documents, having courage to revise whatever changes or practices were not in accord with a faithful implementation which the Council Fathers intended. With the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, we will lose a final historical personal tie to an era, for he was alive, and living in Germany during the Second World War; he saw firsthand the rise of atheistic nation states; he lived through the Depression which impacted most of the known world; he lived through, not just the Vatican Council II, but that entire decade known as the 60's which brought about a radical change in social, economic, political, and spiritual life. And he's come to the brink of the age of technology ushering us into a brand new era. Through all of his years, as popular ideas and fads came and went, Pope Benedict XVI can surely be one from whom we learn to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus!
One of the ways the parish is celebrating the Year of Faith is that Father John David is giving a lecture and discussion series on the major documents of the Second Vatican Council. The Pope is saying that this Council is the guide for our times and for well into the future. It is not like iPad technology that becomes outdated in a few years. The workof the Council is relatively very young, and we have MUCH work to do. I encourage you to attend Father's talks when you able. The current series occurs on several Thursday evenings during Lent, at St. Michael's Hall. Check the bulletin to confirm dates.
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Congratulations
NJHS Inductees!
I pledge to maintain high scholastic standing,
To hold as fundamental and worthy
An untarnished character,
To endeavor intelligently and courageously
To be a leader and good citizen,
And to give of myself freely and generously
In service to others.
In so doing, I shall prove myself worthy
Of a place in the
Saint Thomas Aquinas Chapter of
The National Junior Honor Society.
Congratulations to the following students who were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society on February 15th at OLMC:
Beatrice Adinaro
Hannah Bochel
Angie Castillo
Carmen Clem
Anna Dos Santos
Brandon Flores
Gavin Gentry
Gabriela Hamm
Natalie Heald
Sarah Houle
Julia MacMasters
David Murawski
Matthew Ozmon
Katie Reagan
Helen Reinkober
Nina Robertson
Cori Rossi
Naima Sayani
Jacob Sherman
Shane Spencer
Brittany Vieitez
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OLMC Home and School's Annual Chili Cook-off, Cake Decorating and Dessert Contest!
March 2nd from 6-8pm
You can bring a crock-pot of chili, a decorated cake, or a yummy dessert (or any combination!). All guests get to vote for their favorites. For the chili, to judge them, you get to taste as many as you'd like. For the cakes and desserts, it's basically a beauty contest!
We will also provide hot dogs and drinks so that no one leaves hungry! We are collecting $5 per
family to offset costs. You will get ten tickets to use for voting for your favorites, plus one more to put your name on for the cake raffle.
Folks who plan to bring a crock-pot should "make a reservation" if they need access to electricity so that we can be sure to have enough outlets available. Please send an email to Teresa McGee at tmcgee1995@msn.com indicating desire to bring chili (please put "chili" in subject line) or a cake (please put "cake" in subject line), preferably before February 28. We can also accommodate last minute walk-ins, but we may not be able to provide electricity. Remember to bring a serving spoon!
Drops offs begin at 4:00 pm, judging open from 6 to 7pm. Help is welcome! Please volunteer-hours
count towards school requirements!
NOTE: You do not need to bring chili/cakes or desserts to attend!!! This is a Home and School
sponsored social event. Come out to have some fun!!!
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You're Invited to Participate in the CRS Rice Bowl Program!
Once again this year, OLMC is participating in the Catholic Relief Service's Rice Bowl program. Recently, students came home with their rice bowls. This season, we encourage you to "live the spirit of lent" and help those in need. We encourage you to take this Lenten season and deepen your family's experience to help those that are the most vulnerable in our world. Your prayers and almsgiving this Lenten season will help Catholic Relief Services provide assistance to nearly 100 countries in need!
To read stories of hope from people around the world, who have benefited from the rice bowl program and selfless prayers and sacrifices during Lent, please visit the following link:
http://www.crsricebowl.org/stories-of-hope/
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Results Being Sent Home Wednesday, Feb. 20th Please check your student's Wednesday folder. The Richmond Diocese received a special grant from the Bon Secours Health System, to provide vision screening in all Catholic Schools in the Diocese this year. Students in Pre-K, K, 3rd and 7th grade were screened on February 5th. This screening was provided by the W.H.E.E.L.S. Program and Prevent Blindness Mid-Atlantic and is different than the type of screening we normally do at school. If your child was screened, their results should be in their Wednesday folder. If you do not get an envelope from your child, please ask for it, or contact the school nurse. If your child did not get screened, and you have any concern about their vision and/or hearing, please feel free to contact the school nurse. We can do individual screening at any time.
or you can call 757-596-2754, ext. 215.
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Lenten Soup Suppers and
Stations of the Cross
Each Friday evening of Lent you are welcome to gather for a simple soup and bread meal at 6 PM in the Church Commons. Following the meal, at
7 PM, we will pray the Stations of the Cross.
The Stations of the Cross will alternate
each week between
Spanish and English as follows: February 15th - Spanish February 22nd - English March 1st - Spanish March 8th - English March 15th - Spanish March 22nd - English
Please join us for these evenings of fellowship and prayer. In order that our fellowship reflects the simplicity of the Lenten season, please only bring either a meatless soup or bread to share.
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Thank You Parents and
Friends of OLMC School!
The Christian Service Club would like to sincerely thank everyone that gave so generously to assist the PORT guests while they were at OLMC. The Christian Service Club set a goal to collect enough food to make 100 bagged lunches for the homeless. The incredible outpouring of support from OLMC parents, students and friends, allowed the club to double their goal! The Christian Service Club would like to share some words of gratitude that were expressed on behalf of your kindness. "Thank you all so very very much for the lunches that you prepared for our PORT guests. You organized so many different ways to bring blessings to those most poor and vulnerable among us. Your bags of treats brought them great joy. Also, they all received new socks when they checked into the shelter the day of the torrential rains and high winds. Thank you for providing us with the ability to do that." OLMC is a beautiful community full of kindheartedness. May Christ bless you richly for the many gifts you shared with the poor.
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Spring Concert Opportunity 
Have you played a woodwind, brass,
percussion, violin or guitar instrument?
If so, You Are Invited!
Come play with our band, violins or guitars for our spring concert, April 25th at 6:30 p.m.! We are inviting relatives, teachers, staff and friends of OLMC to come play a piece with us. The parts are easy (especially if you haven't played since you were in school) and you will get the music in plenty of time with extra help provided. We even have a few extra used instruments you can borrow, if needed! If you are interested, please email Mrs. Garcia a t jgarcia@olmc-school.com
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Save the date for the event of the year!
A silent auction, a live auction and an evening of cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and dinner will take place in Saint Michael Hall on April 20, 2013.
Please continue to donate to the auction. What should you donate? Please look at the display in the lobby at the school for ways that you can give to the gala. On the office windows, you will find a display of top hats. Each hat features a donation idea! Please remove the hat from the glass and purchase that item. Then turn your donation in, along with the donor form.
The school auction is a wonderful way to raise money for our school to benefit our students.
It's also a great way to get involved and meet people. The Spring Auction is a tremendous fundraiser for OLMC School and an event that embraces school-wide participation.
The evening is sure to be full of donations, dining, fundraising, and fellowship! Let the fun begin!
If you have questions, please contact
Tammy (757-593-3621) or
Julie (757-876-7209).
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Now Enrolling for the 2013-2014 School Year!
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School is now enrolling for the 2013-2014 school year!
The registration fee for all returning families is $130 for the first and second child, and $105 for each additional child. This non-refundable fee must accompany each registration application.
We invite you to tell your friends and neighbors about Our Lady of Mount Carmel School and come see why we were voted the Best Private School in Hampton Roads! This distinct honor was given to our school for high academic standards, and the all-inclusive ways that the school provides a positive and nurturing environment where students are enriched spiritually, socially, emotionally and physically.
All current families that refer a new family will earn Carmel Cash! OLMC is pleased to offer an incentive program. We recognize that the best advertisement for our school comes from you.
Current families that refer a new family who enrolls at OLMC will receive $50 worth of Carmel Cash. The more you refer, the more you earn! Carmel Cash can be used for: Registration fees, Sports and Activity fees, Manna Gift cards, Lunch Money, Raffle Tickets, Spirit Wear, Uniform Closet, or to "buy" Service Hours!
Please consider spreading the word about our school, and help others come join the OLMC family!
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Upcoming St. Patrick's Day Parade!
OLMC will participate in this year's 46th annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade in Norfolk! Students that would like to join in the fun will be riding on a bus/float and marching along the parade route on Saturday, March 16th!
Participation is first come, first served. Middle School Students may ride the bus without their parents, if they turn in a signed permission slip. Elementary and Preschool Students must fill out a permission slip and be accompanied by an adult. All parents are welcome to participate! Permission slips will be handed out as the date gets closer. If you and/or your family would like to participate, please email Christine Dugan at:
cdugan@olmc-school.com Please be sure to include your student's name(s), homeroom(s) and the number of people that would like to participate.
If you would like to watch the parade, it is open to the public and we invite you to come cheer on OLMC!
For parade information, please visit: http://www.norfolkparade.com/
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OLMC Nominated
in the Best of The 757 Contest!
OLMC School is in the running for the Best Private School in the 757! This is a contest hosted by Hampton Roads Magazine. We won the contest for the Daily Press, now let's work together to show Hampton Roads that OLMC is truly the Best Private School around!
The voting has started and the polls are open until April 1, 2013. You are allowed ten voting ballots per e-mail address each day. Please show your support and vote for OLMC!
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Submit Your
Yearbook Photos!
We invite you to submit any photos that you have for the yearbook online at: Log in: 400144115 Password: OLMCYB
The last day to submit your photos is
February 28, 2013
*A special thank you to everyone that has already submitted their photos. Your contributions are wonderful and greatly appreciated. The yearbook is going to be fantastic this year! |
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