Our Lady of Mount Carmel School
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 Noteworthy Dates: 

 April 7-10

Terra Nova Testing 

April 11th

3rd Trimester Interims

Capital Campaign Presentation following Friday morning Mass in the commons area

 

April 15th

Annual Catholic Bee 1:45

 

Holy Thursday - April 17th

SNOW MAKE-UP Day

Noon Dismissal

YMCA care is available beginning at noon

 

Good Friday  - No School

Friday, April 18

 

Spring Break

April 21-25

classes resume on Monday, April 28th.

 

Looking Ahead:

 

Friday, May 2

Grandparents Day

11:00 Dismissal

 

 

June 5 & 6

Final Snow Make up Days

Last day of School June 6

 

  Bingo Schedule
Monday 4/7
Families Scheduled 
 
BINGO Reminders:

  1. Kitchen works arrive between 5:30 and 5:45.

  2. Floor workers arrive by 6:30.

  3. All - leave when dismissed

  4. Only people 18 years old and over can substitute for a parent volunteer

  5. Children 15 and over can work in the kitchen

  6. Thanks for all you do !

 
Floor Duty:
Domzal
Houlihan
Jennings
Lorcher
Nguyen, Binh
Reagan
Wall
Zimmerman
Kitchen Duty: 
Blyden
Smith, Rita
Tanko
 
  
Floor Captains:   
Houlihan
  
In the event that a substitute is needed for your night, please contact Chad Spiller at 757-897-7601.  Substitutes are generally CNU or other college students, or families who sign up to be substitutes, and are paid directly a $50 stipend. 
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Pray the Rosary for OLMC School
Every Tuesday
8:15-8:45 am in the Daily Mass Chapel
 This is a great opportunity to pray the Rosary if you  have never tried it before. Rosaries and prayer books are provided. For more information, please contact Rita Smith at
757-254-3994 or rita.smith257@yahoo.com  
  

For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.  

Matt 18:20

  
 
Apps Teens and Pre-Teens love that Parents Need to Monitor
 
Ask.fm App

Why Your Teen Loves It: Ask.fm is one of the hottest social networking sites that is almost exclusively used by teenagers
and pre-teens. 25% of teens have posted something on ask.fm over the past 30 days. It is a question and answers site that allows user to ask anonymous questions. Ask.Fm has Twitter and Facebook integration that allows users to connect with all their friends on those popular sites.

Why You Should Monitor It: Due to intense bullying, Ask.fm has led to 4 documented cases of suicide in the United States, Ireland, and Great Britain. User engage in hyper bullying by constantly asking inappropriate and derogatory questions. The app is totally anonymous and is not being monitored by the developers.

The key for parents is to monitor downloaded apps on their child's phone. Google the apps to learn if they are dangerous or inappropriate. Gather all of your child's passwords and user names for monitoring purposes. If your teen refuses to give you his or her passwords, then download spyware such as Mspy to review your teen's cell phone activity. It is always better to be safe than sorry.
 
We hope this information has been helpful, thank you.

 

 
OLMC Yearbooks

 

Calling all shutterbugs out there...please help make this year's yearbook extraordinary. Please send picture into the school on a cd or thumb drive. We are looking for pictures of class parties, field trips, club activities, athletics, all the fun things we do at Mount Carmel.
 
Here is the link. What a great way to remember the excitement and accomplishments of this school year.

 

  
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Dear Parents, Guardians, and Friends, 

We have turned the corner past the middle of Lent.  I wonder how you are faring on your Lenten sacrifices and promises.  If you have given up some or all of your sacrifice, pick it back up. There is still time to help Jesus carry the cross!  If you are doing well with your sacrifices, purify your intention to eliminate all trace of self-congratulations that you have come so far, and take on the posture of deep humility and offering to God.  Even when we do good works, we need to be on guard, lest pride come and take away the fruit!  Our intention during Lent, with whatever prayer, fasting, and almsgiving we take on, is to remove the distractions from our lives that keep us from putting proper focus on the Lord as our Redeemer and Savior for eternal life.  Lent is to be a sobering season, fewer feasts on the liturgical calendar, no parties in the school.  We are taking inventory in our spiritual lives. This is serious business, and it is serious work, and the Church gives us this beautiful season of grace, if we will take advantage of it, to renew our relationship with Jesus Christ. Perhaps at this point in Lent, if we have been faithful to our promises for these 20-couple days, we may be in a position to better hear what the Lord is calling us to.  The Lord calls us all to holiness, to Himself, to love, to service of our neighbor.  If we will build the stamina to sit with the Lord each day, to meditate on how He has shown His love for us in so many ways - through the covenants, saving the Israelites from slavery, sending the prophets to preach God's word, and the great gift of Himself, who died upon the cross for us - we will be able to respond with a sacrifice that is derived from love, like God's own sacrifice.  When we see this relationship in the light of love, we will not find it difficult to give up chocolate for a few weeks, or to pray with Scripture for 10 minutes each day, or whatever we promised during Lent.  Love is only properly returned with love.  Our love for God is a response to His love for us, but we must take time to think about and receive His love new each day. Love makes sacrifice easy.  Love lightens Lent!  Be courageous in your promise and persevere and let's pray for one another!

God bless you,

Sister Dominic

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Please note for the June calendar, we will make up the final two snow days on June 5 and 6, ending the school year on Friday, June 6th.  Field Days will be moved to June 4th and 5th, with the awards assembly and class parties on June 6th, which is a half day.  8th Grade graduation, and other dates, remain the same.

News From the Business Office:

 

The 2014-2015 Financial Contracts are going home in the family folders on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 and need to be completed and returned to the business office by Thursday, April 17, 2014. 

 

 

Crusaders' One-Act Play:

 

"This is a Test," is the One-Act Play put on by OLMC students. The students and Miss Schlask have been diligently working to put on a performance you will not soon forget!  The in-school performance will be at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, May 14 and the evening performance will be on Thursday, May 15th at 6:30 pm.

 

 

OLMC Baseball and Softball:

 

Grab your peanuts and cracker jacks and come cheer on the OLMC Crusaders.

 

Thursday, April 3

Baseball at Trinity game time is 4:00 pm-game played at Gildersleeve Middle School

 

Friday, April 4

Baseball vs. HRA game time is 4:00 pm-game is played at Hines Middle School

 

Tuesday, April 8

Softball and Baseball vs. St. Mary's games are at 4:00 pm and played at ??????

 

Thursday, April 10

Softball and Baseball vs. Trinity games are at 4:00 pm and played at ???????

 

Tuesday, April 15

Softball vs. Broadwater game time is 4:00 pm-game is played at ???????

 

 

 


 

Afterschool YMCA Care April 17th:

 

April 17th is a make-up day from the earlier snow days. Dismissal on the 17th will be at noon. Previously the YMCA care was not available, however now the care IS AVAILABLE for Thursday, April 17th beginning at noon.

 


 

New email address for the OLMC School Clinic:

 

The email address for the clinic has been changed to jgounley@olmc-school.com. Thank you.

 


 

Save the Date--Informational Session Capital Campaign:

 

Father John David is hosting an informational session for the upcoming capital campaign following the school mass on April 11th. This informational session will take place in the commons area and will be no longer than 30 minutes.

 

This session is tdesigned to address questions from OLMC School parents and discuss how the School is involved in the campaign.


 

 

 


 

Summer  Specialty Camps:

As plans for the summer months are being made remember OLMC offers exciting and educational Specialty Camps through Newport News Parks and Recreation! 

 

June 16-20: Art of Expression find your creative side and delve into the performing arts

 

June 23-27: World of Motion discover the balance of movement and a healthy lifestyle

 

June 30-July 3: Game Show Mania a week of trivia, strategy, & skill

 

July 14-18: Imaginarium dive into the literary world of fun and creativity

 

July 21-25: What a Wonderful World "travel" to fun destinations and find your love of geography, culture, music, & language

 

July 28-Aug 1: Mystery Science Theater experience the world around you through experimentation and observation

 

 

Parenting Classes:

Mary Immaculate is offering some wonderful free classes!

 

Girls Matter-A six part webinar series addressing adolescent girls behavioral health. This webinar series provides research, best practice, and critical thinking on the topics that professionals working with girls and young women need to know. Key areas are address each session including challenges, opportunities, and strategies for supporting and raising successful young ladies.

 

Dates:

February 25th-Adolescent girls today

March 13th-What can be hiding behind a girl's smile

April 22nd-Girls and substance abuse

May 20th-Positive and negative of girls and social media

June 10th-Behavioral health issues

July 24th-Principles of development

 

For more details and times contact delores_price@bshsi.org 

 

Child Abuse Prevention Update & Infant Safe Sleep Free Seminar

Thursday, march 6th from 9:00 am to noon

1 Bernardine Drive, Newport News 23608

Call or email to register:

Chris Scott 369.6807 or cscott@nngov.com

 

Classes Offered at CHKD

February 19th-Webinar 12:00-1:00 pm

Practical Parenting: Positive Discipline for Children with Special Needs-registration available at www.chkd.org/classes  

 

February 24th from 4:30-5:30 pm Suffolk Pediatrics Meet & Greet

1009 Hilltop Blvd, Suffolk

 

February 24th-Webinar 9:30-10:30 am

Practical Parenting Great Expectations; School-Age Children

registration available at www.chkd.org/classes 

 

February 27th from 6:30-8:30 pm Family Stress Free

Newport News location

 

 

Our Lady of Mount Carmel School unites with family and community to provide a

Christ-centered and educationally stimulating environment, where students recognize their

God-given gifts and achieve their highest potential.
Crusaders Cash-$$

 

Current families can earn Crusader Cash to be used for the cafeteria, Manna, and the Spirit Shop just by helping to attract new families to Our Lady of Mount Carmel School. Crusader Cash cannot be used for tuition or fees, additional details available in the Business Office.