Noteworthy Dates: 

May 14

In School One-Act Play at 1:30 pm

May 15

Evening One-Act Play at 6:30 pm

Out of Uniform Day Declared by Principal for a Day Gracie Nguyen - Pink Theme

Students on a field trip on Thursday should wear their school uniforms and will have another opportunity for this out of uniform day. 

May 17

Barnes and Noble Bookfair

May 20

Optional Out of Uniform for $1.00

May 23

Golf Tournament

Faith Day - no lunch served; please pack lunch and snack 

June 2nd

6:30 Graduation Mass 

Reception following at St. Michael Hall 

June 5th & 6th

Final Snow Make up Days

Last day of School June 6

Please take a peek at the 2014-2015 school calendar on Edline. Dates are tentative until finalized.

http://www.olmc-school.com/pages/OurLadyofMountCarmelSchool 

Saturday, May 17th

12170 Jefferson Blvd., Newport News

757.249.2488

11:00 am- 5:30 pm

11:00 AM - Oh, The Places You'll Go! Storytime

2:00 PM - OLMC Drama Club Presentation of This Is a Test

2:30-4:30 PM - Cupcake Decorating Craft

*Purchase a Cupcake from the Café, Decorate, then Enjoy*

 3:00 PM - Musical Performances

4:00 PM - Open-Mic Poetry Readings by 8th Grade Students

Don't forget to try our Signature Drink in the Café, View the Student Artwork Displays,

Purchase your Summer Reading titles, and much, much more!

Can't attend our bookfair at Barnes & Noble?

Visit BN.COM/bookfairs to support us online from 5/17/14 to 5/22/14

by entering Bookfair ID 11350758 at checkout.

A percentage of your Barnes & Noble purchases

will benefit our school/organization.

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

Matt 18:20

From the Principal's Desk

Dear Parents, Guardians, and Friends,

A huge THANK YOU to Ron Gorman and many of the Knights of Columbus who took upon themselves the much-needed repair of the art and auction trailer.  With each piece they removed, they realized the problems within were much greater than they anticipated, but they kept working at it with perseverance and such wonderful attitudes of service.  I heard many a comment to the effect that the workmanship from this generation of men would be outstanding, as we saw the measure and cut and pound, and remeasure and cut and pound.  They have also done much of the underneath and inside the trailers to protect more effectively against penetrating moisture and its corresponding terrors.  Leading the effort was Mr. Ron Gorman, aided by Mr. Charlie Schell, Mr. John Silva, Mr. Bill Lowery, and Mr. Neil O'Connor.

The extent of the rotting inside the building surprised everyone, since the outside had only begun to show the water damage in recent months.  There were a few signs of course: a leaky window, a dip in the floor, an odor perhaps.  When these signs are ignored the damage continues within until at last, even the outer shell begins to show the wear and the damage.  Couldn't it be the same with our spiritual lives at times?  We are more concerned about the outside maintaining its appearance of strength than investigating the structures within.  The appearances in our spiritual lives mean we do the right things most of the time: we are seen at Mass, or with the right prayer books, or the right people, or doing the right service, a rosary hangs on our rearview mirror, and a magnet adheres to our bumpers, but we haven't taken stock of what's going on inside with regard to full and total transformation in Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  I don't imagine that anyone sets out to establish this kind of dichotomy, but we find ourselves here at various times throughout our lives, in need of deep interior conversion.  Sometimes when we are in this place, we are frightened about the need of the inner work, and expend our energies on the exterior.  It is at these times we need to ask the Carpenter to come in and put right the inside, so that the outside can authentically reflect the life of Jesus within.  This is God's work and He knows just how to do it.  We fear the neglect within and ignore it, because we aren't sure how to rectify it, but God does.  He really knows how to come in and put things right and strong, but it requires inviting Him, drawing close to Him in the sacraments and in prayer, and being ready to say yes to all He asks or inspires in us.  It is without fail that Our Lady, particularly in this month of May, will do a Mother's part in this transformation.  Let's continue to invite Jesus inside our hearts to do the work that is bigger than we can handle on our own. As He transforms our inner selves, we will truly reflect and radiate His light toward others - a light that provides warmth to all we meet because it is the very light of Christ.

With prayers for your families,

Sister Dominic

We would like to accomplish a few service projects on Faith Day, putting our encounter with Christ that morning into action through service in the afternoon.  Our ideas include making PB&J sandwiches (children with nut allergies will have a different service project!), small cleaning projects in classrooms, and creating toiletry bags for the outreach center. Thank you for considering donating toward our projects. If you are able to provide supplies to help us make this successful, we think the following breakdown would supply us with our needs:

PreK and K peanut butter

First Grade Jelly

Second Grade: Bread

Grades 3-8: travel size toiletry items

Parents - please note that the carpool pickup time is eminently important.  Several of our teachers and staff have waited undue amounts of time with children, with no explanation provided of why someone was 20 and 30 and 40 minutes late.  This is not acceptable in a community trying to support one another.  Please note that you will be asked to sign a sheet if you are late for pick up from carpool or an afternoon club.  An invoice will be generated for the extra time of supervision.  An easy solution would be to register with the YMCA on emergency bases so that the children can be taken to the YMCA and our diligent and hard-working staff can keep their scheduled plans with their families after school hours. ________________________________________________

Yearbooks will arrive in the next several days and will be handed out the week of Memorial Day.  Yearbooks prior to May 27th are $30.  Order today by sending in a check to the front office for the yearbook, or complete an order form online, found in the News Section of the website.

 May 15th: Optional Out of Uniform  Principal for a Day, Miss Gracie Nguyen has offered an out-of-uniform day for all students and faculty who wish to represent her chosen theme of: Pink!  Staff or students who wear some pink on a wrist band, shoe lace, or whole outfit, may participate in this fun out-of-uniform day.  Thank you to Ms. Nguyen for this spring time, dress-down treat for the school.

May 20th: Optional Out of Uniform for $1.00 in support of one of our recent alumni, Jessica Armstrong, who is raising money for a mission trip.   

May 23rd: Annual Spring Golf Tournament Contact Chi Nguyen or Mike Oppelt to sign up now!  A great course. Great company.  Great prizes!  And a great cause!

May 23rd: Faith Day Theme : "I have Chosen You" from the Gospel of John. If you were here last year, please pull out your child's faith day t-shirt, which reads Duc in Altum. We will use the same shirts as last year. For students who are new, we will purchase shirts for their inaugural Faith Day. Parents are asked to make a suggested donation of $5-$7 per t-shirt to defray this expense. Volunteer help is needed for Faith Day for adults to serve as assistant catechists in the classrooms. Please email Mrs. Tucker at ctucker@olmc-school.com if you are available on May 23rd to volunteer by assisting in a classroom, or by spending time in adoration in the gym.  

June 6th: End of Year Raffle Drawing for ONE YEAR'S FREE TUITION AND FEES!!!! New this year, Our Lady of Mount Carmel School is raffling off one year's free tuition for the 2014-2015 school year, including general fees. A limited number of tickets will be printed, not to exceed 275 tickets, making your chances 1 in 275 or BETTER if you purchase more than one ticket! There are just over 200 families in the school currently. Tickets are $100 each and will be available beginning Friday, May 2, 2014 and can be purchased through the front office. Good luck!

UNIFORM CHANGES - before purchasing the polo for next year's uniform wear, please be aware that there will be a change in the logo and a new option in the color.  The uniform companies (Land's End, Rose/Flynn O'Harra, and Printing Wright) already have this information and are creating the new setting.  When you order, please specify that you would like the new logo.  Current year shirts and logos will be grandfathered in to save on expenses to the family.  Additionally, we will add an option of color for the polo.  The middle school students may wear the white or may now purchase a dark blue polo.  The lower school may continue to wear white, or may purchase a light blue polo.  Parents have long expressed that, for some very active children, the white becomes dingy quickly, and that a darker color would be more modest for our middle school students. This is a very exciting change, and there will be more information forthcoming, but it is important for you to know to expect a new logo on orders.

A letter with regard to Bingo for next year will be forthcoming.  You will have the opportunity, as in years past, to select the dates best for your family to serve.  There will also be some hardship alternatives available.

From the Business Office:

Crusaders' One-Act Play:

Summer Enrichment Program at the College of William and Mary:

OLMC School is Seeking New Home and School  Association Members for the 2014-2015 Academic Year:

VIMS Marine Science Day-Saturday May 17th:

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

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:

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 

Peninsula Catholic is offering some athlic camps this summer, registration forms are on the PC website under athletics, PC website.  The schedule of camps is below, prices vary from $125 to $175 per camp. All camps are open to boys and girls.

Volleyball Camp-July 7-11 from 9:00 am-4:00 pm

Soccer Camp-July 14-18 from 9:00 am-4:00 pm

Wrestling Camp-July 14-18 from 5:00 pm-9:00 pm

Basketball Camp-July 21-25 from 9:00 am-4:00 pm

Mary Immaculate is offering some wonderful free classes!

Active Parenting 1-2-3-4 PARENT!

For parents of children 1-4 years old

Thursdays May 22-June 12 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm

Newport News

Active Parenting Now

For parents of children 5-12

Fridays May 30-June 27 from 6:30-8:30 pm

Newport News

Understanding the Angry Child: Parents of children 6-11

Thursday, June 19 6:30-8:30 pm

Newport News

Helping Young Children Manage Emotions

Thursday, May 29th 6:30-8:30 pm

Newport News