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Noteworthy Dates:
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June 4th
Field Day for 1-4th graders
June 5th
Field Day of 5th-7th graders
Noon Dismissal
June 5th & 6th
Last day of School June 6
8:15 School Mass
Awards Assembly in Gym
End of Year Parties 10:15
11:00 Dismissal
June 16-17
Report Cards handed out at Front Office
June 16th 9:00 am-2:00 pm
June 17th 9:00 am-noon
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2014-2015 Calendar
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Please take a peek at the 2014-2015 school calendar on Edline. Dates are tentative until finalized.
http://www.olmc-school.com/pages/OurLadyofMountCarmelSchool
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Congratulations Graduates!
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Thank you for all your contributions to OLMC School. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors. Remember the faith you have gained and support you have at OLMC School, and stop in often to visit.
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Field Day
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Volunteers are needed to help monitor the games for field day. Please consider volunteering some of your time to help make our field day a success! Hours can be used for this school year or for the 2014-2015 school year. All events will be held in the morning. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Ms. Toland at ktoland@olmc-school.com by May 23rd.
Field Day attire--Students may wear either the Faith Day t-shirt or Field Day t-shirt from previous years. Students may wear shorts as long as they follow the guidelines in the handbook for length.
1st-4th Field Day- Wednesday, June 4th
5th-7th *Field Day- Thursday, June 5th
*5th-7th Field Day is sponsored by Newport News Parks and Recreation. Please send in $5.00 by Friday, May 30th to participate. Please mark the envelope "Field day" with your student's name and homeroom teacher.
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Clinic Reminder: Parents of Current 5th Graders
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IF YOUR CHILD NEEDS AN INHALER, EPI-PEN, MOTRIN, OR ANY OTHER MEDICATION AT SCHOOL, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE DOCTOR COMPLETE A MEDICATION FORM ALSO.
*State required immunizations may be available for free at your local health department. Call them for more information. Peninsula Health Dept. 594-7410, Hampton Health Dept. 727-1140, Suffolk Health Dept. 686-4900.
If you have any questions, please call the school nurse.
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Will your child need Medicine at School Next Year?
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Please remember that ALL medicine that must be administered during school hours requires a doctor's order. This includes Tylenol, Ibuprofen and other over the counter medicines.
Medicine orders must be renewed each school year.
So, if your child needs to have an EPI-PEN, an Albuterol Inhaler, medication for headaches, braces, etc. - Please plan ahead and have your doctor fill out a medication form.
Forms are available on the school website or from the clinic.
Students in grades 5 - 8 are encouraged to carry their own inhalers, but must still have written orders and permission from both their doctor and parent to carry the inhaler in school.
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Bingo Schedule
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Monday 6/9
BINGO Reminders: -
Kitchen works arrive between 5:30 and 5:45.
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Floor workers arrive by 6:30.
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All - leave when dismissed
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Only people 18 years old and over can substitute for a parent volunteer
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Children 15 and over can work in the kitchen
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Thanks for all you do !
Floor Duty:
Autolino
Ives
Lavin
Leonard
Miranda
Parrish
Politte
Pultz
Rushing
Kitchen Duty:
Blyden
Ryan
Wojcik
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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2014-2015 Bingo Information
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As we near the end of the school year, it is, once again, time to consider our options with Bingo.
Let me begin by stating that the school community, and myself in particular, are most grateful for all of your support over the last year. Bingo has been fruitful for the school with proceeds from the last 12 months through April 2014 expected to exceed $25,000. With this in mind, I am writing this letter to introduce the Bingo program for the upcoming 2014-2015 school year.
As a parish school in the Catholic tradition, we continue to strive to keep tuition as low as possible, so that a Catholic education is available to all who wish it for their families. As you know, we thrive on the support of the students, parents and the wider community. As before, this upcoming school year's Bingo program reflects an ongoing evolution of our approach, based on continued feedback. While I do listen to all comments and strive to accommodate as many of them as practical, once the decision has been made to support and commit to a year of service to the Knights of Columbus, we must remain true to our commitment.
For the 2014-2015 school year, I am willing to continue to offer additional options for those who truly cannot accommodate working Bingo. In addition to the existing options of the buyout and paying substitutes:
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I am willing to offer a limited number of alternative volunteer opportunities within the school. In return, I am hoping that those of you who enjoy, or at least are willing to tolerate Bingo to help the school and be willing to offer to work three or four shifts vs. a minimum of two.
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The minimum standard of two shifts will still be required for the 2014-2015 school year, but with added flexibility from those willing to help a bit more, we can better accommodate those few who truly cannot help.
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The out-of-uniform incentive will continue, as well as others yet to be announced.
Families utilizing the school bus will receive a reduced fee if you sign up for an additional 13 Bingo shifts.
I ask you to pray and reflect on your role within the OLMC School community and consider if this is a way that you can give back to the school. In order to fully staff Bingo, we need a total of 9 floor and 3 kitchen workers per week, or 468 floor person shifts and 156 kitchen person shifts. Please review your calendar and select the two dates that you would like to help OLMC School by working Bingo. Then, send an email to our Bingo schedule coordinator, Neil O'Connor, at bingo.olmcschool@cavtel.net.
You will receive a reply within a week or two indicating if your selected dates were available. If you do not receive a confirmation within two weeks, please send a second email and ensure the newer email address has been used. All email reservations will be confirmed via email reply prior to June 30, 2014.
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Do you have an Old iPod?
If you have an old iPod that is not being utilized, OLMC School can advance their technology offering by having read-along stories and more technology in the literacy centers. Please bring used iPods to the school anytime before next school year. Thank you so much!
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Reading Skills and Speed Reading Programs for Children and Adults
Classes offered this summer in Hampton and Williamsburg by Richmond School of Professional and Continuing Studies
Want to develop a love of reading, phonics, comprehension, vocabulary, speed reading, and study skills?
Call for more information 800.978.9596
Calls begin for children at age four and continue for adults.
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From the Principal's Desk
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Dear Parents, Guardians, and Friends,
Happy summer to all! This has been one of the quickest ends to the school year I have experienced, and it is with bitter-sweetness that we said a final good-bye to our graduating class on Monday with a beautiful Mass, graduation remarks, and a truly festive reception. Father John David, our pastor, presided at the Mass, with Bishop Richard Pates of DesMoines "in choir" and giving the graduation address. The them of his address was "courage" - what if we all had the courage to live out our Christian faith. If we all did it together, what a difference we would make in our homes, our schools, our work place, our parish, our community, and in the world! This great encouragement, coupled with Father John David's exhortation to remember that God is always with us, in our highs and in our lows, He is constantly walking with us through it all, gave the graduates a strong sense of their identity and even their mission, as they go on to high school. Please keep our dear graduates in your prayers throughout the summer and into the new year as they make habits and friends which will impact these next four years.
There are some opportunities over the summer for service at the school and at the parish that I would like to share with you:
1. This weekend is a testimony weekend at all the Masses at OLMC. Each parishioner should receive a campaign packet at Mass, and we are in need of some helpers to pass these out. If you are available to help do this, please contact Mr. Joe Citro of Greater Mission/Diocese of Richmond at jcitro@greatermission.com, or by phone at 727-244-2184.
2. Student service is needed, along the same lines, on the weekend of June 21-22. If your child/ren can help to serve as ushers on this Participation Weekend of the campaign, please contact contact Mr. Joe Citro of Greater Mission/Diocese of Richmond at jcitro@greatermission.com, or by phone at 727-244-2184.
3. As you know from your own yards and gardens, summer is a time of tremendous outdoor growth. If you are able to give occasional or regular help on the school grounds this summer, in any of the following, please email Sister Dominic to coordinate times and days:
- maintaining any of the four main flower beds
- trimming shrubs around building perimeter
- basic outdoor maintenance
There are many other needs in the summer time, which can serve as the service hours for your family if you wish to help in this way. You may contact Sister Dominic at principal@olmc-school.com or, you may contact Kevin Roby directly at maintenance@olmc-school.com.
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With prayers for your families,
Sister Dominic
Principal
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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.
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Do you enjoy athletics?
OLMC School is in need of both a boys and girls Cross Country Coach the fall of 2014. Please contact the Athletic Director, Ryan Gregory if you are interested, athletic.director@olmc-school.com. Thank you.
Also, there is mounting interest in a tennis club. If you are interested in organizing, coaching, or assisting in any way, or if your child is interested in participating in intramural level tennis, please email Ryan Gregory.
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Thank you 7th Grade Parents:
Wow, what an overwhelming show of support and willingness to jump in to assist any task. I am so grateful for everyone who came to prepare, help during graduation, clean up, and who donated items! Thank you so much for everything done, for your time, talents, and hard work THANK YOU!!
In order to assist the organizers next year, if you wish to pass on lessons learned and ideas to help those planning graduation please let me know. Thanks again to everyone!!
With much appreciation,
Kristen
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Featured Artwork:
A special thank you and congratulations to the following students who had artwork displayed at Barnes & Nobel during the OLMC School Book Fair:
Hally Hallare
Lilly McCandless
Megan Kunz
Logan Browder
Maxyn Hallare
Alan Pultz
Grace Law-Southworth
Gabriel Rossi
Wyatt Walski
Nathaniel Valerio
Cassie Madden
Shirin Sayani
Ryan Houlihan
Darren Agapay
Gracie Nguyen
Carolyn Rodgers
Athena Gibson
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From the Business Office:
If you have not yet done so, please turn in your financial contract for the 2014-2015 school year. No child will be able to return to school in the fall without the proper paperwork in place.
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All money collected for teacher gifts, any receipts, etc needs to be used by Thursday, June 5th, otherwise it becomes a donation to the school.
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Items coming home from the business office could include:
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Letter that one or more textbooks was returned in poor shape beyond what would be expected of a year's wear and tear and a cost will be affixed
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Lunch balances will be printed Thursday morning and coming home with students
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Report cards are held, and records for new schools are held until all balances are current in the business office, including return of library books, non completed service hours, outstanding textbooks, etc.
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HOMEROOM TEACHERS - the cafeteria staff will be really, really busy on Thursday and Friday trying to end the lunch year - more so this year than in the past because we are required to have an USDA onsite inspection. It is understood that room mothers want to give the class a wonderful end of the year party but PLEASE ask them to bring in snacks/drinks that will not need any refrigeration/freezing. If you could tell them to bring whatever they need for your celebration themselves and that the cafeteria will not be able to accommodate any requests - storage, napkins, knives etc. This would be greatly appreciated!!
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Crusader Soccer Fall 2014:
Thank you for your interest in the 2014 Fall Soccer Season at OLMC School. The team is open to students who are in good academic standing in 6th-8th grades. Below is some information that may be helpful.
Coaches: Kristen Glaüner and Celesta Kus
Contact information: Kristen.glauner@boshgs.com or 757.532.0499-feel free to call or text.
Conditioning week will take place prior to the beginning of the school year. Any OLMC student in 6th-8th grades may come to conditioning. Conditioning week is encouraged for students wishing to tryout for the team. Attendance and soccer skills observed during conditioning week will have no bearing on tryout evaluations. However, behavior exhibited during conditioning may be impactful to making the team.
Conditioning Week: will be held 11-15 August from 8:30 am-10:30 am. location to be determined.
Tryouts: will take place on August 20-22 from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm, location to be determined.
*Please bring all soccer gear to both conditioning and tryouts to include: ball, shin guards, goalie gloves if needed for position, and plenty of water. It is recommended that players apply sunscreen and pull hair back if long. Cleats are not required unless players earn a spot on the team.
**In case of rain please call or text to see if practice will still be held. The team does play in the rain as long as there is no lightening.
Thank you again for your interest and we are looking forward to another great season!
*There is a need for another conditioning week due to vacations. Players may join one or both sessions. The alternative session will run August 4-8 at the OLMC field/playground, from 6:30-8:30 pm.
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Is your Child Starting Kindergarten Next Year?
State Law requires that they have a NEW School Physical Form completed by their doctor.
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State Law requires that all children have a new physical done prior to the start of kindergarten. (Physicals done for Pre-K are not acceptable for kindergarten.)
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Forms can be submitted to school as soon as they are completed.
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Doctor's offices tend to be very busy at the end of the summer. Please plan ahead.
IF YOUR CHILD NEEDS AN INHALER, EPI-PEN, OR ANY OTHER MEDICATION AT SCHOOL, PLEASE HAVE YOUR DOCTOR COMPLETE A MEDICATION FORM ALSO. Forms are available on Edline or from the clinic.
If you have any questions, please contact Judy Gounley, RN in the school clinic.
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OLMC VBS: Weird Animals
Where Jesus' Love is One-of-a-Kind Dates: July 7-11
At Weird Animals Totally Catholic VBS, kids discover that Jesus' love is one-of-a-kind. Weird Animals is a habitat filled with incredible Bible-learning experiences kids see, hear, touch and even taste! Plus, we'll help the kids discover how to see evidence of God in everyday life---something we call God Sightings. Unforgettable Bible stories show kids the unconditional love of Jesus!
To learn more about it or to register participants or volunteers, visit our VBS Webpage!
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Middle School Day Camp
Best Week Ever! Join other middle school youth on July 21-25 for a week long day camp experience at St. Jerome Catholic Church. Youth will learn about the 3 Big Ts - Time, Talent, and Treasure - and how they need to use the Big 3 in their everyday faith life. Contact Christina at charrison@olmc.org for more information or to register.
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Summer Enrichment Program at the College of William and Mary:
For more information, or to be placed on the mailing list, contact:
Natalie Dudnytska 757.221.2166 nataliedn@gmail.com or Laura Curtis at 757.221.2362 lcurtis@wm.edu.
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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
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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:
June 10th-Behavioral health issues
July 24th-Principles of development
For more details and times contact delores_price@bshsi.org
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Summer Athletic Camps at Peninsula Catholic:
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
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More Parenting Classes:
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
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