Dear Parents,

The meteorologists are forecasting Monday to be a very rainy day. This will impact our pick up. I cannot stress to you enough to be very patient on Monday as we will do our best to get the children to the cars SAFELY. We have been clearing the campus by 3:15 at the latest, but Monday may be a different story. We do not want the children drenched if it is pouring down rain so again, PATIENCE is what I am asking. If your child is a walker and you choose to pick up, please contact the office before 2:00 on Monday.

As the weather cools, the children will likely be wearing jackets to keep warm. The jackets must be OLMC to be worn in the classroom. Our Spirit Store is open until November 1st. Please use the link below: Spirit Store

Dear Parents,

We had another wonderful weekend of celebrating Confirmation and Communion! The children were amazing and the Masses were beautiful. 

School Pictures will come home on Monday. If your child needs retakes, please send them back on Thursday and they will be retaken. 

We will have a fire drill on Tuesday morning. 

Dear OLMC Community,

Thank you so much for your generosity this weekend with the Gala. It was such a wonderful fundraising event. I wanted to say a special thank you to Ashley Hall and Jenn Blackstad for all of their hard work in making this night a success. The proceeds from this event will be used to help keep our tuition costs low. Thank you again for your support.

Just a friendly reminder, we do quite a bit of disinfecting from 6:30 to 7am daily. Please do not drop off your student before 7am- there is no one at McCready to receive and supervise them.

Dear OLMC Families,

Thank you so much to all of the families who donated a case of water for the children. We were going through water bottles so fast! We have a good amount and do not need any more right now - I appreciate your generosity.

Upcoming this week…

Thursday is a half day, 12:30 dismissal. There is no school on Friday due to a Teacher Inservice. As noted on the calendar that went home with your orientation paperwork in August, we DO have school on the 12th and 13th. These are two of the days we chose to use as make up days since we started three days later than planned. We felt October was a better choice than May as the children tend to be ready for the summer after Memorial Day! It will still be nice to have a three day weekend. Enjoy!

Dear Parents,

Thank you for another beautiful week with your children! One of the many challenging parts of this pandemic was the time we lost with the children being present on campus beginning way back in March.The summer always brings a quieter vibe as we are closing out the year and preparing, ordering, and organizing things for the next year; however, we tend to still have a little buzz with children here for childcare and, of course, our amazing Vacation Bible School. This year, we had none of that. It was desolate. I remember when we went to record the new drop off/pick up procedures in July, and I saw some of the children in their uniforms. It literally brought tears to my eyes. I thank you every day for entrusting your children with us and sharing our Home and School bond. I am so grateful for the OLMC community! I am thankful that more and more children are attending in-person, and I look forward to when all of the students are back! 

Dear OLMC Community,

This week the school calendar indicates the Progress Reports to be emailed. Under the current circumstances, we will not send out an “official” Progress Report, but we do encourage parents to check Renweb/FACTS to review your child/children’s grades. We will email home Report Cards for the first trimester on November 10th.

Please remember the children need to have a water bottle and two masks. We have gone through many masks and have been distributing water bottles, but we really need the children to bring their own. 

Dear OLMC Community,

Thank you for your patience with the new drop-off and pick-up system. We have been getting through the line faster and faster. By separating the 7th and 8th grade students who are “onlys” this next week, we should also increase the pick-up speed.

This Friday is a half day and we will have a 12:30 dismissal. The preschool dismisses at 12:15. PLEASE do not come early! If you have a preschool child and an elementary school child, your pick up time will be with the elementary.

Dear Parents,

I hope you are enjoying your long weekend. We are looking forward to seeing your children on Tuesday! 

Included in the newsletter is the invitation to our Fundraising event, the Night to Soar Gala. I will send more information home next week. 

We are offering a How to Afford A Catholic Education seminar on the 14th at 6:30 pm in the South side of McCready Hall. Please go to our website and register. It is free! 

Dear Parents,

Last week I sent home the sign up for in-person or virtual real-time learning. If you have not responded, here is the link. Please respond today so that teachers can properly prepare.

Additionally, I will send an email tomorrow pertaining to important information as we move towards in-person learning. I cannot stress enough the importance of practicing wearing a mask, good hand hygiene, and teaching the children about physically distancing. 

There are several changes with the drop off and pick up procedures so be sure you know how to bring your child and pick up your child safely. Be on time please. 

Dear Parents,

What a great first week considering the unusual circumstances of the world! I am really proud of the children and the teachers, all putting forth so much time and effort to make this possible. Great job!

Tomorrow morning I will send home a survey about the reopening on September 8th. I know that you already filled out a form indicating whether you child would be attending school in person or virtually, but as data and conditions have changed for the better, we ask that you fill out the new form so the teachers may prepare to have your student at home or in-person. The form is due by Friday, August 28th.

Dear OLMC Community,

*This past week Mrs. Knox sent information and a video about logging into the student’s email account and getting into Google Classroom. Please test this now so you’re ready for tomorrow! Classes begin at 8:15. Please be patient as this is the first day starting up again. The teachers have done a great deal of training and practicing with the technology so we are going to do our best to make this as smooth as possible for the children. It is not ideal, but we are going to be flexible and we can’t wait to be in-person on September 8th. 

Dear OLMC Families,

This week we will have the Used Uniform Sale on Tuesday. If you have not signed up at this point, here is the Used Uniform Sale Link. This is the one and only time we will allow you to EXCHANGE your uniforms if they do not fit. You will have until the end of August.

We also have Orientation on Thursday and Friday. If you have not signed up , here is the Orientation SignUp. You will need to come to complete the required paperwork and then pick up your child’s books. 

Dear OLMC Families,

As we continue to move closer to the online start date of August 17th, there will be quite a bit more communication coming home. Tomorrow I will email links pertaining to the Used Uniform Sales and Orientation with specific instructions.

We are going to be rolling out several videos over the next week that we encourage you to share with your children. We are hoping to get them excited and keep them informed of the changes around the school. We have several social media platforms: Instagram, Facebook and Twitter which we use to share information. Please sign up for our YouTube channel by going to our website and subscribing to the channel.

Looking forward to seeing you during the Orientation/Book Pick up!