OLMP Catholic School

Students in grades 9-12 will have Jack.org speakers present to them on April 11th, 13th and/or 14th.

Who are Jack Talk speakers? Trained and certified youth speakers use the power of personal stories and mental health education to inspire, engage, educate, and equip young people to look out for themselves and their peers. FWW support will be available during the talks should any students feel the support is required.

See the link below for more information https://jack.org/Home

Red Deer Polytechnic $2500 scholarship

Students can earned a $2500 scholarship by submitting a 15 to 30 second TikTok video that shows their creativity and individuality as a student. Open to any students interested in applying to RDP in the Fall 2022.

See link for more details

Enriched Academy Scholarship

OLMP students have lifelong access to financial literacy training, learning about credit, stock market, RRSPs and TFSA’s etc through Enriched Academy. Students have been introduced to this resource in CALM 20.

A $1,000 or $500 scholarship may be earned by students completing their Enriched Academy lessons and submitting a video essay on the following topic:

What did you learn by completing the Enriched Academy program and how will it impact the way you manage your finances now and in your future?

Open to grades 10-12. Students must have completed all 8 modules of Enriched Academy (CALM)and have earned their completion certificate. Video submission is due by June 14th.

https://www.enrichedacademy.com/albertaessay

Summer School (SILC)

For EICS Summer School 2022, we are pleased to offer in-person learning at our ABJ and SAB campuses. All courses will be in-person, with the exception of a handful of dedicated online courses, listed below. ***All courses are subject to cancellation due to low enrolment.

In-person Classes @ ABJ (Sherwood Park)

Term One: (July 4- July 12)

Phys Ed 10/20 (60 spots)

CALM 20 (3 Credits) -35 spots

Mythology 15 -35 spots

Term Two: (July 13- July 21)

Phys Ed 10/20 (30 spots)

CALM 20 -35 spots

Both Terms: (July 4- July 21)

Science 10 (5 Credits) -35 spots

Math 10C Repeat (5 Credits, pre-requisite of Math 10 C) -35 spots

"Competencies in Math 15” Math 10C Prep (5 Credits) -35 spots

Social 20-1/20-2 (5 Credits) -35 spots

English 20-1/20-2 (5 Credits) -35 spots

* Students may take one or two 3-Credit courses, or they may take one 5-Credit Course over the course of summer school.

Online Classes @ SILC (July 4- July 21)

CALM 20

Forensics 25 -(Pre-requisite: Sci 10/14) (3 Credits)

Forensics 35 (Pre-requisite is Forensics 25) (3 Credits)

Biology 20 (5 Credits)

Chemistry 20 (5 Credits)

Physics 20 (5 Credits)

General Psych 20 (3 credits)

Abnormal Psych 20 (3 credits) *Prerequisite of General Psych 20

Registration & Payment Link

Insight is a group-administered test of cognitive abilities, which was administered to all grade 5 and 8 classes in November. The assessment is designed to measure cognitive abilities including reasoning, comprehension, memory, and visual/auditory processing. The results provide information to help teachers recognize student strengths and challenges, and plan for additional support as needed. These results are available in the Parent Portal in PowerSchool. If you would like to learn more about this assessment tool, please visit https://www.canadiantestcentre.com/INSIGHT/INSIGHT-Home.php.

GrACE Contest

A Celebration of Catholic Education

2021-2022 Theme: Called to More

GrACE exists to inspire, invigorate and embolden the spirit of Catholic education in order
to unite, engage, educate and communicate with one voice on its behalf. GrACE, in partnership with the REAL Foundation, is happy to present this contest to EICS students. This is our fourth annual GrACE Contest: A Celebration of Catholic Education.

We invite EICS students of all grade levels to submit work reflecting the importance of, and their experience with or contribution to Catholic education. This year our theme is Called to More. How have students worked towards this theme, or how have they contributed to spreading the message of being called to more?

Student Submissions could include such things as (but not limited to):

*Please note, all digital submissions need to be in “view all” format before submitting.

• A work of art

• A student poster

• A formal or informal essay

• Original music

• Poetry

• A presentation (video or otherwise) of social justice work

• etc

Contest Rules

All Submissions due to CLS by May 2 in digital format.

Prizes will be presented May 22 in each community’s parish (This is the kick-off to Catholic Education Week). There will be 14 prizes!

• K-8 students = 50 dollar prize

• 9-12 students = 100 dollar prize

Prizes will be granted by grade level and community:

K-6 Veg. ($50)

7-12 Veg. ($100)

K-4 Camrose ($50)

5-8 Camrose ($50)

9-12 Camrose ($100)

K-4 Fort Sask ($50)

5-8 Fort Sask ($50)

9-12 Fort Sask ($100)

(2 prizes) K-4 Sherwood Park ($50)

(2 prizes) 5-8 Sherwood Park ($50)

(2 prizes) 9-12 Sherwood Park ($100)

Roles and Processes

• School Chaplains and teachers collect and judge at the school level - deadline to have submissions to School Chaplain April 27.

• School Chaplains send on the contest submissions that were the top contenders at their school (you may send in as many as you wish) to Andrea Haston (andrea.haston@eics.ab.ca) at CLS by May 2.

• EICS GrACE committee members judge and then present prizes at local parishes to the winners on May 22 to kick off Catholic Education week.

• Items on display at the REAL Foundation golf tournament.

• Chaplains: Keep a list of all students who submitted an entry. They will all receive a special thank you from the GrACE Committee.