OLMP Catholic School

Welcome back to another school year! Our staggered start days were very beneficial in getting our year up and going and we got through our first full 2 days on Thursday/Friday. Our students did very well and it's great to have them all back in the building. Administration led staff and students through MS and HS assemblies on Thursday. Our faith theme was introduced and several components of OLMP school life and expectations were covered. We will do our best to keep you updated on any significant changes throughout the year. Your child's teacher will be a great support for questions as well. Please don't hesitate to reach out with questions of clarification.

OLMP Administration

Some reminders:

Please take a few minutes to complete your child's Demographic Confirmation Forms, Medical Forms and all Yearly consents (FOIPP, tech use, field trips) on PowerSchool.

• Doors will be open at 8am. Students may have to wait outside if they arrive earlier.
• Gr. 5/6's will be expected to stay on campus for the lunch hour and will eat lunch in their homerooms.
• Gr. 7/8's will be expected to stay on campus for the lunch hour and may eat their lunch in the Commons area with other students from their grade levels.
• All Gr. 5-8 students will be expected to go outside for recess so please be prepared for inclement weather. (appropriate clothing for the elements)
• *new Early Dismissal Thursday's are now 12:25pm -first early out is Oct 5th

• September 12: Meet the Staff Night (7:00 to 8:00 p.m.)
• September 13: Athletics Bottle Drive (4:30 to 7:00 p.m.)
• September 14: Junior Girls B Volleyball Tryouts (3:30 to 4:45 p.m.)
  
• September 15: School Closure
• September 18: Junior Girls B Volleyball Tryouts (3:30 to 4:45 p.m.)
• September 19: School Council AGM
• September 20: Welcome Back with Dr. Russel
• September 22: Terry Fox Walk (9:45 to 11:00 a.m.)
• September 23: OLMP Garage Sale & Farmers Market
• September 25: School Closure
• September 29: OLMP Orange Shirt Day (in honour of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30)
• September 30: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Hot lunch will be served on Thursdays this school year. We will offer a beverage/snack on early dismissal Thursdays.

September hot lunch is now available to order through the Parent Portal of PowerSchool, under Forms and Fees, until September 11th.

October hot lunch is now available to order until September 21st.

Please join us at OLMP from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 12 for a meet-and-greet with our team.

We'd love to see you and have a chance to (re)introduce ourselves!

Hi Parents & Guardians,

Hockey season at OLMP is back! Please consider signing up your child for the OLMP hockey academy which will give them the opportunity to grow as an individual player, make new friendships and get one on one instruction from the best coaches in Camrose. For all necessary information, please see the link posted here. Your FINAL DAY to register is September 14th, so please email Mr. Stang at josh.stang@eics.ab.ca by then. Finally, please consider the following important dates:

September 18th @ 4:00pm: Hockey Academy Parent meeting (parents are invited to the school for an overview of the program).

September 26th: First ice session at 7:00am.

Peace,

Mr. Stang & Mr. Skip

Cross country running is a great way to be active and become part of the school culture early in the year. All students and abilities are welcome to join.

Practices start this week!!!

Upcoming practices:

Monday/Tuesday: 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Wednesday: 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.

Wednesday/Friday: lunch break

Students are expected to attend a minimum of 2 practices/week.

Upcoming X Country Meets:

Vikings XC Meet in Camrose: Thursday, September 21, 2023

Spartan XC Meet in New Norway: Thursday, Sept 28, 2023

Hardisty XC Meet in Hardisty: Thursday, October 5, 2023 (grades 7 to 12 only)

Regional XC Meet in Bashaw: Thursday, October 12, 2023

Any questions can be directed to:

Mr. Reinhart - christopherr@eics.ab.ca

Mrs. Nagy - katherinen@eics.ab.ca

Click here for the full Cross Country Field Trip letter

On September 22nd from 9:45 to 11:00 a.m., OLMP staff and students will be participating in the annual Terry Fox Walk.

Please consider collecting pledges so we can help keep Terry’s Dream alive: to put an end to cancer!!!

In the afternoon, there will be a $2 sundae station set up where students will have the opportunity to purchase an ice-cream sundae. All proceeds will go to the Terry Fox Foundation. There will be popsicles for those who cannot have ice cream.

Please see below for further details:

In honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we are asking students to wear an orange shirt to school on Friday, September 29.

Any orange shirt will do but, if purchasing, we encourage you to support Indigenous creators.

Dear Parents:

Please take a moment and log into PowerSchool and complete your child’s EICS Demographic Validation Form for the year 2023 - 2024.

Alberta Education requires that we obtain a detailed update of student demographics on an annual basis. Funding they provide for your child’s education is conditional to us receiving these updates and making them part of the student’s record.

You can perform the following steps to access, review and submit the form:

1) Log into PowerSchool at https://powerschool.eics.ab.ca

2) For each of your students, complete any forms which have been assigned to them.

We would like to thank you in advance for completing these forms.

OLMP Office

Starting at a new school comes with a lot of questions about what tools to use, the preferred types of communication, and who to contact.

Please read through the Welcome to OLMP Package for Parents 2023-2024 to find many of these answers. Our weekly newsletter is our prime communication with parents as a school.

For specific inquiries regarding your child, please contact their teacher directly.

ALL eligible riders will need to re-register for this school year.

Please register by using the online Transportation Registration form located on the BRSD website: https://www.brsd.ab.ca/families/transportation/registration

Dear Parents,

Please make alternate plans for a pick-up/drop-off location as our staff parking lot is no longer available as an option. This area has become far too congested in the past and is an extreme OH & S concern.

*PLEASE STAY CLEAR OF BUS LANES AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF OUR DAY*

Please follow the flow of traffic in the student parking lot on the south side of our building. You will notice that there is no longer a "turn left" option (right turns only) when you exit the parking lot.

Alternatively, please also look at streets/locations other than the alleys that are close to our school where students can safely access our school site.

While we understand that this takes away some convenience, we are concerned about the safety of your children.

Thank you for you attention to this.

Fees will be added to student accounts this week once all option change requests are completed. Fees can be viewed through the Parent Portal in PowerSchool under "Forms and Fees".

Families that need financial assistance can apply for our fee waiver program; the deadline to apply is December 11, 2023.

Fee Waiver Program Application 2023 - 2024

Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides has asked all school districts to share his Back to School letter with staff and parents, which is available in English and French. To better understand how this year's provincial budget has impacted our school district, please visit the Trustee Advocacy page on our website. This page highlights our four key priorities as we continue to engage our elected officials.