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.

📣 Welcome to our 2023 - 2024 OLMP School Council Executive Members! 📣

All previous members let their names stand and were re-elected by nomination.

Chairperson: Chella Ross

Vice Chairperson: Shannon Bird

Treasurer: Megan Kumar

Secretary: Linette Enzenauer

Communication Specialist: Janelle Evenson

❗❗❗Safe Arrival is no longer available for reporting student absences❗❗❗

To report an absence, please click here.

Please ensure that you clearly indicate the full name of the student, the grade they are in, and the date(s) and time(s) of the absence(s). Thank you.

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

This helps reduce traffic congestion, which, in turn, helps keep our students safe.

Please take a few minutes to complete your child's demographic forms, medical forms, and all yearly consents (FOIP, tech use, field trips) on PowerSchool.

It is important that this information be kept up-to-date every year, especially if there is a change in medical status, parent/guardian/emergency contact information, and/or address.

If you need assistance with using PowerSchool - including completing and submitting yearly consent and demographic forms online - please visit the main EICS website for instructions and helpful video tutorials.

We will conduct several safety drills at our school this fall.

These include three fire drills, one shelter-in-place drill, and one lockdown drill (with the assistance of CPS).

Early dismissals on Thursdays are now at 12:25 p.m.

The first early dismissal is on October 5th.

A few more things to note:

• Doors will open at 8:00 a.m.; students may have to wait outside if they arrive earlier.
• Grade 5 and 6 students will be expected to stay on campus for the lunch hour and will eat lunch in their homerooms.
• Grade 7 and 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 grade 5 to 8 students will be expected to go outside for recess, so please be prepared for inclement weather (i.e., appropriate clothing for the elements).

• September 25: School closed
• September 29: OLMP Orange Shirt Day (in honour of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation)
• September 30: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
• October 2: School closed in lieu of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
• October 5: Early dismissal at 12:25 (morning schedule) & Student Awards Night (7:00 to 8:00 p.m.)
• October 6: Monday schedule
• October 9: School closed for Thanksgiving
• October 13: Monday schedule
• October 16: Individual and class photos
• October 17: Grade 6 immunizations
• October 20: School closed
• October 27: School closed

Grade 12 students and parents of potential graduating students are invited to attend a 2024 Graduation meeting on Tuesday, September 26 at 7:00 p.m. in the High School Commons at OLMP School.

We will be going over graduation requirements, as well as plans for the event. If you have any questions please email Ms. Music at dakota.music@eics.ab.ca.

Grade 12s: come check out the grad rings, get sized for a ring, and ask any questions you may have.

A Josten's rep will be in Ms. Music's room at lunch on September 29!

If you are interested in purchasing last year's yearbook, there are some extra copies available!

Please contact Mrs. DeLong (julia.delong@eics.ab.ca) or Mrs. Twtichell (lorindatw@eics.ab.ca).

Cost is $45.00.

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

Upcoming Hot Lunches:

September 28 - East Side Marios

October 5 - Booster Juice and donuts (served after mass)

October 12 - Dominos Pizza

October 19 - Skyway

October 26 - Boston Pizza

Congratulations to our SH Golf Teams and Coach Reinhart on winning the Central Zone Golf Championship hosted at the Camrose Golf Course!

Both the men's and the ladies' teams captured gold! 🥇🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♀️

In addition:

• Connor Wenig won gold 🥇
• Colby Frank won silver 🥈
• Jayla Kucy won gold 🥇
• Nicole Rohr won silver 🥈

Both teams will represent OLMP Catholic School and the Central Zone next week in Lloydminster at the ASAA Provincial Championships.

#RoyalsPr1de

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.

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

Upcoming X Country Meets:

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

E-ORR is a new option that is available at OLMP school and we have already had our first competition. Students in Grade 9-10 are building robots to compete in a STEM type of competition.

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Its goal is to provide educational opportunities for students to engage in important life skills like teamwork, communication, and project-based organization. Robotics is an ideal approach to acquiring these STEM skills as students work together to solve various engineering challenges.

Our STEM Lab activities build on fundamental robotics coding skills. Students will apply these foundational skills to solve an open-ended challenge they help to design.

If you are interested in finding out more about this program (or are interested in contributing to this program) please contact Mr. Watson at jody.watson@eics.ab.ca or call the school.

Fees have now been added to student accounts.

Fees can be viewed and paid through the parent portal in PowerSchool under “Forms and Fees”. If you have any questions, please contact the school or email lorindatw@eics.ab.ca

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

Fee Waiver Program Application 2023 - 2024

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.