Mercy Messenger

Through the intercession of Our Lady of Mercy, we commit ourselves to living the Good News of Jesus through Works of Mercy. Our rigorous academic program unleashes creative energy for the pursuit of knowledge and nurtures a hope-filled vision for Catholic leadership. We live out our relationship with God by respecting the dignity of others and providing service to the global community that fosters unity, understanding, and compassion.

Almighty ever-living God, we humbly implore your majesty that, just as your Only Begotten Son was presented on this day in the Temple in the substance of our flesh, so, by your grace, we may be presented to you with minds made pure.

Sunday February 2nd, 2025

Good morning,

This past week was a terrific Catholic Schools Week. I can not express my gratitude enough to the home and school association for all the fun events that they planned for OLM. A special thank you to the 5th grade teachers Ms. Timlin, Ms. Carney and Mrs. Harris for organizing and planning our annual Thon dance to end our Catholic Schools Week. Congratulations to the faculty for winning the volleyball game against the 8th grade. These two events have become a fantastic OLM tradition. Thank you to all who planned and participated in all the events of the past week. This Friday we will be celebrating Mass as a school community and will be awarding our peacemakers for the month of January which is for reliability. Please join us if you are able to. I hope everyone has a great week ahead and as always please reach out with any questions or concerns.

In Mercy,

Bill Delaney

2025-2026 financial aid is now open. Please log onto your FACTS account to apply. To be considered for financial aid you must fill out an application through your FACTS account. If you have any questions please send your questions to grants@olmrcs.com.

Reminders

- Please remember to fill out all the school forms that are on FACTS.

- If you are changing the way your child is going home please call the main office before 1pm.

- If your child is absent from school please email attendance@olmrcs.com.

- Make sure to have all your clearances up to date if you are planning on volunteering in the school or with any clubs.

Please remember that your child needs to be 24 hours fever free and vomit free without medicine before returning to school. Thank you for your cooperation in keeping our school community healthy.

As we are moving towards the winter months of the year here are a couple of reminders if we have a delayed school day or closure.

- OLM follows Upper Dublin school district. If Upper Dublin closes school for weather or is delayed, OLM is closed or delayed. A text, call and email will be sent out.

- If another school district closes and Upper Dublin is open, OLM is open. Those school district's that are closed will not provide busing. You will be notified if that occurs.

- If OLM is closed for a weather related reason we will be running on an asynchronous learning day. Your child's teacher will send work that will have to be completed through google classroom or via email.

2/7- 9 am Mass.

2/7- Ski Club.

2/12- Progress reports sent home.

2/14- No School. Professional Development Day.

2/17- No School- Presidents Day.

Congratulations to Sophia Ackermann '25 on receiving the Art Scholarship to Mount St. Joseph Academy! The OLM community is very proud of Sophia and all her accomplishments!

We proudly report that the Class of 2025 students were awarded the following scholarships. We congratulate these students and their families! We will continue to update this list in the weekly Sunday Mercy Messenger. Please continue emailing or providing scholarship documentation to Mrs. Maher. (cmaher@olmrcs.com)

Charlotte Chiappa - Founder’s Academic Scholarship- Lansdale Catholic High School

Izzy Eliason - St. Therese Academic Scholarship - Lansdale Catholic High School

Izzy Eliason- Neumann Academic Scholarship- Full Scholarship/4 years to any Archdiocesan High School.

Avery Chase Felipe- Brother John D’Alfonso, FSC ’55 Academic Scholarship- LaSalle College High School

Avery Chase Felipe- Founders Academic Scholarship- Lansdale Catholic High School

Avery Chase Felipe- Academic Scholarship- Archbishop Wood High School

Will McMullen- Founder’s Academic Scholarship- Lansdale Catholic High School

Grace Womelsdorf - Music Scholarship -Gwynedd Mercy High School

Grace Womelsdorf - Presidential Academic Scholarship - Lansdale Catholic High School

Grace Womelsdorf - Academic Scholarship - Archbishop Wood Catholic High School

Grace Womelsdorf- Neumann Academic Scholarship- Full Scholarship/4 years to any Archdiocesan High School.

Believe it or not, it is already time to place your order for the 2024-2025 OLM yearbook!

To order a yearbook, please follow the steps listed below:

1- Go to https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A07266900

2- Under the "Yearbook" heading, click "Buy Now" and continue following prompts to order the yearbook

3- Complete the remainder of the order by entering the following:

- Student First Name

- Student Last Name

- Grade

- Homeroom Teacher

4- Please continue following the prompts. All orders will be paid online via credit card. Please be sure to keep your receipt to verify that you did order a yearbook!

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL 8TH GRADE STUDENTS DO NOT NEED TO ORDER A YEARBOOK AS THIS IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN GRADUATION FEES!!

LAST DAY TO ORDER YEARBOOKS: March 23, 2025

Soft Pretzel sale benefiting the class of 2025!

Monday ski club pretzels end 2/24 - if you would like your child to continue getting Monday pretzels please use this form and sign up for 12 more weeks of pretzels to benefit the class of 2025!

Please take a look at the spirit wear sale. We have added more items for everyone in the family. The sale will be open until February 17th. All money is due by Tuesday, February 18th in order to assure your order is placed. Items will be in March. To place and order and view the items for sale please use the link: https://tinyurl.com/OLMSpiritwear25. Any questions please email Katie Kane at katieakane@gmail.com.

We need more parent volunteers to help with Ski & Board Club Monday Pretzels. One person is asked to pick up pretzels at 8 am at the Philly Pretzel Factory Horsham, deliver them to the school, and help sort and distribute them. We need another parent to meet at the school at 8:15 am and help sort/distribute them. Please use the SignUp Genius link to volunteer for a day or two: tinyurl.com/25OLMSkiPretzelVol

Once again the school community is the best around. Without your support we would not be able to have had such a successful Catholic School Week! Thank you to all the volunteers and our chairs, Maggie Insogna, Jill Williams, and Jenny Contorno. Also big thank you to Julie Bebey, the front office, and all the teachers that you do for our children. You are the reason why we love this school community.

• Want to be more involved with events at school? Feel free to complete the interest form: tinyurl.com/2425OLMVolCalendar. As the event becomes closer we will pass your information to the chair of the event. We welcome you to follow and interact with us on social media, FB @olmhsa or Instagram @olmhsa.

Morning Car Line: For everyone's safety please do not park your car and walk your child over in the morning. Please stay in the car line and drop your child off on the sidewalk. Thank you for your cooperation.

To keep our students safe and the car line moving in the afternoon, please:

• Do not get out of your cars. A faculty member will help your child get into the car.
• DO NOT PASS cars in front of you as there may be children getting into their cars on the driver's side. Please be patient and stay in line as you exit the school property, following the car in front of you.
• Do not stop in front of your child. Pull up as far as you can (up to the gym doors) to allow the most cars to load at one time. Please pull right up to the car in front of you.
• Do not speed. The speed limit is 10 MPH while driving on any part of the school property. Please be mindful of your speed.
• Do not use your cell phone while driving in the parking lot.
• WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE PUT A SIGN IN YOUR PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WINDOW IDENTIFYING YOUR LAST NAME. This will help us find your child(ren) faster.
• If you need to buckle your child into their car seat, please do so in the circle near the exit of the property.

ALL uniform rules will be enforced. Please review the general uniform rules that are listed below and are in the student handbook.

● Girls’ kilts must be no shorter than two inches above the knee. After a second warning, they must wear navy blue tights or school-issued pants until the skirt/kilt is at the appropriate length.

● All students must wear OLM uniform pieces with logos. They must be purchased from one of our two approved vendors: Flynn & O’Hara or Lands’ End.

● All formal and gym uniforms must be purchased from one of our two approved vendors: Flynn & O’Hara or Lands’ End.

● NO LOGOS, Nike Elite sports socks, or the like are permitted with the school uniform except on gym days.

● Sneakers must be worn on gym days, even on a dress-down day.

● Girls may wear post-earrings or small hoops.

● Belts must be worn with pants or shorts by both boys and girls.

● Only the neckline of a plain white undershirt may be visible under the shirt.

2/3

Tessa Hastings

Connor McDaniel

2/6

Riley Pohle

Jules Penska

2/7

Mrs. Bebey

Tuesday 2/4

Michael Powers

Will McMullen

Wednesday 2/5

James McGeehan

Andrew McGeehan

Thursday 2/6

Patrick Carroll

Cassidy Carroll

Friday 2/7 (School Mass)

Patrick Romano

John Romano

Ryan Romano