OLMP Catholic School

Welcome back! Our two staggered start days were very beneficial in getting our year up and going; we look forward to our first full day together on Tuesday. Our students are awesome and it's great to have them all back for another school year. There are many opportunities for students to get involved within our school and our staff encourages them all to do so. There may be a few kinks to work out as we make our way through a new schedule in a new school year. We will do our best to keep you updated on 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.

BRSD Transportation update: Battle River has sent an update email to parents-Bus passes will not be available until Sept. 19th. Students can continue to ride their specified bus without their pass.

God Bless!

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 may leave campus for the lunch hour but will need a permission form signed. This form will be shared on Tuesday and will need to be returned asap to be able leave school grounds during lunch time only.
• 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)
• LOCKS-Must be school locks.
• Grade 5 and Grade 6-enter through far EAST doors at end of middle school hallway
  Grade 7 and Grade 8-enter through doors directly behind the gymnasium where the Middle School Commons area and Breakfast club are located

  Grade 9-12-enter through SOUTH doors just off of the High School parking lot

WOW (Week of Welcome)

Some amazing student leadership students in grade 8, 10, 11 and 12 have been busy this week planning, prepping and running activities at the school. They created an intro to the staff bulletin board, ran a Where is Kingston the Mascot? activity with the grade 5-8s and organized a school wide mascot costume creation activity just this week. Next week, there will be a few more activities to look forward to along with a free hot dog lunch on Friday, Sept. 9.

Starting at a new school comes with a lot of questions about what tools to use, the types of communication, and who to contact. Please read through the Welcome to OLMP Package for Parents 2022-2023 to find many of these answers. Our weekly smore is our prime communication with parents as a school. For specific inquiries regarding your child, please contact his/her teacher directly.

SCHOOL FEES: Payment can be made through the parent portal in Powerschool or in person. Please view your account throughout the year as student courses may be added or changed.

Note: 2022-2023 School Fees will be available on student accounts once all option courses have been selected.

For any families who require financial assistance with school fees, Elk Island Catholic Schools offers a fee waiver program. All necessary forms should be completed and submitted no later than December 12, 2022. For more information on the fee waiver program and to obtain the fee waiver form, please follow this link: School Fees

• Sept 5 No School-Labour Day
• Sept 6 ALL students attend
• Sept 9 Free Hot Dog Lunch for all staff/students
• Sept 9 Monday schedule
  
• Sept 12 FLEX Day schedule
• Sept 13 Meet the Staff Night 7-8 pm
• Sept 16 School Closure
• Sept 20 School Council Mtg/AGM 7pm
• Sept 21 HOT LUNCH Panago Pizza
• Sept 20 Terry Fox Run 12:45pm
• Sept 23 School Closure
• Sept 28 School Pictures
• Sept 28 HOT LUNCH Bar Burrito
• Sept 30 School Closure

HOT LUNCH INFORMATION- Hot lunch will be available on Wednesdays again this year. All orders are to be placed and paid for through the parent portal of powerschool (under Student Fees).

September Hot Lunch - We are able to offer hot lunch for September (Panago Pizza-Sept 21st) and (Bar Burrito-Sept 28th). September orders can be made between September 2nd and September 11th only. We apologize for the short time frame this month.

October Hot Lunch - is available to order from September 2nd - September 25th.

Hot lunch orders for the remainder of the school year(Nov-June) will be available to order between the 10th and 21st of each month for the following month. All dates will be posted in the weekly SMORE.

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. Having the most up-to-date information about our students ensures that we receive all available funding to support your child's learning - and that we have current information to reach you during the day if necessary. Please contact the office at 780-672-2975 if you have any questions. Thank you for completing these forms ASAP.

Grade 5/6 Volleyball will be starting mid September. Please keep an eye out for information in the Smore and posted around the school!

Coach: Mr. Riise

JH Boys Volleyball (Head Coach: Carson Baker) Teacher rep: Ryan Popowich

- Tryouts Tuesday, Sept. 6 (3:45pm-5:30pm) & Wednesday, Sept. 7 (6:50am-8:05am)

JH Girls Volleyball (Head Coach: Steve Enright)

- Tryouts Friday, Sept. 2 (3:45pm-5:30pm) & Thursday, Sept. 8 (3:45pm-5:30pm)

High School Golf Information:

HS MEETING:

• Tuesday Sept 6th- Foods Lab @ Lunch

Practice Round/Scheduled Tryout (If necessary)-

Camrose Golf Club

Monday September 12th- 4pm

Zone Championship-

Camrose Golf Club

Monday September 19th- 9:30am

Provincial Championship-

Oilfields High School- Black Diamond

Sunday September 25th to Tuesday September 27th

Any questions can be directed to coach, Mr. Reinhart- christopherr@eics.ab.ca

Gr 7 to 9 Golf Information:

Information Meeting:

• Tuesday September 6th Foods Lab @ Lunch

Dates to Remember:

• Wednesday September 7th- Practice @ School- 3:45 to 4:30pm

• Wednesday September 14th- Whistle Stop Driving Range- 3:45 to 4:45pm

• Wednesday September 21st- whistle Stop Driving Range(Chipping/putting) 3:45 to 4:45pm

• REGIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT- TBD

Any questions can be directed to coach, Mr. Reinhart- christopherr@eics.ab.ca

OLMP will be going back to the regular M-Th schedule with a rotation of Friday's to effectively meet our instructional minutes. Students will know which day (M,T,W or Th) each of the Friday's are designated as by checking their PowerSchool.

Please see the attached bell schedule for our Regular day, Early Dismissal Day, and our new Flex Day. The “FLEX" Day schedule allows OLMP staff to collaborate and respond to intervention during the flex time while promoting school faith assemblies and extra-educational opportunities for OLMP students. The flex time enables staff to implement our “Collaborative Response Model” meeting the needs of all our entire student body.

Dear Parents,

Please make alternate plans for 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 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 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 more concerned about the safety of your children.

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

Thank you for you attention to this.

We are very proud and excited to introduce you to our educational team for this school year!

**New to our staff this year: Ms. Dmytriw, and Mr. Ernst-welcome to OLMP!**

Administrators:

• Principal - Mr. Bob Charchun
• Assistant Principal - Mrs. Becky Gumpinger (M. School)
• Assistant Principal - Mr. Stefan Johnson (H. School)

Teachers:

• Mrs. Trenly Calhoon - Grade 5
• Mrs. Deborah Petiot - Grade 5/MS Chaplain
• Mr. Jason Ernst - Grade 5
• Mrs. Lana Froehler- Grade 6/Middle School ILF
• Mrs. Elaine Burnstad - Grade 6
• Mrs. Stacey Dunnigan - Grade 6
• Mrs. Julia DeLong - Grade 7
  
• Mrs. Katherine Nagy - Grade 7
• Mrs. Becky Gumpinger - Grade 7
• Mr. Stephen Enright- Grade 8
• Mr. Myles Ellert - Grade 8
• Mrs. Helen Rodin - Grade 8
• Mr. Jamie Stacey - FSL
• Mr. Josh Stang - Social/Religion/HS Chaplain
• Miss Dakota Music - Humanities/Art
• Ms. Desiree De Kock - English/Drama
• Mr. Ryan Popowich - Physical Education
• Mr. Chris Reinhart - Foods/PE
• Mrs. Daniette Terlesky - High School Science and Leadership
• Mrs. Cheryl Clarkson - High School Math
• Mr. Dan Wispinski - High School Science/CTF Construction
• Mr. Jody Watson - Technology/CTS/PE
• Mrs. Jaymie Reinhart - High School ILF/Chemistry
  
• Mr. Soren Riise - High School Math
• Ms. Kassidy Dmytriw - Humanities
• Mrs. Tracy Welke - Math/Science
  

Support Staff:

• Secretary - Ms. Irene Perreaux
• Secretary - Mrs. Linda Dueck
• Accounts Clerk - Mrs. Lorinda Twitchell
• Educational Assistant - Mrs. Jody Schmitt
• Educational Assistant - Mrs. Diane Kramer
• Educational Assistant - Mrs. Zoila dePaz-Gendreau
• Educational Assistant - Mrs. Sherin Warkentin
• Educational Assistant & Librarian - Ms. Sue Wolfe
• Family Wellness Workers - Mrs. Laurie Kushnerick(M.Sch.) Mrs. Kelsy Bradford(H.Sch.)
• Day Custodian - Mr. Salvador Cornejo
• Evening Custodian - Mr. Dennis Cuevas