OLMP Catholic School

The Elk Island Catholic School (EICS) Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that Paul Corrigan has been chosen as the successful candidate for the role of Superintendent of Schools, effective February 1, 2022.

Paul Corrigan has been the Assistant Superintendent of Faith and Wellness since 2017. During his time in this position, he has implemented ground-breaking health and wellness programs and instituted faith permeation throughout the division. Previous to this role, Paul held the positions of Assistant and Principal in a number of EICS schools and began his journey with EICS as a teacher in 2004.

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Best of luck to outgoing Superintendent, Shawn Haggarty as he enters retirement!

Dear Parents,

As part of the Elk Island Catholic School Assurance process, we would like to invite you to participate in a survey being sent to you through an email. Results from this survey will be used to inform planning at the school and divisional level for the 2022/2023 school year. This survey is provided to all grade 4-12 students, all staff, and all parents in our division.

The survey will remain open until Friday February 25, 2022.Thank you for your participation.

2021/22 Alberta Education Assurance (AEA) Survey

If you have a child in grade 4, 7, or 10, you may receive a survey from Alberta Education at a later date this month. More information will be provided in next week's newsletter. We would encourage you to complete both surveys.

EICS Administration

OLMP Royals Doing the Chicken Dance

• Teacher's Convention- Thursday, Feb.10 and Friday, Feb.11 - School Closed

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• Rescheduled Winter Walk - New Date - Wednesday, February 9.
  

• Friday, Feb.18 - School Closed
  

• Monday, Feb.21 - Family Day - School Closed
  

• Wednesday, Feb.3 - Pink Shirt Day

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• Hot Lunch - February
  

• February 9 - Panago Pizza
  

• February 16 - Taco In A Bag
• February 23 - Booster Juice Smoothie and Hot Dog

This meeting will be virtual through Google Meet:

meet.google.com/nnz-aeua-tpa

A brief note about attendance: Because it is the school that determines what code goes in powerschool for an absence (Excused, Unexcused, Ill, etc) please include information in any messages as to why your child is away. Also, a reminder that our new Attendance Policy is now in place. Thank you.

Please send your child to school with appropriate clothing to be outside for roughly 30 minutes on this day.

FREE virtual event featuring a panel of Canadian Olympians. This is an opportunity for students in grades 7-12 to learn valuable skills related to mindset, confidence, leadership, and resilience. They’ll hear from an exciting lineup of Olympians who will share their stories, provide some actionable take-aways, and students will also be invited to participate in our free Believe Leadership Program.

This event falls during Teacher Convention so students who want to participate will have to register on their own at https://believeinitiative.brandlive.com/olympian-panel/en

Don't miss out!

The dates for celebration of the Sacraments are as follows:

1st Confession – March 5th @10:30am

1st Communion – April 24th @11:00am mass

Confirmation – June 26th @11:00am mass

Also, I would like to request that each parent sign up for “Flocknote” by texting “Camrose” to 514-900-0130. Flocknote is a texting service and allows us to send you notes and reminders during preparation. Once signed up, include yourself in the group your child belongs (i.e. “Confirmation”). You can stop the texts at any time by texting back “STOP”.

Considering we are still in the pandemic, if gathering publicly (with restrictions) is a cause for concern, please contact me so we can discuss possible alternative arrangements.

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me at the parish 780-672-1131 or kris.schmidt@caedm.ca.

In Christ,

Fr. Kristopher Schmidt