OLMP Catholic School

On behalf of our administrative team here at OLMP, welcome to another school year! After our summer re-charge, we are excited to serve all students and families within our care. As you know, we are very lucky to be part of an extraordinary team of educators and support staff here at OLMP. Thank you for entrusting your children to our staff; we look forward to watching our students develop in faith and academics throughout the school year. A very special welcome to our new Grade 5's joining us this year and to all new students joining the OLMP family. We are glad you are with us!

Official schedules and class placements are now available for viewing through your Powerschool account. We appreciate your patience with this aspect of our planning; many PS glitches were worked out this past week. Thank you in advance for respecting our professional process of student placements as outlined in our letter last Spring (see below).

HS Course changes: High school students (gr. 9-12) received an email this week about course changes. Please use the "Course Change Request" Google form to make any academic-related changes.

Options for Gr. 7 & 8

Gr. 7 & 8 options have been populated based on the choices students made in the spring. Some adjustments have been made to ensure every child received the #1 choice selection. As a result, some options are now full.

If your child’s schedule does not have options, we did not receive his/her choices in the fall. Please have your child complete the google form below. Then email Mrs. Gumpinger at beckyg@eics.ab.ca letting her know that your child has selected their preferences.

• GR. 7 Option Selection for 2023-2024

• GR. 8 Option Selection for 2023-2024

You will also notice some other pertinent information within this newsletter prior to our staggered start-up. We will continue to update our families through this electronic newsletter on the Sunday of each week throughout the calendar year. Looking forward to seeing you all very soon!

God Bless!

Mr. Charchun-Principal

Mrs. Gumpinger-Assistant Principal (Middle School) Gr. 5-8

Mrs. Reinhart-Assistant Principal (High School) Gr. 9-12

Mrs. King-Administrative Assistant

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 2023-2024 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.

Prior to the school year kicking off we wanted to share some key information for you on our staggered re-entry week as well as important back to school information. More detailed information will be shared with students on their assigned day.

A reminder that all students in grades 5-12 should attend school next week on the following days according to last name:

Tuesday, September 5th - A-K

Wednesday, September 6th - L-Z (Tuesday schedule)

Thursday, September 7th - ALL students attend

Key Information to Know for Next Week's return to school day for Students

• Students should bring all supplies as well as their tech (laptop/chromebook) to the first day of school fully charged.
• Student lockers will be provided. Students may have a lock previously purchased through the school. New locks for purchase (billed to powerschool account) will be available through your homeroom teacher/teacher advisor. *LOCKS MUST BE PURCHASED THROUGH OLMP SCHOOL ONLY-NO OUTSIDE LOCKS*
• Don't forget your water bottle!
• Doors open at 8:00am on school days.

Grade 5 and Grade 6-enter through far EAST doors at end of middle school hallway (located at the back of the school)
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

**For new students who are unsure of which entrance to use, please come through our front doors and we will gladly lead you to your room location.**

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!

Administration:

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

Teachers:

• Mrs. Trenly Calhoon - Grade 5
• Mrs. Deborah Petiot - Grade 5/MS Chaplain
• Mrs. Lindsay Sharek - Grade 5
• Mrs. Lana Froehler- Grade 6/Middle School ILF
• Mr. Jamie Stacey - Grade 6
• Mrs. Sarah Arsenault - Grade 6 *Mrs. Stacey Dunnigan currently on leave*
• 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. 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
• Mr. Curtis Skip - Humanities/FSL
• 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 - Chemistry/High School ILF
  
• Mr. Soren Riise - High School Math
• Ms. Kassidy Dmytriw - Humanities
• Mrs. Tracy Welke - Math/Science/FSL
  

Support Staff:

• Secretary - Mrs. Shawna King
• 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 - Mrs. Sonya Power
• 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

Dear Parents:

Please take a moment and log into PowerSchool and complete your child’s EICS Demographic Confirmation 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

ALL eligible riders will need to re-register for next school year. Please register by using the online Transportation Registration form located on the BRSD website: https://www.brsd.ab.ca/families/transportation/registration