Dear OLMC community,

Thank you to all of the parents who attended Curriculum Night the past two Thursdays. It was wonderful to see so many of you there!

Tuesday
For students that are signed up, Choir begins Tuesday at 7am. Students will meet Mrs. Lowe in McCready at 7am and head back to the Fine Arts room.

Wednesday
For students that are signed up for Chess Club, it begins Wednesday. Students will meet Coach David in 7B right after school until 4:15pm.

Dear OLMC Community,

Thank you to the Dads’ Club for a wonderful Back to School BBQ! 

Monday

The Dads’ Club is having their monthly meeting at Doc and Eddy’s at 6:00pm. Doc and Eddy’s is located at 909 E. Minton Dr. in Tempe. All dads are welcome!

Tuesday

The School Advisory Board (SAB) has a meeting at 7:00pm in the library. The OLMC School Advisory Board meets every 4th Tuesday at 7:00pm in the OLMC Library. All parents are welcome.

Dear OLMC Community,

Thank you so much for a wonderful school year! I appreciate the generous SCRIP gift card and plan to take my family to dinner! 

As we close out the year, we are already excited for next year and always always appreciate feedback. Please take 10 minutes to fill out the parent survey: Parent Survey

There are a couple staff changes for the next school year.

Dear OLMC Community,

It is hard to believe that the year is coming to an end! Thank you so much for all of the support you have given throughout the year. We would love to celebrate your service at the Volunteer Breakfast this Tuesday! 

Tuesday
The Annual Volunteer Breakfast is Tue, May 23 at 8:30am. This is a special event the school puts on to thank all of the great volunteers that helped make so many events at OLMC possible. Everyone who volunteered this year is invited! RSVP here for the Volunteer Breakfast.

Dear OLMC Community,

Oops- Last week when I announced the School Advisory Board winners I made a typo in Mrs. Allison Hall’s first name. She is the third new board member. Congrats!

Monday
The 8th graders will be having their final retreat from 8:30am-3:15pm. The students will wear their 8th grade shirt/spirit shirt and jeans. They will be dropped off and picked up by parents at the Newman Center. No cell phones.

Dear OLMC Community,

I wanted to thank Marc Stern, Julia Pitman and Justin Rucker for their time on the School Board. I appreciate your support and feedback. I want to welcome three new members to the board: David Wirth, Claire Stern and Ashley Hall. Thank you to all of those who offered their time to serve. You are all appreciated.

Wednesday
The First graders will have their Mother’s Day celebration with their mothers at 12:30pm. Mothers of first graders, if you have little ones, please secure a sitter so you may spend this special time with just your first grader.

Dear OLMC Community,

Monday
We will begin praying the rosary in the Prayer Garden at 8:05am. The 5th graders will lead us in this prayer. Please join us if you are available! This will continue throughout the month of May. 

Wednesday
There will be no Mass. We will have a rosary on Wednesday at 2:20pm since there will be no Mass. In the evening the Kindergartners will have their Stars and Stripes at 7:00pm. 

Dear OLMC Community,

Great news! Going into next year we have some changes with the school supplies! You will NO longer have to purchase paper towels, tissues, hand sanitizer, wipes and soap! If you would like to order the other school supplies (pencils, notebooks, etc), you may order a kit online. If you have surplus ESA funds, you can upload your receipt to ClassWallet for reimbursement. (ClassWallet will still charge their 2.5% surcharge)

Dear OLMC Community,

The Parish Picnic this weekend was wonderful! It was great to have Bishop Olmsted here and Thomas Muglia is always incredible. Thank you to all of the families who volunteered to make this event so much fun! Please do not forget to log your volunteer hours.

The application for the ESA for next year is opening tomorrow for students that are not currently on ESA. If you have NOT applied for the ESA, please do so! For students receiving the ESA scholarship this year, you will be emailed a renewal contract to sign and accept (or decline) in May.

Dear OLMC Community,

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend with your family. This upcoming week we will resume Learning Labs.

Monday
No school

Friday 
There is a Home and School Coffree in McCready at 8:15am. This is also a half day, 12:30pm dismissal. The children may wear a spirit shirt and their uniform bottoms. If you have an 8th grader he/she may wear a t-shirt that represents the high school they will be attending next year! ONLY the 8th graders may wear jeans. 

Dear OLMC Community,

The OLMC Used Books Sale was a tremendous success! Thank you to all that purchased books to support our school library and a HUGE thank you to the Sterns for collecting the books and hosting the sale.

Thank you all for getting your children here on time this past week with the ITBS testing. It was wonderful for the teachers to be able to begin promptly. I am challenging you to continue this! When your student is late, it interrupts the classroom learning environment. The teacher has to stop and assist your child with work that has been missed. The bell rings at 8:05am. Please make an effort to be here at that time. You can drop your children off as early as 7:00am and there is no fee! Please start your child off on the right foot by starting on time!