Dear Parents and Guardians,

Parent Teacher Conferences 

The First Trimester will conclude on Thursday, November 30^th.  Parent Teacher Conferences will be conducted in-person on Thursday, December 7^th from 1-3pm and 6-8pm. Your child’s teacher will send out an email on Tuesday, November 28^th to schedule your appointment. Report cards will be distributed on Wednesday, December 6^th at dismissal for students in Grades K-8. 

Please note that accounts must be fully up to date for you to receive your child’s report card. We will be giving courtesy letters to families that are not fully up to date. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mrs. Leone at [email protected] or 718-793-2086. 

Thursday, December 7th^th will be a 12:30PM dismissal for all students. Hot lunch will be served at 11:30AM for all students. There will be Extended Care from 12:30PM-5:30PM.

Eighth Annual Thanksgiving Luncheon (Grades 3K-8)

Thank you to all the parents that have generously offered to donate and volunteer for our Thanksgiving feast on Tuesday, November 21^st This will be a schoolwide celebration in the Church basement. Grades 3K-3 will celebrate from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and Grades 4-8 will celebrate from 12:30-1:30p.m. We are still accepting donations currently! Remember that all students participate in this luncheon for free, regardless of whether their family donates. As this is a day of celebration, students may “dress up.” Mrs. Vaccaro and Mrs. Roy have been working tirelessly to make this a day to remember! 

CHILDREN’S LITURGY RETURNS 

The Children’s Liturgy has returned presenting an age-appropriate version of the Sunday Gospel, during the 10:30 Mass, featuring puppets, music and puzzle sheets. Aimed at second grade and younger, all children are welcome with or without their parents. Dates: 11/19, 12/3, 12/10, 12/17.

HAA

Be sure to attend our next Home Academy Association on Thursday, November 16^th at 7pm in the school gym. All parents that attend will earn their child(ren) a dress down pass. Please enter through the side door. If you have any questions, please contact the HAA at [email protected]. 

Deck the Halls

TICKETS ARE GOING FAST ! FOR "DECK THE HALLS" SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3rd! 

COME CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS with the HAA’s Second Annual "DECK THE HALLS" Emergency Scholarship Fundraiser Luncheon on Sunday, December 3in the Parish Hall from 2 to 6 PM. Elegant buffet, wine, music and dance entertainment, fabulous raffles, adult photo ops with Santa and a LOT OF FUN ! 

 Space limited to 200 persons, so hurry and purchase tickets now: 

1) send to school the ticket request form with your cash/check payable to Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Academy with  “Deck the Halls “ and your name and contact info in the subject line.    

AND DON'T MISS OUR FABULOUS RAFFLES (see raffle baskets description list and ticket forms below) to purchase :  

                        1) CHRISTMAS CASH RAFFLE-$500 CASH PRIZE 

                        2) SANTA’S SLEIGH RAFFLE 

3) A Smart TV

Purchase now by sending to school the completed CHRISTMAS CASH AND SANTA’S SLEIGH RAFFLE TICKET FORMS with your cash/check payable to Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Academy. Winners need not be present  at the drawing to take place at the December 3 “Deck the Halls” Luncheon. All proceeds go to the OLMCA Emergency Scholarship Fund.

Thanksgiving Luncheon Reminder

In anticipation of Thanksgiving and remembering all we are thankful for, we would like to have our Eighth Annual Thanksgiving Luncheon on Tuesday, November 21st. This will be a schoolwide celebration in the

Church basement. Grades 3K-3 will celebrate from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and Grades 4-8 will celebrate from

12:30p.m.-1:30p.m.

We would like the children to enjoy a Thanksgiving feast and with the help from the parents we are hoping to

continue to make this an annual celebration. In order to make this a success, we are asking for help from each

grade Each grade will be asked to provide one specific item to add to our Thanksgiving buffet. We will need

about 10 families from each grade to help make this a success. We understand that many families are very

busy this time of year, so if you are unable to help, please kindly make a donation of $8.00 which will help with

any extra expenses we may incur. We would ask for you to kindly fill out the form below (check all that apply)

and return it to your child’s teacher no later than Friday, November 17th. The sooner we receive the volunteer

forms the sooner we can begin preparation for a wonderful day planned ahead.

Important Reminder

Wednesday, November 22^nd is a 12:30p.m. dismissal. Hot Lunch will be served at 11:30AM for students in PreK-8. There is no Extended Care on this day. Classes will resume on Monday, November 27^th.

Sincerely,

Ms. McCann

Principal