June 05, 2024

Principal Newsletter 6.5.24


Race for Education

 

Our annual Race for Education was a tremendous success! We raised $16,805! Your generosity will go a along way as we work toward of upgrading our library and security. It was wonderful to see so many kids walking, jogging, and running, and so many parents and family members volunteering. 

 

This event was truly successful thanks to our amazing OLMCA community. A huge thanks to the sponsors that contributed to our special race. Thank you to all the parent volunteers that supervised the students, punched holes, served food, and cheered our students on. Thank you to the faculty and staff for organizing this wonderful event. I would especially like to thank Ms. Paz, Mrs. Aliperti, Mr. Ventura, Mr. Joyce and their team of parents for preparing a delicious barbecue! Finally, this event would not have been the success that it was without the support of Mrs. Paula Deist. She spent countless hours ensuring that the race was a success. It certainly was! I am counting down the days until next year’s race!

 

Here is a breakdown of the winners: 

 

Highest Donations: 

 

Grand Prize: Sabater Family

1st Place: Alexandra Acierno-Romano (Grade 3)

2nd Place: Isabella Morales (Grade 8)

 

100% Participation  

Grade 6 with 100% returns earned a pizza party and dunked water on the teachers!

 

Most Laps:

 

Grade 1: Julius Klingos and Graham McEnteggart

Grade 2: Miguel Abad, Maxim Jafri, Julius Nikiforov, and Samuel Ortiz-Bran

Grade 3:  Kieran Strong

Grade 4: Anson Lin 

Grade 5: Jaden Soto

                                                  Grade 6: Julietta Pustovoytov and Pablo Sabater

Grade 7: Noah Brutus and Pauline Vornova

Grade 8: Mateo Koo and Angelina Pustovoytov


Final Days of School

 

Hot lunch will be served until Thursday, June 20th.  The last day for early morning drop-off and the breakfast program is Thursday, June 20th.  The last day for Extended Care is Friday, June 14th. School is closed on Wednesday, June 19th in observance of Juneteenth. There are half days (12:30pm dismissal) on Monday, June 17th, Tuesday, June 18thth and Thursday, June 20th.    

 

The Awards Ceremony for Grades 3-7 will be held in the Parish Hall at 9:30am on Thursday, June 20th

 

Report cards for students in Grades 1-7 will be distributed on Thursday, June 20th.   

 

Report cards are only released if all tuition and fees are paid in full. After June 20th, report cards will be available for pick up in the office.

 

Summer Packets

 

All students entering Grades K-4 at OLMCA in September will receive hard copies of their summer packet next week. Students entering Grades K-4 will also have the assignments posted on Google Classroom. All students entering Grades 5-8 will have digital assignments posted on a summer Google Classroom. All information will be shared with students next week. Students are asked to complete the summer packet and return it to their homeroom teacher on the first day of school. The directions for the packets will also be made available on the school website. For new families, summer packets will be emailed. 

 

The draft calendar for 2024-2025 will be emailed next week for your reference.

 

Volunteers for 2024-2025

It was such a great year for events this year due to the HAA’s hard work. For the safety of each child in our school, all volunteers must have Virtus Training. You may register at virtusonline.org. After completing the VIRTUS Program we ask that you please bring to the office a copy of your certificate for us to keep track of in our database. We have a tentatively scheduled a Virtus training at OLMCA on September 12th at 6:30pm. More information to follow once the date is confirmed.