Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School
4141 Beyer Boulevard, San Ysidro, CA 92173
(619) 428-2091 Office (619) 428-8324 Fax
www.olmcsd.com
M O N T H L Y
Mission Statement
Our Lady of Mount
Carmel School, through
a dedicated faculty,
staff, parent, and parish
community, establishes
an environment of faith,
love, and respect, which
fosters spiritual growth
and learning.
This
enables students to
make morally correct
decisions and provide
meaningful service to
society.
Our Lady of Mount
Carmel School
Philosophy
Our Lady of Mount
Carmel School is a
student centered Christian community. Each
member is encouraged
to acquire knowledge,
skills, and values in
order to serve God,
family, and society.
The administration,
faculty, and staff, in
partnership with the
parents/legal guardians
who are the primary
educators of their children, are committed to
assisting students in
developing their full
potential. Our Lady of
Mt. Carmel School
stimulates spiritual,
intellectual, social,
emotional and physical
development in an atmosphere of faith, love,
and community.
N E W S L E T T E R
M A R C H
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A Note from our Principal...
Dear Parents,
As we begin this season of Lent, I invite you to reflect on these words:
Behold, now is a very acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
2 Corinthians 6:2
Every Ash Wednesday, we hear these words from St. Paul. They invite us to spend Lent welcoming
Jesus into our lives. They tell us that Lent offers us a unique opportunity to grow in our faith and to
experience God’s love more fully. They tell us that God is holding out extra grace for us this season, if
we will just accept his invitation.
But how can we take up God’s invitation if we don’t know what this “salvation” is? How can we grow
in our faith and deepen our relationship with him if we aren’t clear on what he wants to do in our lives?
In a world with so many competing philosophies and ideas about God, it’s easy to get confused. What’s
more, in a world that tends to place God in a box, reserving him only for Sunday mornings, it can be
easy to lower our expectations and reduce our faith to a matter of church attendance and adherence
to a set of laws.
But here is Jesus, every Lent, offering us so much more. Year after year, he offers us a powerful season
of grace so that our hearts can be changed even more deeply and our lives renewed even more fully.
Now is the time! Not next month or next year or after we have retired from work. Right now, this
time of grace, this is our time!
So in order to take up this invitation, we want to focus on the salvation that Jesus has won for us. We
want to look at this passage: “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who
believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life” (John 3:16). We want to ask what these
words, which capture the gospel of salvation, mean for our lives.
Let’s take the time to sit at Jesus’ feet and ask him to show us how he “destroyed death and brought
life and immortality to light through the gospel” (2 Timothy 1:10).
Yours in Christ,
Sister Ana Rosa Aceves, S.J.S., Principal
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School
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Our Lady of
Mt. Carmel
Important Announcements
Waiting List 2012—2013
The Waiting List for the 2012-13
school year is still open. If you
have children you would like to
enroll or have friends and family
who are interested in bringing
their children to our school,
please stop by the school office
to sign up your child. There is a
$20.00 testing fee due at the time
of signing up the child in the waiting list. If you need more information, please call the school
office.
Student Learning
Expectations
A graduate of Our Lady of
Mount Carmel School is:
A faithful Catholic who:
Practices the Gospel values and
leads a prayerful life.
Makes moral choices based on
the teachings of the Church.
Develops a spirit of service to
family, school, parish, community.
Has a great love for Jesus in the
Blessed Sacrament and for
Mary, His Mother.
A diligent learner who:
Possesses a solid foundation in
basic subjects.
Is a good reader with high comprehension and writing skills.
Is a critical thinker and problem
solver.
Is a good listener and can follow directions.
Is able to responsibly utilize
technology for learning, communication, and enjoyment.
A responsible citizen who:
Is self-disciplined, productive,
understands and accepts responsibility.
Respects authority, self, peers,
and others, regardless of their
diversity.
Knows how to lead and maintain a healthy life-style.
Is aware of global issues.
Registrations 2012-2013
Registration packets for the 20122013 school year will be sent
home during this month with
your oldest child. Registration
fee is due on April 17th.
Report Cards
Students will receive their third
quarter Report Cards on Monday,
March 19th. Please review the
report card, sign the envelope
and return to your child’s teacher
the next day. If you need to
schedule an appointment with
your child’s teacher, please call
the school office.
Spring Portraits
Mike Shriver Photography will be
at our school on Wednesday,
March 28th to take students’
Spring Portraits. Students wishing
to purchase Spring Portraits must
bring payment to the photographer on picture day. Flyers with
costs of portrait packages will be
given to students later this
month.
School Uniforms
Uniforms are available for purchase in the school office on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from
8:00—9:00am.
Parent Teacher Group News (PTG)
Family Hours of Service
Snack Bar “Tiendita”
All families are reminded that
you must complete twenty
hours of service during the
school year. These hours may
be done by helping in the library, snack bar, supply room,
carpools during field trips,
helping the teachers, and many
other areas.
The library
schedule is Tuesday & Thursdays from 1:00—3:00pm and
Wednesday & Fridays all day.
The following is the schedule
for the Snack Bar this month.
Hours of service are from
9:00—11:00am. Please sign up
with your room mothers to
volunteer during your assigned
week.
March
5—9
2nd Grade
12—16
1st Grade
19—23
Kinder
26—30
Pre-Kinder
Mini Day
Reminders!
Friday, March 16th
&
Friday, March 30th
Dismissal @ 12:15pm
MCS Choir & Drama News
Choir events for the month of
March are the following:
March 11th
Choir Mass
8:30 am OLMC Church
Class Mass
March 4th
8:30am 8th Grade Mass
March 18th
8:30am 7th Grade Mass
March 25th
8:30am 6th Grade Mass
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Special Recognition
Faculty & Staff
Birthdays!
Congratulations to our winners from the following competitions!
E S S AY C O N T E S T
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Kinder
Jazmin Gaxiola
Danae Santana
Valeria Teran
1st Grade
Luis Carlos Gonzalez
Ximena Martinez
Andrea Bihouet
2nd Grade
Jaime Medina
Alyssa Hobbs
Manuel Peña
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
3rd Grade
Jose Francisco Castro
Chantal Lopez
Jose Luis Mendoza
4th Grade
Carlos Morineau
Kate Armenta
Mariajimena Hernandez
5th Grade
Emi Sanchez
Rubi Giron
Rodrigo Hinostroza
6th Grade
Giovanna Lopez
Marla Salman
Michelle Campuzano
7th Grade
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
8th Grade
Celio Gonzalez
Alexys Lepe
Diana Ramirez
Mariana Velasco/Paulina Sierra
Rocio Flores
Alex Garcia
ACADEMIC TEAM
Congratulations to our school’s Academic Decathlon Team! They competed this past Saturday in the
Annual Diocesan Academic Decathlon and did an outstanding job! These students achieved 4th Place
overall, amongst all the schools in the Diocese, and they also achieved 4th Place in the Logic Quiz!
(8th Grade)
Jose Sanchez
Cristian Olmos
Hilda Espinoza
Oscar-Ruben Peña-Vizcarra
(7th Grade)
(6th Grade)
Anais Santiago
Gaby Quevedo
Paulina Rosales
Diana Ramirez
Paulina Sierra
Giovanna Lopez
1st Place, Current Events
1st Place, Literature
2nd Place, Religion
4th Place, Science
5th Place, Fine Arts
Alternates:
Vivian Mateos (6th Grade)
Mariela Rosales (7th Grade)
MCS Knights
Thank you to the parents who support Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School’s
Sports Program. A reminder that
Hours of Service Slips need to be
signed after each sports season and
only if you carpool to practices and/
or games can credit be given.
Mr. Marques, Sports Coordinator
(619) 585-3533
Girls Basketball
Upper Grades
Junior Varsity and Varsity will
start practices this month.
League games will be held at
Mater Dei. Participation forms
and uniform request to follow.
Same uniform as last year.
Coaches to be announced.
Soccer
Boys & Girls—Upper Grades
Mr. Sanchez and family will
coach our soccer teams.
Sports Uniforms
We try not to change uniforms
every year to keep cost down.
The order for uniforms will have
a window to order and pay. A
service charge of $10.00 will be
charged for late orders. Please
check uniform sizes correctly.
Congratulations to our
faculty/staff members who
are celebrating their
birthday this month!
03/02
Ms. Jeanett Valenzuela
03/07
Mrs. Corina Ramos
03/11
Mr. Alfonso Sanchez
03/20
Mrs. Margarita Flores
03/22
Mrs. Yanira Vasquez
03/24
Mrs. Maria Elena Morlett
03/29
Mrs. Edna Tucker
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First Reconciliation
Congratulations to our students who received for the first time the Sacrament of Reconciliation on February 28th.
Valerie Anne Abaroa
Aime Acuña
Juan Jose Bernal Garcia
Juan Carlos Botello
Leonardo D. Calvo-Curiel
Esteban Carranza
Jose Francisco Castro
Luisangel Chavez-Quevedo
Maria Fernanda Corral
Miguel-Angel Curiel
Conrad Jacob Dayton
Itzel Estrada
Rafael Estrada
Sofia Gaxiola
Alyssa Carely Gomez
Karel Nicole Gonzalez
Diego Holguin
Alejandra Hurtado
Ina Briette Lelevier
Joanna Loaiza
Chantal Lopez
Bryan Martinez Santiago
Jose Luis Mendoza
Anahi Mendoza-Herrera
Adamari Moreno
Valeria Rabago Rabago
Andres Francisco Reynoso
Justin Rivera
Alejandra Robles
Miki Sanchez
Natalia Sanchez-Gomez
Galia Asae Santana-Oikawa
Manuel Ignacio Urbina
Ximena Vasquez Benitez
Francisco Javier Vasquez
Matthew Christopher Vazquez
Denia Fernanda Villegas
Gospel Value of the Month
Congratulations to our Students of the Month for exemplifying the values of Self Control and Respect.
January—Self Control
Kinder 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade -
Vicente Martinez
Alexander Edward Slinsky
Kenya Ruiz-Limon
Chantal Lopez
Linda Marysol Solares
Carolina Loaiza
Veronica Anne Villanueva
Francisco Alejandro Garcia
Anais Andrea Santiago
February—Respect
Kinder 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade -
Mateo Gregorio Orozco
Paulette Vazquez
Andrea Hurtado
Maria Fernanda Corral
Bianca Salman-Avila
Alain Cristiani-Torres
Sarah Marie Mauldin
Julianna Yaritza Arzate
Dalia Morales-Adon
Acts of kindness elevate the soul. Students
are introduced to kindness—its definition,
examples of what it looks like, and how it relates to their daily lives—and encouraged to
put it into practice.