Congrats to Our April Students of the Month Kindergarten: Matthew Usher; Grade 1: Caleb Donelon; Grade 2: Sebastian Grover and Sophia Tucciarone; Grade 3: Riley Francis; Grade 4:Christopher Duarte; Grade 5: Avery Garcia.

Volume11, Issue 4

May Calendar

1st Friday Liturgy, 9:30 AM 5/4 Donnelly’s Uniform 5/7 Measurement PTG Mtg., 7 PM 5/8 Ascension Thursday Liturgy 5/10 9:30 AM 1st Communion, 10 AM 5/12 PTG Family Fun Event 5/18 Spring Concert, Gr. 3-8 5/21 Spring Concert, PreK-Gr2 5/22 Memorial Day, No School 5/28

In This Issue

Principal’s Corner 2

Monday Morning Message 2

Class News 3

Totally Terrific Teachers 4

2017 – 2018 PTG

President Carolyn Almonte

Secretary Christine O’Connor

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School

127 State St. Bristol, RI 02809 (401) 253-8455 www.olmcri.org

OLMCPTG

Our Lady of Mount Carmel School

FalconFlyerOLMC Honored Guests

We were honored to welcome Most Reverend Robert Evans, Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, and Julia Estela Castillo Bryan, Director of Mustard Seed Communities Nicaragua to our school last week. They spoke to our students, toured our school, and visited our classrooms. They told our students about the power of Christ’s love and suggested ways to stay close to Christ. We also welcomed two seminarians, Mr. Chris Letizia and Mr. Roarke Traynor to talk about vocations with our middle school students. It was a great week to be a Catholic school!

COMING SOON:

PTG FAMILY FUN NIGHT on 5/18

READING WEEK Our celebration of reading will take place the week of April 30. Many reading

activities have been planned and storyteller, Mark Binder, will visit with us on Wednesday, May 2. Our Scholastic Book Fair will be in the parish center, so come checkout some fabulous books. We reading!

Mrs. Janet A. Maloney

Principal’s Corner

ThePTGsponsoredfundraiser,ComedyNight,wasawonderfullysuccessfuleventthatraisedfundstohelpkeeptuitionatanaffordablepriceforourschoolfamilies.Manythanksneedtobementioned:toMelissaBrady,CarolynAlmonteandPTGmemberswhoworkedtirelesslytomakethisnighthappen,toPaulSouthworthforhisgraphicdesignskills,tothecorporatesponsors–SamAdamsBrewery,SakonnetVineyards,WDandAssociates,Donnelly’sUniform,WilliamRaveis,WoodsHeatingandOil,Gil’sAppliance,totheschoolsupporters–RobertandDonnaMcKenna,andtoallthosewhodonateditemstotheSilentAuction.Thanksalsotoeveryonewhocametosupportourcause.Ifyouweren’tabletomakeitthisyear–besuretocomenextyear.Itwassuchagreatnight.Springisfinallyuponusanditfeelsgood!Thedaffodilsandhyacinthshaveblossomedaroundourschool,andthestudentshaveblossomedinsidetheschool.ReportsontheirthirdtrimesterprogressweresenthomeonApril25.Therearemanyactivitieshappeningintheremainingmonthsofthisacademicyear,pleasemakesuretochecktheschoolcalendarandtheweeklyFridayemailupdatestokeepinformed.

For thou, O Spring! canst renovate All that high God did first create.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

YoursinChrist,Mrs.Maloney

Happy Administrator Assistant Day!

Thanks Mrs. Metivier for all you do to keep our school running smoothly every day!

MONDAY MORNING MESSAGE

DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL, OLMC STUDENTS HEARD ABOUT

OUR FAITH FROM THE FOLLOWING GUESTS:

Mrs. Jeanne Gunning, a parishioner and school volunteer, told our students about the born again experience that brought Christ’s presence into her life. Most Reverend Robert C. Evans, Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, shared with our students three actions that can bring them closer to Christ: go to Mass every Sunday, obey the 10 Commandments, and love each other. Mrs. Barbara Vittoria, school parent, told our students that God always answers our prayers but it might not be in the way we expect.

Last Day of School The last day of school for our

preschool will be June 6; and the last day of school for our elementary and middle school students will be June 8. Extra minutes are built into each school day to allow for the inevitable cancellation of days due to

snowy weather.

Pre-K 3 April has been a very busy month working on several letters of the alphabet and their sounds. We have a new game we like playing, which is helping us recognize our numbers to ten. We have been working on our classroom door for Reading Week. We can't wait to see it all put together. It is going to be the biggest ice cream cone ever! The title of our book is: Is It Warm Enough For Ice Cream? We all agreed any season is good enough to eat ice cream!! Yum Yum Yum!!

Pre-K 4 It’s finally starting to feel like spring! Pre-K four has been talking about spring and the changes that happen this time of year. We have been learning about how this is the time of year when the trees start to grow new leaves, birds build their nests and lay eggs, flowers start to grow and the grass turns green. We will also be talking about the different types of bugs that start to come out with the warmer weather. Our sensory table is filled with green Easter grass and hidden insects for a bug hunt! Pre-k is finishing up unit 6 in our early literacy program with The Nightingale. It teaches concepts such as first, next, last and identifying categories. We also continue to work on learning our letters and numbers. Our student of the week was Wyatt. Kindergarten The kindergarteners have been hard at work learning their popcorn words. They have almost finished all of the first grade list! They have finished up Theme 8 in reading and have just begun Theme 9, which is Spring is Here. These next three weeks will focus on short e words and sequencing stories. They have met new alpha friends Willie Worm and Edna Elephant! The class has been sounding out words and writing everyday. They love to be challenged with tricky words. In religion, they are learning about the sacraments and through Baptism they became members of the Church. In math, the class has finished learning about money and has just started working on telling time to the hour, calendars, passage of time, and sequence. In science, the class will be planting different types of seeds and predicting what will happen and making observations about the seeds/plants. The children love to read their Little Reader books to the class after working on them at home. Their joy is infectious when they are showing off their hard work! Grade 1 Despite April showers, first grade was sunny and busy. We tackled time and money in math and now we watch the clock for times to leave for specials or lunch. Money was a little tricky

as we had to start adding in chunks and in our heads, but we now have a good foundation to build our skills upon. In reading, we read Johnny Appleseed and were surprised to find out that he was a real person! In writing, we researched a subject and then wrote about it. We learned facts about space, animals, and a famous bridge. We have been so lucky to have Ms. Shannon with us. She taught us about hearing limitations and American Sign Language. The students caught on fast and we can now sign our name and use sign to indicate bathroom and water. We completed a STEAM project on 3-D shapes and the buildings in our community. We may have an architect or two in our class! Wishing you all abundant springtime blessings ~Mrs. Forand Grade 2 April was fast and exciting in 2nd grade! In math, students have been working hard to master 3-digit addition and subtraction, as well as addition and subtraction with money. They are rocking it! We will soon start learning about geometry. In science, students have begun learning all about birds. They are studying where birds live, why birds migrate, and how birds are different and the same from one another. Second-graders are budding ornithologists! In reading, we are working our way through The BFG by Roald Dahl – a true classic. Ask a second-grader what frobscottle and whizzpoppers are and you won’t be disappointed! We will finish off a packed month of reading with many fun activities during Reading Week next week. In religion, we are furiously preparing for First Communion, to take place on May 12. We have learned all about the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist and we are just about ready to go! Please pray for our class as our students experience this monumental event in their faith journeys. Next month will bring so much more learning as we wrap up this wonderful year. Grade 3 Third grade had another fantastic month in April. We hosted a Community Meeting, and presented our persuasive writing pieces to the school. Topics included why the school day should be shorter, why the school day should be longer, and why everyone should read at least 20 minutes a day! In reading, we just finished our mixed up fairy tales unit, and read books such as Kate and the Beanstalk, Cindy Ellen, and The Gospel Cinderella. Students enjoyed reading new perspectives on stories they already knew a bit about! In math this month, we tackled multi-digit multiplication and long division. Students’ strong knowledge of their multiplication tables has helped them immensely! In science, student are drafting and editing their animal reports, and just a few weeks ago we took a class trip to the library. Students enjoyed taking out books on their animals, and buddy reading with classmates. In religion, we are reviewing the importance of the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and reminding ourselves of the importance of asking God’s forgiveness when we sin. Moving forward, students are eager for the start of Reading Week, and to share all of the reading and learning they've done all year. Grade 4 April was a busy month for 4th grade. In reading, we are wrapping up our theme on Heroes. In this theme we read about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Gloria Estefan, Lou Gehrig, and Sacagawea. In math, we finished our unit on geometry and are now focusing on long division. We are continuing to study the Commandments in religion. In social studies, we are studying the mountain states. Electricity is the focus in science. The class has made series circuits, parallel circuits, and an electromagnet. In English, we are concentrating on writing. The class is writing reports on their favorite baseball players.

ClassNews

Italian: The students are learning about adjectives in Italian, and how they agree in number and gender to the nouns they are describing. Grade 5 During April, the fifth graders started reading the book Wonder by RJ Palacio. It is about a boy who was born with a craniofacial abnormality and what he endures from peers at school. By reading this book, the students learned how the choice of "Choosing Kind” goes a long way. Through journal writing, the students wrote advice columns to express how to handle different peer situations. Religion was incorporated with this topic because the students were able to use role-playing and look at different scenarios to help them understand not to judge a book by its cover. The students also learned about theological virtues in religion. In math, the students finished up the geometry unit. This included learning the types of triangles and quadrilaterals, how to find measurements of triangles, naming transformations and drawing tessellations. In science, the students finished up the energy unit. They learned how sound and the pitch of objects works. Students used strings, elastics and straws to create different pitches and analyzed how sound goes higher and lower based on how you move things. In social studies, the students learned the history of the Declaration of Independence. The students learned about the Preamble and the reason the Declaration was created. In addition, the students completed a Declaration of Independence Scavenger Hunt, which allowed them to learn more vocabulary, as well as additional facts. Italian: The students are working on a review of the last 5 chapters in the textbook, and they are learning how to translate short paragraphs from Italian to English. Grade 6 Math: Group 1: Students are currently learning the area of geometric figures. They will be moving onto finding surface area and volume. Once we are finished with this we are going to move onto percent applications. Group 2: Students have started the geometry unit. They reviewed how to use the protractor and to measure angles. We will be moving toward finding area of geometric figures. ELA: Students presented their Google Slides culminating projects from the novel A Wrinkle In Time. They learned how to incorporate animation, sound, and transitions to make their presentation more engaging for their audience. Everyone did a super job creating and presenting! Students also learned about poetry as a genre and had fun being poets - especially when writing and illustrating their own limericks. Religion: The class concluded its study of the Old Testament and has started to study the New Testament. We learned about the special roles of Mary and Elizabeth in God’s plan, the Holy Family, and John the Baptist who prepared the way for Jesus. Science: 6th grade students worked on the egg drop challenge and the purpose of safety devices such as helmets and airbags and how they protect initial and secondary impact. History: Students have been learning about Africa and the Americas. This topic allows students to view ancient African civilizations, discover how western and eastern African civilizations grew because of trade, and other inventions created for the purpose of farming. French: The students are learning the days of the week in French, as well as how to say dates. Grade 7 Pre-Algebra: Students are currently learning about square roots and applications. They have used the Pythagorean

Theorem to prove why a triangle is right. The students will also learn beginning trigonometry. (Sine, Cosine, Tangent) Math: The students are working on the geometry unit. They are currently finding the area of triangles, trapezoids, and parallelograms. We will be moving forward to surface area and volume of polygons. ELA: In English language arts, the class began work on essays to inform their audience about the perils of drug use. Students applied the REC Essay Format to craft their ideas using hooks, supporting details, transitions, and clinchers. April, being National Poetry Month, the class read and wrote poems of all varieties. Nathan Simas was teacher for an ELA Day-Grade 7! Nathan used the website Kahoot to target 21st century literacy skills with logo recognition and parts of speech. Everyone enjoyed Nathan’s teaching-especially Ms. C! Science: 7th grade students worked on the egg drop challenge and the purpose of safety devices such as helmets and airbags and how they protect initial and secondary impact. Along with this, 7th grade is finishing up with cell process and energy. This chapter allows students to learn about the cell cycle and shows how cells are able to break down simple food substances using respiration. Religion: In religion, students are continuing to deepen their knowledge of the commandments. Geography: Students are learning about the causes of population growth and migration. This section allows them to see migration patterns of certain areas along with why populations in certain areas have increased. French: The students are learning basic body parts in French, and they are practicing them by playing a French version of the game “Simon Says”. Grade 8 Algebra: The students have worked on adding, subtracting and multiplying polynomials. We will be factoring polynomials in the coming week. Once we wrap up this chapter we will be moving forward to radical expressions. Pre-Algebra: Students have been working with graphing functions. They are going to learn how to find the slope and use the slope and intercepts to write an equation. Then they will be moving onto solving functions such as f(x), g(x), and h(x). The students will also be using slope-intercept form to graph equations. ELA: In English language arts, students read, wrote, and illustrated several forms of poetry in honor of National Poetry Month. The class enjoyed the classic narrative poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride” by the famous Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Students identified poetic literary elements and the rhyme scheme of the poem. Riley Letendre was the Grade 8 Teacher for A Day-ELA! Riley presented a Google Slides on the power of the media, the issue of trust, and America’s interest in aliens. Her lesson included a Twilight Zone classic and she referenced Orson Welles’ infamous “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast from 1938. Great job Riley! Religion: The students will be reading and learning about the parables of Jesus. The students will pick a parable from the Bible, write the meaning, and create an illustration. We will then move forward to the Catholic Social Teachings. History: The students created Word War II websites using Google Sites. The students assessed each other’s website and gave constructive criticism for each. We will be moving forward to the 1950s. Topics include President Eisenhower’s Domestic Policy, The Cold War, the economic growth and prosperity of the 1950s, and problems and issues that arose. Science: 8th grade students worked on the egg drop challenge and the purpose of safety devices such as helmets and airbags and how they protect initial and secondary impact. 8th grade has continued to work with F=MA problems along with free body diagrams. These skills prepare them for higher level

classes along with getting them to understand force and its impact on everything around us. Latin: The students are working in groups to create their own models of structures from Ancient Rome, and they will subsequently be researching them and doing short presentations for their classmates. Physical Education Preschool – Grade 2: In physical education this month the unit focused on manipulative, coordination and movement skills. Students focused specifically on running, jumping and mastering obstacles. Grades 3-8: Students participated in series of fitness tests, which included the pacer test, sit-ups and push ups. Health Preschool – Grade 3: In health class, students have been learning all about germs, ways to prevent them from spreading to each other and how to take care of themselves in the process. Grades 4 – 6: Students have been working on self-esteem and peer pressure. Grades 7-8: Students have been learning about bones and how they intertwine with eating healthy and living an active healthy lifestyle. Art Preschool: Preschool students have continued to create alphabet art. This month they worked on “V” vase, “W” watermelon and “X” x-ray. They have also made colorful butterflies using coffee filters, markers and pipe cleaners. The butterflies really made it feel like spring! Kindergarten – Grade 2: Kindergarten through second grade had some fun creating chicks holding umbrellas dancing in the rain. This was a multimedia project using construction paper, tissue paper and markers. The students were very creative. Some of them added rain boots and rain hats to their chicks. The second graders worked on banners all about themselves. They learned the definition of composition. The goal was to create an interesting composition having items go off the page and by having other items overlap each other.

Grades 3 – 5: Third grade through fifth grade students worked on creating landscapes. The students learned about foreground, middle ground and background. They created abstract landscapes using crazy colors and simplified shapes to create different elements in their landscapes. Middle School: Middle school students worked on watercolor and pen & ink paintings. The students created detailed drawings and outlined them using ink. The students then used pen & ink techniques to add value to their drawings. The final step was to add color with watercolor paints creating beautiful finished pieces of art. Music April has been a busy month finishing up some of the final touches for our upcoming spring concerts. Grades 3 - 8 will be performing “Rock Around the Clock,” which is a 50’s theme. The concert attire is a 50’s theme dress: examples are girls- poodle skirts, jeans, white blouses , sneakers, white socks, pony tails and neck scarfs. Boys - jeans, leather jackets, white tee shirts and slicked back hair. Ask grandma and grandpa for some ideas! Pre-K3 - 2nd grade will be performing “Carnival of the Animals”. Concert attire: Pre K 3 should bring in a Teddy bear, Pre K 4 - 1st grade may dress up as any animal. Examples are full animal costume or animal hats, tee shirts with animals on them, Kitty ears, bunny ears, antlers etc. Have fun using your imagination. 2nd graders will receive an email of certain animal props they may need for their reading part or solo. Stay tuned it will be coming soon. Monday May 21, 2018 Rock Around the Clock OLMC Parish Center Time: 6:30 pm/doors open at 6:00 Donations will be accepted at the door. Thank you for your support! Tuesday May 22, 2018 Carnival of the Animals OLMC Parish Center Time: 6:30 pm/Doors open at 6:16 pm Donations will be accepted at the door. Thank you for your support!

SPOTLIGHT ON MRS. EMILY PACHECO, KINDERGARTEN TEACHER

Mrs.PachecoreceivedherbachelorofartsinearlychildhoodeducationatLaselleCollegeinNewton,Mass.Shehasbeenteachingfor15yearsatOurLadyofMountCarmelSchool,andsheisalsoanalumnaofourschool.

Mrs.Pachecobecameateacherbecausehermotherfosteredherloveoflearningandteaching.Sheneverthoughtaboutbecominganythingelse!Sheisalwayscreatingfunwaysforheryoungstudentstolearn.Onanygivenday,thestudentsareplayingsightwordbaseball,Pop,orrollandadd/rollandsubtract.Eventhoughthestudentsareinkindergarten,Mrs.Pacheco’steachingpracticessupportthedevelopmentoftheircriticalthinkingandproblemsolvingskills.Herclassroomisbestdescribedasawarmwelcomingandnurturingenvironmentwherestudentscandeveloptheirloveoflearning.ForMrs.Pacheco,thebestpartofOurLadyofMountCarmelSchoolisthecommunitywhereeveryonesupportseachotherandeveryoneworkstogether.Sinceshegetstoknowstudentsinkindergarten,Mrs.Pachecohastheuniqueopportunitytowatchthesechildrenmatureanddeveloprightupthrougheighthgrade.Mrs.Pachecoliveswithherhusband,threechildren(whoalsoattendOurLadyofMountCarmelSchool),andhercat,Buttercup."Theimportantthingisnotsomuchthateverychildbetaught,asthateverychildshouldbegiventhewishtolearn."~JohnLubbock

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