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| Message from the Principal |
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Dear Friends and Parents,
I would like to share the results of the
2007 Parent Survey. Thank you to all
the parents that responded to the survey.
Seventy-eight parents responded, compared
with seventy-three during the last survey
that was conducted in the spring of 2005.
MCA is an excellent school, yet we are always
striving for improvement. The survey feedback
reaffirmed the strengths and successes at our
school and also provided guidance for areas
we should explore in more detail.
What did we learn?
We continue to receive high marks for:
Our friendly, safe and clean environment
Our warm, welcoming community
Our nurturing, supportive and
enthusiastic staff
Our family oriented Catholic values and
diverse student body
Our high quality curriculum and high
school placement record
Our many extras offered, including
sports, reading buddies, and after-school
activities and events
Overall, the survey scores and open-ended
comments were significantly better compared
to the previous survey. Positive scores
increased on almost every question. Major
improvements were noted in the areas of
foreign language, technology and
school-parent communication.
What are the next steps?
Parents cited several areas for improvements
including:
The need for a new gym
Clearer discipline policy
Retention of teachers
The quality of the school lunch
The faculty and School Board of MCA will
continue to work hard to maintain our
strengths and address the parent concerns
identified in the survey. Going forward,
we'll report back to you with updates on our
progress and plan to administer future
surveys. As always, thank you for your
support and please feel free to call or
e-mail me with any questions or comments.
Sincerely,
Shane Staszcuk,
Principal
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| MCA Family Directories |
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The 07-08 Family Directories are almost
ready. They
will be distributed at Parent-Teacher
conferences on November 9th.
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| Pumpkin Contest Winners! |
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Most Silly
1. Sophia Gawrit
2. Aanya Jhaveri
Most Original
1. Amy Hoke
2. Alex Leonard
Most School Spirit
1. Jack Moser
2. Carmen Marruenda
Most Beautiful
1. Jordan Weaver
2. Michael Gomes
Most Scary
1. Iroegbu Family
2. Tatiana Gawrit
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| Halloween Parade |
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| 4th/5th Grade Immigration Day |
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On the 2nd of November, 4th & 5th
grade third
class steerage passengers waited outside for
passage into the Main Building on Ellis
Island. Everyone passed their medical and
mental exams! Thanks to all of our wonderful
parents who made the experience run
efficiently.
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| Our Lady of Mount Carmel Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair |
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The Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair is
Sunday, November 18, 2007 from 9 am -1:30 pm
held in Casey Hall at 720 W. Belmont,
Chicago. Registration is $25.00 for
parishioners and $35.00 for non-parishioners.
Mail your check payable to OLMC and mail to
708 W. Belmont, Chicago IL 60657 c/o Rita
Lambert. Registration fee includes one 6'
table and chair(s).
Include your name, address, phone #, email
and type of craft when contacting Barb.
Contact Barbara Madro, 773-525-8195 barbmadro@hotmail.com
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| Chicago City of Big Readers- Summer Reading Program |
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Several MCA Students participated in the 2007
summer reading Program "Chicago City of Big
Readers" at the John Merlo Branch of the
Chicago Library over the course of this past
summer. Following is a list of students who
took advantage of this wonderful
opportunity
Toni Adams-Ambre
Luke Albarracin
Mary Pat Bannan
Evie Barreda
Madeleine Barreda
Martin Borysiewicz
Ola Borysiewiz
Jack Galante
Dan Galante
Alec Heilman
Simone Iroegbu
Spencer Iroegbu
Martin Jastrzebski
Aanya Jhaveri
Adam Kanyock
Amelia Kassam
Clio Kidwell
Ian Kidwell
Brandon Lewis
Reyna Lute
Grace Miklaszewski
Stephanie Miklaszewski
Edward Morgan
William Morgan
Dariusz Muta
Chase Nasser
Angela Pagalunan
Vedant Pathak
Amanda Reed
Maria Santhosh
Elizabeth Santhosh
Mary Seamons
Madison Staszcuk
Sui Lin Tam
Alex Villasenor
Andy Villasenor
Andrew Wochner
Jack Wollan
3 Volunteers who helped the program run
smoothly:
Amelia Kassa
Reyna Lute
Stephanie Miklaszewski
Congratulations to all!
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| Alumni News |
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Harlequins' Fall Musical Promises to
Deliver Laughs
This weekend, St.
Ingatius College
Prep's Harlequin's Club debuts it's fall
musical, Moby Dick, The Musical! Two of
MCA's alums, Becca Brown (MCA '06) and Morgan
McFarland (MCA '07) will don McLaughlin
Theatre's stage for this humorous play.
Tickets are still available for $9.00 at the
box office. For more information about the
play, please contact St. Ignatius' Fr. Ross
Pribyl, S.J., at 312.432-8354 or by e-mail
ross.pribyl@ignatiu
s.org
Below is an excerpt from St. Ignatius's
website:
The play is billed as follows, "The girls of
St. Godley's School for young ladies are in
trouble! Money for the school has been
depleted, and it will certainly have to
close. Leave it to these resourceful girls
and their unflappable headmistress to devise
a plan to keep the school afloat. Using
whatever they can find at hand, the girls
mount an original production: a musical
version of the novel, Moby Dick, featuring
their headmistress in the coveted role of
Captain Ahab! As Melville rolls in his grave,
our spirited girls run roughshod over the
classic as they parody fifties doo-wop songs,
Broadway melodies, gospel music, sea
shanties, Gilbert & Sullivan patter songs,
and modern boy-band ballads. What "The Rocky
Horror Show" does to late night horror
movies, "Moby Dick", The Musical! does to
Herman Melville!"
The show will run for two consecutive
weekends in the McLaughlin Theatre. The
November 9, 10, 16 and 17 shows will be
performed at 7:00 p.m. The Sunday, November
18 show will be a 2:00 p.m. matinee. Tickets
are $9.00.
If you have alumni information that you would
like share with MCA, please send to berna
be@mountcarmelacademy.org
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| Family Mass |
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Family Mass has been a long tradition of
Mount Carmel Academy and Our Lady Of Mount
Carmel, beginning over a decade ago when some
MCA parents and parishioners recognized how
good it is for us to come together for prayer
and community . Once a month during the
school year, each class takes a turn hosting
the 9:30a.m. Sunday Mass at the church and
reception following in the MCA cafeteria.
Please help the families listed below by
offering to donate breakfast treats or your
time. We look forward to seeing you at the
first school sponsored family Mass of the
2007-2008 school year on September 30, 2007!
See you at Mass.
FAMILY MASS SCHEDULE 2007-2008
11/18/07 Sixth Grade
- Matt and Maria Ambre
12/2/07 Pre-K and
Kindergarten - Stacie Michaels
1/13/08 Seventh
Grade - John and Brenda Miklaszewski
2/3/08 Second Grade -
Ed and Andrea Villasenor
3/2/08 Fifth
Grade - Lisa Hebert
4/6/08
First Grade - Flo Albarracin and Kate
Mulligan
MAY
Eighth Grade - STILL NEED VOLUNTEERS TO
HELP
ORGANIZE THIS!
Please call Brenda
Miklaszewski at 773-477-2043
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| High School Open House Opportunities |
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Mount Carmel High School will host
three
Open
Houses for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade boys and
their families
Sunday, November 11th, 11 am -2 pm
Tuesday, November 20th, 6pm- Honors
Program Open House
Thursday, December 6th 6pm-8pm
Loyola Academy
6th, 7th, and 8th grade students and parents
are welcome to attend our Open House at
Loyola Academy on Thursday, November 15th
from 6 pm- 9pm
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| St. Scholastica Academy Events (SSA) Calendar |
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Fall Open House, Wednesday, Nov. 7th
from 5:30-7:30PM
Learn about our:
- College Preparatory Programs
- International Baccalaureate Honors
Program
- Extra-Curricular Clubs
- Athletics
- Financial Aid
- Tours of Campus
RSVP: Ms. Jamie Chabura at
773-764-5715 X365
Family Shadow Day Friday, Nov. 12th,
8:30 am-2:30 pm
If your daughter is looking for a high school
that is a home away from home, then it's time
your family met our family.
Continental
Breakfast is provided.
RSVP: Ms. Jamie Chabura at
773-764-5715 X365
Holiday High Tea Saturday, Nov. 10th
from 3-6PM at RL- Ralph Lauren Restaurant,
115 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
Tickets are $25.00-benefiting St. Scholastica
Academy
Highlights- First 20 women will win Sisley
Cosmetics goodie bag of cosmetics.
RSVP: Lynn Kalanik, Alumnae Relations at
773-764-5715 X364
Evening with the Arts Friday, Nov.
16th from 6-9:45 pm
Welcome all young ladies grades 6-8th to an
evening of visual and performing arts!
Enjoy dinner and opening night of fall
musical with current SSA students.
RSVP by Nov. 12th: Ms. Jamie
Chabura at 773-764-5715 X365
"The High School That Dripped Gooseflesh"
There is a sensational cast of characters:
students with supernatural powers, bewildered
faculty and truly frightening creeps!
Nov. 16th-18th, 8 pm, Fri/Sat and 2 pm on
Sunday
Tickets are $8.00 at the door
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Short Notes |
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Calendar Notes
Nov 8th, Picture
Re-take Day
Nov 9th, Book Fair
Nov 9th, No Students,
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Nov 15th, Ancient
Civilization Night- Grades 6 and 7,
4:15pm-5:30pm
Nov 16th, No Students,
Staff Development Day
Nov 21-23rd,
Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov 26th, Hot Dog
Day
Nov 29th, Ballroom
Dance-Off at Cultural Center
Nov 30th, Jeans
Day
Dec 2nd, Breakfast with
Saint Nick
Dec 7th, 8th grade
photos
Dec 12th, Christmas
Program
Dec 24-January
4th,Christmas Holiday- No
School
Jan 7th,School Resumes
Breakfast with the Principal
Amanda Gonzalez- 2nd
Philip Taranski- 3rd
Rachel Dela Pena-3rd
Amanda Reed-5th
Gavin O'Donahue-6th
Mike Lawani-7th
Volunteers are needed for the Book Fair!
Your help would be greatly appreciated at various
times!
Any and all available volunteers for the book
fair and
book preview day are encouraged to contact
Naila
Pathak at 773-227-9586 or by e-mailing
her at
nailap@hotmail.com as soon as possible.
A request to families for donations of old
stuffed arctic animals like polar bears,
penguins, seals, walrus', otters, etc... They
will be used for decoration purpose. We can
not guarantee them back although we will try
to if names are on them. We prefer "old
toys". Any other decorative stuff suitable
for the theme "book fair blizzard" is welcome
too!
What's Happening in Tech
2nd Quarter elective time is just around the
corner and iMovie will be making a
comeback!
Garageband will be offered
3rd Quarter!
1st grade had a fabulous time on the
Leafwalk! We tallied up our leaves and
charted the species by size and color in
Kidspiration!
MCA Auction!!!!!!!!
Do you think you may be interested in
volunteering for this annual (essential)
event? We need lots of people to give either
a lot or a little of their time. Various
positions available. No experience necessary
- will train.
Contact Andrea Gawrit, Ph:
773/267-5881 or emailamgwrit@aol.com
ASAP!
YEARBOOK PICTURES
If anyone has copies of Halloween parade
pictures for the Yearbook, please send
copies of pictures to the school office
labeled"Jackie Schimizzi". They will be
included. Thanks!
HomeLink Staff
Carrie Bernabe, Editor
Shane Staszcuk, Writer
Joni Tucci, Writer
Carrie Bernabe, Graphics/Publication
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