Dear Friends and Parents,

I would like to extend a big MCA "Thank You" to Book Fair Coordinators Naila Pathak and Flo Albarracin. With help from numerous parent and student volunteers, Casey Hall was transformed into a true Book Fair Blizzard. Students and parents alike loved the decor and our book fair was a huge success!

On behalf of all our teachers, I want to thank those parents that purchased items from our staff book fair "wish list". The generosity of our families is sincerely appreciated.

The 2007-08 MCA Family Directories were distributed last week at parent-teacher conferences. If you did not receive a directory, please stop by the school office to pick up your copy. As with any project this large, mistakes can occur. As you go though the directory, please notify the school office of any incorrect information.

Sincerely,

Shane Staszcuk,
Principal

MOUNT CARMEL ACADEMY FALL OPEN HOUSE

When: Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Please help us promote our upcoming Open House to your friends and neighbors. We encourage each MCA family to invite another prospective family to attend our Open House and learn about all that MCA has to offer.

Remember to stress our enriching academic programs, small class sizes, and our ethnic diversity. Thanks for your help in getting the word out about Mount Carmel Academy!

If you have any questions please contact Tatiana Demirdjian @ 312.587.9758 or email t.demirdjian@gmail.com

Jesse Herr, Adam Kanyock, and Clio and Ian Kidwell competed on Sat., Nov. 9th, in a chess tournament sponsored by Chess Wizards. The team brought home the second place trophy for the MCA team in the 4th-5th grade division. In addition, Adam placed 4th and Ian 10th in their division, and Jesse and Clio earned participation medals.

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

MCA's Rachel Miklaszewski (MCA'06) appears in Northside College Preparatory High School's production of Six Characters In Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello. Under the direction of Mr. Randy Snow, Rachel and the cast deliver a delightful tale of six characters living between acting and reality! An excerpt from classic notes describes the play in more detail.

(http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/ sixcharacters/shortsumm.html)

A group of actors are preparing to rehearse for a Pirandello play. While starting the rehearsal, they are interrupted by the arrival of six characters. The leader of the characters, the father, informs the manager that they are looking for an author. He explains that the author who created them did not finish their story, and that they therefore are unrealized characters who have not been fully brought to life. The manager tries to throw them out of the theater, but becomes more intrigued when they start to describe their story.

Tickets are available at the box office the day of the show.
Show times and dates are:

Thursday 11/15 @ 6:00pm
Friday 11/16 @ 7:00pm
Saturday 11/17 @ 3pm
Tickets are $3.00 for Students and $5.00 for Adults

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 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 bernabe @mountcarmelacademy.org

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. 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 - Jacque Simon

Mount Carmel High School will host three Open Houses for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade boys and their families

Tuesday, November 20th, 6pm- Honors Program Open House
Thursday, December 6th 6pm-8pm


St. Benedict High School &Performing Arts Academy
3900 N. Leavitt St.
Open House- Sunday, November 18th
11am-2pm
For more information- 773-509-3830

"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