This coming Monday (21st March) students will be invited to support a fundraising initiative on behalf of one of our fellow Marist schools, Trinity Catholic College in Lismore. The College was inundated in the recent floods, sustaining damage to every classroom, staff area and facility. As a Mount Carmel community, we will be holding a BBQ fundraiser on Monday in order to raise money to assist their rebuilding efforts. Our thanks in advance to any students or families who are able to assist this very worthy cause.

As our parents and carers of students in Years 7 & 8 would be aware, this coming Monday, students will be receiving their whooping cough & HPV immunisations from NSW Health. Year 7 are receiving their first round of injections, whilst Year 8 will be receiving their second round after it was cancelled last year due to the pandemic. To assist with this process, students are asked to wear their sports uniform on Monday and to ensure that they have a suitable breakfast on Monday morning. 

Finally, as has been stated previously, I request that families inform the College immediately should any student test positive to COVID-19 and again stress that should this occur, the student must isolate for a minimum of 7 days, along with any sibling from the same household (unless the household contact has completed 7 days of isolation in the previous 21 days). Finally, I would also ask that students who are displaying any type of flu-like symptoms stay at home until such symptoms have ceased. 

Kind regards,

David Cloran

Assistant Principal