A Christ-centered community providing excellence in education to meet the needs of the whole child.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic School is more than just a school. It is a student's best preparation for life: inspiring and faith filled, rigorous and engaging, creative and collaborative. The aim and content of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic School educational program considers not only the child’s mind and body but also, most importantly, his/her immortal soul.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School opened its doors on September 4, 1956, with first-grade through eighth-grade classes. A kindergarten program was added in 1984. From the school’s beginning, religious sisters were part of the faculty. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Tipton were the first religious community on staff, and they served the school until 1967. The Sisters of Notre Dame of Toledo, Ohio arrived at the school next and remained on staff for over 35 years. Since 2005, the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia have been part of the school faculty and continue to serve as teachers and administrators to this day.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic School is an approved parochial elementary school in the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana. Having met the requirements established by the AdvancED Accreditation Commission and Board of Trustees, it is accredited by the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement and the State of Indiana. Teachers at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic School are degreed and licensed in accordance
with the Indiana Department of Education regulations.
The faculty and staff of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic School consider it a privilege to work with parents in the education of children because we believe parents are the primary educators of their children.
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The Diocesan curriculum guidelines, consistent with the State of Indiana Academic Standards, are followed for the teaching of all secular subject areas. The curriculum is marked by current content and fresh approaches to methodology. Adherence to these academic standards is essential to fostering individual student talents, analytical minds, and academic success for every child we educate. Our Lady of Mount Carmel strives to offer a program that makes use of a wealth of education resources; from historical and contemporary reading material, the newest audio-visual and technology tools, to a multi-text approach to the content areas.