The Olive Branch

What's Up At The Nest...

11.2.18

Thank you to all of the parents, grandparents, friends, siblings, and neighbors that helped out at the Halloween parties or cheered us on during the parade. Don't forget to turn your clocks back this weekend!

Becky & Erin

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Planter Boxes

A huge thank you goes out to local Eagle Scout, Haakon Fiedler, for his work to remove the planter boxes located on Belmont Ave. just south of our playground blacktop. His work included beautifying the area with some natural grasses. We are so grateful for the help we get from our local scouts!

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Team Building with the Principals

This afternoon, Dr. FitzPatick & Ms. Davis facilitated a Crocodile River teambuilding activity with all 119 4th grade students. If you have a 4th grader, be sure to ask them what allowed them to quickly get across the river. A couple of weeks ago, 5th graders participating in a cup stacking challenge. In the coming months, each grade level will participate in a different activity.

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Report Cards

The 1st trimester officially ends on Friday, 11/9. The district will email report cards to families on Friday, 11/16.

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Calling For Tree Photos

We love to see our students enjoying reading and sharing our One Book One School book, Wishtree! This is a reminder that parents are invited to email a photo of your child (or group of children) with a favorite tree. Please email your photos to omslmc@sd25.org by Tuesday, November 6 if you’d like them to be included in the slideshow of photos to be shown at lunch.

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One Book One School

Students in grades two and three have been working on design challenges related to Wishtree during LMC lessons. Mrs. Watanuki, the Advanced Learning Facilitator, co-taught the lessons. She and Mrs. Brown encouraged students to think like engineers to design trees that could support animal homes and to create protections for saplings. Students have been practicing their problem-solving!

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Just Jump

Thank you to our PTA and everyone that donated for another successful Just Jump fundraiser. Our students had a blast. We appreciate all of the programming and resources this provides to our school community!

Staff Shout-out - Mrs. Hsin

Ramir, Ashley, & Mallory introduce us to our new 4th-grade math teacher, Mrs. Hsin.

The Power of Evening Routines

In this article by Heather Miller, the author of Primetime Parenting and a graduate of the Harvard School of Education, she discusses how a predictable structure can help families gain quality time and reduce end-of-day frenzy.

Click HERE to read the article.