The Olive Branch 3.11.22

Dear OMS Families,

As the weather gets nicer, we are hoping to add some more parent volunteers to our recess schedule. Many of our volunteers have been with us the entire year and we would like to give them a break by rotating and adding some new faces to our team. If anyone is willing and able to join us from 12:10-1:10 during the week we would love to have you. Please e-mail Erin or Julia if you would be willing to help out (or be a substitute) recess supervisor! Thanks for considering.

Have a great weekend,

Erin, Julia, and the OMS staff

As we continue to transition towards a pre-pandemic way of life, I wanted to update you on a few things regarding attendance at school events. We are now moving towards allowing more and more people in our buildings and at school events.

• Parents will be welcomed back to our buildings for all events that they would normally be invited to pre-pandemic.

• Students are now allowed to attend middle school extracurricular events and sporting events as spectators.

• We will schedule assemblies that amplify our curriculum and school goals. We will notify families of assemblies via our school newsletter.

We are currently working to plan upcoming author visits, collaborating with the PTA to bring in cultural arts assemblies and the Book Fair/Earth Fair, and our traditional Field Day will be back in May. We will share details for upcoming events in the Branch.

Join us on April 30, 2022 for the ABC/25 Get Burbed Challenge! Early registration is now open! Go to bit.ly/ABC25GetBurbed2022 to register. All participants who register on or before April 1, 2022 are eligible for discounted pricing, are guaranteed a race shirt and can have their race packet delivered to their D25 school! This is a great opportunity to gather students, families and staff from across the district to support our schools! VIsit abc25challenge.com or follow @abc25challenge on Twitter to stay up to date with all race updates.

All Illinois children in Kindergarten, Grade 2 and Grade 6 are required to have a dental examination. Each child is required to present proof of examination by a licensed dentist prior to May 15, 2022. Please reach out to Mrs. Rose (rrose@sd25.org) or Mrs. Nylec (knylec@sd25.org) with any questions.

Summer U 2022 June 8-July 1, 2022 at South Middle School *Dates subject to change pending review of winter weather emergency days. Registration will begin on March 7, 2022 at 9am and end on April 29, 2022. Please visit www.sd25.org/summeru for a full list of courses and times. If you have any questions about Summer U, please email summeru@sd25.org for assistance.

Questions? Please reach out to your OMS teacher or your administrative team.

OMS Staff Directory

Ms. Erin Davis, Principal edavis@sd25.org

Mrs. Julia Pemberton, Assistant Principal jpemberton@sd25.org

Website: https://www.sd25.org/Olive
Location: 303 East Olive Street, Arlington Heights, IL, USA
Phone: 847.398.4282
Twitter: @ahsd25Olive