The OCE Beacon

March 1 - March 15 - Spring Book Fair

March 1 - Walk to School Wednesday

March 2 - Drama Club performance

March 2 & 9 - Grandparent Breakfast

March 9 - Spring Pictures, tracks 3 & 4

March 24 - Early Dismissal

April 4 - Spring Pictures, tracks 1 & 2

April 5 - Walk to School Wednesday

April 6 - Early Dismissal

April 7 - No School

April 20 - OCE Carnival

April 21 - No school

Click here for the OCE calendar

Join us for a morning of games, food and fun at our annual Grandparent Breakfast!

Both dates - March 2 and 9 - are available to all tracks.

Please click here to register.

WAKE Up and Read is a community coalition made up of 30+ committed organizations working together toward one common goal — improving childhood literacy. One of the ways this happens is by getting books in the hands of young readers.

WAKE Up and Read works collaboratively to align our services to move the needle on third grade reading proficiency and school success in Wake County. We connect families with resources and programs that support their growing learners.

Together we can ensure that every child is ready to succeed!

A collection bin is located outside the front doors of OCE.

The PTA Staff Appreciation Committee would like to shower our staff with snacks and goodies in the staff lounge weekly. They work hard, and having a little surprise can bring a lot of happiness to their day! Sign up here!

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IDEAS: Please stick to individually wrapped items. Feel free to be creative!

• trail mix

• candy/gum

• small apples/oranges

• small packs of crackers, cookies, chips, popcorn, etc.

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Please help spoil them by signing up for one (or more) weeks!

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Please drop off items to the front office by Tuesday morning of each week. The fabulous ladies in the front office will get it to it's final destination!

The OCE First Mate program is an opportunity for dads, father figures, uncles, grandfathers, etc... to spend significant amounts of time in our school doing everything from reading in classrooms, to assisting at lunch, to interacting with students during recess. This program specifically targets a group that is statistically less likely to volunteer in schools.

We have full-day and half-day slots available. Interested? Register here!

All participants must be registered WCPSS volunteers.

We are looking for someone to head up our Spirit Nights! This person would be in charge of choosing the location and date for our monthly / bimonthly spirit nights! We have a list of locations that have been great to work with in the past but this person is also welcome to find new places that want to partner with our school if they choose!

If you are looking for a way to support our school PTA, this may be a great volunteer role for you! Please email mandymacnaughton@gmail.com, our PTA President, if you are interested in learning more.

We still have a handful of dates left - including several around the holidays - so don't miss your chance to make your student feel really special while also making a donation to OCE! And don't forget to take a photo and tag us: #oceROCKstars

You can find the sign up form here.

We're excited to welcome families back into the cafeteria as lunch volunteers!

Whether you have 30 minutes or two hours, the OCE staff appreciates your support! In order to volunteer, you must be on the WCPSS approved volunteers list.

If you have not yet registered to be a WCPSS volunteer, you can do so in the OCE front office from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

You can find the signup form here!

The ESL teacher is looking for volunteers to come in to support our Multilingual Learners (MLs) while she is administering annual testing. These volunteers will assist MLs with English activities, classwork and/or read with them. Please sign up for a 1 hour slot, where you will work with 2 students for half an hour each. You MUST be registered as a volunteer with WCPSS. Sign up here!

Geri Ball - 1

Candice Lewis - 2

Jared Boyer - 11

Lesley Christie - 12

Cherie Miller - 28

Click here to see our staff members' favorite things!

Another exciting school year is underway at Olive Chapel Elementary! If you are new to OCE, we welcome you warmly to our wonderful school community.

An integral part of our OCE community is our PTA and we invite you all to join us! OCE’s PTA is a partnership between parents, teachers, and our community with a goal of enhancing your student’s educational success.

Click here to join the PTA!

OCE Vision

The Olive Chapel Elementary community will create a collaborative environment that ignites a passion for learning in all children so that they reach their full potential.