Overbrook Parent Newsletter

Please see the District's Annual Assessment Notification for the 2024 - 2025 School Year. Should you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us.

OHS Drama Club is organizing a Book Drive to go alongside our production of Charlotte's Web in November. We'll have a donation box located in the school in October and 5 book donations equals a discounted ticket! Please email Kayla Bowe, kabowe@pinehillschools.org with any questions.

There is still time to sign up for our ACTION-PACKED Senior Trip. Three days of Roller Coasters, Amusement Parks plus meals plus Go Karts and MORE! See our itinerary below. Email Mrs. Fisher with question at cfisher@pinehillschools.org

Class of 2025 Senior Trip Itinerary

Overbrook High School Will Utilize Digital Ticketing in 2024-2025!

For the 2024-2025 school year, Overbrook Athletics will utilize the GoFan platform for all of our ticketing at football, boys basketball, girls basketball and wrestling events. We will NO longer accept cash for tickets at the gate. Fans are encouraged to buy their tickets in advance at our athletic department online box office at this link:

https://gofan.co/app/school/NJ21596

The tickets will come directly to a smartphone, and can be redeemed when you come to the ticketing booth at the home OHS athletic events.

If you're unable to purchase in advance, tickets can be purchased at the ticketing booth with a debit/credit card.

If you have any questions, please email kriley@pinehillschools.org.

The following rules will apply:

• NO BOOK BAGS, DUFFLE BAGS OR LARGE BAGS
• STUDENTS MUST HAVE SCHOOL ID
• MS STUDENTS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT
• STUDENTS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT COMPETING WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO ATTEND UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT
• NO RE-ENTRY

Attached below is a sheet with how the case management is broken up at the high school as well as QR codes. The CST will be following the same procedure as guidance in that if a student wants to speak to their case manager they will need to scan the QR code to schedule a time.

OHS CST Case Management

Our homecoming dance will be held on October 19, 2024 from 6:00pm-10:00pm in the High School Gymnasium. The dance is semi-formal dress (no jeans please) and food and drink are provided!

Tickets are $20 (Cash or check made out to OHS) and no outside guests are permitted. Only current Overbrook students may attend.

Students also must be eligible AND in good standing to attend (Less than 25 disciplinary points). No tickets will be sold at the door, students can purchase tickets 10/15-10/18 before homeroom in the front lobby or they can see Mrs. Wise or Mrs. Procopio during the day.

Underclass pictures for 9th through 11th graders will be taken on October 25th during gym class. The blood drive will be taking place in the gym that day, so students will be in the auditorium. Any underclassmen volunteering to work the blood drive for Interact Club should report to the auditorium first thing in the morning to have their picture taken before starting their duties.

Recently, some have received Lunch Balance notices via email. The message comes from the principal of each building and is an automated message that pulls data from Genesis. The message reads:

"This message is from the Pine Hill School District. Currently, your student (insert name here) has a negative school lunch balance of -$(insert amount here) which must be paid as soon as possible. If you have not completed a school lunch application, please do - as this balance may be reversed if you qualify."

If you have any questions regarding this message or if you would like to submit a school lunch application, please contact Pat Blaylock in our Board Office at 856-783-6900 ext. 1034 .

When dropping off students in the morning please pay attention the following rules below. This is for the safety of our students and parents.

1. Stay in a single file line and do not drive around cars in the line.

2. Please have students exit the vehicle once all cars are stopped and you are on the curb in the bus loop. Students can then walk down to the main entrance. This will allow multiple vehicles to drop off at the same time and exit at the same time, increasing the flow of traffic.

3. All students should exit out of the passenger side of the car at the curb.

4. Students are not permitted to be dropped off and walk across the street, once on campus they must stay on campus.

5. When exiting the high school drop off line, please exercise caution as the Middle School staff is arriving to their parking lot next door.

6. If you are waiting for drop off prior to 7:05 am, please park in the main lot. The driveway in the front of the building needs to remain open to traffic.

Please see the following list of fines for broken and/or lost Chromebooks. When a fine is issued for a Chromebook issue, a letter will be sent home to your address on file. All fines must be paid in order for students to participate in after school events including sports, dances, and graduation.

Broken Screen - $160

Palm Rest/Mouse Pad - $65

Keyboard - $17

Bottom Cover - $65

Battery - $30

Motherboard - $270

Complete Device - $360

Lost/Damaged Charger - $50

For planning purposes, here are a list of important events for parents and guardians! Please save the dates!

Wednesday, November 20 - HS Conference Night (Virtual)

Thursday, January 30 - 8th Grade Parent Night

Thursday, February 20 - HS Conference Night (Virtual)

Tuesday, June 17 - HS Graduation (Tentative) *

*For HS Graduation, students participating in the ceremony must be present in school the three school days prior to graduation. Tentatively that will be June 13, June 16 and June 17. Should the date of graduation change due to inclement weather days, the practice days will change as well.

Attention Class of 2025! Welcome to SENIOR YEAR! At the link provided in this message, please see a letter from Mrs. Fisher and Mr. Burger regarding Senior Year Activities. Also, as a reminder our senior trip will be to Williamsburg Virginia, Busch Gardens, Kings Dominion, Go Karts Plus, & the National Air & Space Museum. We had an amazing trip last year, and are looking forward to doing it again with the class of 2025. Your first payment and mandatory insurance is due by September 20th. Please email cfisher@pinehillschools.org or eburger@pinehillschools.org with any questions you may have.

Senior Year Activities and Costs

Monday 9/30

Holy Family University Visit - 8:25AM - Media Center

Newspaper Club Meeting - 2:00PM - A106

Tuesday 10/1

University of South Carolina Visit - 7:30AM - Media Center

Drama Club Book Drive Begins

NHS Boo Candygrams fundraiser begins.

Wednesday 10/2

Drama Club Meeting - 2:09PM - Auditorium

Thursday 10/3

Pennco Tech Visit - 8:25 AM - Media Center

Student Council Meeting - 2:00PM - B204

Friday 10/4

Mid Marking Period 1

Overbrook Athletic Week of 9/30 Schedule

Monday 10/7

Tuesday 10/8

NJGPA Testing Day 1

Interact Club Meeting - 2:00PM - A202

Board Meeting - 6:30PM - Media Center

Wednesday 10/9

NJGPA Testing Day 2

Thursday 10/10

Friday 10/11

Staff Inservice

PBIS Paint Parking Spot Activity

Overbrook Athletic Week of 10/7 Schedule

Please see the Pine Hill School District Calendar for the 24-25 School Year:

Pine Hill School District 24-25 School Calendar

Use the link below to follow and add our Google Calendar of events!

Overbrook Website Calendar

Care Solace is a free resource to help individuals find mental health care providers and substance use treatment centers. It is open to all Pine Hill School District students, families, and staff. They can be reached by phone 24 hours a day at (888) 515-0595 or you can visit caresolace.com/pinehillsd and complete an anonymous search of available resources.