2024-2025

Dear Orvis Risner Families,

Springtime is here, which means more consistent recess for our students! Please take a moment to check the lost and found for any coats, jackets, or items that may belong to your child.

Thank you for remembering our new school hours and getting your child to school by 9:10 everyday. Please also remember that all students must be picked up by 4:15 unless they are attending our Eagle's Nest Aftercare Program.

I want to remind you of our Title I Family Fun Night on Tuesday, March 4, from 5:30 to 6:30 PM. You will have the opportunity to tour your child's classroom, receive free books from the media center, and play math and reading games in the gym. Additionally, there will be parent resources available from Conscious Discipline in the cafeteria. You won't want to miss it!

Enjoy Spring Break (March 17-21) and mark your calendars for the Book Fair happening March 24-28, along with our Donuts with Dear Ones event on March 28th from 8:15 to 8:45 AM.

Thank you for your continued support!

Wishing You Well,

Teri Cowden-Draper

Principal, Orvis Risner Elementary

teri.draper@edmondschools.net

March Word of the Month--Honesty

March 3--School Board Mtg--6:00

March 4--Title I Family Fun Night--5:30-6:30

March 5--5th Grade Fieldtrip

March 6--Orvis Night at Sky Zone

March 7--Eagle Vision lead by K. Shaw

March 11--2nd Grade Program @ 6:00

March 13-14--GLOW RUN!

March 17-21--Spring Break--No School!

March 24-28--Book Fair!

March 28--Donuts with Dear Ones--8:15-8:45

March 28--Kindergarten Fieldtrip

March 28--Eagle Vision lead by Mrs. Dodd

Click HERE to order GLOW RUN Shirts by Wednesday, March 5th!!

In PE we are continuing to work on basic gymnastics skills, weight transfer and have started soccer skills this month. We have premier Martial Arts coming to talk to all classes and lead us through some activities the first week of March. Coach North will share pictures and information with classes throughout that week while they are here.

Then after Spring Break we will be learning about GaGa ball and Frisbee skills and games.

Our Glow Run fundraiser is off to a great start for the 2nd year! We are almost to our 5,000 goal!! We have one more week to get there! We will have our Celebration during Specials time on March 13 and March 14. Teachers will share with their students what day their Glow Run is by the first week of March. Thank you to everyone for donating and supporting Orvis!

Our 2nd grade program entitled "Fitness Follies" will be held on Tuesday, March 11th at 6:00 pm in the gym. Please be sure to have your students wear tennis shoes for this program. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Self at tia.self@edmondschools.net.

It's time for the "Calm Down Showdown" during our 1st Annual Coping Skills March Madness Event! We will be reviewing coping strategies during Morning Meetings and Eagle Time, then letting our students vote on their favorite skill until we have a winner! Be on the lookout for updates!

Kindergarten-2nd grade will be learning about Empathy and Kindness through short stories, hands-on activities, and helping to spread happiness throughout the school!

3rd-5th grade will be learning about bullying and perspective in the month of March. 3rd and 4th grade students will be reading and discussing the "Weird!" book series. After we finish the 3-book series, your student will have a brochure to bring home and share with you! 5th grade will learn how our perspectives are different and how our individualized perspectives guide our interpretations and our actions.

March 24-28 (the week after Spring Break) is our annual Scholastic Book Fair. Click this link - Our Book Fair - to view this year's catalog. We can't wait for both! If you have any questions about these events or book checkouts, email us at eric.dabney@edmondschools.net.

This year your child's class will have the opportunity to lead our Eagle Vision, which is our Friday school assembly.On the day your child's class is leading Eagle Vision, parents are invited to come watch in the gym. It starts at 9:15 and ends about 9:45 and you will need to sign in at the front office, get a visitor sticker and wait in the lobby until one of our secretaries tells you to head down to the gym. You will receive an email from your child's teacher about a week before their date to present so hope you can make it!

Look at the Calendar of Events above for Eagle Vision dates and the class that will be leading!

• Please have students at school by 9:05 if they are going to eat breakfast.
• Just a reminder that 3 tardies equal 1 absence and tardies cannot be excused.
• If your child is missing any items, check the Lost and Found!

Be sure to check this out so you can add money to your child's account or check their balance.

Assistant Principal: Steven Lanham

Counselor: Jenni Hess

Counselor: Robyn Hays

School Psychologist: Danielle Perjatel

Financial and Principal's Secretary: Brianna Nichols

Registrar: Danie Little

Attendance/Health Aide: Emily Gramling

Email: orvisrisner.elementaryschool@edmondschools.net

Website: https://orvisrisner.edmondschools.net/

Address: 2801 S. Rankin, Edmond, OK 73013

Phone Number: 405-340-2984

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orvisrisnerelementary/

School Hours

Arrival: 8:50-9:15 (Breakfast served from 8:50-9:10)

K-5th Grade School Hours: 9:15-3:55

PreK School Hours: 9:15-3:25

Dismissal K-5th Grade: 3:55-4:15

Office Hours: 8:50-4:15

Website: https://orvisrisner.edmondschools.net/o/orvisrisner
Phone Number: 405-340-2984