The Olive Branch 11.10.23

What's Up At The Nest...

IN THIS BRANCH

Principal Message

Winter Preparation!

PTA Spirit Wear Sale

Help for the Holidays

Multicultural Night Info

LMC Fundraiser

Important Dates

Principal Message

Today marks the end of our first trimester! We can't believe how every year time seems to go faster and faster. On Friday, November 17th student report cards will be emailed. Please make sure to check your spam or junk folders if you don't see it come through in your inbox. They are usually sent mid to late afternoon. In addition, we will be emailing attendance letters to families who have students with tardies or absences greater than 5 percent.

Winter Preparation!

As the weather gets colder, please be sure your child is always prepared with the necessary outdoor weather gear for school. As you can imagine, an accumulation of winter gear appears in classrooms. Please help us keep organized with all this gear by writing your last name on the tags. This helps us ensure that missing gloves, coats, mittens, hats, and (eventually) snow pants and boots make it home to the right owner. A reusable bag to store all of your child’s winter gear is also helpful.

It's also the season for dry hands and chapped lips. Please consider packing a small bottle of fragrance-free lotion and a small tube of chapstick for your child to keep in his/her backpack. Thank you!

PTA Spirit Wear Sale!

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Looking for a special gift? Look no further than the PTA Holiday Spirit Wear sale!

Short Sleeve T's, Long Sleeve T's, Hoodies, Zip Ups, Shorts, they have it all! Check out the link below!

Click Here to Order

Help for the Holidays

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The holidays are quickly approaching, and we have families in our OMS community that can use a little extra help during the holiday season. Please contact me if your family is one that would benefit from this assistance. Gifts or gift cards will be collected to distribute to families who respond by November 22. Reach out to the social worker by confidential voicemail or email listed below.

Britta Peterman

bpeterman@sd25.org

(847) 506-5807

Multicultural Night ~ November 16th 6:30 - 8:00

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Join us on November 16th for OMS multicultural night. The first 300 students will receive their very own passports to travel the world. Enjoy touring classrooms to learn about different cultures. At each stop, students will receive a passport stamp for learning about a new culture through books, activities, coloring pages, and more. A huge thank you to the OMS PTA Every Owl Counts Committee for sponsoring the purchase of the student passports!

In addition, our 3rd-grade classes will be singing a few songs from around the world in the commons from 6:45 - 7:00 and from 7:00 - 7:15.

*Families are encouraged to stay together to experience the evening.

LMC Book Fundraiser

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Everyone is invited to the LMC during Multicultural Night on Thursday, November 16. We will have all of our new books on display as part of our “sponsor a book” fundraiser for the library. We use the results of the fundraiser to purchase more new books for the OMS library. If you find a book you’d like to sponsor, please bring it to the checkout desk and make a $10 donation with cash or check. The library staff will place a personalized bookplate inside the book indicating the sponsor name. Your child will be the first one to check it out on the following school day. Also, for every family who sponsors a book, each child in the family is invited to enter a raffle to win a copy of a book autographed by the author. We have three books to give away!