The Olive Branch 1.26.24

What's Up At The Nest...

IN THIS BRANCH

Principal Message

Lunch Shift Change

Author Visit

Kindergarten Parent Save the Date
D25 Pre-Registration is Now Open
American Heart Association Save the Date/Finn's Mission

Important Dates

Principal Message

Dear Families,

With the wet winter weather, we are aware that a lot of students got really wet this week during recess. We anticipate that our fields will be closed for the time being. Students can play in any remaining snow on the red top or edges of the blacktop if they have their snow gear. Please considering adding a change of clothes to your child's backpack for the next week or two, just in case they get wet. We have a limited supply of extra clothes to loan out.

Also, are you missing clothes? Check out our Lost and Found slides. The slides are updated every Wednesday with our new morning announcment segment "Where did it go Wednesday!"

Erin, Julia, and the OMS Staff

Lunch Shift Change

Halfway through the year, we switch which grade levels eat first. Beginning Monday, January 29th, our lunch shifts will be as follows:

1st Shift - 12:10-12:40 - eat first, recess second
2nd and 5th grade -

3rd - Yarbrough, Kusiciel, Bagg

2nd Shift - 12:40 - 1:10 - recess first, eat second

1st and 4th grade -

3rd - Molnar, Kelly, Helmann

Author Visit

The students were so engaged with author Kate Hannigan’s visit this week! Ms. Hannigan encouraged students to think about answers to the questions of who, what, where, why, and how when they write stories of their own. Participating in the presentation, students read aloud words from her slides as a big group and even came to the stage in small groups to act out some scenes. Audience members were amazed when she rolled out her “Scroll of Doom”, a long, laminated collection of all of her rejection letters from publishers. Her message to students was to keep trying even if they fail at first.

Ms. Hannigan provided writing workshops to fourth graders to help them to learn how to write graphic novels of their own. It was amazing to discover how she creates her historical graphic novels by first doing research and becoming an expert on the event or time period that she plans to cover for her book. The next step is to write specific directions for what the illustrator should add to each panel on each page. Students were excited to try their hand at sketching and planning their own graphic novels. The OMS students and staff are grateful to the PTA for sponsoring Ms. Hannigan's visit.

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Save the Date - 24-25 Kindergarten Parent Night

Join us to learn more about Kindergarten at OMS.

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D25 24-25 Pre-Registration Now Open!

Pre-Registration is NOW open to families with incoming new and kindergarten students for next year, 2024-2025! Please begin the registration process by visiting www.sd25.org/Registration and clicking on the 2024-2025 Pre-Registration drop down.