The Olive Branch 2.17.23

What's Up At The Nest...

In this Branch

Total Read Time - About 5 minutes!

Principal's Message

STEAM Night Is Back!

Kids Heart Challenge Update!

D25 Special Olympics Team Fundraiser

ABC 25 Get Burbed Registration - Now Open

5 Essentials Survey <--- Click Here - We are at 14%!

Important Dates

Principal's Message

Happy Friday!

Thank you to "Olive" our families that were able to schedule a time to meet with your child's classroom teacher. It seems like this year is flying by and we always appreciate having time to connect with you about your child's progress.

Reminder, we do not have school on Monday, Feb. 20th in honor of Presidents' Day. Also, Wednesday, Feb. 22nd is a PRETEND MONDAY.

Enjoy the long weekend,

Erin, Julia, and the OMS Staff

STEAM NIGHT IS BACK!

Join us to explore science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math at Olive's STEAM Night on Thursday, March 2nd from 6:30-8:00. Bring the whole family to this hands-on event! STEAM in our community is this year's focus and there will be over 30 stations to explore, including many unique activities presented by local businesses and community organizations. Enjoy our 4th-grade classes singing! Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times, this is not a drop-off event, and students must remain with an adult while in the building. Please note live animals will be present and food items (lemons and flour) may be utilized (but not eaten) in certain activities. What a great opportunity for the Olive community to learn and explore together!

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Kids Heart Challenge Update

Check out our 2nd week stats!

124 students are registered
8 students have completed Finns mission
$6,150 raised!!!!!!

There is still time to join us! Challenge ends February 28th, register now!

Download the Kids Heart Challenge App or visit heart.org/KHC to register.
Choose your daily health challenge to Move More or Be Kind and earn your own BE THE TORCH wristband so you can help light the way!
Get a head start on COMPLETING FINN’S MISSION in your Headquarters, where you and your family can put the power of lifesaving Hands-Only CPR into YOUR hands and help us create a community of lifesavers! Try to do all 8 activities to complete the Mission!
Don’t forget: Double your Gift! Check to see if your employer will match your donation today! Follow the steps and forward the confirmation to matchinggifts@heart.org to have this added to the student’s fundraising page.

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D25 Special Olympics Team Fundraiser

Our D25 All-Stars Sock-A-Thon is underway! If you would like to support our D25 Special Olympics Team, please CLICK HERE and buy some socks! Half of the proceeds will go to support the D25 Special Olympics Team, the D25 All-Stars. Then, you can rock your socks on March 21st for World Down Syndrome Day and to support our All-Stars! *Sale ends March 3.*

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ABC 25 Get Burbed - REGISTRATION IS OPEN

RACE TO REGISTER for the ABC/25 Get Burbed Challenge on April 15, 2023! Join classmates, friends, family and staff to support the ABC/25 Foundation. You can run or walk the 5K or 1 Mile events or support the event by volunteering. Register by March 17th to receive the early bird benefits - a guaranteed race shirt in your size, packet delivery to your SD25 school and discounted registration! Additional details and the link to register can be found at abc25challenge.org/registration.

Be sure to watch the video to see the winner of this years race shirt! Follow us on Facebook for all events and updates!

5Essentials Survey

As of today, we have 14% participation.

Your participation in the parent portion of the survey will help us understand the conditions at our school and guide improvement. A report will be generated only if we have at least 20% parent participation. (and we will stop bothering you once we hit 20%) 😀

Survey Link: https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/?target_name=parent

*Your identity and survey responses will be kept completely confidential and will never be connected to you or your child.*