The Olive Branch 3.15.19

This year, Ms. Davis & Dr. FitzPatrick were able to enjoy a team building activity with every grade level. This week, we sent alphabet balloons into the air in the commons with our kindergarten friends.

Report cards were emailed home today by the district office, and conferences are next Thursday and Friday. Click HERE to register for a conference. The registration window closes on Tuesday, 3/19 at 10 am.

Hope you have a nice weekend!

Becky & Erin

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Class Placement 19-20 Parent Feedback Form At OMS, the student placement process for the upcoming school year is taken very seriously. Each spring, our teachers engage in a collaborative process to create healthy learning groups. We work together to ensure balance in a wide variety of areas including: heterogeneously grouped students or students of varying abilities, students with special needs or concerns, social/behavior patterns of students, gender, the number of students assigned per room, learning styles of the students, peer relations, classroom structure, and the instructional styles of the receiving teacher. We ask that you trust our teaching staff in this process. However, if you feel there is information that would not otherwise be considered in our student placement process, you will find an OPTIONAL form that you may fill out below. Please know that the placement process for all OMS students is extensive and considers many factors. Please do not name teachers on this form as we cannot honor specific requests. We appreciate your understanding and support. Class Placement 19-20 Parent Feedback Form The deadline for completing this form is Thursday, April 11, 2019.	5th Grade World of Work Our 5th grade students experienced real-world work experiences today thanks to the PTA sponsored World of Work program. The PTA, our 5th grade teachers, and local businesses partnered to show our students what it might be like to work in a variety of different industries. Thank you to OMS parent, Jennifer Durkin, and her chaperones for a great day. A HUGE shout-out to the following businesses that hosted our students: A La Mode Boutique, Arlington Heights Memorial Library, Arlington Heights Public Works, Arlington Pediatric Therapy, Bank of America, Berry Yo Frozen Yogurt, Dirty Dog Grooming Spa, Downtown Mediaworks, Egg Harbor Cafe, Fausto's Italian Kitchen Flaherty Jewelers, Metropolis Performing Arts Center, Nakfoor Orthodontics, Pure Salon, Sweet T's Bakery & Cake Studio, Thrown Elements Pottery, Village Preschool, Walter E. Smithe Furniture, & Woodcrafters DIY. Check out the video below highlighting many of the experiences!	STEAM Night It's really happening this time! Let's explore STEAM topics (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) as a school community during our first ever OMS STEAM Night from 6:30-8:00 on Wednesday, April 3rd. Expect a wonder-filled family event designed with dozens of opportunities for families to learn and laugh together. Our fourth grader will be adding to our evening by performing two brief concerts during STEAM Night. This is not a drop-off event, children are to be directly supervised during the event. Olive Staff and PTA are eager to share this evening with your family. Please consider joining us!

Class Placement 19-20 Parent Feedback Form

At OMS, the student placement process for the upcoming school year is taken very seriously. Each spring, our teachers engage in a collaborative process to create healthy learning groups. We work together to ensure balance in a wide variety of areas including: heterogeneously grouped students or students of varying abilities, students with special needs or concerns, social/behavior patterns of students, gender, the number of students assigned per room, learning styles of the students, peer relations, classroom structure, and the instructional styles of the receiving teacher. We ask that you trust our teaching staff in this process.

However, if you feel there is information that would not otherwise be considered in our student placement process, you will find an OPTIONAL form that you may fill out below. Please know that the placement process for all OMS students is extensive and considers many factors. Please do not name teachers on this form as we cannot honor specific requests. We appreciate your understanding and support.

Class Placement 19-20 Parent Feedback Form

The deadline for completing this form is Thursday, April 11, 2019.

5th Grade World of Work

Our 5th grade students experienced real-world work experiences today thanks to the PTA sponsored World of Work program. The PTA, our 5th grade teachers, and local businesses partnered to show our students what it might be like to work in a variety of different industries.

Thank you to OMS parent, Jennifer Durkin, and her chaperones for a great day. A HUGE shout-out to the following businesses that hosted our students: A La Mode Boutique, Arlington Heights Memorial Library, Arlington Heights Public Works, Arlington Pediatric Therapy, Bank of America, Berry Yo Frozen Yogurt, Dirty Dog Grooming Spa, Downtown Mediaworks, Egg Harbor Cafe, Fausto's Italian Kitchen Flaherty Jewelers, Metropolis Performing Arts Center, Nakfoor Orthodontics, Pure Salon, Sweet T's Bakery & Cake Studio, Thrown Elements Pottery, Village Preschool, Walter E. Smithe Furniture, & Woodcrafters DIY.

Check out the video below highlighting many of the experiences!

STEAM Night

It's really happening this time!

Let's explore STEAM topics (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) as a school community during our first ever OMS STEAM Night from 6:30-8:00 on Wednesday, April 3rd. Expect a wonder-filled family event designed with dozens of opportunities for families to learn and laugh together. Our fourth grader will be adding to our evening by performing two brief concerts during STEAM Night. This is not a drop-off event, children are to be directly supervised during the event. Olive Staff and PTA are eager to share this evening with your family. Please consider joining us!

ABC/25 Get Burbed Challenge! Registration

Early Registration for the 8th Annual ABC/25 Get Burbed Challenge ends Friday, March 22nd! Register now to receive early registration perks including a $5 discount on the entry fee, a guaranteed race t-shirt and the option to have your race packet delivered to your D25 school. Race day is Saturday, April 13th - Register Now! You can find more information about the race at abc25challenge.com. All proceeds are returned directly to the schools via teacher grants for innovative teaching methods and materials.

Not a runner? Nursing an injury? Looking for a different experience on race day? We need volunteers to make race day a success. Many options are available and most are flexible to enable you to volunteer and also participate in a race. Volunteer participation counts toward your school's participation goal. All volunteers who sign up before 4/10 will be entered in a drawing for prizes from our sponsors! Sign up here!

If OMS has 161 participants this year, we will earn an extra recess for the kids! So far, we have 32 registered. Join us on April 13th to help us meet this goal! You can run, walk or volunteer to be counted as a participant. Contact Bridget Stannis {bridgetstannis@gmail.com} with any questions.