The Beacon
Olive Chapel Elementary PTA News & Information
BEACON BLAST
Parents and Guardians:
You did it! Another week in the books and a new adventure awaiting on Monday with the start of virtual instruction. You should be receiving emails from your teachers about instruction, so we will leave the nuts and bolts to them, however, we have a few special requests.
We want to shower our teachers and staff with gratitude during this time. Teachers are just like us! Balancing their own kids home all day, aging parents, illnesses, their spouses/partners/loved ones working from home or out in the world working other essential jobs putting their own health at risk, all while participating in training meetings and lesson planning for this new normal. It's a difficult time for us all and we have seen nothing but shining examples of calm, hope, resilience, and dedication to our students from the OCE teachers and staff. I know next week will be no different and that our children are in the best of hands.
We wanted to provide you a few ideas for how you can show your teachers (grade teachers and specials) as well as staff (office, custodial, cafeteria, administration, counselors, social workers, our SRO, etc) how much we appreciate what they are doing for our Clippers. You can find email addresses for all our staff and faculty in the "Faculty Directory" drop down on the OCE website.
Some ideas to show your appreciation include:
* Have your child hand write a letter or draw a picture for your teacher or a special staff member. Send a photo or a scan of it via email.
* Have your child make a special video for their teacher wishing them a great day or doing a silly dance.
* If your child has mastered a special skill while home (reading on their own, tying their shoes, bikes with no training wheels, flash card mastery), share the news with your child's teacher.
* Tweet your appreciation or photos and tag your teacher and the @OliveChapelElem twitter account.
* Or your own ideas - feel free to share your own ideas on how to show appreciation on our Facebook page or by emailing oce.communications@gmail.com and we'll spread the word!
ALSO! We are working on a special project and need your help!
Please email any of the following types of photos to oce.communications@gmail.com (NOTE: If you send a photo for this project, you agree for it to be shared across social media platforms and on the Beacon):
* "First day of school pictures" - Want to take a pic to document the first day of virtual school? We'd love to see your creative photos to remember this unusual day!
* School pics - Do you have pics from the year (field trips, kids in the classroom, spirit nights, fundraisers)? Send us any pictures of your kids at OCE doing what they do best!
* Driveway art - Maybe draw an anchor in chalk to show your OCE spirit and take a pic of your kids or family with it.
* Kids with signs - Have your kids make a decorated sign saying thanks to their specific teachers or favorite staff member and send us a pic of them holding it up
Please submit photos for this special project to oce.communications@gmail.com by Friday, April 17th. Thanks!!
To submit to the Beacon, please email oce.communications@gmail.com
Olive Chapel Elementary PTA
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