The Olive Branch
What's Up At The Nest...
2.22.19
In case you haven't heard, our 1st-grade students flew to Japan this morning! The excitement as they presented their passports in the check-in line outside their classrooms (aka airport) was contagious. Over the next couple of weeks, they will be studying Japanese culture, geography, recreation, traditions, and language. We'll miss them while they are "gone" but cannot wait to hear about all of their adventures upon their return. Check out a few of our 1st-grade teachers getting ready for the flight!
Becky & Erin
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Important Date Changes Since we have used 4 of our emergency weather days, we now have student attendance through Monday, June 10th. As a result of the changes to the end of the year calendar, we have had to change the dates of a few of our end-of-the-year activities. We have been in touch with the PTA regarding these changes. We realize making these changes may impact some families who have already made plans and for this we are sorry. Thank you for your understanding! Field Day - Thursday, 6/6 Field Day (rain date) - Friday, 6/7 5th Grade Breakfast - Monday, 6/10 5th Grade Recognition - Monday, 6/10 Details about all of these events will be shared at a later date. | ABC/25 Get Burbed Challenge Registration Make sure you register ABC/25 Get Burbed Challenge on April 13, 2019! Did you know?? - All the proceeds from this event go directly back into our children's classrooms through grants awarded to teachers. Follow the ABC/25 Foundation on Twitter to see some of these fun innovative projects in action at our schools! - If you register by 3/22, your race packet will be delivered directly to your SD25 school! - Even if you cannot participate at the event, you can still register as a virtual runner to receive your t-shirt and race packet! - Every school has a chance to win a participation prize! Olive only needs 161 participants! - Don't want to run or walk but still want to participate? Sign up to volunteer! Volunteering counts towards your school participation goal too! | Summer USummer U Dates: June 12 - June 28, 2019. Registration will begin on March 1 and end on May 1, 2019. Some classes do fill up quickly so be sure to sign up early. Click HERE for Summer U information & forms. If you have any questions about SummerU, please summeru@sd25.org for assistance. |
Important Date Changes
Field Day - Thursday, 6/6
Field Day (rain date) - Friday, 6/7
5th Grade Breakfast - Monday, 6/10
5th Grade Recognition - Monday, 6/10
Details about all of these events will be shared at a later date.
ABC/25 Get Burbed Challenge Registration
Did you know??
- All the proceeds from this event go directly back into our children's classrooms through grants awarded to teachers. Follow the ABC/25 Foundation on Twitter to see some of these fun innovative projects in action at our schools!
- If you register by 3/22, your race packet will be delivered directly to your SD25 school!
- Even if you cannot participate at the event, you can still register as a virtual runner to receive your t-shirt and race packet!
- Every school has a chance to win a participation prize! Olive only needs 161 participants!
- Don't want to run or walk but still want to participate? Sign up to volunteer! Volunteering counts towards your school participation goal too!
Summer U
Summer U Dates: June 12 - June 28, 2019. Registration will begin on March 1 and end on May 1, 2019. Some classes do fill up quickly so be sure to sign up early. Click HERE for Summer U information & forms. If you have any questions about SummerU, please summeru@sd25.org for assistance.
Parent-Teacher Conferences Spring 2019
Thursday, March 21 and Friday, March 22, 2019
At Olive-Mary Stitt Elementary School, we value a strong partnership between home and school. Twice a year, once in November and once in March, time is provided for you to meet with your child’s teacher for Parent-Teacher Conferences. Spring conferences are a great opportunity to receive information about current academic progress; however, it is not a time to discuss placement for next year. Details regarding how parents may share information for consideration in our placement process will be shared later in the spring.
Parents will be able to register for conferences online, using SignUpGenius. Directions and links to begin registering for conferences will be shared via email on Tuesday, 3/12/19 at 10 am. The window for registering for spring conferences will be Tuesday, 3/12/19 at 10 am through Tuesday, 3/19/19 at 10 am.
The conferences are scheduled in 20-minute increments. In order to be fair and equitable to all our OMS families, each family may register for only one evening conference per year. Families may choose to register for an evening conference in the fall or spring, not both.
4th/5th Grade Parents: The conference times are for meeting with your child’s homeroom teacher. If your child has a different teacher for math and you have specific math questions, please email him or her.
Please remember that these two days are set aside for the purpose of conferences, not as vacation days. If you will be out of town during the conference days, please consider contacting your child’s teacher to arrange a phone, Google Hangout, FaceTime, or Skype meeting during a regular conference time slot.
We hope you take advantage of this opportunity to meet with your child's teacher on March 21st or March 22nd. Let's work together to make this a great, last trimester for your child!
Video of the Week - 3rd Grade Clay Night
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Olive-Mary Stitt Elementary
Dr. Becky FitzPatrick, Principal rfitzpatrick@sd25.org
Ms. Erin Davis, Assistant Principal edavis@sd25.org