Holiday Thank You
The entire office staff would like to thank all of you for thinking of us this holiday season. The many cookies, candies, and sweet treats were enjoyed by all! Thank you!
Lunch Shift Change
Let’s give a mid-year cheer… lunch shift switch time is here! January 28th will be our official lunch shift switch day. The students are very excited to experience either lunch or recess at a new time of day. Those students who have had lunch at 12:15 p.m. will now be eating at 12:45 p.m. and will go out to recess first. Those students who had lunch at 12:45 p.m. will now be eating at 12:15 pm and will go out to recess afterwards. We are looking forward to this change and the opportunity for our students to experience the lunch period from a new perspective.
Coffee & Conversation with the Principals
Mrs. FitzPatrick and Mrs. Perri will be hosting the second in a series of informal coffee meetings for parents, on Friday January 25th, from 9:15 am to 10:15 am. The topic of this meeting will be fiction/nonfiction book pairings. As parents, we all want to foster a love of reading in our children. We would like to expose them to a variety of literature, yet help them develop reading skills. Does your child tend to check out one type of book (either fiction or nonfiction) from the LMC? Would you like to see your child expand his/her selections? If so, come and hear this informative talk about pairing good fiction and nonfiction books given by Mrs. Brown, Olive-Mary Stitt School’s LMC Director. Dr. Jerome, District #25 Superintendent, will also be joining us at this meeting to answer any questions during the open Q & A portion of the meeting
Middle School Bullying Presentation
Thomas and South Middle Schools would like to extend an invitation to the Olive Community to attend a presentation given by Dorothy L. Espelage, Ph. D. on Bullying @ the Middle School on January 16th from 7:00 - 8:00 pm at Thomas Middle School. For more information, please see the attached flyer in this weeks Twig.
Robert Crown Parent Information Night
Parents of 5th grade students: On Tuesday, January 15 at 7:00 p.m., the District will be hosting a parent information night regarding the health programs presented by the Robert Crown Centers for Health Education. The programs focus on puberty and the reproductive system. For more information about these programs and the parent information session, please reference the Robert Crown e-flyer on the District website.
World Language Open House
Included in the Twig this week is a flyer for the District #25 World Language Open House at South Middle School on Thursday, January 24th from 6:30 - 8:00 pm. This is a great opportunity to learn about the many world language offerings made available to our middle school students and the unique characteristics each of these languages offer.
Census Reminder
More than 75% of you have helped us in our planning for the 2013-14 school year by completing this quick online census. If you have not yet had an opportunity to do so, please use the link below to help us with this very important information gathering task!
Click HERE to Access the OMS census
