Plant Sale Ends Monday, March 20
Are you dreaming of sunshine and warm weather? Then now is the time to start planning your flower beds and gardens! The annual PTA plant sale is taking orders beginning
Friday, March 3rd through Monday, March 20th. Plants will, once again, be custom grown for each order by Tom's Farm Market in Huntley, IL. This year we will have a wide variety of flowers and plants, as well as an assortment of vegetables to start your garden.
Click here for the order form, and
click here for a beautiful picture guide of the plants we will be offering and ideas to get you started! Please contact
Kim Lindberg or
Lonnie Sommer with any further questions or concerns.
40 Days and Counting!
Please be sure to order your OMS Yearbooks by
April 25, 2017. Go to
TreeRing.com and enter school passcode
1014636724843184. The cost is $13.00 per book.
Remember to purchase a Yearbook for EACH of your children. Kids love to sign each others Yearbooks at the end of the school year. This will be your only opportunity to purchase Yearbooks as we will not have extra copies printed. You are able to customize two pages this year so order early to give you time to download photos. Any questions, please contact
Erika Eng or
Megan Hill.
Yearbook Photos
If you have taken any great pictures at school activities this year please remember you can upload them to one of the shared folders on
TreeRing.com. You will need to have already set up an account with school passcode
1014636724843184. There are folders set-up for every teacher and for various clubs and activities. If you share your photos other parents can use them on their custom pages and they might even make it into the Yearbook.
Right now, we could really use current 5th grade photos (5th grade folder) and playground photos (Playground folder) for the Yearbook. If you prefer, you can also send photos directly to the Yearbook Committee at
omsyearbook@gmail.com. Please contact
Erika Eng or
Megan Hill with any questions. Thank you!
Cultural Arts Co-Chair Needed
Do you want to get more involved in the PTA but don't know how? Maybe you want to be on a committee, but aren't exactly sure what they are about. We can help! Each week we will highlight a different committee in need of volunteers in order to give you a deeper understanding of the position and the time commitment it requires. This week we are focusing on the Cultural Arts Committee.
The Cultural Arts Committee aims to enhance our students educational experience and cultural understanding through the performing arts. With teacher input, we plan professional drama, music, and dance performances. Typically shows occur during the school day and the committee strives to present two different assemblies each school year. Past performances have included
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by GreatWorks Theatre company, Trinity Irish Dancers, traditional Japanese drums provided by Tsukasa Taiko, an ensemble from the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Mandala Arts South Asian dance,
The Tales of Olympus by American Eagle Productions and
Honest Abe by Face To Face Productions. Make an impact on our kids through the arts! Contact
olivepta@gmail.com to learn more.
Other open Committee Chair positions are: Yearbook Co-Chairs.
Click here to view the descriptions of committees on our PTA website.
PTA Meeting: Save The Date - Tuesday, April 11, 7:00pm
We are excited to welcome back guest speaker, Mary Moore, our very special OMS Social Worker. She will be discussing "Tips for Raising a Confident Child." Please mark your calendars. Everyone is welcome!
Congratulations to the Illinois PTA 2016/2017 Reflections Winners!
The results are in and the winners have been announced, for the PTA Reflections Contest. Congratulations to the 2016-2017 Reflections Winners!
Click here for a list of this years Reflections winners! Thank you to those students who participated: Vivienne DeRosa, Charlotte DeRosa, Owen Fischer, Etta Fischer, Carson Phillips, Ryder Schuch, Gwennie Gilbert. We look forward to seeing more submissions in the fall.
Attention 5th Grade Parents - Slide Show Photos Needed
Help celebrate and memorialize the 5th grade class' time at OMS by submitting photos to be included in the end-of-year slide show. We're looking for fun photos representing school activities and events through the years — class parties, programs, PTA events, first/last day of school, etc. Group shots are great to get as many kids as possible included. (Please no photos from birthday parties, vacations, etc.) Send your photos in .jpeg format to
oms5thgrade@gmail.com by
March 31. Please contact
Carrie Loch with any questions.
BOOKS ROCK! BOOK FAIR - Wednesday, April 19
Save the date for the Book Fair on
Wednesday, April 19 at 6:30pm. With our new larger common area, we have room for more books! We need volunteers for set-up, the Book Fair and tear-down. Please let us know if you can volunteer your time for one of our PTA's largest fund raiser. Contact
Katie Starzyk if interested in volunteering.
Thank You Corner
At Olive-Mary Stitt we have many programs and clubs, and we couldn't do any of it without our amazing volunteers! We would like to send out personal thank you's to some of the people who made our most recent activities a success.
PTA Activity Night Co-Chairs Jen Hasche, Christina Perez and Kris Persons planned three successful activity nights. This year our entertainment acts included BMX bike riding, Bubble Wonders and a game show performance by Brian Wismer. Each of these activity nights were a big hit with the kids. We appreciate all of your hard work making them a success.
Thanks to everyone who attended the PTA sponsored
Wine Tasting Event at Vintages last week. We had 75 people attend this new fundraiser to help raise money for our PTA programs. Special thanks go out to Liz McDonnell who organized and promoted this successful event.
OMS PTA Bylaws
Please
click here to find a copy of the updated bylaws for Olive-Mary Stitt PTA. We will be voting on the updated bylaws at our general meeting on
April 11th. Please contact
Deborah Oiler, PTA First Vice President, with any questions or concerns. Thank you!
The ABC/25 Foundation Needs YOU!
The Foundation Board has openings for the 2017-2018 school year: President (or 2 Co-Presidents) and Vice President. To learn more contact
abc25president@gmail.com.
2017/2018 Executive Committee Slate Posted
Please take a moment and
click here to read the proposed slate of the 2017/2018 executive committee. We will be voting on this at the next PTA general meeting
April 11th. We hope you can attend.
ABC/25 Foundation Supports Our School!
Congratulations to the following Olive teachers who were awarded Foundation Teacher Grants:
Marsha Magnino- Apps for Education
Cynthia House- Microscopes for Science Club
Shannon Watanuki- Fun and Games and Learning,too!, The Domino Effect, Ozobots- Colorful Coding Bots for All Learners
Shannon Watanuki and Julie Nelson- Individual Engineering Toolboxes
Brenda Stevens- Let's Create
Nancy Brown- Large Screen Display Monitors for the LMC Lab
Meribeth Seisser- Bee a Learner in Our Hive
Alinda Wilhelm, Rebecca FitzPatrick- Enhancing Student Learning with an Active Learning Space
Teachers have been recognized with candy filled light bulbs to remind our District 25 Community that "bright ideas" pursued can impact the learning in our classrooms. Teachers will also be recognized at the March 16th School Board meeting.
The Membership Incentive Grant of $2,500 our school received in the fall will fund two picnic tables on the new patio.
Your Support of ABC/25 Foundation fundraisers such as the Just Move it! Challenge, Membership Drive, and Yankee Candle have made these grants possible. Thank you.
