Anyone who has purchased tickets for the Wine Tasting Event should have received an email with your tickets attached. Please don't forget to print them out and bring them with you to Vintages - they will be used as raffle tickets for a few raffle prizes! See you
tonight at
6:00pm. If you have any questions, please contact
Liz McDonnell.
School Board Candidate Forum Saturday, March 11
Local elections are coming up on
April 4. The elections will include positions on School District 25's Board of Education, as well as District 214's Board of Education and Village of Arlington Heights trustees. 4 positions are open on the D25 Board and 7 candidates are running to fill those positions. 4 of the 7 are current board members whose term is expiring, and the other 3 are candidates running for the first time.
CANDIDATE FORUM:
Saturday, March 11 from
9:30-11amat the Arlington Heights Village Hall. A Village Trustee forum will follow at
11am. This particular forum is sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the A.H. Council of PTAs. Please
CLICK HERE for more information.
Local elections impact us far more than federal elections, and these forums are great opportunities to become informed on the candidates that will directly affect policy in our school district, our local high school district, and our town of Arlington Heights. Please contact
Christina Perez if you have any questions.
Stop cooking & hop on over to Garibaldi's - Monday, March 13th
Eat at Garibaldis between
11am & 2pm or
4-8pm on
Monday, March 13.
CLICK HERE for details. The money we raise will help Pencils of Promise build schools to help the 250 million kids living on the planet who can't read. Let's show these kids that we believe they have the right to go to school just like we do. Grab your friends & eat at Garibaldi's today! Please contact Character Counts co-chairs
Rachael Hooker or
Christine Gilbert if you have any questions.
Ecology Club Lands New Co-Chairs
We are thrilled to announce Regan Sonnabend and Megan Hill as the new 2017-18 Co-chairs of the Ecology Club. Pam Phillips plans to be a strong helper as well! Thank you PTA parents for finding the time in your schedules and the devotion in your heart to keep this meaningful club alive at OMS.
PTA Meeting: Save The Date - Tuesday, April 11, 7:00
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!
Flower, Plant and Vegetable Sale: March 3 - 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.
47 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.
2017/2018 "NEW" Committee Chair Openings
Do you want to get more involved in the PTA? We have several opportunities for next year. It's never to soon to sign up and shadow the current committee chairs this year. If you are interested in chairing any of the following committees, please email
olivepta@gmail.com. Please
CLICK HERE for our PTA Procedure Guide which lists all of the executive committee and standing committee responsibilities.
- Yearbook Chair or Co-Chairs
- Cultural Arts Co-Chair
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.
ABC/25 Foundation In-School Raffle
Support the ABC/25 Foundation and have some fun participating in this year's in-school raffle! Your child will be bringing home a
list of the fantastic activities that our very own OMS teachers and staff have offered as raffle items, along with a page of tickets. Raffle tickets are $1/per ticket and all proceeds go to the ABC/25 Foundation. If you would like more raffle tickets, please print them from the OMS blog or
click here. Raffle tickets are due
Friday, March 17th. The raffle winners will be announced on
Thursday, March 23rd at the end of the school day.
Thomas Middle School Spirit Wear Sale
Attention all 5th grade parents! Thomas Middle School is having their spring spirit wear sale. All orders can be placed online at
www.HeadsUpApparel.com.
Click here for the flyer and information. The sale will run
March 3 - 19. All orders will be delivered to your child's classroom at Olive. Please note "Olive" in the school section when you place your order.
BOOKS ROCK! BOOK FAIR - 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.
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.
