One Book, One School
We are excited to announce that the One Book One School program will begin on
Monday, October 2. Families are invited to read the book A Nest For Celeste together during the month of October. We are very grateful to our PTA for generously purchasing a paperback copy of the book for each family. The books are being sent home with the youngest child of each family on Friday, September 29. In addition, each family will receive a reading schedule and letters explaining the program that have been tucked inside each book. For more information about the program, please read the OMS Blog post for Friday, September 29 and visit the OMS LMC website:
http://olivemarystittlmc.weebly.com/.
Directory Spot is Now Updated for 2017-2018!
Directory Spot is the online school directory for Olive. It is available to all PTA members.
Click here for more information. Contact
Kate Halley with questions.
Yearbook - Now Available to Order
Olive-Mary Stitt is using TreeRing to make our yearbooks. Last year we made the switch to TreeRing for two reasons:
- Custom Pages: Every student gets a one-of-a-kind printed copy of the yearbook, containing two free pages that they can customize with personal photos.
- Buy a Book, Plant a Tree: TreeRing plants a tree in our school’s name whenever someone from our school purchases a yearbook. (And here’s a bonus: They print on recycled paper).
Our book this year will be forty-two pages, including the two free custom pages, printed fully in color. The cost is $13.00. Orders placed by
September 30 receive a 15% discount. October orders will receive a 10% discount.
In order to buy your book and start your custom pages, visit
https://www.treering.com. If you had a TreeRing account last year, you can use the same password to log into your account. Please add any new children that did not attend last year. If you do not have a TreeRing account from last year you will need to create one. You’ll want to have our school passcode handy. That number is 1014636724843184. Please purchase a yearbook for each child so they can each have a book to sign the last week of school.
We’re looking forward to a year full of great memories—and capturing them in the yearbook!
Please contact
Kate Halley or
Jeannie Glasstetter if you have questions.
P.S. If you run into any trouble at all while setting up your TreeRing account, they have a great support team. Please contact them at
support@treering.com.
Join the OMS Ecology Club!
Calling all 3rd to 5th grade students: You are invited to join the OMS Ecology Club! We are an active, fun group that meets once a month. Our first meeting will be in
October 5 at 3:45pm. Permission slip required. Submit your student’s completed permission form before the first meeting. Questions: Contact
Regan Sonnabend or
Megan Hill. Hope to see you then!
Click here to submit the online permission slip.
WHOOO'S WHO? House Hop
Saturday, October 14
6th Annual Progressive Dinner
We hope you can join us at this awesome PTA Annual Event! Swoop from house to house as you enjoy an evening of laughter, hors d'oeuvers and drinks while you meet and reconnect with fellow Olive-Mary Stitt Parents.
If you have not attended before, we start by having you meet us at the school for house assignments, then off to your first house at
7:00pm to enjoy and at
9:00pm you travel to your second house. This is one of Olive PTA's biggest fundraisers and a great time is had by all!
Click here for the sign up form. Please return it with a check to the Olive office.
You can now also sign up online!
https://househop.eventbrite.com password: Olive
The processing fee is 2.92 per ticket if purchased online.
Contact
Jen Ortman or
Melissa Teuscher if you have questions.
Chess Club Starting!
Friday, October 20
Olive students in grades K-5 who are interested in chess are invited to join the Chess Club. All levels are welcome — from beginner to experienced player (we’ll teach you the rules!). Chess Club will meet from
3:35 – 4:35 pm on the following dates:
October 20th,
November 10th,
December 8th,
January 12th,
February 2nd & 23rd, and
March 16th. Each meeting is an independent lesson; attend as many as you can. Parent volunteers are welcome during our meetings (no Chess experience required). Look for the sign up in next week's Twig. Contact
Stephanie Jennrich or
Jennifer Faley with any questions.
The Owl Way Salutes our Community Helpers
The Owl Way formerly known as Character Counts, kicked off September with a Salute to our Community Helpers. This program promotes good character and kindness at all grade levels. The Owl Way implements monthly service initiatives to promote good character traits such as being kind, responsible, honest, fair and helping others. On occasion, this PTA program partners with other clubs such as the Ecology Club and the 5th Grade Service Learning Club, to carry out monthly projects with the help of students, parents and staff. The Owl Way fosters a positive learning environment and breeds a culture of kindness. OMS has a strong tradition of raising global-minded students and is committed to fostering a passion for service learning in
tomorrow’s leaders.
Click here to see a video.
Help OMS Parents Stay Informed on District Happenings
The OMS PTA used to have a SD25 School Board Rep, someone who would go to each of the SD25 School Board Meetings and then report back to the PTA. We've been unable to fill that position and we are trying something new this year by allowing anyone to sign up to attend a single School Board Meeting and report back to the PTA with an email summary of what was discussed. Please consider signing up for a meeting. This is an easy, low-commitment way to volunteer and help our school's community stay informed.
Sign up via Sign Up Genius here.
LMC Volunteers Needed
Consider volunteering in the Library Media Center (LMC)! We have several spots still available.
Monday -
9:00AM-10:30AM or
1:15PM-3:30PMTuesday -
10:30AM-12:10PM or
1:15PM-3:30PMWednesday –
9:00AM-10:30AM,
10:30AM-12:10PM or
1:15PM-3:30PMThursday –
10:30AM-12:10PM or
1:15PM-3:30PMFriday -
10:30AM-12:10PMThe commitment can be either every week or every other depending on your availability. If you are interested, please contact
Nina Shamoon.
PTA Volunteer Opportunities
There are many more volunteer opportunities at school! Please
CLICK HERE to fill out the Volunteer Form and see all of the opportunities.
Reflections Art Contest - 5 weeks left to submit
Are your kids creative? We have 6 weeks left to submit your Reflections art piece!
Whether you are a painter, photographer, writer, singer, musician, or dancer you can participate in this contest. All Olive kids are eligible to enter. The submission is easy, just create your masterpiece, print out the submission form, and submit it through the Olive front office.
Let's see how many submissions we can get into Olive! Pieces will move on to District, Region, State, and Nation. All participants will receive recognition and be invited to a celebration in the spring!
Any questions? Please ask!
Click here for more information. Contact
Kim Hemmingeror
Leena Joshi with questions.
Activity Nights 2018 - Save the Dates!
Each winter, the PTA organizes grade-specific Activity Nights and brings in a great performer to entertain our kids. The 2018 Activity Nights have been confirmed. Please make a note of the following dates:
Kindergarten and 1st Grade:
January 19, 2018,
7-8pm2nd and 3rd Grade:
February 1, 2018,
7-8pm4th and 5th Grade:
February 23, 2018,
7-8pmMark your calendars so that your child(ren) can attend these fun, free events.
Twig Submission Form
Does your club or committee want to promote or share something in the Twig? Please
click here to submit your information by the
Wednesday at
12 pm prior to the
Friday you would like it to run. Thank you!
Have you Joined the PTA?
Please click here to join the PTA. Your membership helps support all of the wonderful activities and programs your children will participate in this school year! There is no time commitment.
Amazon Smile
Calling all
Amazon.com shoppers! Please consider supporting the PTA and start shopping at
www.Smile.Amazon.com and .5% of your purchases will be contributed to the Olive-Mary Stitt PTA.
Click here to learn more about Amazon Smile.
OMS PTA Calendar
All PTA events will be posted on the Olive school calendar. Please click here for a link to the calendar. It can also be found on the home page of the
Olive PTA website.
The whole school community (families and staff of OMS) will begin reading A Nest For Celeste on October 2. A paperback copy of the book was sent home today with the youngest child in each family. Enclosed within the book is a packet that includes the reading schedule and letters explaining how the program will work and how to send in photos of your children and families reading. The official start day for reading the book will be October 2, but if you are excited to start, of course, you may begin this weekend.Please try not to read beyond the pages designated for Week 1. We plan to discuss and celebrate this book at OMS over the next five weeks. Author/Illustrator, Henry Cole, will spend the day with us on November 10. 
