Monday, November 27, 2017
Sunday, November 19, 2017
Blue Ribbon Celebration Week
Olive-Mary Stitt families, we are ready to celebrate becoming a National Blue Ribbon School! Combining ideas from our students and staff, we are planning a week-long celebration of our schoolwide accomplishment and have an activity planned for each day. Please help us celebrate by reminding your child of each day’s activity and helping your children “dress the part” on Tuesday and Friday.
Monday, November 27th
“We all had a hand in the Blue Ribbon!”
Students & staff will contribute to a whole school craft project.
Tuesday, November 28th
“How BLUE are you?”
Dress in as much blue, in as many shades, as possible!
Wednesday, November 29th
“The writing is on the wall!”
We will create a graffiti wall in celebration of our award.
Thursday, November 30th
“Get your groove on!”
A special guest, Mr. Brian Paruch (a.k.a. Whip) will host the lunch hour with some special tunes!
Friday, December 1st
“Owl of us will gather and celebrate!”
Wear your Just Jump/Blue Ribbon shirt and get ready for an all-school assembly full of surprises to celebrate our important honor.
Want to keep the party going at home?
Here are some ideas for Blue Ribbon fun at home:
*Blue foods and snacks in lunch boxes
*Use blue chalk to decorate your driveway and sidewalk
*Every child deserves a blue ribbon- tell your child(ren) what you believe makes him/her the best!
*Draw and color pictures in many shades of blue
Friday, November 17, 2017
Lost & Found
The hooks are all full which means it's time to see what you might be missing from your home closet. On your way into your conference, please check out the assortment of items we have collected over the last few weeks.
Just Move It Challenge - Calling all student designers!
Attention all OMS students, show us your best artwork for this year's Just Move It! Challenge T-Shirt and Race Poster Design Contest. Just think, over 1,000 people can wear your design! This year, the winner will also help pick the color of the t-shirts! Please see the attached document or visit https://jmichallenge.org for additional information and official rules.
Nest for Celeste Author Visits OMS
After participating in the One Book One School event with The Nest For Celeste, students were excited to welcome Henry Cole as he spent the day at Olive! He wowed students with his artistic abilities and sense of humor during two large group assemblies in the Commons. He told stories about how he grew up loving to draw, and how he credits his mother and teachers for encouraging him to become an artist and author. An important idea that Henry shared with the students was to be persistent and work on a story or piece of art until it becomes the best it could be. This involves lots of revisions and edits.
Henry visited several classes for question and answer sessions. Students were entertained by his many stories and jokes. During the lunch hour, Henry joined the fourth and fifth grade Chat and Chew book group in the library with Mrs. Brown. There, he participated in a game, signed books, and took photos with the students.
If you’d like to see more photos of his visit, please follow this link to visit the LMC Author Visit page on the LMC website. http://olivemarystittlmc.weebly.com/author-visits.htm
A is for Awesome Artists at OMS
Click on the link to access Mr. DeMarco's first trimester art update!
OMS is a 2017 National Blue Ribbon School
OMS is a 2017 National Blue Ribbon School, and the staff, students, community, and neighborhood are super excited! Here's what the students think of the place they spend 173 days a year in, growing, learning, and creating.
Thursday, November 16, 2017
TWIG 11.17.17
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Friday, November 10, 2017
It's never to early to talk about snow pants!
A few weeks ago we posted a reminder about the colder weather approaching. It has now arrived. Please make sure your child is coming to school prepared to go outside for recess. We head outside for fresh air if the temperature is above zero degrees. This is also the season of misplaced hats, scarfs, gloves, and mittens! We can return these items to your child if they are labeled.
A message from our school nurses:
From: District 25 School Nurses
Re: Recess Participation
Our school monitors weather conditions daily. Weather permitting, all of our children will be participating in outdoor play times. Studies have demonstrated significant benefits in educational programming when fresh air and free playtime is included in the school day. Studies also demonstrate that if children are properly dressed for the weather, they will not become ill due to weather conditions.
If your child is well enough to come to school, he or she will be expected to dress for weather conditions and to participate in outdoor play. The only exception would be a note from your doctor indicating a diagnosed reason to limit fresh air playtime and a prescribed length of time the child needs to remain indoors. We will not honor parent requests to limit outdoor participation.
Trading Cards/Toys from home
As a reminder we do not allow students to bring items from home to play with at school. This includes trading cards, Rainbow Looms, Rubiks cubes, fidget spinners, etc. We tried to allow these in the past but many students reported items going missing, unfair trades, or arguments about sharing.
Yesterday, Thursday, we reminded all students of this expectation. If a student has these items they will be asked to keep them in their backpacks to take home.
Thank you for your help in reminding your child to keep these items at home.
Yesterday, Thursday, we reminded all students of this expectation. If a student has these items they will be asked to keep them in their backpacks to take home.
Thank you for your help in reminding your child to keep these items at home.
One Book One School Inspires Creativity at Home
OMS students have shared stories about how they have enjoyed participating in the One Book One School program with their families. Some students were so inspired by ideas in The Nest For Celeste that they designed art projects of their own at home. One second grader, Quin, created his own stuffed Celeste mouse. Laina, another student in Mrs. Mueller’s class, even made a pocket for Celeste to mimic Joseph’s pocket in the book. Mrs. Mueller modeled those two projects brought together as a cute pocket for the stuffed Celeste. A fifth grader, Nicole, took home some engineering supplies from an activity done in her class to make a woven Celeste basket of her own.
Tutors Available At Arlington Heights Memorial Library
The Arlington Heights Memorial Library would like to spread the word that they provide free one-on-one tutoring through teen volunteers in the Hub Teen Center. These tutors are available to help anyone who needs academic tutoring. The teen volunteers work Sundays, Mondays, and Wednesdays during the hours of 4-6 pm. They can provide help in any subject and for students in any grade level. Please visit the AHML website to learn more.
TWIG 11.10.17
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Friday, November 3, 2017
Nest For Celeste Activities
In LMC lessons this week, first graders have listened to stories and watched videos about unusual animal partnerships. They compared these stories to the one In The Nest For Celeste, when Celeste the mouse formed friendships with Cornelius and Lafayette, two birds. The students used an iPad app, YakIt Kids, to make the animals “talk” by recording their own voices over a photo of the unusual animal pairs. Second graders pretended to be mouse-sized visitors to the LMC. They wrote about what they’d see and feel through the perspective of a tiny visitor. Using PicKids, they created posters of themselves as tiny people and described the scenes using the scripts they wrote.
To connect with The Nest For Celeste book, Mrs. Seisser, the Technology Facilitator, showed students how to practice their coding skills using the programmable Beebots. Students had to code the bee to move around on the board completing challenges related to the book. They had to make sure to avoid dangers like the cat and had to move Celeste to different parts of the house and grounds. Here, the students in Ms. Brown’s third grade class took turns coding the bee.
Illinois State Report Cards Available
Illinois State School Report Cards
Each year, the Illinois State Board of Education releases a "report card" on each school and district in the state. You can access our school report card at www.illinoisreportcard.com. Please contact the school principal if you have any questions.
TWIG 11.3.17
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