Introducing our Principal for the Day!

Meet Eli! 

We have a very busy day ahead of us. After making sure that everyone arrived safely at school, he read to Mrs. Netzel's and Miss Musich's classes. 

Busy, busy, busy

The principal for a Day helps post the last day of school on the board out in front of the school. Are Mr. Dave and Eli jumping up and down?

 

Extra Recess!

Principal for a Day, Eli, declares an extra few minutes of recess this morning. 

PM Kindergarten Visit

Our PM Kindergarten friends enjoyed a visit from Principal for a Day Eli. 

Our Principal for the Day inspected all of our play equipment this afternoon. What fun! 

Lunch in the Office with the Principals

We had so much fun with the Olive Owl Drawing winners - a game of telephone in the conference room and the back playground all to ourselves!

Twig 4/26/13

Click HERE to view the 4/26/13 TWIG

Please be sure to scroll down to the past blog posts...there are many great pictures and videos for you to enjoy!

Earth Day / Book Fair

We had a wonderful turnout for our Earth Day / Book Fair on Wednesday night.  Some of the many exciting events included face painting, trash to treasure creations, recycled games,  and recycled experiments.  It was great seeing so many families enjoying this PTA sponsored event!  Thank you so much to the many parent and teacher volunteers who made this event a success.

Recycled Basket Raffle Winning Ticket #  837734 

(*Prize can be picked up in the OMS main office)

Olive's 50th Celebration

We had a wonderful end to the week with the OMS 50th Birthday Assembly and Open House.  During the all school assembly, the students were able to meet the past four principals of Olive, and hear about their favorite memories of being a principal in this wonderful community.

Linda Burkhard,  Rebecca FitzPatrick, Marybeth Anderson,  and Mary Stitt,

In addition, we revealed the name of our new mascot, as voted on by the students,  with 51% choosing the winning name - "Oliver!"

 We also shared an OMS Tour video created by some of our fourth grade students.  Check out the link to this video, now located on the Olive website!

In addition, we shared the all school photo taken during our rainbow spirit day by one of our wonderful PTA parents, Mrs. Michelle Strahan Quafisheh.  This picture turned out great, and we are excited to be selling copies in this week's Twig!

The day concluded with an all community open house.  The Olive staff had  a great time visiting with past students and families. In addition,  many past staff members stopped by to check out the wonderful ways Olive has changed or stayed the same!  We cannot thank all of you enough, especially our PTA, for your support during this week of festivities!

We Scream for Ice Cream!

Thank you so much to our wonderful PTA for helping us celebrate Olive's 50th Birthday with an ice cream treat on Thursday.  Our students were so appreciative of this special treat and said it was the best ice cream they ever had!

Twig 4/19/13

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Rain or Shine...It's a Rainbow Day at OMS

Today, to celebrate Olive's 50th Anniversary, the students and staff were cheery and bright wearing all of the colors of the rainbow!

Kindergarten - Purple

First Grade - Orange

Second Grade - Yellow

Third Grade - Green

Fourth Grade - Blue

Fifth Grade - Red

Crazy About Olive

Insanity has struck and we know one thing for sure....our students and staff are crazy about OMS!  Check out these crazy hairdo's, socks, and owl wear!!!!!

OMS Dressed for the Decades!

To kick off our 50th Anniversary week of celebrations, the Olive students and staff were groovy, radical, and hip...as they dressed for the decades! 

We like to MOVE IT!!!

We like to move it, move it....

Congratulations to the Olive Community for an awesome showing at the Just Move It! Challenge this past Saturday!  Those snowflakes were no match for the Owls! 

The following information was shared with our Superintendent:
 

Dr. Jerome,

On behalf of PTA Council and ABC/25 Foundation I want to sincerely thank you and all District 25 staff on their support of the Just Move it! Challenge. Despite the snow, the wind, and the cold, student and staff participation levels were great! 

I am excited and proud to report that 1020 people registered for the event, of which 500 were students and 107 were teachers and staff. We had an additional 25 staff members volunteer during the event.  

Our student participation awards go to Olive and South where student participation was 23.3% and 3.5% respectively. Our teacher participation award will go to Olive with 51% of staff either participating or volunteering at the event. Teacher participation was a close race as Dryden had 44%, and Ivy Hill had 37% participation. 

On behalf of the JMI team, I want to extend our gratitude for everyone’s dedication and service during the Just Move it! Challenge. Please forward this note to your staff.

Twig 4/12/13

Calling all Owls!!!! 

At the end of April you will be receiving in the mail a letter which will include your snap code for the online registration of your child/ren for the 2013-14 school year.  Online registration begins at midnight on May 1st with a preferred deadline for completion of online registration on June 1st.  The online registration process will take you step by step through all elements of the registration process including:

• Residency Forms (that will need to be downloaded and brought into the OMS office along with the three documents for verifying residency)
• Updating your child's emergency form
• Fees will now be accepted online including:
• School Fees
• Transportation Fees
• PTA membership
• ABC 25 membership

*If you choose to pay in person, forms must be downloaded, printed, completed, and brought into the OMS office with payment.


If you are aware of any first graders who will be new to Olive (who did not attend kindergarten at Olive) please encourage them to contact us ASAP for registration so that we can best plan for the upcoming school year. 

Click HERE to view the 4/12/13 Twig

Farewell To Mayor Mulder

Click HERE to view a community invitation to a 

Farewell Open House for Arlington Heights Mayor Arlene Mulder

2nd Grade Presidential Concert

In case you missed it, our 2nd grade students did a fantastic job at their concert on Wednesday night. It was a wonderful tribute to our school and country!

Coffee & Conversation with the Principals 4/12/13

Mrs. FitzPatrick and Mrs. Perri will be hosting the fourth in a series of informal coffee meetings for parents, this Friday, April 12thth, from 9:15 am to 10:15 am.   The topic of this meeting will be  Common Core State Standards with Dr. Dale Truding, Assistant Superintendent, Department of Student Learning.   There will also be an opportunity for a Q & A session with the principals and Dr. Truding.  We hope you can join us for the final coffee of the year. 
 

Please RSVP for by clicking HERE

Twig 4/5/13 & Happy Birthday Olive!

The week of April 15-19 we will be celebrating the 50th Birthday of Olive-Mary Stitt.  Some of our celebrations will include an all school assembly for our students where they will get to meet all of the past Olive Principals, the unveiling of the Olive Mascot name (voted on by the students), the premier of two student created videos, special spirit wear each day, the unveiling of the design for the new Olive sign,  and ice-cream treat at lunch.  The culminating event will be an Open House for all of the Olive Community, including parents and alumni, on Friday April 19th from 3:35-4:15.   Please be sure to check out the flyer in this week's Twig, and mark your calendars for this week of special celebrations!

Click HERE to view the 4/5/13 Twig!

Art at SummerU

Don't miss this great summer class taught by our very own Mr. DeMarco!

Sculpture Spectacular

Grades: 4-6

Session 2: 10:30-11:55

$5 addition fee

Let’s face it: sculpture is awesome!  This class focuses on producing high quality sculptural work.  We’ll make a ton of objects out of a variety of materials like earthenware clay, air dry clay, paper mache, wood, and more. Wear clothing you don’t mind getting dirty or a smock!

National D.E.A.R. Day at OMS