Olive-Mary Stitt Elementary School is a collaborative school community with responsible students who are passionate, global learners.

Friday, October 31, 2014

TWIG 10.31.14

Character Counts "Fill the Nest":  Character Counts program "Fill the Nest" canned food drive is next week November 3-7th.  Your child should have brought home paper bags with a flyer attached explaining what to bring.  We also need volunteers to help load the food into cars on Friday for transport.  Please stay after school on Friday, November 7, to help out with this.  It is a fun task and kids can help too. Click here to view the flyer.  

Picture Retakes/ Club Pictures, November 6:  School picture re-takes and club pictures for this year's yearbook will be Thursday, November 6th at 8:30 am in the Commons. Everyone should have received their student pictures. If you were absent or need a retake. please bring picture packet or new order form to school next Thursday, 11/6/14. Retakes will begin promptly in the morning after announcements. Additional forms are available in the office.
Please Note: PM Kindergarten retakes need to be done between 9:00-11:00 am.  Use this link to see a list of clubs that will be photographed that day.  

Reflections Program: This is the last weekend left in this year's Reflection campaign to work on your piece of art.  All Reflections entries are due to the school office by this Monday, November 3rd.  Use the link below to submit your entry
https://sites.google.com/site/olivemarystittreflections/ or see this flyer for more details. The OMS Reflections committee chairs are: Barbara Doulas and Jennifer Faley.

Citizen Observer Program and Metra Safety Poster Contest:  Officer Veenstra, our school school resource officer, has shared information with us regarding a Citizen Observation program.  Click here to learn more.  Also, the Metra is sponsoring a safety poster design contest, click here for more information and entry form.

Family Bingo Night: FAMILY BINGO NIGHT is two weeks away, November 14th. The fun begins at 7:00 and ends at 8:30pm. Any questions? Please contact Marni Hanson at marnihanson5@yahoo.com or Jeanne Cosgrove at jeanne.coz@me.com

Volunteer Opportunity:  The PTA is looking for a volunteer to work with Mrs. Brown, the LMC director, on organizing author visits for the kids.  Please contact Rebecca Linscott or Angie Frye  to volunteer or for more information.  

Junior Great Books: Junior Great Books is an extracurricular reading program for all reading abilities. It is open to 3rd, 4th and 5th graders. The students read a short story or folktale each week at home and discuss the story during the recess portion of lunch. The groups meet for 9 weeks from January to just before Spring Break and the 10th week is a pizza party. Groups are small, typically broken out by grade and the discussion is led by parent volunteers. Please let Julie Siegel or Christa Svienty know if your child and/or you are interested in participating.  Click here for enrollment sheet.

Chess Club:  The PTA will be sponsoring Chess Club this year for students to play chess and learn more about the game. All interested Olive students from grades K-5 are invited to join. Chess Club is for all levels — from beginner to experienced player (we'll teach you the rules!). It is not necessary for students to come to all meetings since each meeting has an independent lesson. Chess Club will begin October 20th and we want to make sure we have your email address added to our list. Click here for more information.

District 25 E-Flyer:  Here you will find information published weekly about community educational and recreational opportunities for children and families in our district.  Click here for the E-Flyer
Click on the appropriate date to view this week's events.

Twig Submissions:  If you would like to submit something for the Twig or website please use this form.  All submissions must be filled out and sent by Thursday morning in order to appear in that week's Twig.  The form also gives an option for an email blast and attaching a form.  If you have an accompanying email blast please email olivepta@gmail.com.  Email blasts must be a follow up to a post in a prior Twig.  Any questions please contact olivepta@gmail.com