for an after school activity filled with running, stretching, and various active games. Camp Fit will be held
in the OMS gym, field and running track. Please sign your child up using the attached
as soon as you can so we can coordinate enough volunteers to make this a great event. Thank you!! Please contact
Mark your calendar for the BOOK FAIR - Wednesday, April 19, 6:30-8:00pm
Join us for a PTA fundraiser the Annual Anderson's Book Fair! Students will have a chance to preview the book selection during the school day. Stop by in the evening to add to your library. There will also be a selection of books to purchase for your child's classroom. Books Rock! Please contact
Katie Starzyk with any questions.
Spring into Action: Sign up to help at the Earth Fair; Wednesday, April 19
The Earth Fair volunteer sign up form is live on Sign Up Genius now.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4caea62faafc1-omsearth
You do not have to be an Ecology Club member to assist with the Earth Fair. We offer exciting earth-conscious games, activities, prizes, outside vendors, face painting and giveaways! Please cut and paste the link into your browser and sign up today. Earth Fair is
Wednesday, April 19th from
6:30-8:00 pm. Thanks in advance for you help. The kids are excited! Contact
Judi Schuch with any questions.
Special Assignment for Second Grade Families!
Our Earth Fair is approaching and you have a special role! Beginning today, we need you to collect clean, dry, non-breakable recyclable materials for our ever-so-popular Trash To Treasure Table at the Earth Fair on
Wednesday, April 19th. Gather cool stuff, like paper towel rolls, soap containers, plastics, yogurt containers, delivery boxes, drink containers. We will have our dynamic Mr. DeMarco and our energetic Mrs. P at the Earth Fair to help guide your kids into creativity. Bring recyclable items into the 2nd grade pod each day until Earth Fair and we'll be ready to move Trash to Treasure! Thank you! Contact
Judi Schuch with any questions.
The Best Way to RECYCLE is to REUSE! KIDS Clothing Drive
Olive 4th Grade Girl Scout Troop #40683 has teamed up with the OMS Earth Fair and will host a
ONE-NIGHT ONLY KIDS CLOTHING DRIVE.
CLICK HERE for the flyer. Girls will collect gently used and CLEAN clothing for School District 59's Community Cares Closet. All donations are to be brought to the Girl Scout Table during the Earth Fair (
4/19/17) from
6:30-8:00pm. Children cannot do their best in school until their basic needs are met. With your donation- We can make a BIG difference in our community! Please contact
Christine Gilbert with any questions.
Share Your Soles - Shoe Drive
This April Character Counts and the Ecology Club are partnering together for a CARING & GREEN cause. Recycle your clean, gently used shoes and help transform a life. Shoes help to prevent disease, help with transportation to work, school or to collect water.
Sneakers, sandals, flip-flops, boots, rain boots, crocs, cleats....we take them all! Shoes get sorted by climate at the Share your Soles warehouse in Historic Pullman. After sorting and cleaning the shoes will be shipped around the world. Donate today & help make a difference! Shoe drop containers are to the right of stage in Commons.
http://shareyoursoles.org/about/
We are in need of a driver volunteer to transport the bags of shoes to the charity located in historic Pullman area of Chicago.
Click Here for details.
Please contact Character Counts Co-Chair,
Christine Gilbert, with any questions.
12 Days and Counting!
Yearbook Orders Due April 25
Please be sure to order your OMS Yearbooks by
April 25th. Go to
TreeRing.com and enter school passcode
1014636724843184. The cost is $13.00 per book.
Each yearbook comes with 2 complimentary custom pages. You and your children can personalize by uploading pictures to create a lasting memory of 2016/2017 school year. Customization must be done and set to "Print Ready" by
April 25th.
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.
Any questions, please contact
Erika Eng or
Megan Hill.
First Aid For Little People
First Aid For Little People is a program for our first and second graders that is coordinated by the PTA. To make this program a success we need parent volunteers to help out! There will be various time slots that you can choose to sign up for. Look for more information next week in the twig. Contact Chris Bialko and Katie Zabor with any questions.
District 25 5th Grade Track Meet - Wednesday, May 104:15-6:00pm
District 25's annual 5th Grade Track Meet will be held at South Middle School's Track on
Wednesday, May 10thstarting at
4:15 pm. Students can sign up to participate in 2 of the following events: 50 yd, 100 yd, 200 yd, or mile run, plus an optional four-man relay team. With the exception of the mile run, students will be placed in heats by their times. Students need not be track stars to participate just a willingness to try their best, have some FUN, and see what it's like to experience an interscholastic event. Permission slips are due to Mrs Pusateri by
MAY 1. Questions or concerns email
Mrs Pusateri.
Click Here to receive the permission slip.
Excess Funds Suggestions?
At this time of year, the PTA collects suggestions from the parent, teacher and school administration on how to spend our potential excess funds. Although we try and budget accordingly, there may be a chance our PTA fundraisers are more successful than we anticipate and we have extra money to spend. Since the PTA is a non profit organization we must close our fiscal year with a zero balance.
Click Here to submit your suggestions through our online form. Please have your requests submitted by
April 24th.
If available, please provide documentation of the exact amount your suggestion would cost and where we can purchase it. An Excess Funds committee led by the PTA treasurer will evaluate the suggestions and vote on which ones to move forward with. This will be reported and voted on at the last PTA meeting on
May 11th. Thank you for your support!
2017/2018 Committee Chair Openings
Do you want to get more involved in the PTA? We have opportunities available 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.
Click here to view the descriptions of committees on our PTA website.
- Yearbook Chair or Co-Chairs
2017/2018 Executive Committee Slate Posted
Please take a moment and
click here to read the proposed slate of the 2017/2018 executive committee. This will be reported and voted on at the last PTA meeting on
May 11th. We hope you can attend.
