Welcome Back!
The school year is off to a great start! We started in August with a PTA Berry Yo Ice Cream Social fundraiser for No Kid Hungry. We were able to provide 986 meals for hungry kids. Thank you to Christine Gilbert for organizing. The DJ was blasting all of the summer hits at Rock the Nest, shout out to Rachael Hooker and Tanis Kurzynksi for all their hard work. The JD's BBQ was a delicious end to the day.
Be sure to read the TWIG, the PTA's weekly newsletter, to catch up on volunteer opportunities and upcoming events. Feel free to reach out to either of us this school year with any questions, comments or ideas. Our email address is
olivepta@gmail.comKelly Gabrione & Megan Puzen
Olive-Mary Stitt PTA Co-Presidents
School Supplies
School supply kits were distributed to the classrooms
on Monday. Everyone that was on our list that ordered a kit was accounted for and received one. We are aware that some kits had missing supplies. The teachers have provided lists with any missing items. We are working with the vendor to get those missing items and they will be distributed to the teachers once received. Thank you for your patience.
Thank you to Megan Kerpec, Julie Talbot, Kelly DeRosa, Shannon Kersemeier, Mary Beth Canty and Tiffany Brown for helping to sort and distribute the kits to the classrooms.
Special thanks to our PTA committee chairs, Kerri Grabowski and Nilima Nanisetty, for their efforts coordinating with the vendor and helping ensure everyone receives their supplies.
Room Representatives Needed
We are currently placing Room Rep volunteers with classes and will be notifying parents of their placement via email by mid next week. Please
click here to see the list of classrooms that still have open Room Rep positions. We would love to get these open spots filled!
Thanks to the many parents that volunteered to be Room Reps for your children's classes for this school year.
Interested parties for classrooms in need should email PTA Room Rep Co-Chairs
Colleen Bremer and
Megan Kerpec by the end of the day
Monday.
In order to volunteer as a Room Rep, you will need to be a PTA member. Room Reps plan and attend the class parties (Halloween & Valentine's Day) and provide communications to the parents regarding PTA events throughout the year. Don't miss this wonderful chance to spend time in your child's classroom!
Join the OMS PTA today!
Thank you to the over 500 OMS PTA members who have already joined for the 2017-2018 school year! Don't miss out on being a part of the many exciting student, family and staff activities sponsored by the PTA throughout the school year. You will also receive access to our electronic directory app – DirectorySpot – which will allow you and your family to have contact info and class lists for OMS families and staff right on your phone or other electronic device. We hope to have this ready to go later this fall. Stay tuned to the Twig for more updates.
Joining the OMS PTA is easy!
Go online to
https://sd25.revtrak.net/OMS-PTA/#/listIndividual Memberships are $10 and Family Memberships are $15
Come to our PTA Fair and General Meeting
on Thursday, September, 21 at
7pm to learn more about the Olive PTA. All are welcome.
Contact PTA Membership Chair,
Kate Halley, with any questions or if you prefer to pay in person.
Spirit Wear Sneak Peak
Stop by the PTA table at curriculum night and check out some samples of Olive's spirit wear! We have a variety of shirts, shorts and sweatshirts that your children would love to wear. We will begin to sell the items on
Friday, September 8th. We will be posting more information soon on the TWIG.
Bike Rodeo - Wednesday, September 13
Attention ALL 3rd, 4th and 5th graders. The 2017 Bike Rodeo will be
Wednesday, September 13th after school until
4:45 p.m. The rain date will be
Wednesday, September 20th. Each year at Olive, we require that all 3rd, 4th and 5th graders who would like to ride their bike to school (and have not participated in the past) participate in the Olive-Mary Stitt PTA Bike Rodeo. This rodeo is an introduction to biking rules and an opportunity for the children’s bikes to be checked for safety. Children may ride their bikes to school on the day of the Bike Rodeo and any day after their successful completion of the Bike Rodeo. Helmets are required for attendance.
Please
click here for the permission slip. These are due by
Tuesday, September 12th. We will also be looking for parent volunteers for the event so please contact
Katie Stawicki or
Erin Fleming for volunteer opportunities or with questions about the event.
Picture Day - Monday, September 18
Mark your calendars and don’t forget to bring your smile! Student pictures will be taken on Monday, September 18th. Order forms came home this week. Have you seen all of the backgrounds available? Please visit
www.ordercp.com to view all 100 options!
Please note: Yearbooks are not included with picture packages and will be ordered separately later in the school year.
Please contact
Nina Shamoon with any questions.
OMS PTA Calendar
All PTA events will be posted on the Olive school calendar. We recommend that you subscribe to it from your home computer or cell phone. We will make changes and updates on this calendar as club dates and events are confirmed and let you know when any changes have been made. Please
CLICK HERE for a link to the calendar. It can also be found on the home page of the
Olive PTA website. Special thanks to Deborah Oiler (last year's Calendar Chair and 1st VP) and Mary Beth Canty (our new Calendar Chair and 1st VP) for setting this up.
Box Tops
Our annual Box Top challenge will take place from
October 16th - 20th. Please start clipping and collecting. Box Tops can be found on items you use everyday from Land o Lakes butter to boxes of Kleenex and everything in between! Each one is worth 10 cents and they add up quickly! Last year we collected almost $1200! That's $1200 that goes right back to our school! Turning items that you buy everyday for your home, into money for our school. Clip away!
Click here for more information.
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.
Smile.Amazon.com offers the same selection and same prices as Amazon.com, so there is no cost to you, and a charitable donation to the PTA is made! AmazonPrime benefits apply. Click here to learn more: "About AmazonSmile". To sign up, it is simple! Log on to
Smile.Amazon.com, select "Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers Olive-Mary Stitt PTA Inc" under charitable organization, and you are set. Thank you for your support!
2017/2018 PTA Budget
The preliminary 2017/2018 PTA Budget is posted in the Commons at school. We will be voting on it at the
September 21st PTA meeting.
