OMS Owls Salute Community Helpers
Olive PTA promotes good character and kindness with monthly service initiatives. This September, OMS Owls will salute our Community Helpers. Our community is enriched by the caring efforts of many. Next week during recess, your child will have an opportunity to sign thank you cards for these everyday heroes. These special helpers will be honored later this month. Continue to follow the Olive Branch and
Twig for more details.
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 the first week of school. 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.
PTA Fair & Meeting
Thursday, September 21 at 7:00pm
Please join us for our first PTA General meeting. Everyone is welcome. We will be highlighting several of our 2017/2018 fundraisers and programs as well as voting on our budget. Before the meeting we will be having our PTA Fair. We are excited to showcase and promote our various clubs and committees. If you would like to learn more about all of the exciting opportunities your kids will have over the coming school year, please join us. Many committees will have tables set up with information to help you learn about their programs.
Reflections Art Contest
What? - Reflections is a PTA sponsored arts program that invites children to participate using their creative talents. There are six different categories: Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, and Visual Arts.
When? - Submissions are due in to Olive by,
November 3rd.
Who? - All students from Pre-K through 12th grade may enter as many pieces as they would like.
Click Here for more information. Contact
Kim Hemmingeror
Leena Joshi with questions. More details coming soon!
Artspiration - October 2
6-7:30PM - South Middle School
Artspiration - An Instagram Inspired PTA Reflections Kick-Off Event.
Mini-workshops hosted by experts in the arts! Leave with ideas for your own reflections project to submit at your school!
All ages, K-8 are invited.
October 2 from
6-7:30pm at South Middle School. More information on Twitter-
#artspiration #ptareflections #ilptaarts
WHOOO'S WHO? House Hop
Saturday, October 14
6th Annual Progressive Dinner
We hope you can join us at this awesome PTA Annual Event! Swoop from house to house as you enjoy an evening of laughter, hors d'oeuvers and drinks while you meet and reconnect with fellow Olive-Mary Stitt Parents.
If you have not attended before, we start by having you meet us at the school for house assignments, then off to your first house at
7:00pm to enjoy and at
9:00pm you travel to your second house. This is one of Olive PTA's biggest fundraisers and a great time is had by all!
Click Here for the sign up form. Please return it with a check to the Olive office.
Contact
Jen Ortman or
Melissa Teucher if you have questions.
Who's got Spirit? Olive has Spirit!
Our OMS school spirit wear sale is here! Please use this link:
https://www.headsupapparel.com/collections/oms-2017 or visit
www.headsupapparel.com and enter in Olive to check out all of this year's styles and order online. Sale ends on
Sunday, Sept 24th. If you have any questions, please contact
Becky Hany or
Liz McDonnell.
PTA Volunteer Opportunities Would you like to help out with a program or event at school? Please
click here to fill out the Volunteer Form and see all of the opportunities.
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
Contact PTA Membership Chair,
Kate Halley, with any questions or if you prefer to pay in person.
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!
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.
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.
