Picture Day
Monday, September 18
Student pictures will be taken this
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 pm
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. 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.
LMC Volunteers Needed
Consider volunteering in the Library Media Center (LMC)! We have several spots still available.
Monday -
9:00AM-10:30AM or
1:15PM-3:30PMTuesday -
10:30AM-12:10PM or
1:15PM-3:30PMWednesday –
9:00AM-10:30AM,
10:30AM-12:10PM or
1:15PM-3:30PMThursday –
10:30AM-12:10PM or
1:15PM-3:30PMFriday -
10:30AM-12:10PMThe commitment can be either every week or every other depending on your availability. If you are interested, please contact
Nina Shamoon.
PTA Volunteer Opportunities
There are many more volunteer opportunities at school! Please
CLICK HERE to fill out the Volunteer Form and see all of the opportunities.
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
Monday, 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. They are also looking for volunteers to help with the event.
Click here to volunteer.
Click here for more information.
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 Teuscher if you have questions.
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. This week during recess, your child had the 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.
Update on School Supplies
We are still working with the vendor to receive the missing school supplies. The vendor is hopeful that we should have them by the end of the month. We apologize for the delay and doing everything we can to get the missing supplies.
Order Your Spirit Wear Today!
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.
Ecology Club Coming Soon!
Calling all 3rd to 5th grade students: You are invited to join the OMS Ecology Club! We are an active, fun group that meets once a month. Our first meeting will be in early October. Stay tuned for the exact date! Permission slip required (forthcoming). Submit your student's completed permission form before the first meeting to the OMS front office. Questions: Contact
Regan Sonnabend or
Megan Hill. We'll have a table at the PTA Fair on
September 21 so stop on by!
Chess Club Starting Soon!
Olive students in grades K-5 who are interested in chess are invited to join the Chess Club. All levels are welcome — from beginner to experienced player (we’ll teach you the rules!). Chess Club will meet throughout the school year. Each meeting is an independent lesson; attend as many as you can. Look for the sign up in the coming weeks. Contact
Stephanie Jennrich or
Jennifer Faley for more information or questions.
Have you Joined the PTA?
Please click here to join the PTA. Your membership helps support all of the wonderful activities and programs your children will participate in this school year! There is no time commitment required for parents, everything is voluntary.
Twig Submission Form
Does your club or committee want to promote or share something in the Twig? Please
CLICK HERE to submit your information by the
Wednesday at
12 pm prior to the
Fridayyou would like it to run. Thank you!
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.
Click here to learn more about Amazon Smile.
OMS PTA Calendar
All PTA events will be posted on the Olive school calendar. 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.
