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Friday, September 1, 2017

TWIG 09.01.17

Olive-Mary Stitt PTA - Every child. One voice.

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The Olive Twig

September 1, 2017

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.com

Kelly 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/#/list
Individual 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.

Upcoming Events

9/4 - No School, Labor Day
9/6 - Curriculum Night
9/11 - 5th Grade Band lessons begin
9/13 - Bike Rodeo, 3:35 - 4:45pm
9/18 - Picture Day
9/20 - Bike Rodeo rain date
9/20- 5th Grade Band parent meeting, 7:00 - 8:00pm
9/21 - PTA Fair & Meeting, 7:00pm

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Monday, June 12, 2017

Happy Summer from Mrs. FitzPatrick

The last day of school is always such a whirlwind. Many families were here but I did not get a chance to say goodbye to all of you. Needless to say, it's very quiet in the hallways of OMS today.

Thank you so much for all of your support throughout the year, whether it was reviewing flashcards for a test or volunteering in our LMC, we greatly value the wonderful partnership we have with you!

Thank you for sharing your children with us. They bring us such joy. It is a privilege to be a part of the OMS community.

Wishing you peaceful days this summer!

Becky

A note from Ms. Davis

I honestly can't believe how fast this year flew by! I continue to be grateful for my role in D25 as the Assistant Principal at Olive-Mary Stitt. Thank you for a wonderful year two! I can't believe this was only my second year. I look forward to continuing to build relationships with the students and families at OMS. Have a wonderful summer and I will see you in August!

Erin

2017-2018 School Year - Sneak Peak

*Meet & Greet*

Save the date! The Meet & Greet for next school year is scheduled for Friday, August 25, 2:20 - 3:20 pm. This is a great opportunity to meet your child's teacher, check out the classroom, and catch up with other OMS families. Additional details about the event will be shared via email in early August.

*Other New Events*

We are also looking forward to two new events next spring. We will be partnering with District 214 to plan a Senior Walk for former OMS students. It will be a great opportunity for our current students to recognize the accomplishments of OMS alumni.

Also in the spring of 2018, we will be partnering with the PTA to provide a World of Work program for our 5th-grade students. As noted in the Twig, the program will provide students a real-world work experience.

We are sure there will be more but wanted to give you a little peek at what's in store next year at the nest.

Summer Keyboarding Challenge

Put your keyboarding skills to the test!

This summer, log onto your typingtraining.com account and practice your keyboarding skills. Every minute of practice you enter will be added to your school's grand total (and then averaged by number of students participating). Each week you can check the leaderboard to see which school has logged the most minutes.

Rewards:

1) Winning School: The elementary school with the most minutes entered by the end of the summer will win bragging rights for the year, be recognized at a district board meeting, and win the coveted golden keyboard trophy to be proudly displayed in the school.

2) Top Student at Each School: The student who logs the most minutes at their school by the end of the summer will be recognized at a board meeting, receive a certificate, and earn one technology lunch/recess for them and a friend.

Remember to use your student username and ID to login.

Example Username: d25Student0000 Example Password: sd25wwww

For questions or more information please email keyboarding@sd25.org

Contest runs June 12 - August 11

Greenbrier vs. Windsor vs. Ivy Hill vs. Westgate vs. Dryden vs. Olive vs. Patton

Last Day of School

On Friday, June 9th our Olive Owls celebrated their last day of school for the 2016-2017 school year. There were a lot of smiles and a few tears as students said goodbye to each other and to their teachers.

The day started out by recognizing our 5th graders who will be venturing off to middle school next year. A highlight of the morning was a surprise, secretly arranged by our very own Mrs. FitzPatrick, to have a special appearance by Cardinal and Timmy the Timberwolf. Students, parents, and even our staff members were shocked when they came out from behind the curtain dancing to "I like to move it, move it."

After the 5th-grade recognition ceremony, our entire school gathered for our final all-school assembly. Students were recognized for participating in a variety of clubs throughout the year. The assembly wrapped up with the students learning how many Hoot's had been earned during the school year. Altogether our students earned 1,131 Hoots. We honored the students with the most Hoots in each grade and gave a special round of applause to our top two HOOT earners, Jack P. (13 Hoots) and Bryce M. (14 Hoots)! We are proud of all of our students for displaying Hoot behavior during the year.

After the assembly our students continued to celebrate the last day of school with a recess, all-school yearbook signing and participating in a morning or afternoon Bingo session with Mrs. FitzPatrick and Ms. Davis via our morning announcements video broadcast system. Teachers stopped by to make a guest appearance as a Bingo caller!

Finally, our students in grade K through 4, lined up to form a tunnel to say goodbye to our 5th graders one last time. Students, staff, and families gathered at the end of the day to watch as our OMS Owls leave the nest for the last time.

5th Grade Book Trailer Winners

Let’s celebrate our budding film producers here at Olive! All of our fifth graders participated in the District 25 Film Festival. Fifth graders across the district have been working hard this past month to create book trailers to advertise their favorite books. They have been finding photos, writing text, and matching music to the theme of their books. Once the trailers were finished, they were submitted to the judges. The first step was to get chosen by the fifth graders at another school. Our partner school was Dryden. The fifth graders at Dryden chose the top 3 from each Olive class. Those top 3 went on to the second step. A committee of LMC directors chose the top video for the class. The winning video in each fifth grade class was sent to the district office where a team of administrators watched the videos and chose the best 3 to represent the district. We are so excited that one of the top 3 videos for the entire district was submitted by Olive fifth grader, Delaney M! Congratulations!

Here are the Olive runners-up and Oscar winners by class:

5-1 Oscar winner: Rob G. for Space Case

Runners up: Carly S. for Slob and Alexis G. for The Liberation of Gabriel King

5-2 Oscar winner: Anthony S. for Dark Life

Runners up: Ania K. for Pax and Isabel F. for Drizzle

5-3 Oscar winner and District 25 winner!: Delaney M. for Land of Stories: Wishing Spell

Runners up: Skyler S. for Shiloh and Luc P. for Booked

5-4 Oscar winner: Arik C. for Middle School

Runners up: John B. for Runt and Julia R. for Rump

TWIG 06.09.17

Olive-Mary Stitt PTA - Every child. One voice.

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The Olive Twig

June 9, 2017

You Planted a Tree!

TreeRing Corporation, in partnership with Trees for the Future, is proud to plant 618 trees in honor of Olive-Mary Stitt's yearbook purchases this year. This grove of trees is being planted by local families in countries devastated by deforestation and global climate change. These fast-growing, permanent trees protect fragile ecosystems and assure that families can continue to live in harmony with the natural resources of their lands. Each year these trees will replace many tons of pollution from the atmosphere with life giving oxygen. Yearbooks are coming home today. Enjoy! A big thank you goes out to our amazing yearbook co-chairs, Erika Eng & Megan Hill. They did a wonderful job putting the yearbook together.

Field Day was a Success

We are grateful to our gym teacher, Mrs. Pusateri, for organizing an amazing Field Day last week. Over fifty parents volunteered to help give our children an amazing day. Special thanks go to Stacy Riggs for organizing all of the volunteers and helping us with this event.

5th Grade Breakfast

Thank you 5th Grade Committee for putting together such a memorable event for our 5th graders. It was a perfect send off. A great big round of applause for the team; Brenda Larson, Christina Perez, Michele Bozikis, Becky Hany, Carrie Loch, and Sherri Tader.

Camp Edwards Trip

The 5th Graders enjoyed a beautiful day at Camp Edwards on Tuesday. Thanks to the 5th Grade Committee & the 5th grade teachers that helped organize this amazing trip. They enjoyed many outdoor team building activities including an opportunity to zip line. We appreciate the help of all the parent volunteers that helped chaperone.

School Supply Online Orders Due - Sunday, June 11

Don't forget to order your school supplies by Sunday if you wish to purchase online. Click here for the instructions. Please review and make sure you are ordering the correct grade for your child.

If you have any questions, you can contact Kerri Grabowski or Nilima Nanisetty.

School Supply List

Join the PTA!

Did you forget to join the PTA? Don't worry, its not too late! Membership benefits include this weekly newsletter and access to Directory Spot (our online directory which includes the OMS calendar). Most importantly it helps to support all of the programs your children participate in throughout the school year. Click here to join. Please email any questions to olivepta@gmail.com.

PTA Volunteer Form - 2017/2018

Would you like to get involved and help out on a committee, volunteer as a room rep or work in the LMC next year? Please use this form to volunteer your time. We truly appreciate all of you! Email olivepta@gmail.com if you have any further questions.

PTA Volunteer Form 2017/2018

Thank you Corner

Special thanks to the following PTA committee chairs who worked behind the scenes to help us throughout the year.

Art Awareness: Kristin Meek and Megan Puzen
Birthday Books: Rachel Lehner
Hospitality: Lindsey Campion
LMC: Nina Shamoon & Diana McNeill
Membership: Shannon Kersemeier
Publicity: Stacy Riggs
Room Rep Coordinators: Colleen Bremer & Megan Kerpac
Volunteer Coordinator: Norah Muenkel
Website Editor: Erika and Brian Eng

See You Next Year...

We would like to wish everyone a happy and relaxing summer. It's been a wonderful year filled with so many great programs for our kids ...all thanks to you and your continued support!

Sincerely,
Lisa Roudabush & Kelly Gabrione
PTA Co-Presidents

Upcoming Events..

6/9 - Last Day of School
6/9 - Report Cards Issued
6/9 - 5th Grade Breakfast