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 October 12. Please complete the permission slip to sign up: https://goo.gl/forms/MeCLjTwgawdgfEMl1. Questions: Contact Regan Sonnabend or Megan Hill.

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 Jonathan Patrick or Wayne Brown for more information or questions.

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!). Continue reading →

Chess Club will resume at the end of January. Chess Club is for all levels — from beginner to experienced player (we’ll teach you the rules!). It is not necessary for students to come to all meetings since each meeting has an independent lesson. Chess Club meetings will be held from 3:35 – 4:35 PM in the LMC on the following dates: January 26, February 9, February 23, and March 9. If your student is interested please email Kathie Cates at razzledog@comcast.net to let us know!

The Ecology Club Members would like to extend warm holiday wishes to the entire Olive Family! If you are looking forward to spending some quality time crafting or gift wrapping, don’t forget that our wonderful EcOWLogists, in partnership with Terracycle, are collecting empty glue sticks and bottles as well as empty tape dispensers and cores to gather points for the school! Drop off these items when classes resume by Agent O’s corner (right next to the elevator in the Commons). Here’s a couple of ideas for a few fun, easy and cheerful holiday crafts that are all made from recycled materials – our small way of saying ”Thank you for caring and choosing to be green!”

PTA and Service Learning Club come together to help the community! Character Counts – Fill the Nest Food Drive video made by Service Learning Club.

Science Club returns in January and February with new activities for Olive first through fifth grade students to enjoy. Please follow the link to topic descriptions and permission form, which must be returned to the OMS office no later than Friday, December 19. Visit our website at scienceclubatoms.weebly.com to see what we did last year and this fall. Contact Cynthia House for more information.

Pledge to recycle more food and beverage cartons, and enter the Carton Council’s raffle for a chance to win $250 in gift cards at grocery stores in Chicago Metro. Learn more at cartonliveson.org. The contest ends on November 26th!

All of your favorite food and beverage cartons can live on, long after their contents are gone. This includes cartons you use everyday – milk, orange juice, or creamer cartons that go into the refrigerator, along with non-refrigerated cartons like juice boxes, soup broth, soy milk and protein drinks. Recycled paper production creates 74% less air pollution than non-recycled paper.

The Ecology Club has beautified the planters near the school playground at Belmont. Take a wintery look. The front planters will be completed once the weather accommodates!

Last week, your Ecology Club spoke to the OMS students during lunch about the importance of recycling at school and at home. They showed the students how to prepare a totally waste-free lunch using a lunch box, cloth napkin, canteen and reusable containers. Finally, they dedicated a Tree of Life to celebrate America Recycles Day on November 15th! This tree, made of re-purposed cardboard paper rings, hangs in the Commons as a reminder to strive for reusing materials, rather than just throwing them out!

All club pictures for this year’s yearbook will be Thursday, November 6th at 8:30 am in the Commons. Clubs that will be photographed that day include: Camp Fit, Yearbook Club, Music For Youth, Band, Service Learning Club, Morning Announcements, Ecology Club, Science Club, Chess Club, and Student Council.

In addition, Yearbook Club’s November meetings will be on Friday, November 7th and Friday, November 21st. Yearbook Club will not meet during December.

The PTA will be sponsoring Chess Club this year for students to play chess and learn more about the game. All interested Olive students from grades K-5 are invited to join. Chess Club is for all levels — from beginner to experienced player (we’ll teach you the rules!). It is not necessary for students to come to all meetings since each meeting has an independent lesson. Chess Club will begin October 20th and we want to make sure we have your email address added to our list. Parents are welcome to volunteer to help out during our meetings (no Chess experience needed for Parents either). If you are able to help at any of the meetings, please indicate this in your email as well. Chess Club Dates are: October 20th, November 3rd & 17th, December 1st & 15th, January 26th, February 9th & 23rd, and March 9th. The meeting time will be 3:35 – 4:35pm. If your student is interested year please email Kathie Cates at razzledog@comcast.net to let us know!

Do you care about our environment, are you passionate about reusing, reducing and recycling, are you eager to make a difference? If you answered YES to any of these, then you are welcome to become an EcOWLogist and join the Ecology Club here at Olive! Fill out the ECOLOGY CLUB permission slip and bring it to the office by Oct 2 – our first meeting is Friday Oct 3, right after school at the LMC! Club is open to students grades 3 through 5.

The OMS Ecology Club wants you to know about a community Recycling Day THIS Saturday, September 13th at Recreation Park from 9 to Noon. Please see the Recycle Day flyer. They will be collecting many different types of items for recycling and repurposing. Clean out your garage, your basement or that corner closet and put unused items to good use!

Yearbook Club is looking for all interested 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students for this years club. Our informational meeting will be held in the LMC on Friday, September 12th during lunch recess. Permission slips will be handed out then and are also available for download here: Yearbook Permission Slip. Space is limited to 24 students per recess session on a first come first serve basis. If you have any questions, concerns or would like to volunteer please contact Megan Hill. meganhill6@me.com

Registration Deadline: Friday, September 19

Science Club is back with all new activities for Olive students to enjoy, including orienteering, problem solving with measuring tools, and electricity. Science Club meets after school and students must return the Fall 2014 Sessions Sign Up Sheet to participate. See the Science Club Fall 2014 announcement for more details about the Science Club and the Fall 2014 topics. For more information, contact Cynthia House at chouse@sd25.org.

Welcome to Camp Fit! Camp Fit is a 4 week program for OMS students in grades 1-5. Kids meet on Thursdays for 4 weeks in September and October from 3:45-4:45 PM. We will meet on 9/11, 9/18, 9/25 & 10/2. See the Registration Form for more information and to register your child for Camp Fit.