Thank you to the many families who have supported this new fundraiser! Monetary donations are still being accepted until next Friday, October 27. Please return the sponsorship form to school via back pack mail. You can submit cash or checks made payable to “OMS PTA”. Please have your child wear their blue JUST JUMP t-shirt on the day they jump next week. The schedule is below by day and teacher. Thank you for your support! Please reach out with any questions: Liz McDonnell or Becky Hany.

Students should wear their JUST JUMP t-shirt on this day:
Tuesday, 10/24: Klimas, Martens AM/K-1

Wednesday, 10/25: Alberti, Christoforou, Helmann, Muhr, Nordman, Range, Vitorre

Thursday, 10/26: Beck, Martens PM/K-4, Molnar, Mueller, Musich, Naughten, Pietrzak, Trantor, Wilson

Friday, 10/27: Brinati, Brown, Edstrom, Fowler, Grimm, Netzel, Orlando, Stevens, Wilhelm, Yarbrough

Just Jump Letter to Families

Just Jump Sponsorship Form

It’s finally starting to feel like fall so that means its time for our October Box Top Challenge! Let’s take a break from raking leaves so we can rake in the cash for Olive Mary-Stitt!

Please send in all of the Box Tops that you have been clipping and saving, anytime next week. At the end of the week, each classroom’s Box Tops will be counted and the top 2 classrooms will get to pick a class prize (PJ day, extra recess, etc.)

The OMS PTA is launching a new fundraiser this year called JUST JUMP which will engage all OMS students and their families. Students will be jumping for 10 minutes during P.E. class during the week of October 23-27. In order to support the meaningful activities the PTA sponsors each year, such as The Owl Way, Bingo Night, Activity Nights and many more, we are asking family members to sponsor their children with a monetary donation. All OMS students will have the opportunity to participate in JUST JUMP and sponsorship is optional.

Every OMS student will be coming home today with a JUST JUMP bag which includes the following:

1) JUST JUMP t-shirt (to be worn on the day your child jumps),
2) informational letter and
3) sponsorship form.

Please review the information and contact us with any questions: Liz McDonnell or Becky Hany. Thank you for your support to make this a successful new fundraiser for the OMS students!

Letter to Families

Sponsorship Form

Our OMS school spirit wear sale is here! Please use this link: https://www.headsupapparel.com/collections/oms-2017 or visit https://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 at beckyhany@yahoo.com or Liz McDonnell at mcdonnell.elizabeth@gmail.com.

House Hop 6th Annual Progressive Dinner

We hope you can join us at this awesome 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 7:00 to enjoy and at 9:00 you travel to your second house. This is one of the Olive’s biggest fundraisers and a great time is had by all! You can now also sign up online! https://househop.eventbrite.com password: Olive The processing fee is 2.92 per ticket if purchased online.

Annual Box Top challenge will take place from October 16th – 20th. In the meantime, please keep 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!
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Olive PTA Spirit Wear Sale begins today and runs through September 18th. There are a lot of items to choose from! Be sure to visit our online store at http://www.headsupapparel.com/collections/olive-mary-stitt-2015. Orders will be taken online only and your items will be delivered to your child’s classroom early-mid October. Samples will be on display in the OMS Commons and also at Curriculum Night (September 2nd). Please click here for our product descriptions. For more information, please contact Sarah Klancnik – klancnik@comcast.net or Jolinta Voelker – jolintavoelker@yahoo.com.

True Value is hosting a flower fundraiser on May 16th & 17th to benefit the Olive-Mary Stitt PTA! For every $11 Annual Flat of flowers purchased, $2 will be donated to our PTA. Simply purchase annual flats at Arlington Heights True Value or Palatine True Value and mention OMS PTA at the checkout. Happy Spring!

True Value Fundraiser

This year we are excited to be partnering with a truly hassle-free fundraiser called Shoparoo! Nationwide, over 10,000 schools are already earning hundreds and even thousands through Shoparoo and it’s a great opportunity for us to really make a difference this year! Shoparoo is fundraising made easy: turn pictures of your everyday shopping receipts into cash donations and sweepstakes entries for our school with this free app. Yep, it’s that simple. No more cutting labels, selling door to door, or time-consuming coordinating. Just shop, snap, earn. See the Shoparoo flyer for more information. Thank you!

It’s time for Thomas Middle School’s spiritwear sale. This would make a great gift for 5th graders who are going to Thomas next year! See the Thomas Middle School Spring Spiritwear flyer for details.

Do you have a Target Red Card? Did you know Target will donate 1% of your purchases to OMS? Click here: Target Red Card for enrollment instructions!

Enjoy a night off from cooking! On Tuesday, February 17th from 4-10 pm, Culver’s Restaurant in Arlington Heights will be donating a percentage of all dine-in and carry-out sales to our PTA. Just mention Olive PTA when placing your order. Banana Creme Pie is the Flavor of the Day! Culver’s is located at 2060 Northwest Highway, Arlington Heights. Thank you for your participation!

It’s time again for Box Tops and Labels for Education collection! Our class challenge will run Feb. 9 – 20th. There will be a black shoebox in each classroom for the kids to drop them in. The winning class in K-2 and 3-5 will get to choose their reward. Contact Jen Greenwell with any questions.

Want a chance to win your own front row parking spot and priority seating for the First Grade concert February 12? Submit a raffle ticket for Event #1 by Tuesday, February 10. Front row parking for the month of February is due by Thursday, January 29. Winners will be notified by email. Enter more than once to increase your chances! Winners will be notified by email. Questions? Contact Amy Woolsey or Sharon Hanssen.

Make sure you take advantage of this awesome opportunity to get gift cards for all those people on your lists and at the same time raise money for our PTA. The form that you can open below has over 300 vendors, almost any type and $ value you may want, for gifts or your own personal use—Jewel or Target for example. This would also be an easy way for room reps to get those teacher gifts for the class. To participate, print out the Manna Fundraiser form, choose your options, make your check payable to OMS-PTA and send it to school. All orders need to be in the office by Friday, December 5. If you have any questions, please contact Brenda Larson at brian.larson@att.net.

PTA is having an Otis Spunkmeyer Cookie Dough Fundraiser! The sale will begin on Friday, November 7th and run through Monday, November 17th. For every tub of cookie dough sold, the PTA will make $6.40! Please check backpack mail for a brochure and order form. Checks can be made payable to OMS PTA. Any questions, please email bkrafton@gmail.com or klancnik@comcast.net. Thank you for participating!

It’s time again for the box tops / labels for education class challenge! Please send in all non-expired box tops and labels with your kids. There are black shoeboxes in each room for collection. The top class in K-2 and 3-5 will get to choose their prize. Any questions – ask Jen Greenwell. See the Box Tops flyer and the Labels for Education flyer for more information.