We are excited to announce that the One Book One School program has begun this week. Families are invited to read the book Wishtree together during the months of October and November.

We are very grateful for the support of our membership, because as a result of this generous support, Olive PTA was able to purchase a copy of the book for each family. The books were sent home with the youngest child of each family on Friday, October 12th.

Additionally, a reading schedule and letter explaining the program were tucked inside each book. For more information about the program, please visit the OMS LMC website: https://olivemarystittlmc.weebly.com/one-book-one-school.html.

Preorder your 2018-19 yearbooks by October 31st and save 10%! Go to https://www.treering.com/purchase?PassCode=1014636724843184. Your username and password are the same as previous years. Add a yearbook to your cart for each student. The 10% discount will be applied automatically at checkout.

Our PTA took home a membership award along with the top award, Outstanding Honor Unit Award for 2018! This all happened at the District 37 Illinois PTA Awards Dinner on Monday evening.  PTA District 37 currently consists of 62 local PTA units in the northwest Chicago suburbs, including all of the District 25 schools. Thank you for all of your time, effort and contributions to make Olive PTA so successful!

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Creative Olive students in grades 2-5 are invited to come to our first Art Club meeting. Art Club will meet the last Tuesday of each month from 3:35–4:45 pm. Each meeting will be an independent exploration of a wide variety of art experiences. Parent volunteers are welcome (no art experience required).

Sign up here. Space is limited.

UPDATE: Deadline Extended!!!  Submissions are now due Friday, November 2, 2018. 

What? – There are seven different categories: visual arts, photography, literature, dance choreography, film, music and special artist (for students meeting ADA definition of disability). In addition, children can enter into the Theme Search contest to select next years theme for Reflections .

When? – Submissions are due in to Olive by October 26th, 2018  November 2, 2018.

Where? – The Olive front office.

Who? – All students from Pre-K through 12th grade may enter as many pieces as they would like.

Contact Kim Hemminger or Leena Joshi with questions.

Entry rules and official entry form for the Reflections Contests

Entry Form for the Theme Search Contest

Rules for each category:

1. Visual Arts Rules
2. Special Artist Rules
3. Photography Rules
4. Film
5. Literature Rules
6. Dance Choreography Rules
7. Music

Our annual Box Top challenge will take place from October 22nd – 26th. Box Tops can be found on items you use everyday from Ziploc bags to boxes of Kleenex and everything in between! Each one is worth 10 cents and they add up quickly! Any money that we collect goes right back to our school! If every child at Olive collected just 2 Box Tops per month for the whole school year, that would add up to over $1200!!

Just for clipping a label off of something that you were going to buy for your house anyway!

1. Clip
2. Save
3. Send to School, in a baggie labeled with your child’s name, during our 2 Box Top Challenge weeks (October & February)…

It’s that easy! Oh and the 2 classrooms (K-2 & 3-5) that collect the most will get to vote on a class prize with their teacher! Sooooo….let’s get clipping! Clipping Box Tops is cool! Let’s earn $ for our school! boxtopsforeducation.com

The Owl Way – “Warm the Nest” Coat Drive begins Monday, October 15 and ends Thursday, November 15.

Please begin to collect child/adult coats & winter gear for our October to November “Warm the Nest” service project. New or clean gently used items such as coats, snow-pants, boots, scarves, mittens, gloves, and hats will be accepted.

Beginning October 15, items can be placed in the large box marked “The Owl Way – Coat Drive” located in the commons. Let’s show how much OMS cares about those in need in our community! Please email Lianne Paterson or Amanda Noascono with any questions.

The PTA’s Activity Nights are scheduled for 11/8 (Kindergarten and 1st Grade), 1/10 (4th and 5th grades) and 3/7 (2nd & 3rd grades). These events are free and will be held in the OMS Commons. The shows will be from 6:30-7:30. Unfortunately, due to size limitations, siblings in other grades are not permitted so please plan accordingly. Students should be accompanied by a parent or guardian. More information regarding each show will be shared as we get closer to each event – please mark your calendars for now!

Thank you to those that made our House Hop a successful fundraiser this year! We appreciate the more than 150 people that attended! Thank you to Melissa Tuescher for helping get things started and recruiting hosts. Thank you Tiffany Brown for coordination help and Prabhath and Nilima Nannisetty for passing out invitations. Very special thank you to Jen Ortman for all the printing needs including name tags and invitations. Most of all thank you to our amazing hosts: David and Jessica Nienhueser, Laura and Brian Polese, Sarah and Trideep Das, Chris and Rachael Hooker, Satish and Yeulanda Degala, Jeff and Chavon Thune, Jon and Andrea Patrick, Brian and Megan Carlson, Mike and Kristin Johnson, Dan and Kate Glynn, Chris Jones and Mary Beth Canty, Bryan and Melanie Varrato, Michael and Sheraleen Thompson, Nate and Alicia Sather, Sankrant and Dimple Reddy, Mike and Karyn Paciorek, Mel and Becky Kleist, Bob and Carrie Donovan, Steve and Erin Sencion, Will and Jen Ortman, and Bill and Angie Frye.

With themes of Oktoberfest, Havana Nights, Red Carpet, Casino, 1/2 Way to St. Patrick’s Day and College Party, everyone was sure to have a great time!

If you are interested in hosting next year please reach out to Megan Kerpec at megan.kerpec@yahoo.com to get on the list. Thanks!

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 from 3:35 – 4:35 pm on the following dates (Tuesdays): October 23rd, November 13th, December 4th, January 8th & 29th, February 19th, and March 12th. Each meeting is an independent lesson; attend as many as you can. Parent volunteers are welcome during our meetings (no Chess experience required).

Sign up here. Space is limited.

In previous years, all PTA members received paper PTA Membership cards. This year you will be receiving an email from “Olive PTA Dues” with a subject line of “Receipt of Parent/Guardian Dues” which will contain a link that will allow you to print off your PTA membership card. Expect the email in the upcoming weeks!

In an effort to give everyone a voice, Olive PTA is rolling out the ‘Parent Voices‘ form in which you can send over comments, questions, ideas or suggestions. These can be suggestions for speaker topics at meetings, comments on what you like or how to improve. This is even an opportunity to suggest a discussion on an issue that you feel might be of interest to the community. You can leave your contact information or submit anonymously. This is you school community, and we want to help make it the best it can be, so let us hear from you!

Last call for Spirit Wear! There are samples in the commons on display. Please use this link: https://www.headsupapparel.com and enter in Olive to check out all of this year’s styles and order online. Sale ends on Friday, Sept 28th. If you have any questions, please contact Becky Hany or Stacey Esposito

Preorder your 2018-19 yearbooks by September 30th and save 15%! Download the Treering app or go to Treering.com. Your username and password are the same as previous years. Add a yearbook to your cart for each student. The 15% discount will be applied automatically at checkout.

Directory Spot is the online school directory for Olive. It is available to all PTA members.

Click here to see information on accessing the directory.

Who’s got Spirit? Olive has Spirit! Our OMS school spirit wear sale is here!

Please use this link: https://www.headsupapparel.com/collections/Olive-Mary-Stitt-2018 to check out all of this year’s styles and order online.

Sale ends on Friday, Sept 28. If you have any questions, please contact Becky Hany or Stacey Esposito.

Please join us for our first PTA General meeting. Everyone is welcome.

September 26, 2018
6:45PM – 8PM

We will be highlighting several of our 2018/2019 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.

Mark your calendars and don’t forget to bring your smile! Student pictures will be taken on Friday, September 21st. Please be on the lookout, order forms will come home next week. If you are interested in ordering online, please visit https://inter-state.com/ our OMS online order code is: 31032TB

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.

Do you have a 5th grader headed to TMS next year? Would they like a piece of spirit wear for a holiday present? TMS Spirit Wear is currently for sale, ordered are due September 7th. Use this link to see the fall TMS Spirit Wear.

Hello OMS Families,

This year we are using a new vendor for our school pictures. Inter State Studios offer high quality products at reasonable prices. You can learn more about them here at https://inter-state.com.

More information coming soon!

Do you want to be involved at OMS? Then consider volunteering in the Library Media Center (LMC). It’s a fun way to get involved and doesn’t require too much of your time. Our wonderful volunteers have kicked off an amazing start to the year but we have a few slots remaining.

The available slots are as follows:
Tuesday – 9:00AM-10:30AM
Wednesday – 9:00AM-10:30AM
Thursday – 9:00AM-10:30AM
Friday – 9:00AM-10:30AM or 10:30AM-12:10PM

If you have a 3rd grader, there’s even a possibility that your shift would match your child’s class!
Please note: the current commitment would be for every other week.

If you are interested, please contact Nina Shamoon

The preliminary 2018/2019 PTA Budget is posted in the Commons at school. We will be voting on it at the September 26th PTA meeting.

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.

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 Erin Wiggs by the end of the day Saturday.

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!

Thank you to the 350 families who have already joined the OMS PTA for the 2018-2019 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.

Joining the OMS PTA is easy!
Go online to https://sd25.revtrak.net/OMS-PTA/#/v/OMSES-PTA-Membership
Family Memberships are $12

Come to our PTA Fair and General Meeting on Wednesday, September, 26 at 6:30pm 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.

Thursday, August 23rd, 9:10 am

For all who have expressed an interest in volunteering in the LMC this year, there will be an orientation meeting on Thursday, August 23rd at 9:10 am in the LMC . We will review LMC procedures and discuss any changes. We hope to see you there! Please contact Nina Shamoon with any questions.

The 5th Graders enjoyed a beautiful day at Camp Edwards on Monday. 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.

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.

2017-2018 yearbooks will be sent home with your child this week if you ordered one. But all students will be receiving an autograph sheet regardless if you purchased a yearbook or not.

If you would still like to purchase a 2017-2018 yearbook, please visit treering.com. Enter passcode. 1014636724843184. Your yearbook will be delivered to your home.