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 

Please read the Summer Read 2015 flyer for information on your summer reading list. Here is the Baseball Great Order Form. Forms and money need to be returned by Monday, June 1st.

Indian Maidens is the mom/daughter version of Indian Princesses and Indian Guides. It is a great group for moms and daughters. Unlike Girl Scouts where there are one or two moms involved as the leaders, all Indian Maiden events include all moms with their daughters. We go on three campouts (in cabins!) a year to YMCA camps in the area. The campouts include great activities such as kayaking, canoeing, horseback riding, archery, various arts and crafts, camp fires, and sledding in the winter. We also have meetings on the first Friday evening of every month in the OMS commons, and there are a few events sprinkled through the year, such as caroling in December, walking in the Memorial Day parade in May, and a Feed My Starving Children event. We would love to see a few new faces. If you are interested and want to learn more about this great group, please reach out to us: Christina Perez (cbperez128@gmail.com) or Jen Hasche (jhasche@gmail.com). Signup for the next school year begins in July.

This year’s Nominating Committee has submitted their report for the Olive- Mary Stitt executive committee for the 2015/2016 school year. Please click the Nominating Committee Report 2015 to view it. These nominees will be voted on at the  Olive PTA meeting on May 13. We hope to see you there!

Olive Mary Stitt PTA is seeking nominations for officers to serve for the 2015-2016 school year. Executive positions for nomination include: Co-President, 1st Vice President, 2nd Vice President (Ways & Means), Treasurer and Secretary. Each term is for one year, however, an individual may serve two consecutive terms in the same position.

If you or someone you know if interested in serving Olive Mary Stitt in one of the above positions, please forward their name and phone number to one of the nominating committee members listed below, or drop off a written request to the school office no later than February 19th. There is a yellow nomination box in the school office. If you’d like to obtain more information about any of the above positions, please also contact one of the nominating committee members below.

You may also complete this form to submit nominations.

Thank you,
Gina Groberski, Jan Maher, Angela Neill, Katie Stawicki, Michelle Thompson & Erika Williams

We would like to thank Officer Veenstra for speaking at our PTA meeting on Wednesday. His presentation on Internet safety for kids was so informative and helpful. We’ve posted his slides with Online Safety Tips and sites for more information on Internet safety and monitoring here.

The 2014-15 OMS Paper Directories have been delivered! If you would like additional copies, they are available from Brenda Lettieri in the main office for $5. If there are any corrections or additions to the directory, please contact Shannon Kersemeier at skersemeier@gmail.com. Thank you to everyone for your patience in getting this project completed and to all OMS families who have joined the PTA! Your membership gives you access to the electronic DirectorySpot app and 1 copy of the paper directory. Please contact Shannon Kersemeier if you have not received your copy or if you are having difficulty accessing the app.

Metra is having a Poster and Essay Contest for grades K-12 regarding train safety. Prizes are an iPad, $250, and $100. Here is the link: www.metracontest.com. Good luck!

Olive-Mary Stitt PTA is excited to announce that we are implementing a new app, DirectorySpot, in addition to our traditional paper School Directory. PTA members will now be able to access the OMS directory right from their smartphone and it will always be updated with the latest information! Learn more.