Happy Earth Month, Olive Owls! Earth Day is on April 22nd. What are ways we can help protect the environment with our everyday actions? 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders: Please join in us in a chat about Reduce – Reuse – Food Recovery - Compost – Recycle on Tuesday April 13th at 4:00pm to 4:45pm … Continue reading Ecology Club Has Come Out of Hibernation!!

The Olive-Mary Stitt bylaws are hereby presented and posted for our membership to review prior to a vote to take place not less than 30 days from this 9th day of April, 2021. Please note that one of the updates refers to officer term lengths in Article VI, Section 2c. Article VI, Section 2c states, … Continue reading Proposed OMS Bylaws 2021-2023

Haven't ordered your yearbook? Orders must be submitted by May 1st to be included in the school order. Every yearbook includes 2 FREE optional custom pages that are due by April 23th. This is one of the best things about our yearbook provide and it's a way to include all of the 2020/2021 school year … Continue reading Last Call for Yearbook Orders and Custom Pages!

Parents & 4th/5th grade girls are invited to attend the Puberty 1 FREE PTA event on Zoom April 14th from 7-8:30PM. The link will come from your classroom teacher & no registration is required. A fantastic event & long-standing OMS tradition - see you there!

Do you have an owl that will be starting at Thomas next year?? If so, please see the note from their nominating committee! The TMS PTA Nominating Committee is looking for suggestions of persons who would be interested in serving as a PTA Officer for the upcoming school 2021-2022 school year and we would like … Continue reading Thomas Middle School PTA Positions OPEN for 21/22 School Year!!

🎨New session of Virtual Art Club April 4 - May 1st, 2021🎨 Olive Mary Stitt PTA in collaboration with Hello Art Studio!! Any and all kids, not just OMS students, are welcome to join us for weekly creative fun and connection! Four remote art lessons in four weeks cost just $25 per family (all siblings … Continue reading Art Club in Collaboration with Hello Art Studio!

While we are all super excited Spring is in the air and we all get a well deserved break, please read the guidelines from our Mrs. Rose, our OMS nurse, about returning back to school. We hope everyone has a wonderful, safe, relaxing Spring Break! Our School District is following the Cook County Department of … Continue reading Travel Guidance for Your Spring Break Travel

Hi again 5th grade parents! Now that we have most of your baby pictures (thank you!), it is time to send in OMS memory photos -- photos of your 5th grader throughout their years at OMS. Please pictures of your kids enjoying OMS activities (class parties, field trips, activity nights, e.g.) beginning from kindergarten until … Continue reading Hey 5th Grade Parents- We Are Looking for Oms Memory Photos!

Every Owl Counts would like to invite every Olive family for a fun and interactive challenge! We love how inclusive our community is, but it shouldn't stop us from learning and opening our hearts even more! Let's learn together with our kids and let's have meaningful conversations about people who don't look like us, don't talk like … Continue reading Every Owl Counts Challenge

Please take a moment and to read the proposed slate of the 2021/2022 executive committee. We will be voting on this at the last PTA general meeting May 12th, 2021. We hope you can attend. For President: Mrs. Holly Dunkel For President-Elect: OPEN For 1st Vice President: Kelli McDonald For 2nd Vice President: Mr. Michael … Continue reading 2021/2022 OMS Executive Committee Slate

Runners and walkers of all ages and abilities are invited to participate in the ABC/25 Get Burbed Challenge 5K and 1 Mile Run/Walk fundraising event.

A HUGE Thank You to our Activities Equipment Upkeep chair, Kate Glynn, for giving all our owls some new recess fun! From tennis balls to jump ropes to bouncy four square balls, our owls can stay safe and play while enjoying this change of weather. We couldn't have done this without everyone's support for our … Continue reading New Recess Equipment!

We have a new calendar on the PTA website! We're thrilled that it's easy to find and navigate. Stay tuned as more events are added for the remainder of this school year, and for the 2021-2022 year. https://olivepta.com/calendar/

K-8 D25 students! Design your own Summer U Course for the chance to win one of 10 $100 scholarships to Summer U or the Park Districts. Entry deadline is March 15. Visit the AHC PTA Website (ahcpta.org) or click here for the details and to enter: https://forms.gle/WiqEEETzZ5TmUaad8 Email ahcpta25@gmail.com with questions.

Let's have some fun and get some exercise together! We will warm up with some yoga activities and dance it out after with fun music! Sign up link here This is a four week club from 4-4:45pm the dates of this club will be: April 6th,13th, 20th, and 27th. This club is limited to 20 students … Continue reading Virtual Dance and Yoga Club

The 5th grade committee is putting together some great events to celebrate the kid's final year at OMS. In order to make these activities a success we could really use some help. We are in need of someone to help put together the photos of the 5th graders into a slideshow. We also need volunteers … Continue reading Calling All 5th Grade Parents!

K-8 D25 students! Design your own Summer U Course for the chance to win one of 10 $100 scholarships to Summer U or the Park Districts. Entry deadline is March 15. Visit the AHC PTA Website (ahcpta.org) or click here for the details and to enter: https://forms.gle/WiqEEETzZ5TmUaad8 Email ahcpta25@gmail.com with questions.

Click here to view the minutes of the February PTA Meeting.

Reminder: Purchase a yearbook by March 15th! Yearbook distribution on the last day of school is a longstanding tradition at Olive Mary Stitt, don’t let your student miss out on the fun! Especially this memorable year! Go to https://www.treering.com/validate?PassCode=1014636724843184 to purchase. Should you require it, our school passcode 1014636724843184. The cost is $12.96. Yearbooks will … Continue reading Reminder: Purchase a Yearbook by March 15th!

During Black History Month, let’s learn more about some remarkable people! This week we are highlighting NASA astronaut Victor Glover. When NASA astronaut Victor Glover arrived at the International Space Station on a SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule in November, he settled in for a six-month stay to become the first Black astronaut to live and … Continue reading Celebrate Black History Month

We’d like to thank all the participants in the ‘Owl’ be your Secret Cupid exchange from last week!  It seems there was a lot of love shared throughout the nest community!  Just in time for some long winter days spending LOTS of quality family time together! 

During Black History Month, let’s learn more about some remarkable people! This week we are highlighting an activist, Mari Copeny. Thirteen-year-old Mari Copeny is living proof that even children can be great change-makers. At 8 years old, Copeny sparked a national movement when she wrote a letter to then-President Obama detailing the water crisis in … Continue reading Celebrate Black History Month

Virtual Art Club February 20 – March 13 2021 presented by Olive Mary Stitt PTA in collaboration with Hello Art Studio! Art lovers grades 1-5, come join us for weekly creative fun and connection! Virtual Art Club will be taught by Christine Thornton, the owner of Hello Art Studio and a former elementary school art … Continue reading Weekly Virtual Art Club with Hello Art Studio!

During Black History Month, let’s learn more about some remarkable people! This week we are highlighting Liz Montague. At just 25 years old, Montague is the first Black woman to have her illustrations featured in the New Yorker magazine. Her drawings deal with important topics, “like race and gender and what it’s like to be … Continue reading Celebrate Black History Month

Suggestions for how we could use excess budget funds are welcome. Complete the form here! Each year, PTA collects suggestions from parents, teachers and school administration on how to spend any excess budget funds. Although we do our best to budget appropriately, the PTA will likely have extra money this year. The actual amount of … Continue reading Suggestions for Excess Budget Funds

2 of the 3 grants submitted by Olive staff were funded! The third didn't fully meet the requirements of the ABC/25 foundation but will likely be funded through other venues. Coco bomb fundraiser raised over $2000 for the ABC/25 foundation which will be used for future grants! As of our December meeting, only 1 school … Continue reading ABC/25 Updates- Plus Learn How to Support Our School with Grants!

We need your help! As we continue to be in a virtual world, we want to shake things up a bit! If you or someone you know wants to help lead a virtual club, let us know! Comic Club, Lego Club, Art/Drawing Club, Yoga Club, Cooking Club, just to name a few. It could be … Continue reading Virtual Club Idea?

What fun it was to see all these in our Olive Community! Thank you so much to those that participated and shared your photos. Take a look at all the awesome work done by our Owls! Stay warm everyone!

Have you seen the latest viral video from UCLA gymnast Nia Dennis' recent floor routine? Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYZ4GvoZih8 This January 23rd performance celebrated black culture and highlighted music by a number of black artists. Dennis' performance helped clinch UCLA's win and also earned an interview with Ellen DeGeneres and a shout out from former … Continue reading Celebrate Black History Month

Hello families! It was great seeing all of your kids during Picture Days! I just wanted to answer some questions you all have: Every student will receive a packet. Most students will prepay but any that didn't will still get a packet including a proof along with a unique online code. Pictures come back in … Continue reading Picture Retake Day and Follow-up Information