The Owl Way would like to thank all the OMS families and staff that participated in our Garbaldi’s Eat-to-Benefit on 3/12. Today, Garbaldi’s cut a big check for Pencils of Promise, a non-profit that builds schools and increases educational opportunities in developing countries.
By joining forces with Garbaldi’s, we raised enough money to educate eight children for a year!
Together we are making a difference by helping to increase global literacy rates.
Parents of 4th Grade Girls:
Wednesday, April 11th, 2018: The fourth grade girls will have the opportunity to attend the “Linda” program presented by the Robert Crown Health Education Center. This program has been developed to acquaint the girls with the physical development and personal hygiene associated with growing up. The program will be presented in the Commons at Olive-Mary Stitt School at 7:00 p.m. It will end by 8:30 p.m.
Every girl attending must be accompanied by a parent or an adult chaperone. A permission slip was sent home March 20th and must be returned to the office by Friday, April 6th.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Sarah Klancnik.
Each year, PTA collects suggestions from the parent, teacher and school administration on how to spend any excess funds. Although we try to budget accordingly, this year we have had very successful PTA fundraisers and anticipate we will have extra money to spend. The actual amount of excess funds available will not be known until the end of June, and any chosen suggestions will be incorporated into the 2018-2019 PTA Budget.
Click here to submit your suggestions through our online form. Please submit your requests by April 18th.
When possible, links to websites, quotes, etc., should provide the exact amount your suggestion costs and where we would purchase it. An Excess Funds committee led by the PTA treasurer will evaluate the suggestions and vote on which ones to move forward, which will be presented at the PTA meeting on May 9th. If you have any questions, please contact olivetreasurer@gmail.com.
Thank you for your support!
The Earth Fair volunteer sign up form is live on Sign Up Genius now.
You do not have to be an Ecology Club member to assist with the Earth Fair. There will be exciting earth-conscious games and activities, outside vendors and giveaways. Click on this link and sign up today. Earth Fair is Wednesday, April 18th from 6:30-8:00 pm. Thanks in advance for you help. The kids are excited!
Contact Megan Hill or Regan Sonnabend with any questions.
Thank you to the nearly 140 parents who attended our Inaugural Olive Mary-Stitt Trivia Night! We truly appreciate you helping us bring this event to life and making it such a great success. Congratulations to Team Groupies for winning the Trivia Night Trophy. The Rock The Decades fashion for the evening was fantastic! Congratulations to Team 3’s Company, but 8 is Enough for winning Best Theme Table! Congratulations to all our Door Prize Winners!
Thank you to our wonderful volunteers and judges, our amazing emcee, and to all our Door Prize Donors. We could not have done it without all your hard work and generosity.
We hope everyone truly enjoyed a night of laughter, memories and brain busting trivia!
Jen Rich, Bridget Stannis, and Daniella Wolff
Trivia Night Co-Chairs
On Tuesday March 13, students enjoyed a lively performance by ArtsPower National Touring Theatre: Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great, adapted from the novel by Judy Blume. This musical transported students along with ten year-old Sheila on her summer vacation in the country, where through meeting new friends and facing old fears (like spiders, dogs, swimming, and big sisters), she learned to be more honest with herself and others, finding confidence and self-acceptance.
Be sure to ask your kids how they enjoyed the show! The Cultural Arts Committee is pleased to coordinate music, drama, and dance performances each year, through your continued support of the PTA.
Thank you!
Register or volunteer for the Just Move It! Challenge on 4/21/18!
Help us win back the most school participation award, so our Owls can see the trophy back at OMS! Guaranteed race day t-shirt if registered by 4/6/18. See details in the attached: Volunteer and Registration Announcement
Send your questions to Bridget Stannis
Do you have receipts that the PTA should reimburse? Now is the time to hand them in! Requesting reimbursement is easy. Either:
* Put receipts and a check request in the Treasurer’s binder in the OMS office, or
* Scan and email the receipts and check request to olivetreasurer@gmail.com
Please mark your calendar for the next PTA meeting on Tuesday, April 10th at 7 pm in the LMC.
We will have a light PTA business review followed by guest speaker District 25 Superintendent Dr. Lori Bein. Dr. Bein’s talk with focus on a heavy and topical issue that most of us have top of mind: school safety.
If you have specific questions for Dr. Bein please email olivepta@gmail.com before Friday, April 6.
The Owl Way is at it again, helping others with an ALL day Eat-to-Benefit at Garbaldi’s.
Every March, The Owl Way extents a loving wing to support Pencils of Promise. Pencils of Promise, also known as PoP for short, is a non-profit organization that builds schools and increases educational opportunities in the developing world. They believe every child should have equal access to education with a goal of increasing literacy rates.
Last year we were able to raise enough money to educate eight students for a year. Let’s come together and help more children around the world have access to an education.
Stop by Garbaldi’s from 10am to 10 pm on Monday, March 12th and mention “Olive fundraiser”. Twenty percent of your purchase will go to Pencils of Promise. FYI – they deliver too!
OMS fifth graders went to work on Friday, March 2nd with our new Olive World of Work program. We had interns learn about journalism, marketing, acting, designing and running library to name a few.
In all we had twenty two local business host this amazing learning experience for our students. Everything ran smoothly considering we had three buses, three bus routes and seven bus stops. A BIG THANK YOU goes out to all 30 chaperones who helped make this day possible!
Mark your calendars for our Annual Book Fair.
If you have a little time to volunteer for this event, please contact Katie. Day and night time help is needed for this fantastic event.
Attention all 5th grade parents! Thomas Middle School is having their spring spirit wear sale. All orders can be placed online at www.HeadsUpApparel.com. Click here for the flyer and information. The sale will run March 1 – 18. All orders will be delivered to your child’s classroom at Olive. Please note “Olive” in the school section when you place your order.
The Box Tops have been collected, clipped and counted….Olive-Mary Stitt collected just over 3,200 Box Tops! That’s $320 for our school! Amazing job everyone!
The winning homerooms are Mrs. Vittore’s 1-2 with 329 Box Tops turned in and Mrs. Grimm’s 4-4 with 413 Box Tops turned in!
This school year we have made about $650 for Olive…just by cutting a label off of products that we use everyday…SOOOO EASY!
Please continue clipping and saving, and even recruit your family, friends and neighbors to clip too. We have 8 months til our next challenge so start saving today. I think we can double what we made this year…if anyone can, Olive-Mary Stitt can!
Also, a great big thank you to all of the clipping and counting volunteers! I truly appreciate all of your time and effort.
Thank you!
Register for the Just Move It! Challenge 2018!
RUN, WALK, DONATE OR HELP! JUST MOVE IT!
Registration, Volunteering, and Event Details: http://www.jmichallenge.org or sign up directly at https://www.signmeup.com/site/online-event-registration/124029
When: Saturday April 21, 2018
Where: South Middle School
7:30 – 10 AM Health and Fitness Expo
8:00 AM 5K Run/Walk Start
9:00 AM 1 Mile Run/Walk Start
Not going to run or walk? We need volunteers!
You can cheer on friends and family while helping out for education.
Contact your school representative, Bridget Stannis with questions or suggestions.
If you own a business or know of a business that would like to be a sponsor for the Just Move It Challenge, go to www.jmichallenge.org for more information, or contact your school representative asap.
Greetings 5th grade parents! Now that we have most of your baby pictures, it is time to begin sending in candid photos of your 5th grader throughout their years at OMS!
Please send any pictures you may have of your kids enjoying OMS activities (class parties, field trips, activity nights, etc) beginning from kindergarten until now.
If possible, we would greatly appreciate if you could please include the names of all OMS 5th graders pictured in the photos, as this will help us ensure that all of our 5th graders are well represented.
Please email all photos to oms5thgrade@gmail.com by March 16.
Thank you!
We invite you, your friends, and family, to support the 1st Annual World of Work program. Please join our Olive 5th graders in Arlington Heights.
The program provides 5th grade students the opportunity to sample work in the real world. It would be great for our students to interact with their neighbors, friends, and family during their first work experience.
When: Friday, March 2, 2018 from 9:45 a.m. to 11:15 p.m.
Here are our proud sponsors and supports:
A La Mode Collections
AH Memorial Library
Arlington Hts. Public Works
Beat Street (Toys & Gifts)
Berry Yo Yogurt
The Chicago Tribune
Egg Harbor
Faustos Italian Kitchen
Flaherty Jewelers
I Love This Print -Graphic Artist: Michelle Koclanis
House of Blonde
Metropolis Theater
Pure Salon
Smiles for Families & Kids
Springboard Brand
Sylvia’s Flowers
Thrown Elements Pottery
Walter E. Smithe Furniture
Woodcrafters DIY
Village Bank & Trust
Village Preschool
UPS Store
See flyer for participating merchant addresses.
Earth Fair is on Wednesday, April 18th from 6:30-8 pm in the OMS Commons. We are collecting clean bottle caps for this years art project. Also, we will need earth-conscience, fun-loving OMS students, parents and OMS alumni to assist with the many games and activities we have planned that night.
Watch for a Sign Up Genius to come out soon. We had hoped to have it ready today but we are still busy adding to it.
Finally, there will be many area vendors at the Earth Fair this year. If you have an environmentally-friendly or wellness lifestyle related business and would like to have a table at the event, please contact Megan Hill or Regan Sonnabend by March 9th.
Thank you.
January 2018: Ecology Club started off the new year with two wonderful speakers. Commissioner Debra Shore of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and Mary Allen of Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County spoke about water conservation and waste reduction. Check out our write up in the Daily Herald!
February’s meeting was hands on with a fun and educational presentation from Tim Barckholtz of ExxonMobil. The meetings focus, Carbon Capture. What is Carbon Capture?? Check out the links below and find out!
https://energyfactor.exxonmobil.com/news/fuel-cell-site/
https://energyfactor.exxonmobil.com/perspectives/digging-deep-fuel-cell-research/
http://www.energyfactor.com/
This year’s Earth Fair will be Wednesday, April 18th from 6:30-8:30 pm!
A sign up genius link will be posted in next weeks Twig.
This year the Ecology club is teaming up with artist (and former Olive Owl) Rachel Heatley Garrity to create a piece of artwork like no other. In order to make this project happen we need your help.
The Ecology Club is collecting clean plastic bottle caps to be used in this project. A collection container is located in the front office.
Questions?
contact: Megan Hill meganhill6@me.com
By now you know that Olive Mary-Stitt PTA is planning one brain busting evening of Trivia on Saturday, March 10, but have you heard we have a great emcee and a few generous raffle prizes?
Brian Paruch, or as many may know him as “Whip” from Eric in the Morning with Melissa and Whip, will be running the evening as our emcee!
We have secured some delicious, creative and beautiful raffle prizes from Woodcrafters DIY Studio, E+O Food and Drink, and Stella & Dot. Every attendee receives 1 free raffle ticket.
Click the link below for even more details on this entertaining PARENT’S NIGHT OUT and then register today!
The Owl Way – would like to thank Mr. Jerry Leland a Marine Veteran & Olive dad for delivering all of the OMS Valentines to the Captain James Lovell VA hospital for our “Valentines for Veterans” project.
Mr. Leland drove through the very snowy conditions on Friday 2/9/18, so that hospitalized veterans would have the cards in time for Valentine’s Day. These colorful and thoughtful Valentine cards will provide these heroes with hope and healing.
The PTA’s 4th & 5th Grade Activity Night is coming up soon on Friday, February 23rd.
It will be held in the OMS Commons. The doors will open at 6:45 and the show will start promptly at 7 and end by 8 PM. This event is free to all OMS 4th & 5th grade students.
Unfortunately, due to size limitations, siblings in other grades are not permitted. Students should be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Our oldest Owls will be entertained by magician Scott Green. Check out his website for more details on the show: http://www.thegreatscott.com/
Any questions, feel free to contact Christina Perez or Kris Persons.
“World of Work” comes to Olive-Mary Stitt Friday, March 2, 2018. The purpose of “World of Work” program is to provide the 5th grade students an opportunity for a “real world” work experience.
This program must have enough chaperones to take flight.
This program would allow the 5th grade students to see the value hard work in different business settings. We will partner with local businesses and companies for the children to job shadow a few hours, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM is our approximate window. Examples: Berry-yo, AH Memorial Library, Sweet T’s, AH public works, Runner’s High n’ Tri, A La Mode.
Are you a local business owner? Would you like your business to participate? Does your company participate in student learning programs? Additional space will be provided by Arlington Heights Library.
Use this form to sign up.
Please consider volunteering to help launch this new program! Email Christine Gilbert at misses_duck@hotmail.com for more details.
On May 6, 2018, the Illinois PTA will be hosting the 5th annual SPOTLIGHT event, where they will recognize students for their contributions to the Arts and their community. We will celebrate those students with artwork that advanced to the State level of the Reflections Program, our scholarship winners and our
OUTSTANDING YOUTH SERVICE LEADERS
There is no doubt that the students in our communities are volunteering and making a difference! The Outstanding Youth Service Leaders Award provides an opportunity to recognize them for their selfless contributions. But we need to know who they are.
Submit Your Nominees by February 15, 2018
The Outstanding Youth Service Leaders awards will be presented at the Illinois PTA SPOTLIGHT, a children’s celebration of art and community event. The selected student(s) will be celebrated during the recognition ceremony. Each winner will be presented with a plaque by the Illinois PTA State President or his appointed representative. Email olivepta@gmail.com with questions.
Last week the District 25 PTA Council approved a new committee called “A.C.E. it 25” (All Children Excel). The committee will focus on supporting children with special needs and their families. Goals of the committee are to promote disability awareness, facilitate inclusion at PTA functions and create a parent support network.
The PTA general membership voted on Maribeth Cassidy as our liaison. Please reach out to her with any questions.
Attention 5th grade parents! If you have not yet sent in a baby picture of your 5th grader, please do so as soon as possible, and no later than Friday, February 9.
We’ve received pictures for about half of the 5th grade class, so we still need many more to complete our slide show!
Please send the pictures to oms5thgrade@gmail.com, though if you have any questions, you can email Alex Fung directly at alexandra.v.fung@gmail.com. Thank you!
The Owl Way is excited to announce that we broke the record for our annual charity water coin collection.
Our grand total was $452.39, much higher than the previous years. What a fantastic way to start 2018!
Caring hearts and outstretched wings ready to help those in need. Your contributions will impact lives greatly. Clean water access means less disease, healthier children and more girls get to go to school instead of collecting water.
Thanks for being global thinkers with a passion for service learning.
Game Time! Form your teams and register now for Olive Mary-Stitt’s PTA Trivia Night on Saturday, March 10th! If you don’t have a team, please still register and we will help you find a team!
Need more details on this brain busting PARENTS-ONLY event? Please click below for all the details and the registration form. The registration form and full payment can be turned into the OMS Front Office. Registration deadline is February 23!
Trivia Night Flyer and Registration
If you have any questions, please contact Jen Rich at jenrich54@comcast.net
It’s February so you know what that means….
It’s time for our 2nd Box Tops for Education Class Challenge this year! The challenge will run from February 12th thru February 16th.
Each box top turned in means 10¢ for our school. I know that doesn’t seem like a lot but they add up fast! In October we earned $325!
Please send in all non-expired, trimmed box tops, with your child, to school anytime during that week. There will be a bag in each room for collection. The top class in K-2 and 3-5 will get to choose a prize. Any questions – please contact Gina Groberski.
5th Grade Parents – the next time you are at Olive, be sure to check out the pennants and 5th Grade banner that are now hanging in the Commons. Each 5th grader has their own pennant. It is a special way to recognize them as they start their last few months at OMS.
A huge thank you to Heather Fiore and 5th Grade Committee for all of your efforts to make the pennants and banner and get them hung in the Commons.
