March 5, 2020

Good Morning OES Families,

Here are our events for the month of March:

March 9 – No School – Teacher Professional Day

March 12 -Maturation for 5th and 6th grade students

March 13 – Minimal Day

Kindergarten and Preschool will not have school on these days. Teachers in these grades will send home school work for the students to complete on these days. Students in grades 1st – 6th will have the following schedule:

Early Birds: 8:00am – 11:30am

Later Gators: 9:15am – 12:45pm

Our lunch schedule will change to accommodate the schedule, but lunch and breakfast will be served on these days.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

March 16-19 – Battle of the Books

March 17 – Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night

March 19 – Book Buddies

March 20 – Final Battle of the Books

March 23-27 White Ribbon Week

We are fortunate to be part of the Orem Elementary family. In the past, students from our school have presented opportunities for our school to help others in and out of our community. We have collected school supplies for students in Africa, non-perishable food to help our local families, candy for our troops abroad as well as countless other smaller but just as meaningful acts of service and kindness for others.

For the next 2 weeks we will be supporting a 1st grade student at Orem Elementary. Emrys Nietes is a 1st grader at Orem Elementary who loves to serve other people and make them happy. He has been growing his hair for two years so that he could donate his hair to a child suffering from hair loss due to an illness.

Emrys will be visiting the Philippines for the first time this summer. He will be celebrating his 7th birthday there, and he has decided to start a program called “The Happy Feet Project”. Emrys’s goal is to collect shoes to donate to less fortunate children in the Philippines. He will be visiting elementary schools in some of the impoverished areas in his parents’ hometown.

Please support Emrys on his mission to provide happy feet to those destitute kids in the Philippines. His birthday wish is to put smiles on the faces of many children. He is accepting elementary student size shoes from 4 to 12 years old.

We will be collecting student size shoes until March 19th. If you wish to donate, please donate gently used or new shoes.

Next week is a short week. Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead 1 hour for Daylight Savings Time. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Have a great rest of the week!!!

February 24, 2020

Good Afternoon OES Families,

I would like to remind everyone that tonight is our Family Skate Night at Classic Skating.  A flyer will be sent home today. This will take place tonight from 5:30pm – 8:30pm. There will be free skating admission.  Please see the attached flyer for more information: 

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We also have the storytelling festival this week.  Please see the attached flyer for more information.  

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Have a wonderful week!

February 18, 2020

Good Afternoon OES Families,

I hope you all had a nice and relaxing long weekend.  This is a pretty quiet week. We are just looking forward to next week’s story telling. 

The following is some community information you may be interested in:

 Now Registering for 2020 dance and fitness classes with Marissa!  All ages and dance genres offered including extras like tumbling for kids and fitness for adults.  Check out the updated pricing and classes on our website: marissasdancestudio.com. 

Don’t offer a class you were hoping to see?  Let me know and we can do something about that.  Let us find JOY this new year through movement! Spread the word.  Located next to University place mall.

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February 10, 2020

Good Afternoon OES Families,

This week is our Hope Week. We kicked off this morning with a fantastic assembly with Alex Boye. He spoke of finding the good in everyday life and never giving up. He shared some videos of his songs, sang with the students and was a great inspiration for us all.

This week we will have different challenges each day for students and each day an activity:

Tuesday: Hope Squad kids play with other students at recess and write messages of hope with sidewalk chalk around the playground.

Wednesday: Extra Lemon Drop Wednesday with the principal and Hope Squad kids will visit each class.

Thursday: Mountain View’s Hope Squad will be here during lunch and lunch recess to talk to and play with the kids in our school.

Friday: During lunch, Hope Squad kids will be outside the lunchroom for all students in the school to write about how they can brighten others’ (or their own) days on paper lemon drops. We will hang these outside the lunchroom.

Valentine’s Day is Friday. Classrooms will celebrate individually, please ask your child’s teacher if you have any questions.

Don’t forget that next Monday, February 17, 2020 is President’s Day and there will be no school.

The district sent out information regarding the snow make up day stating that the make up day will be on April 6, 2020. It is an early out Monday, but also the day before Spring Break begins. We realize that many families may have already made plans for this day. If your child is planning to be absent that day, please let the office know as soon as possible.

Please see the attached flyers for the February Hope Newsletter:

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The following if from the Utah Parent Center:

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Have a great week!