February 4, 2020
Good Morning OES Families,
I hope you enjoyed your snow day yesterday. We are waiting to hear if/when we have the make up day, more information will be coming from the district soon.
The following is a list of events for the month of February:
Feb. 3-7 – Box Tops Drive
Feb. 5-6 – Parent Teacher Conferences
Tomorrow, February 5, 2020 and Thursday, February 6, 2020 we will have student led conferences for parents. Come and celebrate what your child is/has been learning. What this means is that you don’t need to sign up for a time to attend with your child, you can come anytime between 4:00pm – 5:30pm and then from 6:00pm – 7:30pm on both days. Teachers will be having dinner from 5:30pm-6:00pm. Please do not come during this time so that teachers can enjoy their dinner.
Feb. 4-7 – Book Fair
The book fair is also this week. It will be in the media center and will be open the following times:
Tuesday, February 4th – 9:00am – 4:00pm
Wednesday, February 5th – 9:00am -7:30pm
Thursday, February 6th – 9:00am – 7:30pm
Friday, February 7th – 9:00am – 1:00pm
We are still looking for a few volunteers, please see the following link if you can help: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4baba82ea7fd0-orem1
Feb. 7 – Storytelling Festival Kick Off
Because of the snow day yesterday, we had to reschedule our storytelling kick off assembly to Friday at 12:30pm. Our resident storyteller, Randy Evensen will be sharing his talents with our students.
Feb. 10-14 – Hope Week
Next week – is Orem Elementary’s Hope Week. We will have our kick-off assembly on Monday.
Feb. 24 – Family Skate Night
Feb. 25-28 – Storytelling Festival
The following is information from the Parent Center about the February Parent Night:
February Parent Night
Thursday, February 27 at 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Special Education Office Conference Room
350 North State Street, Lindon
Keeping it Under Control: Self-regulation strategies
Simple usable strategies that can be implemented at home and in other settings to support your student in developing self-regulation skills. Additionally, how to generalize these skills across settings to increase skill independence.
-Recognition of feelings/emotions: zones of regulation
-Parent strategies to support students regulate
-Independent student strategies: mindfulness, self awareness and self management
Pre-register at https://utahparentcenter.org/events/
Open to all parents who have a student who is struggling, on a Section 504 Plan or an IEP.
Childcare is not available.
Questions? Please contact Maria Wiscombe, Utah Parent Center Consultant, at [email protected] or 801-318-1959
Have a great week!