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January:
1/23 - "Screenagers" documentary screening, 6:30pm @ Ridge PAC 1/24 - School Spirit Day: wear sportswear for the assembly - Last day to order 5th Grade clap-out t-shirts 1/27-1/31 - Great Kindness Challenge week (see below) 1/27 - Kindness theme: Wear bright colors - Board of Education Meeting, 7pm @ Ridge PAC 1/28 - Kindness theme: Wear a bow or a bow tie 1/29 - Kindness theme: Wear your shirt backwards - Early Dismissal @ 12:45pm - Teacher In-Service 1/30 - Kindness theme: Wear comfy clothes 1/31 - Kindness theme: Wear your favorite team shirt/jersey - Last day to RSVP for Sweetheart Dance February: 2/7 - Sweetheart Dance, 6:30-8:30pm (snow date: 2/8) 2/10 - School Store 2/12 - PTO General Meeting @ 7pm 2/13 - 3rd Grade Music Showcase, 1:30pm 2/17-2/18 - School Closed - Mid-Winter Recess GREAT KINDNESS CHALLENGE
Monday, January 27 - Friday, January 31 Monday, 1/27 - Wear bright colors to remind everyone to use words that brighten other people's day! Tuesday, 1/28 - Kindness is a gift. Tie your gift with a bow. Wear a bow or a bow tie! Wednesday, 1/29 - Wear your shirt backwards because words that hurt cannot be taken back. Thursday, 1/30 - There's a comfort in kindness. Wear comfy clothes. Friday, 1/31 - Kindness makes our team stronger. Wear your favorite team shirt or jersey. "SOUPER BOWL" FOOD DRIVE Monday, January 27 - Friday, January 31 OSS gives back! New this year, OSS will be running a "Souper Bowl" Food Drive to support the Somerset County Food Bank the week before the Super Bowl. Please have your students bring in cans of soup, which will be collected in bins by the Main Office, Henry Street and the Auditorium. SWEETHEART DANCE Friday, February 7 from 6:30-8:30pm (snow date: Feb 8) Join us for dancing, crafts and treats! OSS students with a parent, guardian or other special person are invited to attend. RSVP by Friday, January 31. See the flyer with all the details here To RSVP online using PayPal, click here Questions? Email Diane Flannigan or Chrissa Roessner here. JUMP START LITE 2020 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN Jump Start Lite, open to 5th grade students heading to WAMS next year, is now open for registration. This 10 session program will be held after school on dates in May and June. See the flyer with all the details here PTO GENERAL MEETING Missed the last PTO meeting? View the minutes here. OSS MAGNETS We are selling car magnets to benefit the 5th grade class of 2020. You can purchase a magnet via backpack. Please place cash or check in an envelope marked 5th GRADE MAGNETS - be sure to include your child’s name and teacher/homeroom with your order (checks payable to OSS PTO). PRICING INFO: 1 for $6 or 2 for $10. Magnet(s) will come home in your child’s backpack. OSS EXCUSE PADS Stop by the main office to purchase an excuse pad designed by Babadoo Designs. Each pad has 50 sheets and allows you to easily communicate with the school. One pad for $6 or two pads for $10. FROM THE OFFICE...
CHILD SICKNESS GUIDELINES
INDOOR RECESS NEEDS Cleaning out after the holidays? Donate your gently used board or card games for indoor recess! CAR LOOP REMINDER Please make sure the Oak Street driveway entrance is not blocked during car loop. Aftercare employees need to enter the lot at dismissal time and be able to park in the area between the auditorium and cafe. POLICY ON TOYS/TRADING CARDS IN SCHOOL Teachers design many important and engaging learning activities for their students. In the interest of maintaining a harmonious, productive and positive learning environment, children are not to bring toys or trading cards (example: Pokemon) to school from home. The only exception is if the teacher has specifically asked the children to do so because it relates to an instructional activity. Handheld video games, iPods, cell phones, and other electronic devices are prohibited in school, on the playground and on the bus. FRIDAY FOLDER DISTRIBUTION The Friday Folder distribution method has changed. Your Friday Folder email will have either Mrs. Slack or Mrs. Woodside as the sender and the subject will say FRIDAY FOLDER with the date. If you are not receiving Friday Folders, please reach out to the Main Office. |
SWEETHEART DANCE
Cupid needs help! Volunteer opportunities are available before, during and after the event, or sign up to bring a homemade or store-bought treat for all to enjoy. Sign up here to help make this a dance to remember! ART EXPO The art expo is coming! Mrs. Tolentino needs some volunteers to help get each class's art projects mounted and hung in the hallways. There are opportunities to help out from home as well as at school. Sign up here HELP WANTED If you are looking for ways to get more involved at OSS, please consider shadowing/co-chairing any of our committees. In addition, the following positions are open: '20-'21 School Store Chair '20-'21 Conferences Teachers Lunch Chair '20-'21 Sweetheart Dance - shadow chairs this year to chair next Please email osspto@gmail.com with any questions. Ongoing Fundraising
BOXTOPS:
Traditional clipped Boxtops are being phased out and replaced by a mobile app. Once you download the mobile app to your phone, set up an account and link to Oak Street School, you will be able to scan your grocery receipts and any products with Boxtops will be credited to OSS. No more clipping and counting! During the transition, you may continue to send any non-expired Boxtops in to school with your child and there will still be a prize for the class that collects the most! Click here for the Boxtops website Questions? Contact Alisa Larner Shop Rite: Register your Price Plus card to earn OSS PTO eBoxtop points whenever you shop for participating products. No clipping required! Click here for more info or to register your card. Stop and Shop: Register your rewards card to earn OSS Cash Rewards. Click here for info. |
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