COMMUNITY
Giving Chapel Kick Off Monday
On Monday, November 11th we will kick off our annual Giving Chapel with the blessing of the bags. Bags will be distributed to your classroom either Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning. Please take time during the week to decorate the bags and have the children write, in their neatest handwriting, the essential information below:
OES Giving Chapel
Boys____
Girls____
Age____
As in the past, it is always fun to have a buddy gathering to decorate the bags and talk about Giving Chapel memories. Bags should go home on Friday, November 18th, giving families two full weeks to collect their donations.
Admissions
Our thanks to Sarah for her thorough and inspiring presentation Thursday. Sarah will present the same information to specialist teachers at next Thursday’s meeting in the LS Art room. Hearing from your student Admissions Ambassadors is always appreciated by prospective.
AS Book Fair
Our thanks to Lara and the other librarians and FOESL volunteers for putting together another fabulous book fair! We look forward to seeing many great book selections.
Immigration Day
Immigration Day simulation is next Friday. You will see many poor, tired and hungry immigrants mingling in the Fourth and Fifth Grade common areas. At lunchtime there will be a spread of international dishes for the Fifth Graders and their families to enjoy. Please remind your students to respectfully pass through the halls quietly.
Assembly on Friday
We have our November assembly coming up on Friday, November 18th at 2:10. We have a great program lined up, including the Fifth Graders Immigration Day songs and RAZZ skits on our Second of the Six Pillars- respect. Mr. D., our talented in-house musician, composed another song for us...look forward to hearing his next composition on respect.
As is our tradition, Friday will be a uniform-optional day. Students should wear yellow or gold for the respect pillar and the Golden Rule.
Grandparents and Special Friends Day
Below you will find the schedule for the morning. We will try to get a guest list to you as soon as possible.
Music teachers, please let us know which students will perform in the dining hall that morning. In the meantime, enjoy planning your Grandparents and Special Friends’ Day!
8:00-8:40
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Breakfast ~ Dining Hall
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Speaker, Mo Copeland – Head of School
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Lower School & Middle School Musical Performances
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8:45-9:45
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Visit Classrooms
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9:45-10:05
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Recess
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Coffee Available in the chapel Narthex
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10:15-10:45
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Chapel All Guests Welcome- Students Grade 1-5 attend
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10:45
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Say goodbye
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First Grade, be prepared to go straight to the dining hall following Chapel. Second and Third should follow shortly there after.
PROGRAM
Leadership Team Meeting
Leadership Team reviewed mock-ups of First through Fifth Grade’s progress reports. Our aim is to create templates that had similar formats that could be posted on-line for parents. See your Leadership Team rep for details. Tom Handel visited to talk about experiential education opportunities for Beginning and Lower School students.
Beginning School’s Work
Beginning School teachers met last week to pick up the work they began with Judy Graves on our October professional day. Together, BS teachers will set a common set of goals for their students. The Essential Competencies will be woven into these goals. They hope to have these goals completed by winter break. Stay tuned for more highlights.
Lower School Curriculum Task Force
We will check in on continuum progress, review curriculum templates, review RAZZ and EDM online use and schedule future work.
Everyday Math On-Line and RAZ- Reading
The subscription for Everyday Math has been renewed for this year. We will renew our RAZ reading subscription soon as well. We would like to have a sense of how it is used from grade-to-grade. The LS CTF can discuss briefly at their next meeting on Thursday.
Author Trudy Ludwig Visits
Trudy Ludwig will present to students and parents on Friday, January 6th. Here’s her tentative schedule:
•PAL meeting with parents from 8-9:30 in the common hall
•Present to the Kindergarten and First Grade from 10-10:45 in the Lower School library
•Lunch with Teachers from 11-11:45 in the Library- RSVP to Chris if you want to attend
•Present to Second and Third Grade from 12-12:45 in the Lower School library
•Present to Fourth and Fifth Grade 1:00-1:45 in the Lower School library
OPERATIONS
David at Annie Wright 11-13-11-16
David will be away next week from Sunday-Wednesday afternoon. He is a member of Annie Wright School PNAIS Self-Study Team. He hopes to gain important insights into the self-study process that will help guide our upcoming self-study.
Chris will be on duty down in David’s office. Jenny Cleveland will serve as her back up.
Older Siblings Arriving Late at Dismissal Causing Problems
We’ve been having bad traffic congestion down on the Loop Road at dismissal time. Older siblings are arriving late, well after 3, causing waiting cars to stack up.
Please dismiss your students starting at 2:50, no later than 2:55. Remind them to come directly to their designated pick up area.
Lunch/Recess Duty Transitions
Today we had a period of time when 1st-3rd graders were on the play ground without any supervision. We need someone from the Fourth and Fifth Grade duty crew to stay at Aardvark Community Park until at least one of the First through Third Grade duty crew arrive. Please discuss with your duty with your duty colleagues and determine who will cover the transition. David will cover the Wednesday (except this Wednesday when he is away.).
If you are on the First through Third Grade lunch recess crew, please be on time so we can have a seamless and safe duty transition.
LOST AND FOUND
Linda Hill and Rico McIver go through the Lost and Found in Room 10 with a group of Alysa William’s students regularly. They are collecting data on the number of labeled items they are able to return, and the number of unlabeled items that remain unclaimed. This past Friday they found approximately 70 unlabeled items and 19 items with name labels. Linda and Rico suggest that we have one day a month when students stop to label unlabeled items. Alysa’s class will come up with a campaign and will likely present at an upcoming assembly.
It is hard to believe that we are approaching the last full week before Thanksgiving. This year is truly flying by! May your weekend be full of restful and renewing moments.
David and Chris
