OHS Family News 9/20/24
Dear OHS Eagles,
Please consider joining the OHS PTA. The membership is yearly so families/staff need to register each school year. As a thank you to those who have joined, you will benefit from the first opportunity to register to volunteer at events.
All funds from membership provide opportunities throughout the year for our learning community.
You can join through the website HERE or using the QR code in the picture to the left.
A reminder to ensure that students are wearing clothing that is school-appropriate. Students are engaging in PE, recess, STEM lab, and much more. They should wear clothing that covers their body and is suitable for classroom/school activities.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Arrival & Dismissal
Students CAN NOT be left unattended in front of the building. They should remain with their parents/guardian/adult until 8:20 am.
Arrival (8:20- 8:40am)
Parents/guardians of walkers must remain with their children until 8:20 am.
Cars can pull into the driveway at 8:15am
After 8:40am, students will be marked tardy.
Dismissal
Cars can pull into the driveway at 3:15pm (no earlier), please remain in line.
Do not pass cars/pull around cars, please wait your turn. Students should enter the vehicle on the RIGHT side of the car.
Important Dates:
Friday, September 27th - Pep Rally (during the school day) to kick off the OHS Fun Run!
Friday, September 27th - OHS Goes Gold to raise awareness for childhood cancer
Thursday, October 3rd - NO SCHOOL - Rosh Hashanah
Wednesday, October 9th - Early Release Day for all students at 1:25pm
Monday - Friday October 15 - 18 - PTA Book Fair
Tuesday, October 15th 1:45-3:45 p.m. - Fall Conferences
Wednesday, October 16th 5:30-8:00pm - Fall Conferences
Thursday, October 17th 1:45-3:45 p.m. - Fall Conferences
Friday, October 18th - PTA Trunk or Treat 6:30-8:00pm
Monday, October 21st - Grade 5 Planetarium Trip
Tuesday, October 22nd - Grade 3 Audubon Trip
Friday, October 25th - OHS Fun Run
Food Service
Food Services Update - For information including lunch menus and how to create a food service account please visit the MPS food service website.
For students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals, (determined by the completion of the Free/Reduced-Price Meals application or Direct Certification), breakfast and lunch will be offered free of charge.
Please note that last year, free breakfasts were offered to all of our students through state funding. This year, the state did not approve funding for free breakfasts for all students in public schools, so for students who do not qualify for Free/Reduced-Price Meals, meals will be offered at full price.
OHS PTA Information - www.ohspta.org
PTA Meeting Dates (all meetings are at 7:00pm in the Media Center or via the google meet): original-C7A4EECB-1E4B-4E91-8993-F96627C4AEF4.jpeg
PTA hosted afterschool programs-
Calasthetics Running Club- Calasthetics Afterschool flyer_20240918_084513_0000.pdf
Oct. 15th - 18th - Book Fair
Oct. 18th- Trunk or Treat
Oct. 25th- OHS Fun Run & Parent Information regarding donations
This year to make the Fun Run Pep Assembly a little more exciting we are going to open the Fundraising website a week early and have our first random draw Raffle Friday at the Assembly. For every $5 donation, your child(ren) will get a raffle ticket toward the raffle prizes. If you receive a donation for any raffles or prizes for the Fun Run you(r) child(ren) will get raffle tickets for those as well.
*Raffle tickets for donations will not be given until the donations have been handed in.
Fun Run Donation site: www.ohspta.org
OHS Spirit Days
SEL Anchor Tool and Parent Companion Guide of the Month
A Calming Corner is a designated area for someone to use in order to self-regulate.Clink on this LINK to find out how you can implement a calming corner at home. Please contact Mrs. Dickson with any questions: mdickson@milforded.org.
Community Connection Center-
This week's CCC News contains information and links for a mix of resources & fun activities. Featured this week : Saturday two free events ,Seymour Pumpkin Festival and Fairfield University's Family Day inspired by the legacy of ancient Greece. On Sunday come and see the great art work of our Milford youth at the PAINT YOUR PATH -SKATEBOARD EXHIBIT.
For additional information go to the CCC Website which is updated with links to community resources.
Warm Regards,
Sarah Scionti
Principal,
Orchard Hills Elementary School
