Dear OHS Families,
I hope the first week of school went well for your child(ren)! Our teachers focused heavily on building connections with students and between students this week. I hope you heard positive reports of establishing relationships in the classroom with peers and staff.
CARES Assemblies
We had our first CARES Assemblies of the year on Wednesday morning. It was a treat to all be together. We read the book Do Unto Otters by Laurie Keller. As we read the book, we talked about the ways we hope “otters” treat us. Students provided lots of ideas including sharing with friends, helping a friend to the nurse, providing help even when someone does not ask, saying “hello,” “please,” and “thank you” to name a few. We all agreed everyone at OHS deserves to feel safe and be treated with kindness. We want to “Treat otters better than how we want to be treated.”
Thank you, PTA!
As the staff worked hard before school started to setup the school properly for opening, the PTA treated us to lunch on Monday of sandwiches and salads after delicious coffee in the morning. On Monday evening, the school was brightened with chalk the walk, balloons, and a welcome sign in preparation for everyone’s first day on Tuesday. Thank you to Brittany Holzhauer, Lauren Petruccelli, and Courtney Cataldo, for all the planning that went into the different elements of the day and to all the PTA volunteers for their contributions of time and food. We are so lucky to have an active and thoughtful PTA at OHS.
Open House
Open House will be in the evening of Wednesday, September 13th from 6:30-7:30 pm. We will start off directly in the classrooms at 6:30 with a welcome video and then a presentation from the classroom teacher. If you have multiple children at OHS, you will be able to shift to another classroom at around 7:00 to see the room and meet the teacher. The evening is meant to be a chance to see the classroom, learn about what the year will be like for your child, and meet the teacher. It is not appropriate to speak specifically about your child with the teacher that evening as there will be many families and privacy will be a concern. Feel free to reach out to the teacher at a different time for specific information about your individual child. Looking forward to a fun night together.
Drop Off Reminder
Please note that we cannot have students dropped off at school prior to 8:45am, unless they are signed up for ECC Aftercare. We do not have staff on duty until 8:45. Thank you for your consideration of this.
I hope you enjoy the long, Labor Day weekend!
David
