Olney Elementary PTA Newsletter September 8, 2016 · 2016-09-08 · Olney Elementary PTA Newsletter...
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Olney Elementary PTA Newsletter September 8, 2016 Important Dates! Sep 12 No school – Professional day for teachers Sep 15 Instrumental Music parent mtg, 5:45 PM Sep 15 Back to School night, 6:30 PM Sep 24 OES Fun Run, 2 – 4 PM Sep 26 Panera restaurant night, 6 – 9 PM Sep 28 Board of Ed Candidates’ Forum, 6:30 PM Sep 30 Early Dismissal, 1:20 PM 3401 Queen Mary Drive, Olney, Maryland 20832 PTA President, Jill Fecko, [email protected] Newsletter Editor, Shelly Liberty, [email protected] Principal, Carla Glawe, 301-924-3126 Are you interested in being a room parent? Room parent responsibilities include communicating with all families in the class, collecting donations for class parties and end of year teacher gift, planning 3 class parties (Halloween, Valentine’s Day and End of Year) and purchasing a class gift for the teacher at the end of the year. This is a great way to help your child’s class directly and stay involved. Room parents (2 per class) are selected by a lottery system. Any parent wishing to be a room parent should sign up at Back to School Night in their child’s classroom or email Jennifer Asbacher ( [email protected] ). Check out all the ways your membership helps your child’s school and join here: https://olneyespta.org/about/pta-membership/ Joining is a quick two step process: first, fill out the simple online form; second, pay via paypal or credit card. Join by October 1 st to receive the PTA Directory, which is available ONLY to PTA members. Volunteer training is on-line this year. We realize coming to the school for training was a hardship last year, so please feel free to click the link below to be trained. Everyone who plans to volunteer must complete the training this year even if you completed training last year. Training includes both an OES specific module as well as a county-wide MCPS module. The entire training takes approximately 40 minutes to complete and must be completed on a computer (it is not compatible with mobile devices). The link can be found here: Training Module . Once you have completed the online modules, you need to PRINT the confirmation/completion certificate from the MCPS child abuse and neglect module, and SUBMIT it to the main office at OES. **You may not come to the building to volunteer until the office has your confirmation.** If you have questions or don't have access to a printer, please contact Bethany Chung at [email protected] Principal Glawe’s September newsletter is posted on the OES website. Link to it here: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFi les/schools/olneyes/homepage/SeptemberNews20 16.pdf
Transcript of Olney Elementary PTA Newsletter September 8, 2016 · 2016-09-08 · Olney Elementary PTA Newsletter...
Olney Elementary PTA Newsletter September 8, 2016
Important Dates!
Sep 12 No school – Professional day for teachersSep 15 Instrumental Music parent mtg, 5:45 PMSep 15 Back to School night, 6:30 PMSep 24 OES Fun Run, 2 – 4 PMSep 26 Panera restaurant night, 6 – 9 PMSep 28 Board of Ed Candidates’ Forum, 6:30 PMSep 30 Early Dismissal, 1:20 PM
3401 Queen Mary Drive, Olney, Maryland 20832
PTA President, Jill Fecko, [email protected] Editor, Shelly Liberty, [email protected], Carla Glawe, 301-924-3126
Are you interested in being a room parent?Room parent responsibilities include communicating with all families in the class, collecting donations for class parties and end of year teacher gift, planning 3 class parties (Halloween, Valentine’s Day and End of Year) and purchasing a class gift for the teacher at the end of the year. This is a great way to help your child’s class directly and stay involved. Room parents (2 per class) are selected by a lottery system. Any parent wishing to be a room parent should sign up at Back to School Night in their child’s classroom or email Jennifer Asbacher ([email protected]).
Check out all the ways your membership helps your child’s school and join here: https://olneyespta.org/about/pta-membership/
Joining is a quick two step process: first, fill out the simple online form; second, pay via paypal or credit card. Join by October 1st to receive the PTA Directory, which is available ONLY to PTA members.
Volunteer training is on-line this year. We
realize coming to the school for training was a
hardship last year, so please feel free to click
the link below to be trained. Everyone who
plans to volunteer must complete the
training this year even if you completed
training last year. Training includes both an
OES specific module as well as a county-wide
MCPS module. The entire training takes
approximately 40 minutes to complete and must
be completed on a computer (it is not
compatible with mobile devices). The link can
be found here: Training Module. Once you have
completed the online modules, you need to
PRINT the confirmation/completion certificate
from the MCPS child abuse and neglect
module, and SUBMIT it to the main office at
OES. **You may not come to the building to
volunteer until the office has your
confirmation.**
If you have questions or don't have access to a
printer, please contact Bethany Chung
Principal Glawe’s September newsletter is posted on the OES website. Link to it here:http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/olneyes/homepage/SeptemberNews2016.pdf
Olney Elementary PTA Newsletter September 8, 2016 (page 2)
Link your Harris Teeter VIC card so Olney Elementary can start earning cash immediately! It’s free to sign up and once you link, a portion of your purchases of Harris Teeter brand items will be donated to our school. You must re-link every year.
Sign up or re-link today in the store using OES Code 1030 or online at www.harristeeter.com/together-in-education#/app/cms
Questions? Contact Anna Berger at [email protected]
Join Scouting Night
Tuesday, September 13th at 7:00 PM in the cafeteriaCub Scouts are for boys in grades 1 through 5.
Come learn what Cub Scouts is all about!
For more information, contact:Steve Asbacher, Cubmaster at [email protected]
Big Learning Foreign Language: FLES is Back!
FLES (before school foreign language) will be returning to Olney this year.We will offer 2 Spanish classes on Thursday mornings at 8:15 AM.Introductory class is for grades K-1 and the Beginner class is for grades 2-5.
The fall classes will start on September 19th and cost $209/12 weeks.
See the FLES flyer on the next page of Dragon Tales for details.
Register at www.biglearning.org/fles
FLES coordinator: Jeannine Williams - [email protected] or 240-447-4006
Dragon Dash - Color Fun Run: Saturday, September 24th, 2 – 4 PM
Dragon Dash Color Fun Run is a large fundraiser for Olney Elementary School. The Color Fun Run is not a
race, but a fun event the whole student body and teachers can enjoy on Sep. 24th (parents and siblings can
join for a small registration fee). The kids will make their way around a course while getting “colored” at
different stations on the course! Kids are asked to find sponsors willing to donate money on their behalf.
Pledging begins Sep. 12th and runs through Sep. 23rd. More details coming soon!
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