A Message from Mrs. Lynch

Our 3rd and 4th grade students have really done a fantastic job persevering and doing their personal

best on ISTEP+! We just have a few days next week to finish up!

Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week. Thank you to our PTO for planning some fantastic activities

for our teachers. Oak Trace is blessed to have amazing teachers. Please have your children take a mi-

nute to thank their teachers for a great year. Wednesday is also School Nurse Day and we will show our

appreciation for Mrs. Gumino.

Next Wednesday we will be honoring all of the many volunteers at Oak Trace! Please remember to RSVP

for Wednesday’s reception.

Bike to School day is Wednesday, May 10th! Your child MUST be registered as a bike rider in order to

participate! Please be sure to send in the registration form. You can also email Mrs. Parisi at paris-

ik@wws.k12.in.us. Bike tags will be coming home and the little license plate tags will need to be at-

tached to each bike so that we know your child has registered and so that every child leaves with the cor-

rect bike.

We had a fun night Thursday at the first annual Lego Construction Competition between elementary

buildings. Local builders helped to judge the completed Lego homes. Special thanks to all of our school

coaches and teams as well as BAGI (Builders Association of Greater Indianapolis) for sponsoring this fun

event! Check out the story on WTHR13: https://www.wthr.com/article/westfield-lego-building-

project-a-chance-for-lessons-not-found-in-textbooks

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Lynch

APRIL 28, 2017

Oak Trace Tribune Attendance Line 867-6401

Thinking Thursday Question:

Special thanks to Mrs. Hitch and Mrs. Hall for leading presentations in the Star Lab this

week!!

Which constellation contains the North Star, Polaris? Ursa Minor or the Little Dipper

Fun Lego Night!

Thanks to our Cubscouts for planting a tree!

UPCOMING EVENTS: MARK YOUR CALENDARS

May 1-3 ISTEP testing

May 3-5 Jar Wars

May 8-15 Book Fair

May 9 3:45- 6:30 pm Book Fair Family Night

May 16 Kid Town Parent Night

May 24 KDG Graduation

May 26 Field Day

May 31 Last Day for Students

Kindergarten: Ella G., Kaylee C., Ethan J., Aiden Y., Jack T., Wyatt A.,

Gavin P., Maddie A.,

1st Grade: Ava M., Devin B.,

2nd Grade:

3rd Grade: Caleb H., Jullian P.,

4th Grade: Charlie S.,

MATH WHIZ :

It's Book Fair time! Believe it or not...it is time to gear up for our final Book Fair of this

school year! As always, the students are super excited to pick up some books for summer

reading! We have done several "Book Talks" with some of the books that will be at the

Book Fair and we will watch the exciting DVD that will showcase some of the featured

books next week! Here is the schedule:

Monday, May 8 ~ All students will come to preview the Book Fair and create their "Wish

List" to bring home to share with you!

Tuesday, May 9 - Monday, May 15 ~ Students will visit Book Fair to purchase items during

their regularly scheduled library time!

Family Night at the Book Fair ~ Tuesday, May 9th from right after school until 6:30 p.m.

Looking forward to seeing many of you

there! Also, please NOTE: The Book Fair is

open after school ONLY on "Family Night", but

feel free to come in and shop with your child

(ren) during their library time!

Happy Reading!

Mrs. Lane

LUNCH BALANCES

Parents, please make sure you are not negative in your child's

lunch balance. As the year comes to a close we need to make

sure all negative balances are paid. Thank you for your help!

Mrs. Robin Lynch

Principal, Oak Trace Elementary

LIBRARY

Parents!!! Please mark your calendar for our annual Fitness Fun Field Day!!

Friday, May 26th with a rain date of Tuesday, May 30th.

3rd and 4th grade participate from 9:20-11:50

1st-2nd grade participate from 12:45-3:15

If you can volunteer for this event, please email Mrs. Grimmer at

grimmerp@wws.k12.in.us

You can volunteer for one session or the

entire day if you are feeling energetic!!

Thank you so much for making this day

special for our students!!

Kindergarten is working very hard on their graduation songs! The program is on May 24 at

1:00 pm on the Westfield High School auditorium stage.

All of the students continue to work hard and are persevering until the end of the school year

in the music room!

Have a “Harmonious” Weekend!

Mrs. Paul

NOTEWORTHY NEWS!

P.E . ZONE

This week we used markers to begin learn-

ing about the Ozobots! If you'd like to learn

more about Ozobots you can visit their web-

site at http://ozobot.com/

Sincerely,

Miss Foltz

DIGITAL CITENZENSHIP

HEAVY TRASH DROP-OFF DAY ON MAY 13 Westfield, IN- Westfield is hosting a heavy trash drop-off day on May 13. The heavy trash and bulk item drop-off event provides Westfield resi-dents an opportunity to get rid of materials that cannot be disposed of in their weekly trash and recycling.

A list of acceptable items can be found below. There is no charge for most items. A nominal fee will apply for certain objects for which only cash will be accepted.

Participants must provide a copy of their city of Westfield trash/storm-water bill to prove residency. Technology Recyclers will be on hand to help residents dispose of moni-tors, laptops, televisions, printers and other tech equipment. Ray’s Trash is providing document shredding services at no charge. The event starts at 8 a.m. and goes until Noon at Westfield Public Works, located at 2706 E 171st Street. A second event will be held later this year on October 14. A full list of acceptable items can be found here: http://bit.ly/2oIccqc ZACHARY BURTON

Spring Pictures went home this week. Please return

envelope and any unpurchased pictures back to your

child's teacher by May 5th. All checks are made paya-

ble to Lifetouch, or payments can be made online at

mylifetouch.com.

COMMUNITY NEWS

Back To School Kits can be ordered online!

Go to WWW.shopttkits.com

Account# 10237

Order deadline May 26th

Bike to School Day is just around the corner! If you have

not registered your child, please do so before May 3rd.

We are not riding the students back to the clubhouse, so

your child either needs to be joined by an adult for the

ride home or do what he/she typically does for the af-

ternoon ride home. All bikes will be parked in the back

parking lot of Oak Trace during the day of May 10th.

Viking Meadows families will meet at the VM clubhouse

and Countryside families will meet at the Countryside

clubhouse. Both groups will take off at 8:30 and will have police help crossing ma-

jor streets.

We have over 100 students already signed up! I am looking forward to a fun ride.

Hopefully this won’t happen, but if we have rain on 5/10, we will cancel with no

plans to make it up. :(

Mrs. Parisi

Early voting has begun for the Tuesday, May 2nd Westfield Washing-

ton Schools construction referendum. No time to vote on May

2nd? You can vote early at the Hamilton County Courthouse in down-

town Noblesville Monday thru Friday, 8am - 4:30 pm; and on Satur-

day, April 29 from 9 am - 4 pm. Vote!