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Oak Trace Weekly Update September 6, 2019 Message from Mrs. Lynch What a great Walk-A-Thon day! The weather cooperated, and our PTO was able to exceed their goal! We had fun dancing, walking, and enjoying some time outside! Special thanks to Mrs. Whipple, Mrs. Holstein, Mrs. January, Max (our DJ), and Ninja Danny! The PTO uses these funds to support special programs and activities at Oak Trace throughout the year (visiting authors, artist in residence, eld day, and guest speakers). Our PTO does two fundraisers each school year, Walk-A-Thon which supports the yearly PTO budget and Savor Westeld which supports one larger project. This year Savor funds will go toward the purchase of additional Chromebooks for our students. Be sure to purchase your tickets for Savor, September 19th, as they are selling fast! I enjoyed celebrating all of the boys and girls who completed their summer work, and emailed me throughout the summer. Marc Lehman, our favorite magician, shared some cool new tricks, and gave the boys and girls a little magic sh. Just a reminder that next Wednesday is picture day! Our Westeld High School Homecoming is on September 27th and the Homecoming parade is at 6:00 on September 26th. Special thanks to the Risvold family for offering to create our oat, Lucky Charms! Your child is welcome to walk with our oat in the parade, but you will need to read the information and complete the permission form in the newsletter. Have a great weekend, and Go Rocks! Mrs. Lynch 317-867-6400 [email protected] #wwsALLin!
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Oak Trace WeeklyUpdateSeptember 6, 2019
Message from Mrs. LynchWhat a great Walk-A-Thon day! The weather cooperated, andour PTO was able to exceed their goal! We had fun dancing,walking, and enjoying some time outside! Special thanks toMrs. Whipple, Mrs. Holstein, Mrs. January, Max (our DJ), andNinja Danny! The PTO uses these funds to support specialprograms and activities at Oak Trace throughout the year(visiting authors, artist in residence, �eld day, and guest speakers). Our PTO does twofundraisers each school year, Walk-A-Thon which supports the yearly PTO budget and SavorWest�eld which supports one larger project. This year Savor funds will go toward the purchaseof additional Chromebooks for our students. Be sure to purchase your tickets for Savor,September 19th, as they are selling fast! I enjoyed celebrating all of the boys and girls who completed their summer work, and emailedme throughout the summer. Marc Lehman, our favorite magician, shared some cool newtricks, and gave the boys and girls a little magic �sh. Just a reminder that next Wednesday is picture day! Our West�eld High School Homecoming is on September 27th and the Homecoming parade isat 6:00 on September 26th. Special thanks to the Risvold family for offering to create our �oat,Lucky Charms! Your child is welcome to walk with our �oat in the parade, but you will need toread the information and complete the permission form in the newsletter. Have a great weekend, and Go Rocks!Mrs. [email protected]#wwsALLin!
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WHAT'S HAPPENINGSeptember 11th- Picture Day!September 19th - Savor West�eld Evening at BridgewaterSeptember 23rd-Blood DriveSeptember 26th-Homecoming ParadeSeptember 27th-Homecoming
Thinking Thursday QuestionWhat new baby was born at the Indianapolis Zoo last week?A new Atlantic bottlenose dolphin calf.
Walk-A-ThonTHANK YOU to all parents, students, families, and friends ofOak Trace Elementary. We are excited to announce that wehave far exceeded our goal and have raised well over $31,000.We had a very close contest at the end and Mrs. Callahan's 2ndgrade classroom took the lead in the �nal minutes. Veryexciting! The effort made by every single team isextraordinary; this has been a great example of how much canbe accomplished when working together as a team.
Lunch timesAll Aboard/TOTS 11-11:40Kindergarten 10:45-11:151st 11:20-11:502nd 12:20-12:503rd 11:40-12:10
We had a few questions about the different structure of thisfundraiser so wanted to be sure to share the followinginformation: All funds will go directly back to Oak Trace. We did not employan outside company this year so were able to net thousands ofdollars more than last year. This is the only major fundraiser ofthe school year; there will not be an additional drive in January. The continued success of Walk-A-Thon allows us to foregotraditional school fundraisers (wrapping paper, candles, fooditems, etc.) which can be a nuisance to families so THANKYOU for your participation. Even though the contest is over we still have checks comingin! If you'd like to make a donation to the school please feelfree to do so! If you have any questions or feedback that you'd like to shareplease feel free to do [email protected]
Math ChallengeThe following students have passed the Math Challenge. 2nd grade: Preston H., Brody L., and Ethan P. 4th grade: Gavin C., Victoria F., Jack G., and Javen L.
ATTENDANCE LINEFor all absences and late arrivals, press 1 to leave a message. Please call by 8:30 A.M. For alltransportation changes, press 2 to leave a message. Please call by 1:00 P.M. If calling after1:00 P.M., please call the o�ce directly at #317-867-6411.
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What's happeningin MusicThis week recorder moneywas due for 3rd gradestudents.Next week those students whoare interested in joining theOTES Treble Choir need to turnin their forms. If your child isinterested in choir, but is in aMonday enrichment class,please email me [email protected]. Kindergarten-We are �nallyplaying the xylophones!1st Grade-Learning basicrhythm, playing a steady beatto a song on the xylophones2nd Grade-Learning aboutABCA form and how toimprovise on the xylophones3rd Grade-Putting instrumentsto a story4th Grade- Learning newrhythms, playing the djembedrums, and playing a piece inrondo form. Have a Harmonious Weekend!Mrs. Paul
What's happeningin ArtWe are slowing approachingNational Dot Day on Sept. 15thin honor of the book, The Dotby Peter H Reynolds. In allgrade levels we are eithercompleting or beginning newDot Day projects. Third gradeis doing a duel project. Half ofour classes will be working ona dot inspired weaving and theother half are working onAboriginal Dot Paintings. When�nished, the classes willswitch and complete the otherproject. 1st grade is starting astudy of warm and cool colorswith a Kandinsky inspiredgarden piece using tissuepaper and oil pastels. Our 2ndgrade is also working on warmand cool colors with a dotdesign incorporatingFormalism. Formalism iswhere your artworkincorporates a lot of color,shape and pattern. 4th grade is�nishing their backgroundsand beginning their foil relief.We have been incorporatingvarious line designs in thisproject. Everyday I feel soblessed to be able to share myday with your kiddos!!Remember to be "Art"rageous!!
What's happeningin PEAttention 3rd-4th GradeStudents We will be roller skating duringPE classes starting October9th for four weeks. Allstudents are welcome to bringin their own roller skates orroller blades if they are in greatcondition. I will be ordering allthe rental skates on Friday,Sept. 13th so all permissionslips need to be returned to theclassroom teacher beforethen. If you have anyquestions, please feel free tocontact me. This week students continuecooperating and workingtogether as a team. We builtHula Huts and then playedamazing team building games!Students also continuedworking on their hula hoopskills! Have a FITastic weekend. My email [email protected]: 317-867-6463
What's happeningin STEMIt was another great week inS.T.E.M. I love watching asstudents and classes begin towork and learn as acommunity. Here is what weare working on in each gradelevel. Kindergarten: Building Tools:Legos, Uni�x Cubes, Blocks,and Pattern Blocks1st Grade: Novel Engineering:The Three Little Javelinas2nd Grade: Coding on Code.org3rd Grade: S.C.A.M.P.E.R.: TheUltimate Scooter4th Grade: The 4 C's: TowerBuild
What's happeningin MediaMakerspace has invaded thelibrary this week! The studentsin grades 1-4 had time toinvestigate several newMakerspace activities afterthey checked out their booksthis week! Makerspace is atime that offers our studentsan opportunity to createintellectual and physicalmaterials using resourcessuch as computers/devices,building materials, andtraditional (and sometimesuntraditional) arts and craftssupplies to challenge them tocreate and explore! This issomething that the studentsalways look forward to and wewill plan on doing this at leastonce each month! Kindergartenlearned about non�ction booksthis week and compared themto everybody �ction books! Forexample, we took a look a anon�ction penguin book thatgave us several facts andcompared it with the storyTacky the Penguin by HelenLester! The kindergartenstudents now have theopportunity to choose betweenseveral different types ofbooks in the library! We arede�nitely off and running!Happy Reading!Mrs. Lane
Nurse's clinicAs a reminder, every studentneeds to have updated healthinformation in Power schoolfor the 2019-2020 school year.Please feel free to contact mewith questions or [email protected] or 317-867-6405 Thank you!
Having fun in themedia center
Having fun in themedia center
Counselor's ChronicleGood Afternoon Oak Trace Families,We hope you had a great Labor Day break! This week the OakTrace Ambassadors visited the classrooms sharing the lessonfor the lifeline Effort. We will focus on a new lifeline eachmonth and will share a family connection piece with youregarding the month's lifeline. So not only can the studentspractice the lifeline at school, but also as a family at home.Take a moment this week and talk with your student about howthey are using effort at school, and then use the family connectpiece at home. Have a great weekend! Mr. F
School Picture DaySchool Picture Day isWednesday, September 11th PRE-ORDER IS NOW OPEN! To order with a debit or credit card,please follow the link below. Your child will be bringing home apaper form for cash and check payments within the upcoming weeks. All pre-ordering willclose after September 6th.http://order.cripephoto.com/option-oak-trace
Oak Trace DirectoryWe invite you to clink on the link below to access the schooldirectory. Once you create a Membership Toolkit Account, youwill have access to the Directory. http://www.oaktrace.membershiptoolkit.com/
Coffee Talk with Dr. GrateJoin us for Coffee Talk with Dr. Grate
West�eld Washington Schools Superintendent Dr. Sherry Gratewill be hosting monthly “Coffee Talks.” Coffee Talk is designedto be an open dialog with Dr. Grate and the community onanything WWS related. No set agenda - just coffee talk! Checkout the schedule and join us. Hope to see you there! · Monday, September 23 at 6pm at Starbucks on 32 · Thursday, October 25 at 8am at Titus
