Olney Elementary PTA Newsletter April 30, 2018 (page 1)

3401 Queen Mary Drive, Olney, Maryland 20832

PTA President, Mariah Payne, olneyespresident@gmail.com

Newsletter Editor, Eve Church, ecc9479@gmail.com

Principal, Carla Glawe, 301-924-3126

Important Dates! May 1 PTA Meeting, 7pm May 6 Restaurant Night at Chipotle May 7-11 Staff Appreciation Week May 11 Movie Night, 8pm

Principal’s Corner Click here to read Principal Glawe’s

April Newsletter.

Movie Night

First round results are in! We have decided to show a movie from the Toy Story franchise. Now we need to select which one. Please vote with your children using the link below. Voting closes Tuesday night. Movie Night is Friday, May 11th, at 8pm.

https://goo.gl/forms/m7Kfavs7rZblKIEf2

PTA Meeting Tuesday Night

The PTA will hold its final general membership meeting of the year this Tuesday from 7 - 8pm in the Media Center. Important information regarding the 2018-19 school year will be presented in addition to details about remaining PTA events. Everyone is welcome to attend! Childcare will be provided in the All Purpose Room. View Meeting Agenda

OES Staff Appreciation Week is next week!

Our Staff Appreciation coordinators have planned a variety of ways for our community to say Thank You to our hardworking OES staff. Please join us in showing them how grateful we are for all that they do. You can help by donating items for breakfast or lunch as well as by encouraging your kids to make cards. Click here to learn more and to sign up to help.

You can follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/OlneyPTA/

PTA Website: olneyespta.org

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Spring PARCC Testing

If you have a child in grades 3-5, please take a minute to view the schedule for the state mandatory Spring PARCC testing. Students who are absent during their class will still be required to complete the PARCC during makeup sessions. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Tinney at Michael_J_Tinney@mcpsmd.org.

Due to the snow during our January fundraiser, Chipotle has graciously given us a do-over.

Please join us at Chipotle this Sunday, May 6th, from 5 - 9pm, and OES PTA will receive 50% of the proceeds. There are three ways to guarantee your purchase will count toward the fundraiser:

Show the cashier a digital flyer prior to paying

Show the cashier a paper flyer prior to paying

Flying flyer-free? Just mention the fundraiser to the cashier prior to paying

You can view or print the flyer here: https://olneyespta.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/chipotle_may62018.pdf

Attention 5th Grade Parents

The 5th Grade Memories Committee is collecting photos for a video to be played at the graduation ceremony. If you wish to have your child in the video, please send high quality photographs of your child participating in school sponsored events from kindergarten through 5th grade such as the first day of school, kindergarten orientation, bus stop, school family nights, fun run, class parties, cultural arts assemblies, science fair, field trips, etc. Photos must be received by May 18th in order to be included in the video. Please email photos to: oes5thgradememories2018@gmail.com.

Our 5th Grade Memories Committee also has a web page where you can find important information about the end-of-year activities. We'll be updating the page as additional information becomes available so please check back regularly.

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OES Staff Honored by MCCPTA Special Education Committee

Congratulations to Ms. Adcock (Special Educator), Ms. Johnson (Speech Pathologist) and Ms. McConaghy (K Teacher) for being selected as a winner for an Outstanding Program award given by the MCCPTA Special Education Committee for the 2017-18 school year. They will be honored at the 30th Annual MCCPTA Special Education Recognition Ceremony being held at Rockville High School on May 14th at 7pm. Members of the OES community are invited to attend. View Invitation.

Olney Chess Club represents at the 2018 Maryland State Girls Tournament

Juliette Larsen (3rd Grade) successfully competed at the annual MD Girls Chess championship, a first for OES. With this tournament bid, OES joins Sherwood and Julia Brown Montessori as having sent someone to the state chess tournament.

After finishing the season here at the OES chess club as a "knight", Juliette proceeded to the K-5 state tournament held in Baltimore (St Mary's of the

Incarnation church school) in an open, friendly, nationally rated event for all elementary schools, whether public or private.

58 girls competed in the tournament hosted by the Maryland Chess Association, with the largest team coming from Chesapeake Beach (9) who won the teams division. After 5 games, Juliette earned 1.5 points with a win, draw and two losses, for a final place of 20th overall, and a provisional USCF rating of 107. Her section, K-5, is for unrated-to-500 rated chess players, and was the largest section by far.

The OES club team, run this year by Lynn Cotten, had 48 members, also a new high. OES chess team is one of the largest in the state and is run completely by volunteers. Juliette thanks the OES club, parents, and sponsorship, and looks forward to competing next year with more friends!

More info about the event can be found at the complete US Chess Federation tournament results site and the Maryland Girls 2018 complete

results page with teams and brackets.

Olney Elementary PTA Newsletter April 30, 2018 (page 4) Bring your family and friends and join us for

2018 Roadrunner Night Carnival

Friday, May 4, 2018

6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

AN EVENING OF GAMES, FOOD, PRIZES & FUN!

Carnival Games

Cake Walk

Farquhar Spirit Wear

FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY (Adults must accompany students)

$5 per person or $12 per family

Games and Food Tickets are 50 cents each