Andrea Park, Principal
450 W. 400 S., Orem, UT 84058 --- Phone: 801-610-8116

Friday, October 30, 2009

LECTURA EN CASA - Spanish Family Night

LECTURA EN CASA

Continúen con la lectura. Lo están haciendo muy bien! Cualquier estudiante que el jueves 19 de noviembre traiga firmado un libro leído en casa obtendrá un premio. Muchas gracias a todos nuestros dedicados voluntarios que vienen cada semana a cambiar los libros. El programa no podría funcionar sin ustedes.

All Orem Elementary Spanish speaking families are invited to attend our first ever Spanish Family Night on Tuesday, November 17 at 7pm in the Orem Elementary library. Hosted by the School Community Council, this will be an evening in Spanish to socialize and communicate about our high expectations for our students from Spanish speaking families. Parents, please come! Children are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

OES Halloween Parade


Don't forget to bring your cameras to catch all the fun at Orem Elementary Goul's annual Halloween Parade on Frightday, October 30 at 12:45PM. Also, Friday is a common day - witch means everyone from grades 1 - 6 will attend from 8:00 - 2:15

Monday, October 5, 2009

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Thank you for supporting the carnival in September. A BIG, GIGANTIC “THANK YOU” goes to our PTA and all the volunteers who helped put on the BEST carnival ever! They are amazing! Your support is invaluable!

Orem Elementary has been chosen to be the “model school” for Steve James’concert, on October 13, 2009, during the State’s Safe and Free Drug Conference. This is a great honor for our school. At the concert, there will be in attendance National and State representatives as well as local leaders. The media will also be present, so please be sure to sign and return the media release form your child will bring home the first week in October. Steve James will be at our school early in the day (Oct. 13th) for an assembly. The evening concert will be at our own Mountain View High School at 7:00pm. We are honored to be chosen as the “model school,” and hope you will be able to attend this extraordinary family concert.

Parent/Teacher Conferences will be on October 7th and 8th. Both of those days will be
“common days” which means ALL students will come to school from 8:00am - 2:15pm. The teachers will be available anytime between 3:15–7:15pm Wednesday and Thursday. The Book Fair will also be the same week, beginning Tuesday and ending Thursday evening.

Remember to invite your children to walk to school on Wednesday (Oct. 7th) as part of
our school’s “Walk to School Day.”

Enjoy the colors of Fall!

--Rachelle Bolingbroke, Principal

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Orem Elementary has received $55.00 this year alone from sales from our ink store - You already need ink, so why not support your school at the same time?

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PTA DRIVE CONTEST WINNERS!!!

Wow to Mrs. Walker's class for bringing in an amazing 27 memberships! Mrs. Wilson's class brought in 12 - that's pretty good for our fabulous lower grade students.

We hope they enjoy their pizza parties!

We'd like to thank all our sponsors and the great offers the gave our OES PTA members. By using their discounts, the membership more than pays for itself!

OUR SPONSORS:

Gunnies - Mimi's Cafe - Parley's Hardware Super Hispano - The Jerk Shack - Sizzler Sprinkler World - The Little Gym - UV Women's Expo - Suggestions Salon - LIttle Caesar's - Nickelcade - Kangaroo Zoo - Great Harvest - School of Ballet Arts - Village Shoe Maker - O'Scrap - Planted Earth - Legoland

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Carnival is coming UP!!!!

Our annual CARNIVAL will be held on Monday, September 21 from 4:30 to 7:30pm. Please mark your calendars now for an evening of food, games, and fun with your family. This is the only PTA sponsored fund raiser held during the year. It is very important in funding the great programs you love at OES like Home Reading, After School Programs, Crazy Cubs Reading Club, and many others.

You should have received our first carnival flyer by now on neon light green paper. On that flyer are classroom assignments related to basket auction themed donations and also the food assignment for that grade (bake sale, cake walk, etc.)

As always, this is a real community affair ---we will need LOTS of helpers. Each teacher has been assigned to be over finding volunteers for 1 game so if you can spare an hour or 2, please contact your child’s teacher so they can put you down. You may also contact any of the carnival chair’s.

Ticket Sales: Pre-sales will begin in front of the school before and after school on Wednesday, September 16 and continue each day through the morning of Monday, Sept. 21.

Silent Auction: We need baskets! If you have old baskets in your storage, please put them to good use and donate them to the carnival. Please also watch for the special triple point and double point due dates on basket auction item donations.

Business Sponsors: We’d like to encourage any parents who are business owners (or employees of a business) to consider supporting Orem Elementary. You can do this by:

1. donating an item from your inventory that might be used in the silent auction;
2. donating credit, coupons, or a special discount from your place of business, also to be used in the silent auction baskets;

To become a partnering business you may either write a note and return it through your student as your family’s silent auction contribution OR call Ada Wilson at 801-224-1521. Please include the name of the business and a phone number contact in any message.

Every business that helps us out in even the smallest way will be listed on our big “Business Partners” poster with major donors ($100 or more) being listed first. Being a contributor to the community is good business!

--PTA Carnival Co-Chairs
Bunney Schmidt cpa@bbschmidt.com 801-223-4837
Carolyn Kuehne kuehneca@uvu.edu 801-226-6053
Jennifer Card cardtax@gmail.com 801-426-9933

If you are willing to volunteer for an hour at the school carnival, please sign up on one of the sheets in the office or contact a member of the carnival committee. We need help serving food, at the bake sale, selling tickets before and after school as well as during the carnival.

Also, check with your child’s teacher. Each teacher needs volunteers to man their game stations.
Your child’s class will receive carnival points for your donated time.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Orem Elementary Ink Store September Savings!!!

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All proceeds go directly to Orem Elementary School

Friday, August 14, 2009

BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT - TUESDAY, AUGUST 18TH, 4-6PM

Come join us for Back to School Night this Tuesday from 4-6. Not only will you get a chance to meet your teachers, you will also be able to pre-order yearbooks for a discount, your new school t-shirts and see what is happening this year with our very active PTA.

But wait, there's more...

This year we'd like to help you beat the lines by featuring our "Express Checkout". Bring the form sent home in the newsletter (or print a new one out here) completely filled out, bring exact cash or filled out check and get to use the FAST line.

"What else," you ask?

This year we have contacted local businesses who want to reward you for joining the PTA.

OES PTA Members get these wonderful disounts:

  • Parley's hardware: 1 free house key, 10% paint, and free filtered water (when you bring in your own container) when you present your OES PTA Membership Card

  • School of Ballet Arts: 1 free class (a $15.00 value) plus $15.00 off new student enrollment when you present your OES PTA Membership Card

  • Super Hispano Market: Buy one item, get one 1/2 off when you present your OES PTA Membership Card (restrictions may apply)

  • The Little Gym: 1 free class (a $15.00 value) plus $15.00 off new student enrollment when you present you OES PTA Membership Card.

  • 20% off purchase at Sprinkler World (all locations) when you present you OES PTA Membership Card.

  • 20% off services coupon from Suggestions Salon

  • 10% off any combo coupon from The Jerk Shack (authentic Jamaican food)

  • Free Appetizer Coupon from Mimi's Cafe.

  • Sizzler

And more...

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

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