Weekly Family Update 5/03/24

O’Dea Owls,

Next week we have two important events!!!  We celebrate our amazing teachers with Teacher Appreciation Week May 6th-10th and we have our annual Core Fair May 9th 5:30-7:30!!!! 

Staff Appreciation Week

Parents and Caregivers! Are you looking for a way to show appreciation for your student's teachers, and don't know what to do or don't have time to shop? Then PTA has just the thing! 

  1. Consider donating towards Monday, May 6th's coffee, tea, and donuts (link to Givebacks donation page) to get Teacher Appreciation Week started off right! 
  2. Sign up for Treat the Teachers Wednesday May 8th https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0D49ABAA2FA5FB6-49320225-treat
  3. Also, please get your students to school early on Wednesday, May 8th so they can craft a Thank You note for their teachers! We will have tables set up in front of and behind school with crafting supplies starting at 8:30.

Core Fair - Thursday May 9th

We are excited to see the whole school community at our Annual Core Fair!!!! Core Fair is an amazing event where we celebrate Core Knowledge learning and come together to bond with music, food, and fun (See attached flyer)!

Looking forward to seeing everyone next Thursday night!!!!!!!!

Other Important Announcements

Kindergarten ABC Countdown and whole school spirit!  We invite all students to join in on celebrating kindergarten learning.  Each day in April and May we will dress in fun ways and have special activities!  For next week we will have……………………..

 

5/6

Q – Question Day – we review what questions are and kids interview each other!

5/7

P – PJ and Play Day – we throw open all of the doors to kinder and kids get to wear PJs and play in all of the classrooms for our play time

5/8

O – Outside O’Dea – we do some teaching outside (or if it’s raining, we get picnic blankets inside and pretend we’re outside!) and wear our O’Dea gear

5/9

N – Neon Day – 80s anyone? Plus lots of glow lights!

5/10

M – Monster Day – monster art!

NEW PLAYGROUND install starts 12:30 May 30th!!!!  Final inspection is slated for July 31 – Playground will be closed until final inspection. 

Arrival – Please be sure to drop students off no earlier than 8:50 (8:40 for breakfast).  Staff supervision does not start until 8:50 and we want to keep all students safe!

(New) We have new O’Dea stickers available for purchase in the office $3.00 each or 2 for $5.00.

Have a wonderful weekend!  

Alex   

Upcoming Events 

5/9 Core Fair 5:30-7:30 Student Core Projects, Food Trucks, Art/Music/PE/Technology Showcase

5/17 Field Day

5/20 PTA Meeting

5/24 No School

5/30 Last day of school!   Dismiss at 12:08

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