The Olive Branch 8.14.26

WELCOME TO OUR WEEKLY COMMUNICATION

Welcome to OMS!

We are beyond excited to meet and greet "Olive" you on, Wednesday, August 19th from 2:15 - 3:15 pm. For our newest families, "The Olive Branch" will be sent to your email inboxes weekly, usually on Friday's. This is where we communicate all things OMS. Please feel free to contact us at any time, we are here to work together to ensure a great 26-27 school year for your child.

Erin, Nikki, & The OMS Staff

News from the Nurse

If you have a child who takes medication during the school day, please reach out to Nurse Rose to schedule a time to drop off their medicine. Nurse Rose will be at OMS on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. It would be extremely helpful for families to make an appointment on one of these days for drop off. While she can accept medication during the meet and greet on Wednesday from 2:15 to 3:15 it is a very busy time and we may not be able to assist everyone during that timeframe.

If you have any questions/concerns you can contact her at rrose@sd25.org.

First Day of School - Arrival - Thursday, August 20th

Arrival - Students will line up according to section/teacher on the plaza and blacktop. For the first several days, we will have cones/signs to help identify which line to go to.

Kindergarten and First Grade Students

KINDERGARTEN

Classes K1 and K2 (Mrs. Naughten and Mrs. Martens) will line up near door 7 on the blacktop. Classes K3, K4, and K5 (Mrs. Spaitis, Mrs. Barbanente, and Mrs. Nordman) will line up on the plaza.

Kindergarten teachers will pick up their students daily and walk to class. Kindergartners will begin entering the building at 8:55 a.m.

FIRST GRADE

First-grade teachers will pick up students outside from Thursday, August 20th, until Tuesday, August 25th.
Beginning Wednesday, August 26th, first graders will enter the building without their teachers and walk to their classrooms at 8:55 a.m. Don’t worry, staff members will be on hand to assist during the first few days, as they learn to do this on their own.

Naughten, Martens

Spaitis, Barbanente, Nordman

Para, Morris, Dorszewski, Carlson, Kropf, Russell

2nd Through 5th Grade

Arrival: Students will line up on the blacktop by their section number. Staff members will dismiss lines to enter the building using door 7 beginning at 8:55 a.m. Classroom teachers will greet students at their lines for the first three days of school.

CAP Students OMS and ARC

OMS staff members will greet the buses at 8:50. Students do not exit the bus until supervision is present.

Kindergarten and 1st grade will ALWAYS walk to their lines with OMS staff members.

From Thursday, August 20th - Monday, August 24th 2nd - 5th graders will walk with OMS staff members to the blacktop to find their lines. Beginning on Tuesday, August 25th 2nd - 5th graders will be allowed to walk to the blacktop independently with the other bus riders.

**Once dismissed from the bus, students who would like school breakfast may come to the office door instead of lining up with their class.

Daily Dismissal

Dismissal—Students will be dismissed by their teacher from their designated door at 3:35 p.m.

Door 1 - K3, K4, K5 and All of 1st grade.

Door 7 - K1, K2, 2nd grade and 3rd grade.

Door 12 - (to the left of the gym) 4th and 5th grade

Kindergarten students must be picked up from their line. If your kindergartener has an older sibling at OMS, your older child can pick up the kindergartener from the front plaza and walk them to the loading zone.
First-grade students may walk to the loading zone or a designated location at the front of the school, as determined by your family. (ie, Flagpole, Little Free Library, OMS Marquee sign)

CAP and ARC Students -

Kindergarten and 1st-grade teachers will drop students off in the Commons to check in with CAP before dismissing other students outside.

Yellow Bus/Kindercare/Taekwondo Students -

Kindergarten and First-grade students will sit on the stage steps and walk with an Olive staff member, and 5th-grade patrols to the bus.
2nd - 5th grade students will walk to the bus door where they will be greeted by an OMS staff member who will exit them from the building.