OES Remote Thank You

• Report Cards & Parent Teacher Conferences
• Remote Learning Information, Schedule & Expectations
• Breakfast and Lunch Menu
• Sweetheart Valentine's Dance & PTO
• SMART 529 Essay Contest

Our students have made tremendous progress throughout the first semester of school. We are continually proud of their efforts and the work they put in each day. From Heggerty and UFLI to iReady Math instruction, they are putting in some serious work. Please continue to work with your students on their UFLI reading materials, letter/sound recognition, and reading together before bed. A little time goes a long way! Parents, thank you for all you're doing to ensure their success in school.

Please review your child's report card, and then sign and return the envelope to their classroom teacher. The report card is yours to hang on the refrigerator until the next one!

Keep an eye out for information regarding Parent Teacher Conferences. They will be held Thursday, January 30th from 5-7 PM. More information will come from classroom teachers directly.

We have exhausted our built-in Snow Days (1-5) and are now diving into our Remote Learning Days (6-10). Last Friday, teachers spent time setting up Teams meetings and sharing the link with their students so that when/if we have RLDs they are set up for success. We've been practicing how to login with our Clever accounts and through SeeSaw throughout the week, and are ready to go!

Students are expected to be online at least three different times throughout the day. We have designated 9:00-10:00 ELA, 2:00-3:00 Math, and whenever their designated Specials time is (see image). Many of our students will be invited to attend additional times for interventions or to provide Special Education minutes. Those times will be communicated by the individual teachers and appear either in Clever or SeeSaw messages. Students are expected to be ready for the school day with cameras turned on so we can see their beautiful faces! :)

Join us February 13th from 5:30-7:00 for a Sweetheart Dance. PTO is sponsoring this event, and we're looking forward to seeing our Opequon students dancing and having fun with their friends and parents. A parent/guardian/grandparent must attend with the student. $2 per student ticket (parents are free with an attending student). All monies are due Feb. 9, no money will be collected at the door.

PTO is our Parent Teacher Organization that meets monthly share ideas on how we can pour into students and staff, think of fun ideas, volunteer, and hear about what's going on at the school. We fundraise and find ways to support Opequon students and staff. All monies raised stay at the school. Our next PTO meeting is February 12th @ 4:30 in the OES Library. We hope to see you there!

West Virginia children in grades K-5 can enter to win $5,000 in a SMART529 college savings account by writing about their future. It’s fun and easy. Here’s how it works: A child writes a short essay that begins with “When I grow up, I want to be a…”. They then tell why they chose that career. Parents and teachers can help children with their essays. The entries are broken down into three grade categories and five regions. The essays of 15 children are selected by a panel of judges, and those children are awarded a $500 SMART529 college savings account. The winners’ school (or homeschool association) also receives a $500 cash prize. The names of the 15 winners are then placed into a random drawing for the grand prize, which is an additional $4,500 in their SMART529 college savings account. DEADLINE is Feb.28, 2025

395 East Road

Martinsburg, WV 25404

304-267-3550

Rebekah Eyler, Principal

Kelly Comer, Assistant Principal