OLHMS Weekly 11/14/23

Did you know that OLHMS hosted one of the most impressive demonstrations of honor and respect for our Veterans?

We had the pleasure of hosting 80 Veterans for our Tribute. Our entire school community, District 123 and local community leaders supported this extremely impactful event. Here is the Special Edition newsletter!

Did you know the First Trimester of the 2023/2024 school year is coming to an end?

Trimester 1 ends this Friday the 17th as we begin the Thanksgiving Holiday break! We are sure our Mustang community will enjoy a wonderful break with our family and friends returning to school on Monday, November 27th.

Did you know our PTSA is looking for a new President?

If you are interested in supporting our school in a different capacity please reach out to our PTSA! Also, our meetings will now take place at 6:00pm monthly and there is still plenty of time to join! Maybe you do not have the time to donate, but your contributions can still be made through your membership!

Mustang Families,

As we anticipate our Thanksgiving break, please remind our scholars to remain focused and complete each of their given tasks. Help our scholars finish this trimester on a high note- setting the stage for a wonderful trimester two! As we finish this week, scholars can turn in Admin chips for cookies in the cafetorium!

Thank you to all of the volunteers this past Saturday who took their time to rake leaves as part of the D123 annual leaf raking event!

Fall Concert: We are excited to host the Fall Concert tomorrow night at 6:30pm featuring our Intermediate, Concert and Jazz Bands!

Special Education Partner Meeting: D123 will be hosting a meeting on November 15th here in the media center.

NJHS Food Drive: We will began a food drive for Pilgrim Faith through November 15th! Help support our local community in need!

OLHMS Music Booster Fundraiser: Make it an easy dinner and support our incredible music department by eating our at Portillo's on November 16th!

OLHMS Music Booster Spirit Wear: Order your Music Department gear today! The sale ends on November 17th!

OLHMS Spirit Wear: Our PTSA put together an order opportunity before the Winter break! Get your orders in before the 19th.

Feed Six: We are excited for this event on December 9th! More information below on how you can participate or help someone else take part by donating!

Lost and Found: Items left in the lost and found after this week will be donated! Please make sure to have your scholars look for items they may have lost during the trimester.

Early Dismissals: In the event that a student needs to be picked up early from school, please communicate with the main office as advisory teachers may not see our scholar based on their daily schedule.

Our Community: Please be respectful of our neighbors around our school during arrival and dismissal. It is also important to remind our scholars about staying off community members property while waiting for a bus or walking home.

Circle Drive and 99th Street: During drop off and dismissal, please do not pass cars in the circle drive and do not ask your students to run across 99th street to be picked up. We want to make sure all of our students and families are kept safe. We have had a couple close calls! Please be patient and courteous!

Report Card Guidance: Looking ahead to the end of this first trimester, here are some additional support links for standards based grades.

• Standards Based Family Report Card Guide
• Standards Based Reporting – Expanded Meaning Matrix
• Download Skyward Family Access Rubrics

Working Lunch: We are very excited about our start to the year! As we move forward in our year, we will maintain high expectations for our scholars! We have implemented a plan for scholars to finish work during lunch. Working lunch will be used to support work completion and behavioral reflection. Students assigned to working lunch will be given a bagged lunch if they did not bring one.

Graduation Expectations

Our 8th grade scholars and parents have been given the information in this Parent Letter. These expectations have been discussed with scholars and families throughout the beginning of the year and sent home. As the year progresses additional information will be provided for our graduates!

• • OLHMS PTSA

    • Membership is $6.00 per student and $10.00 per adult

    • PTSA Meeting- December 4, 2023 at 6:00pm

    • PTSA Facebook

  • All parents/ guardians/ staff & students are highly encouraged to join the PTSA and attend meetings. This is an incredible opportunity, partnership and fun way to support our scholar’s experience at the middle school!

11/17/23: End of Trimester 1

11/20-11/24/23: Thanksgiving Holiday Break

12/9/23: Feed Six (Sponsorship Flyer) (Pledge Sheet)

2023-24 School District Calendar

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