OLHMS Weekly 11/7/23

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 this past Friday. Our entire school community, District 123 and local community leaders supported this extremely impactful event. Everyone can look forward to a special edition newsletter coming soon celebrating this event!

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,

We are quickly approaching the end of our first trimester on the 17th of this month! 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!

This past Friday was a great day here at the middle school! Thank you to our entire school community, district and local community for honoring our veterans!

D123 Annual Leaf Raking: Our community leaf raking event is taking place on November 11th! Help us support our community in need by registering below! Speaking of service, students do have this LINK available on the student portal page with service information and document log.

OLHMS PTSA Blanket Fundraiser: Do not miss your chance to place an order on a spirited and cozy gift! Here is the order form! The order ends on November 10th!

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

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.

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

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!

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

    • OLHMS PTSA Blanket Fundraiser: Orders due 11/10/23

  • 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!

11/10/23: D123 Leaf Raking (Flyer)

11/17/23: End of Trimester 1

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

2023-24 School District Calendar

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