All Things SLI

SLI Families:

Don't forget to set your clocks back an hour for Daylight Savings this weekend.

Next week is looking like a busy one! 8th graders taking Chinese class are going to Chinatown in Chicago. All 8th graders are going to an Admiral's Game. 7th graders are visiting the Veterans Memorial Park. Our 5th graders have their monthly social on November 9 after school.

Silver Lake's Veterans Day Breakfast & Assembly is being held on Thursday, November 9. Please spread the word to veterans you know and fill out the form for planning purposes! You can find more information in our newsletter. Speaking of our veterans, SLI was gifted a monetary donation from our local VFW 2260 to help support students with their lunch fees.

Also spread the word about donating a canned or boxed food item for the Thanksgiving Meal Food Drive going on now through Nov. 10. Last year we collected 760 food items! I remember my heart overflowing with gratitude and thankfulness as that was over 200 more items from the year before. If you are able to donate a food item, it would be appreciated.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs. Jill Marr

Nov. 3 5th and 6th grade dance (6:30p-8:30p)

Nov. 5 Daylight Savings ends

Nov.6 Term 2 starts (5th and 6th grade world language rotations switches to 9w2)

Nov. 6 8th grade to China Town in Chicago

Nov. 8 8th grade to Admirals Game (8:30a-2:15p)

Nov. 9 Veteran's Program
Nov. 9 WEB Social for 5th graders (3p-4p)

Nov. 14 PTO meeting (6:30p-8p) SLI Library

Nov 22-26 Thanksgiving Break

Please see the information regarding our seventh grade students participating in a voluntary student wellness survey.

SOAR is a 30 minute block of time during our school day. SOAR stands for Student Opportunities for Achieving Results. During SOAR students may be silent reading (practicing their literacy skills) or completing problems/lessons on a digital math platform such as IXL or Dreambox. Students may be learning about current events or applying their literacy skills by reading and responding to science/social studies content articles.

Additionally, students may be involved in small strategy group work. Some strategy group work is more formalized in intervention programming. Other strategy groups are focused on extending strengths (enrichment) or flexible to provide more small group instruction on grade level skills that may need additional instruction and practice. If your child is receiving formalized intervention programming, you will receive communication outlining the focus of that programming. Other groups are designed to be flexible and focused on a specific skill or goal. While SLI has been providing interventions and targeted groups in the past, this school year our goal is to provide even more students opportunities to improve their academic achievement.

Please consider supporting the SLI PTO Un-Fundraiser for this school year. We are aiming for a $15,000 goal to continue supporting our building technology needs. We have already had some donations! Here is the link:

https://oconomowoc.revtrak.net/r2#/v/sli-pto-un-fundraiser-2023

Thank you to Keara Harris for designing for Un-Fundraiser flyer!

Go Riteway is looking to hire Oconomowoc bus drivers! We appreciate our bus drivers for safely transporting our students around our district for the school day and also driving students to athletic, academic and numerous other events. They truly keep our district running! Click here to apply: https://bit.ly/3KxDdYS

This past weekend, Oconomowoc students participated in the WSMA Middle Level Honors Program. The project began in 1995 to provide musically accomplished youth the opportunity to rehearse and perform with the nation's finest conductors. This year over 1000 students applied . . . and 9 of the 312 selected for membership into the band, choir, and orchestra were from OASD! Congratulations to Ezra S., choir; Carter H., Kyler K., orchestra; and Vanessa B., Chyanne F., Keegan F., Emerson K., Noah R., Max P., band. #sliconnectexploresoar #OconPride

Día de los Muertos, which is celebrated mostly in Mexico on November 1 and 2, is like a family reunion—except dead ancestors are the guests of honor. Día de los Muertos is a joyful time that helps people remember the deceased and celebrate their memory.

In learning about the significance of this huge holiday, 8th grade students got to create decorated skull keychains. To make the skull key chains, students got to pick a design of their choice and trace it on to the magical paper known as Shrinky Dink paper. The look of wonder and amazement was awesome as students watched as their skulls shrunk down in size.

The question asked after this adventure was, “What else can we make into Shrinky Dinks?”

Señorita Neidert's answer, “Let’s see what the next unit brings about!”

Thank you Isis for spreading kindness through positive notes to brighten students' day.

Thank you to VFW Post 2260 for providing monetary support for SLI students to assist with student lunch accounts.

Helena G. gives the Chain of Awesomeness to Mr. Schmidt who in turn gives the Chain of Awesomeness to Harper W. Harper is receiving the Chain of Awesomeness because she is awesome. Academically, Harper always works hard, strives to fully understand the content and produces incredible work. Harper is also the first one to jump in and help others, even if she is not asked to do so. She sees a need and solves the issue. Harper does not get caught up in the drama that surrounds her, she simply goes about her business. Harper makes every single person who she meets each day to feel important and special. I am proud to call Harper my student.

Jaden H. gives the Chain of Awesomeness to Miss Fischer who in turn gives the Chain of Awesomeness to Makayla. Makayla is the type of person that can just light up a room. She is so caring and is always the first person to greet me with a big smile on her face. She is always positive and respectful towards her peers and teachers. She works hard on all of her assignments, and is eager to help any of her classmates.

Harper W. gives the Chain of Awesomeness to Mr. Jefferies who in turn gives the Chain of Awesomeness to Gabriel L. Gabriel is an awesome young man. He is always doing the right things in class and is such a hard worker. He always has productive and thoughtful things to say in class discussions and is mindful of everyone. Gabriel loves to smile and make others smile. He is always respectful to his classmates and willing to help out anyone. Congrats Gabriel, this honor is well deserved.

Parents of students 16 and younger seeking a work permit, will now log on to the Department of Workforce Developments page and use their permit application tool. Here is the link: Work Permit.

This new system will allow you to apply for a permit 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from any computer, tablet or smartphone. You will make your payment through the system as well. The department will mail a paper copy of the permit directly to your child's employer.

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Our school needs more short-term substitute teachers, paraprofessionals, and custodians - can you help?

As a short-term sub, you have the flexibility to choose which school you would like to work at, and what schedule works best for you. Use this online form for a fast and easy application process if you’re interested in joining the OASD as a short-term substitute.

Long-term substitute teacher, paraprofessional, and custodian positions are also available at all of our OASD schools. You can apply online through WECAN for a long-term position by creating an account, then searching for Oconomowoc Area School District in the support staff section.

Please consider working for the OASD and making a positive impact on our school and students!