Good Morning OES families!
This week will be a short week of school, students return on Wednesday! We are scheduled to have Winter Sports on Friday. I'm hopeful the snow will last for another trip to Burke Mountain!
The Friday afternoon before vacation, OES celebrated filling our OWL'S Nest once again! All students participated in multi-age groups rotating through a variety of stations that focused on building school community, teamwork, and of course lots of laughter! The afternoon ended with a dance party in the gym with our in house DJ - Mike Tanguay!
Upon our return to school, students will have the opportunity to participate in training sessions and practice test to help prepare them to take the VTCAP (VT Comprehensive Assessment Program). These opportunities will enable them to gain familiarity with the tools available for their use on the assessments. All students in grades 3-8 will participate in assessments focused on mathematics and language arts. In addition, students in grades 5 & 8 will also take a science assessment. The OES team has created a schedule for testing - although some alterations to this schedule may have to be made. Please see the attached letter providing additional assessment information.
OES has been a busy place over vacation. All the fluorescent lightbulbs in the building were replaced with LED lightbulbs, and the flooring in the second grade classroom was finished. Mr. Tanguay has been airing out the building, and performing some additional disinfecting preparing for our return. Hopefully the numerous illnesses that plagued our building prior to vacation will not return!
Enjoy the remaining days of vacation. I'll see everyone on Wednesday!
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Shannon Laliberty, Principal
