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1) Please join Donna Henderson and Kirsten Verdi as they host a PTA brainstorming session next Wednesday, February 1st. This session will be aimed at talking about how to best welcome new families to OES going forward. The meeting will be at 9:15am at Panera Bread. It will be informal and kids are welcome. Please Email Donna (drdonnahenderson@gmail.com) if you will plan on attending.

 
2) Don’t miss your opportunity to participate in the 3rd Annual Jack and Jill Montgomery County MD Chapter Spelling Bee. This event is open to Montgomery County residents in grades 1 through 5. Date: Sat, 2/25/12, 1-5pm. The location is Georgetown Prep School, Figge Theatre, 10900 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda 20852. Registration Forms can be downloaded at                                                 http://www.jackandjill-mcmc.org/spellingbee

 
3) A big thanks to Vicky Aceto and all the volunteers and participating families who helped made last Friday’s PTA Bingo Night a huge success! This event alone brought in over $800 that will go right
back to your children’s classrooms, assemblies, field trips and overall development…fantastic!

 
4) Don’t forget: this Friday night is a chance to get out and see some friends, tire out the kids, and have some fun: join us at Pump It Up in Gaithersburg from 6:30-8:30pm. Cost of admission is $10/child.
Also, please Email agaalaas@cthellmuth.com if you can make/donate a desert for the bake sale.

 
5) Next Monday night (January 30th) will be our first OES Carnival Meeting at 7pm in the Media Center. Please come if you are able to help with this year’s PTA Sponsored Carnival (Sat, March 24th). No
experience (at all!) necessary and you can help with pre-Carnival legwork, onsite help the day of, and/or set-up the day before. Thanks for considering…we need all the support we can get!

2012 Jump Rope for Heart homework assignment

AHA Letter to Parent

Carnival is coming! Make your calendars: March 24th. I’d like to personally issue a giant plea for Mindy Wanat, our PTA Carnival Chairperson…Carnival brings in a large chunk of the money that allows us to give back to OES…$1400 in new centers for the Kindergarten group, new class rugs in every 1st grade room, ELMO’s and LCD projectors and digital cameras for the upper grades…PLEASE consider helping with pre-carnival preparations (Mindy is already in the thick of it!) or with manning a booth and managing teenage helpers on the day off…NO experience or knowledge necessary. Please go to the following Sign Up Genius link to see how you can join in the effort: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/805094EAAAB2F4-olney

A big thanks to the Cultural Arts Committee for bringing Billy B in this week to get our kids up and moving to songs about recycling. Pictures can be viewed on our website (www.olneyespta.org). Ask your kids what they learned about planet Earth too. The next assembly will be on February 10th: more info to come.

Bingo night at OES is this Friday night, January 20th from 6-8pm. A flier should come home in your child’s backpack today. The is a real fun night and I have heard that we have some very very good prizes this year. We hope to see you there!

Keep your eyes open for a flyer with info about a special Family Night Out at Pump It Up in Gaithersburg on January 27th (6:30-8:30pm). The cost of admission will be $10/child and parents are free. OES will also hold a bake sale on site, please contact Anmarie Gaalaas (AGaalaas@CTHellmuth.com) to donate baked goods.

This picture was taken on January 10th at the Cultural Arts Assembly.  Billy B did a great job getting everyone up and moving while learning more about recycling.