Our Sparkle and Shine garden lights display is back this year! Check out the work days and Bright Nights event schedule below. We would love some volunteers to help us bring the holiday cheer starting this Sunday, December 4th from 11am-2pm!
Day of Welcome will finally be here this Friday (postponed from November). Day of Welcome is sponsored by the state of Maine Civil Rights Team Project and our very own OTES Civil Rights Team. Our mission is to make sure everyone feels safe, welcome and respected. On Friday, December 2nd the CRT students are asking everyone to wear their community colors and classrooms are decorating welcome signs and mats. The CRT students have been sharing books with the younger grades this week that promote inclusion and diversity.
Join us virtually for our annual OTES Online Auction. This annual event benefits our PTC and therefore our students. There are many items up for auction including products and services from local vendors and businesses, handmade crafts, rock star parking spaces, reserved concert seating, lunch with Dr. Tuell and Mrs. Mitchell, lots of gift certificates, tickets to local entertainment, the always popular classroom art, and many more items to complete your holiday shopping. There is something for everyone so bid fast and bid often!
The auction will start on Monday 11/28/22 at 5:00 am and end promptly on Friday 12/2/22 at 8:00 pm. Items won can be claimed and paid for at our OTES Holiday Bazaar on Saturday 12/3/22 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.
Auction link -- https://www.32auctions.com/OTESOnlineauction2022
A reminder to complete your Thanksgiving Break Challenge and email a picture of your student with their completed puzzle or activity to michelle.reesman@rsu34.org. We hope you had fun while practicing your patience and perseverance!
Did you watch the parade this morning? Well, here is the OTES version! Ms. St. Peter’s 5th grade class made balloons like the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and recorded their creations in front of the green screen. Mrs. Reesman put it together in imovie and added the parade theme.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10VN__epxLkp0OdukXZbtMW5-yS2SV7FE/view?usp=sharing
Mrs. Reesman also recorded her Balloons Over Broadway read aloud as well:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SSxS5f0q4zpNG3IGAFSzXG0_FZ4V9ER5/view?usp=sharing
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving from OTES! Each year, we challenge our kindergarteners, along with their families, to disguise turkeys. We think these birds will make it through the holiday safely!
Thanksgiving is our first extended break of the year and that means a new break challenge! As you can see, students are very excited to take on this challenge of patience and perseverance.
Listen to the read aloud from Mrs. Reesman. The link can be found on library website, Facebook post, or long link included below. Then, try some of the activities included in the second image over break! Practice playing the game or activity until it is complete. Don’t give up! Take a photo of your finished project or of you playing the game and email it to michelle.reesman@rsu34.org. The Title 1 Family Engagement Funds have provided a puzzle for each student to keep and attempt to complete over break together with their family. Send a photo of you and the completed puzzle for your chance to win your very own copy of “The Little Butterfly That Could,” or various other prizes!
The Little Butterfly That Could By Ross Burach
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gtdyjE8WqyBCZ7MWlY3eWK9E5omo9dE5/view?usp=sharing
Check out a National Geographic children’s video on real-life butterfly migration!
https://video.link/w/4zUAd
Positive messages were seen all over and we collected lots of non-perishable food donations for the Fill the Bus campaign. What a great RSU#34 Spirit Day!
We have a busy two days! Today, Thursday, November 17th our Resource Center is open from 2:30-4:00pm. Tonight, from 5:00-6:30pm is our free Literacy Night family event. No need to RSVP, just come ready for some fun!
Join us tomorrow, Friday, November 18th by 7:05am at Perkins Avenue Park to Walk to School. Also, remember it is an RSU #34 districtwide spirit day. Wear a shirt with a thankful or positive message and bring a non-perishable food donation for our Fill the Bus campaign!
First snow smiles at OTES today!
Picture Retake Day is TOMORROW, Wednesday, November 16th. If your student had their picture taken and you would like retakes, please save your entire package and return it to school on retake day, Wednesday, November 16th. If your student missed picture day, you can also have a retake. Order online at www.mylifetouch.com using code EVT2TB34Q or paper order forms are available in the office. If your student had their picture taken, you like the image, and want to order the existing picture online, visit the same site (above) and use the specific Portrait ID and Access Code from your student’s empty picture envelope.
Starting to shop for those holiday meals? Make sure you download the free BoxTops app and choose Old Town Elementary. Then, easily scan print or digital receipts with your phone and your earnings come right to us! Just a few products can add up quickly and even a receipt with no BoxTops earns us and entry for a $500 prize. This is an easy way to support OTES with what you are already buying! Thank you!
This week, Mrs. Sullivan’s fourth grade students welcomed Veterans Day speakers to their classroom. Pictured here are twin brothers, and former OTES students, Aaron and Jordan Pinkham. Aaron is an Air National Guard pilot. Jordan is a Marine Corps Veteran, works as a firefighter in Milford, and serves in the Air Guard refueling planes. Thank you to all veterans for their service!
A reminder that there is no school tomorrow, Friday, November 11th in honor of Veterans Day. Mrs. Larrabee’s third grade observed the holiday by reading about and creating their own White Table display.
We know tomorrow is Thursday, but we are walking to school because there is no school on Friday. Join us at Perkins Avenue Park by 7:05am!
As part of their Africa study, Mrs. Beaton’s students wrote their names in hieroglyphs and created self portrait profiles in the style of ancient Egyptian art.
MENU CHANGE: Wednesday, November 9th will be ham and cheese sandwich not crispy chicken sandwich.
Here is one last chance to share your thoughts on the RSU #34 elementary level priorities via our online survey. We invite you to fill out this 5 question form: https://forms.gle/jDBMTuE4Nq5pmpB28
What a beautiful Monday morning at OTES!
A few of our fifth graders joined OTHS Key Club members at the Old Town Public Safety Building to plant tulip bulbs for the Yellow Tulip “Smash the Stigma” project to bring hope to others. Yellow tulips will also be planted around the OTES roadside sign and other community locations.
