Holiday Break Challenge: Are You Bored? Let Us Help You With That!
This week, all students will be sent home with our Holiday Vacation Challenge. There is a flier with links to the read aloud and ideas for card games. Each student will come home with a deck of cards as well. Over this holiday break, beat the boredom blues by picking up a game and playing with the people around you! Title 1 Family Engagement funds has provided each student with a deck of cards. Mrs. Reesman has recorded “Barnacle is Bored” for you to listen to online and enjoy. There are so many fun things to do, there’s no reason anyone is bored over break! Send a photo of you playing a card game or other game to Mrs. Reesman (michelle.reesman@rsu34.org) for your chance to win a fun book. Please include your student's name and teacher in the email. The challenge is posted on the library website and Facebook https://sites.google.com/rsu34.k12.me.us/rsu34-library/home?authuser=0
Join us TONIGHT, Thursday, December 22nd from 4:30-7:30 before the storm washes all the snow away tomorrow. We would also love some setup help 2:30-4:30!
What a comfy, cozy PJ Day! Join us tomorrow for our RSU#34 Sparkle Day! Wear your sparkly or bright clothes and bring a personal care item to help those in need sparkle.
Did you know that OTES is a Santa-approved gift storage location? Thank you to all our community partners including Old Town Police, Fire and Rescue, Old Town Canoe, Rotary, Daughters of Isabella, Dead River, OTHS girls basketball, Old Town Housing Authority, Holy Family Parish, Walgreens, and individuals for making our families’ holidays brighter!
A terrific tinsel Tuesday! Join us tomorrow, Wednesday 12/21 for PJ Day!
Sparkle Day December 22, 2022
Let's head into the holidays with lots to sparkle and celebrate.
Bring in a hygiene product for the school's resource center or the community resource cupboard downtown!
We had a great time with flannel and plaid today. Join us tomorrow for Tinsel Tuesday and wear your most festive clothes!
Holiday Library centers are in full swing! 5th graders helped call BINGO and paint nails while 1st graders enjoyed these activities and built
marshmallow igloos.
EDIT: The lights are on every night 4:30pm-8pm through Jan. 7th but Bright Nights are weather dependent. To keep staff and volunteers safe we've decided to cancel cookies and cocoa in the greenhouse tonight.
Please join us for our next Bright Night Friday December 23rd. The lights, cookies and hot cocoa are almost ready to go! Join us tonight, Friday, December 16th and tomorrow, Saturday, December 17th from 4:30-7:30pm for our Bright Nights event. The snow should add to the holiday feel!
Looking for our 2023 Kindergarten Students !!!!
Join us on Monday, December 19 for Flannel and Plaid DAY!!!!
Take and make chili meal kits will be available while supplies last while the RSU #34 Resource Center, located at OTES, is open today, Thursday, December 15th from 2:30-4:00pm.
The RSU #34 Resource Center, located at OTES, will be open tomorrow, Thursday, December 15th from 2:30-4:00pm. Take and make chili meal kits will also be available while supplies last.
Mrs. Lyons’ first graders paired up to create some beautiful evergreen trees and describe them in a way that you’d pick them from the tree farm growing on our main hall.
A reminder about tomorrow, Wednesday, December 14th’s concert.
Every year, our kindergarten team does a whole unit about gingerbread stories. Students learn about the traditional tale, different versions of the story, story elements, and have a lot of fun along the way! This year, the K team also dressed up as gingerbread people for our team challenge!
We're only $425 away from our fundraising goal! Thanks to everyone who has donated so far. The garden couldn't be what it is without all of you. https://donate.seedmoney.org/8115/old-town-elementary-school-learning-garden
Our Learning Garden does amazing things for all our students! This program has started a movement, bringing us outdoor learning spaces, a greenhouse, legacy planting projects for each grade level, the Sparkle and Shine lights display, the Bug Run and Plant Sale and so much more! Please consider a donation, no matter the amount, to support this important part of OTES!
RSU #34 seeks two proposals from qualified bidders to remove and replace 1-2 playground structures at Old Town Elementary School. For details visit: t.ly/mOQZ
We want to share a huge thank you with the community members, staff, and students who made our past two events great! Our Online Auction raised over $5,000 for our OTES PTC. This event was chaired by our own kindergarten teacher and RSU #34 parent, April Smith. Our Holiday Bazaar was a busy and cheerful event that also brought in funds for the OTES PTC as well as many local vendors and groups. This event was co-chaired by our own art teacher and RSU #34 parent, Tiffany Palmer and OTES parent, Lisa Carter. These events could not happen without our entire volunteer crew and our supportive community. Thank you!
It was a beautiful, but chilly final fall walk to school today. Mr. Cyr and his daughter joined us and we cheered on the UMaine ROTC cadets during their 8 mile, heavy pack carrying journey. We love winter, but are already looking forward to Spring walks to school. Thanks to all who joined us this fall!
