OTES and the PTC are hosting our annual book fair and camp sign up night on April 2nd from 3 pm to 7 pm. Come join us and celebrate literacy!
We are pleased to have some wonderful press about our Outdoor Learning Classroom! https://bangordailynews.com/20...
OTES Newsletter for the week of January 25-February 1
Students of all grade levels get to perform for their peers and parents tonight at OTES. Talent show starts at 6 pm and free popcorn and water will be given out by the PTC! We know we have some very talented students here at OTES. Come join the fun
Parents and students were given a Hannaford gift card for their participation at our Pop Up Food Party. This was an activity developed to engage families about healthy options for family meals.
Week 2 at OTES was all about the good food and learning about healthy lifestyles. Students and staff got a lot out of the activities and experiences.
Here's our weekly newsletter for your family. We appreciate all the wonderful activities we've had this week with Nutrition Week at OTES
The D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students) will be meeting next week on January 16th at 6 pm at YAMAS. All Dads welcome!
Each Month we celebrate our students and appreciate each one for their unique spirit. The Learners Are Leaders is a recognition program to celebrate our students for their unique and different talents. The school gathers each month for these recognition ceremonies. Students are always excited to set goals each month and to strive to be better students and humans....
We were pleased to host several realtors at OTES and to showcase our school for the community. We have a lot of celebrate and display in Old Town. Thank you to special tour hosts, Colby Drost, Ava Harvey, Sophia Morgan, Lily Rand, and Karina Dumond.
The K-kids, a service program for our Grade 3-5 students named this year’s officers. President: Ava, Vice President: Colby, Secretary: Lily , Treasurer: Karina
STEM at OTES
OTES provides a wide range of opportunities for students to explore STEM in the classroom and beyond. STEM activities are embedded in the day-to-day learning in every classroom, where students are encouraged to challenge their minds to become better problem solvers and critical thinkers. OTES is home to a Makerspace filled with the technology...
OTES offers music class once a week for grades K-3, which include learning how to sing, create, read, and move to music. Students have a chance to experience a wide variety of music and activities in their younger elementary years. When learning to read music, we start with basic rhythm instruments to read simple passages, and by third grade we read notated music...
Welcome to OTES wellness. During physical education, students will learn a variety of skills, activities, games, and sports that will enhance their physical well- being. It’s all about getting moving and having fun! In addition to physical education, all students that arrive to school by 7:30am are given 40-plus minutes of recess. Our wellness programming...
The learning environment a school creates to develop the learning opportunities for their students is key to the school’s and a student’s success. When students enter into a school they must feel the collective effort to provide an environment ripe for learning. “When a flower does not bloom, you fix the environment, not the flower” Alexander Den Heijer. OTES...
Pam Dunphy and Renee St. Peter participated in Project Learning Tree Training this summer. The program provides classroom teachers with 96 lessons on environmental education which can be infused in science, language arts, social studies, reading, math, art, music, special education, and civics lessons.
In order to implement some of these...
Next Friday, September 28th, we will have another Walk To School Day at OTES. The students and families can meet us at Perkins Street Park at 7:30 am to walk to school on the bike path. This is a great way to start the day and end the school week. We know a healthy start is very important to a good school day.
Old Town Elementary met with the University officials last week to develop our concept for our Outdoor classroom. We are excited to explore our woods in the back of our school and create a space for our student to use as a learning lab. The teachers are already trying to develop their ideas to help support the learning experience for our students. We are trying to...
Each of the bus drivers will be conducting some safety procedures on their bus in the next couple of weeks We just wanted parents to be aware in case some students have fears or anxiety about the bus safety procedures.
Join the PTC! The next meeting will be held, October 3rd at 6 pm. This year's theme is "BRING A FRIEND" in order to promote participation and membership.
OTES Pre-K student walks to the beaver bog broughtthe sounds of nature home with the spring peepersand the occasional tweet of the birds.