The Scholastic Book Fair starts Monday, November 13th at OES, OMS & OHS. Students and staff can visit the Book Fair all week long. OES will even have the opportunity for Families to visit during Parent Teacher Conferences on Tuesday night. All purchases benefit our school libraries.
This week’s Omro Staff Spotlight features Ms. Alesha Neitzke. She is a reading intervention teacher, supporting students at both H.B. Patch and Omro Elementary. Alesha is in her thirteenth year here in Omro, and fourteenth year in education.
Alesha likes to spend time reading ,working out, camping, gardening, and spending time with her kids and friends.
When asked about a favorite motivational saying, she shared a quote by Lady Bird Johnson, “Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.”
Thank you, Ms. Neitzke, for all you do for our students!
Second grade students had a great time playing Nutrition Bingo with Mr. Manuel during Health class!
The newsletter for the week ending on November 2, 2023 can be found at https://www.smore.com/anjgtu.
COPS Grant
The School District of Omro is honored and excited to announce they are being awarded $500,000 as part of the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) grant. “The COPS Office of Community School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) is a competitive award program designed to provide funding to improve security at schools and on school grounds in the grantee’s jurisdiction through evidence-based school safety programs” (US Department of Justice: “COPS Fact Sheet” October, 2023).
Interesting Facts:
~ Omro is one of the 206 selected applications from the 1,022 submitted
~ Omro was one of a select few to receive the full $500,000, which is the largest grant awarded of the eight recipients in the state of Wisconsin
The District anticipates beginning the project during the current 2023-2024 school year, and looks forward to enhancing safety in the buildings for all students, staff, and community members.
No School Today (Friday, November 3, 2023) for students.
What weird Halloween weather! 2nd graders having winter fun in October!
Congratulations to our Fox Paw winners from H.B. Patch and OES for the week ending on November 2, 2023. Thanks for exemplifying the Fox Four of being safe, responsible, respectful, and positive!
Día de los Muertos is a colorful celebration and a time to remember loved ones. The holiday originated in Mexico, but is now celebrated all over Latin America on November 1-2. Some common elements include ofrendas or altars, calaveras de azúcar or sugar skulls, marigolds and pan de muerto.
This year, Mrs. Babcock's second grade class had a special learning experience about Dia de los Muertos led by one of their classmates.
Melissa and her mom made pan de muerto for the class to try, which is bread of the dead. Additionally, Melissa wrote a poem and read it to the class. What a leader! Way to shine Melissa!!
The newsletter for the week ending October 27, 2023 is now available.
https://www.smore.com/nxm5qe
Here are our first Fox Paw winners of the new school year from H.B. Patch & OES. Great job following the Fox Four Expectations of being safe, being responsible, being respectful, and being positive!
School Picture Day for H.B. Patch and OES is Thursday, September 14th
All students will have their picture taken, regardless if parents purchase a picture package. Pictures are used for our yearbook.
Parents can order pictures online or send a printed order form and payment with their child to be given to the photographer on picture day. Picture orders must be placed between July 1st - Sept 12th to get free shipping to school.
(Picture day for OMS and OHS is Friday, September 8th)
The PTO is accepting donations of new or gently used sports equipment for the elementary and middle school students to use during recess.
Students in Mrs. Babcock's second grade students wrote biographies for their peers to celebrate the end of the year and new friendships made! It was so meaningful!!!
Recently, David Gjertson from Gjertson Design (a Wisconsin native and a student's great uncle) zoomed in live from Atlanta to talk to Mrs. Geracie's 4th grade class about his work as a landscape architect/urban planner and his son, Eric's, work as a 3D character artist/animator.
He shared drawings from projects he has done over the years, showed tools that he uses, and talked about his education and how he got to where he is today. He then shared his son's journey from doodling as an elementary student up through the work he currently does designing characters for video games. The meeting wrapped up with a tutorial on how to sketch and all students had a chance to sketch a barn/silo scene while he sketched them as a class. It was a fantastic opportunity and fun was had by all!
Thank you, Mr. Gjertson, for taking time out of your busy schedule to connect with our students here in Omro!
To finish up a Math Bridges, second graders completed a STEM type experiment with marbles and ramps. The students experimented with different ramp lengths to see if that affected the distance the marble rolled.
Ms. Downs' 3rd grade class became published authors last week!
The students wrote paragraphs about their heroes- someone who has had a positive influence on their life and exhibits heroic qualities. Students wrote about their parents, teachers, coaches, etc. Students also created their own illustrations to go with their paragraphs. The students then took their paragraphs through the writing process, making sure it was ready for the final step- publishing!
The published book, "Our Book of Heroes", has arrived and now they have their own piece of published writing to keep forever! Ms. Downs is very proud of their dedication and hard work.
Here are last weeks Fox Paw winners from H.B. Patch, OES, and OMS. Great job following the Fox Four Expectations of being safe, being responsible, being respectful, and being positive!
There is much excitement on the OES playground with a killdeer pair nesting on our playground! The students are delighted everyday to see the birds guarding their four speckled eggs. The mom and dad take turns sitting on the eggs and keeping a watchful eye amidst the playing children. Everyone at OES has been respectful and responsible to give this pair their space and observe the progress. Another reminder of what makes Omro a wonderful place to be!
Ms. Downs' 3rd grade and Mr. Carlson's high school AP Chemistry class partnered up for some chemistry demonstrations in the OES Science Lab!
