Families: We will host a holiday food drive November 27-December 8, 2023. Please click on the flyer for details.
Parent/Teacher Conference: November20: 2pm-8pm & November 21: 8am-1pm
Families: We invite you to our Quarter 1 Awards Ceremony, where we will honor our students' excellence through Honor Roll, Perfect Attendance, Top ELA/Math/Innovation Achievements, Citizenship, and Rising Stars. We hope you can join us!
Families: Join us for Family Reading Night (Camp Read S'more) next Friday, November 17th from 6:30-7:30 PM. Our Scholastic Book Fair will also be open during this time.
Volunteers are needed to help open, operate, and close OLS's Scholastic Book Fair on November 15th, 16th, and 17th (anytime between 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM). If you are available to volunteer your time, please contact Ms. Paterimos. Her contact information is on the flyer.
More FUN at the Fall Fest today!
Our students had FUN at the district's Fall Fest today!
Ms. Clayton took her students to our brand new Game Room!
There is NO SCHOOL on Friday November 10th. We will be observing Veterans Day. School and District office hours will resume Monday, November 13th.
Our Fall Festival is tomorrow for all primary schools and Barack Obama School! We invite students to wear costumes if you wish. It will be a great day with lots of fun!
Hello SD 163 Families. Please see the click on the link regarding report cards: https://5il.co/282cl
OLS will be hosting a Scholastic Book Fair November 15-21. Students will have an opportunity to preview and shop for books during the school day. In addition, the Book Fair will be open during Family Reading Night on November 17th from 6:30-7:30 PM and during Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences on November 20th and 21st.
View the Scholastic Book Fair link here: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/barackobamaldrshipnstem1
Thank you to the families who came out to our Family Math Night event! Students engaged in hands-on math activities as they "fell into Math" for the fall season.
Our 5th-grade students enjoyed a change in indoor recess this week by engaging in a "seated ball relay" game.
Tonight is Light's On Afterschool in X-STEAM. The event is to call attention to the importance of afterschool programs for America's children, families, and communities. We celebrated with a "Taste of Measurement" where children made recipes using their math skills!
Families: Join us for our October PTO meeting tonight at 6:30 PM online! Click on the flyer/agenda for more information and for the online access links.
https://5il.co/27oe4
Thank you to the families who came out to OLS's Hispanic Heritage Month celebration night! We had a wonderful time learning about and breaking open pinatas, creating a Guatemalan craft, enjoying delicious Mexican pastries and hot chocolate, playing Spanish BINGO, and providing each child with a piece of literature in Spanish for their home library. If you could not attend our event, we invite you to stop by OLS and view our beautiful atrium that has been transformed via Hispanic culture. If you stop by to view our atrium, stop in the main office and your child will receive a book in Spanish for his/her home library.
Tuesday, October 17th, is an Early Dismissal Day. Students will be served lunch and dismissed at 12:30PM. All bus riders will depart at 12:30pm. Pre-Kindergarteners with be dismissed at 10:45am. There will be no afternoon Pre-Kindergarten classes or X-STEAM.
Dia De Los Muertos is a traditional Hispanic celebration that takes place on November 1 and 2. It is a day dedicated to honoring and celebrating our loved ones who have passed away. OLS will be honoring this tradition throughout the fall holiday season. Students are invited to bring in a photo of their loved ones. Please view the flyer for additional information.
Ms. Clayton's students created a PowerPoint presentation to teach Spanish words/vocabulary.
