Old Town Elementary School

🍂Family Update October 2, 2020🍂 🍂Important Reminders Friday, October 9th: RSU #34 Schools In Session Monday, October 12th: No School in Observance of Indigenous Peoples’ Day 🍂Remote Learning Expectations for ALL Students - Currently in place for 4th, 5th and remote-only learners Please take some time to review these expectations so you are prepared for your student’s remote learning days or should we need to transition to remote learning for in-person students. This remote learning is different than last spring! All work is required, unless noted, and attendance and grades are being recorded. If you have any questions, please reach out to your student’s teacher or the office. Expectations are pictured below and linked here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14POhg96xY84oWXrvVMgUBjwZi4DZy31hVCPYCp5XGDQ/edit?usp=sharing 🍂Lost and Found We are beginning to accumulate lost and found items. If you student is missing something specific, please have them ask their teacher for permission to go to the lost and found. You can also communicate this with the teacher or the office as well. We want to do our best to return items to students, but also maintain hygiene protocols. 🍂Fully Shutting Down Devices We have found that many tech issues can be resolved by fully shutting down the device on a regular basis, such as at the end of each school day. This allows the computer to update and restart when necessary, helping with many issues. Please encourage your student to do this! 🍂Parent Teacher Club (PTC) Meeting Our next PTC meeting will be held on October 7th via ZOOM. Here's the link to the meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89101356863?pwd=MEFSRVlhVlM5RU5pTWI0T2JBWnVZdz09 Meeting ID: 891 0135 6863 Passcode: Pb7vgy Here is this month’s agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zKOhCW2fydWl7fIHUxOizjLC5YllF0X9N7_kCkA-t2I/edit?usp=sharing and the minutes to the September Meeting: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ykTJdzZwfmpIndPlvq7bG39rRkf1r64baHO4z4bTs0w/edit?usp=sharing 🍂No Broadband Internet or Cellular Service If your family lives in a location where there is no broadband or cellular service, please reach out to us at jeanna.tuell@rsu34.org or maggie.mitchell@rsu34.org or 827-1544. The State of Maine is seeking information to meet the needs of our student and staff population. 🍂Walk to School Walk to School Days are some of our favorite days here at OTES! Even given our COVID-19 restrictions, we feel we can make this event fun and safe! Join us on these days at Perkins Avenue Park at 7:20am. Students, staff and families wearing masks and observing physical distancing from others are welcome! We have set up two days during each week, so that students in our hybrid model can participate. Join us on these dates: Friday 10/9, Tuesday 10/13, Friday 10/30, Tuesday 11/3, Friday 11/13, Tuesday 11/17. 🍂Remote Learning Assistance with the Old Town-Orono YMCA The Old Town - Orono YMCA is partnering with RSU #34 to offer remote learning assistance free of charge for all RSU #34 students and families that could use help. The YMCA will be staffed from 7:30a to 2:00p everyday with volunteer tutors and staff to support students who require assistance. Working closely with RSU #34 educators and administration, our goal is to provide a safe and supportive environment for your student. Breakfast and lunch will be provided at no cost by the RSU #34 Food Service Department. There is limited space and priority shall be given to children of essential workers as well as those families with financial need. The funding for this program is provided through a federal grant that is guaranteed through December 30, 2020.For More Information please contact your child's school or Andrew Walker at the Old Town - Orono YMCA at (207) 827-9622 or www.otoymca.org 🍂Thank you for all of your hard work in making the first month of school successful!🍂

At approximately 10:30 this morning, OTES did secure our school briefly, as a precaution. This means that for a short time, students and staff were all brought in the building and remained securely inside. Otherwise, routines and learning went on as normal. At no point was student safety in jeopardy. Please contact us at 827-1544 if you have any questions.

Family Update September 18, 2020 Communication Tools Communication will be critical this year. Here are a few tools to get connected: District/School Website: www.rsu34.org click Sites and Old Town Elementary School Download the free RSU #34 ME app and activate notifications for the district and OTES Connect to the RSU #34 OTES Facebook Page Connect to your student’s classroom Remind app and Facebook group if the teacher sends you information Make sure your student is connected to their SeeSaw (K-3rd) or Google Classroom (4th-5th) page Please make sure we have your updated contact information and reach out to your student’s teacher or the school with any changes or questions! Health Screening and Illness/Symptom Reporting to School It is very important that you are using our at home screener each day. It can be found here on Slide 34. We are asking students if they have had their temperature taken at home and many are answering “no”. At each entry door, we are performing temperature checks daily. When your student is ill, it is very important to accurately report their symptoms to the school. Should you have any specific questions, please reach out to our school nurse, CeCe Costello at cece.costello@rsu34.org or 827-1544 ext. 308 Parent Survey We want your feedback about the start of school! Please take a few minutes to fill out this quick and anonymous survey: https://forms.gle/jMJcMjXMLPHqPU8X8 Extra Masks Please send an extra mask or two in your student’s bag each day. Just like a change of clothes and shoes, this can be helpful in the event a mask gets lost, wet, dirty, or just becomes uncomfortable. Any used masks should be washed before being worn again. Walk to School Days Walk to School Days are some of our favorite days here at OTES! Even given our COVID-19 restrictions, we feel we can make this event fun and safe! Join us on these days at Perkins Park at 7:20am. Students, staff and families wearing masks and observing physical distancing from others are welcome! We have set up two days during each week, so that students in our hybrid model can participate. Join us on: Friday September 25 and Tuesday September 29 Friday October 9 and Tuesday October 13 Friday October 30 and Tuesday November 3 Friday November 13 and Tuesday November 17 4th and 5th Grade 1 to 1 Device Usage Agreement Reminder 4th and 5th grade families, please fill out the 1 to 1 Device Usage Agreement that was sent home, if you have not already. Please fill out the form regardless of your current need for a device. Should you need a device in the future, your student will be able to get one right away if you have signed the agreement.

Family Update September 11, 2020 Thank you! Thank you to all our students, staff and families for a great first week of school! While we have faced a few challenges, we had a very positive start to the school year! Arrival Times Finalized We wanted to see how arrival would work this week before making a final determination of times. All students can be dropped off between 7:30-8:00 am. Please do not aim for 8:00 as your student will be rushed and late. Students go directly to their community entrance and classroom for activities and breakfast as soon as they arrive. Breakfast is free for all students through December 31st. Students arriving at OTES or their classrooms after 8:05 am will be considered Tardy. At Home Health Screener Families are required to screen their students daily for a fever and signs of illness. Please use the screener document sent home with each student or found here on Slide 34. Many students are reporting they have not had their temperature taken in the morning. Dismissal Times Finalized We also wanted to see how dismissal would work this week before making a final determination of times there as well. Going forward, bus dismissal will begin at 2:00pm with a goal of busses leaving OTES by 2:15. Walkers and pickups will begin to be dismissed at 2:15pm. 4th and 5th Grade Devices 4th and 5th grade families, please be on the lookout for a notice being sent home about the use of school devices at home. Regardless of your need for a device, please read this notice and sign the agreement. This will ensure that we can get a device to you quickly should the need arise. Remote-Only Student Learning Materials Pick Up Materials will be available for pick up on Wednesday the 16th, Thursday the 17th, and Friday the 18th at OTES. Please see information from your classroom teacher for details. Fire Drill Today At 9:30 this morning we conducted a fire drill. At no point was there a real fire alarm or any danger. Students and staff did an amazing job exiting the building safely and quickly. Reminders Gaitors and vented masks are not allowed. Please send a snack and a water bottle with your student daily Please keep a change of clothes, mask, and shoes in your student’s backpack if possible If you have not returned your school paperwork, please do so ASAP

Today at 9:30am OTES conducted a fire drill. At no point was there a real fire alarm or any danger. Students and staff did an amazing job exiting the building safely and quickly.

End of Day Student Pick Up Reminders 🚗Student pick up begins at 2:15 after buses have been loaded. 🚗 Families can park in the front lot and walk to pick up their student. Please wait on the sidewalk or on the grass strip along the front left side of the building away from the gathered students. A mask is required if you are outside your vehicle. 🚗 Families driving up in the pick up loop should have students who are capable of loading and buckling themselves. If your student cannot do this, please park and walk up to get them. Parking is not allowed in the drop off/pick up loop. 🚗 Please talk to your student about what your car looks like so they can keep an eye out for you and encourage them to listen for their name. Teachers will be reminding their students as well. 🚗 Use caution around our crosswalk as it is a very busy area. 🚗Thank you for your patience as we manage this very busy time!

Missed Open House? If you did, then you should be receiving a call from your student's teacher letting you know that their paperwork and first day materials are ready to pick up in the office. This is important for all, but critically important for hybrid students on the Thursday/Friday schedule so that they have what they need for remote learning on our first day of school, Tuesday, September 8th! Materials for students who missed Open House are available: Monday, August 31st 8am-2pm Tuesday, September 1st 8am-2pm Wednesday, September 2nd 8am-6pm Thursday, September 3rd 8am-2pm Questions? Please contact your student's teacher or OTES at 827-1544.

🍎Open Houses will be held from 5-6pm this week! TONIGHT, Tuesday 8/25 for grades 1 and 3 Wednesday 8/26 for grades 2 and 4 Thursday 8/27 for grades K and 5 🍎Students and one parent/guardian are invited to attend an Open House event for their grade level. 🍎Students will be able to meet their teacher team, tour their two rooms in small groups, and learn about procedures for the first day of school. If you are unsure of your classroom placement, we will help you at the event. 🍎Parents/guardians will be able to receive and fill out school year forms and information outside. Please bring your own pen if you would like. New parents/guardians or those who feel it is necessary to see the classrooms may also request to do so. 🍎Kindergarten, first and second grade families should park in the bus or parent drop off loops. Third, fourth and fifth grade families should park in the parking lots. Then, head to the front/right side of the school where you will be directed to your community. 🍎 4th and 5th grade hybrid students attending in person on the Thursday and Friday schedule will be able to pick up materials for the first days of remote learning and 4th and 5th grade families who responded that they were in need of a device will be able to pick this up as well. 🍎Remote-Only Students: Your teacher will be scheduling a virtual "Meet the Teacher " event soon. Devices and materials for your students will be available Monday, August 31- Thursday, September 3rd from 8am-2pm daily. Pick up will also be available until 6pm on Wednesday, September 2nd. ❗️The following COVID-19 precautions will be in place: ❗️If you are feeling ill or have traveled to a restricted state within 14 days of this Open House, please do not attend. ❗️Masks/face coverings are required for students and adults ❗️Physical distancing practices will be in place. ❗️Hand hygiene practices will be in place. 📞 Questions? Please call us at 827-1544.

The first day of school will be Tuesday, September 8, 2020.

Important clarification on OTES student schedules: At OTES, ➡️Students in Kindergarten as well as 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade will attend school in-person 5 days a week. At this point, the hybrid model is not an option for students in grades K, 1, 2 and 3. ➡️Students in 4th and 5th grade will follow a hybrid model and will attend school in-person 2 days a week (either Monday/Tuesday or Thursday/Friday) and will participate in remote instruction on the other three days. ➡️Students whose families chose the remote only option will participate in remote instruction five days a week. Families should have received a letter or email notifying them of their student's schedule and teaching team. Please contact us at OTES if you have any questions.

Required parent form for RSU #34 students - Fall 2020 Dear Parents/Guardians of RSU #34 Children, Our district has put together a form through which parents/guardians will inform the schools of their family’s plans and needs for the upcoming start to the school year. Please submit one form per RSU #34 student in order for us to coordinate family plans PreK-12. We estimate this form will take no more than 5 minutes per student to complete. Please submit this form as soon as possible and no later than Friday, July 31st. You can watch the presentation of our planning to the School Board here: https://www.rsu34.org/article/272060?org=rsu-34 RSU #34 anticipates needing to move flexibly between three “lanes” in 2020-2021, depending on things such as community transmission rates of the novel coronavirus and the rates of student and staff illnesses with symptoms similar to COVID-19. These lanes are: fully remote learning, a combination of in-person and remote learning, and in-person learning five days per week. Families that wish to participate remotely all year long may do so. More details and background about the district’s plan can be found here (tinyurl.com/y9o23gmk). Here is the link to the form: https://forms.gle/qzbHRsjgZQuNAkuNA Any questions should be directed to the building principal of your student. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. We thank you for your hard work, patience, and community spirit supporting our children throughout the pandemic. Sincerely, RSU #34 Planning Team

Final Remote Learning Family/Public Update 6/12/20 ✅Attendance Check In Attendance has been taken today for the final time, so please contact your student's teacher about their week if you have not done so already. ⛳️Virtual Field Day If you participated in any Virtual Field Day activities, make sure you submit your scores today! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZAqUP2DS2fcYY4v0Ukv_w0dvC1y0-reSGg60fCs0Yag/present?fbclid=IwAR2_x488Mg9QFehTVTENMRLIVnOsXjWu_8d5ArsRDeMCis3GbfGz28oTH8k&slide=id.p 📩Report Cards Report cards have been issued for the 2019-2020 school year. Students attending their end of year celebrations received their report card in person. Students or additional custodial parents/guardians who were not in attendance will receive their student’s report card in the mail. If you have any questions or concerns about your student’s report card, please reach out to the teacher first, and then Dr. Tuell or Mrs. Mitchell if you have further issues. Typically, your student’s teacher for the following year is listed on the report card, however classroom placements will not be made until August this year and families will be notified at that time. 📝Missed Packets/Make Up Work If your student missed any weeks of remote learning and you would like to cover those packets over the summer, all weeks at all grade levels are available in the OTES vestibule Monday through Friday from 8am-2pm for easy pick up. 📚OTES Library Book Return OTES Library books can be returned at OTES next week Monday through Friday from 8am-2pm. If you have a book to return and cannot make these hours, please contact us here at school at 827-1544. Thank you for returning our school’s books! 🍎Thursday, June 18th Meal Pick Up Free student meals will be available on a first-come-first-served basis on Thursday, June 18th at OTHS from 10am-12pm and a summer meal schedule will be shared soon. Call 827-3908 to reserve your student’s meal or visit www.rsu34.org, our RSU #34 ME app, or follow the RSU #34 Food Service Facebook page for updates. 🌠Coming Soon! Next week, we will post about the launch of our Online Summer Book Fair and summer learning opportunities! These will include a fun school-wide reading challenge, summer activity game boards, and virtual options for K-2 and 3-5. Check out your report card envelopes and watch for those posts. We will also be sharing fun pictures and videos as we look back on our incredible year!

Remote Learning Family/Public Update 6/11/20 We have been so busy with celebrations, that we haven't posted an update. Here is the latest information! 🚌 Final Meal Distribution TODAY, Thursday, June 11th! Meal Pick Up Thursday, June 18th Today, Thursday, June 11th, we will distribute a week’s worth of meals via buses for the final time this spring. Meals will be available Thursday, June 18th at OTHS from 10am-12pm and a summer meal schedule will be shared soon. Visit www.rsu34.org, our RSU #34 ME app, or follow the RSU #34 Food Service Facebook page for updates. ⛳️Virtual Field Day Mrs. Beaulieu has launched an amazing virtual at-home field day! Check it out, complete the fun activities, and submit your score card. Questions? Email her at lisa.beaulieu@rsu34.org https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZAqUP2DS2fcYY4v0Ukv_w0dvC1y0-reSGg60fCs0Yag/present?fbclid=IwAR2_x488Mg9QFehTVTENMRLIVnOsXjWu_8d5ArsRDeMCis3GbfGz28oTH8k&slide=id.p 🏅Gift Certificate Winners Yesterday, we entered all of the OTES students who completed their work last week into an online spinner and found five random winners of gift cards to local businesses. Thank you to the Old Town-Orono Kiwanis as well as the Warren Rand Memorial Fund and Richard May Memorial Fund for sponsoring these gift cards! These gift cards will arrive in the mail soon! We will be holding drawings like this each week, so keep up the good work! This week's winners were: Griffin T. in kindergarten to IGA Quinn C. in kindergarten to Governor’s Logan B. in 5th grade to Pat’s Aubrey S. in 4th grade to OTO Raelynn B. in 1st grade to Hannaford 📚OTES Library Book Return OTES Library books can be returned at OTES next week Monday through Friday from 8am-2pm. If you have a book to return and cannot make these hours, please contact us here at school at 827-1544. Thank you for returning our school’s books! 🎉Drive Through Celebrations Thank you to all the families who have attended celebrations so far and who are planning to attend today. We hope that these drive up visits have provided a sense of closure and celebration with your student’s teacher. While they are not the summer send offs we envisioned, we have been thrilled to see so many students and families! Celebrations remaining are below. Please remember we will all be practicing safe interactions, either staying in vehicles or keeping a 6 foot distance and wearing masks. All of these celebrations are voluntary and a “goodbye” can be arranged with your teacher if you feel uncomfortable attending. 3️⃣Thursday, June 11th Third Grade 2-3pm Red Community (Mrs.Gilbert, Mrs.White and Mrs.Reinzo) 3-4pm Yellow Community (Mrs.Doty and Mrs.Sullivan) 2️⃣Thursday, June 11th Second Grade 4-6pm for Ms. LaBree, Mrs. Vose, Mrs. Sugar and Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Keane has her own celebration scheduled

Remote Learning Family/Public Update 6/5/20 👍Great Job and One Week Left! The last day of school will be Friday, June 12th. Keep up the great work for one more week! We had 93% of OTES students present for remote learning as of this afternoon. If your student and family have been participating all along, keep it up! If you have had your challenges throughout this time, let’s finish on a good note. This last week offers learning, fun, and an important sense of closure for your student! 🎉Drive Through Celebrations We will be celebrating each grade with a drive through event at OTES sometime next week. Please check in with your student’s teacher for specifics. We will be observing social distancing precautions during this time and ask that you do as well. All of these celebrations are voluntary and a “goodbye” can be arranged with your teacher if you feel uncomfortable attending. 4️⃣EDITED: Monday, June 8th Fourth Grade 3-4pm Yellow Community (Mrs. DeFroscia, Mrs.Thompson and Mrs.Ouellette), 4:15-5:15pm Red Community (Mr. Rand and Mrs. Dexter) 🔷Tuesday, June 9th Kindergarten 4-6pm 5️⃣Wednesday, June 10th 5th grade 11-11:30am Ms.St. Peter, 11:30am-12pm Ms. Madden, 12-12:30pm Mrs. Miller, 12:30-1pm Mrs. LaFrance, 1-1:30pm Mrs.Feero 1️⃣Wednesday, June 10th First Grade 4-6pm 3️⃣Thursday, June 11th Third Grade 2-3pm Red Community (Mrs.Gilbert, Mrs.White and Mrs.Reinzo) 3-4pm Yellow Community (Mrs.Doty and Mrs.Sullivan) 2️⃣Thursday, June 11th Second Grade 4-6pm for Ms. LaBree, Mrs. Vose, Mrs. Sugar and Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Keane has her own celebration scheduled ☎️Teacher End of Year Phone Call Throughout the next week, your student’s teacher will be reaching out with a direct phone call to you. Please take a few minutes to answer or call them back at your convenience. They will be covering a couple important things on their call: 📞Your feedback specific to their class and OTES 📞The summer learning opportunities being offered by our district 📞The status of your district issued laptop (if you have one) 📞Checking in with your student 🗣Reach Out To Your Student’s Teacher About Work Completion Each Friday, we take attendance at OTES for the week. In order for your student to be marked as present for the week, we must have documentation of their work. Also, if at any time your student makes up work at a later date, please contact the teacher! Make up packets from past weeks are available at OTES through June 18th from 8am-2pm.

Remote Learning Family/Public Update 6/3/20 🚌 Work Packet and Meal Distribution TOMORROW, Thursday, June 4th! A reminder that required student work packets for next week, June 8th-June 12th, the last week of the school year, will be available by bus TOMORROW, Thursday, June 4th! This will be the only bus distribution of that week's materials. Please go out to your bus stop and ASK for the packets you need. Your other options are to: Access the materials digitally at www.rsu34.org or pick packets up tomorrow 6/4 or Friday 6/5 at OTES, VRS or AES from 8am-2pm, or tomorrow, Thursday 6/4, at the OTHS meal pick up site from 10am-12pm. Packets from past weeks are also available online and at OTES for any work that needs to be made up. 🍎Meal Distribution for June 11th and June 18th On Thursday, June 11th, we will distribute a week’s worth of meals via buses for the final time this spring. Meals will be available Thursday, June 18th at OTHS from 10am-12pm and a summer meal schedule will be shared soon. 🏅Gift Certificate Winners Today we entered all of the OTES students who completed their work last week into an online spinner and found five random winners of gift cards to local businesses. Thank you to the Old Town-Orono Kiwanis as well as the Warren Rand Memorial Fund and Richard May Memorial Fund for sponsoring these gift cards! These gift cards will arrive in the mail soon! We will be holding drawings like this each week, so keep up the good work! This week's winners were: Oliva T. in 3rd grade to IGA Zoe U. in kindergarten to Governor’s Makailyn H. in kindergarten to Governor’s Olivia S. in 2nd grade to OTO Maice S. in 5th grade to Hannaford

Remote Learning Family/Public Update 6/1/20 📚Library Book Return OTES Library books (the books your students checked out from our school library before the physical school closure) can be returned to the vestibule at OTES Monday through Friday 8am to 2pm. We will also be offering a drop off box during any drive through grade level celebrations. ✏️In Case You Forgot… If you have not let your student’s teacher know about their work completion for last week or any previous weeks, please do so as soon as possible so your student can be marked present. This also goes for any make up work your student completes. Let their teacher know and we will update their attendance! ☎️Teacher End of Year Phone Call Throughout the next two weeks, your student’s teacher will be reaching out with a direct phone call to you. Please take a few minutes to answer or call them back at your convenience. They will be covering a couple important things on their call: 📞Your feedback specific to their class and OTES 📞The summer learning opportunities being offered by our district 📞The status of your district issued laptop (if you have one) 📞Checking in with your student 🥞 LAST CALL Anymore family breakfast pictures out there? Please email them to maggie.mitchell@rsu34.org

Remote Learning Family/Public Update 5/29/20 🎉Great Job and the Countdown is On! Keep up the great work! We had 91% of OTES students present for remote learning as of this afternoon! We have two weeks left in the school year. If your student and family have been participating all along, keep it up! If you have had your challenges throughout this time, let’s finish on a good note. These last two weeks still have a lot of learning and FUN to offer your student! ☎️Teacher End of Year Phone Call Throughout the next two weeks, your student’s teacher will be reaching out with a direct phone call to you. Please take a few minutes to answer or call them back at your convenience. They will be covering a couple important things on their call: 📞Your feedback specific to their class and OTES 📞The summer learning opportunities being offered by our district 📞The status of your district issued laptop (if you have one) 📞Checking in with your student 🗣Reach Out To Your Student’s Teacher: Attendance or Otherwise Each Friday, we take attendance at OTES for the week. In order for your student to be marked as present for the week, we must have documentation of their work. This documentation can come in many forms from online work submission, to pictures, a phone conversation, an email, or a message. If you have concerns about work completion or if circumstances are making it challenging to complete work, please reach out to your student’s teacher about this as well. We have many resources to support you! Also, if at any time your student makes up work at a later date, please contact the teacher! Make up packets from past weeks are available at OTES. 🥪FREE Community Supper The Old Town United Methodist Church located at 726 Stillwater Avenue in Old Town is offering a drive through brown bag “suppah” form 5-6pm TONIGHT, Friday, May 29th. Supper includes subs, chips, fruit juice and cookies or granola bars. One person per vehicle can pick up one bag per family member. 🥞 Anymore family breakfast pictures out there? Please email them to maggie.mitchell@rsu34.org

🚌 Work Packet and Meal Distribution TOMORROW, Thursday, May 28th! A reminder that required student work packets for next week, June 1st-June 5th, will be available by bus TOMORROW, Thursday, May 28tht! This will be the only bus distribution of that week's materials. Please go out to your bus stop and ASK for the packets you need.Your other options are to: Access the materials digitally at www.rsu34.org or pick packets up tomorrow 5/28 or Friday 5/29 at OTES, VRS or AES from 8am-2pm, or tomorrow, Thursday 5/28, at the OTHS meal pick up site from 10am-12pm. Packets from past weeks are also available online and at OTES for any work that needs to be made up. 🏅Gift Certificate Winners Today we entered all of the OTES students who completed their work last week into an online spinner and found five random winners of gift cards to local businesses. Thank you to the Old Town-Orono Kiwanis as well as the Warren Rand Memorial Fund and Richard May Memorial Fund for sponsoring these gift cards! These gift cards will arrive in the mail soon! We will be holding drawings like this each week, so keep up the good work! This week's winners were: Aurora C. in kindergarten to IGA Wesley O. in 4th grade to Governor's Rosie W. in 3rd grade to Pat’s Pizza Mabel P. in 5th grade to OTO Edith L. in 2nd grade to Hannaford 🔐Library “Reading is the Key to Learning” Winners Quite a few students participated in our library challenge, accessing the website and finding the hidden golden keys. All participants were put into a drawing and Mr. Mayer- not Mrs. Mayer!- picked three random winners. These students will be mailed a $10 Dairy Queen gift card. The library website is always a great place to visit! https://sites.google.com/a/rsu34.k12.me.us/rsu-34-elementary-school-libraries/ Cassidy S. in Mrs. Stevens’ second grade Alyssa S. in Mrs. White’s third grade Brianna H. in Mrs. Thompson’s fourth grade 🥞Family Breakfast Today would have been our Annual Family Breakfast. While we are sad that we can't gather together to celebrate an amazing year and the families we love, we encourage your family to eat breakfast together. If you'd like to send a picture to Mrs. Mitchell at maggie.mitchell@rsu34.org, she will share these later on this week.

Remote Learning Family/Public Update 5/22/20 👋Reach Out To Your Student’s Teacher: Attendance or Otherwise Each Friday, we take attendance at OTES for the week. In order for your student to be marked as present for the week, we must have documentation of their work. This documentation can come in many forms from online work submission, to pictures, a phone conversation, an email, or a message. If you have concerns about work completion or if circumstances are making it challenging to complete work, please reach out to your student’s teacher about this as well. We have many resources to support you! Also, if at any time your student makes up work at a later date, please contact the teacher! Make up packets from past weeks are available at OTES. 🇺🇸Memorial Day School buildings will be closed and no required work will be assigned on Monday, May 25th in observance of Memorial Day. If you usually pick up a packet on Monday, packet pick up will be available at AES, OTES and VRS on Tuesday, May 26th from 8am-2pm.

Remote Learning Family/Public Update 5/20/20 🚌 Work Packet and Meal Distribution TOMORROW, Thursday, May 21st! A reminder that required student work packets for next week, May 25th-29th, will be available by bus TOMORROW, Thursday, May 21st! This will be the only bus distribution of that week's materials. Please go out to your bus stop and ASK for the packets you need.Your other options are to: Access the materials digitally at www.rsu34.org or pick packets up tomorrow 5/21 or Friday 5/22 at OTES, VRS or AES from 8am-2pm, or tomorrow, Thursday 5/21, at the OTHS meal pick up site from 10am-12pm. Packets from past weeks are also available at online and at OTES for any work that needs to be made up. 🇺🇸Memorial Day School buildings will be closed and no required work will be assigned on Monday, May 25th in observance of Memorial Day. 🏅Gift Certificate Winners Today we entered all of the OTES students who completed their work last week into an online spinner and found five random winners of gift cards to local businesses. Thank you to the Old Town-Orono Kiwanis as well as the Warren Rand Memorial Fund and Richard May Memorial Fund for sponsoring these gift cards! These gift cards will arrive in the mail soon! We will be holding drawings like this each week, so keep up the good work! This week's winners were: Tripp L. in 4th grade to IGA Ivanna K. in 3rd grade to Governor's Emilee F. in 2nd grade to Governor’s Alexis H. in 5th grade to OTO Cameron C. in kindergarten to Hannaford 📦Food Boxes The RSU #34 Resource Center, in collaboration with Good Shepard Food Bank and private donations, has boxes of non-perishable food available to families in need. If you would like to pick up or possibly have one of these boxes delivered, please contact jennifer.goodwin@rsu34.org or 370-8564.