We forgot to add this annual event to our last Family Update. Get some holiday shopping done and support OTES during our 10th Annual Online Auction! Items are open for the public to bid on, so please feel free to share this event with friends and family as well!
Join us virtually for our 10th Annual OTES Online Auction. This annual event benefits our PTC and therefore our students. There are many items up for auction including products and services from local vendors and businesses, handmade crafts, rock star parking spaces, reserved concert seating, lunch with Dr. Tuell and Mrs. Mitchell, lots of gift certificates, tickets to local entertainment, the always popular classroom art (see pictures below), and many more items to complete your holiday shopping. There is something for everyone so bid fast and bid often! The auction will start on Monday 11/27/23 at 5:00 am and end promptly on Friday 12/1/23 at 8:00 pm. Items won can be claimed and paid for at our OTES Holiday Bazaar on Saturday 12/2/23 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Items will be updated regularly until our event goes live on November 27th!
Auction link -- https://www.32auctions.com/OTESOnlineauction2023
UPDATE! This story will now air on Friday. Check out OTES Friday, November 17th, on WABI Channel 5!
It is no secret that Maine recently went through some tragic events. The Carmichael family decided to brighten our day during that time with a treat for every single student! Thank you for your kindness!
The Mini Book Fair is Coming!
Here’s what you need to know! The Mini Book Fair will take place Monday, November 27th through Saturday, December 2nd. From November 27th to December 1st, students and families can shop before and after school 7-8am and 2-3pm. Then the Book Fair will be set up at the OTES Bazaar on Saturday, December 12th from 9am-2pm in the gym for your holiday shopping needs!
Visit our Book Fair homepage to learn more and get started with eWallet and online shopping. Online shopping starts on 11/27. https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/oldtownelementaryschool3
A reminder that there is no school tomorrow, Friday, November 10, in honor of Veterans Day. Thank you to all who have served!
Our Civil Rights Team is preparing for the Day of Welcome tomorrow, by sharing books with an inclusive message in classrooms. Their mission is to make sure people feel safe, welcome, and respected at OTES
This week in the art studio several fourth grade students felt the need to create signs with positive messages and reminders of how others should be treated. The signs are on display around the school.
OTES is looking for a substitute for the months of November, December and January to fill the role of an educational technician (one-on-one or small group support) in our K-2 special education program. Ed. Tech. certification is not required. If you are interested, please contact Maggie Mitchell at 207-827-1544 or maggie.mitchell@rsu34.org. The application is available here: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/628/RSU_34/2315313/22-23_SUB_PACKET.pdf
Join us TONIGHT, Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 6 pm in the OTES Library for our monthly PTC meeting!
Agenda
1. Welcome
2. PCHC Update and School-Based Clinic
3. Holiday Bazaar
4. Update on Inclusive Space
5. Parent Night AT OTES?
6. Other?
Next Meeting December 6, 2023
Happy first snow!
We were lucky to have a group of Old Town Firefighters visit us this week to help during lunch blocks, talk, and eat with our students. The kids loved having them!
Lost and Found is overflowing already! Take a look and have your student ask permission to go get their item. You can also email their teacher to help remind them.
Thank you to our PTC for purchasing these parent resources! OTES school counselors, Mrs. Lunn and Mrs. Wilcox, will have them available as needed for families to sign out. Please feel free to reach out via phone or email. Mrs. Lunn and Mrs. Wilcox are also working on adding a tab/link to Mrs. Reesman’s library page, https://sites.google.com/rsu34.k12.me.us/rsu34-library/home with links to parenting resources. Finally, be on the lookout for a parent Book Talk about Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy coming in January!
These fourth graders are practicing their fluency with fun reader's theater scripts. Reader's theater is a small play which students practice, but don't memorize, in order to read with accuracy, appropriate speed, and expression to build a better understanding of what is being read. These skills then carry over to other reading as well.
Shared from our community: Husson Occupational Therapy students are hosting a sensory friendly trick or treat next week on October 26th.
Hope you will join in for our District Spirit Day on October 27th! We will all be wearing PINK in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness. A $1.00 donation can be made here at OTES and the proceeds will go to the Layfette Center.
Shared from our community: Check out this event to support our local food cupboard. Tonight, Monday, October 16th at Governor's.
Shared from our community: Here are a few area Trunk or Treats!
Do you need a pumpkin for the book character pumpkin decorating contest? UMaine's farm donated these beautiful pumpkins today. Come grab one for free, decorate it with your student, and bring it into school no later than this Monday, October 16th!
The OTES Civil Rights Club has stated for this school year. The 4th and 5th grade group is 75 students strong! Their mission is to make sure everyone feels SAFE, WELCOME and RESPECTED at OTES.
