A Message from Mrs. Lynch

It’s hard to believe it is time for our winter break! Today was such a fun day at Oak Trace with our all

school sing-a-long and parties! This week we had many boys and girls out sick, so I hope everyone will be

able to get well over the holidays!

Congratulations to our Choir for their performance at the Indiana State Museum!

Learning Clubs will start back up the week we return from break.

This week we mourned the passing of two Oak Trace mothers. Please keep the Schneider family and Sand-

ers’ family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

Have a wonderful holiday with your families and be sure to check out the holiday greeting from the Oak

Trace staff. I will look forward to seeing everyone in 2017! Our first day back is January 3rd!

Mrs. Lynch

Holiday Greeting from Oak Trace:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3RY9LUAabA

DECEMBER 16, 2016

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Thinking Thursday Question

What did my “true love give to me” on the 5th day of Christmas in the carol 12

Days of Christmas?

5 golden rings

Working with our Artist in Residence– painting and drumming around the world!

UPCOMING EVENTS: MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Dec. 16 All School Sing-A-Long and Holiday Parties

Dec. 19- Jan. 2 Winter Break

Jan. 3 RETURN TO SCHOOL

Jan. 11 PTO Meeting 6:30 PM

Jan. 13 PJ Day

Jan 16 Flex Day

Jan. 24 All Pro Dads

Jan 27 PTO Movie Night

Feb 6 Flex Day

Feb 20 Flex Day

Feb 25 Winter Festival

MATH WHIZ :

Kindergarten:

1st Grade: Mason W., Delaney M., Finn S.,

2nd Grade: Yousef A., Anna W., Addie M.

3rd Grade: Hannah P., Mark A., Mason K., Audrey B., Georgia B.,

Michael M., Tanner T.

4th Grade: Isabella H-E.

We have had a busy month in the music room! On

December 3rd the OTES Treble Choir sang at the Westfield

in Lights celebration. On Tuesday, December 13 they also

sang at the Indiana State Museum. They did an amazing

job at both performances!

I was so proud of the 1st and 2nd grade students at their

performance of “Freeze Frame!” It was very entertaining,

and everyone did their personal best!

Wishing you all Very Happy Holidays! Mrs. Paul

MUSIC

L IBRARY

Another VERY successful Book Fair is "in the books"! Thank you for

all of your support during this fun (and a bit crazy) week in the li-

brary! The students are always so excited about our Book

Fairs! Scholastic always asks me, "So what do you do to make your

Book Fairs so successful?" And my answer is simply, "Our kids really

just LOVE books! I do book talks and show the preview video, for

each Book Fair, and other than that...our students just get super ex-

cited when they hear we are having a Book Fair!" Another HUGE

thank you goes to all of the parents who support

reading and their love of books! This was our most

successful Book Fair, to date, and I'm so excited

to be able to continue our tradition of inviting well-

known authors/illustrators to our school each

year! You are all the best!

Happy Holidays,

Mrs. Lane

PE

I can't believe we are already entering winter

break! We have been doing so many fun things

in P.E. class. In November we did some folk

dancing, gymnastics, and throwing games. This

month we learned TaeKwon Do, and played win-

ter games such as snowman battle. I love to

see kids laugh and enjoy active play.

I hope you all have a fantastic break and happy

New Year!

ART

We had a great week with our artist in resi-dence from the Tharp Perrin Gindhart Artist Group. Some stu-dents played drums, others played percus-sion instruments or painted. Please be sure to check out the new banners hanging in the school that were inspired by the 7

continents!

BOX TOPS

The Holidays are a fabulous time to be clipping Box Tops! Please re-member to clip during your holiday baking and remind family to do the same! Our Next clipping Contest will be January 27th, 2016!!! Stay tuned for some exciting announcements in 2017! Best Wishes for a warm and wonderful Holiday Season!!! Happy

Clipping!!

S TAY I N G I N T H E L O O P

To start receiving text alerts on school delays and important infor-

mation in the district, text "opt in" to the number 67587.

Sign up for January 2017 swim lessons have begun to

fill up. Lessons begin, Tuesday, January 3, 2017.

We will be running a 4 week session every Tuesday

and Thursday until January 26, 2017 at the Westfield

Middle School Pool. The cost for the lessons will be

$90 for 8 lessons. Check out our website at vi-

peraquatics.org click on the Swim Lesson and Regis-

tration Tab.

Any questions you can contact Debbie Picek at

debpie29@gmail.com

Where: Westfield High School Cafeteria

-When: December 17th from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

-Why: To celebrate Christmas by eating cookies and

milk, by participation in a variety of fun activities,

and by visiting Santa himself!

-Cost: It’s absolutely free

-Bring: A donation of a new toy for the “Toys for Tots”

program is encouraged, but it is but not required.

Winter Break events at Westfield Washington Public Library:

Lego Free Build Holiday Edition:

Monday, December 19, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Friday, December 23, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Enjoy building fun with friends old and new. New for this month: 2 new boxes of Lego bricks

and a set of KEVA planks to experiment with.

Holiday Make and Take Gifts & Holiday Sweater Day

Wednesday, December 21, 10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Need a last minute holiday gift? Drop in to the Craft Room anytime from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

to paint, glitter and glue a neat present for that special someone. Gifts are $1.00 each but any-

one wearing a festive holiday sweater or outfit receives their first craft FREE! Gift bags and

ribbon included while supplies last.

Book-A-Roo Bonzai Book Club: A Tale Dark and Grimm

Wednesday, December 28, 10:30-11:15

Come discuss Adam Gidwitz’s take on Grimm’s fairytales, A Tale Dark and Grimm. Copies are

available at the Children’s Desk of the library.