OES E-NEWS

All students need

to be in class by

7:45 a.m.!

If you are here

after 7:40 a.m.,

please walk your

children into the

office and sign

them in.

In This Issue

What’s up at the nest

Okie Brags

Character Education winner

2nd and 4th grade field trip

pictures

Literacy and ESOL nigh pic-

tures

STEM in Action

Revised school calendar

October 6, 2017

Mrs. Martin's first graders made models of the phases

of the moon using Oreo cookies. Students then fol-

lowed a model and took pic-tures of their final project us-

ing iPads.

What’s Up at the Nest? October 11– Fall Picture Day! Students are to wear school uniforms!

October 11- OES Family Chick-fil-a Night (support 2nd grade), 5:30-7:30 p.m.

October 13– Kindergarten Around the Town Field Trip

October 13– BETA Club canned food drive begins

October 13– 3rd Grade field trip to Honey Horn Plantation

October 13– NO NEWSLETTER TODAY

October 17– Fall picture re-take day

October 17– Five Guys Spirit Night (support 2nd grade), 5:30-7:30 p.m.

October 18– WINGS Celebrations

October 19– WINGS Ceremonies– 3rd-5th Grade @ 8:15 a.m., K-2nd Grade @ 1:45 p.m.

October 19– Parent/ Student– Teacher Conferences, 3-7 p.m.

October 20– Color Run makeup day (if needed due to weather)

October 20– Early Dismissal for students, 11:45 a.m.

October 20-Parent/Student– Teacher Conferences, 12:30-2:30 p.m.

October 20– No OWL program

October 20– REPORT CARDS COME HOME

October 23– Pre-K and Kindergarten Operation Christmas Child service project begins

October 24– Young Astronauts parent meeting, 4:30 p.m.

October 25– Passport for Peace

October 25– National Bully Prevention day– wear an orange hat, shirt, or socks

October 26– First Grade field trip to Madrac Farms

October 26– Sunset Science to Pinckney Island, 5:30-7 p.m.

October 27– Lady Owls and Gentlemen F.I.R.S.T. 1st meeting

October 27– Boo Scoot and Boogie dance, 6-8 p.m.

October 31– Kindergarten field trip to Holiday Farms Pumpkin Patch

November 2– 4th and 5th Grade and Chorus musical performance, 6 p.m.

November 3- 4th and 5th Grade and Chorus musical performance, 8:15 a.m.

Marley Adkins

Dominic Aiken

Ava Allbee

Nick Andreoletti

Felix Arroyo

Orlena Baez

Isabelle Bailey

Landon Ballowe

Matthew Balmeaceda

Whitley Bazemore

Kyri Beaton

Brooke Bibee

Lillian Blomgren

James Bogart

Caytleigh Bower

Brandon Brantley

Lillian Brown

Campbell Burbage

Clevion Chaneyfield

Michayla Chufo

Kaden Claffy

Kaley Claffy

Presley Clark

Nathan Collins

Mackenzie Collins

Russell Cooler

Avery Davis

Baylor Davis

Aubrey Davis

Olivia Downey

Cecil Dunn

Celeste Dupont

Jaquez Edmondson

Isabelle Eland

Emarie Toirkens

Alison Erickson

Drew Ernst

Kevin Espinoza

Seven Franco

Imani Gamble

Jayden Gamble

Giana German

Caleb German

Joel Goncalves

Bella Gonzalez

Jenson Goodwin

Jahkel Green

Jasmine Hall

Kaelyn Hayes

Layla Henley

Enrique Herrera

Langley Ruth Hogshead

Barrett Holland

Emaley Hoover

Carter Hotchkiss

Grayson Jacob

Kenny Jaklitsch

Oleathea Jenkins

Maisie Johnson

Jordan Kasner

Kayla Privette

Hudson Kleckley

Elizabeth Koblitz

Matthew Lacey

Braylon Lauffer

Max Leroux

Jake Lewis

Vincent Lin

Leo Lopez

Molly Maine

Darhon Major

Ethan Maroney

John Matits

Jaden Matthews

McKenzie McBeth

Chevelle McCollough

Benjamin McCollough

Isabella Meissen

Emily Melton

Tyler Morrison

Mia Morrow

Tyler Moss

Insia Najar

Jose Natal

Tucker Nelson

Charlie Nelson

Kyrstin Nickolite

Hailey Patterson

Rylan Paul

Cooper Pope

Antony Portillo

Charlotte Rios

Santiago Rodriguez

Daliliah Rodriguez

Kylie Roller

Kaylie Roller

Allison Rosillo

Kaleb Ross

Maddy Rosshirt

Kadence Rowley

Robert Saleeby

Ma’Lasha Saunders

Lucy Schoenberger

Cate Schoendberger

Everett Schultz

Caralynn Scott

Ethan Seabrook

Andy Sheriff

Skylar Stager

Quoc Tran

Brady Trifari

Shaine Trifari

Amadeo Viva

Taylor Wade

Carnell Warren

Noah Woods

The following students showed great

character in the month of September!

We are proud of you!

Congratulations to the following students for being nominated by their teachers

for the September Character Education word, ACCEPTANCE. We are very

proud of each one of you for displaying and modeling outstanding acceptance

towards their fellow students, teachers, and events or challenges within the

school day. These students were recognized at the monthly Character Break-

fast.

School Winner

Brooks Bazemore

Grade Level Winners:

Charlee Worley

Thomas Banks

Emily Hunt

Liam Stager

Laila Willis

Rylan Paul

Emily Chiafolo

Elias Hasan

Quentin Reynolds

Anna Rossillo

Magnolia Banks

2nd Grade heads to the

Savannah Children’s Theater

2nd grade students trav-eled to the Savannah Chil-dren’s Theater on Thurs-day, September 28th. At

the Children’s Theater the students participated in Aesop’s Fables. Students told the tales of The Ant and the Dove, The Boy

Who Cried Wolf, The Hare and the Tortoise, The Fox and the Grapes, and The

Lion and the Mouse.

More STEM in Action Ms. Slater’s 4th graders participated in a STEM project where

they had to get a gummy worm through a gummy peach ring

without touching it. They were only allowed to use 1 paperclip

per person in the group and the gummy worm could not touch

the table or the floor.

Mrs. Youman’s students used their STEM

skills to see who could build the tallest free

standing tower. They could only use 25

balloons and masking tape!

Mrs. Davis’ and Mrs. Gonzalez’ students complet-

ed a stem challenge where their students were

asked to build a tower with only 20 pieces of spa-

ghetti and marshmallows. The tower had to be a

free standing tower and they measured to see

whose was the tallest!

5th grade students in Ms. Mulligan’s, Mrs. Ger-

man’s, and Mrs. Heaton’s science classes com-

pleted the Watershed STEM Project. Students

planned, designed, and made watershed proto-

types.

Dear Okatie Families,

We are gearing up for our bi-annual Passport to Peace.

This is a program designed to teach students about the

culture, customs, and traditions from countries they may

never have visited or even heard of. Last time we had

speakers from Costa Rica, Germany, Romania, India, Pe-

ru, Senegal, Mexico, Uruguay, Colombia, Spain, Greece,

Belize, Argentina, Nicaragua, and South Africa. It was

such a wonderful day, and a great opportunity for our stu-

dents. If you are interested in sharing about a country,

please use the link below to sign up.

Passport to Peace will be Wednesday, October 25, 8:15-

10:30 a.m.

A light breakfast and lunch will be provided for the present-

ers

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/W65RYL2

On October 3, Okatie welcomed Gary Mau-

er, a local magician, to hold a magic show

for the families of our young owls. The fam-

ilies had lots of fun interacting with the

show and enjoyed a delicious dinner as

well. Kids Club is a special activity that we

do each year to promote parent and child

interaction during family friendly activities.

Special thanks to Mrs. Woods for putting

together this fun night!

Family Literacy and ESOL Night Family Literacy Night was held September

28, 2017. This year’s theme was Camp Read-a-Lot. Students and their families

participated in a variety of activities which included: Gone fishing (fishing for rhyming words and other vocabulary building activi-ties) , Building Words, Acrostic Poetry, Mad

Libs, Scavenger Hunt Story Writing and creating a Family Reading Pledge.

Be sure to check out the NEW Beaufort County calendar.

Make up days are November 18 and December 16.

*****Town Hall Meeting with Dr. Moss is October 10th at 6 p.m.. This is a very

important meeting as REZONING is going to be discussed. Please make sure

you come out and make your voice heard. If the rezoning plan is approved some

of our students will be rezoned North of the Broad. *****

The 4th grade and 5

th grade classes were visited

today by 3 professional musicians from the Hilton Head Orchestra as part of the Music Bridges Pro-gram. These musicians gave a 30 minute presen-

tation where the students were able to discuss their knowledge of how sound is produced in gen-eral and on various instruments, as well as meter,

fractions, imagery, instrument families, pitch, etc. The students will have another visit from more

musicians November 23rd

.

The National Junior Beta Club is an honor organization that recognizes out-standing academic achievement, promotes strong moral character and so-cial responsibility, encourages service to others, fosters leadership skills, and provides settings for students to develop strong interpersonal skills.

Our first project will be collecting items to donate to Bluffton Self Help for the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday. We will be collecting items over the next few weeks. Please make sure that you look at your expiration dates. If it is expired we will not donate it. Thank you for your support!

We are collecting items such as:

Canned vegetables such as: green beans, corn, carrots, peas, beets etc.

Canned fruit such as: peaches, pears, pineapples, cranberry, fruit cocktail etc.

Dry goods such as: stuffing, mashed potatoes, rice, pasta, macaroni, macaroni and cheese, tomato sauce of any kind,

Cereal

Instant grits/oatmeal

Peanut Butter

Jelly

Boxed or bagged dinner mixes such as Hamburger Helper, Beefaroni, etc.

Dried Beans

Diapers (size 4, 5, or 6)

Baby Wipes

Please bring all items to Mrs. German’s room 409.

4th Grade spend the day at

Honey Horn Plantation

The fourth grade students were able to ex-plore the Coastal Discovery Museum at

Honey Horn Plantation. They learned about the Native Americans that once lived in the low country. Some of the information includ-

ed how they found/constructed shelter, food, water, and the use of pottery called

pinch pots. This was a great experience for the students because they have just fin-

ished their Native Americans unit and they were able to see first-hand what it was like

for the Natives to live in the low country.

A very special thank you to Bluffton Fire Department,

Ms. Mulligan, and Mrs. Lane.