Oglesby Public School District 125

Our district's annual Food Drive, sponsored by the Washington Student Council and benefiting the IV Food Pantry, ended last week. Lincoln School collected 1829 food items, with Mrs. Reynold's class winning the reward for donating the most items! Washington School collected 1436 items! The student council members at Washington, and the fifth grade helpers at Lincoln, loaded up all of the items into the IV Food Pantry van. Thank you to everyone who donated to our annual food drive!

Last Thursday, the preschoolers had fun with Literacy Day! They read "If You Give a Dog a Donut", played games with their special visitors and went to the Book Fair!

Oglesby Washington auditions for Finding Nemo Jr. are coming soon! Don't forget to use the Google form to sign up!

The Cooking Club made a cinnamon-sugar trail mix Friday, and passed bags out to the staff at Washington this morning! The kids were also able to make their own trail mix as well, and learned how to properly measure out ingredients.

First grade finished their unit on the Human Body by having a Doctor Day. Students in Mrs. Pescetto’s class practiced math and phonics by mending broken bones, writing words about the body and putting bandaids in correct bins. They also put puzzles of the human body together, labeled parts of a body, asked Nurse Jordan questions and were able to listen to their heart beat and the heartbeat of classmates. They played operation and watched The Magic School Bus: The Circulatory System.

The doctors are in!! First grade celebrated the end of Knowledge Unit 2: The Human Body with Doctor Day today! Students scrubbed in and reported to the OR for a day filled with fun doctor-related games & activities! Miss Simpson's class started with some rotation stations. The doctors got to put together body system puzzles, care for patients, play Operation, repair broken digraph bones, find the sum of 3 band aid numbers, and even helped find all the missing parts of the circulatory, digestive, nervous, skeletal, and muscular systems! We are happy to report everyone was successful, and all patients went home happy & healthy! They wrapped up a great day with some Magic School Bus and are headed into the weekend for some well-deserved rest!

Doctor Day was a total success in Ms. Coble’s Class -diagnosis: extreme excitement! Symptoms included fun, laughter, enthusiastic reading and writing, and science adventures all day long!

Please click on the links for important updates and information from Lincoln and Washington Schools:

Lincoln Weekly Update:

https://oglesbypublicschools.edurooms.com/engage/lincoln-elementary-school/newsletters/lincoln-weekly-update

Washington Weekly Update:

https://oglesbypublicschools.edurooms.com/engage/washington-junior-high-school/newsletters/washington-weekly-update-2697

Congratulations to the following students who were chosen as P.B.I.S. Spotlight Students of the month: Taevion C., Kindergarten; Katalina C., first grade; Henry F., second grade; Maverick L. and Serena W., third grade; Fernando L., fourth grade; Elray R., fifth grade; Leana A., sixth grade; Kash M., seventh grade; Natalie B., eighth grade. Please visit our district website to view our P.B.I.S. Spotlight Students of the Month special section with pictures!

The Washington School Cooking Club had their first meeting last week and discussed the do's and don'ts in the kitchen, how to keep safe when cooking and baking, proper hand washing and how to keep your space clean and sanitized when cooking! They will be meeting again this Friday!

Volleyball Sign Up!

Girls' Basketball 8th Grade Night!

Business partners from Sporty Keychains had a successful sale Tuesday night. Thank you to everyone who supported the Young Entrepreneurs Club businesses at their sales. More to come in January at volleyball games!

Free Preschool Screening!

L.E.A.S.E. Holiday Event!

Please click on the links for important updates and information from Lincoln and Washington Schools:

Lincoln Weekly Update:

https://oglesbypublicschools.edurooms.com/engage/lincoln-elementary-school/newsletters/lincoln-weekly-update

Washington Weekly Update:

https://oglesbypublicschools.edurooms.com/engage/washington-junior-high-school/newsletters/washington-weekly-update-2697

The Oglesby Book Fair will kick off tonight Friday, November 14th from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the library at Lincoln School! It will also be open at Lincoln School during American Education Week, Monday, November 17th, Wednesday, November 19th, and Thursday, November 20th.

The opening day for the Book Fair at Washington School will be Tuesday, November 18th during the school day. It will also be open during the History Fair Wednesday, November 19th from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m., as well as Monday, November 24th during the parent-teacher conferences.

If you can't make it to the book fair you can click on the following links to order online: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/lincolnelementaryschool157
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/washingtonjuniorhighschool
Check out - eWallet: A safe, cashless way to shop the fair. Family and friends can contribute too!

November 15 – School Board Members Day – is our opportunity to thank the
school board members of Oglesby Public School District 125 for their dedication to the district and
providing residents a local voice for our community’s education decisions! Happy School Board Members Day to Doug Kramarsic, Anthony Strand, Marc Strand, Laura Hein, Amanda Harty, Brad Anderson, and Shawn Zavsza!
https://www.ops125.net/page/meet-the-board-members

It was a fun week for Marnie with walks outside with her fifth grade buddies, a visit with the fourth grade students in Mrs. Lutes' class during silent reading time, and office visits which included dressing up, playing toys, tricks and lots of kisses and cuddles!