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Oak Trace Weekly Update August 21, 2020 A Note from Mrs. Lynch We've had a great full week of learning at Oak Trace, and we are all getting into the swing of things! The kids are doing a great job with masks, hand-washing, and social distancing. Everyone is getting used to the new schedule and the Internet is improving! A few updates, reminders, and contact numbers: * If your child is absent from school, please contact the attendance line at 317-867-6401 and state the reason for absence. If you need to report a Covid-19 related illness after hours please contact 317-867-8056. Information on Covid-19 screening is included in the newsletter. *The Kindergarten drop-off and pick-up line is at the Kindergarten circle drive. Grades 1-4 drop- off and pick-up are in the back of the building. If you have a Kindergarten child and other older children, you may drop-off both at the Kindergarten drive. *If you are having technology diculties at home, please contact the technology help desk at 317-867-8087. If you would like to request a device, please complete this form: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iv3pJNf- Val1_daQn9wcgsjLGcByr9NnLcuX1s9pjeM/edit *If you need assistance setting up your child's lunch account, please contact Linda McCoy at 317-867-8061. Your child will need a lunch account to purchase a hot lunch or breakfast. Mr. Fekete also sent information this week if you would like to purchase a breakfast and/or lunch for the days your child is learning virtually. If interested, please complete https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1rP8Ytb- L28ALxUmBRUVa6qFqhvpwfE1UbNfYMNW573E/viewform?edit_requested=true *We will look forward to seeing our gold cohort next Monday and Wednesday in person and our green cohort on Tuesday and Thursday in person. The other days of the week will be virtual learning. Have a great weekend and thank you for a great start to the 2020-2021 school year!
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Oak Trace WeeklyUpdateAugust 21, 2020

A Note from Mrs. LynchWe've had a great full week of learning at Oak Trace, and we are all getting into the swing ofthings! The kids are doing a great job with masks, hand-washing, and social distancing.Everyone is getting used to the new schedule and the Internet is improving!

A few updates, reminders, and contact numbers:* If your child is absent from school, please contact the attendance line at 317-867-6401 andstate the reason for absence. If you need to report a Covid-19 related illness after hoursplease contact 317-867-8056. Information on Covid-19 screening is included in the newsletter.

*The Kindergarten drop-off and pick-up line is at the Kindergarten circle drive. Grades 1-4 drop-off and pick-up are in the back of the building. If you have a Kindergarten child and other olderchildren, you may drop-off both at the Kindergarten drive.

*If you are having technology di�culties at home, please contact the technology help desk at317-867-8087. If you would like to request a device, please complete this form:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iv3pJNf-Val1_daQn9wcgsjLGcByr9NnLcuX1s9pjeM/edit

*If you need assistance setting up your child's lunch account, please contact Linda McCoy at317-867-8061. Your child will need a lunch account to purchase a hot lunch or breakfast. Mr.Fekete also sent information this week if you would like to purchase a breakfast and/or lunchfor the days your child is learning virtually. If interested, please completehttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/1rP8Ytb-L28ALxUmBRUVa6qFqhvpwfE1UbNfYMNW573E/viewform?edit_requested=true

*We will look forward to seeing our gold cohort next Monday and Wednesday in person andour green cohort on Tuesday and Thursday in person. The other days of the week will bevirtual learning.

Have a great weekend and thank you for a great start to the 2020-2021 school year!

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What's HappeningIf you'd like something fun to do with your family and support agreat cause, consider participating in the Woofstock Survivor5K and Dog Walk to support the new Hamilton County HumaneSociety on August 29th. For more information, visit this link:https://www.grouprev.com/woofstock2020

Lunch timesAll Aboard/TOTS 11-11:40Kindergarten 10:45-11:151st 11:20-11:502nd 12:20-12:503rd 11:40-12:104th 12-12:30

Attendance lineAttendance line phone # is 317-867-6401. For all absences and late arrivals, press 1 to leavea message. Please call by 8:30 A.M. For all transportation changes, press 2 to leave amessage and please call by 1:00 P.M.

If calling after 1:00 P.M., please call the o�ce directly at #317-867-6411

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What's happeningin musicWelcome Back! It is so good tosee the students this week! Iam looking forward to gettingto see everyone. The rotationis a bit different this year, sowe won't see each other asoften. Next week I will seeevery class that has music onB day for the week.Have a fantastic weekend!Mrs. Paul

What's happeningin artIt is so fun to be back in the artroom and to see thosesmiling eyes???? It's great! Inkindergarten and 1st gradewe are beginning a project thatwill be displayed in thehallway like last year's 3rd and4th grade monochromaticportraits. They are workinghard to do their personal best.We can't wait for you to see it!In 2nd-4th grade are beginninga new project that allkiddos in West�eld who go tothe public school will beworking on.The art teachers of West�eldplanned lessons for thisdistrict wideproject and then added in theirown personal touch to it, that �ttheirstyle of teaching. BUT Sorry,we can't tell you about ityet.becausenot every kiddo in those gradeshave been to the art room .So stay tuned!!

Remember to be "ART"astic!!

What's happeningin PEWelcome back to schooleveryone! I love coming backto school. I feel so blessed thatI chose to teach PHYSICALEDUCATION and even moreblessed to be here at OakTrace! This is my 27th yearteaching P.E. My goal is toprovide a safe, positive, andnurturing learning environmentfor every student. I want themto feel as happy as I do whenthey are in P.E. class with me.The �rst week of school wealways go over the proceduresin P.E. class. Our lessonfocuses on spatial awarenessand how to move SAFELY in thegym. This year keepingpersonal space is even moreimportant. The kids are reallydoing amazing! I am alsoimpressed on how well theyare keeping their masks onthroughout the class period.If you have any questions orconcerns, please reach out tome via email or phone. I checkmy email often throughout theday.Have a great week and BEKIND.Mrs. [email protected]

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What's happeningin Stem

What's happeningin MediaIt's been a great week in thelibrary! It has been a "B" week(on the specials schedule) sostudents who have library ontheir "B" week have come tosee me twice! Their �rst visitwill be a lesson, story, activity,etc. and their second visit willbe their time to check outlibrary books! Next week will bea "C" week, then a "D" week,and son on! I am still missingover 300 library books thatwere checked out last schoolyear! Eeek! Please look to seeif you might have a book orbooks at home and send themin as soon as possible! I wanteveryone to be able to checkout books when they come tothe library, so please take alook around to see if you haveany Oak Trace books! Thankyou!Happy Reading!Mrs. Lane

Nurse's clinic

PTO providing staff appreciationEach year the OTES PTO provides breakfast, lunch, and snacksfor our teachers each month. In the past, we have relied on fooddonations from the parents but due to CoVID we are nowcatering and serving individual snacks. Due to thecircumstances, we are only doing a handful of staffappreciation events this school year. With parent monetarydonations, we hope to make these events amazing. We areplanning on a catered breakfast/ lunch on September 11 for

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Staff Appreciation meal. If you would like donate please sign up on the link provided. Click thefundraisers and then staff appreciation.

https://oaktrace.membershiptoolkit.com/home

Thank you for your donations,

Your OTES Staff Appreciation CommitteeOr Jan Miller and Erin Neale

OTES PTOWelcome Back!

Hello, OTES Parents! We are your new Oak Trace PTO Presidents, Nicole Holstein and KellyBraun. We hope you had a wonderful summer and are looking forward to an awesome 2020-21school year. Obviously things look completely different this year but we know that together wecan make it a successful year for our kids and teachers. Please let us know if you have anyquestions, suggestions or ideas throughout the year. This is your school and we would loveyou to be as involved as possible!

Video: Parents - Welcome to 2020-21 School Year!

Membership Toolkit / DirectoryPlease register your child/family on Membership Toolkit. Click on the link below. It willstreamline communication between PTO and parents. It will also serve as a one stop shop toorder apparel, email your classmates, �nd fundraising links, school directory and so muchmore. Attached to this email is a �yer with additional information.

Click on this link: Register & Update Your Family on Membership Toolkit

Social MediaFor the most up-to-date information about school sponsored events, check us out on socialmedia!

Follow us on Facebook!

Follow us on Instagram!

Rent the Rock!!!You may have noticed the large boulder in front of the school...this year you will have theopportunity to rent the rock and paint it for any special occasion, including but not limited tobirthdays, half birthdays, good luck on testing, teachers birthdays etc. We will only releasedates one month at a time at this time until we see how school unfolds. Please �nd the formon Membership Toolkit for more information.

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CancellationsMany events have been canceled this year including All Pro Dad, Savor West�eld, MovieNights, and Walk A Thon. But don't despair we will hold a new fundraiser this fall called Rock AThon that will be 100% Virtual. We will send out more information in the coming weeks, butcan't emphasize enough how important this fundraiser is to our teachers this year. Many havebeen pouring money from their own pockets to get classrooms Covid ready and all pro�ts willgo directly back to our teachers this year!

In addition, all teacher/staff experiences from 2020 Winter Festival silent auction arecanceled. We apologize greatly for this inconvenience, but with all the Covid restrictions wehave no other options to honor those. Your money will be used as a donation to the PTO andwill go directly back into teachers' classrooms. However, if you wish to receive a refundplease email us at [email protected]. Thank you for your support and understanding.

ApparelNeed West�eld Apparel?? Check out Membership Toolkit or click on this link to go directly toour new store.

Oak Trace & West�eld Apparel Order Form

Wish TreesTeacher Wish Trees that used to be in the front of the building will now be available onMembership Toolkit. More information to come.

Back to School KitsBack to School Kits have been delivered and will be waiting for your student in theirclassroom. If you are 100% virtual, reach out to Molly Baker in the front o�ce to makearrangements to pick yours up.

PTO MeetingOur �rst o�cial PTO meeting is September 3 at 6:30pm. Location TBD. We will send outcorrespondence on this as the date nears. Please mark your calendar and come if you can. Wecan't wait to meet you and get this year started on the right foot!

Thanks for taking the time to read yet one more email!

Nicole Holstein and Kelly Braun

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pdfWWS New Student Information Packet 2020-2021English.pdf

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