Orchard Hills News

• Our annual Veterans’ Day celebration will be Monday, November 12^th at 1:45pm. All OHS family members who are veterans are invited.
• Students are asked to wear red, white, and/or blue clothing on November 12^th in honor of Veterans’ Day
• November 14^th will be Community Service Night at OHS (6pm-8pm). PTA will be sending out more information.
• Students will continue to go outside for recess, so please be sure they dress warmly as the weather gets chilly.
• Superintendent Dr. Cutaia will be holding three “Listen & Learn” sessions with parents about the Milford Public Schools. The sessions are scheduled for:

*Saturday, November 10^th from 9-10 a.m. at City Hall (no childcare)

*Monday, November 19^th from 7-8 at East Shore Middle School (childcare provided)

*Wednesday, November 28^th from 7-8 at West Shore Middle School (childcare provided)

• There is no school for students on Tuesday, November 6^th because of elections.
• Our annual Veterans’ Day celebration will be Monday, November 12^th at 1:45pm. All OHS family members who are veterans are invited. Please let your child’s teacher know by November 2^nd if a veteran will be joining us.
• Mayor Blake visited one of our Gr. 4 classrooms this week. He was Room 23’s “prize” from our Fun Run. The Mayor visited with the students and answered their questions. We appreciate him taking time to come to OHS.
• November 14^th will be Community Service Night at OHS (6pm-8pm). PTA will be sending out more information.
• Students will continue to go outside for recess, so please be sure they dress warmly as the weather gets chilly.
• November 4^th is the end of Daylight Saving Time, so remember to set clocks back 1 hour!

Tuesday, November 6th - No School.  Professional Learning Day for Staff.

Monday, November 12th - Veteran's Day Assembly at 1:45PM.

Wednesday, November 14th - Family Fun Night - PTA.  More information on PTA Website.

Wednesday, November 21st - Early Dismissal at 1:25PM.  Thursday and Friday - No School - Thanksgiving Holiday.

Monday, November 26th First Trimester Ends.  Report Cards home Monday, December 10th.

Wednesday, November 28th - Picture Retake Day.

 

• The school lunch menu has been changed for Oct. 29. Here is a link to the updated Elementary Menu for October 2018: https://www.milforded.org/fs/resource-manager/view/06eb9125-2fad-4ed7-9e45-4f850158ae91
• There is no school for students on Tuesday, November 6^th because of elections.
• Our annual Veterans’ Day celebration will be Monday, November 12^th at 1:45pm. All OHS family members who are veterans are invited. Please let your child’s teacher know by November 2^nd if a veteran will be joining us.
• On November 1^st, each Grade 3 class will again participate in the “OK/NotOK Touch” program. You should have received a flyer from Project Teach; if you did not, contact your child’s teacher.
• Students will continue to go outside for recess, so please be sure they dress warmly as the weather gets chilly.
• The OHS Halloween parade will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 31^st at approximately 9:30am. Students will parade across the front of the school exiting from the Gr. 5 wing and re-entering by Gr. 2 wing.

• “Thank you” to the PTA, Lou Spetrino, and the volunteers who provided a fun “Trunk or Treat” this past week.
• Grade 5 is sponsoring a School Spirit day on Monday, Oct. 22^nd. All students are invited to participate in Odd Sock Day and wear two different socks to celebrate everyone’s uniqueness.
• Parent/Teacher Conferences are October 24, 25, & 26 this year, and dismissal on those days will be 1:15pm.

Oct. 24^th conference times = 1:45 – 3:45pm

Oct. 25^th conference times = 5:30 – 8:00pm

Oct. 26^th conference times = 1:45 – 3:45pm

15-minute conference times may be scheduled using the MyConferenceTime program running from Monday, October 8 at 9:00am through Monday, October 22 at 12:00 pm. Reminder emails will automatically be sent to parents on October 19.