Weekly Flash

October 21, 2024

IN THIS NEWSLETTER:

Updates from Principal Smyth
Harvest Faire is Saturday!
- Ticket presale ends today, volunteers needed, donate cakes and sweets, spiritwear shop, pumpkin decorating contest
Harvest Faire raffle tickets - buy online until Wednesday
Celebrate Global Diversity Month by saying "hello" with the IDEA Committee
Donate towards an OHS sponsored meal at Operation Hope
After School Activities are back! Register next week
Show your school spirit Friday for Spirit Day
Picture retake day will be October 28
New monthly OHS teacher and staff appreciation celebrations

This Week

October 22 - Author Jerry Pallotta visits K-3
October 23 - EARLY DISMISSAL @1:40pm, afternoon conferences
October 24 - EARLY DISMISSAL @1:40pm, evening conferences
October 25 - Spirit Day
October 26 - Harvest Faire, 1-5pm

Looking Ahead

October 28 - Picture Retakes
October 31 - Halloween Parades: K 9:30am, Grades 1-5 2:30pm
November 4-21: Turkey Trot Food Drive
November 5 - NO SCHOOL
November 11- NO SCHOOL
November 26 - Turkey Trot

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Dear OHS Families,

I hope you were able to enjoy the fabulous weather this past weekend! We have been so lucky the last few weeks– just beautiful days, and the forecast looks equally promising for the next 10 days! Keep your fingers crossed we get one of these gorgeous days for our Harvest Faire on Saturday, October 26th! I heard we had to have it inside the last couple of years, so it will be nice if we can have it outside. It will be my first one, and I am really looking forward to it! Thank you to the PTA for all of their planning, as I know it is a tremendous amount of work. If you have not volunteered to help out, but are able, please sign up. No experience necessary, and many hands make light work!

We have a great week ahead! Grade 2 is on a Field Trip today to the Fairfield Museum. We have a famous author, Jerry Pallotta, visiting OHS on Tuesday for a special presentation to our K-3 students. We have Parent/Teacher Conferences on Wednesday and Thursday, and don’t forget that due to conferences we have early dismissal on Wednesday and Thursday. Then on Friday, we have Spirit Day, and our kindergarten classes get to go to Jones Farm. Finally, we all get together for the Harvest Faire on Saturday.

I hope you all enjoy a terrific week! Take care.

Sean F. Smyth, Principal

^{Spend a fall day with your family of friends! The Osborn Hill Harvest Faire is this}^{Saturday, October 26 from 1-5pm.}^{We'll have inflatables, games, crafts, food, raffle baskets and MORE!}

^{Last call for discounted tickets}

It's the last day to take advantage of early-bird pricing with our ticket and wristband presale. Buy online today, or purchase at full price with cash or check at the Harvest Faire.

Volunteer to help during the Harvest Faire

The Harvest Faire is fun for the whole OHS community, but we need help from our family of friends to make it happen! The inflatables, games, activities, and food stations can't go on without volunteers. High schoolers and OHS alumni are welcome to help.

Click here to volunteer!

Bake a cake or donate a sweet treat

We need desserts to stock our bake sale and cakes for prizes in the Cake Walk game. Bake it or buy it, we'll take them all!

Sign up here to donate desserts and cakes

Shop our spiritwear booth

We will have OHS Ozzies, bracelets, t-shirts and more available for purchase at the Harvest Faire. Can you help staff the shop? Click here to volunteer.

NEW this year! Join our pumpkin decorating contest

Carve, paint, or decorate a pumpkin and bring it to OHS Friday after school. Every wristband or ticket book will come with a ticket to vote for your favorite pumpkin. Three winners will get prizes! Click here for more info.

Any questions about the Harvest Faire? Contact the Harvest Faire committee.

Raffle ticket online sales end Wednesday

Nintendo Switch! Yankees tickets! Front row seats at the Variety Show! We have some amazing prizes for the whole family up for grabs in the Harvest Faire Raffle, including the GRAND PRIZE - 2 tickets to the 2024 Jingle Ball, on December 13 at Madison Square Garden.

Click Here to Purchase Raffle Tickets

Check out the full list of prizes on our website and buy online until Wednesday, or in person at the Harvest Faire. You do not need to be present to win!

Raffle questions? Contact Ali Galperin or Eileen Ainsworth

Say "Hello" with the IDEA Committee

In honor of Global Diversity Month, we will be picking a day this month to celebrate “the many ways OHS families say hello!” Do you speak a different language or languages at home? Please share with the IDEA Committee to include in this celebration.

Donate to help OHS provide a meal for Operation Hope

Hello Osborn Families,

The season of giving will soon be upon us and we could use your help. Our school will be providing a meal for people in need at Operation Hope the week prior to Thanksgiving. In order to make this possible, we are looking for monetary donations from our school community. Any amount you can give will be appreciated and no donation too small! You can Venmo a donation to @stacey-cunningham-3 (9555) or @Katharine-Kirk-2 (3652). If you are sending in cash, please send them in an envelope marked, “Operation Hope.” Thank you so much for your support.

Questions? Contact Kate Kirk and Stacey Cunningham

Get ready for a new session of After School Activities

Chess and cheerleading, cartooning and coding, and MORE! We have something for everyone in our next slate of after school activities! Registration opens next Monday, October 28 at 8pm.

Click here to see the class schedule

This session will be switching back to ONE-PHASE registration, so you can sign up for as many classes as you like when registration opens.

Don't forget to ensure your PTA registration is current in order to take part!

Questions? Contact the After School Activities Committee

Wear green Friday for Spirit Day

This Friday is Spirit Day! We encourage students to show their OHS pride by wearing green or their favorite Osborn Hill spiritwear. Spirit Day is held the last Friday of each month.

Picture Retake Day October 28

Take two - Picture Retake Day is next Monday, October 28. If you would like a retake bring in your undamaged portrait package for the photographer (you can keep the class photo). Retake photos should be available 3-5 weeks after they are taken.

Questions? Contact Coffee Pond

New Monthly OHS Teacher and Staff Appreciation Celebrations

Instead of just showing our appreciation for our OHS teachers and staff for just one week during the year, we are sprinkling some joy throughout the year! Each grade is taking a month to do something special for the teacher lounge. Kindergarten kicked things off on Friday with fall treats and decorations.

Room parents will be coordinating this effort and soliciting items, so if you have questions, please reach out to your room parents. A special thank you to our Teacher Appreciation Committee (Tanya Dunne, Kim Dragovic, Maria McKeon, and Dana Zuskin) and teacher lounge manager (Danielle Brower) for kicking this off!

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