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There are only a few days left to sign up for Parent/Teacher Conferences.
O'Hara's annual Costume Strut is this Friday.
O'Hara staff, teachers and students are invited to wear costumes to school.
If a student does not want to wear a costume to school, he/she is required to wear a school uniform, not free dress. Please check with your child's homeroom teacher for instructions regarding changing out of costumes vs. wearing them for the entire day.
All costumes should adhere to the following guidelines:
-No devils, gothic characters, anything immodest, violent or unkind toward others.
-Sleeveless costumes require an undershirt with sleeves.
-No blood or weapons as part of any costume.
-Masks are allowed during the Costume Strut, but must be taken off for the remainder of the day.
-Masks should not be scary or violent.
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-O'Hara's New Hot Lunch Program
Beginning on Monday, November 16th, the new Hot Lunch Program at O'Hara will serve lunch on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Full service (M-F) is scheduled to begin on Monday, January 4th. Thank you for your patience and support of our new program.
-School Pictures coming home tomorrow!
The school pictures have arrived and they are coming home in the Monday Folders tomorrow. If your student would like picture retakes, please send the pictures back to school on Dec. 1st for Picture Re-Take day. If your student missed getting their picture taken, flyers will be sent home before Picture Re-Take day for you to fill out and send with your student on Dec. 1st.
Please remember to send back your Monday folder on Tuesday!
-4J Nutrition Refund Checks
O'Hara has just received the refund check from 4J Nutrition. Once the check is deposited, O'Hara will be able to issue checks to each parent in accordance with the balance report received from 4J. We sincerely appreciate everyone's patience and hope to have a refunds distributed by the end of October. If you have any questions about the process, please contact Rebecca at
rplant@oharaschool.org. If you have any questions after receiving your refund, you may contact 4J Nutrition directly through
Karla Bengtson, the accounting clerk at Nutrition Services. Her email address is
bengtson_k@4j.lane.edu.
-O'Hara's Pumpkin Carnival -
Friday, October 30th,
4:30pm - 8:30pm
Join us for a fun filled night of carnival games and candy prizes for the whole family. Dare to walk thought the 8th grade Haunted House....Try your luck at winning live gold fish....Spend time creating your own Halloween decorations...Walk the cake walk to win a yummy baked good item...VOTE! for a free dress day for your grade!
Join us for dinner in the cafeteria. Food for sale includes: Papa John's Pizza ($2), Hot Dogs & Chips ($2), Apples, Carrots and Drinks (50 cents each).
Admission is $1.00 per person and a can of food.
Each game costs one ticket to play. Buy your game tickets in the front lobby on the night of the carnival.
10 tickets - $5
20 tickets - $10
30 tickets - $15
40 tickets - $20
-Please help us with the Pumpkin Carnival
-Each family is asked to bring a bag of treats or trinkets for the carnival. Please drop these off at the front office anytime.
-Each family is asked to bring a bakery item for the cake walk. Please drop these off at the front office on Thursday (29th) or Friday (30th).
If you have any questions (volunteering or participation) please email or call
Caryn Kimble.
541-915-9761
THANK YOU for making this a fun-filled night for our kids!!
Caryn Kimble and Dana Bernard
Pumpkin Carnival Co-Chairs
-Sign up to help at the Pumpkin Carnival
Class Booth SET-UP (12:00-3:00 Friday)
Class Booth Volunteer SIGN-UP (4:15-8:30 Friday)
8th Grade Haunted Hall Volunteer SIGN-UP (Thursday and Friday)
Pumpkin Carnival Balloon Decorating (11:00-2:00 Friday)
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-Reminders for PE
-Students at O'Hara do not dress down for PE. However, they MUST wear a pair of athletic shoes during PE class. They may wear the same athletic shoes as they wear to school, but only if they are suitable for use in the gym. If they do not wear athletic shoes, then they need to bring a pair on PE days or keep a pair at school. Students in grades 3-8 that do not have proper athletic shoes, and thus are unable to fully participate, will lose participation points in PE.
-Additionally, girls should remember to wear shorts underneath if they choose to wear skirts or dresses on PE days.
Students in grades PreSchool - 5th may wear shorts until October 30; beginning on Monday, November 2, shorts are not allowed. Students are permitted to wear shorts again when school resumes after Spring Break.
Middle School students may wear shorts year round.
-O'Hara's Mobile App
Make sure to download O'Hara's mobile app!
Search for it in the app store by using the keywords: web4u ocs
-O'Hara's Veterans Day Assembly - Monday, November 9, 8:30am
Please mark your calendar and invite your favorite veteran(s) to join us for a very special assembly honoring our veterans and military.
-Upcoming Special Dress Days
The following Special Dress Days have been added to our O'Hara Calendar:
Monday, November 9: Veterans Day Assembly: Patriotic themed/colored tops with jeans
Tuesday, November 24: Civil War! UO/OSU tops with jeans
Friday, February 12: Valentine's Day tops with jeans
Thursday, March 17: St. Patrick's Day/Green tops with jeans
-Oregon Battle of the Books
The team formation process has started for the Battle of the Books. Teams can be formed among students in grades 3-5 and grades 6-8. We work very hard to ensure that all students who want to participate can, so if you are having trouble getting a team together please let
Mrs. Gori know. The deadline for teams to sign up is October 28th and there will be a coaches meeting on Tuesday, November 10 at 3:15pm in the Library. If you have any questions at all please don't hesitate to contact
Mr. Milliron.
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As Mrs. Jones explained at Back to School Night, we have a great new reso
urce called
The Prayer Process
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We want to share this wonderful resource with our families again - make sure to ask your kids about
The Prayer Process!
Additional Resources
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-If you have not yet attended a Called to Protect Training, please plan to attend one of these sessions:
Tuesday, 10/27 - 11:45am in the O'Hara Library. No RSVP necessary.
-All Volunteers must complete new requirements this school year.
Further instructions, links, and login/password information can be accessed
HERE
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-Book Fair Volunteers Needed!
Dates: Nov 30 - Dec 2. Contact
Lynn Gori if you would like to volunteer.
-Sign up to help at the Pumpkin Carnival
Class Booth SET-UP (
12:00-3:00
Friday)
Class Booth Volunteer SIGN-UP (
4:15-8:30
Friday)
8th Grade Haunted Hall Volunteer SIGN-UP (
Thursday and
Friday)
Pumpkin Carnival Balloon Decorating (
11:00-2:00
Friday)
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| O'Hara's Red, White & Blue Rodeo - Feb 6, 2016 |
Mark your calendar, shine your boots and get your cowboy hat.
O'Hara's Red, White & Blue Rodeo is sure to be an All-American, fun filled night!
Silent auction & live auction donations are needed
If you can help with a Live Auction donation, please contact
Kate Hudson, Live Auction Chair.
Decorations Items Needed
The auction decorations committee is looking for cowboy boots to borrow for the auction.
If you have brown, youth size
(not toddler, not adult)
cowboy boots that you would be willing to lend to the auction, please send a note to Andrea Murphy and plan to bring the boots to school in January. Thank you!
Auction Fundraisers
We hope you will plan to eat out at one or more of our Auction Fundraisers! O'Hara has partnered with some very generous local restaurants, and a portion of sales at the fundraisers will be donated back to O'Hara to help underwrite auction packages.
Wednesday, October 28
Papa's Pizza on West 11th
Wednesday & Thursday, November 11 & 12
All Westraunt Concepts Restaurants in Eugene
Mucho Gusto, Bill & Tim's, Dickie Yo's & Dickie Jo's
Friday, December 18
Chipotle Mexican Restaurant
Flyer coming soon
Wednesday, January 13
Oakshire Brewing, 5pm-8pm
$1 of every pint sold will benefit O'Hara
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