September 9, 2021

Dear O.H. Anderson Students and Families,  

It has been a great first day of the 2021-22 school year. Our theme #besomebodytosomeone has come alive as we look at connections to the song and work and spreading kindness and respect at OHA. Here are some examples of what the Song Someone to You by the Banners means to us at OHA.   #besomebodytosomeone

Ms. Hanson Flipgrid
Ms. Held Flipgrid
Dr. H Flipgrid
Ms. Cordek Flipgrid
3rd Grade Teachers Flipgrid
Sra. Bartels Flipgrid
Mr. Merges Flipgrid
Ms. Snede Flipgrid
Ms. Sorum Flipgrid
Ms. Och Flipgrid
Ms. Channon Flipgrid
Ms. Hennen’s Flipgrid
Ms. Ward’s Flipgrid
Ms. Prather’s Flipgrid

I want to thank all of you that attended assessment days on Sept. 7 & 8.  This has helped us to build connections with students, learn about them as readers, and enable us to instruct students at their instructional reading levels and on areas for them to grow. If you did not complete the OHA Family survey to share a student's strengths, areas for growth, and needs, please complete it today.


 

On each Friday, we will share our Zephyr Pride.  Please wear Zephyr clothes, Navy, or Gold.

Take care of yourself, your family, and each other. 

Ms. Prather, Principal

susan.prather@isd832.net

The health and safety of the Mahtomedi School community is a top priority. The school district will work in partnership with families to ensure that students attending onsite school do not have signs of infectious illness. It is important to stress that keeping ill students home will not only prevent the spread of COVID-19 but will protect the rest of the school community from possible classroom or building closures for quarantine purposes. 

Our 2021-22 district health and safety protocols are available on our school year plan web page, available at: www.mahtomedi.k12.mn.us/schoolyearplan. These protocols are subject to change based on information from the Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Department of Education, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in conjunction with local public health data (county and school-level). We will update our community if our health and safety protocols change.

Once per week, a small bag of non-perishable breakfast, lunch, and snack items will be discreetly provided to the student to help meet nutritional needs throughout the week at home and/or in the classroom during snack times. This program is possible due to our partnership with the Mahtomedi Area Food Shelf and MAEF. Nothing needed to qualify! Open to any Mahtomedi K-12 student who signs up.

All third, fourth, and fifth-grade students at O.H. Anderson Elementary will be issued a Chromebook. The device will stay at school each day unless they need it at home to complete assignments or for learning purposes. If the Chromebook is brought home, please make sure you take good care of the device, keep it charged, and bring it back to school the next day so it is available for learning

The teachers will teach our students how to use their Chromebooks as learning tools, but all families should review the Chromebook Device Guide.

Here are some technology resources for all families.

3rd Grade and New Family Information- Getting Started with Chromebooks

Student Guide to Google Classroom

Here is the link to access Lifetouch and order photos from

Lifetouch.com and you will need the OHA access ID EVTRP9WM2.

If you have any questions, please contact our Transportation Department at trans@isd832.net or 651-407-2431

Sept 9th 2021:School Bus Training and Evacuation Drills

A student shall be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of at least the following competencies and concepts:

• transportation by school bus is a privilege not a right;

• district policies for student conduct and school bus safety;

• appropriate conduct while on a bus;

• the danger zones surrounding a school bus;

• procedures for safely boarding and leaving a school bus;

• procedures for safe street crossing; and school bus evacuation and other emergency procedures.

Throughout the school year, individual classes or grade groups travel to places of interest or we bring learning experiences to our school. These experiences offer students enriched learning opportunities. You may choose to help defray the cost of such field trips and experiences and/or transportation through a voluntary donation. If you are unable to contribute, your child’s participation shall not be impacted. Please consider contributing. Contributions can be made through our e-store.  Please click here to access the Mahtomedi ePay system. You will need to create a new account to access the system, if not done previously. The Mahtomedi ePay system is the online system where parents can pay for fees, donations, and costs associated with field trips, school supplies and materials, and fines. If additional learning experiences are added, we may ask for an additional voluntary donation during the school year to help cover the costs of the experience.  3rd grade-$25.00, 4th grade- $40.00, 5th grade-$14.60

We have an opening in our building for a Lunchroom/Recess Paraprofessional. If you would be interested in helping around O.H. Anderson, please click the link below for more information about this vacancy.

Click here to check out our open positions

The PTO is committed to supporting Wildwood and OHA Students and invites you to play an active part of their organization.  Visit mahtomedipto.com for opportunities to get involved.

CLICK HERE to register for Community Education enrichment and recreation.