December 1, 2022

Dear O.H. Anderson Students and Families,  

For our OHA election, we voted to have Empathy Day. Students dressed up like adults and adults like students. Guess who these kids are dressed up as! 

Thank you to the OHA student council for sponsoring such a fun day!

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

  Ms. Prather, Principal

  susan.prather@isd832.net

Lunch with your child:
We wanted you to know that  you may now come and have lunch with your child. Most of the construction items are moved out so we have room for guests.
You will need to bring your ID to scan/check-in at the main office and you can eat with your child in the OHA Cafe. 
Here are the lunchtimes as a reference.  

New WIN Groups begin Dec. 5:
We have updated our WIN (What I Need)
groups for extra support and extensions. Students may be working with homeroom or partner teachers during this time to support specific skills. If they are assigned a specific group for Dec.- Feb. you will receive this letter next week informing you of their WIN group. It will specify the number of days they will be in this group, the teacher, and the focus of their learning. Please contact your student's homeroom teacher with any questions. 

Winter Clothing and Toy Collection Drive:
It is an annual tradition for OH Anderson Student Council members to organize a collection drive for winter clothing, toys, and books. The items collected will be donated to local families through the Good Neighbor's Club. This year's drive will be held from Monday, December 5th to Friday, December 16th. Students are asked to bring in new items only. Money donations will also be accepted and put towards the purchase of items. Donations can be brought with students to their homerooms or delivered to the school office.

Thanks in advance for all your kind generosity!
~OHA Student Council

Send in Donations of NEW Winter Clothes, Books, and Toys for our Student Council Drive. Dec. 5-16 - See details in our KNOW Section. 

Conference Feedback: Please fill out this quick survey about conferences so we can continually improve our work.

Chromebooks:
Starting Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, we began sending Chromebooks home with OHA students when learning needs to continue at home past 3:25 or for preparation for e-Learning days. This device is for learning purposes only. Here is the Chromebook contract that will be signed by students and families if you choose to have your device sent home. If you have a personal device at home that your child can access Google Classroom you may fill out this form, then no Chromebook will be sent home. Our school district will use e-Learning days during the 2022-23 school year during emergency weather closings. We intend to use e-Learning days immediately with our first emergency weather closing. Check out the  O.H. Anderson e-Learning Days Plan

Dress for the Weather-  Check out the 50-degree rule. Make sure kids are wearing a jacket, boots, snow pants, hat, and mittens each day.

 

Turkey Bingo is a fun tradition at OHA where we come together as a school community to play bingo. If we get a Bingo, we need to waddle down the hall for our prizes. 

Love and Logic ~ Parenting Tips and Articles
This week's highlighted article is Turn Your Words into Gold