OV Family Newsletter for week of 9/23

Posted Date: 9/23/24 (3:30 PM)

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September 23, 2024

Hello, OV Families!

We're excited to share the latest happenings and updates from our school community to keep you informed and engaged.

SCHOOL HOURS:

8:05am - 2:45pm Mondays - Thursdays
8:05am - 1:30pm on Friday LIT days

LUNCH TIMES (updated 9/16/2024):

7th Grade

11:20am - 11:50am Mondays - Thursdays
11:22am - 11:52am on Friday LIT Days

8th Grade

11:50am - 12:20pm Mondays - Thursdays
10:33am - 11:03am on Friday LIT Days

6th Grade

12:20pm - 12:50pm Mondays - Thursdays
12:11pm - 12:41pm on Friday LIT Days

If you have any questions, please call our office at (425) 366-5200 or email our office manager, Jamie Wright: WrightJL@mukilteo.wednet.edu.

IMPORTANT DATES

9/23: 6th Grade Learning Labs moves from Library to C143 (PE Health Classroom) after school Mondays - Thursdays
9/24: Dungeons & Dragons Club in A201 from 2:45-4pm
9/25: National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) meeting at 2:45-4pm for current members in library
9/25: Home Football Game & Home Softball Game at 3:45pm
9/26: Rainbow Connection Club in A204 from 2:45-4pm
9/26: Board Games & Cards Club in A201 from 2:45-4pm
9/26: Home Cross-Country Meet at 3:45pm
9/27: OV PTO Family Fun Night: Scavenger Hunt from 6-7:30pm
9/28: OV Band & Drill Team parade in Leavenworth
10/2: OV PTO Snacks Ahoy sale at lunches begin (every Wed.)
10/3: Cookie Club in E110 from 2:45-4pm (must sign up with Ms. Rose--listen for announcement)
10/7: OV PTO General Meeting on Zoom at 7pm
10/8: Curriculum Night at 6pm
10/10: Picture Retake Day from 8am-11am

BELL SCHEDULES

Our lunch schedule on Fridays has changed due to a scheduling conflict with multi-grade teachers. Here is the updated bell schedule for 2024-2025 that shows these changes to Friday lunch times.

SCHOOL PICTURES

If you ordered a school picture packet from Dorian Studios on our August business day, check your student's backpack. Orders were sent home last week.

Missed business day? Our picture retake day is on Thursday, October 10th from 8am-11am. Students that missed business day or any new students must get their picture taken for their FREE ID card and for the yearbook. If you ordered a picture packet and would like a retake, student must bring their picture packet to exchange it for a new picture.

Orders may be placed online by searching for your school name at mydorian.com and selecting the green order button next to your school retake day event. You can also order using this QR code. Online orders are available for up to four days after retake day.

Picture of our librarian, Mrs. Peterson.

STUDENT TECHNOLOGY CENTER

Please remind your student to bring their fully-charged laptop and charger to school every day. If your student needs a loaner laptop or charger for the day, they can pick one up from the Student Technology Center (STC) in A110. Please note each student is allowed three loaner laptops and/or three loaner chargers per trimester. We want every student to be successful and prepared for learning.

After-School Clubs

AFTER-SCHOOL CLUBS

Good news! A few of our clubs have started. Check out the CLUBS CALENDAR for more details. (Make sure to check the start date.) More clubs will be added throughout the school year. Keep checking the calendar!

Students participating in an after-school club can ride the activity bus home (must live in bus boundary). Important--make sure your student knows his/her address. There is a North and a South bus; supervising staff can help students get on the correct bus.

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS CLUB (D & D)

Have an interest in or want to learn about Dungeons & Dragons (D & D) Club? Come to A201 on Tuesdays.

NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY (NJHS)

Our 1st NJHS meeting for current members is this Wednesday, September 25th in the library at 2:45pm.

We are still accepting applications for 7th and 8th graders interested in joining NJHS. Please see Ms. Koehl in A210 for an application. Must have a 3.0 GPA overall in classes.

SAVE THE DATE--CURRICULUM NIGHT

Save the Date for our school's annual Curriculum Night at 6pm on Tuesday, Oct. 8th. Plans are in the works for the evening, and more details will follow soon.

CREW LESSON: SCHOOLOGY, QMLATIV & GRADES

All of our students participate in CREW Time on Mondays-Thursdays with their first period class. We wanted to share today's lesson on Schoology, Qmlativ and grades with our families as well. CLICK HERE for the slides.

STAY CONNECTED: HOW OUR DISTRICT COMMUNICATES

ParentSquare Family Access

ParentSquare is the district's notification system used to send important messages to parents by phone, text and email.

IMPORTANT: Activate your account to use the two-way features, set language and message method/frequency. Our district just sent out emails today to those parents/guardians that are not registered with ParentSquare. Please follow the directions in that email to get started.

ParentSquare Getting Started

QMLATIV FAMILY ACCESS

Qmlativ is a student information system that contains grades, attendance, state assessment scores and other educational records. Log into Qmlativ to check your student's information. Please keep your contact information current with your school.

If you don't know your log in info, please call our office at (425) 366-5200. We can re-send your Qmlativ log-in info.

SCHOOLOGY PARENT ACCOUNT

Schoology is a learning management system most teachers use to deliver class content to students. Parents and guardians can see what their students are working on in classes by logging in with a Schoology access code.

Please call the office if you need your parent access code for Schoology.

SPORTS INFO

Student Expectations & Game Schedules

STUDENT EXPECTATIONS AT HOME SPORTING EVENTS

Games do not begin until 3:45pm. Students are not supervised after school unless they attend an after school club or elect to Learn.

We are not responsible for students that choose to go off campus or go to unsupervised areas.

Students should remain in the football or softball field areas until the activity bus or ride home arrives or the game is over.

Students that are attending football games should remain outside of the fence.

Rides home must be arranged before attending the game or students must catch the Activity Bus (leaves at 4pm).

Positive cheering only

Student supervision is not provided for students who are not in the designated field areas. There is also no supervision after the game.

SPORTS SCHEDULES

Need to find out what time and where our cross-country meets, football games or softball games are located? Check out Arbiter Live for this info and any on-demand updates.

FAMILY INFORMATION

Early Dismissals, Family Drop-Off Shelf & Volunteering

Early Dismissals

If your student needs to leave school early for an appointment, please call the office at least 30 minutes ahead of time (the more notice the better) at (425) 366-5205 or provide a written note or email in the morning so your student can be waiting in the office for you. A parent/guardian must come into the office to sign out the student. (Any student who misses more than half the school day may not participate in extra-curricular activities.)

Family Drop-Off Shelf

To limit disruptions to the classroom, there is a family drop-off shelf in the office for student items. When an item is delivered to school, please add student name to the item. It will be left in the office for the student to pick up during passing time or lunch. NOTE: Families can drop-off lunches to students, however, students cannot use food delivery services (DoorDash, UberEats, etc.) to order lunch.

GETTING STARTED

Planning on volunteering at OV this year? We would love your help! CLICK HERE to fill out the district's new online volunteer application. Clearance is good for two years.

Current volunteering needs: We are looking for parents/guardians to help with our clothing closet. Volunteers are needed to come in every 1-2 weeks to straighten up the lost and found. At the end of the month, the volunteer takes home the lost and found clothing items and launders them. Volunteer brings back the clothing and stocks it in our clothing closet. We hope to get 6-8 volunteers for this committee so each volunteer is responsible for one month only.

Please email or call our office manager, Jamie Wright, at (425) 366-5210 if you have any questions or would like to volunteer to help wtih the clothing closet.

JOIN OUR CHAMPS PROGRAM

The CHAMPS program at OV exists to give adult community members an opportunity to have a positive impact on the lives of our students. These adult volunteers serve on campus as a source of encouragement. CHAMPS volunteers cultivate healthy, ambitious, motivated and prepared students.

CHAMPS volunteers will help to supervise before school starts and during lunches. We are extra eyes for OV's supervision staff, who will also be with you to support. As a volunteer, you may choose which day(s) of the week you'd like to volunteer. To learn more about the CHAMPS program or to sign up, please contact our CHAMPS volunteer coordinator, Jim Tinsley, at (206) 351-7669.

OV PTO

What is OV PTO? Olympic View Middle School PTO (Parent Teacher Organization) has a simple mission to assist students, staff, and families at Olympic View.

OV PTO sponsors many events throughout the school year!

CLICK HERE for PTO's Calendar of Events for 2024-2025 school year.

Check out OV PTO's upcoming events:

8/27-9/27 PTO Spirit Wear Purchases

Show your OV Pirate Pride by purchasing locally-designed and printed apparel. Purchases delivered later in October. Order HERE by Friday.

9/1-9/30 Membership Drive

Become a PTO member HERE! Suggested $15 per family, but can put $0 - we just want you to join so you can receive our newsletter!

9/27 Family Fun Night: Scavenger Hunt (6-7:30pm)

Bring parents, siblings, friends, and families to compete together in a school-wide scavenger hunt as we raffle off four $25 Crumbl gift cards happening THIS FRIDAY in the cafeteria. Brooklyn Bros. Pizzeria will also do a pizza-tossing demonstration. No cost to attend. Food for sale. This is a family event - NO drop-offs.

10/7 Zoom General Meeting (7pm)

Come learn about PTO activities and how you can help – don’t worry, we aren’t going to nominate you to volunteer at our first General Meeting of the school year! We will always raffle off two sets of $5 Snacks Ahoy bucks for your student to use. Login HERE

Stay up-to-date by following OV PTO on Facebook and Instagram. Email OV PTO with any questions at ovpiratepride@gmail.com

CONTACT INFO

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Office: (425) 366-5200
Office Manager--Jamie Wright: (425) 366-5210 or email WrightJL@mukilteo.wednet.edu

IMPORTANT LINKS:

OV SPORTS REGISTRATION

SCHOOL CALENDAR 2024-2025

MUKILTEO SCHOOL DISTRICT

OV PTO CALENDAR OF EVENTS

OV PTO FACEBOOK

OV PTO INSTAGRAM