Upcoming Events
5/23/2012
- 8th Grade Prayer Service5/24/2012
5/25/2012
- Middle School Liturgy - Stangler preparesSchool Announcements
May Crowning 2012
| All Library Books Due Monday, May 21st! | |
It's time to look in every nook and cranny for missing library books. All library materials must be returned to the library by Monday, May 21st. If you cannot locate a missing book, please contact Mrs. Conway at Conway@stodilia.org. Thank you!
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| "Stand Tall, Speak Up" | ||
As part of our anti bullying theme "Stand Tall, Speak Up", St. Odilia School is initiating "Mix It Up" day on Tuesday, May 22nd. Students are encouraged to sit with new people at lunch and get to know others during the day. Let's mix it up! Make new friends!
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| Camp Invention | ||
.jpg) Join us at the Camp Invention program held at St. Odilia School on June 18-22 from 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. The program will be directed by Mrs. Hannon. Each day, children will rotate through four exciting, hands-on modules that require imagination, creative problem-solving, and teamwork to solve real-world challenges.Children will explore science skills such as buoyancy, orienteering, and magnetism on the island of Magnetropolis™, take a fantasy adventure on the Ci6000 Space Modulator Time Machine to explore seredipitous moments that make the process of inventing fantastic inthe Inventeureka™ module, and practice teamwork, cooperation, coordination, and creative problem solving processes during fun, energetic games in Action and Adventure Games™. In I Can Invent: Balloon Burst™, children will dismantle broken machines from home using real tools and create multi-step inventions that they name and prepare to market.
Mrs. Fackler, Mrs. Teigen, Mrs. Booth and Mr. Stangler will facilitate the program modules, and enthusiastic high school and college students will serve as leadership interns. This renowned program features a low staff-to-child ratio, with one staff member for every eight children.
The registration fee includes a Camp Invention T-shirt. Call or mail in your registration by May 31st and save $15 off the base price of $215. Availability is limited, so visit www.campinvention.org or call 800-968-4332 to reserve your child’s spot today! For children entering grades 1-6.
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| Technology Update 5/16/12 | ||
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Dear 4th-7th Grade Parents/Guardians,
St. Odilia School has always supported technology that engages and enhances its students’ learning. We have given students access to our computer lab, laptop carts, iPods, and Smartboards; these have proven to be successful educational tools.
We currently have a 5th grade 1:1 iPad pilot program. This program has given each student their own iPad to use throughout the day and at home. The iPad 1:1 initiative expands the use of technology from our current shared model to an individual, personal student model. The iPad committee has evaluated our 5th grade iPad pilot program with input from the 5th grade teachers, a 5th grade parent user group, 5th grade students, and from the middle school teachers. We are excited to announce that we will move forward with a 1:1 iPad program for the 2012-2013 school year! Next year’s iPad program will include the 5th and 6th grades in the same format as this year’s pilot in which students are assigned a school-controlled Apple ID for downloading content. The 8th grade students will also participate in the iPad 1:1 program. Since they will be 13 years of age, they will have a personal Apple ID for downloading content. The 7th grade will not start the year with an iPad program. Our resources, personnel, and timing will not allow us to address 7th grade use at this time. However, a MacBook cart will be available for each 7th grade homeroom.
The cost factor for those in 5th,6th and 8th grade will be $180 for the school year. The 6th grade fee will be due in January.
We look forward to incorporating this technology into our curriculum and will keep you informed as more details become finalized!
Sincerely,
The iPad Committee
Bob Grose, Julie Archbold, Bill Booth, Molly Conway, Jenelle Fackler, Angie Fox, Ryan Pajak, Jeanne Schaaf, Ben Stangler
MariPat Teigen, Caroline Waskow and Brad Wilhelmy  |
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| A Message from the Nurse | ||
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As the end of the school year nears, thoughts are often on family vacations and fun. It is also a time to start thinking about your child’s school health needs for next fall. Please click HERE for information on physicals, immunizations and preschool screening.
For new students starting St. Odilia School in the fall, please contact your current school to transfer your child’s immunizations and health record.
There is still plenty of colds and flu about so we would like to remind parents to keep their child home if any of the following exist.
Also please keep your child at home if they are too sick to participate in the normal school day.
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