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You made it. Class party day is over, in theory most of your errands are run and shopping is done. Now you can sit down and relax and enjoy the kids for two weeks. Or day drink and pull your hair out. Whatever is your speed. But while you are doing that, consider stopping by […]

  This one goes out to all you room moms and helper moms. ‘Cause I know, right now, one of you is struggling with sign up genius. You are setting up a multi-hour event with revolving volunteers for a “crafts from around the world party.” There are multiple volunteer shifts that need to be filled,

With the holidays coming up, one of the things that I think can sometimes be confusing is the idea of “nut free classrooms” or zones. Can you pack peanut butter or have nuts as a snack? A recent reminder from one of my children’s teachers proved that I am not the only one. So I

True story. One day, 3 years ago, the hubs asked me “hey, did you see that LivingTree post Ms. Lemoine sent out?” No, no, I did not. Then my friend asked me, “what’s this post Ms. Folse sent about?” I had no clue. This continued for a couple of months. I was essentially clueless about

Written (with help) by: Stella Stevens, 3rd VP Communications This year our FunRun brought in $167,018 dollars. Out of that, we paid Boosterthon $59,677, so our total net was $107,341. That amounts to 35.7 percent of our total earnings. Now, if you read this and understand that you have to spend money to make money,

When we first toured OFE, way back in olden times of 2012, the first thing I noticed was the beautiful gardens and arboretum. Probably because they were in stark contrast to my yard. At that time, they were maintained by one very dedicated volunteer named Merrin Noonan. She was up at the school, 5 days

Our first Coffee with the Principal for the year was held Friday, October 12, in the OFE library.  We were excited to have a large turnout to hear OFE administration and teachers discuss the school’s homework policy and objectives. The discussion was led by Principal Andrew Casler and Teacher Specialist David Church.  The meeting was

It started out in January of 2016 as pains in her shins, pains that everyone, including her doctors, thought were “growing pains.” Then she started to get fevers. They would come and go. After a while, the doctors did blood work to check for scary things— like leukemia. The blood work was normal. The fevers

                I love all you kinder parents this year and the sense of community you are already creating. Everything is so new and so confusing. So different from preschool. But let’s be clear on this, as new and confused as you feel, one of you will be the

Marcia’s son Cole and his friend Elias- two proud, sweaty finishers of last year’s FunRun. (Picture used with permission of both families) Our Pep Rally kick-off for Fun Run is this Wednesday and our big Fun Run is October 5th. If you have not registered your student, please go to funrun.com and start collecting pledges!