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As you might can tell, we have our major fundraiser coming up, which we count on every year to help bring quality programming to the school. Geez. That last sentence sounded like NPR telethon week. At the auction, there are many things you can bid on, through the live and silent auctions. At the silent […]

So if you have been mildly paying attention, you either learned in the fall or already knew, that our FunRun money goes to our PTA operating budget, which pays to run all the programs and events the PTA puts on for the calendar year. So why do we have this auction? The auction funds special

Greetings from the land of the First-Day-Back-in-January hangover. All those nights of going to bed at midnight, sleeping in till 10, eating breakfast at 11, lunch at 3 and supper at 8, then staying up to work on our thousand piece puzzle and watch Christmas movies, repeat the cycle of sloth and gluttony until Saturday

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