Terracycle at OCE: PTA started with collecting drink pouches in the cafeteria two years ago and now participate in 12 different categories. Olive Chapel Elementary's total earnings exceed $1500 and we have kept over 620 pounds of garbage from local landfills. OCE won top collector in NC for drink pouches. We won 2nd most functional recycling box (the large Clipper Ship in the school lobby) in the TerraCycle Box that Rocks contest this year and $250 towards our growing program.
Bill Reh, Meteorologist at WCNC has chosen Olive Chapel Elementary to be their first "Cool School of the Day" in 2014 for our recycling efforts with the Terracycle Program sponsored by the PTA. The segment will air at 6:18 am. Be sure to watch or record the segment! Also most Cool School segments are available the week they are seen by going to WCNC's website or running a search for WCNC Cool Schools.
Terracycle at OCE: PTA started with collecting drink pouches in the cafeteria two years ago and now participate in 12 different categories. Olive Chapel Elementary's total earnings exceed $1500 and we have kept over 620 pounds of garbage from local landfills. OCE won top collector in NC for drink pouches. We won 2nd most functional recycling box (the large Clipper Ship in the school lobby) in the TerraCycle Box that Rocks contest this year and $250 towards our growing program. Welcome to the New Year and to Track 1 students and staff returning for a regular school day on Thursday Jan. 2nd. Track 4 students and staff are tracked out.
January 8th is Walk to School Wednesday due to school closed on New Year's Day 2014!
Get out of bed and get those walking shoes on! Follow the routes listed under Important Links for Walk to School Wednesday. Students who walk will earn a foot token from Ms.Vetters & Ms. Roberts, and students wearing a Walking School Bus T-Shirt will earn an iron-on footprint transfer by checking in at the front door when they arrive at school! On December 15th, 2013 OCE's Chess Club competed in our second Team Tournament! We competed against some pretty tough schools from the surrounding areas! Even though tough, it was an exciting challenge, and our team still brought home a victory!! 2 2nd place trophies are on display in the office. If you see a Chess Club student, congratulate them!
Chess Coaches: Ms. Butler & Ms. Callaghan Just a quick reminder this Tuesday is Terracycle Tuesday! We will be collecting recycles in carpool. For a cheat sheet containing what we collect go to the PTA tab on Olive Chapel's website, then look for the Terracycle link. Thank you for helping us keep our school and community green!
Bill Reh, Meteorologist at WCNC has chosen Olive Chapel Elementary to be their first "Cool School of the Day" in 2014 for our recycling efforts with the Terracycle Program sponsored by the PTA. The segment will air at 6:18 am. Be sure to watch or record the segment!
Terracycle at OCE: PTA started with collecting drink pouches in the cafeteria two years ago and now participate in 12 different categories. Olive Chapel Elementary's total earnings exceed $1500 and we have kept over 620 pounds of garbage from local landfills. OCE won top collector in NC for drink pouches. We won 2nd most functional recycling box (the large Clipper Ship in the school lobby) in the TerraCycle Box that Rocks contest this year and $250 towards our growing program. Show your school spirit! Have fun on Hat Day on Friday, December 13th!
Our OCE 4th Annual Spelling Bee is tonight.
Please remember that your spelling bee participant should be at school at 5:30pm and gather in the music room. I hope many of you will be able to come and cheer your student on tonight. The Bee will begin promptly at 6:00pm in the Multi Purpose room. Our school's online bookfair is available although the on site bookfair has ended. Shop the online bookfair through midnght December 12th. Our school will get one half of any purchase (not including tax). We can use that to buy more books for our school library media centerl! Go to this link and scroll to the middle of the page for Shop Now:
http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=olivechapelelementaryschool1 Thank you!! Olive Chapel's Chess Club is ready to compete from 1-5 pm this Sunday December 15th at Davis Drive Elementary! We have 19 Chess Clubbers ready to rock out at our next tournament! If you see a Chess Clubber, wish them luck!
Chess Coaches: Ms. Butler & Ms. Callaghan |
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