Weekly Ticker - April 2, 2017

Week of April 2, 2017

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

• It’s here! Week one of the OHS Online Auction opens this Tuesday, April 4, at 8 a.m. Get your computers and mobile devises ready to bid on many wonderful auction items. Click HERE to see some highlights of the items available this week. To register and bid, click HERE.

• Our spring parent workshops begin this week. Following is the complete schedule. We hope you will be able to attend the sessions for your child’s grade.
  
  1st Grade Parent Workshop based on the book Parenting With Love & Logic
  Thursday, April 6 at 11:30 a.m.
  Thursday, April 20 at 6 p.m.
  
  2nd Grade Parent Workshop based on the book Best Friends, Worst Enemies
  Tuesday, April 18 at 6 p.m.
  Wednesday, April 19 at 11:30 p.m.
  
  3rd Grade Parent Workshop based on the book The Blessing of a Skinned Knee
  Thursday, April 6 at 6 p.m.
  Tuesday, April 11 at 11:30 a.m.
  
  4th Grade Parent Workshop based on the book Your Ten to Fourteen Year Old
  Tuesday, April 4 at 6 p.m.
  Tuesday, April 18 at 11:30 a.m.
  
  5th Grade Parent Workshop based on the book The Will of God as a Way of Life
  Tuesday, April 4 at 11:30 a.m.
  Monday, April 10 at 6 p.m.

• The theme for the 2017 Lenten Services is “Jesus: Human and Hero.” Please join us in the Enrichment Center for our second service this Wednesday, April 5, at 8 a.m. The fifth grade Kelly cohort will continue leading us through the life of Christ and teach us a valuable lesson about how much God loves us and that we are called to love others. Shantell Hinton, Upper School Bible teacher, will also share a devotional message to help inspire students to grow deeper in their commitment to God. All students are expected to wear their dress uniform, and parents are welcome to attend.

• Please remember to fill out the Parents Association Volunteer Interest Form to help with the many planned events for the 2017-18 school year. If you would like to volunteer, please complete the form found HERE as soon as possible.

• Don’t forget to register for the Under The Oaks Summer Program at OHS. Click HERE to sign up now.

WEEKLY CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS

Monday, April 3

Rotation Day A

Early Morning Art (3rd-6th), 7:15 a.m. - 7:50 a.m., Lower School Art Room

Track Practice, 4:15 p.m. - 5 p.m., Overton High School Track

6th Grade Girls Lacrosse vs. Grassland, 4:30 p.m., Jim Warren Park

Field Events Practice, 5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Overton High School Track

Boys Lacrosse vs. West End Middle School, 5:30 p.m., West End Middle

5th Grade Girls Lacrosse vs. Grassland, 5:45 p.m., Jim Warren Park

Tuesday, April 4

Rotation Day K

5th Grade Parent Workshop, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., FPC Gathering Place

Track Practice, 4:15 p.m. - 5 p.m., Overton High School Track

Field Events Practice, 5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Overton High School Track

4th Grade Parent Workshop, 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Library

Wednesday, April 5

Rotation Day H

Lent Service, 8 a.m. - 8:30 a.m., Enrichment Center—please enter through the main school entrance at South Porch

Girls Lacrosse Practice, 3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m., Front Lawn

Boys Lacrosse vs. Grassland, 5:30 p.m., MBA’s Andrews Field

Thursday, April 6

Rotation Day I

5th Grade BizTown, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m., JA BizTown

1st Grade Parent Workshop, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., FPC Gathering Place

Track Practice, 4:15 p.m. - 5 p.m., Overton High School Track

Field Events Practice, 5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Overton High School Track

3rd Grade Parent Workshop, 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Library

Friday, April 7

Rotation Day LL

5th Grade BizTown, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m., JA BizTown

Saturday, April 8

Track Meet, 8 a.m., Harpeth Hall