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Okaw Valley Elementary School
319 North Washington
Bethany, Il. 61914
217-665-3541
We at Okaw Valley Elementary School strive to give our students the foundations to become respectful, honest life-long learners. Along with our parents and community we will instruct them in making good decisions to become productive citizens for the future.
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Important Dates to Remember
May 3rd: 12:05 Dismissal for SIP Day
May 9th: Benchmarking Day
May 24th: 4 Quarter Awards
May 24th: OVES Play Day
May 28th: Teacher's Institute
May 29th: Report Card Day
Summer School: June 10th - July 12th
August 8th: Registration @ OVHS (Bethany)
August 9th: Registration @ OVMS (Findlay)
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Flowers Donated
Okaw Valley Elementary would like to thank Buxton Flower and Garden Shop for donating flowers to brighten the entrance to our building.
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Talent Show!
Our April PBIS Reward's Day consisted of a talent show by the students and ice cream. Below are a few pictures of student performing their amazing talents. They continued eventhough there were some technical difficulties, bringing life to the creedo The Show Must Go On! The students will get to enjoy their ice cream on Friday.
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Family Math Night
April 11th OVES held a Family Math Night. Students were given "Passports" as they entered the building and their goal was to visit 6 of 10 activity centers. As they participated in the activity their Passport was hole punched and once they received 6 hole punches they deposited their Passport in a tub for a chance at winning a Kindle Fire HD. The Kindle Fire HD and a drink was provided by the OVES PTO. Below are pictures of students enjoying the evening. Thank to all who attended and those responsible for making Math Night successful.
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5 Essential Skills Survey
Gov. Quinn has proclaimed February 15 "Illinois 5Essentials Day" and encourages schools to take 15 minutes on the 15th to participate in the survey. Note that at least 30 percent of parents and 50 percent of teachers at each school must fill out this survey in order for ISBE to have enough data to generate a school-level report. Data will also be shared on the new school report cards in 2013.
Parents may take the survey anytime before February 28th by following this link: https://illinois.5-essentials.org/2012/
Parents can also take advantage of our computer during Parent/Teacher Conferences to take the survey.
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Toby Tire to visit OVES
Toby Tire, sponsored by the Secretary of State and The American Legion, Ladies Auxiliary and Sons of the American Legion, will be visiting our school on February 25th. There will be 2 programs, one for K-2 students and one for 3-4 students. Toby will be teaching the students about general safety, bus safety and bullying. OVES would like to the thank the Secretary of State's office and the American Legion family for supporting this educational opportunity.
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Sharon Wicker Memorial Fund Donation
Mrs. Wicker loved her IPad. She saw how it could be used in the classroom and she wanted students of OVES to have the opportunity to use them in class. Prior to her passing she asked that a fund be created to purchase pads' with donated memorial money. The donations tallied over $4,000.00 which allowed us to purchase 12 IPad Minis and protective covers for them. The district added additional grant money to allow us to purchase a total of 24 IPad minis. The Pads are identified with Sharon Wicker Memorial Fund engraved on the back. Teacher's are learning how to use them in conjunction with their curriculum and the students are loving them. |
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PTO donates to IPads
The OVES PTO donated a cart to store, charge and sync the IPads the we received from the Sharon Wicker Memorial Technology Fund and district grant funds. The cart will help protect and keep the IPads ready for classes as they need them. It also allows to load teacher requested apps for their classroom.
Thank you to the PTO. |
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Students to Learn About Birds
The Moultrie County Soil and Water District is sponsoring an assembly for OVES. The assembly is called Raptor's 101. students will see and learn about a hawk, owl, falcon, and bald eagle! It has been rumored that at least one bird will be flying in our gym. The assembly will be December 14th at 2:00. We would like to thank Sue Yarnell for her help in securing this opportunity.
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4th Grader's Choose Donations over Gifts
For the second year, the 4th grade classes have elected to not participate in a gift exchange but to collect donations for a worthy cause. Last year the students raised over $400 for the Macon County Animal Control which is a no kill facility. This year they have decided to donate to the "Big Brothers, Big Sisters Organization". The class will donate the normal gift fee of $5.00 to this organization. We at OVES applaud this students and are proud of their decision to help others in this season of giving.
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1st Quarter Awards
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JUMP WITH JILL ASSEMBLY
Jump with Jill came to our school during October. What was Jump with Jill. It is a rock music themed assembly where good nutrition and eating habits are the topic. Jill used rock music, singing and dancing to get the kids involved to help them remember what they had seen. The students have been talking about it since she was here and she left us the CD that has the same songs on it. Good nutrition is the key to your health.
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OPEN HOUSE
We will be hosting an Open House on September 6th. Come to our school, chat with your student’s
teacher and view some projects that your child has participated in creating. The times are 6:00pm
to 7:00pm. See you there!
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See your students grades, discipline and demographics.
Parents may access their son or daughter's grades through the STI Parent Portal on this website.
For parents that do not know their login information, please contact
Mr. McCausland by email techdept@okawvalley.org .
Presently there isn't access for kindergarten classes.
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Girls on the Run
Girls on the Run is a life-changing program for girls in the 3rd -5th grade and 6th-8th grade. We are starting a Girls on the Run program
at OVES which begins on September 10th. Meetings will be every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30 - 5:00 pm. and concludes with a
5K run on November 10th. Please follow this link to discovery more about this program. Girls on the Run
If you have further questions contact coaches Misi Jones, Dina Spencer and Angie Barter.
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