K-5 Summer Resources

6/10/2022 11:58 am

Looking for summer resources and activities? Look here! Our teachers and counselors have put together a resource list and activity bank for K-5 students! CLICK HERE TO OPEN

New Cougar Day

6/8/2022 11:05 am

We are pleased to invite our rising-6th grade students to New Cougar Day on August 15th from 8:30am-12:30pm! This half-day event will allow our rising-6th graders an opportunity to meet their new teachers, counselors, and administrators. Students will also get acquainted with their new school. Students will receive their schedules, tour our campus, take part in icebreaker activities and ask any questions they have leading up to Open House and the start of school.

¡Nos complace invitar a nuestros estudiantes de sexto grado al New Cougar Day el 15 de agosto de 8:30 am a 12:30 pm! Este evento de medio día les permitirá a nuestros estudiantes que van al sexto grado la oportunidad de conocer a sus nuevos maestros, consejeros y administradores. Los estudiantes también se familiarizarán con su nueva escuela. Los estudiantes recibirán sus horarios, recorrerán nuestro campus, participarán en actividades para romper el hielo y harán cualquier pregunta que tengan antes de la jornada de puertas abiertas y el inicio de clases.

Summer Reading Challenge

6/1/2022 12:00 am

Reading over the summer is important for your student to continue to grow and it is fun! Join the Summer Break Reading Challenge to earn prizes from the library and OP! All you have to do is sign-up (the link is on slide 6), read for 20 minutes a day or 600 minutes total, and complete fun summer activities like playing outside, star gazing and creating art. Students who complete the challenge will get a book or water bottle from the library and a prize when they return to school this fall.

Click on this link for more information and to sign-up: Summer Break Reading Challenge

A Message from Principal Johanson

5/25/2022 12:00 am

Dear families,

The heartbreaking tragedy that occurred in Texas yesterday is unfathomable and difficult to comprehend. Our most important role in the next few days is to support our students and ensure their emotional well-being.

Children have more access to information than ever before, and parents have less ability to filter. We recognize that many students will come to school today needing reassurance, while others will have no knowledge of what has occurred. Our staff members have experience responding to students with different needs in many situations.

We want families to be aware of our response plan today. School staff will be monitoring students and actively listening to conversations to understand where support and reassurance are needed. Below is our approach to assuring all students feel safe at school:

• We will support our students by listening and reassuring them of the ways we keep them safe.
• We will actively monitor children while arriving and getting settled in the morning. Younger kids (especially)
  can't hold in pressing thoughts for long.
• If students mention the situation, the teacher will call them away and ask how they are feeling about what they
  know.
• Teachers and staff will affirm students’ feelings as a natural response and let them know that we understand if
  they are scared, sad, mad, anxious or have other emotions.
• We will reassure them that they are safe and remind them of the many safety measures we have in place:
  secured classrooms, screening adults/visitors before entering campus and requiring a sign-in and a badge, adults
  monitoring hallways, police officers and security associates on campus or nearby.

Below are resources for talking with children about violence and responding to tragedy in the news. We are here to support your children and take safety very seriously. Please be assured students will be monitored and nurtured, as needed, during this difficult time.
Resources:

• Talking to Children About Violence
• How to Talk About Violence in the News
• Compassion and Acceptance in Crisis

Please email your child's teacher, grade level counselor, or me if your child needs additional support or reassurance to feel safe at school. We are here to support you. Your child’s well-being and safety are our top priority.

Sincerely,
Patricia M. Johanson
Patricia M. Johanson, principal

Order Your Edukit

5/24/2022 12:14 am

2022-2023 Committee Signups

5/12/2022 4:40 pm

Open form here: https://forms.gle/B8FoMbEaLU2hCCM28

Committee List with Current Signups: https://tinyurl.com/OPPTA2223
Committee Descriptions: https://tinyurl.com/OPcommdescriptions

HH Closet Clothing Drive

5/11/2022 5:48 pm

Help ASEP at OP

5/11/2022 10:31 am

Attention parents with kids waitlisted for ASEP! There is still hope but we need to rally together to advocate for the ASEP program and Mrs Johnson.

They need staff.

— 4 assistants (must be 18)

— 1 teacher (18 & have an early childhood education degree)

— Hours are 2:30-6pm

Please contact the ASEP program director to advocate for our program so they can accept more students! OP has an EXCELLENT program and more kids deserve to be a part of it! If everyone on the waitlist contacts Mr. Hall, he will see the need!

Stephen Hall, Director
Phone: 980-343-5567
Fax: 980-343-3250
Email: stephen.hall@cms.k12.nc.us

FINAL MEETING!

5/10/2022 12:51 pm

This Thursday, 5/12, is the last PTA meeting of the school year! Please join us at 7pm on Zoom as we vote in our new board members for the 2022-2023 school year. We will need a quorum of at least 20 PTA members to do this, so please pop in! We'll make it short and sweet.

The nominees are:

• Janae Britt, President
• Jackie Timmons, Vice President
• Jennifer Adkins, Treasurer
• Danielle Edwards, Secretary
• Chantal Otelsburg, Communications Member At-Large
• Sarah Gass, Audit

*Zoom link will be sent out on Thursday

Join us on the PTA Board next year!

4/26/2022 9:01 am

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