Spooky Entertainment

Mrs. Nahra's fourth grade class entertained the school with a puppett show complete with ghosts, goblins, witches, and skeletons. All the children participated in the development of the script, characters, and costumes. Even audience members were asked to participate in the fun!!! Thank you to Mrs. Nahra and her students.

More Harvest Arts Festival Photos

Mini Book Fair Update!!

Our Mini Fall Book Fair is scheduled for November 8 from 3-5p.m.; and, November 9 from 5-8p.m.

Parents can also visit the bookfair online at the following weblink:

http://www.ubah.com/BF19669

If you order online, shipping is FREE if you have it sent to OTES (576 Stillwater Ave.), or $5 if you'd like the books sent directly to your home. (estimated 2-3 weeks delivery time)

Harvest Arts Festival

OTES hosted it's annual Harvest Arts Festival on Friday, October 27. This day-long event was filled with large and small group activities for all students. Community members, OTHS students, as well as some of our very own teachers ran a wide range of workshops: singing, guitar, making of scarecrows, banjo singing, tole painting, silversmith, scrapbooking, pumpkin hats, hand trees, bath salts, poetry, culinary arts, papermaking, stamping, Reader's Theater, Batik fabric art, and drawing (just to name a few). The event was a huge success. Thank you to all who helped our students enjoy this day!!

Rain, Rain, Go Away!!!

Recent rainy weather could not stop these industrious students from constructing a shelter within their Learning Community. Our students are always working hard---rain, or shine!! :)

Dictionaries for Third Grade!!

Tom Ammerman of the Old Town Elks visited the entire 3rd grade this morning with a very generous donation. Every 3rd grade student received their own dictionary, ruler, and pencil!! Thank you to the Old Town Elks for supporting our school!!

GOTCHA!!

GOTCHA!!! OTES staff will be using "Gotcha" cards to recognize students who "Work Hard and Be Kind". Staff members will complete the cards and submit them to the office where students will be recognized during afternoon announcements. Afterwards, the actual Gotcha cards will be posted on the wall of our lobby where we all can see how truly amazing our students are here at Old Town Elementary School!!

Kindness Counts

Students in LC 1 were recognized for all their kind acts in the month of October. Teachers in LC1 have been filling out "Kindness Counts" slips for all their students in their classroom as the kind acts occur. Two names from each of the classrooms in LC 1 were drawn and read in an assembly held on Friday, October 20th. Students were given a certificate of achievement, a golden pencil, and a round of applause from their teachers and friends. We have many, many kind and good-hearted children at OTES. Check out the other classroom blogs to see students recognized for kind acts. www.otsd.org/teacherblogs.htm

Mini Fall Book Fair

WHO: For parents only

WHAT: **An opportunity to do some early holiday shopping
**Quality children's books from Usborne Books
**Proceeds to purchase non-fiction books for our school library

WHEN: Wed. Nov. 8th 3 - 5 PM
Thur. Nov. 9th 5 - 8 PM

WHERE: In our school lobby

ONLINE: We will also be selling books online, so check back next week
for details!

OTES to Host Middle School Basketball Teams

Administration at LMS and OTES met this week to build the Middle School Basketball Season Schedule. The partnership is an exciting opportunity to observe our students as they grow as students and school citizens. Our school works hard to build successful learners and we value the chance to see our teachers' efforts develop as our students leave us to attend LMS. Our school continues to bring community together to serve all students in Old Town. Games and practices will begin in November. We'll be sure to publicize the game schedules in order for our OTES families to attend the games and cheer our LMS students on!

Fireman Dan Visits OTES

Dan Bean of the Old Town Fire Department came to visit each grade level at OTES during October. In grades Pre-K - 2, he taught basic fire safety skills such as "Stop, Drop, and Roll", smoke alarm safety, and the dangers of matches and lighters.

In grades 3-5, he brought in a new, interactive house. Students had the opportunity to look through each room and find fire hazards. They then corrected each room so that it was safe. During this process, students were able to observe how smoke travels in a room, learn outlet safety, and the importance of fire alarms.

Thank you fireman Dan!!

Alex Goes to Space Camp

What did you do last weekend? Alex B., a second grader at OTES, attended Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama! While at Space Camp, Alex learned what it's like to be an Astronaut and a Mission Controller. Some of the highlights of this amazing experience include the water tank and multi-axis chair and G-Force and other simulators. In the end, Alex and his crew (that included his father) journeyed deep into space on humanity's first trip to Mars. Congratulations Alex!! OTES is very proud of your hard work!

Flag Football Championship Game!!

The intramural flag football season at the Old Town Elementary School culminated in the championship game being played on Friday, October 6th.

The game matched the Pit Bulls and the Blue Thunderbolts and was more exciting than any championship in the history of flag football! The teams were so evenly matched that the final score, 11 to 11, resulted in co-champions of the school. This was an extremely hard-fought game, one that was enjoyed by many spectators.

The elementary flag football league is offered to all interested 4th and 5th graders and runs for six weeks. This year the league had 35 participants and was coordinated by OTES Physical Education Teacher, Mike Thurston.

K-Kids Recognition Dinner

The newly elected Old Town Elementary School K-Kids officers, advisors
and administrators, and their parents attended the regular Orono-Old
Town Kiwanis Club supper-meeting on Tuesday, October 2, 2006 at the
Black Bear Inn. This annual event introduces the K-Kids officers to the
Kiwanis members and provides them with the opportunity to see how adult
meetings are conducted and to clarify their own goals for the year.
Shown in the photo are: (back row) Kiwanis president Earle Hannigan, K-Kids OTES principal Jeanna Tuell, assistant principal
Matt Cyr, advisor Mary Moreau, advisor Kristy St. Peter, (middle row) President Tia J., Secretary Erica O., vice president Austin C., and (front row) Treasurer Emma C.

OTES has a New Motto and Logo!!!

Old Town Elementary School is proud to unveil the new motto and school logo.

"Work Hard and Be Kind" was selected by the staff and students using an online survey tool.

Our new logo has handprints surrounded by a triangle. We chose a triangle because it is the strongest geometric shape; and while keeping this in mind, the strength of our school is dependent on Collaboration, Cooperation, & Communication. The colors of the hands represent the 4 learning communities (red, green, yellow, and blue). BUT WAIT, I ONLY SEE THREE HANDS?! That is because the logo will be placed on various articles of clothing that are colored to represent the 4th community......For example, a student in the yellow community may want to wear a yellow shirt that on which the logo contains the other three colors inside the triangle--red, blue, and green.