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Dear OVE Families,

I cannot believe that December is already here! With the upcoming holidays and the end of the first semester, December will prove to be an exciting month! Below are some of the activities

that I would like to highlight... GIVING TREE The Giving Tree is a tradition that began at OVE

years ago as an opportunity for OVE staff to give back to the community by “adopting” families in need within our community and helping to purchase gifts for the holidays. Traditionally, the

giving tree has been housed in the Teacher’s Lounge and was primarily a staff event. This year, we will be placing the Giving Tree in the lobby to allow greater access to the OVE

community. If you would like to help purchase items for families for the holidays, please stop by the OVE lobby and select a paper ornament from the Giving Tree. Each ornament will have the age

and gender of the family member along with an item from their “wish list”. The process is completely anonymous. Purchased items should be wrapped with the paper ornament attached to

the outside of the gift and returned to the OVE office by Monday, December 14 to ensure on-time delivery.

GRANDPARENTS’ DAY: A HUGE THANK YOU to Marcia Miller, our Chair, Cami Miller, the kitchen staff, all the volunteers, and all the other OVE staff, especially Carlie Davis, our secretary, for all

of the hard work and dedication to put together

an amazing experience for our students and their grandparents (or special person). The amazing

lunch served over 1200 students and grandparents. We hope everyone enjoyed this special day! (pictures will be posted on the webpage).

OVE HOLIDAY BAZAAR— This will occur this Sat., Dec. 5th! We are excited for this event for our third year and hope to see

you there! We do still have a few tables left for vendors, so if you or someone you know is interested, please call the school by Tuesday, December 1st.

COOKIES AND CLAY—Thank you to Mrs. Judd for putting in her time for this event. The ornaments

will be available at the OVE Holiday Bazaar from 9:00am—12:00pm. These look spectacular and are quite the ‘keepsake’ All monetary donations for the ornaments will be given to the Middlebury Food

Pantry. December is going to be an exciting month at Orchard View! As always, please feel free to

contact me with any questions, concerns or feedback. Have a wonderful and safe holiday season!

Sincerely, Josh Yoder

Principal

On Saturday, December 5th, we

will have our 3rd annual

Holiday Craft Bazaar from

9:00am—3:00pm. We have

several vendors with goodies to

sell just in time for Christmas!

We will also be hosting our

Cookies and Clay event for

parents from 9:00am—

12:00pm. You can come and

admire a gallery of holiday

themed clay ornaments,

carefully crafted by your

precious children. Donations

of holiday cookies will be

available for sampling, and a

Christmas craft will be ready

for you to complete with

your child. This event is

free, but monetary donations

will be accepted for the

Middlebury Food Pantry.

We will also have Poinsettia

orders sor ted and ready to

DECEMBER

12/3 - No Bully Zone T-shirt

Day

12/4 - Tree Lighting in the

lobby

12/4 - 2nd Grade Parks

Department Visit 1:00 -

2:00pm

12/5 - Holiday Bazaar 9:00 -

3:00

12/5 - 9:00 - 12:00 Cookies and

Clay

12/5 - Poinsettia Sale Pick Up

9:00 - 3:00

12/8 - School Board Meeting

@ Ad Center 4:00pm

12/10 - Last Day for Run the

Halls!!

12/11 - Mrs. Garber’s Class

field trip to the Morris Civic

8:15 - 1:15

12/18 - End of 2nd

Grading period

12/21 - 1/4 - Christmas

Break NO SCHOOL

JANUARY

1/5 - First day back for students

1/5 - Happy Day Club resumes

1/5 - School Board Meeting @

Ad Center 4:00pm

1/22 - 2/26 WIDA Testing

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1/19 - School Board Meeting

@ Ad Center 4pm

1/25 - 2/7 NWEA testing

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December 2015

Orchard View Elementary 56734 Northridge Drive, Middlebury IN 46540

Office: 574-825-5405 Attendance: 574-822-5288

“The mission of Orchard View Elementary is to nurture all students in a safe environment with positive

experiences that develop caring, responsible citizens and lifelong learners”

pick up from 9:00am —

3:00pm, so be sure to come

and pick up your orders. We

have a lot planned on

Saturday so please come out

and join us!

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When dropping off students in the a.m., your child

should exit the vehicle CURB-SIDE along the side-

walk. When students stay in the car to finish eating

breakfast, finish homework, etc. it delays those

waiting in line behind you.

In the a.m., please pull your vehicle up to the end of

the sidewalk so we can have several cars let chil-

dren out at one time. Once your car is along the

sidewalk, please have your child exit the car, wait-

ing until you are in front of the school doors is cre-

ating a blockage all the way back to the intersec-

tion.

Please also keep the flow of cars entering the loop by

NOT driving down the middle rows of the parking lot

to drop off or pick up.

AM Drop-off starts at 7:20. Tardy bell is at 7:45 am.

The end of the day car rider dismissal is 2:00 p.m.

Please call the office if you have any updated infor-

mation: i.e., new phone #’s, new employment, new

address, etc. This information is very important in

case we need to get in touch with you. Thank you so

much.

Our automated phone system will call you to let

you know of any delays or cancellations. When we

have a 2 hour delay for any reason, breakfast will

not be served. All doors are locked until 9:35.

Please, no early drop-offs. In case school is can-

celled because of road or weather conditions during

the winter or because of emergency situations at

any time, the information will be reported to radio

stations WKAM (1460AM or 98FM), WTRC

(1340AM), WCMR (1270AM or 104.5FM), and

WOWO (1190 AM). Additionally, it will be report-

ed on the local TV stations, all before 7:00 a.m.,

when possible. If classes need to be dismissed dur-

ing any school day because of road and weather

conditions, or other emergencies, the information

will be reported to the same media. Parents should

make arrangements for children to be able to get

into the house, or go to another safe place. You

should also be able to receive school delay/closing

information at our web site www.mcsin-k12.org

Christmas Break: December 21st - January 4th

With the changing weather we appreciate your

help in making sure your child dresses for the

outside weather. We will go outside when the

wind-chill is at or above 15 degrees. Also, we are

not able to keep your child inside and provide

additional supervision due to colds, headaches,

etc. as we do not have the staffing available. Un-

less we have a doctor’s note, all students will

need to go outside for recess and if you feel your

child is not well enough then you will need to

keep him or her home. Thank you for your coop-

eration.

The Middlebury Community School District is offering

tuition-free enrollment for second semester . The dead-

line to apply is 2/12/2016. Our Student Transfer Policy

along with the Student Transfer Application may be

found on our website at www.mcsin-k12.org. Please call

574-825-9425 if you have any questions.

The Christmas season is the time of year when we

can refocus our time and efforts towards those

things that really matter: family time! This is just

a simple encouragement to set aside the “hustle

and bustle” of the season long enough to ENJOY

your children. We are lucky enough to have your

children as students at our school, but you have the

opportunity to teach them the things that are im-

portant to your family. Take time for them, teach

them, love on them.

I truly hope your holiday season is filled with joy,

laughter, and time spent with your family!

Eric Lemmon

School Counselor

lemmone@mcsin-k12.org or 822-5371