OES E-NEWS

December 2, 2016

May 5, 2017

OES brought home many medals from this years Special Olympics! Congratulations to our

athletes– James Bogart, Clevion Chaneyfield (2 first place ribbons), Jacob Newton (2nd place

ribbon), Cooper Pope, Logan Shuler, Cristian Zavala, and Destini Anderson. Also our out-

standing Project Unify Spirit Squad won first place for most team spirit– Way to go Jiovani

Rivera, Noah Woods, Annie Oliver, Emily Shyblosky, Grant Turner, Leah Bogart, Allen Crosby,

Logan Woods, Olivia Schoenstra, Jenna Schoenstra, Imani Singleton, Breanna Stephens, Sky-

lar Delpier, Anna Fuge, Taylor Wade, Der’eon White, Nehemiah McGill, Melanie Pope, Desti-

ny Skinner, Gabby Lopez, Mariana Lopez, Jasmine Carmichael, Emma Ernst, Kate Dubose,

Brandon Solorza, Johanna Pierre, Aubrey Davis, Jada Kleinhans, Molly Maine, Barrett Hol-

land, Lydia Jamison, and Caralynn Scott. Also, big kudos to our staff– Roxanne Newton, Co-

rey Slater, Diane King, Melissa Lane, Reaves Montjoy, Nikki Davis, Ashley Beebe, Lindsey Mul-

ligan, and Megan Mchale.

What’s Up at the Nest?

May 8-12– MAP Testing, grades K-2nd only

May 10– Chick-fil–a night to support 3rd grade, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

May 11– ESOL night, 6-7 p.m.

May 12– Pre-K water day and Field Day

May 13– Bluffton May fest

May 14– Happy Mother’s Day

May 16– Squirrel Club, 7:15-7:45

May 16– SIC meeting, 7:15-7:45

May 17– Book fair starts!!

May 18– Taste of the Garden

May 19– End of the Year Picnic, 5:30-7 p.m.

May 22– 5th Grade field trip to Mighty 8th Air Force Museum

May 22– Pre-Kindergarten Awards Ceremony

May 23-24– 5th Grade Uniform Free days

May 23– 5th Grade vs Teachers Mat Ball Tournament

May 23– 5th Grade tour of Bluffton Middle School

May 23– 5th Grade Lip Sync Battle

May 23– WINGS celebrations

May 23– Chorus last rehearsal (awards given today), 3-4 p.m.

May 23– 5 Guys Spirit night to support Literacy at OES, 5-7:30 p.m.

May 24– WINGS Ceremonies, Grades 3-4 @ 8:15, Grades 1-2 @ 1:45

May 25– 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony, 8:15 a.m.

May 26– Kindergarten Graduation, 8:15 a.m.

May 26– EARLY DISMISSAL! Students will be dismissed at 11:30

May 1– Trevor Fludd

Jehu Sanchez

May 2– Landon Ballowe

May 3– Olivia LeGrande

May 4– Kyleigh Andersen

Josephine Parasole

May 7– Firasa Rodabaugh

May 8– Jude Clark

Cooper Pope

May 9– Tessa Robinson

May 10– Isabella Bliss

May 12– Gabriel Canez

Joshua Lopez

Allison Rapalo Rivera

May 13– Ethan Hames

Carter Lawson

May 16– Harrison Barricks

Keagan Claffy

Quentin Simmons

May 17– Kaleb Ross

May 19– Braylon Lauffer

Logan Shuler

May 21– Tommy Meissen

Ellis Rose

May 23– Samia Bennett

Nathan Bradford

Campbell Burbage

Ella Price

May 24– Thiowa Maldonado

May 25– William Allbee

May 26– Xangelie Baez

May 27– Jazleen Cruz

Obrian Rhoden

May 28– Alyssa Lock

May 29– Katie Snyder

May 31– Aaliyah Edmond

Lindsay Fermin

Jake Holland

Emily Melton

Ashley Adame

Jonathan Aguilera

Bradlee Andersen

Kyleigh Andersen

Sadie Beck

Savannah Bacon

Isabelle Bailey

Abby Baker

Matthew Balmaceda

Oliver Barricks

Zaria Benskin

Caytleigh Bower

Mikey Burns

Cam’Ron Bush-Holley

Clevion Chaneyfield

Jude Clark

Brian Cliff

Nathan Collins

Kamaria Cunningham

Noah Daniel

Shelby Davidson

Aubrey Davis

Skylar Delpier

Kate Dubose

Laura Dubose

Cecil Dunn

Emily Eaton

Sophia Eayrs

Nicholas Elliott

Addison Farmer

Sarah Fries

Imani Gamble

Owsley Gammon

Caleb German

Ryan Goll

Adrian Gonzalez

Malcolm Gordon

Addison Gourley

Jeremiah Grant

Gabby Grayson

Morgan Grayson

Baleigh Hames

Ethan Hames

Ryan Hardin

Haylee Hayes

Sophia Hemmann

Emily Hoover

Preston Hufstetler

Grayson Jacob

Kenny Jaklitsch

Maisie Johnson

Turner Johnson

De’Naysha Jones

Gia Khaskin

Jada Kleinhans

Max Leroux

Christina Lin

Jenny Lin

Vincent Lin

Ella Livingston

Juan Pable Lopez

Joshua Lopez

Miller Magee

Maggie Maine

Dallas Major

James Matits

Nehemiah McGill

Ava Merced

Kaz Meriwether

Mason Miller

Olivea Mitchell

Maya Mondelci

Jayden Montgomery

Max Morrow

Mia Morrow

Micaiah Mosher

Braedon Mull

Maddy Nimmer

Josephine Parasole

Matthew Parker

Damien Partridge

Dallas Reeves

Sterling Reeves

Quentin Reynolds

Jiovanni Rivera

Anabelle Roberts

Firasa Rodabaugh

Bella Rodriguez

Dalilah Rodriguez

Nevaeh Romeo

Mauricia Romero

Maddy Rosshirt

Drew Salyer

Jehu Sanchez

Jack Sholly

Nicholas Shuford

Logan Shuler

Cayson Simmons

Cole Simmons

Kordell Stewart

Mason Sweigart

Marla Taiz

Andres Tercero-Castro

Cullen Thomas

Emarie Toirkens

Brayden Tourout

Gia Trice

Grant Turner

Christopher Tuzzo

Nicholas Tuzzo

Max VanEsselstyn

Kyler Vick

Morgan Walker

Domoic Webber

Mason White

Der’eon White

Maddie White

Rowan Willard

Carreon Wilson

Noah Woods

Logan Woods

Lucy Wynne

Emerson Zatalokin

The following students were caught being RE-

SPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE or displaying acts of

FORGIVENESS in the month of March! We are

very proud of each and every one of you!

Callawassie Garden Tea was truly a special

event! Our students helped serve lemon-

ade, tea, or water and cookies, lemon bars,

pie on a stick, as well as, seed ball pots

which were lovingly decorated and

wrapped by our second graders. Many

thanks to the Callawassie Garden Club for

their thoughtfulness, efforts, and

continued support!

Several families attended our CrossFit Kid's Night and fun was had by all. The highlights of the night were when the kids beat the teachers at tug-of-war and the Hunt/Peterson showdown on tug-of-war! Thank you to Coach Barry, Coach Angie, and Coach Adam from CrossFit Port

Royal Sound for coming out and showing our kids some fun physical activity.

Congratulations to OES, as we surpassed our March of Dimes goal of $1000.00!

We collected a total of $1032.00!!! Many thanks to Mrs. Summers for organizing

the event, and for Mrs. DeWeese and Mrs. Aaron for assisting her! Excellent team

work! Another huge thank you to everyone that came out to walk in the March of

Dimes Walk in Bluffton. It was a fun time!!

Congratulations to our April Character Winners for modeling and

demonstrating outstanding “forgiveness” daily. We are very proud of

Skylar Delpier, Addison Gourley, Jeremy Seabrook, Langley Ruth Hogs-

head, Rachael Wynne, and Max VanEsselstyn.

Over 80 owls attended our Sunset Science on Mitchelville Beach led by Mrs. Lauffer. Everyone that

attended went on a scavenger hunt for horseshoe crabs, shells, and other types of beach life. The

kids braved the water to pull the seine net and to swim. Everyone enjoyed sand castle building as

well. Special thanks to Mrs. Lauffer, Mrs. Wilson, Ms. Mulligan, Mrs. Gourley, Mrs. Newton, and

Mrs. Brown for helping out tonight!

Congratulations to Ana Cristina Tuzzo, who was voted OES’ 2016-

2017 Volunteer of the Year! Mrs. Tuzzo attends the majority of all

school events on and off campus, during the school day and after,

as well as any field trip she has the opportunity to attend. She

takes hundreds of pictures tha we post on Facebook or use for our

newsletters and Enews. She is a room mother for both of her

son’s classes and serves as a mentor. She volunteers with PTO,

field day, Jump Rope for Heart, and Math bowls. She is always

copying or creating beautiful bulletin boards. Mrs. Tuzzo, thank

you for EVERYTHING that you do to make OES a better place.

Congratulations to Lynn Nagel, who was voted as OES’

Support Staff Member of the Year!! Lynn is the face that

parents, business partners, district staff and staff see first

daily. She is the happy greeter and keeper of multiple rec-

ords, reports and schedules. She is always willing to help

anyone in the building! She is an amazing artist, and our

school has been blessed with many of her murals through-

out her years with us. She is also an amazing mom to Tay-

lor. Thank you Lynn for being OWLSOME!!!

Congratulations to Leigh Underhill, who was voted as OES’ Teacher of the Year. Leigh is OES’ band, chorus, and music teacher. She choreographs performing opportuni-ties for all of owls. Each student has at least one oppor-tunity to be on stage during the year. She also helps pre-pare our fifth graders and kindergarteners for their big days at the end of the year, as well as, our weeist owls. Leigh produces the monthly E-News, she helps out at the front desk each morning, which is our busiest time of the day. She heads up the Honor’s Choir helping coor-dinate the events with other music teachers. She assists with sound and music needs for PTO events and as need-ed for district meetings. A very active and supportive mom/parent and aunt. Congratulations Ms. Underhill!!

OES Staff members attended an awards luncheon on Friday, April 28 in Columbia, SC to accept two new awards for our school. Our OWLSOME Incentive program won a Golden

Achievement Award, and our 2016-2017 Agenda won a publica-tions award. Awards were presented by the South Carolina

Chapter of the National School Public Relations Association or SCNSPRA. SCNSPRA recognizes public relations efforts and pro-grams that seek to enhance communication between schools

and the community.