Welcome to Odyssey PTA's blog

Problems with forms

2007-08-28T19:41:00.000-07:00

Greetings,

I have been having problems with the forms on this website. If you have filled out the form in the past 4 months, please email me directly christy@odysseypta.org. I am trying to work on the problem right now and getting this corrected.

I did find the problem with the Mail List. It should be functioning correctly now. So you will get updates if you subscribed to the list. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Warm Regards,
Christy Schroeger
Odyssey PTA President

Tissue Tea

2007-07-26T10:31:00.001-07:00

On August 7th, the first day of Kindergarten (for half day students), we will be hosting a "Tissue Tea" for ALL Kindergarten children's parents (and younger siblings).

Come and enjoy cookies and tea while listening to various school celebrities reading stories. It's our way of meeting & treating our new Kindergarten parents.

If you would like to volunteer for this wonderful event, please contact Christy Schroeger: christy@odysseypta.org or 574-8375.

School Supplies

2007-07-26T10:28:00.001-07:00

Greetings!

I hope everyone had a wonderful summer! I have scheduled our school supplies delivery. They will be delivered on Friday, August 3rd. You can pick them up at the Ice Cream Social from 4 - 5:30 PM. They can be found at our PTA table.

If you can't pick up the school supplies at that time, your child will find them in their classroom on August 6th! If you have any questions, please contact me, Christy Schroeger. christy@odysseypta.org or 574-8375.

Last day = half day

2007-05-24T12:49:00.000-07:00

Wow. What an incredible year! It's almost over... The school is starting to look so bare without our children's artwork, bulletin boards, etc. The hallways look so huge. The good news is: we get to start this all over again next year.

Don't forget, tomorrow is a half day. Students will be released at 12:40. There is NO Kindergarten classes.

Cookie Dough Available

2007-05-21T14:36:00.000-07:00

Greetings all,

As you may know, we still have some cookie dough available to sell. If you are interested in purchasing what is available, please contact Peggy Davide: mipeg1@msn.com or 570-4324

Available Flavors:

Tubs - $12.00
Oatmeal Raisin - 3
Peanut Butter - 1
Sugar - 1
Snickerdoodle - 2
Reece's Peanut Butter - 3
Chocolate Chunk - 3
Walnut Chocolate Chunk - 2

Preportion - $14.00
Oatmeal Raisin - 4
Peanut Butter - 1
Sugar - 2
M & M - 1
Snickerdoodle - 1
Chocolate Chunk - 3
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut - 3

Spanish Update

2007-05-21T14:24:00.001-07:00

Good afternoon,

I wanted to let you all know that Spanish will not be added next year as first believed. Due to financial constraints, it cannot be offered at this time. Mrs. Weyer is hopeful that it will be offered in the future.

Regards,
Christy Schroeger
Odyssey PTA President

5th Grade Celebration

2007-05-17T10:08:00.000-07:00

The 5th grade teachers are putting on a celebration on May 24th. There will be a ceremony at 6:30 PM followed by cake and punch in the cafeteria then a dance at 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM!!

Odyssey PTA will be helping 5th grade celebrate their move to the middle school! We will be providing the cake and punch for 90 students and their families.

We could use about 6 volunteers to help serve cake and punch. Volunteer times would be 6:15 PM - 7:45 PM. If you can help, please contact Kimberly Van Diepen, our new Volunteer Coordinator. kimberly@odysseypta.org or 637-4933.

Safety Town

2007-05-17T09:13:00.000-07:00

We had such an awesome day yesterday! The weather was perfect. Our little ones had a blast playing in the playground. We even dodged the afternoon showers. Most importantly, the students all had fun learning about safety and riding the tricycles around the course.

I want to thank ALL the volunteers that came out on such a beautiful day! We had such a blast bopping around the parking lot.

Thanks to Mrs. Whitson, for asking her police officer friends for giving the PTA kids (and me!) a ride in the police cars. We got to go around the block with the lights on and the sirens blaring!! Mrs. Whitson's students earned their rides for getting over 4,000 points doing Reading Counts!! Her students set their goals and achieved them. What an awesome teacher!

On a minor note, I have such bad sunburn on my face! It hurts to smile... Jill, are you as badly sunburned as I am??

Safety Town is a El Paso Council PTA run event. We rent the trailer for a small fee (mostly to pay for the coloring books). We unpack the tricycles, buildings and traffic signs. We put the town together and taught all the students in Kindergarten and 1st Grade about the rules of the road both as walkers and as drivers of cars. Grades 2nd and 3rd watched the video only as the tricycles were really small. All students K-3 got coloring books. We will try to post pictures soon.

We are always looking for volunteers to help us! If you want help with Safety Town next year, please contact Kimberly Van Diepen, our new Volunteer Coordinator. kimberly@odysseypta.org or 637-4933.

Mother's Day

2007-05-13T11:26:00.000-07:00

Happy Mother's Day! Here's a poem for all mothers:

A mother's love begins

Before the child is born

And lasts through time

And difficulties

And differences

And many wounds

And days of joy

And days of sorrow

Winding, wearing

Weeping, sharing

Changing

Until, at the end

What remains

Is that solid core

That began as love

Before the child was born.

Have a wonderful day!

Safety Town

2007-05-11T13:24:00.000-07:00

Attention: Help Wanted!!

Safety Town is coming to Odyssey Elementary on Wednesday, May 16, 2007. Safety Town is an opportunity for the students at Odyssey to learn Road Safety Rules by riding tricycles through a set-up play town with traffic and safety signs along the way. This event is being sponsored and paid for by Odyssey PTA. But we need your help to make Safety Town a success. We need several volunteers to help direct and educate the children on their trip through Safety Town. If you have a couple of hours to help out in the morning or afternoon of May 16th, please call Melissa Shetler at 597-4148 or send an e-mail to melissashetler@comcast.net. Unfortunately, if we do not get enough volunteers to coordinate the event, it may have to be cancelled.

Thank you for you willingness to support Odyssey Elementary.

Melissa Shetler
Odyssey PTA Treasurer

Teacher's Appreciation Week

2007-05-11T13:08:00.000-07:00

We spoiled our teachers this week. We gave them goodies every day. We fed them breakfast on Monday (Thank you Scott Anderson and Tambria Miller) with a sweet treat in their mailbox. Tuesday, they each received a card with a poem in it. Inside the card was a tea bag! (Thank you Debi Fleetwood, Tambria Miller and Christy Schroeger for their donations) On Wednesday, teachers got seed packets because "They help our children bloom"... Thursday brought a favorite candy bar in each teacher's mail box. To wind the week down, Odyssey PTA put on a picnic for each teacher. Cristal Hubbard was outside cooking hamburgers, hotdogs and brats on her grill (Thank you Cristal!) and parents brought salads, desserts and drinks for the teachers to enjoy!

We are always looking for volunteers to help us! If you want to donate a meal or help in anyway you can with Teacher's Appreciation Week next year, please contact Kimberly Van Diepen, our new Volunteer Coordinator. kimberly@odysseypta.org or 637-4933.

2007-05-11T13:06:00.000-07:00

Hello and welcome!

This is the very post of the Odyssey PTA blog. I will try and post here almost every day. Some may be very short. Some may be very long. All in all, I will try and keep you up to date on all the latest PTA happenings for Odyssey Elementary School.

Regards,
Christy Schroeger
Odyssey PTA President