OES Mini-Relay for Life 2014

What an emotional day! For those of you like me who have known or lost someone from cancer, this day is always a wonderful day to celebrate and remember. The sun was shining down on us as we heard from a cancer survivor, Mrs. Stacey Johnson, a 4th grade teacher. She spoke of the importance of friendship during tough times and then had all of OES singing the touching chorus of the Bruno Mars song, "Count On Me." If you're not familiar with it, you should listen to it! Loved ones are so important and essential in our daily lives! We then cheered on the survivors for the Survivors Lap and then took our lap as a grade level. The students were so excited and looked great all dressed up in their 50s attire! Later in the day, we walked our class laps while drinking a coke or root beer float. Yummy! At the end of the day we had our balloon release, which leaves me speechless each year. Watching hundreds of balloons fly up to the clouds toward heaven is just a magical sight. And to see the students understand the meaning and importance of all of these festivities makes me so proud to have grown up in this community and work in this fantastic school!

OES is full of talented All-Stars

Tuesday night, we had our 1st annual OES Fine Arts show. It consisted of the art show, a drama club performance of Hansel and Gretel, and the Honor Choir singing. This show was fabulous! The artwork was so impressive....much better than my artistic abilities for sure :) The drama performance blew me away! What an amazing amount of time and preparation that must have taken and it definitely showed. The student actors/actresses did a fantastic job! Reagan was one of the characters and I'm so proud of her.Their expressions and voices were priceless. The honor choir sang beautifully, as always. The kazoo song was my favorite. All in all it was a terrific night and the students enjoyed it as well because we got to see them all perform Wednesday afternoon. Way to go All-Stars!