Week of Sept.11-15

Newsletter for Sept.11-15

Week of Sept. 5-8

This week's newsletter.
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Week of Aug.28-Sept.1

Here is this week's newsletter (Aug. 28-Sept.1). Have a great week!
Aug 28-Sept 1

Welcome Class of 2028!

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL

CLASS OF 2028!

I am looking forward to a fabulous 2017-2018 year of building successful, lifelong learners! Just a few notes:
Remember to look at your child's newsletter at the beginning of each week to stay up to date on what we are doing, assignments due, important dates, and test dates. Along with sending a hard copy home each week, I will put the link to the newsletter on this blog as well.
Please remember to send a healthy snack and a water bottle to school with your child each day. I am really not exaggerating when I say they are STARVING by lunch at 12:00, so be sure they're eating a good breakfast and bringing a filling snack.
Speaking of lunch, ice cream will begin to be sold at lunch next Friday, so send $1 if your child would like one. This will occur each Friday throughout the year.
All other important information will be on their weekly newsletter.
Thank you for sharing your child with me this school year. With a strong parent-teacher partnership, we can be sure your child has a memorable, successful, and rewarding year. Do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns. Have a wonderful week!

All About Mrs. Wise! :)

Welcome to 2nd Grade Class of 2027!

I am so excited about the 2016-2017 school year and the sweet new faces I'll see in second grade! I'm Mrs. Wise and I want you to know a little more about me before we are officially back to school. I was raised in Boiling Springs and have lived here since I was 3 years old, so I'm both proud and blessed to still call this place home. I grew up in District 2 schools and following graduation from BSHS, I attended USC-Upstate where I received my Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education. After my first year of teaching, I began working on attaining a Master's Degree in Education from Southern Wesleyan University and graduated in December 2006. This is going to be my thirteenth year of teaching, all of which have been at OES! I taught 3rd grade for ten wonderful years and this will be my third year in 2nd grade. I am married to my high school sweetheart, Rusty. We have been married for 13 years and have 2 beautiful daughters. Linley is our oldest. She is 5 years old, sassy, funny, shy, AND will be with me at OES this year in Kindergarten! Our youngest daughter, Vivienne (aka Vivi) just turned 1 in June. She keeps us on our toes because she is into everything and she's becoming even busier because she has just started taking her first steps. She loves books, Elmo, Mickey, her big sister, and making us laugh.

 

Besides my wonderful family, here are a few more things I love:

God, spending time with family and friends, traveling, reading books on my Kindle, Disney World, sushi, Moe's, Target, almond M&Ms, sweet tea, and the USC Gamecocks.

I can't wait to meet each of you and learn more about you! We're going to have a fun, memorable year together. Enjoy these last few days of summer and I'll see you soon!

OES End of Year Video

We hope you and your family have a safe and spectacular summer!
Enjoy the video!

OES End Of Year Video

The End of a GREAT Year!

First Annual 2nd Grade Market

Success! That wraps up our Goods & Services PBL unit in one word. We covered a lot throughout the unit: goods, services, resources, consumers, money, supply & demand and so many other topics that came up along the way. The students used resources donated by our classmates' wonderful parents to create their own good or service they wanted to sell to the students and faculty of OES. We learned about persuasion before creating advertisements to promote their product. Then, on March 31, we held our first OES 2nd grade Market. The 2nd graders sold a variety of goods such as paper airplanes, duct tape jewelry, loom bracelets, bookmarks, artwork, and so much more! There were also services to choose from such as sharpening teachers' pencils, painting students' nails, and one from our class for washing windows. Overall, our students earned $613.05 to go toward the purchase of our gym's rock climbing wall. They loved it and I felt they learned so much from it. They were using persuasion to try to get consumers coming up to them to purchase their good/service. One group, knowing they needed to sell their high supply before time ran out, started running a buy one get one free promotion. :) They even impressed me by quickly figuring out how much change to give back to one of their customers. I could go on and on, but let me just say I am so very proud of them and what they learned and accomplished. I can't wait until next year's market!

Snow + Valentine's Party = An Exciting Friday!!

Friday was a day full of fun. First, we launched our Goods and Services PBL unit with local business people coming to speak to our students about what they provide to our community. We heard from Mr. Coates from Zaxby's, Mr. Ryan from Bi-Lo, Miss Cooley from Strawberry Hill, Mr. Allen from Allen Real Estate, and Mrs. Loftis from Marian Loftis Photography. We are so grateful they came to share information with our students to prepare them for this fun, meaningful unit.

During the presentations, it began to snow, so we hurried outside to catch some on our tongues. It was brief, but beautiful snow!

Finally we had our ice cream sundae party at the end of the day. Yum! Sugar and snow makes for a chaotic but memorable day at OES!

Pancakes with the Principals

Our class read the most number of steps in 2nd grade during Christmas break (over 7000!) so our reward was getting to eat pancakes with our wonderful principals, Dr. Patterson and Mrs. Skinner. They were delicious and the kids loved it! Great job friends! I'm very proud of you and hope you continue your love of reading!

Doughnuts with Dad

It was a special day on Wednesday when we had our annual "Doughnuts with Dads." I tried to get around to speak to everyone, but I'm sure I missed some of you. I hope each of you enjoyed making memories with your sweet child! Thank you for coming!

Twas' the Night Before Christmas

We had a merry time on our field trip to see the play, "Twas' the Night Before Christmas." I loved watching them watch the play because a few of them were literally on the edge of their seat and loving it!

Week of November 30

I hope each of you had a wonderful, relaxing Thanksgiving holiday. I know I LOVED being at home with my family and making memories. I cannot believe December is upon us! Wow!  Here are some reminders for the weeks ahead as December begins:
Tuesday: Holiday picture orders due
Thursday: Field Trip (we'll leave OES at 10 and return in time to eat lunch around 12:30)
December 5: Polar Express Pancake Breakfast at Applebees - I'm not able to be there this year, but I hope you enjoy your time there. Other teachers will be working that morning, so be sure to go see them!
December 9: Donuts with Dad - Please return the RSVP by this Thursday
December 15: PTA/4th Grade Christmas Program at 6:30
December 18: 1/2 Day (11:00am Dismissal) - Our Christmas party will be from 9:30-10:15. I will be sending home information soon about this.


Have a safe, fabulous week!

Week of Oct.26: Red Ribbon Week & Career Day

Red Ribbon Week was full of activities to help OES students remember to make good choices in life and choose to be drug free!
Monday: Bulldog Spirit Day
A BSHS football player, Cameron, came to speak to the class about how choosing to be drug free will help them be successful in life. The students enjoyed his visit!

Tuesday: Dress for Success Day
Don't they look fabulous?

Wednesday: College/University/Military Day
The Gamecocks were well represented in my class! Woohoo! We also had future Clemson alumni, as well as Duke, Wofford, and NC State. I know they all will have success in their future!

Thursday: Career Dream Day
LOVED seeing all of my sweet teachers! I even made nametags for them as well to make them more "official." We also had a veterinarian, baseball player, soldier, art teacher, and even a paleontologist! I hope they continue to dream big and reach their goals in life!

We learned about 4 different careers. We spoke with bakers (Tabby Cakes) and got to decorate then eat some yummy cupcakes! 

Next we heard from Mr. Snyder, who is in "Secret Security." They loved hearing him and asked him great questions to learn more about what he does. 

They were fascinated with where all he has been.

Then we visited some occupational therapists and learned how they help people of all ages.

 Finally, we saw Mrs. Bruce (aka Dr. Bruce) who is a lawyer. 

They had a great time hearing information that made them think more about their future career dreams.

Remember we "fall back" to standard time on Sundsg, so enjoy the extra hour of sleep. Also, there will be no school on Tuesday due to Election Day. Have a great week!

Week of Oct.26: The Great Pumpkin Challenge

We had some fabulous book character pumpkin creations!

Congratulations to Caroline and Grant M.. Our class voted on theirs to represent our class in the school challenge. Winners will be announced Friday.

Next week is Red Ribbon Week.  Here is the schedule of events for each day:

Monday – Bulldog Spirit Day (wear red & black)
Tuesday – Dress for Success (dress in your best)
Wednesday – College, University, & Military Day (wear a favorite college/university/military shirt)
Thursday – Career Dream Day from 8:30-10:30am (dress in clothing that matches future career)Friday – OES Spirit Day (wear an OES shirt or school colors)

We look forward to this week of encouraging the students to be drug free and make good choices!