A Message from Mrs. Lynch

Be sure to ask your children about our special visitor today! This is an annual tradition that I just love! Ian, the bagpiper, has been helping us celebrate St. Patrick’s Day since our first year in 2001!

Please check out the information on the district volleyball tournament that supports Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society. It is being held next Wednesday, March 22nd and is a great family fun evening with all proceeds going to the American Cancer Society. Each school will have a team of staff members competing in the volleyball tournament.

On Thursday and Friday next week we will be welcoming many grandparents and special

friends to Oak Trace. Please be sure to refer to the information in the newsletter regarding the

dates and times. Please remember that we have so many visitors on these two days, we cannot

have visitors during lunch, and ask that visitors please not take the students out for lunch. This

year we will be opening up parking in the back of the building due to construction. If your

child’s grandparent is visiting 2nd-4th graders, please have them park in the back lot and enter

through the back doors. There will be greeters there to help. We will also dismiss the afternoon

sessions a little early this year and ask that if you would like for your child to leave school with

his/her visitor, to please submit the form or a note giving permission for this to happen. Thank

you for your understanding. Next Thursday we also have the fourth grade performance, Deliri-

um, A Travel Through Indiana History.

I hope to see everyone at the Underground Railroad Walk and Run on Saturday morning.

Have a great weekend enjoying the start of March

Madness!

Mrs. Lynch

*Correction from last week’s newsletter: My apologies to Kate S.

in 2nd grade for misspelling her name as Katie in last week’s recognition of AR.

MARCH 17, 2017

Oak Trace Tribune Attendance Line 867-6401

Thinking Thursday Question:

How many Indiana teams will be represented in the NCAA March Madness?

3 Teams: Butler, Purdue, and Notre Dame

Fun at the Oak Trace Night at Pacer Game

with Logan!

UPCOMING EVENTS : MARK YOUR CALENDARS

March 22: All Pro Dads &

Relay for Life Volleyball Tournament WHS 6:00

March 23 Grandparents Day Kdg, 1st & 4th Grades

*4th Grade Program at WHS

March 24 Grandparents Day 2nd & 3rd Grade

March 30 Last day to return your Kate Klise book order

March 31 First day of Spring Break

April 10 School Resumes

April 11 Visiting Author Kate Klise

April 12 Spring Pictures

April 26 All Pro Dads

April 27 Elementary Lego Challenge OTES 5-8

May 3-5 Jar Wars

May 16th Kid Town Parent Night

May 24 KDG Graduation

May 26 Field Day

May 31 Last day for Students

Kindergarten: Greyson H., Khloe M., Kalyn O., Ryan G., Lauren

Z., Brenna P., Resse R., Bryn L., Wyatt T., Mason P., Tinley A.,

Grant O., Cameron H., Huck M.,

1st Grade: Chloe H., Jackson T., Anderson C.

3rd Grade: Hannah Y., Jillian S.

4th Grade:

MATH WHIZ :

ART

Hello Oak Trace Families! We have been doing some great work in the art

room this March.

Kindergarten is learning about patterns for their Patterned Fish project. We

have learned how to do wax resist with crayons and watercolor paints for our

background and will start working on our fish next week.

First Grade just got finished learning about the artist Keith Haring. We made

movable figures to trace and color on our artwork.

Second Grade has just started learning about the artist Frida Kahlo. Kahlo is

most well known for her interesting self portraits. Students will be applying

what they learn to the creation of their own self portrait.

Third Grade has just finished their project about Georgia O'Keefe. They are now glazing their clay pock-

ets which they made earlier this year.

Fourth Grade is learning about Op Art and optical illu-

sions. We are looking at different ways to create these illu-

sions in art and they will be making their own Op Art Cube

with different examples.

With it being cold season, we are down to only one box of

tissues in the art room. If you have an extra box to spare I

would really appreciate the donation.

PE ZONE

All 3rd and 4th grade students will begin

roller skating during the week of April 10th.

Please be sure to have your child wear socks

that are mid-calf and thicker for com-

fort. I can't wait to get rolling!!

The Underground Railroad Run and Health

Fair is Saturday, March 18th at 8:00

a.m. This is always a great event for fami-

lies. Stop by the High School and check it

out.

As always, have a FITastic weekend.

Library

We have spent the last few weeks getting to "know" our upcoming visiting author, Kate

Klise, during our library times! We know that she lives in Missouri, her older sister, Sarah,

is her illustrator, and she started writing stories when she was little, because they had a

"rule" that they had to MAKE their gifts, rather than buying them, for one another when

they were growing up! We have also read several of her picture books and a chapter, or so,

from her different chapter books! I would say it is safe to say that our kids are "hooked"

on her books! The ones that I have in our library do not stay on the shelves and students

are bringing in their orders each day! Please note that the last return date for Kate

Klise orders is Thursday, March 30th! I had accidentally put April 3, but...we will not be

here!!! Also, feel free to send in any of her books that you might already own or if you pur-

chase them somewhere else, please send them in with a sticky note of who they should be

signed to!

Happy Reading!

Mrs. Lane

Please note times for Grandparents Day!! With our large number of stu-

dents we have had to split the times and days. Please be sure to return

the RSVP

Thursday, March 23rd

Kindergarten/1st 9:30 am-10:30 am

4th 2:30 pm-3:30 pm

Friday, March 24th

2nd 9:30 am-10:30 am

3rd 2:30 pm-3:30 pm

Noteworthy News!

1st grade students have been listening to the classic musical story, “Peter and the Wolf.”

2nd grade students are listening to “Carnival of the Animals,” and learning about instrument

families and different tempos.

3rd grade started learning the music for their Economan program.

4th grade only has two more weeks until their performance of “Delirium: A Trip through

Indiana History.” Unless told otherwise all students are to dress

in black shirts and pants/skirts. I provide hats for the different

time periods. The performance is on March 23 at 7:00pm on the

Westfield High School auditorium stage.

Have a “Harmonious” Weekend!

Mrs. Paul

The Underground Railroad Run is this Satur-

day, March 18, at Westfield High

School. Your participation and support provides

education opportunities for students at Westfield

Washington Schools. New college bound gradu-

ates benefit from our annual scholarships and

teachers in all grade levels can apply for funding

for innovative classroom enrichment pro-

jects. The 5k race begins at 9:00 a.m., followed

by the 3k walk at 9:30. All participants are in-

vited to enjoy complimentary food and beverag-

es at our “Rest & Recovery” station in the cafeteria. Don’t miss the free

Health Fair hosted by the school nurses which runs from 8:00-10:30 a.m. You

can still register at Westfield High School (enter at door # 5) on Friday, March

17, 12:00-6:00 p.m. and also at 7:30 a.m. race day, door # 1 & #5. For addi-

tional information, contact the Education Foundation 12 867-8085.

“Not going away for Spring Break but

need something to do? The “I Can Do

It!” Day Camp is a fun-filled, hands-on

educational program for youth in grades

3 & 4. This one day camp will be Tues-

day, April 4 from 8:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Youth

will have the opportunity to learn “Heritage

Skills” with Purdue staff, volunteers and Hamil-

ton County Extension Homemakers in the follow-

ing areas: Fun in the Kitchen, Gardening, Knit-

ting, Flower Arranging, Paper Quilling, and

Modern Manners. Registration and fee are due

by March 29. Space is limited so don't delay.”