Week of April 12 - 16, 2021

 

~ School Announcements ~

 

Dates To Remember 

 

Dates to Remember

•  Monday, April 19th, Hybrid III Starts

•  Thursday, April 22nd,    Graduation Picture Retake Day

•  Friday, April 23rd,  Trimester 3A Ends

•  Monday, April 26th, Trimester 3B Begins

•  Tuesday, April 27th, White Rotation Ends

•  Wednesday, April 28th, Purple Rotation Starts

 

 

 

 

 

Up Coming Events

 

8th Grade Graduation Pictures:

Hybrid 2B / 8th Grade students were handed either a picture package (pre-ordered) or a picture order card when they left school today.

 

Please review your student’s picture package and/or picture card to see if you would like your child to retake their school photo. If so, please contact Ms. Johnson in the Main Office at sjohnson@skokie68.org  and she will schedule your student for a retake photo on Thursday, April 22nd.  

 

Students in Hybrid 2A will receive their picture package or picture card on Tuesday, April 13th.

 

Parents who have students that are remote, you will receive a separate email with information to pick up your picture package and/or picture card.

 

You may still order your student’s photo online, just enter the code that your child has been given.

 

8th Grade Graduation Ceremony:

Please mark your calendars for Thursday, May 27, 2021 for the 8th Grade Graduation Ceremony. We are currently working on the final touches for this celebration! More information to come in the next couple of weeks!

 

 

Yearbook:

It’s time to order your students 2020-2021 school yearbook at jostensyearbook.com/

This yearbook will be unique as this has been a unique year!

The cost of the yearbook is $20.00 and must be paid online. You will have until April 23, 2021 to order!

 

Yearbook Photo Submission:

• Only 6th and 7th Grade students will need to submit a photo for their yearbook picture. Please see the photo submission flyer below to upload your child’s photo. Here are some helpful tips to submit a yearbook photo.

Some tips to make sure you get a good picture:

• If you are using an iPhone please make sure to use the correct image format (JPG not the Apple HEIC compressed file). Under iPhone Settings to Camera, tap Formats and select Most Compatible before taking the portrait.

• Use white or natural lighting.

• Solid/quiet background with no props or other people.

• Keep camera at eye level.

• Take photo vertically.

• Photo mid chest up (no hand in photo).

• Lighting facing you, not behind you.

• Click here for example of photos

 

Please Note: 8th Grade graduation pictures will be used for their yearbook photo.  You will not need to upload a photo for this. (Candid photo submission only. See below).

 

Photo Submission:

The yearbook staff invites students and parents to submit photos for the yearbook memory pages. If you’ve got great photos of school, community events, you with your friends, pets or just having fun, we’d like to see them!

 

Please see the attached flyer for Jostens link information. Flyer

 

Attention All Students

Students need to cross at the stoplight at Gross Point and Kenton if they would like to go to Culvers.

It is very dangerous to cross in the middle of Gross Point without a stoplight and crosswalk. 

 

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~ OOJH PTA Announcements ~

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Spring OOJH Spirit Wear Sale Has Been Extended to Friday, April 16th!

 

Place your order online by Friday, April 16th.  Buy OOJH logoed hoodies, t-shirts, masks and more!

 

Order here:  https://ilpta-oojhpta.memberhub.store/store?category=Spring%202021%20Spiritwear

 

Orders will arrive in mid-May.

 

PTA Website

The PTA has a new website called the Old Orchard Junior High PTSA, Inc. Store!

At this site you can support your PTA by purchasing a Membership to the PTSA for $10.00 for the 2020-2021 school year!

 

 

Great News! The OOJH PTA is now a registered charity with Amazon Smile! When you shop on Amazon, the OOJH PTA can get a .05% donation on selected items.  

You can go directly to their site here:  https://smile.amazon.com/ch/36-3661913 Or go to smile.amazon.com and select Old Orchard Jr High PTA as their charity.

Shop Away!

 

OOJH PTA Needs You for Next Year

Our wonderful PTA needs leaders to chair various roles for next school year. We would LOVE to see representatives from all grade schools that feed into OOJH. Devonshire parents!!! Highland parents!!! Stenson parents!!! Please also share with incoming 6th grade parents so they can participate in our wonderful PTA!

The following roles will be vacant next year so please reach out to us if you are interested in filling any of these roles!  Many are short time commitments and can be done at your convenience.

2021-2022 school year PTA vacancies include:

• President (2-year term)Vice President (2-year term)

• Secretary (2-year term)

• Spirit wear Chair

• Winterfest Chair

• 8th grade graduation & party Chair

• Cultural Arts Chair

 

The current PTA will help you transition into the role smoothly.

PTA helps plan fun programs for students like back-to-school picnic, teacher appreciation lunch, winter fest, trivia night, graduation reception and so much more but we need all hands on deck.

 

OOJH PTA on Facebook

Be sure to "like" the OOJH PTA on Facebook to stay up to date.  And encourage graduating 5th grade families to like the page to loop them in for next year.

https://www.facebook.com/oojhpta

 

 

 

 

 

 

~ School Nurse ~ 

As a reminder, if you have a student that will be starting in-person learning, they must be in health compliance before they can come back to an in-person setting. This means: 6th graders must have a current physical, updated immunizations and dental on file with the school nurse. Students that transferred into 7th or 8th grade from a different district this year, must also have medical forms turned in to the health office. If you are unsure of your child's health compliance, please contact the school nurse - Andreea Balici - at ibalici@skokie68.org or at 847-568-7504.  Thank you.

 

 

 

Before School Activities

Monday
Before School: None
A -Gym:  None
B - Gym: None

Tuesday
Before School: None
A - Gym: None
B - Gym:  None

Wednesday
Before School: None
A-Gym: None
B - Gym: None

Thursday
Before School: None
A - Gym: None
B - Gym: None

Friday
Before School: None
A - Gym: None
B - Gym: None

After School Activities

Tuesday
After School: None
A - Gym: None
B - Gym: None
Games
Home: None
Away: None

Wednesday
After School: None
A - Gym: None
B - Gym:  None
Games
Home:  None
Away: None

Thursday
After School: None
A - Gym: None
B- Gym:  None
Games
Home:  None
Away: None

Friday
After School: None
A - Gym:  None
B - Gym: None
Games
Home:  None
Away:  None