Join us in welcoming Ms. Tori Hibbs to the Old Mill family! Ms. Hibbs will be working with our Kindergarten team in Ms. Myer's classroom!

This weeks Community Spotlight is the OMES Parent Advisory team.
Your unwavering commitment to making our school a better place for our children is truly inspiring. Month after month, you come together with boundless enthusiasm and dedication, focusing on critical topics that shape the future of our educational institution. Thank you so much to the following parents for your time.
Savannah Richardson, Holly Richardson, Matt Blanton, Karen Blanton, Casey Lewis , Heather Shults, Rebecca Wood, Devin Naik, Maggie Hartness, and Sabrina Corbin
#koalascreate

Check out Mrs. Joiner's weekly video below! Have a wonderful weekend!
https://youtu.be/FgCScymCqdk?si=qlv0RWZYZq6q1u0T
Mrs. Bray’s class was able to observe a Black Swallowtail caterpillar from the chrysalis stage to full adult! We celebrated the success of this by releasing it together as a class. #koalascreate #celebrate success




This week's Koala Spotlight goes out to Oliva. "Olivia is always making sure to help her classmates and being a great leader." -Mrs. Compton

Old Mill is looking for some SUPER volunteers to help out with the Hallway Heroes Volunteer Program! Please sign up using the QR code below or the link
https://forms.gle/X8qz241urYCDZPE89. Reach out to Ms. Lawson or Ms. Shawn with any questions or concerns!

Our Kona Ice day had to be rescheduled for Friday, Sept. 15th. Not all students got to visit the truck today, so the remaining classes will go on Friday!

Our book fair is right around the corner. Check out the link to set up your student's e-wallet. You can also share your e-wallet link with family and friends to help purchase books. We are so excited about the fair. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact the front office for more details.
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/content/fairs/how-ewallet-works.html?fairId=5412332

Check out the 3 dimensional shape work that Mrs. O'bryan and Mrs. Osbornes class has been doing. #koalascreate





Our book fair is right around the corner. Check out the link below to see which books are coming and steps to set up your student's e-wallet. We are so excited about the fair. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact the front office for more details.
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/oldmillelementaryschool

This weekś teacher spotlight goes to Mrs. Stevens.
¨Thank you Ms Stevens for pitching in and helping out in the office at the beginning of the school year! We appreciate you!¨-Renee Frye

This weeks community spotlight goes out to Nicki and Bobby Vormbrock. As the school year begins anew, we find ourselves overwhelmed with gratitude for your incredibly generous donation of car rider tags to our school. Your kindness and support mean the world to us, and we can't thank you enough for making our daily routines smoother and safer. Thank you Nicki and Bobby Vormbrock. #koalascreate

We are looking forward to Wednesday. We have some fun things planned to celebrate students on High Attendance Day!

Mrs. Yocum's class has been practicing making 2 dimensional shapes using different materials. #koalascreate





Mrs. Smith's class has been studying external plant structures. We celebrated our learning with an experiment where we will be growing beans in our classroom and watching their external structures grow. #koalascreate #koalascelebratesuccess





Yesterday was such a busy celebrating all of our success with the APEX Team. We couldn't have done it without everyone's help. Thank you so much to everyone that donated and volunteered to help make our fun run a success. We met our school wide goal that allowed the top classroom teacher to dump a very cold bucket of water on Mrs. Joiner! #koalascreate #celebratesuccess










Yesterday was such a busy celebrating all of our success with the APEX Team. We couldn't have done it without everyone's help. Thank you so much to everyone that donated and volunteered to help make our fun run a success. We met our school wide goal that allowed the top classroom teacher to dump a very cold bucket of water on Mrs. Joiner! #koalascreate #celebratesuccess










This week a group of our teachers received training on our new virtual reality equipment that was purchased by the PTO! We cannot wait to bring another level of learning experiences to our students!



Check out Mrs. Joiner's weekly update below!
https://youtu.be/O1Lma5O0iSg?si=lgZFIPULVLkAuOk8
This week's Koala Spotlight goes out to 3 students, Riley, Embree, and Cali.
"These three sweet girls saw a teeny kindergartner struggling with her giant backpack. They picked up her stuff and helped her get her backpack on and walked her to class." -Becky Wise

