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December 9, 2011 Vol. 6, No. 13 |
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Advent Service
Heralds Season
of Joy and Giving
Choirs from all divisions offered songs to stir the hearts of the OES community at the Advent Chapel on Wednesday. As always, the Fifth Grade boys' handbells were a highlight, and the service was followed by the Afterglow celebration with arts for sale and performances by more singing and instrumental groups. See more photos. |
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LS Students Share
With Other Children
at
Giving Chapel
Lower School students brought in bags full of new and lightly used toys and clothing on Monday. The donations will become Christmas gifts for people served by a number of charitable organizations. Fifth-graders performed a special role in helping with the bags and sorting the donations. See more photos. |
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Lower School
Celebrates Jewish
Hanukkah Tradition
Jewish students in the Lower School shared their Hanukkah traditions with classmates in chapel this afternoon. They each said what they liked best about the holiday, and they lit the candles on the Menorah. Parent Jenn Director Knudsen presented a slide show she had made about Hanukkah. |
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Eighth Grade Stomp Band Makes Music With Art
Eighth-graders in the Explore! class have been creating musical instruments from buckets, cans, cardboard tubes, and whatever else they can lay their hands on. The result is a dynamic percussion collaboration known as a "stomp band." The group performed in the Middle School gathering this morning, delighting classmates with their stirring rhythms. Watch a 90-second video of the performance. |
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AASK Celebrates Tutoring
and Summer Partnership
At the annual AASK friend-raising breakfast last Friday, tutors and their "tutees" spoke eloquently about what the program has meant to them. In working on academic skills with students from Whitford Middle School and Vose Elementary School, OES students gain intercultural understanding, leadership skills, and teaching experience. |
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Donate to OES Fund Now to Receive 2011 Tax Deduction
Full-time faculty and the Board of Trustees have reached 100 percent participation in giving to the OES Fund, and new and returning families across all divisions have pledged or made personally significant gifts. Additional funds need to be raised to meet the 2011-2012 goal of $750,000. Please consider making a tax-deductible pledge or gift online now. Thank you! |
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