PTA NEWS!!
MINDS UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!  JOIN OUR PTA CREW!
Become a member of Oso Grande PTA today—it takes just a few moments!  Go to www.osograndepta.com…you can also make a general donation to help our school!  If you are interested in volunteering, please let us know—we appreciate any amount of time and talents you can give!
CONNECT WITH OSO GRANDE PTA ANYTIME, ANYWHERE!!
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ANNOUNCING OSO BOOK CLUB FOR BATTLE of the BOOKS!!! 
Calling all 4th and 5th Grade Grizzlies!  Oso Grande is proud to announce our 1st Annual Oso Book Club!  Additional applications are in the front office!  Let’s help our Grizzlies win the Battle of the Books competition against Chaparral and Ladera Ranch Elementary!  Applications due TOMORROW, this Friday, September 6th!!!!
FALL BOOK FAIR IS HERE NEXT WEEK!!  SEPT 9-13!
The Scholastic book fair will be at Oso September 9-13th in our school library!
  • Monday, 9/9:  8 – 3 pm
  • Tuesday, 9/10: 8 – 3 pm
  • Wednesday, 9/11: 8 – 12:30 pm: **Open during back-to-school night 5:00 – 7:30 pm (**Credit/debit cards & checks only during back-to-school night please!**)
  • Thursday, 9/12: 8 – 3 pm
  • Friday, 9/13 8 – 10:50 am
Come and shop with your student!  Parents are welcome to sign-in at the office anytime we’re open.  We accept cash, credit/debit cards, and checks payable to “Oso Grande Elementary PTA”.  Ask your child’s teacher when their class is scheduled to visit & shop with your student!
Classroom Wishlist book boxes: Your teacher has hand-picked out books they’d like for their classroom library! If you’d like to donate a book for your child’s classroom, please look for your teacher’s box!
 
Want more books?  Can’t make it in during fair hours?  Visit our online fair at:  www.scholastic.com/bf/osogrande.  Books will be delivered to your child’s class. Proceeds from the book fair will support Oso Grande’s PTA.
Volunteers still needed:  Please find the signup genius for Book Fair here:
JUICE IT UP WEDNESDAYS AFTER SCHOOL!
Please join us every Wednesday after school for a Juice It Up!  Smoothies are $3.00 each and $1.00 of every smoothie sold goes back to Oso Grande PTA! Please have your child raise their hand in class if they plan on buying one so their teacher can get the head count Wednesday morning.  Teachers will hand them a raffle ticket so we know they were included in the head count. After school have your child bring their $3.00 and raffle ticket over to the Juice It Up table on the blacktop and they will get their smoothie. Occasionally, we have extras so please stop by even if you forgot to get your ticket.
OUR FIRST ART MASTERS LESSON OF THE SCHOOL YEAR!
Our Oso Grande scholars will enjoy their first Art Masters lesson coming up on Thursday, September 13th, focusing on the artist Cezanne.  Thank you for your PTA donations—they fund these types of experiences for our Grizzlies!
WATCH DOGS ORIENTATION – Thurs. 9/19 6:30-8p.m.
Calling all Dads of Great Students, grandfathers, uncles, & father figures. Mark your calendar to learn how you can become a Watch DOG and volunteer a day this year.  A day in the life of a Grizzly scholar!  More info to come.
PTA CHAIRPERSON/VOLUNTEER/ROOM PARENT TRAINING MEETING – FRI. SEPT. 20, 8:30AM @ MPR
Mark your calendars!  If you are stepping into these roles, please join us for a training meeting on Fri, Sept 20th, 8:30am in the MPR.  Even if you have attended before, we kindly ask you join us as there is new information every year.  Thank you!
REFLECTIONS ART CONTEST—ENTRIES DUE 9/27
Put your artistic thinking caps on & share your talents with the PTA Reflections contest!  This is a nation-wide art contest where our Grizzlies can submit entries supporting this year’s theme, “Look Within”, in the following categories:  Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, & Visual Arts.  For more information, please visit PTA.ORG/REFLECTIONS
 
SAVE THE DATE! 1st PTA ASSOCIATION MEETING-FRI, 9/27
We’ll be hosting our first PTA Association Meeting of the school year (there are 5 total) on Friday, 9/27 in the MPR at 8:30am right after Friday Flag.  More meeting info to come, but please plan to join us—we would LOVE to have you there!