Advance Fee Payments Process

Advance Fee Payments Process

The opportunity to pay fees in advance for next school year will again be available this summer. Information regarding the early fee payment option will be sent home with your elementary student on the last day of school in the progress report envelope.

Fees for the 2015-16 school year may be paid online at www.olatheschools.com/onlinefeepayment starting Monday, July 13th or in person at Registration Day on July 23rd (11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.).

Transportation fees can be paid online at www.olatheschools.com/transportation beginning May 1, 2015.
Pay transportation fees from May 1st – July 1st and save up to 25%.



   

Updates May 1-May 21, 2015

Updates May 1-May 21, 2015

1-May	Kindergarten Orientation 1:00-3:00 PM
1-May	Cotton Candy Friday
4-May	3rd Grade Girls Science Olympiad to 4:30 PM
5-May	Choir Performance 2:45-3:15 PM MPR
5-May	3rd Grade Marvelous Math to 4:30 PM
6-May	Cougar Palooza 8:30-12:00 ITMS
6-May	Sundermeyer KDG to Animal Talks 12:00 PM OSHS
7-May	Ambassadors Day at the "K" 8:30 AM-5:15 PM
7-May	Moss AM Kdg to Animal Talks 8:45 AM OSHS
8-May	2nd Grade to KU Museum of Natural History 8:45 AM
8-May	1st Grade to Theater for Young America 9:15 AM
8-May	3rd Grade to Nelson-Atkins 12:15 PM
12-May	2nd Grade Fire Safety 8:30 AM
12-May	3rd Grade Marvelous Math to 4:30 PM
12-May	Kindergarten Program 6:30-7:00 PM MPR
14-May	3rd Grade Marvelous Math to 4:30 PM
15-May	FIELD DAY 9:00 AM -3:30 PM
18-May	Staff vs. 5th Grade Kickball 2:00-3:15 PM Ballfield
19-May	Final RAH RAH Celebration 2:30-3:30 PM MPR
20-May	Last Day for Preschool and Kindergarten
20-May	Talent Show 1:30-3:00 PM MPR
21-May	Last 1/2 Day 1st-5th Grades 11:40 AM Dismissal
21-May	Awards Assembly 10:00-11:00 AM

Fun Fair

Fun Fair

This year's Fun Fair had an amazing turn out! Thank you to everyone who came out and supported this event! We attempted to improve the fair experience from last year, and will continue to do so next year.

We'd like to thank all of our amazing parents for donating items, baked goods, and their time to volunteer at the event. All of these components made the fair what it was. Also, we want to thank our sixteen volunteers from Saint James Academy as well as volunteers from other schools. Because of these volunteers, we had less positions we needed parents for. All of the teachers who participated in the pie toss deserve a big thank you as well! 

This is a wonderful tradition that we hope to continue upon in the coming years! If you have any comments or suggestions, please contact us at heritagehounddogpto@gmail.com.

Mr. McFarland News

Class Placement

It is that time of year to begin thinking about class lists for the 2015-2016 school year.  I wanted to share with our families how the process works at Heritage.  We begin with teachers filling out information on each individual student.  This is followed by grade levels meeting and determining which students would work well in the same class and maybe who should be separated from each other.  Other factors in determining class lists include academic levels and special programs.  The final component to the process is from parents.  If a parent has a specific request or information they would like to share with us, we ask that you fill out our Student Placement Information Sheet.  You can pick one of these forms up at the office, or click on the following link: Student Placement Information Sheet to download the document.  We are not looking for specific names of teachers, we are looking for your child's learning style.  I do ask that you return these forms back to school by May 13th for consideration.  Thank you for your help with this important process.

Scott McFarland

Major Saver Limo Ride

Major Saver Limo Ride

Because of their hard work, 38 students sold enough Major Saver Cards to earn a Limo Ride to Pizza Street on April 2nd!  The limo was a Hummer and there was enough room for 20 people each trip.  Mr. McFarland our Principal and Ms. McGonegle our counselor accompanied the winners.

Everyone enjoyed the ride, pizza and soda.  Congratulations!

Library News

 

Celebrate National Library Week 2015 (April 12-18, 2015) with the theme "Unlimited possibilities @ your library®."

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. All types of libraries - school, public, academic and special - participate.

 

Childrens’ Book Week

Established in 1919, Children's Book Week is the longest-running literacy initiative in the country. Held from May 4 – 10 in 2015, books for young people and the joy of reading will be celebrated for a full week with book-related events at schools, libraries, bookstores, museums, & homes from coast to coast! Show your support for the transformative power of literacy by visiting www.bookweekonline.com.

Children’s Book Week is administered by Every Child a Reader, the CBC Foundation, and is sponsored by the Children's Book Council.

The Heritage librarians would like to celebrate April 13th-17th by offering a “bonus book” checkout during their usual library class time to those students who don’t have any overdue items.

 

Heritage librarians will be doing a similar bonus book checkout for the week of May 4th-8th, which is Children’s Book Week.

Also, May 8 is the last day for checkout, and all library items should be returned by Friday, May 15.