On January 19th, at the Ola Community Center, our very own 3rd Grader, Roslyn Nelson, won the Youth Division Chili Cook-Off! Roslyn Nelson's prize was a paring knife, dish towels, and a hat and gloves.

Community Chili Cook-Off

This upcoming Saturday, January 19, 2019,  there is going to be a Chili Cook Off at 5:00 P.M. at the Ola Community Hall. There are no rules of what type of chili you have to do. You can bring any kind of chili such as hot, mild, or spicy. There are four categories - traditional, anything goes, youth, and 5-alarm.  You can make yours with or without beans. Make your chili at home, bring it to the hall, and win a prize! If you have any questions you can call Judie McCaulou at (208) 584-3546. Hope to see you there!

     On December 22, 2018 Ola School put on a community Christmas program. It started out with a song named "My Christmas List." It was performed by grades K-3. Two students played the bars and the rest dressed up as the items on the list. Next was a song called "Angel  Band." Also performed by grades K-3. The next song was called "When Will the Holidays Come?" It was performed by grades K-6 and two students played the bars.

     We enjoyed a play called Santa on Strike that was performed by grades 4-6. Santa was on strike but thanks to the help of Mrs.Claus and Santa's elves Christmas was saved. When the play was over everyone did a community sing along.

We also enjoyed a song called "Christmas Bells" which was played on the piano by Abby Foruria. Next grades 4-6 played "A Symphonic on a Christmas Spiritual" and "Ode to Joy" on the recorders. After the songs grades K-3 performed a little play called " Disappearing Candy Canes." We all enjoyed the  next community sing along as well as listening to Lydia Slade  and Justin Poole who did a duet on the guitar and piano.

The program continued with grades K-3 putting on a play called The King's Christmas Present. The villagers thought the king's gift was useless, but instead it helped them make a new friend and have a merry Christmas. Next was another community sing along and a vocal selection by Bob Lucas.
Afterwards, grades K-6 sang a song called "If I Were a Reindeer."

Then everyone did a basket raffle. We then heard Lydia Slade play "Dona Nobis" on the piano.  At the end of the program grades K-6 sang nativity songs.  When the program was over Santa Claus came! If you have any pictures of the program we would like it very much if you would please send them to the school at adavis@isd221.net  or  jsolem@isd221.net so we can use them in the yearbooks.

     Come one, come all, for the Ola School Christmas program! The program is on Saturday, December 22nd. All students of the Ola School must be there at 6:30 pm to set up and the program starts at 7:00 pm. Some things you will see is a play from the 4-6th  and another from the K-3rd graders. There will be songs, recorders, a raffle, a nativity scene, even Santa Claus will come. So take 2 hours out of your life to see the students be stars. Come on down to the Community Hall and bring a camera!

                                                                                                             -Travis D. Poole

   This year Moreton & Company, the Idaho School Boards Association and Stand up 4 Idaho Public Schools sponsored a statewide poster contest for students. The contest was open to all public schools students k-8. Students were asked to portray how they stay healthy and active.

    The response they received was outstanding. Students from all over Idaho submitted wonderful
drawings that show their healthy lifestyle.One of the winners was Travis Poole from Ola Elementary and he is a 5th grade student. His picture was of him going fishing. His picture can be seen in the calendar on month of  June. According to Travis,"I was excited and nervous."   Congratulations Travis!

Veterans Day at Ola School

                   
                   At Ola School we celebrated Veterans Day by making some red,white,and blue flags out of paper and gluing a silhouette in the middle of the flag. The sholette was a military statue looking up, or a bald eagle. Then we glued the flag on to either blue, or red pieces of paper. We then hung the artwork on the art wall. We also invited some visitors to talk with us. On Thursday, November 8th we invited Mr. Stevens on skype. We invited him to video call with us and we asked him many questions about working in the Army. He answered many of our questions and we learned a lot. We learned that he flew helicopters.We then thanked him and and ended the call. Then, on Friday November 9th, we invited Mr. Houghtaling to our school for a live meeting. He decided that he would stay the whole school day with us. We began by asking him multiple questions and him answering us. We asked him how long he served and he said ever since he was 17 years old. Then he stayed with us and learned how we do things here at Ola School. He gave the 5th grade a spelling test and he did a wonderful job. Then we went out for P.E. We played capture the flag. At the end of the day we said goodbye and thanked Mr. Houghtaling and got on the bus.

Hello everyone!  School will be starting soon.  If you would like to donate these items for your child or community, here is our School Supply list for 2018-2019.

Ola School Supply List

Kindergarten

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1 dozen #2 lead pencils

Box of crayons, 16 or fewer

White school glue, 1-8 oz. or 2- 4 oz. bottles (Elmers recommended)

4 large glue sticks

Large pink eraser.

Pair of quality pointed scissors (Fiskar-type recommended)

3 Large boxes of facial tissues.

Set of large water-based felt markers. (2 if possible)

1   1” binder with clearview front for yearbook.

2 folders with pockets and brad fasteners.

1 package of 250 paper plates

School box  (Ziplock food storage containers work very well)

Earbuds or headphones

Ola School Supply List

Grades 1-3

2 dozen #2 lead pencils

Box of crayons

White school glue, 1-8 oz. or 2- 4 oz. bottles (Elmers recommended).

4 large glue sticks

Large pink eraser.

2 Spiral or wireless notebook, 70-100 pages, wide ruled.

Pair of quality pointed scissors (Fiskar-type recommended)

3 Large boxes of facial tissues.

Set of large water-based felt markers. (2 if possible)

2   1” binder with clearview front

2 bags of pencil cap erasers.

3 folders with pockets and brad fasteners

1 package of 250 paper plates.

School box  (Ziplock food storage containers work very well)

Earbuds or headphones

Ola School Supply List

Grades 4-6

2 dozen #2 lead pencils –

Box of crayons

White school glue, 1-8 oz. or 2- 4 oz. bottles (orange cap recommended).

4 large glue sticks

Large pink eraser.

2 Spiral or wireless notebooks, 150+ pages, wide ruled.

4 Spiral or wireless notebooks 70+ pages, wide-ruled.

1 Pair of quality pointed scissors (Fiskar-type recommended)

1 Box of colored pencils

3 Large boxes of facial tissues.

1 Set of large or small water-based felt markers. (2 if possible)

3 1” binders with clearview front

2 bags of pencil cap erasers.

3 folders with pockets and brad fasteners.

1 package of 250 paper plates.

School box  (Ziplock food storage containers work very well)

Earbuds or headphones

Optional

Variety colored copy paper (bright)

Variety colored cardstock (bright)

1 ream 20# bond copy paper (white)

1 box Ziploc bags (gallon or quart)

Any extra facial tissue would be appreciated.