We’re excited to invite you and your child to participate in International Walk & Roll to School Day on Tuesday, October 8th! This fun, healthy, and environmentally friendly event is celebrated by schools around the world — and Oliver Brown Elementary is proud to be part of it. On this special day, students and families are encouraged to walk, bike, scoot, or roll to school together. It’s a wonderful opportunity to promote healthy habits, reduce traffic and pollution around the school, and build a stronger sense of community. It also gives students a chance to practice safe walking and rolling habits in a fun and supportive way. Whether you walk from home, park a few blocks away and walk the rest, or roll on wheels, every step counts!

Take a look at the map below to see where your family or student can join in along the way! Be sure to wear helmets if biking or scooting and stay on the sidewalks to stay safe! Let’s make October 8th a joyful and successful day for our school community — we can’t wait to see everyone out walking and rolling together!

The Oliver Brown Elementary Book Fair will be held October 20th–23rd. Students will have the opportunity to browse and purchase books throughout the week during their class's scheduled library time.

The Book Fair will also be open during Parent-Teacher Conferences on Tuesday and Wednesday evening, and all day Thursday, so families can shop together and support our school’s love of reading!

Don’t miss out on the fun—there’s something for every reader!

Library times are as follows:

Lopez- 10:00am

Whitten- 10:30am

Becker- 11:00am

Fuchs- 11:30am

Augustine- 12:00pm

Mathews- 12:30pm

Earhart- 1:00pm

Urquizo- 1:30pm

Hahn- 2:00pm

Cooper- 2:30pm

Archuleta- 3:00pm

Navigato- 10:30am

Kirk- 11:00am

Toole- 12:00pm

Dabrowska- 11:00am

Schurle- 2:00pm

Oliver Brown PTO has reserved the pumpkin patch for OB families on Thursday, October 23 from 5:00-7:00 PM. The PTO has paid the event fee. Families will need to pay admission fees. All children get one small pumpkin. You can bring your own food items. They'll also have the Snack Shack open. Please check out the website if you have not been to Little Munchkins before. 

The Oliver Brown PTO invites all students and families to our FALL Trunk or Treat celebration! Dress up in your favorite costumes and stroll through our decorated parking lot, where friendly faces and creatively themed trunks will be handing out treats.

We need volunteers to make this a fun, safe event for our families. Please consider signing up to host a trunk during the trunk-or-treat event or donate candy to pass out at the fall trunk-or-treat. Please look at the Sign-Up Genius below for more details. 

Hi Bisons! This month we will be focusing on all things fall in the art room! We will be exploring new materials and artist as well jump into the fall season.

This month in STEM, students will be diving into exciting hands-on learning through the Project Lead The Way (PLTW) curriculum. Kindergarteners will explore floating and sinking in their study of matter, while 1st graders learn about animal adaptations. In 2nd grade, students will investigate the properties of matter through materials science. Our 3rd graders will take to the skies with a unit on the science of flight. 4th grade will explore how the human brain processes input and output, and 5th graders will become disease detectives in a unit on infection detection.

This month, our library students will explore a variety of important topics.

They’ll be learning about the parts of a book, how the library is organized, and how to use the online library catalog to locate books independently. Students will also dive into understanding character traits through stories and discussion.

In addition, they'll focus topics such as standing up for others, how words can help or hurt, and cyberbullying in thoughtful and age-appropriate ways.

This month in PE, students will be participating in a some fun and engaging activities, including parachute games, bowling, Gaga Ball, and hockey. These activities are designed to build teamwork, coordination, and physical fitness while keeping students active and excited about movement!

This month, our music students will begin learning songs in preparation for our upcoming music programs.

Our Dental Day follow up is scheduled for October 16th. This day is only for students who were screened and parents have requested further treatment.

If anyone is willing to donate- Nurse Kris could use some size 6 girls underwear and shorts for students, and also grocery bags to send clothes home in.