Student Reporter News: Family Group

Family groups are one of the unique elements of an OLS education. These groups are made up of students from all grades, and they meet throughout the year for various activities, such as shared lunch and recess, group board games, and field day. Today, two of our 6th graders report on the first family group meeting of this school year:

"We recently had our first family group meeting. This group is for getting to know other children in the school. At our first meeting, we decorated a poster and learned more about each other. I decided to interview Alex S., a kindergartner. I asked Alex what he has learned in kindergarten and how he has liked it so far. 'I like doing crafts," he said. 'We learned how to spell red, yellow, blue, and green.' The kindergartners also wore a few of these colors on special days. It sounds like this kindergartner is loving life in his new class." -- Anna S.

"This week at OLS, students were introduced to their family groups. Every family group is made up of a small group of students; this is the first year the preschool kids will be able to join us. In addition, every family group will have a teacher to act as a leader. All of the family groups also got to make a sign with their color and everyone's name on it. Every group was also assigned a color to wear during the school's annual field day. I don't know about everyone else, but I feel like it's going to be a great year with the family groups." -- Connor N.