Early Dismissal K-6- Conferences

K-6 Fall Conferences- Afternoon and Evening - Thursday November 7 & Evening Conferences November 13

2024 OIS Fall Picture Retake Day- Wednesday, November 6

2025 OIS Spring Picture Day- Thursday February 13

Fifth Grade Supplies List 2024-2025

• 2 boxes of 24 pencils - refresh often

• spiral-bound notebooks (three one-subject or one three-subject)

• 1 3-pack of 3X3 sticky notes (any color)

• 1 pack of pencil-top erasers

• 1 pack of colored pencils

• 1 pack of multi-colored highlighters

• 1 soft, small, zipper pencil case (no pencil boxes)

• 3 large glue sticks

• 1 pack of dry-erase markers

• 1 pair of wired headphones (please do not send wireless earbuds)

• 1 box of tissues

• 1 container of Clorox wipes

Sixth Grade Supplies List 2024-2025

General Supplies:

• 2 inch binder 

• Dividers for binder to label each subject

• 3-hole punched loose leaf paper

• Pencils 

• Colored pencils (optional)

• Markers (optional)

• Scissors (optional)

• Crayons (optional)

  ELA:

• One subject spiral notebook (yellow)

• Highlighters

• Math:

• Dry erase markers

• Colored correcting pens for checking homework

Classroom donations appreciated:

• Tissues

• Hand Sanitizer

• Clorox Wipes

• Paper Towels

• Dry Erase Markers

Additional items that should be brought to school each day:

• Backpack to carry materials to and from school

• Refillable water bottle 

• Earbuds or headphones (not wireless)

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OIS News

OIS approved as a Common Sense School
K-6 Standards-Based Grading and Reporting

Support Your School

Box Tops for Education
The Octorara Intermediate School is continuously collecting Box Tops and Labels for Education!

These can all be turned into money and points that can help our school purchase items such as new playground equipment, school supplies, technology and more!

*Box Tops for Educations

Some common brands and products to look for Box Tops on are:

• General Mills cereal (Cheerios, Chex, cinnamon toast Crunch)

• Betty Crocker (cakes, cookies, brownies)

• Ziploc (storage bags, food containers)

• Hanes (socks, t-shirts, underwear)

Please Read! OASD Head Lice Protocol:

Please remember to notify your school nurse if your child has head lice

• Building will maintain Confidentiality

• Students with live lice or viable nits may stay in school and will be referred for treatment at the end of the school day

• Siblings will be inspected and parent notified

• Treat promptly removing All live lice and viable nits

• Must be escorted by parent upon return and rechecked by school nurse before returning to classroom

• School nurse is authorized to require proof of treatment and may exclude as needed

• *No more classroom head lice checks

• *No more "Head Lice Notification" letters sent home

• Please Be Proactive! Perform weekly head checks on your child, encourage pony tails for students with long hair