Stay Up To Date

School Calendar Stay Up to Date! Mr Edery has provided a monthly calendar for upcoming school events for your reference. Use the attached link: OAS Happenings  

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YOUR PTA DOLLARS AT WORK

Thanks to your donations and support of our fundraisers, six new water filtration units, two new bike racks, and a desk for the lobby have been ordered for OAS and a new scoreboard has been installed in the gym. PTA funds also provided teacher mini grants, cash for class, student social events, and the wonderful …

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OAS Cares – Helping Hands

Do you know of a family in the OAS community dealing with an emergency or a crisis? The volunteers of Helping Hands, a PTA committee, can alleviate some of the stress by providing dinners for one week or more. Service is confidential and only with the approval of the family. Please contact Mary Frese at …

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Cougar Corner: OAS SCHOOL STORE

Cougar Corner is open for the 2018-2019 school year & they have fantastic items like erasers, pens, folders & more… all funds go to supporting our PTA! Most items:  $0.25 -$5.00 Store Hours: 11:45 – 1:00 (select Friday’s) Location: Cougar cage near the cafeteria If you are interested in volunteering to help with the school store, …

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Stay Up To Date YOUR PTA DOLLARS AT WORK OAS Cares – Helping Hands Cougar Corner: OAS SCHOOL STORE

YOUR PTA DOLLARS AT WORK

Thanks to your donations and support of our fundraisers, six new water filtration units, two new bike racks, and a desk for the lobby have been ordered for OAS and a new scoreboard has been installed in the gym. PTA funds also provided teacher mini grants, cash for class, student social events, and the wonderful assemblies our children have seen this year, which include Fairleigh Dickinson University’s “Possibilities”, Music Technology with Brent Daniels, Author and Illustrator Victoria Jamieson, and Bullies to Buddies with Brooks Gibbs.

We also plan to plant flowers and build a stone border around the new Orange Avenue School sign in the fall. If you have the expertise to help with this project, please contact us at pta_oas@cranfordschools.org.

Permanent link to this article: http://oaspta.com/2019/06/19/your-pta-dollars-at-work/

FALL 5K COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The BAS/OAS Fall 5K is our schools largest fundraiser. The funds raised from the 5K are used for student and school initiatives which benefit all our children. Without the help of OAS and BAS parents we cannot have a successful fundraiser. We are looking for 5K chairpeople and Committee members for the following roles:

Sponsorship Chair – oversee sponsorship committee, track progress and donations, work with sponsors to secure logos, materials for race bags, race entries, sponsor table, etc. and stuff race bags.

Operations Chair – oversee race website and entries, work with timing company to get bibs, maintain race gmail account, ensure course is properly marked on race day.

Volunteer Chair – oversee all race day volunteers (course, water tables, finish line, national anthem singers, babysitters), distribute t-shirts ahead of time.

Marketing Chair – oversee all marketing aspects: banners in town, flyers sent home by schools, posters around town, social media promotion, press releases, etc.

Entertainment Chair – oversee all day of events including DJ, Cranford Cougar, bounce house, food tables, face painters and kids’ activities.

Please consider volunteering for this important fundraiser!  If you are interested or have any questions, please contact pta_oas@cranfordschools.org.

Permanent link to this article: http://oaspta.com/2019/06/18/basoasfall5k/

OAS PTA ~ OPEN BOARD POSITION

The OAS PTA is in need of a Treasurer for the 2019-2020 school year!

Elections will be held at the final general PTA meeting of the year on Wednesday, June 5 at 7:30 pm in the library. If you are interested in becoming the next PTA Treasurer or just want more information, please send an email to pta_oas@cranfordschools.org or speak to one of our existing board members.

 

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Support the PTA ~ shop at Shutterfly and Amazon!

                                

Use Shutterfly when ordering photos, greeting cards, and gifts throughout the year.  The OAS PTA has partnered with Shutterfly on a fundraiser that is so simple and easy to use. When ordering photo prints, photo books, holiday cards and other items from Shutterfly, OAS will receive 13% back on your purchase (with no extra cost to you)! Simply go to www.orangeavenue.shutterflystorefront.com  for all your photo and photo gift ordering.

When making purchases on Amazon, please use the Amazon Smile link, www.smile.amazon.com and be sure to select: 18475 Orange Avenue School PTA. A percentage of your purchase will go directly to the OAS PTA.

Pass the links along to family members too!

 

 

 

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Cougar Corner: OAS SCHOOL STORE

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Cougar Corner is open for the 2018-2019 school year & they have fantastic items like erasers, pens, folders & more… all funds go to supporting our PTA!

Most items:  $0.25 -$5.00

Store Hours: 11:45 – 1:00 (select Friday’s)

Location: Cougar cage near the cafeteria

If you are interested in volunteering to help with the school store, please send an email to LynneBuongiorno@yahoo.com

Permanent link to this article: http://oaspta.com/2018/09/25/open-friday/

OAS Cares – Helping Hands

Do you know of a family in the OAS community dealing with an emergency or a crisis?

The volunteers of Helping Hands, a PTA committee, can alleviate some of the stress by providing dinners for one week or more. Service is confidential and only with the approval of the family.

Please contact Mary Frese at mnmfeb05@hotmail.com to learn more.

Permanent link to this article: http://oaspta.com/2018/09/18/oas-cares/

2018-2019 PTA MEMBERSHIP

Please help us reach 100% participation!ptacougar  PTA Dollars fund the following:

  • School Assemblies
  • Beautification Projects
  • Student of the Month Program
  • Art Night
  • Fun Grade-Level Events like Elementary Field Day, Middle School Dances, Bike Rodeo, Comedy Night, & the 8th Grade Pool Party
  • And much, much more!!

Click here for more details: 2018-2019 Membership Form

Instructions for joining the OAS PTA MemberHub Instructions for Joining MemberHub

 

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FOLLOW THE OAS PTA ON FACEBOOK

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Be sure to “Like” the page in order to get updates and reminders right in your Facebook newsfeed!

Find us @oasptacranford

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Cranford Kids Give Back – We Need Your Donations!!

 

10-21-2014 4-08-38 PMWho: CKGB is a charity group formed by CHS students looking to give back to the community.
Currently we are working closely with Cranford Family Care (CFC).

What: We are organizing donations of personal care and food pantry items for CFC.

Where: We will be placing boxes in the high school, middle schools, and elementary schools,
as well as the town pools.

When: We will pick up and replace the collection boxes each month or sooner depending
on the level of donations.

Items Needed: Personal Care: Razors (shaving), shaving cream, deodorant, shampoo, conditioner,
band-aids, suntan lotion, toothpaste, and toothbrushes.
Food Pantry: canned goods, juices boxes, condiments, pasta, etc. (Please
check expiration dates before donating!)

Thank you for your support!

Permanent link to this article: http://oaspta.com/2018/03/11/cranford-kids-give-back-we-need-your-donations/

BOX TOP$ + ShopRite = another way to support OAS!

BOX TOP$ and SHOPRITE FOR MY SCHOOL

Here is another way for you to help raise money for OAS. In addition to clipping the box tops from your packages, you can register your ShopRite Price Plus card with Box Tops for additional funds!

Use this link: www.shopriteformyschool.com and follow the directions. You will just need to enter your Price Plus card number and pick Orange Avenue School from their database. Any time you buy eligible products at ShopRite and use your Price Plus card, they will automatically provide funds to our school. Easy Peasy!

For registration info and a list of participating brands and products, use the following links:

Register for ShopRite for My School

Participating Products

Permanent link to this article: http://oaspta.com/2017/12/22/box-tops-shoprite-another-way-to-support-oas/

Stay Up To Date

School Calendar

Stay Up to Date! Mr Edery has provided a monthly calendar for upcoming school events for your reference. Use the attached link: OAS Happenings

 

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What’s BYOT?

byod1-resized-600BYOT stands for “Bring Your Own Technology” and it’s the latest trend that schools across the world are implementing!  Students are given the option to bring in their own device (non-gaming, non-phone).  Tablets, laptops, etc… are acceptable.  The devices simply need to be WiFi ready and they can connect to the school’s internet, which comes with content controls built in.  OAS recently announced their BYOT Program, which is OPTIONAL for Middle School Students (6th, 7th, and 8th graders only).  Visit the districts BYOT page for all the details: http://cranfordschools.org/new/orange-avenue-school-byod/

 

 

 

 

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