OPE Eagles lets show our support and wear purple on Wednesday, April 16th.

🎉 Coming Soon—Kindergarten Registration in One Clay Opens April 15th! 🎉 Oh, what fun, oh, what cheer— Kindergarten's almost here! New friends, new learning, and so much to do, One Clay Kindergarten is waiting for you! Make sure you gather these required documents to register: - Birth certificate/Guardianship documents - Physical and immunization documents (Form DOH 680 or DOH 681) - Proof of residence (mortgage statement, lease, utility bill, etc.) For more information, please visit our dedicated kindergarten resource webpage at https://claycountysdfl.sites.thrillshare.com/o/ccds/page/kindergarten-registration for information on locating your zoned school and kindergarten tour dates and times. Please arrive at least 30 minutes before the tour to check in as a visitor. 🎉 A year of learning and fun to play— all begins soon in One Clay!

We have 3 more Reading Rockstars! Congratulations to another 2nd grader who completed the Sunshine State Junior Reading Challenge and to two more students who completed the 3rd-6th grade Reading Challenge! The last day to take quizzes for the 3rd-6th Grade Challenge is May 6th. The last day to take quizzes for the 2nd Grade Challenge is May 9th. Keep reading, Eagles!!

THANK YOU to everyone for their super generous support of our Spring Book Fair! We would like to especially thank all of our youth volunteers. Thank you to our students and their families who helped create decor! Thank you to our 6th grade students who assisted as baggers during the morning rush before school started! Thank you also to our junior high and high school alumni who were our baggers during the Spring Fling! It is awesome to be able to catch up with them and to see them willingly give their time back to OPE! Special shoutout to Mrs. Geeser's homeroom class for helping us breakdown the Book Fair decor and reset the media center!

Congratulations to our OPE Math teams who swept the competition by winning 1st place in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade at the Elementary Math Field Day Event! They SMASHED it!

Kindergarten has been learning about plants in science. Classes have been planting seeds and watching them grow. We even got to check out the 2nd grade's beautiful garden to see what happens to plants as they continue to grow.

"Thank you, Dr. Herndon, for all you do at OPE!"

OPE looks forward to celebrating the Class of 2025!

THANK YOU to all who have supported our Spring Book Fair this week! Today is the last day to shop. Families are welcome to come today from 5:30-7:00 pm. Also, if you are coming to shop the fair today, please check out the teacher wish bins. Books make great gifts for them, and all purchases help support our media center!!

Get the SCOOP on a good book! Thank you to our 5th and 6th graders who created book recommendations for our Spring Book Fair! You can check out their book recommendations if you are shopping the book fair on Friday, April 4th from 5:30 pm-7:00 pm!

THANK YOU to Mrs. Denney for working with the students to create the beautiful artwork for our Book Fair Sweet Shoppe! We have so many talented artists! The cake slices were created by students from Mrs. Williams' class. The cakes were created by students from Mrs. Pounds, Mrs. Stutz, and Mrs. White's classes. You can check out this amazing artwork on Friday from 5:30-7:00 pm while shopping at the Spring Book Fair!

OPE's most recent 6th grade Math Test winners....Coordinate Planes Test. Congratulations!

Next OPE PFA Meeting is Tuesday, April 8th at 6:30 pm in the OPE Cafeteria.

READING is a SWEET TREAT! The Spring Book Fair will be open this week only! Students will make wish lists and shop during their media center time. Families are welcome to come shop on Friday, April 4th from 5:30-7:00 pm. E-Wallets can be set-up through our book fair homepage: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/orangeparkelementaryschool

More 2nd Grade Reading Rockstars!! Congratulations to these five 2nd graders who completed the 30 Sunshine State Book Jr. Challenge! Keep reading, Eagles!!

We have two more 6th grade Reading Rockstars! Congratulations to these two young ladies who read and passed quizzes on ALL 15 3rd-6th Grade Sunshine State Books!

Come out and have some fun!

On Friday before Spring Break, Mrs. Alfano and Mrs. Bowie’s classes collaborated on some fun St. Patrick’s Day activities. We read books, created two leprechaun traps - one on paper and an edible one.

Signup for volunteering in the OPE lunchroom in April! Please click on the link below: https://forms.gle/GFhsbjJnKAKd37DS9

Mrs. Pfuntner’s kindergarten class had fun learning about rainbows and St. Patrick’s Day before spring break.