2024-2025 Announcements & Reminders

2024-2025 Yearbook 

We have teamed up again this year with Treering to produce our yearbook. Treering provides the opportunity for each family to customize 2 pages for their student. On an easy-to-use online site, you may add your own pictures, share memories, or write a personalized dedication to your student. If you have more than one student, you can customize individual yearbooks for each child. If you purchase one
yearbook for your family, you can include all your students on these 2 pages. 
 
The yearbook is $17.33 this year. You can receive 10% off by placing your order by September 30th . Should you choose to create the two extra customized pages, there is no additional charge. Participating is optional and a fun way of making the yearbook special for your student.
 
To order, go to the website http://www.treering.com/validate and enter our school’s passcode:101457546681864. The deadline for ordering and personalizing is March 30th, 2025.
 
We also have folders created for you to upload pictures that may be used in the general yearbook. After logging in, click on My Photos, then My Shared Folders, and finally the green Add Photos button. Choose the appropriate folder for your student’s class or the club/event for which you wish to share.
 
If you have any questions, please email Ms. Menner at samenner@olatheschools.org.

5th Grade Picture Information

It is time to collect pictures to recognize our 5th grade Mustangs! We will feature baby pictures and pictures of students participating in their favorite activities in a special video that will be played during the 5th Grade Celebration Breakfast Farewell in May. It has been fun in the past when families surprised students with the baby and activity pictures that they chose instead of having students help pick out their own pictures. Please read the requirements for each picture below.
 
Baby Picture Requirements:
● Picture of your student as a baby
● Vertical orientation
● Only your student is in the picture
● School appropriate (fully clothed)
● Emailed to Ms. Menner
 
Activity Picture Requirements:
● Picture of your student participating in their favorite out-of-school or in-school activity (Examples: reading, cooking, competing in a Math Wings competition, playing with a pet, playing soccer, holding a softball trophy, etc.)
● Picture was taken less than 1 year ago
● Vertical orientation
● Only your student is in the picture and the picture is not blurry (Please check that sports action shots meet these requirements before sending them)
● School appropriate (fully clothed)
● Emailed to Ms. Menner
 
Email Ms. Menner at samenner@olatheschools.org by November 1st. In the Subject, type your student’s
FIRST NAME, LAST NAME, AND TEACHER. Add the baby picture and activity picture as attachments – do not copy them into the body of the email text, as this will impact the quality of the images. Ms. Menner will reply to confirm that she received your pictures or reply to request different pictures if they do not meet the requirements.

While the baby and activity pictures are required for each student, Ms. Menner is also requesting volunteers to help with the second part of the 5th Grade Celebration Breakfast Farewell video. She will add in group pictures from each 5th grade classroom teacher but would love to also add in Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade group pictures.
If you were a room parent, attended parties or events like field day, or chaperoned a field trip, please consider sharing your old pictures. Please note that every picture shared may not be included in the final video due to time requirements.
 
K-4 Picture Requirements:
● Picture was taken at Meadow Lane or a Meadow Lane-sponsored activity
● Pictures of the entire class or most of the class are preferred
● Vertical or horizontal orientation, but horizontal is preferred for these group pictures
● Renamed picture file must be sent as GradeTeacherNumber
o Example for the first of three pictures that you are sending from Mrs. Hopfinger’s 2nd-grade class: 2Hopfinger1
o Example for the second of three pictures from that year: 2Hopfinger2, etc.
● Emailed to Ms. Menner
 

Thank you for your help! Please email your baby and activity pictures (and any optional K-4 class pictures) to Ms. Menner at samenner@olatheschools.org by November 1st!