Newbery Award Winning Author, Matt de la Pena is coming to Ox on Wednesday, January 25th and Friday, January 27th!
Three books will be available for purchase that Matt will sign the day of his visit: Last Stop on Market Street, Love and Carmela Full of Wishes.
Order books online by Wednesday, January 11th! To purchase book(s), please go here. Once you have created an account, click on the link for Matt de la Pena Autographed Books. Please complete the information, including the first name of the person the book is to be autographed for. Questions? Please contact Amanda Elgert.
Please join Ox Ridge literacy specialists, Amanda Roesing & Jacky Kennelly alongside Christina Ulreich and Luke Forshaw on Thursday, January 26th at 7:30pm in the Ox Ridge cafeteria to learn how our school community supports all students in becoming skilled, engaged literacy learners!
This has been a particularly exciting year in the world of literacy education as schools across the country worked to integrate elements from the “Science of Reading” into teaching. We’ll plan for a lively discussion of schools’ continuum of literacy instruction and discuss how our recent study of “Shifting the Balance” help us consider all of the vital elements that go into developing skilled readers.
Interested in joining the Ox Ridge PTO for the 2023-2024 school year? Please come to our PTO Volunteer Fair being held before our PTO Speaker Series on Thursday, January 26th at 7pm in the Ox Ridge cafeteria. Come and learn more about our various PTO roles! Refreshments will be served. We hope to see you there!
The Council of Darien School Parents, on behalf of the PTO, is excited to invite you to attend Dr. Marc Brackett’s parent workshop on December 6th at 7pm in the DHS Auditorium.
Dr. Brackett is the founder and director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and co-creator of RULER, an evidence-based approach to social-emotional learning. After a year of professional development, teachers are implementing RULER in every classroom in the district. Have you heard about the ‘mood meter’ or the ‘class charter’? That’s RULER! Dr. Brackett is also the author of “Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive.” The workshop will be an interactive discussion with parents that focuses on wellness, mental health and social-emotional learning. If you would like to read “Permission to Feel,” copies are available at a 10% discount at Barrett Bookstore, or at the Darien Public Library.
Join the Ox Ridge PTO for Holiday Wreath-Making at Nielsen’s Florist on Tuesday, November 29th from 6:30-9pm. Sip wine, gather with friends & get into the Holiday spirit. You’ll go home with a gorgeous Holiday wreath from Nielsen’s for your front door! Tickets are $100. Nielsen’s is limiting headcount to 60 people with less than 15 tickets remaining. Reach out to Nicole Sweeney with questions. Click here to buy tickets.
Kick off the holiday season with us at the 314 Beer Garden on December 8th from 7-10PM. The $65/per person ticket includes open bar, refreshments and some delicious pizza to snack on! Join us for a fun, festive night with your fellow Ox Ridge parents! Buy your tickets here.
314 Beer Garden is located at 314 Wilson Avenue in Norwalk. Reach out to Nicole Sweeney or Meghan Shain with any questions.
Gingerbread Houses are back! Let’s get into the holiday spirit with one of our favorite OX Ridge traditions. We are excited to be hosting the event in person! Each child will get their own gingerbread house from DiMare’s to decorate from start to finish with icing and candy!
Sign up on pay4schoolstuff by November 25th for a slot during Parent-Teacher Conference week (Nov 29th-Dec 2) from 1:30-2:30pm in the Ox Ridge Cafeteria. Select the student’s name, then “Gingerbread Decorating” to see the signup options. Cost is $32 per child. Space is limited. We’re looking for 10 parent volunteers for each day, please volunteer HERE.
We are thrilled to offer you an opportunity to hear Dr. Yeap Ban Har, a world-renowned mathematics professor, speak in Darien. On Wednesday, November 9, at 7:00 p.m. in the Middlesex Middle School auditorium, Dr. Yeap Ban Har will present a workshop for parents on the background of Singapore Math and how it ties into teaching and learning in Darien.
Dr. Yeap Ban Har taught mathematics education courses at the National Institute of Education, a teacher education institute in Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His research interests include problem solving and problem posing, early numeracy, and teacher professional development. He holds a Master of Education, a Master of Arts in Southeast Asian Studies, and a doctorate in mathematics education. He has served on the editorial board of two mathematics education journals—Mathematical Thinking and Learning and The Mathematics Educator.”
For more information about Dr. Yeap Ban Har, please click here.
Dr. Yeap is spending several days with our elementary and middle school teachers during the week of November 7th, providing professional development in strategies that engage all students in higher-level mathematical thinking.
We highly encourage all parents to attend this presentation. It will be an informative event for the Darien community.
Join us for a Mom’s Night Out at Element Medical Aesthetics (80 Main Street, 2nd Floor, New Canaan) on Thursday, November 3 from 7-9 PM.
Meet Merry Thornton, PA-C, MBA and Element Medical Aesthetics Founder who will present information about her practice and services while enjoying appetizers, wine and soft drinks. The event is limited to the first 20 to register. We will also have a waitlist and will do our best to accommodate those interested in attending. Please register here. Join us for cocktails at Uncorked at 9pm following the event at Element.
Congratulations to our 5th Graders! We are excited to celebrate your accomplishments next week! Thank you to our 5th Grade Coordinators, Kerry Bock and Marla Chandler for all of the extra effort you have put in to make sure our 5th graders feel special! Good luck next year at MMS!
Another thank you to our Library volunteers, Julie Brown and Jen Antoszewski. A huge shout out to all of our room parents! Thank you for all you have done this year!
The Ox Ridge Edible Garden is a wonderful tradition at Ox Ridge and we are so thankful to this year’s volunteer chairs, Jeanne Zimmer and Clair Raver. During construction, the gardens will be displaced. Don’t worry – Architect, SLAM, has allocated a beautiful new space in the plans for the new building – we will bring back this tradition in 2022! If anyone would like any of the items from garden space, please fill out thisgoogle form. If there is more interest than items, we will conduct a raffle. Deadline to enter is June 11.
WOW! What a success our Field Day Marathon was! All together, Ox Ridge traveled 1,219.08 miles!! We loved seeing all of your pictures as you rode, biked, ran, and even swam towards our collective goal. The response was so enthusiastic, that we have put together this slideshow – what a great example of the Ox Ridge community coming together, even when apart! OXR FDM SLIDESHOW
Adrienne & Kadi
For Immediate Release 2:00pm, March 16, 2020
First Selectman Declares State of Emergency for the Town of Darien Business and Public Facilities/Programs Closure Notice
At 2:00pm today, in response to and in coordination with federal, state and local agencies, First Selectman Jayme Stevenson has issued a Town of Darien State of Emergency. This action has been taken to augment the Town’s response efforts to slow the spread of the COVID-19 and to underscore to the Darien community the seriousness of the virus crisis.
Beginning at 8:00pm on Monday, March 16, Governor Lamont, in a coordinated action with the governors of New York and New Jersey, has ordered the temporary closure of all bars, restaurants, gyms, fitness centers and similar public exercise studios, and movie theatres. Restaurants and bars that serve food will be temporarily required to move to takeout and delivery service only. Bars that do not serve food will be temporarily required to close. All other local businesses, including grocery stores and pharmacies remain open at this time. Staff and customers should practice social distancing while shopping and working. Gatherings of more than 50 people are prohibited.
These measures are being taken to help ensure the health and safety of our residents through social distancing and to slow the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in our region.
Effective, Tuesday March 17, all public facilities including park and beach playgrounds, school playgrounds, Weed Beach Paddle Hut, restrooms, water fountains and train station buildings will be closed. All Parks & Recreation winter programs are canceled. Tennis and paddle courts remain open for public use. Spring programming will be evaluated as more information about virus conditions becomes available. Check the Town of Darien Parks & Recreation web page at www.darienct.gov or call (203)656- 7325 for program and facility updates.
Darien and Noroton Heights Rail Station buildings will be closed to the public until further notice. New Haven Line service is still operational. Ticket machines, parking machines and elevators remain operational. See the MTA Metro North website (www.web.mta.info) for train schedule information.
Darien Town Hall remains fully operational during normal business hours through limited access and by appointment only. All non-essential municipal meetings are canceled until further notice. Please refer to the Town of Darien website (www.darienct.gov) for online services.
