On Thursday, March 30th at 7pm, Ox Ridge will host its first annual Talent Show – OX ROCKS – at Darien High School. OX ROCKS is a chance for the school and community to celebrate all talent and creativity while coming together in an inclusive, empowering and fun environment.
All 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students will be eligible to participate. We will send out more information about details and entry in the coming weeks. Please mark your calendars now!
We are excited to announce that our Ox Ridge fundraising event “The Hootie Hoedown” will take place on Saturday, March 11th from 7-11pm at the Wee Burn Country Club! This will be our first in-person fundraiser since 2019! Planning is underway and more details are coming soon! Grab your cowboy hats and boots for what will be a fun evening for our Ox community! For more information or any questions, please reach out to Danielle Paccione and Heather deBie.
Staring down a long winter? Break it up by joining us for an Ox Ridge Parents Night Out at 314 Beer Garden. We’ll beat the monotony of the cold with a Groundhog Day Party on Thursday, February 2 from 7-10pm. Drinks, light bites and lots of fun included! We’ll have an enclosed, heated area. $65 per person. Register here by 1/26!
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.
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.
Jayme Stevenson, First Selectman Town of Darien