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Monday, December 6, 2010

Upcoming OSC/PTO Meetings

December 6, 2010 in Ophir Library @ 6:15pm
January 3, 2011 in Ophir LIbrary @6:15pm

We'd love to have you at the next meeting!! All Ophir parents/guardians are automatically part of the OSC/PTO and are eligible to vote. Come help us out!!


Thursday, October 21, 2010

October Update

Bylaws have been updated. You can read them by clicking this link: BYLAWS

UPCOMING MEETINGS:
Tuesday, October 26, 6:30 p.m. in the Big Sky Library
Monday, November 8, 6:30 p.m. in the Big Sky Library

Please note the volunteer form has changed...check out the link to the right. New minutes are posted too!

Happy fall break, everyone!

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Draft Bylaws Posted

If you are interested, here are the proposed changes to the bylaws. They will be adopted at the next regular OSC/PTO meeting. Please send comments to any of the board members or better yet, come to the meeting!
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD DRAFT BYLAWS
(link has been removed now that the bylaws are approved)

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Welcome to the 2010-11 School Year!

Thank you to our new board members and welcome all Ophir parents to the new school year. Here are some FAQs about the OSC/PTO

What is OSC?
The Ophir School Council is the Ophir/LPHS equivalent of a PTO or PTA. It is an independent nonprofit whose members include anyone who is the parent or guardian of a student at Ophir or Lone Peak High. That means you! OSC works with the school but is a separate entity from the school.

What does OSC do?
OSC raises money that is allocated to teachers, staff, and students to enhance and enrich what our school has to offer. OSC provides direct funding to teachers for purchases for their classroom, pays for specialized activities like XC and downhill skiing and swimming, funds field trips, supports the expeditions that differentiate our school from others, funds library programs, helps bring visiting artists and musicians and actors to the school, funds transportation, supports the Booster Club and more. It’s awful to imagine what the school would be like without OSC funds!

What do volunteers do?
Volunteers help in many ways: they volunteer in classrooms, help with fundraising campaigns, communicate with teachers and parents, set up at events, help allocate funds to the school, and basically pitch in to make sure that OSC can raise money and then give it away. There will be sign-up sheets at the school during back-to-school night and the morning of the first day. You can take a look at those sheets and talk to OSC members about how you might be able to help out throughout the year...and hopefully sign up!

Many hands make light work...
We need you!!! OSC is run ENTIRELY by volunteers and if you haven’t already, please consider volunteering this year. It is impossible to know how much OSC contributes to our children’s educational experience until you get in on the action. And if we all do a little here and there, the results are so satisfying! Just look at our awesome schools and you can see that!