Fairies Can Find Cozy Homes Throughout the School

The children in Chris Thompson’s Kindergarten class enjoyed creating sculptures inspired by artist Andy Goldsworthy, and they hoped animals would come live in some of their sculptures. Then they realized that it is also important for fairies to have a place to live, so they built fairy houses out of natural and manmade materials and placed them in strategic locations throughout OES where fairies are likely to be found. A map on the door of each division shows where to find the fairy houses in that building. For the tooth fairy, they made a house with a hammock because she needs to rest during the day after working so hard at night.

Middle Schoolers eat pizza at a fund-raising event for Haiti.

OES Concert for Haiti to Raise Funds
For Relief by Medical Teams International

OES students, faculty, and alumnae/i will come together to raise funds for the relief work in Haiti being conducted by Medical Teams International. The concert, art show, and dinner will be held in the evening on Tuesday, February 16, in the Dining Hall, Great Hall, and gymnasium. See more details.

This week the Middle School raised $2359.81 for Medical Teams International with a pajama party and viewing of a video recording of the Hope for Haiti fund-raiser in Los Angeles.

OES parent Todd Ulmer and former OES parent Kathi McCoy just returned from Haiti where they worked with Medical Teams International. They can be seen talking about their experience in a video clip from KGW.

Upper School and Middle School girls basketball players are rooting for their sister Aardvarks. The groups have been attending each others' games, decorating each others' lockers before games, and sending inspirational greetings via email. On Friday, the Upper School girls hosted a T-shirt spirit party to show their support for the younger girls. From left in the photo are Brigitte R. '12, Emily V. '15, Madeline M. '15, and Hannah D. '12.

Old Girls and New Girls
Get Together for Tea

Last Sunday the senior girls hosted a tea for the alumnae of St. Helen’s Hall at Trinity Cathedral. Tea party guests donned fancy tea party hats and practiced their etiquette, while sharing memorabilia from The Hall, which later became OES, and stories about current life at the school. The original Old Girl – New Girl Tea was a St. Helen’s Hall tradition in which the newcomers to the school were welcomed by the senior girls. This year was the third year of the now-annual twist on the tradition. At right are Winnifred Pembroke Wiemer Shaw JC '35 with Jenni V. '10 and Saskia I. '10. See more photos.

Senior Receives Highest Scouting Award

Kerry S. '10 was awarded the Gold Award by the Girl Scouts in a ceremony last weekend. The requirements for the Gold Award include completing a project that requires leadership, determination, perseverance and creativity. Among the family and friends at Kerry's ceremony were many folks from OES and her brother Cole, who graduated in 2006 and who gave a speech praising Kerry's accomplishments. The Gold Award is the highest award in Girl Scouts.

Middle School
Girls Are Strong
And Assertive

A group of eighth-grade girls recently completed the GirlStrength program, which focuses on empowering girls. Over the course of eight weeks, girls learn about the importance of trusting their intuition, being assertive, safety planning, and physical self-defense skills. GirlStrength is a free program for middle school girls run through the Portland Police Bureau.

OES Boys Dominate Traveling Basketball Tournament

A team of mostly OES eighth-graders and another team with five OES fifth- and sixth-graders both took first place in their divisions at a traveling basketball tournament in Seaside last weekend. In the photo of the eighth-grade team at left above are, front row from left, Harrison Hiraki '14 and former OES student Chris Park; in rear, OES parent Gary Hiraki (coach), Zach W. '14, Ken C. '14, Will C. '14, and Alik B. '14. At right is the sixth-grade team with Scott S. '17 at rear left and Orlando P. '16 at rear right. Third from left in the front row is Rowan B. '16 and to his right, Andrew P. '17. Not pictured is team member Hunter K. '16.

Parent Annual Giving Tops 70%

Our community has raised over $560,000 to date, and reached over 70 percent parent participation. If you have not yet contributed to the OES Fund, or would like to fulfill your pledge, you can do so online!