November 2026 Newsletter
November is Family Literacy Month
This November marks the 32nd year that Massachusetts is acknowledging and celebrating the important role that families play in their children’s literacy development. Family Literacy Month is an opportunity to engage parents, schools and the community to support children in out-of-school time learning. In celebration of Literacy Month, each student will go home with a book gift from Owl’s Crossing, Little Acorn. Once you have read the book with your family, your child can put up a sticker on our Owl reading chart. We hope to fill it up with lots of owl stickers! In conjunction with Literacy Month, we welcome parents and grandparents to come and read to the classes. If you would like to be a guest reader, please speak with your child’s teachers to arrange a day.
PreK Letter Day and Lively Letters
PreK will be exploring the Letters “F, & G” this month. Please refer to the calendar the date of each Letter. Your child may bring something from home that begins with the Letter of the Day. PreK will also be learning the sounds of the Letters “O, M & N” with Lively Letters.
Yellow and Brown Days
Wear your Yellow and/or Brown to school on Thursday, November 12th and Friday, November 13th.
Yoga with Miss Kim
Miss Kim will be here to do yoga with all classes on Tuesday, November 17th and Wednesday, November 18th.
Nursery Adjustment Reports and Conferences
The Nursery Classes will receive an Adjustment Report to give parents an update on how your little one is adjusting to school. They will be sent home on Thursday, November 19th and Friday, November 20th. A comprehensive Progress Report will be completed in January for every student at Owl’s Crossing. Conferences for all classes, Nursery and PreK, will be in January.
Thanksgiving Sharing Bags
In celebration of Thanksgiving and in the spirit of sharing, we will be having a “buffet” on Monday, November 23rd and Tuesday, November 24th. A bag to fill at home with a healthy finger snack will be provided by your classroom teacher on Thursday, November 19th and Friday, November 20th. Some suggestions for snack items are small crackers, goldfish, grapes, fruit pieces, berries, carrot and celery sticks, cheese cubes, mini marshmallows, raisins. Please no peanut or tree nut products. Labels need to be checked to make sure there are no traces of nuts. We will also be making homemade butter for our feast!
Scholastic Book Club
The Holiday Flyer for Scholastic Book Club is available. Our Class Code is L8LJ2.
Thanksgiving Recess
Owl’s Crossing will be closed from Wednesday, November 25th through Friday, November 27th.
REMINDERS:
Wednesday, November 11th, Veteran’s Day, No School
Friday, November 20th, Church Fair, 2:00pm Closure
Registration Is Underway!
Registration for the 2027-2028 school year has begun. In-house OCP families had the first opportunity to register during October. Registration will be opened to the public in November. A few classes may have to be chosen by lottery depending on in-house demand. We will try our best to honor everyone’s first choice before opening it to the public.
An Owl’s Crossing Favorite song:
Thank you for the Earth and Sky,
Thank you for the birds that fly.
Thank you for the food we grow,
Thank you for the streams that flow.
Thank you, thank you this we say,
Thank you for Thanksgiving Day!
Hoot of the Month
“What is a Scarecrow’s favorite fruit”?
“Straw-berries!”
Quote of the Month
“What if today we were just grateful for everything?”…Charlie Brown
We wish you all the happiness that Thanksgiving brings!
Judy, Suzanne and the Owl’s Crossing Staff
