School News

PTO Membership Info

***VERY IMPORTANT***

The new school year is almost here! You must re-register and purchase a new PTO membership to regain access to the directory and continue to support PTO funded events.

• STEP 1 - Verify your directory information.
  • Go to https://oriolelanepto.membershiptoolkit.com/ and log in to verify your directory information and purchase your PTO Membership.

**Please log in to your Membership Toolkit user account and verify your contact info BEFORE purchasing your PTO membership. You must be logged in to your verified account when you purchase your membership—the membership does not activate if you check out as a guest.**

• STEP 2 - Purchase your PTO membership for only $25.
  • Members receive access to the Directory, as well as voting privileges at the PTO general meetings.

What doesn’t the PTO do?
We don’t pressure. There’s never a commitment—you don’t have to volunteer or donate.

Do you enjoy planning events? Showing gratitude towards others?

Then you are exactly who we are looking for!

OL PTO NEEDS a Hospitality Chair/Coordinator

Contact the PTO @ OLSPTO@gmail.com

Looking to fill for the 2025-26 school year. Please reach out if this is of interest to you!

Hospitality Purpose:
To express gratitude to teachers, administrators, and other staff members by providing them with small treats, meals, or snacks during busy periods or special events.

• Activities to include:

  • Teacher appreciation week: Setting up a dedicated week with daily treats and surprises for teachers.

  • Staff luncheons: Organizing catered lunches for staff meetings or during busy times, such as PT Conferences.

  • Gather and distribute staff holiday gifts.

Mark your calendar for this year’s PTO Meetings!

Thank you to everyone that attended our first PTO Meeting of the year. In case you missed it here are the minutes

All are welcome to join our general membership meetings to see what the PTO is planning for this school year and how you can join our team! The first meeting will review our budget and overview of events for this academic year. All meetings include updates on events happening at the school, a report from our teachers, and a discussion with Principal Sova!

• January 14th @ 6:00 PM
• May 19th @ 9:30 AM

Join us in person in the Oriole Lane Cafeteria or Google

Join Google Meet here: meet.google.com/pfc-tcwf-gbf

Contact olspto@gmail.com

PTO Board

The Oriole Lane PTO Board was installed at the General Meeting this past Wednesday. The individuals below hold the board’s positions for the 2025-26 school year:

■ Heidi Chagnon, Co-President
■ Laci Oyler, Co-President

■ Kelly O’Connor, Vice President

■ Robin DeChamps, Treasurer

■ Amanda Smith, Co- Secretary
■ Laura Davis, Co-Secretary

Oriole Lane PTO aims to strengthen our school community by organizing and hosting yearly supplemental programs and events! Our general PTO meetings provide school updates, volunteer opportunities, and special guest speakers. An online school directory is also provided to our school families through the MTK website, supported by MTSD!

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Our Fall Fundraiser was a tremendous success in many ways!

• It was an event that allowed all of our students to participate together.
• It encouraged our students to be active and enjoy exercising
  • Thank you Ms. Huffman and Mr. Wendorf for putting together such an amazing course for our students to enjoy!!!
• It promoted teamwork within each classroom, each grade, and our whole school.
  • It was so great to see our upper grades cheering for the lower grades and the lower grades cheering on our upper grades during each run. Such amazing team players!
• It raised a huge amount of money for our school!

Thank you, Oriole Lane Families!!!

On November 12th 2025 Oriole Lane will be honoring our military Veterans. We would like to invite any Oriole Lane Veterans to attend (parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles or even family friends). We are asking Veterans to come for breakfast starting at 8am, we will then have a parade in our hallways for our Veterans as we finish the parade we will have a short assembly.

The week before our assembly we will be raising money for a local organization providing hope and healing to children and families of our fallen Heroes, Camp Hometown Heroes. Each dress up day is $1.00 (or more) donation. Students can bring the money and give to their classroom teachers.

These are the dress up days :

• November 3rd Neon Day
• November 4th Sports day - wear your favorite team
• November 5th Wear your best getup
• November 6th Beach Day (beach wear day)
• November 7th PJ day
• November 10th - Mismatch Monday (wacky everything! Socks, clothes, hair...do it all)

*** Remember to wear red white and blue on November 12th!

Does your Company participate in a United Way giving campaign?

Are you participating in the United Way community campaign? Did you know you can designate your donated funds to different organizations?

Consider allocating a portion of your donation to the Oriole Lane PTO through the Mequon-Thiensville Area Council Parent Teacher Organization! After you have finalized your donation, please  let olspto@gmail.com know so we can ensure it is properly distributed to the Oriole Lane PTO from the District’s Area Council.

Check out the latest updates from the Oriole Lane Specials Team!

Enjoy our newsletter highlighting all the amazing things students have been learning during each Trimester in PE, Art, Music, ICC, Band and Orchestra. From creative projects to exciting performances, our students have been busy exploring, creating, and growing their skills in these special areas.

• Trimester 1 Newsletter
• Trimester 2 Newsletter 
• Trimester 3 Newsletter (coming soon)