Culminating Activities to celebrate completing ELA Domain 2, as 1st Graders became doctors investigating body systems, and 2nd Graders created Spartan shields, Olympic torches, and designed their own laurel leaf crowns to show their knowledge of Ancient Greece. #ExplorerNation
2 days ago, Ostmann Elementary
2nd grade students display their Spartan shields, Olympic torches and Crowns.
1st Graders use Playdoh to construct different body systems.
2nd Grader shows off his Spartan shield and Olympic medal.
First graders explore body systems.
First Grader explorers key vocabulary on body systems.
Today we celebrated National Custodial, Maintenance, and Ground Crews Day! Our Custodial staff is the best! They work tirelessly each day to make sure our building looks amazing and is a healthy and safe place for students and staff! Thanks Mike K., Kim, Christy and Mike Z.
8 days ago, Ostmann Elementary
day Crew
The final day of 5th Grade Camp was full of team work and skill building! Students completed a "ropes course" by working together and problem solving. Archery and survival skills were a hit! Our closing ceremony focused on what students learned or gained during camp. Thanks to all of our camp counselors and teachers for providing such an interactive and fun experience for the 5th graders.
10 days ago, Ostmann Elementary
team building
ropes course
team building
survival skills
games
survival skills
The second day of 5th Grade camp brought us visits with the Wild Bird Sanctuary and the Reptile Show. Students also continued to explore the creek, create animal tracks and dissect owl pellets.
11 days ago, Ostmann Elementary
Reptiles
The  Great Escape
Birds of Prey
Reptiles
Birds of Prey
Owl Pellets
Join us for our annual PTO Trunk or Treat on October 16th. Our Candy Monsters are ready for your candy donations! Sign up here to decorate your car and join the fun. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZJfJzX01KVB1oMl3iDsf7z9W951H4p0z/view?usp=drive_link
11 days ago, Ostmann Elementary
Candy monster- donation collection
5th grade campers explored the creek, created plaster animal tracks, used team work to solve the "Maze", dissected owl pellets, and bonded through games! Today was a success!
16 days ago, Ostmann Elementary
creek exploration
creek exploration
the Maze
bonding
bonding
owl pellets
Kindergarten students were focusing on phonological awareness skills of adding words at the beginning or end of other words to make compound words. Gestures help students engage and comprehend abstract concepts.
22 days ago, Ostmann Elementary
phonological awareness practice
Our teachers and administrators were hard at work this early release day reviewing diagnostic data and determining interventions for all of our amazing Explorers.
29 days ago, Ostmann Elementary
reviewing IReady data
reviewing iReady data
reviewing iReady data
Congratulations to Mrs. Wagner, named the September OES Triple E Impact Award recipient. This award recognizes a staff member who exemplifies our district mission to Educate, Empower, and Equip Students to Excel. Thank you Cindy! #ExplorerNation
30 days ago, Ostmann Elementary
Dr. Stop. Pierre presents the triple E award to Mrs. Wagner at school on Wednesday.
It was awesome to see our community come together at tonight's 1st Back to School Kickoff! Thank you to our PTO for putting together the event, and Mrs. Papuga for doling out the delicious hotdogs! #ExplorerNation
30 days ago, Ostmann Elementary
OES back to school bash on the playground.
Families enjoy the OES Back to School Bash.
OES Families: Join us for the first annual Back to School Kickoff tomorrow, 9/10 from 5-7pm. Yard games, bubbles, chalk, and the playground will be available. You can bring a picnic dinner and hot dogs will be provided by PTO. Kona Ice will be available for purchase. See you there!
about 1 month ago, Ostmann Elementary
Explorers in Kindergarten and 1st grade showcased their knowledge of nursery rhymes and fairy tales by retelling through the use of story maps and puppet shows. #Literacy #ExplorerNation
about 1 month ago, Ostmann Elementary
K student retelling his favorite nursery rhyme.
K students retell nursery rhymes through story element puppets.
1st grade story maps.
1st grade story map of The Dog and the Manger.
We are so excited to kickoff the 25-26 school year tomorrow! Can't wait to see our Explorers and the best staff in the business! #ExplorerNation
about 2 months ago, Ostmann Elementary
Happy 1st day of school image
We boarded the OES Airlines today with our amazing staff; fueled by a delicious breakfast from PTO. We celebrated our new flight crew members and JET team. We are ready for a wonderful 25-26 school year as "Our Goals Take Flight."
about 2 months ago, Ostmann Elementary
The Captain and Co-Pilot
The plane, the plane!
our goals bulletin board ready for data.
Eli is ready to kickoff the 25-26 school year! Only 7 days until Kindergarten Orientation. Friday, August 15th at 9am. ##ExplorerNation
2 months ago, Ostmann Elementary
New Kindergartener, Eli poses with his hard sign
Thank you for a wonderful year of learning and growing at Ostmann! Enjoy your summer! ##ExplorerNation
4 months ago, Ostmann Elementary
Staff wave goodbye to students on our last day of 24-25.
School wide WIG of achievement was met and celebrated at OES.
Congratulations to our OES Class of 2025! Celebrated their accomplishments throughout the day, culminating with our Awards Assembly and Clap Out. #ExplorerNation
4 months ago, Ostmann Elementary
Mrs. Guerra's class at the Awards Assembly
Ms. Moshkowsky's class at Awards Assembly.
Ms. Wilding's class at Awards Assembly.
Officer Schweppe grills for 5th graders.
Friday brought more celebrating at OES! Classes met their Wildly Important Goals, and Miss Orbin was recognized as a District Rookie of the Year nominee! #ExplorerNation
5 months ago, Ostmann Elementary
Miss Orbin receives her District Rookie of the Year nomination in front of her students.
1st grade races to show off their hard work in meeting their WIG.
It's official! Congratulations to the West High Class of 2025! 📸CJ, EA, DM, HL
5 months ago, Fort Zumwalt School District
grads in caps and gowns high-five elementary students during clap out
Class of 2025 on middle school bleachers
Grads in caps and gowns walk middle school halls for clap out
Graduate in cap and gown hugs former teacher
Congratulations to the Class of 2025 (Ostmann Class of 2018)! #FZGradWalk2025
5 months ago, Ostmann Elementary
FZWHS Graduating Class of 2025 recreate their Ostmann 5th grade Class of 2018 photo.
Ostmann 5th grade class of 2018.