The Grove
November 1 - 14, 2019
Note From Principal Graham
Wow, the Fall Festival was amazing. Thank you to the parents, teachers, and community members who participated or helped make this event a wonderful night for our families. Seeing the smiles on the children's faces was priceless.
During our Red Ribbon Week, we focused on learning about kindness. It is important to us that our students know how to be kind and spread kindness to others. We have a display in our hallway that says, "Be the I in Kind". Next time you are in the building, stop in front of this sign and be the "I" in kind.
Anytime you take pictures, please feel free to tag us on our social media platforms. Twitter: @OGElementary and Facebook: Oak Grove Patriots
Community Walking Hour
Saturday, November 2 from 8:00-9:00 am
Plan to come out tomorrow morning, Saturday, November 2 for a nice cool walk with friends and other OGE families. Gate to the left of the school will be open at 8am. Hope to see you there for this great hour of exercise.Student Flu Shots
PTA Meeting
OGE parents are always welcome to attend PTA meetings. Your input, feedback, and help are always greatly appreciated. Hope to see you there!
PTA Skate Night
Mark your calendars for another fun OGE event! Students always have so much fun skating with their classmates. The entire family is welcome to skate! Students are welcome to bring their own skates or rollerblades with them but should you need to rent a pair, they have them available at the skating rink. Food is available for purchase.
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Fun Classroom Happenings
Case Closed
Students Visit Fire Station
Reporters On The Job
Writing Celebration
Flashlight Reading
Scavenger Hunt
RED RIBBON WEEK
Fall Festival 2019
Mark Your Calendar:
Thanksgiving Break November 27-29
Bedtime Story Advice
By Author Mem Fox
Spend at least ten wildly happy minutes every single day reading aloud. From birth!
Read at least three stories a day: it may be the same story three times!
Children need to hear a thousand stories before they can begin to learn to read. Or the same story a thousand times!
Read aloud with animation. Listen to your own voice and don’t be dull, or flat, or boring. Hang loose and be loud, have fun and laugh a lot.
Read with joy and enjoyment: real enjoyment for yourself and great joy for the listeners.
Read the stories that your child loves, over and over, and over again, and always read in the same ‘tune’ for each book: i.e. with the same intonations and volume and speed, on each page, each time.
Play games with the things that you and the child can see on the page, such as letting kids finish rhymes. Finding the letters that start the child’s name and yours is always a fabulous game.
Let children hear lots of language by talking to them constantly about the pictures, or anything else connected to the book; or sing any old song that you can remember; or say nursery rhymes in a bouncy way; or be noisy together doing clapping games.
Look for rhyme, rhythm or repetition in books for young children, and make sure the books are really short.
Never ever ‘teach’ reading, or get tense around books. Just reading with them is enough!
Please read aloud every day because you just adore being with your child, not because it’s the right thing to do!
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Website: www.oges.lexington1.net
Location: 479 Oak Drive, Lexington, SC, USA
Phone: 803-821-0100
Facebook: facebook.com/ogelementary
Twitter: @ogelementary
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Lexington County School District One is committed to a policy of
nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for all students, parents/
legal guardians, staff, visitors, personnel and community members
who participate or seek to participate in its programs or activities.
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on the basis of race, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth
or any related medical conditions), color, disability, age, genetic
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The district will use the grievance procedures set forth in policy to
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Civil Rights Act of 1964; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964;
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