The Acorn
Oakview's Online News Flash
Principal's Report - Dr. Phillip Reavis
Science Fair Winners
Congratulations to all of the Oakview Science Fair Winners. Way to Go! A 4th grade team, 5th grade team, and a 5th grader will represent Oakview in the District Science Fair in April. Good luck to all of our students. http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/oakview/
Jump Rope for Heart – A Huge Success!
Thank you to all those who sent in donations and heart stories for our Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser in the gym! The heart stories really made this event more personal for our kids. We learned how important it is to keep our hearts healthy and jump roping is a great exercise for doing just that. As a school community, we sent a donation of $8,658.62 to the American Heart Association. That is AMAZING!! Thank you for all the support and generosity!
Middle School Registration
As fifth grade students and their families prepare to take that big step to middle school, please visit Oakview’s web site for information about course descriptions at each of our feeder middle schools. For questions concerning middle school registration, please contact Gwen Daughtry, School Counselor, at gdaughtr@greenville.k12.sc.us
PTA President's Report - Celeste Blinston
Hello, Oakview families! Thank you for your participation in this month's Children's Book Donation and Box Top drives. Your involvement and dedication to our school are always appreciated! A big thanks goes to our Book Donation chairperson, Mary Claire Busby, and our Box Tops chairs, Amee Patel and Angela Halpin, for their hard work!
PTA is thrilled to announce the recipients of the PTA mini grants for the school year. Your hard work and generosity with implementing innovative ideas in the classroom that greatly benefit our students. See the list below for the grants that were selected:
2015-2016 PTA Mini Grants
Alternative Seating Options for 1st Grade
Balance It Out
Cling, Clang, Rattle, Bing, Bang
HUE Animation Studio
KEEP BOOKS for First Grade
Kindergarten Reading Center Games
Let’s Go Fishing
Ready, Set, Read
Ride to Read
Rocking Your Way Into Learning
Tools of the Trade
We will wrap up February with our second Family Game Night and Art Show for families and friends of 2nd and 3rd graders on Friday, February 26. Also, our Nominating Committee continues to meet to slate PTA officers and committee members for the 2016-2017 school year.
Please don't hesitate to contact me at cblinston@charter.net if you have any questions.
Reflections
The school judging round has been completed and here are the results:
Literature
Primary
1st - Christian Foggie
2nd - Christian Foggie
3rd - Archish Seshadri
HM1 - Rishika Talati
HM2 - Holly Williams
Intermediate
1st - Caroline Furr
2nd - Sanjay Govindarajan
3rd - Kshiraj Talati
HM1 - Caitlyn Clendenin
HM2 - Sophia Stein
Photography
Primary
1st - Archish Seshadri
2nd - Karthik Arumugam
Intermediate
1st - Caroline Furr
2nd - Caroline Furr
3rd - Sophia Stein
HM1 - Kshiraj Talati
HM2 - Sophia Stein
Visual Arts
Primary
1st - Karthik Arumugan
2nd - Archish Seshadri
3rd - Ted Adams
HM1 - Ava Pelino
HM2 - Charlie Stephens
Intermediate
1st - Tyler Forsythe
2nd - Caroline Furr
3rd - Caitlin Kenney
HM1 - Ashlyn Vail
HM2 - Taylor Bynum
Music
Intermediate
1st - Ethan Hong
2nd - Rebecca Nelson
Film
Primary
1st - Lily Boyle
Dance
Intermediate
1st - Kayla Nguyen
Our first place winners advanced to the district judging round and here are the results:
Visual Arts
Intermediate
3rd - Tyler Forsythe
Literature
Primary
1st - Christian Foggie
Film
Primary
1st - Lily Bogle
Music Composition
Intermediate
1st - Ethan Hong
Literature
Intermediate
2nd - Caroline Furr
20 of our Oakview participants’ entries are headed to the state judging round! Congratulations to all of our students who participated. You rock!
If you are interested in participating in next years’ Reflections program, the 2016-2017 theme will be announced very soon! Stay tuned there’s more to come!