Updates from Mrs. Froning
April 28, 2018
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Thank you,
Kristin Froning
Join us for the May PTA General Membership Meeting
We will welcome Dr. Pat Cavanaugh, Principal at Walnut Creek Middle school as our guest speaker. Free Child Care will be available
5th Grade Celebration
Thursday, Jun 14, 2018, 09:15 AM
Oakley Park Elementary School, Oakley Park Road, Commerce Charter Township, MI, USA
BIG NEWS from our PTA
Tuesday, May 22
- Kindergarten, 2nd and 4th graders
Wednesday, May 23
- 1st, 3rd and 5th graders
There will much more information to come but we wanted to share this BIG news now! Check out the link below to learn more about Tollgate Farm. We are so excited to spend the day learning at the farm!
Hungry Howies Pizza Night: This Wednesday
3183 Union Lake Rd
(248) 363-2050
Scarlet's Park
Scarlet’s Smile Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization with the mission of building a barrier-free all-inclusive playground, was named after Scarlet, a delightful five-year-old who was diagnosed with SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) at the age of eight months. Scarlet and her family live here in the Commerce Township area. After visiting several playgrounds that segregated children with disabilities, it became the dream of Scarlet’s Smile to build a playground that all children, regardless of ability, could recreate equally and enjoy together for years to come.
Work has begun on Scarlet’s Park in Dodge Park #5 in the shadows of the new Commerce Township Library. It will include a 16,000-square-foot barrier-free playground with a specialized rubberized surface to accommodate wheelchairs. The equipment will include double-wide ramps for easy passage of wheelchairs, shaded play decks and tunnels, zip lines, swings, sensory play equipment, teeter-totters, merry-go-rounds, climbing structures, special slides that don’t create static electricity, a learning wall with brail letters, an imagination table, and, per Scarlet’s request, a rocket ship and more! Phase II of this project will include a splash pad with changing rooms.
The playground will be surrounded with brick pavers and paved trails to accommodate wheelchairs so that families can be active in the park and hike through the beautiful wooded setting. Scarlet’s Park will include a picnic shelter for families to picnic together and enjoy a fun-filled day at the playground and library. In addition, families will enjoy beautiful raised butterfly gardens surrounded by park benches. This will be a destination for families, school field trips, and summer campers.
If you are interesting in learning more about the park, visit http://scarletssmile.com/
How can you help?
Scarlet’s Smile is offering bricks for sale that will outline the pathways surrounding Scarlet’s Playground in Dodge Park # 5 in Commerce Township, Michigan. 4” x 8” bricks are available for $200 and include inscriptions up to three lines with a total of 12 characters per line, including spaces. The order form is linked below:
2018 Oakley Park Field Day
More details to come from Mr. Little as plans come together for this very BIG day including a call for volunteers!
Bagel Day Reminder
M-Step Testing Reminder
4th Grade testing schedule:
Tuesday, May 1st
Wednesday, May 9th
Thursday, May 10th
3rd Grade testing schedule:
Wednesday, May 9
Wednesday, May 16
*Please avoid appointments during school hours on testing days.
PTA Directory Access
It's not to late to join the PTA! Click below for the link to join!
Upcoming dates:
Monday, April 30th
- Kindergarten Music Performance 6:30 pm
Wednesday, May 2nd 7:00 pm Media Center
- Hungry Howies Pizza Night
- PTA General Membership Meeting
Tuesday, May 8th
- 1st Grade Music Performance 7:00 pm
Thursday, May 17th
- New Kindergarten Visits to Oakley Park
Tuesday, May 22
- School Field Trip to MSU Tollgate Farm grades K, 2nd & 4th
Wednesday, May 23
- School Field Trip to MSU Tollgate Farm grades 1st, 3rd, & 5th
Friday, May 25
- 2018 Field Day
Friday, June 1st
- New Kindergarten Bus Ride 1:00 pm
- PTA Spring Fair
Breakfast & Lunch Information
Breakfast $1.25
Lunch $2.75
*Student purchasing breakfast may enter the building at 8:00.
Oakley Park School Times
First Bell: 8:02 (buses release students)
Late Bell: 8:05 AM
Dismissal: 3:08 PM
1/2 Day Dismissal: 11:18 AM
Contact Information
Debra Bradshaw, Principals Secretary
Karen Clark, Building Secretary
Main Office: 248-956-4100
Attendance Line: 248-956-4190
Prime Time Care: 248-956-4199
Email: kristinfroning@wlcsd.org
Website: http://wlcsd.org/schools/elementary/oakley-park/
Location: 2015 Oakley Park Road, Commerce Charter Township, MI, United States
Phone: 248-956-4100
Twitter: @OakleyPark1