Oster's 4th and 5th graders recently had an opportunity to participate in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. 15 finalists competed on Tuesday, January 17th, and a school champion was crowned. Congratulations go to Akira Lavu from Mr. Sinclair's class who will now go onto the regional competition. Second place went to Nethra Iyer in Ms. Plane's class and third place was Jiyul Kim from Mr. T's class. The other awesome finalists were George Liu, Ami Zaraysky, Surabhi Moro, Ananya Saravana Kumar, Venkat Ganesh, Angela Zheng, Gagan Nithin, Rayhaneh Bahmanpour, Hilal Basturk, Zenia Shroff, Suhas Moro and Doreen Chiang. Great job kids and Go Cougars!
Union School District is excited to announce the 2023 USD Creativity Showcase! All of our TK through 8th grade students are invited to participate. We cordially invite all of our Oster students to submit their creative work in the themes of Community, Health, and Wellness. Submissions may be in the form of, but not limited to: Multimedia Art, a Performance, or a Written Work limited to one page. Masterpieces will be displayed and shared at our USD Creativity Showcase on Saturday, April 1, 2023. This event will be hosted at Union Middle School as part of our district-wide Health and Wellness Community Event.
For full details about this event please visit https://bit.ly/2023USDShowcase.
Oster is hosting an online multi-grade level orientation meeting for new incoming families of students in TK through fifth grade. This event will take place at 6:00 PM on January 25th. Click the link below for more information about this virtual event.
Pre-registration Form Linked Here- Multi-Grade Orientation Meeting (Virtual)
USD Student Registration Information
Please share this link with friends or neighbors who will be joining Oster in the fall.
Oster Home & School Club presents, January’s Cougar Science Quiz! Mark your calendars, the quiz is open January 26th & 27th (students can take the quiz either day)! Learn more here!
The Oster 2022-2023 Yearbooks are available to order for $30. Order by the end of January to ensure you get a copy. We have to lock in our book count on February 1 and will only be ordering a small supply of extra copies. You can purchase your yearbook online directly through Balfour at: http://bit.ly/OsterYB
Oster’s yearbook is produced by Home & School Club and we are looking for volunteers for next year. Interested? Join us for Oster HSC’s Volunteer Fair on Friday, January 20th at 8:15am in the Oster staffroom!
International Night: INFO SESSION
Mark your calendars for International Night, Wednesday, April 19th from 5 - 7pm, details to follow. International Night is presented by Home & School Club and marks the return of a long-time Oster tradition.
To prepare for International night, we need YOUR help. County leaders are needed. Join us at the info night on Wednesday, January 25th from 6 - 7pm in the Oster Teachers’ Lounge (next door to the office).
Learn how you can be part of this special event!
Discussion will include: How to lead a country’s booth? What are the expectations? Brainstorm how to make this fun!
For questions, please email eperakis1@aol.com
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2023-24 School Year District Calendar Approved
We are pleased to share the 2023-24 school calendar that was approved by the USD Board of Trustees at its December 12, 2022 meeting.
Current year and next year district calendars are available on our website at: https://www.unionsd.org/about/calendars
Oster Elementary School
Principal: Lisa Taormina
Email: taorminal@unionsd.org
Website: https://oster.unionsd.org
Location: 1855 Lencar Way, San Jose, CA, USA
Phone: 408-266-8121
Twitter: @OsterElementary