Oakland Orbit - Family Edition
2.24.23
Dear Oakland Families,
D34 week is next week! We have a lot of fun things happening. Please be sure to join us for Our Principal Reads night at Lake Villa Public Library on Monday. Also, be sure to fill out our 5Essentials Survey! We really appreciate your feedback! Have a wonderful weekend.
Sincerely,
Rebecca Adams - Principal
Lindsay Burns - Assistant Principal
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Lake Villa Public Library
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5 Essentials Survey
If you have children at other schools, we ask that you fill a survey out for those schools, also. The link is the same to access the survey, but you need to select a different school each time to fill them out for each of the buildings your child attends.
We so appreciate your time in sharing this important information with us!! You can find the link here:
https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/?target_name=parent
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D34 Day Celebration Week!
We will once again be doing a Kindness BINGO board encouraging our students and staff to spread kindness. Participating students will be entered into raffles for prizes. We will also be hosting a district wide food drive and competition to support Open Arms Mission. There will also be a book drive and a community blood drive (please see flyers below).
Our D34 week is also in conjunction with Read Across America week! We will be having a book fair here at Oakland and door decorating contests for our classrooms. We hope that you will join in the fun of celebrating pride in our district and service to our community and one another.





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Raffle Winners

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Boosters News
-- READ-ATHON --
Our Out of this World Read-a-thon has one more week left! A HUGE thank you to all students/families who have already registered on the Get Movin’ fundraising site and started fundraising and tracking their reading minutes!
We are so excited to report that we are ALMOST 75% of the way to our goal of $12,000! Students who are tracking online have read 18,516 minutes so far!
If you have not registered online yet, you still have time, as the Read-a-thon does not end until Friday, March 3rd! There is still plenty of time to win fun prizes and entries to the raffles! As a reminder, if you do not wish to fundraise, students can still participate via the paper tracking log sent home.
Fundraising site: https://www.getmovinfundhub.com/register?school_uuid=63aee77da3c75
Prizes will come home the week of March 6th and raffles will be held that week as well!
-- BATTLE OF THE SCHOOLS @ ANTIOCH PIZZA --
It’s time for the Battle of the Schools at Antioch Pizza Shop! Let’s dominate again this year and beat Hillcrest and Petty!
The school with the most sales will receive 15% of sales!
Valid at the Antioch and Lindenhurst locations. Be sure to mention OAKLAND when you order!
-- SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR END-OF-YEAR CELEBRATION! --
Our end-of-year celebration will be on Friday, May 19th from 5:00-7:00pm!
Food trucks, music, an interactive show, photo ops, games & activities, so much fun AND MORE.
MORE DETAILS COMING SOON! Put it on your calendar now!!
**We are looking for volunteers to help with this event. Let us know if you are interested!
-- MUSIC CONCERT VIP PARKING & SEATING --
ONLY THREE MUSIC CONCERTS LEFT!! Do you want VIP parking and seats??
The Boosters are selling raffle tickets to become a 2nd grade, 1st grade and Kindergarten Music Concert VIP!
Tickets are on sale NOW on the Oakland Eagle Booster website!
Raffle tickets can be purchased as listed below:
$5 for 5 tickets
$10 for 12 tickets
$15 for 20 tickets
CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!
-- OAKLAND SPIRITWEAR AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE ANYTIME! --
Click here to shop now https://1stplace.sale/31589
Next week there will be a special price on all Adidas Polo shirts.
The week of February 20th, there will be a special on Badger Ombre Hoodies!
-- HERE’S WHAT’S COMING UP! –
Feb 27 Mrs. Adams as Guest Reader at LVDL
Feb 28 Public Booster Meeting at 6:30pm
Mar 1 Battle of the Schools @ Antioch Pizza
Mar 3 Read-athon ends
Mar 9 2nd Grade Music Concert
Mar 16 1st Grade Music Concert
April 19 Booster Volunteer Appreciation Event @ Found Boutique in Lake Villa! (owned by an Oakland family!)
May 19 End of Year Celebration @ Oakland! 5-7PM
Looking for full calendar to export? Find one on the school’s website and on the Booster’s website
Busy Schedule? Can’t make the events? Don’t want to sell items?
DONATE HERE INSTEAD!
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Antioch Police Resource Fair

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Spring Pictures

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Attention 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Families
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Upcoming Spirit Days


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Save the Date!
All performances are at Oakland UNLESS otherwise listed
March 9th: 2nd Grade Music Concert 7pm
March 16th: 1st Grade Music Concert 6:30 pm
April 13th: Kindergarten Music Concert 6:30 pm
April 28th: D34 and D117 Band, Orchestra, and Choir Concert (@ Lakes) TBD
April 20th: Band Concert (@ AUGS) 7pm
May 3rd: Beginning Orchestra Concert (@ Hillcrest) 6:30pm
May 18th: Intermediate and 4/5 Orchestra (@ AUGS) 6:30 pm
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February & March Lunch Menu


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Upcoming Dates
2/6-3/3 Read-A-Thon
2/27 - Mrs. Adams Reads at Lake Villa Public Library
3/9 - 2nd Grade Music Concert
3/16 - 1st Grade Music Concert
3/24 - Early Release
3/27 - 3/31 - Spring Break
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District Level Updates
Human Resources Department
Technology Department
5Essentials Survey Family Participation
The annual 5Essentials survey is open for families. Click on the link to learn more: 5Essentials Family Letter : English version 5Essentails family letter : Spanish Version.
Cleaning iPads
The technology department is aware that student iPads tend to get a little more dirty around this time of year. If families are interested in cleaning the students’ devices, please follow the steps below.
Please spray an electronic safe cleaner (like Windex or a lens cleaner) on a cloth and wipe down the iPad until it is clean. Please don’t use a harsh cloth like a paper towel as this might scratch the screen. Please don’t spray the cleaner directly on the screen.
Once the screen is clean, please wipe off any excess moisture from the screen. Also please be careful around the home button as this is the only open spot that moisture can get directly to the screen.
Student iPad pictures
The technology department is asking families to help reduce and monitor the students’ photos that are on the iPads. There has been an increase in the number of students’ photos, especially ones that are not school related. Please help by checking students’ iPads for these photos and deleting them and then deleting them from the deleted folder. Help us teach the students good digital citizenship skills by using the school iPad for school related pictures only.
