Panther Pride Newsletter 1/14/22
Forest Oak Elementary School
Together we grow the whole child, each mighty oak was once an acorn
About us
Email: ann.swift@redclay.k12.de.us
Website: https://www.redclayschools.com/forestoak
Location: 55 South Meadowood Drive, Newark, DE, USA
Phone: (302)454-3420
Facebook: facebook.com/forestoakelementaryschool
Twitter: @FOpanthers
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Important Dates and Upcoming Events
- 1/17/22 Schools Closed - Martin Luther King Day
- Kindness Spirit Week - 1/18-1/21 - See picture below for details (Flyers were sent with students this week)
- 2022 Spread the Word - INCLUSION T-shirts STUDENT/STAFF ORDER FORM Please submit order and money to your child’s teacher by: FRIDAY, JANUARY 21st T-shirts are $6.00 –See information and order form below.
- 1/28 School Spirit Day
- Drama Kids Sign up is open - Flyers were sent home with students. See below for more information.
- If your child has tested positive please use this this link to remove them from Quidel weekly testing. Per the CDC you can test positive for up to 90 days. You can register again after the 90 days has passed. https://forms.clickup.com/f/87xpt-15860/145Z4T52KUI81LO46T
- Please remember to send students with a mask each day. It is helpful to send an extra mask in student bookbags as they break and get wet thoughout the day.
- Covid-19 Process Map - Follow these steps if you show symptoms of COVID-19, test positive for COVID-19, or are exposed to someone who tests positive for COVID-19. Click here
Thank you,
Ann Marie Swift & Shane Rifenburg
Kindness Spirit Week - 1/18 -1/21
Spirit Week English (1/18-1/21)
Spirit Week Spanish (1/18-1/21)
SPREAD THE WORD CAMPAIGN 2022
Spread the Word is founded on an audacious belief, a simple observation, and an urgent goal.
- Our belief is that the world would be better if all people were valued, respected, embraced, included. Included in the games we play and the friends we make. Included in our schools, our workplaces, and our communities.
- Our observation is that despite the best efforts of many, groups around the world remain left out. One of these groups is people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, a group made of more than 200 million people, representing every country, belief system, sexual orientation, gender expression, race, and ethnicity.
- Our goal is to disrupt this cycle of isolation and exclusion with grassroots action for inclusion.
You can take action today to make your school, your workplace, your community, and your world more inclusive. Seek out someone who has been left out, isolated, or bullied. Sit with them. Welcome them. Be a friend. Be a teammate. The actions that you take for inclusion are unique to you, but they contribute to a shared global goal. Our individual actions can combine to create a new and inclusive world. Indeed, they are the only thing that can.
Drama Kids Enrollment Open Now!
CHECK OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND FOREST OAK!
REMEMBER TO CHARGE CHROMEBOOKS DAILY
Attendance policy - reminder to send a note to school after the child is absent from school
Please see The Student Code of Conduct for additional student attendance policies or contact a school administrator if you have questions. https://www.redclayschools.com/domain/196
Food Bank Drive Thru Pantry - January 21st
The Center for Child Development - Virtual Counseling Opportunity
The Center for Child Development (who we partner with at school) is offering virtual counseling groups for our older elementary kids.
Group 1: Ages 10-16 - Focus will be on building self confidence
The Center for Child Development - Virtual Counseling Opportunity
Group 2: Ages 8-10 - Focus will be on Kids Anxiety
NEWS FROM NURSE SAUDER
Hello Forest Oak Families,
Please be sure you are doing the Covid Self Screener every day. Also, please keep your child home if they have a COVID test pending until you get the result. This is very important for the safety of our students.
Please remember, if you begin to experience symptoms of COVID-19, please stay home, consult a healthcare provider, and notify the school office. Students and/or their families must complete a health assessment consisting of a self-screening every morning before leaving for school.
CLICK THE BUTTONS BELOW TO VIEW RED CLAY'S ACADEMIC CALENDAR,
FOREST OAK'S SCHOOL CALENDAR OR LUNCH MENU
School Calendars
Student - Parent Handbook 2021-22 English
Student - Parent Handbook 2021-22 Spanish
STAY CONNECTED! VIEW THE FOREST OAK WEBPAGE BY CLICKING THE BUTTON BELOW
Together, we grow the whole child; each mighty oak was once an acorn.
Our Vision: Forest Oak Elementary School is a learning community in which caring and dedicated teams of professionals work collaboratively with students and families to ensure the personal and academic growth of all students.
Our Mission: The faculty of Forest Oak Elementary School will maintain a school culture, which is positive, inclusive, structured, and collaborative, and in which data, standards, and research-based strategies drive instruction, so that all students will achieve higher levels of learning.