Oasis Elementary South Fun Run fundraiser starts soon. Pledging opened on August 20.

Our goal is to raise $50,000 for Technology, School enhancements/Playground Equipment, Teacher/Staff/Student Appreciation and to strengthen our school community.

All students will participate in daily activities where they learn to be active while learning about Curiosity, Practice, Confidence, Humility and Endurance. We will also be following our school safety guidelines to ensure a safe and fun experience for everyone.

This year more than ever, we need additional funds to provide an excellent educational experience for all of our students. Sharing IS supporting! You can still be involved by simply SHARING about our fundraiser with friends and extended family online at funrun.com.

Our students are excited to have some fun and watch some great character lesson videos about kids who play sports with character.

Donating is open, so if you’d like to support our school you can

• Register your student on mybooster.com

• Share with extended family and friends

• Give if you are able to

Key dates to remember:

⭐️ Donating is Open

Register on MYBOOSTER.COM, Share, & Give!

⭐️ Program Launch - September 7th

⭐️ Event Day - September 15th

There’s also this very cool video called the Student Star Video that you can create for your student on the mybooster.com website. You’ll have to see for yourself, but you upload a photo of your child, and they become part of the video - your friends and family will think it’s pretty cool, too!

GET INVOLVED……..DOOR DECORATING - optional, but suggested!!

Door decorating starts on Tuesday, September 7th after school (3:30pm) and must be complete by end of day, Monday, September 13th. Judging will be done on Tuesday September 14th, and winners announced on Wednesday September 15th. All decor must be removed by end of day on Friday, September 17th.

Each class is responsible for decorating their door in this year's Boosterthon Theme, "Sports City World Wide". The character traits are: Curiosity, Practice, Confidence, Humility and Endurance.

Teachers may do the decorating themselves, but are encouraged to get the help of their students, and/or parents.

Parent Participants will be coordinated by Teachers and not PTO.

GUIDELINES:

· Decoration is limited to DOOR ONLY and cannot impeded door function.

· Do not block window in Door—keep an opening.

· 3D decor is permitted

· All Decorating needs to be done after 3:30pm.

· Decor must include the “Sport City World Wide” Theme

· Winning doors are judged by Boosterthon.

We appreciate your support more than you know. More details to come as we get closer to kick off!

Thank You,

Oasis South PTO Board

Boosterthon Event Day - September 15th

9/16 Yom Kippur No School

9/22 Early Dismissal Day Students are dismissed at 12:30 pm

10/6 Photo Retakes

Kindergarten – Check Out

I know Kindergarteners are anxious to check out books from the school library. By November students will check out one book at a time. During their ongoing library visits, we will continue to discuss book care and the responsibility involved with taking of their library book.

SORA – Oasis eBook Collection

Oasis Elementary South has their own eBook collection – SORA, containing this year’s SSYRA Jr. and SSYRA books, last year’s state nominated books and other titles. All children will have access to this collection by using their school Gmail address and password (your child’s teacher will provide). You can download this app on a device, or go to http://soraapp.com/library/oesfl

SSYRA – Sunshine State Nominated Books

The Oasis Elementary South library encourages students in grades 3-5 to read these state nominated books. When students read, take an AR test making 70% or higher, they will earn a brag tag for each book. Please remind your child of this opportunity and their responsibility to advise their teacher of each reading accomplishment. Students who read all 15 books earning 70% or higher will be invited to take an accumulative test regarding all the books. The test will be administered in March 2022.

The 6 highest scoring students will form our Battle team and compete in the Lee County Book Battle.

Sunshine State Young Readers Award Books 2021-2022 List for Grades 3-5

The Amelia Six by Kristin L. Gray

Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Charlie & Frog by Karen Kane

The Disaster Days by Rebecca Behrens

A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Joy McCullough

Following Baxter by Barbara Kerley

From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

The Great Pet Heist by Emily Ecton

How to Test a Friendship by Theanne Griffith

The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter by Aaron Reynolds

Midnight at the Barclay Hotel by Fleur Bradley

The Newspaper Club by Beth Vrabel

Roll With It by Jamie Sumner

The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas

Wish Upon a Sleepover by Suzanne Selfors

Our students and staff have done a great job implementing our temporary mask mandate. Students are being provided multiple opportunities throughout the day to remove their masks (i.e. lunch, recess, P.E., anytime outdoors, and in any classroom when they can maintain 6 feet apart).

We will revisit the mandate at the next Governing Board meeting on September 14 to determine whether conditions favor the mandate being discontinued.

Thank you for your understanding while we all navigate Covid-19. To keep students learning while in quarantine, we are currently providing two options for families.

OPTION 1:

Pick up packets and have students complete work at home while out.

Student will receive a Q code for attendance if they turn in all completed work upon returning to school.

If work is not completed, the attendance code will be changed to AE- absent excused.

Packets can be picked up between 10:00 am – 2:00 pm daily.

OPTION 2:

Student will use Google Classroom (and packet work if necessary) to complete work at home while out.

Student will receive a Q code for attendance if they complete all necessary work in Google Classroom.

If work is not completed, the attendance code will be changed to AE- absent excused.

Use this form to request a Chromebook if needed while your student is in quarantine. Chromebooks and packets can be picked up from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm daily.

Please allow 24 hours for teachers to prepare packets and Google Classroom assignments.

Please review the City of Cape Coral Charter Schools Authority COVID Guidelines as well as the most current Illness Policy. Please refer to this policy if your child is experiencing symptoms. If your child is absent please email OES.Attendance@oasishs.org and your child's teacher.

If your child is experiencing symptoms associated with COVID, please keep them home. For more information, please refer to the Oasis Guidelines, which includes the latest illness policy.

If a student is in need of a mask, he or she may reach out to a staff member in the car line or on bus duty to acquire one.

While you are waiting, please make sure your car is in PARK, until the line proceeds.

Students will NOT be released to cars without a current, school issued car tag. Parents without a car tag will be directed to park and report to the office and present a driver's license to have their child released to them.

AM DROP OFF: All car drop off is in the back. No cars may drop off in the front, near the office, as that is where our buses unload.

AM DROP OFF PROCEDURE: Vehicles should not line up until 7:50 am. Vehicles will enter at the OHS entrance. There are two lanes of traffic. (The third lane on the right is for staff, who need to drive to their parking lot). Also, as vehicles approach the drop off location, please have your child be ready to depart, (shoes on , bookbag packed up, ready to unbuckle and depart). Parents should stay in their vehicle. For safety reasons, it is essential that students wait in their vehicles for staff to open their car door. All vehicles will remain stopped until all students have exited to the sidewalk. A staff member will signal when it is time for the lines of traffic to proceed.

PM PICK UP: K-1 and their siblings will be picked up in the front. Students in grades 2-5 will be dismissed in the back, (same as the AM Drop Off location).

PM PICK UP PROCEDURE: Cars should not line up for dismissal until after 3:00 pm. Vehicles will be directed in by our Security person at the OHS entrance to the campus and wait in line until dismissal starts at 3:30. A staff member will read the car tags as cars approach and have the cars move forward toward the pick up location. Parents should wait in their vehicle. Staff will be directing children.

Please check our Dress Code carefully before purchasing shoes and clothing for school. Students will not be permitted to wear clothing that is not within our dress code. All uniforms should have our new logos on them.

Please note: Slip on shoes are not permitted. This includes VANS style shoes.

Families who attended OES last year, will already be registered. Students who are new to OES and are not already registered in Parent Square, will receive an email invitation asking to activate the account. This email will be sent to the email you used to register, (and the email that is in FOCUS). You may need to check your junk or spam email, as it sometimes goes there.

See below for a sample of what the email will look like.

EARLY DISMISSAL

If you have to pick up your child early, email OES.dismissalchanges@oasishs.org and CC the teacher.

Be sure to include the following information:

• Student Name
• Grade
• Teacher
• What time you are picking them up
• Are they returning afterwards?
• Reason

Reminder: We do not dismiss after 2:45 pm daily.

ATTENDANCE

Email all attendance notices to: OES.Attendance@oasishs.org

Be sure to include the following information:

• Student First and Last Name:

• Grade:

• Teacher:

• Date of absence(s):

• Parent Name:

• Parent Cell Phone Number:

• Reason for absence:

• And attach any documentation you might have for the absence:

For more information on registration for students entering Kindergarten in 2022-2023, please view this document, on our OES web site, regarding necessary forms required for prospective students who will be starting Kindergarten in August 2022. This year, we will be accepting electronic applications. This form is now available in the Parent Portal, under Prospective Students on our OES web site.