Tiger Tracks
Oakdale Elementary School Newsletter
November 2, 2018
The mission of the Westside Community School District, as an innovative educational system, is to ensure academic excellence and to serve the unique needs of all of our learners.
Oakdale Elementary’s mission is to ensure academic excellence and to serve the unique needs of all learners.
Wednesday Dismissal
Students will be dismissed every Wednesday at 3:00.
Please be prompt as teachers are scheduled to leave the building
each week to participate in professional learning
communities.
Safety Patrol
Winter Weather conditions: Safety Patrol will be cancelled if the temperature or wind chill is below 10 degrees. Please check the KETV website (KETV.com) for weather information.
If you are unable to report to your post, please contact
Mrs. Kratky as soon as possible.
Alternates should also report at the same time(s).
Wednesday afternoon patrol reports from 2:55-3:10 p.m.
Click here to print a copy of the safety patrol schedule.
For the month of November the social skills
that we will be focusing on are: Staying on Task,
Asking for Help, Sharing With Others, Using a NIce Voice Tone and Talking With Others.
Upcoming Events
Nov. 6 Election Day
Nov. 6 Picture Retake Day
Nov. 8 Don & Millie's Night
Nov. 12 Veterans Day Breakfast 7:45a
Nov. 12 Community Club Mtg. 6:30p
Nov. 15 District Spelling Bee WMS 9:15a-11:15a
Nov. 19 Board of Ed. Mtg. 6:30p
Nov. 20 2nd Annual Turkey Trot 2:45p
Nov. 20 Dudley's Pizza Night
Nov. 21-Nov. 25 No School, Thanksgiving Break
Nov. 29 Runza Night
TeamMates Program
If you have 30 minutes each school week to give to a child, consider being a TeamMates mentor. TeamMates provides support and encouragement to students through one-to-one, school-based mentoring. The impact of a TeamMates mentor in the life of a young person is remarkable, with mentees being more hopeful and engaged and seeing improvements in their attendance, behavior, and course performance. Our Oakdale mentors have raved about how the program has given THEM so much in return. If you are interested, contact Mrs. McPadden 402-408-8880.
Red Ribbon Week
Please join us in thanking our Veterans!
Veterans Day Breakfast
Monday, November 12
7:45 a.m.-8:45 a.m.
Oakdale Gym
Rolls, Muffins, Juice and Coffee will be served
Please feel free to invite any veterans in your life - family, friends or neighbors!
Band and Strings Concerts are right around the corner!
Attention Fifth and Sixth Grade Band and String Parents - Mark your calendars because our concerts are coming! Concerts are a musicians reward for hard work and effort on their instrument. Please help reward your child by making their first concert a priority for your entire family! We can't wait to see you at these events to celebrate your child's accomplishments!
5th and 6th grade Band students: Monday, December 17
6:00 practice, 7:00 performance at the Westside Middle School Auditorium
6th grade String students: Tuesday, December 18
6:00 practice, 7:00 performance at the Westside High School Auditorium
5th grade String students: Thursday, December 20
6:00 practice, 7:00 performance at the Westside High School Auditorium
Picture Retakes Coming Soon!
October's High Five Drawing Winners
Primary: Dipsikha P.
Intermediate: Emma S.
Each winner and their class were able to have a dance party in the gym with the new sound system! The teachers were asked to choose songs from their era for the dance party!
2nd Annual Turkey Trot
This year, Oakdale will be participating in our second annual Turkey Trot! Last year’s event was a huge success! We are again partnering with Westside High School’s Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams to create a philanthropic event that promotes running as an enjoyable, lifelong activity with both physical and mental health benefits.
On November 20th, beginning at 2:30 p.m., Oakdale will hold three heats of runners (K-2, 3-4, and 5-6) to participate in a “cross country” course on the Oakdale property. On the day of the run, high school cross country runners will be at Oakdale to assist in running this event. Prior to the event, they will share information about their sport along with videos created by the high school students to “hype up” our Oakdale runners.
In addition to promoting healthy running, we will be concurrently collecting food items for the Westside food pantry for the holiday season all week prior to the race. Several winners of the three heats will then be allowed to go on a field trip to deliver these food items. To celebrate after running, we will be serving hot chocolate to all participants. Come enjoy our 2nd Annual Turkey Trot!
Pass the Popcorn!
The Deadline for Holiday Spirit Wear is Getting Close!
Elementary Unified Activities Carnival
What Are Unified Activities?
The Special Olympics Unified Schools Program is a fast growing initiative that brings students with and without intellectual disabilities together. This year we are excited to bring a Unified Carnival opportunity to our schools.
Westside Community Schools is excited to offer our third Unified Activity this year.
Where: Westbrook’s gym located at 1312 Robertson Dr Omaha, NE 68114
When: Thursday, November 29th from 5:30pm-6:30pm
What: A carnival will be set up in the school gym. Enjoy ring toss, fishing over curtains, can toss, bean bag toss, sucker pyramid and much more!! We will also have rock painting, and dancing in separate rooms. Come and experience the Westbrook Unified Carnival!
RSVP Needed for Participation
If you and your child(ren) are interested in participating, please download the following linked informational flyer to learn more and to let us know if you are planning to attend.
Future Bluejays
We are again participating in the Future Bluejay program this year where our students are offered free passes to specific sporting events at Creighton. Below is a link to coupons to Women’s Creighton Volleyball Redeemable for Four (4) Free Admissions.
This fall, the following game was selected for Future Bluejays:
· Friday, November 16th Volleyball match versus Providence at 7pm at D.J. Sokol Arena
Link to coupons: https://oss.ticketmaster.com/aps/creighton/EN/link/promotion/home/3db253cc7e0f068e6421a161041f5ae8c1304e0e