Oak Ridge Connection
December 18 , 2015
Our Mission:
Message from the Principal
Dear Parents,
I wish the entire Oak Ridge community a happy holidays. I am proud to be the Principal of such outstanding students, parents, and teachers. Please enjoy a well-deserved break and we will see you in 2016.
Sincerely,
Dr. Jason Parrott
News and Notes
Have a wonderful holiday break with your children.
The Oak Ridge staff would like to wish all of our Oak Ridge families a wonderful holiday break and a Happy New Year!
We would like to take this opportunity to thank our families for their continued support of our students and our staff. Because of your endless generosity, our PTA has been able to supplement our class field trips, and schedule great cultural arts programs for our students. Because of your generosity, our non-perishable food drive for the Boys and Girls Club is quite a success and our boxes for new toys and clothes for the Salvation Army are quickly filling up. Our school is more than fortunate to be able to partner with such wonderful, giving, and supportive families. Thank you all and happy holidays to you and yours.
Oak Ridge Staff
No Professional Development Late Starts In January:
A friendly reminder that there are no professional development late start in the month of January. Please have your children at school by 8:20. Thank you.
Parking:
When dropping off in the morning, please pull up as far as possible in the front circle drive. This alleviates traffic backup and provides a safer drop off environment for all our students. Please do not stop in the middle lane to get out of your car. Thank you.
Dress your Children for Winter Weather
Please send your children to school with a warm coat, boots, snowpants, hat, mittens. The children will go out for lunch recess every day unless it is between 12 and 15 degrees or below factoring in the wind chill. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Have a question:
In the beginning of the year, Oak Ridge had a Curriculum Night to explain what your child will be doing this year in school. We understand that questions will occur throughout the year and wanted to provide a forum for those questions to be answered. We are instituting an Online Curriculum Forum to answer any specific questions you may have. If you have a question regarding overall school procedures, grade level content, schools of choice, or special education services please click on the following Google form: http://goo.gl/forms/toJIVPxQBb. Please make sure all questions are appropriate. We are all a community here, and as a community we need to treat each other with respect. Answers to questions will be posted on a weekly basis.
Parent Series
The Royal Oak PTA Council and Royal Oak Middle School are sponsoring a five part Parent Workshop Series. You are welcome to attend the entire series or simply the sessions that are of interest to you. The workshops are free. For more information, including how to register for the workshops, please click here.
OAK RIDGE SAFETY PATROL RECREATION
*All members of the Safety Patrol are invited
*Safeties must arrange transportation home at 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 6---3:45-4:30 in the gym
Wednesday, Jan.20---3:45-4:30 in the gym
Wednesday, Feb. 3---3:45-4:30 in the gym
Wednesday, Feb. 17---3:45-4:30 in the gym
Wednesday, March 3---3:45-4:30 in the gym
Wednesday, March 17---3:45-4:30 in the gym
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From the desk of the PTA...
Please check out the weekly PTA Newsletter, which can be found at ptaoakridge.com or directly at this link. This newsletter includes tons of important dates and details and can be easily accessed on a computer or your mobile device or tablet.
From the desk of the Student Congress
The Oak Ridge Student Congress, would like to thank all those who donated to the Book Drive. We appreciate your generosity .
Sincerely,
Oak Ridge Student Congress
Upcoming Events
Dec.21-Jan. 1 - Holiday Break
Jan. 14 - Kindergarten Roundup - For 2016-17 year. Children must be 5 years old by
September 1, 2016
Jan. 18 MLK birthday - No school
Jan. 20 First grade vocal music program - 7:00 p.m.
Jan. 29 Records Day - No school
Feb.15-16 - Winter break
Feb. 23 4th grade Vocal Music Concert
March 23 - Open House- 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. -
March 25- Good Friday - No school
April 4 - 8 Spring Break
April 19 - Third Grade Vocal Music Concert - 7:00 p.m.
May 27 - Red, White, and Blue Day
May 30 Memorial Day - No school
June 21 Last Day of School - full day
Professional Development Late Start Days
Breakfast will be served at 8:50 a.m. on late start days.
Homework Club ($15.00 per family per semester) begins at 8:20 a.m. in the lunch room.
The following are the late start days for the 2015-16 school year.
FEB. 3, 10, 24
MARCH 2, 9, 16
APRIL 13, 20, 27
MAY 4, 11, 18, 25
Oak Ridge Elementary School
Email: parrottj@royaloakschools.org
Website: http://www.royaloakschools.org/elementary/oakridge/
Location: 506 E 13 Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI, United States
Phone: (248) 588-8353
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OakRidgeElementarySchool
Twitter: @ParrottJason