Oak Hills Newsletter
September 7, 2018
Assistant Principal's Message
Dear Oak Hills Families,
Thank you so much for attending Curriculum Night! It was really great to see all of our families. I know the teachers worked very hard to provide all the information you will need for your students this year. We hope you found it helpful. We are enjoying getting to know all of the new students and parents.
We'd like to let you know about a special opportunity Mrs. Baumgardner and I will be hosting for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders this year. We love to see students reading for fun. We also know we need to make time to read the books our students are reading. That is why we've started a book club for our intermediate grade students. We will all read a book and then get together to discuss it during the grade level's lunch time. Students will be dismissed 5 minutes early from recess to get their lunches and meet us in the library. We've been visiting classes to talk about this so we can answer student questions. We'd also like to give you the schedule so you can help your student get copies of the book to read and maybe read the book with them as well! The only requirement for coming to the meetings is you must have read the book. We can't wait to get to interact with students in this new way.
Have a great weekend!
Warm regards,
Jennifer DeMartino
Book Club Schedule
Parent Workshop on Regulation
Option School Lottery
Football Reads with Kindies
Updates on Volunteer/Background Check and Absence/Tardy Policies
I wanted to update you on a couple of changes in volunteer guidelines. Sometimes you may wonder if the principal makes the decision around when and how parents can volunteer. Please know I do not make those decisions. Rather, my job is to follow district guidelines so we have equitable practices at each of the buildings. Here is the District's Administrative Regulation that describes the background check and volunteer guidelines. I know many parents with younger siblings wonder why they cannot bring their younger child when they volunteer. The paragraph below is taken directly from the administrative regulation:
Volunteers should not bring younger siblings or babies to school when they are scheduled to volunteer. It is a safety issue. It is distracting in the classroom and other areas and causes disruption when there are additional children in the learning space.
In staying with this guideline, we do not allow parents to volunteer with their younger sibling during the school day. However, at Oak Hills we welcome younger siblings when you attend any parent only meeting. We are also looking into possibilities of working with our PTO and other outside agencies for possible babysitting co-ops and/or using the Oak Hills Rec Center for work parties so parents with younger siblings can volunteer. We will keep you posted on our progress on this matter. Thank you so much for your patience and understanding.
Additionally, we will be allowing parent visitors without background checks and younger siblings at the Jog-A-Thon and Field Day. The PTO will assist the school in finding volunteers to monitor all exits and entryways into our field. Parents volunteering at these events will need to continue following district policy of background checks and no younger siblings.
We also have an update with the district guideline on absences. There has been an adjustment made to this policy. We will now make doctor's appointments, during the school day, an excused tardy or absence. I am so glad this change was made with the updated regulation.
Tentative Dates for 2018-19
(Please check newsletter weekly as dates/times may change)
9/10 6-7 pm Global Citizenship Meeting and 7-8 pm PTO Meeting
9/25 8-9 am - All Parent Workshop - Regulation
9/28 6-8 pm MOVIE NIGHT!
10/5 JOG-A-THON
10/9 Picture Day
10/15 3 pm PTO Meeting
10/16 8-9 am - All Parent Workshop - Health
10/24 3:30-7:30 pm - CONFERENCES
10/25 NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS - 7:30 am - 7:30 pm CONFERENCES
10/26 NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
11/7 8:00 am - Global Citizenship Mtg.
11/8 6-8 pm MOVIE NIGHT!
11/9 NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS - Grading Day
11/12 SCHOOL CLOSED - Veteran's Day
11/15 8:15-10:30, 4th & 5th - Career Fair
11/15 6-8 pm Family Fitness Night
11/21-23 SCHOOL CLOSED
11/27 Picture Retakes
12/3-12/7 BOOK FAIR
12-24 thru 1/4/2019 SCHOOL CLOSED
1/7/19 WELCOME BACK!
1/14 6 pm Global Meeting and 7 pm PTO Meeting
1/15 8-9 am - All Parent Workshop - Writing
1/21 SCHOOL CLOSED
1/28 NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS - Grading Day
2/4 Report Cards Go Home
2/8 6-8 pm MOVIE NIGHT
2/11 3 pm PTO Meeting
2/12 8-9 am - All Parent Workshop - Math
2/14 6-8 pm PTO Global Dance
2/18 SCHOOL CLOSED
3/12 8-9 am Global Citizenship Meeting
3/14 6-8 pm STEM/Future Ready Night
3/25 thru 3/29 SCHOOL CLOSED
4/4 1:15 pm VOLUNTEER TEA
6-8 pm - MOVIE NIGHT
4/5 NO SCHOOL - Grading Day
4/8 thru 4/12 BOOK FAIR
4/15 7 pm PTO Meeting
4/17 3:30-7:30 pm CONFERENCES
4/18 NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS - 7:30 am - 7:30 pm CONFERENCES
4/19 NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
4/25 6-8 pm Earth Night
4/26 8:30-10:00 Kindy Round Up
4/27 Oak Hills Auction
4/30 8-9 am - All Parent Workshop - Reading
5/6-5/10 Staff Appreciation Week
5/10 5th Grade Wax Museum
5/13 6 pm Global Meeting and 7 pm PTO Meeting
5/16 6-8 pm Art Night
5/27 NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day
6/3 3 pm PTO Meeting
6/7 Field Day
6/13 Fifth Grade Celebration
6/14 Last Day for Students