Oakwood Intermediate PTO
December 2017
A Message from Mr. Symank
I trust that everyone had wonderful and restful Thanksgiving Break with friends and family. I know that we all enjoyed our time off here at Oakwood, and are looking forward to the remainder of the holiday season. In just a few weeks we will begin our winter break and conclude what has been a wonderful first semester.
I have received a number of phone calls recently related to our after school traffic backing up onto George Bush Drive. When picking up your students after school, please remember to fill up both of our pick-up lanes before parking on the street. This will hopefully reduce the number of cars that back up onto George Bush.
On Friday, December 15, we will have our last spirit day of the fall semester. Students will be permitted to wear pajamas and hats. Pajamas are free to wear and hats will cost $1. All proceeds will go to the Brazos Valley Food Bank.
Our last day of the fall semester is Friday, December 22. This is an early release day and all students will be dismissed at 1:30 PM. Buses will run their normal routes beginning at 1:40. This day also marks the end of our 3rd 6 Weeks. Report cards will not be sent home until we return from the break. Our first day back is Monday, January 8, 2018.
As we come to the close of our fall semester, our lost and found has reached its capacity. Please encourage your students to look for anything that your child may be missing. Whatever is remaining at the end of the semester will be donated to Chrissy’s Closet and Goodwill.
We’ve had a wonderful first semester and are looking forward to the upcoming spring semester. We wish everyone a wonderful and fulfilling winter break. Thank you all so much for allowing us the opportunity to work with your amazing children. If you have any questions or concerns regarding your child, please contact your child’s teacher or the front office.
A Message from Our PTO
Dear Oakwood Family -
We have had a wonderful Fall semester so far! I can't believe the holiday break is already upon us. Following the Thanksgiving celebration, I felt is was appropriate to say "thank you" to those that have helped and supported our school and PTO over the past few months. Here are just a few of the wonderful groups supporting our school and students.
* T-shirt sponsors: Look on the back of your child's school t-shirt and thank these businesses for supporting Oakwood.
* Aggie Game Day Parking brought in a record amount of $$ this year! Thanks to all who parked at Oakwood for an Aggie game. A big thank you goes to all the teachers, students and parents that came out to work on Saturdays to make this a successful fundraiser for our school! Special thanks to our Game Day Parking chairperson. Aggie Game Day Parking is our school's only real fundraiser, and all this money goes directly back to the school!
* Fall Fest was a super fun school community event! We had a great team of parents, teachers and staff working to pull it off. Thanks to them all! Thanks also to the donors to the silent auction that allowed us to bring in some extra funds for Oakwood.
* Book Fair always requires lots of volunteers. This year we helped the school library raise over $4,000 for new books! Thanks, everyone!
* PTO continues to do great things for our teachers and staff. We try to show our thanks to them by supporting events such as the Chili Cook-off and Pie Day. And we were able to help fund some furniture for their teacher's lounge. Thanks teachers and staff!
* And thanks to so many other parents and community members that do things large and small to support Oakwood.
Have a joyous Holiday Season!
Kimberly McAdams
Oakwood PTO President
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An easy way to send funds to Oakwood!
Upcoming Dates
Orchestra Photos
Monday, Dec 4, 2017, 08:00 AM
Oakwood Intermediate School, Holik Street, College Station, TX, United States
Spelling Bee
Thursday, Dec 7, 2017, 04:00 PM
Oakwood Intermediate School, Holik Street, College Station, TX, United States
Orchestra All Region Clinic/Concert
Saturday, Dec 9, 2017, 12:00 AM
Waco, TX, United States
Orchestra Rehearsal
Monday, Dec 11, 2017, 04:00 PM
College Station, TX, United States
Oakwood Night @ Grub Burger Bar
Tuesday, Dec 12, 2017, 05:00 PM
Grub Burger Bar, University Drive East, College Station, TX, United States
Orchestra Performance
Tuesday, Dec 12, 2017, 07:00 PM
A&M Consolidated Middle School, Holik Street, College Station, TX, United States
Spirit and Hat Day: Pajamas
Friday, Dec 15, 2017, 08:00 AM
Oakwood Intermediate School, Holik Street, College Station, TX, United States
PTO Meeting
Tuesday, Dec 19, 2017, 12:00 PM
Oakwood Intermediate School, Holik Street, College Station, TX, United States
Early Dismissal @1:30
Friday, Dec 22, 2017, 01:30 PM
Oakwood Intermediate School, Holik Street, College Station, TX, United States
Check csisd.org/efolder on Fridays for helpful local info.
Do you know the Volunteer Two Step?
1. Let us know what volunteer opportunities interest you. We'll email you when volunteer opportunities come up if you select to hear about them through this online google form
Having trouble accessing the form? Send us an email to owptocs@gmail.com and we'll send you the link or a pdf that you can print and send in to your child's teacher.
2. Please complete CSISD’s Online Volunteer Application to be approved before you are able to volunteer inside the school during school hours.
Go to csisd.org and look for “Volunteering” under the “Parent Info” tab.
OR follow this link here:
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We share even more info for parents through Facebook for the school here and for the PTO here. It is encouraged that parents toggle on "Get Notifications" on the top of our pages. Otherwise, many posts will not be included in your news feed without being boosted with an ad buy. We'd rather spend our money on the kids:)