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Teacher Appreciation Week - May 8-12

 

Mark your calendars to celebrate our amazing staff!! White Oak Elementary is so fortunate to have dedicated teachers that are committed to providing a fun, rigorous learning environment for students. Let's show them our appreciation!

 

Our supportive PTA has planned a special week.

 

We encourage you to review the Staff Favorites List and use this guide to plan your Teacher Appreciation Week. 

 

 

 

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EOY Treats for Students & Staff

 

This year we are doing treats for ALL K-5 students for testing! K-2 students will get a treat for their EOY testing and 3-5 will get a snack & a treat for each day of EOGs. Please let me know if you have any questions - soverton@wcpss.net.

 

If you buy from a warehouse or bigger supply store, please just put down how many you have (i.e. I bought a package of 36 goldfish bags = 4 packs of 9). If you have any questions, let me know. There are GREAT deals at the Warehouse stores (I checked Costco & BJs) and Walmart/Sams. 

Sign-Up to Donate Treats

 

**All donations should be dropped off in the STEAM room or office with a sticky note for MRS. O with the name you signed up with! Thank you!

 

 

 

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Rising Kindergarten & 6th Grade News

 

Kindergarten Orientation

• Thursday, May 25 - 6-7pm

We will host an information session for rising Kindergarten families. The topics will include daily instruction, specials, transportation, and lunch. You will also hear from Mrs. Swaim, Mr. Boynton, and our PTA regarding how to be involved in your child's education. There will be an opportunity to see classroom in person, as well as the specials classrooms, cafeteria and a school bus. Parents are encouraged to bring their rising Kindergarten students!

 

Please use this link to RSVP.

 

 

Mills Park Middle School - 6th Grade Parent Night

• Monday, May 1 - 5:00-6:30pm (Last names A-L)
• Tuesday, May 2 - 6:00-7:30pm (Last names M-Z)

 

Contact MPMS for more information - https://www.wcpss.net/millsparkms

 

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Stories from the Specialists

 

STEAM with Ms. Overton

 

Kindergarten -- Students have been block coding the last few weeks and will begin working with plants and seeds soon. They will be comparing living and nonliving things. 

1st Grade -- We finished up learning how to use Google slides tools to create composite shapes. Now we are moving into plants and recognizing how plants and animals change as they grow.

2^nd Grade -- We are working on learning about animals and how young plants and animals appear similar to and different from adult plants and animals. We will be using the milk cartons (WE DO NOT NEED MORE!) to create a home for an animal later this quarter. 

3^rd Grade -- We finished up coding and started working on plants. Students learned what a Super Bloom is and how this year was one of the biggest ever in California. This will lead to learning about what plants need to survive and grow plants. 

4^th Grade -- Students have been using Lego Robotics kits to build amusement park rides. This will lead to their end of year project building a ride using the engineering and design process.

5^th Grade -- Students have been working with a collaborative group on creating a mini-putt putt course that relates to one of their science standards. 

 

 

Music

 

Students in grades 3rd, 4th & 5th have just finished learning about jazz history and how it is connected to art.  We spent time discussing album art, listening to music by John Coltrane and The David Brubeck Quartet, while drawing our own art.  

 

Grades 1-2 have just finished Jazz Appreciation Month by reading "The Jazz Fly" by Matthew Gollub.  We also learned about Duke Ellington and about scat singing. (If your students have been singing no-nonsense words, you now know why!)

 

In Kindergarten, students have heard the stories "The Jazz Fly", "Rainbow Fish", and "The 3 Little Pigs"!

 

 

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Positivity Project - Character Strength of the Week

 

The Positivity Project (P2) is a character education program (funded by our PTA) and dedicated to empowering America's youth to build positive relationships by seeing the good in themselves and others. We hope you enjoy using the character strengths vocabulary and have meaningful conversations at home that support your child's learning here at school.

 

This Week's Character Strength: OPEN-MINDEDNESS

• Family Letter for the week of May 1^st-5^th - Open-Mindedness - The password for each P2 for Families page is simply: P2
• White Oak P2 Calendar 2022-23

 

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PTA News & Updates

 

 

Spirit Night: Save the Date - May 16 - 5:00-9:00pm!

Join WOES PTA for the final Spirit Night of the year at Handel's Ice Cream! 

 

WOES PTA Website

Stay in the know: Visit the WOES PTA website to learn more about Spirit Wear, PTA events, and more! https://woespta.membershiptoolkit.com/home

 

Spirit Wear

Purchase your Spirit Wear and show your WOES spirit! 

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