Dear White Oak Families,
Hope everyone had a great weekend. As a reminder, there is No School on Tuesday due to the Teacher Workday. Many of you may be coming to the building, anyway, if we are your polling place.
Thank you for taking a few minutes to read through our weekly newsletter.
Quick Updates/Reminders:
- Mrs. Joyce will be hosting a virtual meeting to present information about Single Subject Acceleration on Tuesday at 8:30am. Use this meeting link to join: https://meet.google.com/mva-hsgn-uun
Stories from Specialists
Arts in Motion with Ms. Burise
Happy Spring!!! Arts in Motion students are hard at work in class as well as in our new club. Masterpiece Club, for third-graders, meets on Tuesday mornings in the music room. We have analyzed VanGogh, Warhol, and O’Keeffe. We are responding to these artists by improvising on xylophones and metallophones based on the C scale. Students write music in between sessions to share when they come back to the club. They are so creative!!
- Kindergartners are showing a steady beat by playing, moving, and composing. We are exploring Hickory Dockory Dock, Star Light, Star Bright specifically.
- First-graders are creating art and poetry works based on the North Carolina state bird – the cardinal. They are also designing their own birds and poems to match their creation.
- Second-graders are constructing their own fable or fairy tale and illustrating it. They work in pairs to have a specific beginning, middle, end, and moral work to their stories. They will be displayed outside the Arts in Motion room soon!
- Third-graders are analyzing illustrations of Peter Pan as well as designing cinquains based on their favorite parts of this classic story they have studied in Language Arts.
- Fourth graders are busy preparing a readers' theatre play based in the Revolutionary War period. They will perform for each other, create timelines and poems to illustrate this time in American History.
- Fifth graders are composing Unity Raps that they will be performing on Thursday, May 9th at White Oak. These raps are based on their Language Arts class curriculum. They are also inventing Instruments of the Future. They are building prototypes of instruments for the year 2050.
I appreciate all the support and enthusiasm I receive from all the students at White Oak.
PTA News/Updates
Attention 4th grade Families! Please RSVP by Sunday, March 3rd!
Our fourth grade parent/child breakfast event is coming up on Friday, March 8th, from 8-8:45am in the White Oak Cafeteria. We hope you can join us for this special time together with your fourth grade student!
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- Please RSVP here to let us know you'll be joining in!
Yearbook Orders:
It's time to order yearbooks for the 2023-24 school year! If you would like to order a yearbook, please go to this link by April 28th:
2023-2024 Yearbook Strawbridge Studios
Grade Level Raffle Baskets for Spring Carnival:
As many of you know, our awesome annual Spring Carnival is coming up on Friday, April 19th! The PTA would really appreciate it if each grade level could create a wonderful raffle basket for kids to win!
Here are the grade levels, themes, and sign up links:
- Kindergarten - Sweets and Treats
- 1st grade - Creative Crafts
- 2nd grade - Family Game Night
- 3rd grade - Summer Fun
- 4th grade - Outdoor Fun
- 5th grade - Fun with Science
Please send your donation in by by March 22nd. We can work together to make these the best raffle baskets ever! The PTA is so excited to host our fun Spring Carnival event and really appreciate your help and support!
Save the Date:
- Friday, 4/19 - Spring Carnival - Stay Tuned for Details!
- Wednesday, 5/1 - BB's Crispy Chicken Spirit Night
Spring Pictures are this Friday
Class & Individual Pictures
Pictures will be taken of all classes.
The Spring Individual program is a speculative program. Each student present will receive a package to view the image. Families will have the option to purchase the whole package, purchase sheet(s) and return the remaining sheets to the school or return the whole package.
- Go to www.strawbridge.net for more information and to pay online. Use the code: FM424909
Afterschool Clubs
TGA - Spring Session
New session available in March! Tennis will continue to be divided up into K-2 students on Tuesdays and 3-5 students on Thursdays. Please check out these flyers for dates & registration information.
- Mondays - Golf
- Tuesdays - Tennis (K-2)
- Thursdays - Tennis (3-5)
Classroom Updates
Please make sure you check your child's class newsletter sent each week on Friday:
| Kindergarten | ||
| 3rd Grade |
Upcoming Dates
| Tuesday, March 5 |
NO SCHOOL Teacher Workday |
| Friday, March 8 |
PTA 4th Grade Parent/Child Breakfast Spring Pictures |
| Monday, March 11 |
NO SCHOOL Teacher Workday |
| Thursday, March 14 |
Science Fair |
| March 18 - 22 |
College & Career Week |
| March 25 - 29 |
NO SCHOOL Spring Break |
| April 1 - 12 |
SSA Test Request Window |
| Tuesday, April 9 |
End of 3rd Quarter |
| Wednesday, April 10 |
NO SCHOOL Teacher Workday |
THANK YOU for all of your support!
Robin Swaim, Principal
Kevin Boynton, Assistant Principal
& all the Explorer Staff
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