Notes From Oak

• Fri Jan 24 - LASD Design Challenge - Launch at Morning Assembly
• Fri, Jan 24 - Kinder Field Trip to Palo Alto Children's Theatre
  

• Wed, Jan 29 - Geography Bee Noon - 3:00 pm in Multi

• Fri, Jan 31 - Movie Night - Doors Open at 5:30; Movie Starts at 6pm in Multi

• Tue, Feb 4 - 100th Day of School!

• Wed, Feb 5 - Author Assembly 3rd-6th- Grades - Lisa McMann- Unwanteds 1:30 Multi

• Thur, Feb 6 - 1st Grade Field Trip to DeAnza Planetarium
• Fri, Feb 7 - LASD Design Challenge "Testing" Day - Blacktop at Lunch
  

• Thur, Feb 13 & Fri, Feb 14 - 6th Grade Entrepreneurial Fair

• Fri, Feb 14 - Valentine’s Day

• Week of Feb 17- 21 - President’s Holiday and Winter Break - No School

• Mon, Feb 24 - Kick-off Assembly for Junior Olympics

• Thurs Mar 5 - Minimum Day- 12:00 dismissal for Kinder, 12:15 dismissal for grds 1-6

• Fri, Mar 6 - End of Trimester 2

• Tue, Mar 10 - STEM Expo

Update Emergency Contacts

As we move toward the end of January, I want to remind parents to please update your emergency contacts. Caregivers change, phone numbers change, new jobs happen. Please make sure to let our office know if your emergency contact information has changed. If your child is sick, the emergency contact information is essential.

OPT-In to TEXT MESSAGING SERVICE FOR SCHOOL EMERGENCIES

Please consider opting in so that in the event of an emergency at Oak, we can notify you quickly.

• You can participate in this free service just by sending a text message of “Y” or “Yes” to our short code number, 67587.

• You can also opt-out of these messages at any time by simply replying to one of our messages with “Stop”.

• SchoolMessenger is compliant with the Student Privacy PledgeTM, so you can rest assured that your information is safe and will never be given or sold to anyone.

Oak Avenue School Tours

Have you heard your neighbors talking about wanting to know more about Oak School? Perhaps a new family just moved into the area and they are looking at different school options. Maybe a neighbor has preschool-age children and they are inquiring about Oak School.

Please let families know Oak School is open for tours. Feel free to pass along my email address. I would be happy to set up a time to provide a personal tour and answer questions about the Oak School community. kattell@lasdschools.org

Dear Oak Community -

Welcome back! We hope you had a great long weekend! As you get settled back in, mark your calendars for Friday, January 31, and join us in the Oak Multi for family movie night, hosted by our sixth graders.

Oak Spring Auction and Social

Save the date for Saturday, March 21st for the Oak Spring Fling and Auction at the Juniper Hotel in Cupertino!

Our auction committee is hard at work but we need your help! Our Kid and Parent parties are our most profitable auction items every year, and we would love you to host one. You can host on your own, with friends or neighbors, or a large group of other parents. The options are endless!

Past Kid & Family Parties have included:

• Backyard family BBQ

• Pool Party

• Movie Night

• Bubble Soccer

• Pump It Up

Past Adult/Parent Parties have included:

• Mom’s Martini Party

• Sushi Making Party

• Poker Night

• Various Dinner Parties

• Luau Party

Join together with some friends and fill out our Auction Party Host Form. I know our community has some wonderful hidden talents and interests and I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Support our 6th Grade Entrepreneurs

Come to the multi after school on February 13 & 14 for our Sixth Grade Entrepreneurial Fair. Students are working hard on their various products, and are looking forward to selling their wares. They will be donating 10% of their proceeds to the charity voted on by the class.

Our Lifesavers this week are Monica Sidher, Mary Fitzgerald, Clare Luna, Goretti Furtado, and Terra Washington, our school nurses.

As we reach peak flu season, I wanted to take a moment to thank the wonderful people who care for our kids’ scrapes, bruises, bumps, and fevers every day. Thank you for all you do for our kids!

Sincerely,

Sara Payne

Oak PTA President

oakptapresident@gmail.com

Oak Apparel

OAK SCHOOL PTA ANONYMOUS SUGGESTION BOX

Double Your Donation

Below is a sneak peek at the Oak Valentine Delivery Challenge our students will be given tomorrow morning at assembly.

Let’s start the year off strong by raising the final $400,000 to reach our 2019-20 goal of $3.4 million. Generous donations from families like you enable your student's school to offer music, PE, STEM, art, computer science, and more.

Make a tax-deductible donation today!

Gifts of any amount are appreciated and help

us reach our goal of 100% participation.

One-time donations, monthly donations, and pledges are welcome.

Also,

find out if your company will match your donation to LAEF

and be sure to apply.

Last school year, LAEF received over $840,000 from corporate matches!

Needed: Additional LAEF Board Members for Oak

Would you be willing to represent the Oak community by serving on the LAEF Board? To find out more about this opportunity, contact current Oak LAEF Board member Amie Wang (amiedywang@gmail.com), and check out the online information about this volunteer position.

STEM Career Night

Please join the Los Altos School District for an inspirational night of STEM as three keynote speakers share their professions in STEM fields and explain how their work impacts the world around us.

This event is open to all students and parents of Egan and Blach Jr. Highs as well as other elementary students and families in Los Altos.

Tuesday, Feb 4, 2020

7pm

Blach Intermediate Multipurpose Room

1120 Covington Road, Los Altos

Our Keynote Speakers:

• Deborah Hersman – Chief Safety Officer at Waymo

• Shiwani Black – Product Manager at Intuitive Surgical

• Kyle Vaidyanathan – Computer Programmer at Unity Technologies

Here is a link to their bios.

Thinking Ahead to Junior High

Tour Blach Intermediate School

Are you a future Blach parent and interested in what the future holds in junior high school for your child? You’re invited to tour our National Blue Ribbon Blach Intermediate School. Meet the principal, talk with students and teachers, and visit classrooms. Learn how classroom instruction, innovative curriculum, and an unparalleled array of electives prepare students for success in high school, college and beyond. Blach is a welcoming and inclusive junior high school that focuses on the whole child and empowers and engages students to become global citizens and lifelong learners.

Take a look at the Blach video in our media gallery and please sign up using this link to join the tour that is most convenient for you. Tour dates are as follows:

Friday, January 24, 1:30pm-3:00pm

Friday, March 13, 9:30am-11am

Monday, March 16, 1:30pm-3pm

Also, please Save the Date for our Junior High School Information Nights on February 6 at 7 pm. More information will be provided to our families in upcoming newsletters.

The MVLA Parent Education Speaker Series presents:

William Stixrud, M.D. and Ned Johnson

The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Kids More Control Over Their Lives

Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020 - 7:00 - 9:00pm

MVHS Spartan Theater

3535 Truman Ave., Mountain View

Evidence strongly suggests that age-appropriate autonomy is vital for young people’s mental health—it helps them to sculpt brains that are resilient, resourceful, and ready to take on new challenges.

When The Self-Driven Child authors Bill Stixrud and Ned Johnson began comparing notes years ago, they discovered a common problem among their young clients: kids were feeling acutely stressed. Many complained that they felt powerless to shape their own destinies. Some stumbled in high school, while others hit college and unraveled. Bill is a clinical neuropsychologist who helps kids gripped by anxiety or struggling to learn. Ned is a motivational coach who runs an elite tutoring service. Together they discovered that the best antidote to stress is to give kids a sense of control.

In this talk, Bill and Ned offer a combination of cutting-edge brain science, the latest discoveries in behavioral therapy, and case studies drawn from the thousands of kids they've helped. They advise that parents and educators adopt the role of consultant rather than manager to give kids more responsibility for their own life decisions even before they leave home.

Audience: Parents and educators of students grades 6 - 12.

To register for this free event, go to https://mvla2019-20-stixrudandjohnson.eventbrite.com

Books available for purchase, thanks to Books, Inc., (cash or check)

Sponsored by Los Altos Educational Foundation (LAEF), MVLA High School Foundation, Mountain View Educational Foundation (MVEF), and Los Altos-Mountain View PTA Council.

Mission:

It is Oak School’s mission to ensure high levels of learning for all students. Every day we respectfully collaborate to develop confident, resilient, joyful learners who care about the Oak School community and become responsible citizens.

Email: kattell@lasdschools.org
Website: https://oakschool.org/
Location: 1501 Oak Avenue, Los Altos, CA, USA
Phone: (650)237-3900
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