Oak Grove News

Please join us in a warm welcome for our newest staff members:

The Junior High Learning Center is offering 4th-8th grade students an opportunity to finish homework, check-out books, complete assignments from online textbooks or read. This is NOT an option to the playground or for social gathering.

The Learning Center will be open Monday through Friday beginning at 7:30 am until the first bell rings at 8:15 am. First come, first served - up to 30 students (overflow is sent to the playground). Students must enter through the Junior High entrance, then sign-in with the Junior High Office and again in the Junior High Learning Center.

Students may not be in the hallways before or during Early Hours. The Oak Grove School RUP applies. No eating, drinking or use of cell phones are allowed in the Learning Center. Parents MAY NOT drop off students before 7:30 am! Visits to lockers or teachers is not permitted. Only students that have an appointment set up with a teacher ahead of time will be allowed in hallways.

Students who demonstrate disruptive behavior will be sent outside for the 1st offense. The 2nd offense will result in a one-week suspension from early hours. Upon the 3rd offense, the student will lose Early Library privileges for the trimester.

We will begin Tuesday, September 6. Occasionally early library hours will be canceled due to other events in the Junior High Learning Center. Check the school website.

There are no longer desktop computers in the library; therefore, students will need to bring their laptops or iPads with them if they use them for homework.

We strongly encourage you to label your sons/daughters personal belongings. Each day several lunch boxes/water bottles/book bags are left on the bus, or inside school. It becomes very difficult to identify to whom they belong, so they can be returned.

It would also help if you can label outerwear, as well. Despite putting all of our "lost and found" items on display throughout the year, we end up donating hundreds of items to charity.

Please assist us by taking a few moments to put names on these items so we can make sure they are returned to you if they are misplaced or left on the bus. Thank you!

If you are a sixth, seventh, or eighth grade student, you can join Student Council. We formally meet the first Wednesday of every month during your lunch time. Other meetings get scheduled throughout the month as needed. Our first meeting of the school year is Wednesday, September 7th, in room 108 (in the sixth grade hall).

Meeting times:

6th grade 11:45-12:04

7th and 8th grade 12:50-1:09

Sponsor: Mrs. Evans

If you want to help your school and community, join us on Wednesday and see what Student Council is all about!

Connecting your iPad to your wireless network at home

All students must log in to the LightSpeed Content filter from home each day that they use their iPad. It may appear that the wireless is connected, but the student must still log into the filter in order to utilize the wireless from home.

After connecting to your home wireless router, tap on the LightSpeed login icon. Even if you are not going to use Safari, there are many apps that require an internet connection in order to function. These include but are not limited to BrainPop, Showbie, Dreambox, and Edmodo. If you do not log in to LightSpeed, you may be able to connect to Safari initially, but it will cease to function shortly.

Your child’s LightSpeed log in for students in grades K-8 follows this format:

25smithj

This is your child’s graduation year from Oak Grove, their last name, and the first letter of their first name.

The password for those students in grades K-2 is the unique four digit number assigned to your child. For students in grades 3-8, the password is OakGrove followed by the unique four digit number assigned to your child. The password for 3-8 is case sensitive and contains no spaces, for example OakGrove0000

Connecting your laptop to your wireless network at home

Students in grades 6-8 who are using a laptop at home must also connect to the LightSpeed filter in order to utilize their wireless at home. The shortcut to the LightSpeed filter is found in the toolbar when opening a browser such as Chrome or Safari.

Come by Dr. Meltzer’s room 517B or stop by either office to pick up a permission slip before the “first-ever” 3D Animation Club. Our first meeting with be on Tuesday, September 13.

Meeting Day and Times: Most Tuesdays starting September 13th

Meeting Place: Computer Lab, Room 517B

Activities: We will use the program, “Motion” which is similar to iMovie and Final Cut Pro. We will learn how to animate shapes, images, and text. We will also work with Particle Generators such as smoke, fire, and sparkles.

6-8th grade Drama Club will be held on Thursdays from 3:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M.

(September 8, 15, 22, 29; October 6, 13, 20, 27; November 3, 10, 17)

Drama Club will give kids a chance to build on their performance skills while engaging in fun, interactive activities. This year Drama Club will focus on risk-taking through theater games and improvisation. Activities will encourage members to strengthen their observation skills and their ability to stay focused on the acting moment. The content will include techniques Ms. Ludington learned this summer at Piven Theatre Workshop in Evanston. Permission slips are in the digital backpack and outside the drama room.

We had so much fun this week in grades K-5! Our 4th and 5th graders focused their energy on making a music video for our K-3 friends! The 4th graders sang "Be a Learner" from our Second Step Curriculum. The 2nd & 3rd graders enjoyed the video while learning important vocabulary words for our lesson. The 5th graders performed "The Learner Song" from our Kindergarten and first grade Second Step Curriculum. All of the students sang and performed the actions to deepen their understanding of our vocabulary. Focus, Listen, Self-Talk, and Be Assertive were the big words or phrases in our songs. The younger students were thrilled to see their neighbors, friends and siblings as the "movie stars!" Ask your child what skills are needed to be a focused learner.

Have a wonderful week!

PTO Meeting

Please join us for the first meeting of the year. It is tomorrow, September 7 at 9AM in the Junior High teachers' lounge. All are welcome. Hope to see you there!

Hot Lunch

Kiddo's catering starts today! If you missed ordering for this week and next week you can still visit their site to order for the rest of the year. Orders are due by 11 AM Monday for the following week. All ordering is done on the Kiddo's website: http://www.kiddoscatering.com/

Spiritwear

The fall Spiritwear sale is still going on. Please make sure to place your orders by tomorrow, September 7. You can order online at http://www.headsupapparel.com/collections/Oak-Grove-2016. Don't forget that every Friday is Spiritwear Friday, so make sure you get your orders in. Any questions, contact Katrina Treutelaar at katrina.treutelaar@me.com.

Fun Fluency is offering an exciting opportunity for K-6 students to learn Spanish after school

Fun Fluency teaches Spanish—the way your brain was meant to learn it!

Students learn Spanish naturally through immersion, movement, games, songs, rhythm, reading and acting out/listening to stories. Fun Fluency’s storytelling-based method focuses on long-term retention, not just memorization. Students will quickly see how fun and easy it is to understand, read, and write in Spanish while being immersed in language, play, and laughter.

Don’t miss out on your child’s window of opportunity to learn a language with ease at a young age. Classes are taught by native speakers and experienced/certified Spanish teachers. Class fee includes workbook and useful online resources to continue studies outside of class.

Register today at www.funfluency.com

Email or call owner Anne Dunn with questions 847-845-1166 funfluency@gmail.com

Class sizes are limited and do fill up quickly, so register now to ensure your spot in class.

Please click HERE to view the flyers in our virtual backpack.

Click HERE to view Board Agenda and Minutes

Email: boe@ogschool.org
Website: www.ogschool.org
Location: 1700 S. O'Plaine Rd. Green Oaks, IL 60048
Phone: 847.367.4120