Parent Teacher Conferences ~ Our fall conferences are coming up soon! During the week of October 11 parents and teachers will meet virtually or in person to check in with one another. Our fall conferences are not only about teachers reporting on student growth and academics, but also about learning about your child from you, the expert. Please be thinking about what you might share with your child's teacher that will help them get to know them a little better.
When Students are Sick ~ Please keep your child home when he/she is sick and report absences according to our attendance policies. Promptly pick your child(ren) up or arrange for pick up from school if signs or symptoms of illness are present. Please keep your child home until he/she has been symptom-free for 24 hours without medication. Please be sure to call our office if your child tests positive for COVID-19. You will be asked to follow Oakland County Health Department guidelines until it is safe for your child to return to school.
Homecoming ~ Each year our community celebrates Brandon Homecoming together. At the elementary level, we have a HOCO spirit week and we also usually participate in the parade in downtown Ortonville. This year we are looking for a family who may have a trailer that we could use as a hay wagon in the parade. If you have a trailer, some hay, and a way to pull the trailer, contact your child's teacher or Mrs. Stewart in the OES office. The parade will be October 8th starting at 5:30 p.m.
HOCO Spirit Week ~ Here is the schedule for our OES spirit week during the week of Homecoming! The more participation we have the more fun it is!
NWEA testing ~ Students are involved in NWEA testing right now through October 22. This is a computer adaptive assessment that we give at least twice a year to monitor student academic achievement and student growth. You will receive a parent report that lets you see how your child performed on that test.
Booster Group Meeting ~ JOIN OUR PARENT GROUP! This coming Monday, September 27 will be our first Booster meeting of the year. This meeting will be a Zoom meeting to get things started. The meeting will be from 4:30-5:30 and you can find the Zoom link below in the upcoming events listing.
Specials at Oakwood ~ This year our students will have Art, Music and P.E. one time per week as they usually do. In addition to the old favorites, we have added a new special, Young Innovators or YI. Mr. Larson will teach YI to all classes grades JK-5. You can learn a little more about YI a little further down as you scroll through this edition of our school news.
Medications ~ You might not think of cough drops and sunscreen as medication, but at school, we have to have an over-the-counter medication form completed and those items kept in the office to disperse to kids. Children cannot bring cough drops, antacids such as Tums, sunscreen, etc. to school with them. If you have a need for any of those items or other medications like cold/cough syrups, pain relievers, etc. to be available for your child at school, call the front office and we can set you up with the proper form to complete. After the form is completed an adult can drop the medication in it's original container along with the form in the front office.
