The Acorn

Annually, Oakview PTA funds up to $4,000 in its budget for innovative teaching min-grants. This year, the following grants were approved and funded by PTA. Many thanks to everyone for your strong support of teaching and learning at Oakview!

- Mighty Magnets

- Professional Book Study for Teachers

- Next Step Forward in Guided Reading

- Author Studies

- Flocabulary

- Lights! Camera! Action!

- Boulay Bank Classroom Management Tool

- Sharing Stories through Shared Reading

- Make More Music

For Children,

Phillip Reavis, Ph.D.

Principal

Please plan to join us at the Spring Book Fair. Opening day will be Monday, March 12th and the fair will continue through Friday, March 16th. The book fair hours will be 7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. On Tuesday, March 13th & Thursday, March 15th we will be open until 5:00 p.m. This is a wonderful opportunity to build personal and classroom libraries. All proceeds from the Book Bair benefit our Media Center so please consider supporting this important event!

Mark your calendars for Thursday, March 15th from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and come out to support Oakview at Chick-Fil-A on Woodruff Road! Oakview families can spend a fun evening out with friends at a local restaurant that donates a percentage of their sales back to the school.

Please join us for Oakview’s 2nd fun run of the school year-The Shamrock Shuffle! This fun run (1.5 miles) will take place on ​Friday, March 16, 2018​. The fun run will also include several health-related vendors for you to speak and interact with. The vendors this year include the Pelham Rd. Medical Center, Gotta Run Simpsonville, Barre 3, Jazzercise, Grow Golf Now, Without Limits, Align Life Chiropractic, and Francis Produce donating fruit for an after race treat! The vendors will be available from 5:30-7:00 pm, and the fun run will start at ​6:00 pm​. The Shamrock Shuffle run will take you through our nature trail and other grassy areas around the school grounds. ​If you would like to participate, please fill out the waiver below and turn it in to Coach Miller by Wednesday, March 14th. Hope to see you there! Wear your GREEN!!

For more information and to sign the waiver-please click on the following link: Shamrock Shuffle Waiver

Calling all Fourth Grade Girls - Oakview will host a movie night on Thursday, March 22nd from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. in the cafeteria. Come watch a movie, eat popcorn and of course have some Girl Time!!

See Oakview's Full Calendar of Events For More Dates & Details

Congratulations to Riggs Daniel, winner of the Oakview Geography Bee. Riggs also qualified to compete in the state level Geography Bee in Columbia, South Carolina.