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Attention Oakwood Families! We need your help!

Many students are being dropped off at the east gate 15-20 minutes before gates open at 7:30. Students are not allowed on campus until 7:30. Please help us keep our students safe by not sending them to school and/or dropping them off before this time. Staff are not available for supervision until 7:30. We thank you advance for your understanding.

Any adults and/or non-Oakwood students will need to show identification anytime you come on campus, for any reason. Our office staff uses the ID to scan into our system to produce a badge that must be worn while on campus.

Please check in at the office and bring your ID! 8:30-10:30.

Each year, the School Site Council helps to develop and approve the Parent and Family Engagement Policy for Oakwood Elementary School. Click the link below to take a look at our 2024-2025 policy; if you'd like a paper copy, please ask for one in the Oakwood office and one will be provided.

Wear your Oakwood Spirit T-shirts on Wednesdays and House T-shirts on Fridays.

As a safety reminder, when picking up or dropping off your student, please use our drop-off loop at the east gate (the staff parking lot is not for student drop-off) and pull as far forward as possible when in line with your vehicle. This supports a smooth drop-off and pick-up process.

🚗 Parents should stay in their vehicles during this time, and they should not leave a vehicle unattended at any time. If you need help, wave down a staff member and we will be happy to assist you. Thank you for doing your part to keep our students safe.

Drop-off Locations 🚶🚗

All drop-off locations are labelled at the front of campus and are as follows:

• Preschool: Enter through your designated gate on the west side of campus, staff parking lot gate
• Kindergarten Students: Enter through the east gates off of the kindergarten wing
• 1st - 2nd Grade Students: Enter through the east gates off of the 1st & 2nd grade wing
• Mrs. Myers 1st Grade Class & all other 3rd - 6th Grade Students: Enter through east gates off of the kindergarten wing

Additionally, please be sure that your students have the proper car seats, booster seats, or seatbelts as required by California State Law. Let us know if you need help or resources to keep your student safe. 💺✅

If you have needs or support related to what's going on in the classroom, the teacher is always your first point of contact! They should be communicating with you early and often throughout the year.

If you have needs or support related to the school, you are always encouraged to reach out to the office, Mr. Hoffman, or myself. We want to you to know that our door is open, and it is so important to us that we partner with you at home

Here is this year's Student Handbook. Please review it with your student together.

Starting this year, we will be implementing minimum days every Wednesday. After careful consideration and feedback from our staff, we believe this adjustment will bring several benefits to our students' learning experience. By providing shorter days mid-week, teachers will have more opportunities to collaborate with their grade level teams, analyzing student data to drive instructional decisions. This change will promote greater focus, engagement, and well-being among our students and allow for more opportunities for individualized instruction and student-centered activities.

We are excited to announce that this year, families are able to verify their child's elementary school teacher and secondary school class schedule through our online data confirmation process. As of July 19, 2024, parents who have completed the online data confirmation will be able to access this information. We encourage all parents to complete the online data confirmation process by following the instructions in the flyer below.

This important step will allow you to update your child's emergency contact info while also helping to support our school site with additional funding!

Please click on the link below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ch7rdnbDBLdedv81w-qk7FouJ3UVhtOP/view?usp=sharing