Oak Tree Newsletter
September 8, 2023
Message from Principal Lunt,
Hello Oak Tree Families-
I am happy to greet you once again via our parent newsletter! We have had a shortened but busy school week and we are already seeing Fall Break on the horizon. We had a great SOAR assembly today and we look forward to getting our schoolwide fundraiser off the ground. Our PTO has been busy working on this fundraiser and we hope it will be fun and motivating for our students.
Next Monday is a special day of remembrance and service in honor of September 11, 2001, and the tragic events on that day that impacted our country and the world. As part of that important day of remembrance, we are inviting students and staff to wear any combination of red, white, and blue. Our teachers will be presenting age and grade-level-appropriate special lessons to commemorate this event.
By way of information, our 6th graders and teachers (including yours truly) have started a special reading opportunity during our intervention times. This will continue until Fall Break and will culminate with a special activity soon after we return from Fall Break. Also, our 3rd graders are looking forward to a special field trip to the Music Instrument Museum next Friday.
We love and appreciate our students and I thank you for all you do to help us encourage them to Stand Tall and SOAR High! Enjoy your weekend!
Mr. Lunt
Annual Update Reminder for Infinite Campus!
Important Note about car pick-up lane
In order to make our pick-up car lane as efficient as possible, students being picked up in the car lane will be escorted to their family’s car. Please do not get out of your vehicle if you are in the parent pick-up car lane. If you would like to pick up your student please park your car in the designated parking area and walk to the gate by the playground sets.
Calendar Items for the Week
Wednesday, September 13th - Early Release (1:55)
Wednesday, September 13th - Food Pantry at 1:30
Friday, September 15th - National Dot Day!
Friday, September 15th - 3rd Grade MIM Field Trip
News from the Nurse
Hello Oak Tree Families!
I have started vision and hearing screenings for the 23/24 school year. Please be on the lookout for an email and a letter in the mail if your child did not pass their vision or hearing screening. Please make sure as well that your child brings their eye glasses to school every day. I cannot screen them if they do not have their glasses. They should be wearing them every day at school anyways!
Just a reminder that we are following the same Covid guidelines as last year.
Positive for COVID
If a student/staff has tested positive for COVID they will need to:
Stay home for 5 days from the time their symptoms started OR from the day the test was collected.
After the 5 days are over, they can return on the 6th day (only if they feel better and have not had a fever for 24 hours etc) but they will need to wear a mask while on campus. IF they cannot wear a mask consistently then they will need to stay out for the entire 10 days. Please refer to the graphic for help with counting if you need it.
Remember:
1.If the student cannot wear a mask reliably then they need to stay out the entire 10 days.
2. They can only return to campus with a mask if they feel better and have not had a fever in the last 24 hours.
Once a student tests positive for COVID they will be required to follow the Isolation schedule. They cannot test out of isolation. *If they were asymptomatic and took a rapid (antigen) test which was positive and then took a PCR which was negative they may come out of isolation.
Vaccination does not change any guidelines
Once you test positive it is possible to continue to test positive even after you are no longer contagious. Because of that we do not recommend someone to test out of isolation.
Close Contact
Students who have a COVID + person in their home will NOT be asked to quarantine regardless of their vaccination status. Education should be given to the student/family regarding:
Keeping themselves away from the + person in their home
Watching themselves for ANY symptoms
If they wish to test- show them when the best time would be (6th day from their last close contact with + person)
Remind them that if they get tested they need to stay home and wait for results
If they would like to wear a mask to school then we should encourage them however, we cannot require it.
Should they want to quarantine due to being in close contact with a positive person they can do this however the student will be responsible for making up their schoolwork etc.
Oak Tree PTO
The PTO fundraiser is officially underway! Information will be coming home with your student(s). Please consider donating- 100% of donations go straight to the PTO and are used for things like reimbursing teachers for classroom necessities and providing community events. We appreciate it so much!
Spirit shirts have arrived! They will be coming home with your student(s).
Have a great weekend!
Gilbert Public Schools Announcements
Title I Annual Meeting Presentation
Free and Reduced Lunch Program in GPS Video
Special Education Notifications:
Special Education Policies and Procedures are available for review at the school office and on the District website. If you are interested in getting this information please let us know.
The District Child Find Procedure Document is linked below:
Here comes the Bus App
Download GPS Mobile App
Oak Tree Elementary
Home of the Eagles
505 West Houston Ave
Gilbert, AZ 85233
Phone (480) 632.4785
Fax (480) 632.4794