Oakley Orbiter

We care about the success of every student at Oakley. To achieve this, students need to be present in class. Leaving early often means missing out on an entire class period. We'd like to ask for your help in ensuring students stay in school from the beginning to the end of the day. We appreciate your help.

Drop Off Begins: 7:35 AM

House Party Begins at 7:50 on Fridays-Wear your house colors!

Breakfast Ends: 8:05 AM

Tardy Bell: 8:10 AM

Attendance Bell: 9:40 AM

Dismissal Begins: 3:45 PM

All students Should be picked up by 4:05 PM

Students arriving after the Tardy Bell will have to be escorted by a parent into the school.

Parents picking up at 4:05 PM will be required to pick up their child in the office.

May 1-STAAR Math Test-3rd-5th grade | Campus Closed to visitors

May 3-PreK Field Trip

May 3-House Games (will be rescheduled)

May 3-Popsicles and Recess with Oakley Concessions (will be rescheduled)

May 6-Talent Show Auditions due to http://bit.ly/OESHasTalent

May 6-All Library Books due back to Library

May 10-House Party | Live on FB at 7:55 AM

May 10-Field Day

May 13-1st Grade Awards | 9:45 AM

May 14-3rd Grade Awards | 9:45 AM

May 15-2nd Grade Awards | 9:45 AM

May 15-3rd Grade Field Trip

May 16- 4th Grade Awards | 9:45 AM

May 17-Kinder Field Trip

May 20-5th Grade Awards | 9:45 AM

May 20-PreK Awards | 2 PM

May 21-Annual Tug-of-War Tournament | Wear PE Shoes

May 22-Kinder Awards and Musical Performance

May 23-Last Day of School

May 27-28-District Closed for Memorial Day

May 29-Where are Our Rockets begins on Facebook

We have House Party each Friday. We encourage students to wear something in their house color. If you do not know your child's house, please contact myoung3@newcaneyisd.org

Don't forget during the summer, this is where we post our Where are our Rocket posts and the summer birthdays!

Our 2023-24 Yearbook is now on sale. Purchases can be made via the website or on campus in the office. If you want to pay by credit card, please use the online website. On campus purchases must be made with cash only. No checks will be accepted. Please include a filled out Yearbook form with your order. Blank forms can be picked up from the front office. Remember that only 100 are ordered and we normally sell out fast. Place your order now so that you can make sure you get your copy.

Yearbook Ordering

All library books are due back to the library by May 3 to begin inventory. Please do a check of all places your child may have left the book. Some places to look:

Under Seats in the Car

In the car trunk

In closets

On shelves

Under furniture

Families house

Please do not send fees for books until the end of May. Overdue book emails are sent automatically to the Skyward email. If your child has their book(s) in their backpack, please let their homeroom teacher know that they have it. Books can also be dropped off in the book turn in box outside the library. To pay a fee, wait for the notices to be sent starting May 6. Exact cash is needed.

May 6-10 is Staff Appreciation Week! We are celebrating all of our staff this week. We have some easy ideas that students can do to show the staff their appreciation.

Monday-Be Helpful by asking to help with a task for a staff member.

Tuesday-Give a gift you made your self by making a craft with supplies you already have at home to give to a staff member.

Wednesday-Say thanks by showing your thankfulness by sending a message with a handwritten note or card.

Thursday-Make it a beautiful day by drawing or coloring a beautiful picture for a staff member.

Friday-Let's make it a great day all day for your class by smiling, saying thank you, and treating everyone kindly.

If you are interested in having your child join the Dual Language program next year, there will be two mandatory informational meetings offered. On May 6, we will host an informational meeting on campus at 8:30 a.m. On May 7, there will be another meeting hosted at the Annex building at 5:30 p.m. This meeting is for students who will be entering Kindergarten next year.

Volunteers are needed for the Oakley Field Day on May 10. Volunteers must have the NCISD Volunteer badge. Contact Ms. Clifton at mclifton@newcaneyisd.org

Students should wear their PE shoes that day. There will be many activities where students can jump and run. To help with safety, please make sure students have their PE shoes on that day.

Are you looking for an inexpensive gift to give your student to celebrate the end of year or just because? We will be selling Smencils during the Awards celebrations. Smencils are amazing smelling pencils made out of recycled newspaper. We will also have other products like Smens (Gel Pens), Smelly Gellies Gel Crayons, and Jumbo Smickers (Stickers). All of them smell amazing and range in price from $1-$2.Look for the table at the awards ceremonies! Sales are cash only.

This year we will have awards over the last two weeks of school. Please see the schedule below for the days. All awards will be 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. in the cafeteria except PreK which will be May 20, 2-3 p.m. Please get here at least 20 minutes before awards to get checked in on time.

May 13-1st Grade Awards | 9:45 AM

May 14-3rd Grade Awards | 9:45 AM

May 15-2nd Grade Awards | 9:45 AM

May 16- 4th Grade Awards | 9:45 AM

May 20-5th Grade Awards | 9:45 AM

May 20-PreK Awards | 2 PM

May 22-Kinder Awards and Musical Performance

Our Annual Tug of War Tournament will be May 21 during Specials. All students should wear their PE shoes to participate. Students wearing non-PE shoes such as Crocs, sandals, boots, or dress shoes will not participate.

The last day of school is May 23. This is a full school day. Please talk to your child's homeroom teacher about any planned activities.

Summer hours will start on June 3. The district will be closed each Friday. Campus offices will be open 7-4PM Monday through Thursday.

The Where are our Rockets will start on May 29. Feel free to start sending pictures starting May 26 to myoung3@newcaneyisd.org. Pictures sent in through Thursday of each week will go in that week's post. For example, if you send a picture on May 30, it would go on the post for May 29. If you send it on May 31, it will go on the next week's post. Pictures are only accepted through the email given. Please do not send to through Facebook as that is an unmonitored chat.

Blast Expectations at Home!

Parents, we tested out the Parent Shout Out form before the Winter break. Now that we have it working, we would love for you to show recognition to our students showing Blast Expectations at home! We want to encourage Blast Expectations in all areas. If you see your child exhibiting the following, please send them a shout out!

Our School Wide Expectations are:

Be Respectful

Lead by Example

Act Responsibly

Safety First

Teamwork Matters

When you see your child showing one of our expectations at home, fill out the following form and we will print off a certificate for them at school!

Each year, we receive an accountability report card from TEA. Parents can access this information in several different ways:

• There is a direct link to the State, LEA, and campus report cards on our Oakley website;
• You can also request a copy of the the report card from Mrs. Knollenberg and we have a hard copy available for viewing in the front office.
• Click here for Federal Report Card
• Click here for State Report Card

It's important as parents you know that you may request information regarding the professional

qualifications of your student’s classroom teachers and/or paraprofessionals. For more information,

click here.

New Caney ISD is excited to announce another year of partnership with Mango Languages.

What is Mango Languages? Mango Languages is a language learning software that the Multilingual department has purchased to help students with their L2 acquisition. It supports the learner in acquiring new languages (over 30 languages are available) and provides cultural context in a user-friendly interface.

To ensure our parents have room to eat with their students, we will be having grade level days for lunch. Please review the times the campus is open to visitors for lunch.

Monday- PreK-11:00-11:30 4th Grade-12:10-12:40

Tuesday-Kindergarten-11:45-12:15 5th Grade-1:05-1:35

Wednesday-1st Grade-11:15-12:45

Thursday-2nd Grade-11:35-12:05

Friday-3rd Grade-12:45-1:15

Your student can access Classlink at home. Students will use their normal log in and password to access their Classlink resources at home.

Classlink

Reminder, you can use Family Access in Skyward to keep track of your student's grades. Canvas Grades only gives you information about individual assignments. If you want to check on your student's overall grade, you will find that information in Skyward. You can put in a Help Desk Ticket request if you need help remembering your log-in information.

How to Check Student Grades

Family Access Link

Parent Help Desk Ticket

Develop a system where EVERY student has a place to belong, be supported, and be successful. 7 Houses, 1 Community!

We are all a part of the Rocket House. The Rocket House will be divided into 7 smaller houses, with students and staff members randomly assigned to each house. Each house will be represented by one of the 7 Mindsets listed below:

Remember, you can pair with your student through Canvas. Once you have downloaded the app, you can follow the steps in the video to get a pairing code for your student. If you need assistance, contact Ms. Young: myoung3@newcaneyisd.org,

How to get a Pairing Code from your Student's account

More information about Creating a Parent account

Students can earn points for their House by:

• Following BLAST behavior expectations - Be responsible, Lead by example, Act responsibly, Safety first, Teamwork matters
• Acts of Kindness
• Collaboration
• Mindset Champion
• Attendance
• Quality Work

Every week we will reveal a House winner at our Friday House Party. Random rewards will be given throughout the year for the winning Houses. (Extra recess, popsicles, dance party, etc.)

We can use your help by talking with your child about expectations at home!!!

Email: oakleyelementary@newcaneyisd.org
Website: https://www.newcaneyisd.org/Domain/14
Location: 22320 Loop 494, New Caney, TX, USA
Phone: (281) 577-5970
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oakleyelementary
Twitter: @OakleyElem