Oak Hills Newsletter
Week of April 22, 2024
Oak Hills Spring Parent Teacher Conferences
Oak Hills Spring Conferences will be held on Wednesday, May 1st & Thursday, May 2nd, by appointment. Conferences will either be held in person or virtually via Zoom.
Oak Hills Spring Conference Schedule:
Wednesday, May 1st- Evening Conferences
Thursday, May 2nd- No School for Students, Day/Evening Conferences
Friday, May 3rd- No School for Students
Conference scheduling has launched and is open to families via Parent Square. Families will schedule an appointment (one 20-minute block of time) from the options provided. This appointment time is reserved for your family. If you have multiple children at Oak Hills, please schedule a 20-minute time block with each teacher. If an interpreter conference has been scheduled for you, you will not need to sign up for a conference time as one has already been scheduled.
Teachers will send out their Zoom login information to families who indicated a preference for a virtual conference directly. Please don't hesitate to reach out to the school if you run into any difficulty accessing your child's conference or if you need additional support in signing up.
We look forward to meeting with you in the coming weeks!
Club Schedule Reminders and New Club Opportunities
This week:
Monday, 4/22 Rose City Chess - Non-fiction library
Little Otterbots
Girls Running Club - Gym
Wednesday, 4/24 RecTennis No club this week
LEGO Engineers - PE Portable
Thursday, 4/25 Kids Yoga - Portable
Next week:
Monday, 4/29 Rose City Chess - PE Portable
Little Otterbots - SEL Portable
Girls Running Club - Gym
Wednesday, 5/1 No clubs - Evening Conferences
Thursday, 5/2 No School - Conferences
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New Lunchtime Art Club (Grades 2-5)
Art club at Tuesday lunchtime recess starting next week April 30th through May 21st. We will have various mediums to explore with during the lunch time recesses for grades 2 through 5.
Library News from Ms. Larsen
Book Fair Coming! We will be open May 1st and 2nd during spring conferences.
May 1st 2:45-6:30
May 2nd 8:00-3:30
If you would like to volunteer, please SIGN UP HERE.
Thank you for supporting the literacy and our library!
Get Caught Reading Celebration - May 1-24th
Our school is celebrating reading in May! We would love to involve families! Please email photos of your children getting caught reading in fun places to Mrs. Vallee at anna_vallee@beaverton.k12.or.us by May 17th for an all school video to be shown before the author visit.
Author Visit - We will welcome Kenn Nesbitt on May 24th to our school. If you are interested in purchasing his hilarious poetry books for your home collection and having them autographed when Kenn is here, you may order them on Amazon using this LINK.
Your child can enjoy reading the books then bring them to school on May 24th to be autographed!
OBOB 2025
The full list is out now! Students interested in doing OBOB next year can start to read the books now! We will be making teams in October, so please hold off on talking about making teams. Much changes over the summer. Just enjoy reading the books and talking about them.
OBOB Hall of Fame
If your 3rd - 5th grade child is interested in reading all 16 OBOB books and becoming a part of the OBOB Hall of Fame, here is a LINK to the website page with where you will find the OBOB Hall of Fame link to complete and submit. Once submitted, your child will get a certificate, a free book and their picture in the newsletter! Submissions are accepted all school year!
Questions about the happenings in Library? Check out the LIBRARY WEBSITE for:
Helpful Library Links for students and parents
How to View Your Library Account (Slides 1-7), View the Library Catalog (slide 8), Putting Books on Hold (Slides 9-10), Renewing books (slides 11-12), Paying Library Fines (Slide 13)
OBOB Information
Ordering Books From Scholastic for your home collection
Donation
If you have questions, please feel free to reach out to Ms. Larsen at leilani_larsen@beaverton.k12.or.us
News from the PTO
PTO/Padres Unidos Meeting this Wednesday
Wednesday, April 24th at 7pm in the gym
*Spanish Interpretation available
Zoom Information Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 833 6434 3917
Password: otters
We'll be discussing more clubs, Earth Day, Teacher Appreciation Week, and Otterfest - all our welcome to come!
Popcorn Friday, THIS Friday
Help with Shift 1- 9:30 - 11 and Shift 2- 11 - 12:30
CALL OUT FOR FIFTH GRADE PARENTS!
April Popcorn Fairy is the PTO! Thank you for all your donations this fall!
Earth Day Recycling Drives
NEW Crayon Drive – Now through Friday!
Bring in any old crayons to be melted down and made into new ones! A box for crayons will be by the front entrance.
On-Going Dental Drive
New Lunchtime Art Club
Art club at Tuesday lunchtime recess starting next week April 30th through May 21st. We will have various mediums to explore with during the lunch time recesses for grades 2 through 5. Please contact pto@oakhillspto.org if you would like to help (Shift time: 11:15am - 1pm on Tuesdays).
Scholastic Book Fair
Wed. May 1 - Thur. May 2 - SIGN-UP HERE
The Scholastic Book Fair will be the week of conferences. Parents are welcome to visit the Book Fair during their conferences! Please stop by!
“Maybe if you go to the book fair your kiddos will end up with more than silly erasers and UV pens, and might get some books to read!”
Staff Appreciation Flower Arranging
Tuesday, April 30 - Shift 1- 7:45 - 9 and Shift 2- 9 -10:30
Help with breaking down donated flowers and bouquets to create new ones for our teachers.
On The Move Volunteer Training-see flyer below
Thursday, April 25 - Meet in the Office at 10:30 or 11:45 - NO RSVP necessary
**On the Move is in great need of more volunteers, especially for Shift 2: 3-5 grades/ 11:30 - 1 pm. Join Heather and Laura this Thursday, April 25 to learn the ins and outs of On the Move. Hang out with good people, good kids, and get some fresh air!
Important Dates-Mark Your Calendars
Monday, April 22 Earth Week--Crayon Drive begins today; Toothbrush/Toothpaste Recycle Program Continues
Wednesday, April 24 PTO/Padres Unidos Meeting 7pm
Friday, April 26 Last Popcorn Friday of the year!
April 30-May 1 Staff Appreciation Week
Wednesday, May 1 (PM) and Thursday, May 2 (AM/PM) Parent-Teacher Conferences
May 1 and May 2 Book Fair--see times in "Library News" above
Thursday, May 2 and Friday, May 3 No school for students
Thursday, May 9 Kinder Round up 5-6:30pm; Doors open at 4:45pm
Thursday, May 9 ALC (Seitz) and 2nd Grade Field Trip
Thursday, May 9 4th Grade Field Trip
Friday, May 17 Spirit Day: Creative Hair
Friday, May 17 PTO Otterfest 6-8pm
Monday, May 20 Kindergarten Field Trip
Wednesday, May 22 3rd Grade Field Trip (2 classes)
Thursday, May 23 3rd Grade Field Trip (2 classes)
Friday, May 24 Author's Visit Assembly; Schoolwide Read-In
Monday, May 27 No school for staff and students--Memorial Day
Friday, May 31 Volunteer Appreciation Event 8:15am--More details to follow
Wednesday, June 5 3rd Grade Field Trip
OSAS Update (Grades 3-5)
Dental Care Recycling Project: Message from 5th Grade Recycling Committee
Helpful Website Buttons--Report Absences and Going Home Plan Changes
Absences and dismissal changes can be reported to us via the Oak Hills website. There are buttons where you can click and report an absence or changes to how your child will be going home.
For dismissal, please do your best to report the changes before 1:00pm since this is when we will be delivering the information to our teachers and students. If it is after 1pm, please call the main office to report the change and not the website button.
Thank you in advance for utilizing this communication tool. It will free up our phone lines for families, staff, and community members who urgently need to get in touch with the office.
Oak Hills website:
Thao Do-Gwilliam
Email: thao_do_gwilliam@beaverton.k12.or.us
Website: https://oakhills.beaverton.k12.or.us
Location: 2625 Northwest 153rd Avenue, Beaverton, OR, USA
Phone: 503.356.2410