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Weekly Bear News
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Oakdale High School, Home of the Bears
Website: https://edu.fcps.org/ohs/
Location: 5850 Eaglehead Drive Ijamsville, MD 21754
Phone: 240-566-9400
Twitter: @OakdalePost
Principal's Message
Bears,
What a week to be at Oakdale High School! Our seniors celebrated their last day on Thursday, and so many of our students are participating in events and earning accolades. This week alone, we had an amazing Music Concert, Regional Championships in Boys’ and Girls’ Track and Field, Tennis Individual Regional Champions, and a Startup Frederick winner!
Next week will be even more exciting, as we welcome back our Seniors for Graduation activities. Be sure to watch as our Class of 2024 celebrates on Thursday, May 23 at 1:30pm. Have a restful weekend; we’ll see our underclassmen on Monday.
Mr. Caulfield
Proud Principal
Oakdale High School
FCPS Journey to Graduation Senior Spotlight Series
Oakdale High's Faith Miller is featured as part of the FCPS Journey to Graduation Senior Spotlight Series. Faith aspires to become an educator supporting students who are deaf. She is a student leader at Oakdale, regularly encouraging her peers to learn sign language. After starting her education at the Maryland School for the Deaf, Faith moved to FCPS in the third grade. All-Stars Blog
Congrats to our Track and Field Teams!
The clean sweep has happened for the first time in Oakdale Track & Field!! Your Boys & Girls 3A West Regional Team Champions....Oakdale High School!!! GO BEARS!!
Thank you for all of the support!!!
Student Entrepreneurial Competition: Start Up Frederick
The Student Entrepreneurial Competition was held this week and Abhinav Kamalakannan represented OHS with his innovative food truck idea, Invasive Eats. He was competing against 8 other teams.
Congrats to Abhinav for winning 1st place in the competition!!!! He did a wonderful job answering the judge's questions, and was a deserving recipient of the top prize. Here is the video link of the competition.
We would also like to recognize Alexandra Ramos, who served as emcee for the event.
MCAP Testing News
LS MISA MCAP May 20th & May 21st
Students currently enrolled in biology will take the LS MISA MCAP during their biology class. Government MCAP May 22nd & May 24th
Students currently enrolled in Government will take the Gov MCAP during their government class. *Students in AP Government who took the AP Government exam will not take the Gov MCAP.
Congrats to our Tennis Teams!
Our Oakdale Tennis Teams are the Regional Team runner-ups and these doubles teams will advance to our State Tennis Tournament next week in Columbia. Congrats to our
Mixed Doubles Regional Champs: Nicholas Novitski and Morgan Overman
Boys Doubles Regional Champs: Arnav Jain and Harry Hernandez
Audition Notice for Students interested in Fall Musical
Next November, Oakdale High School will present the hit musical Godspell. We are searching for ten cast members from our current student population!
Auditions will be held on May 29 and May 30 in the D-Wing of Oakdale High School and is open to all students of OHS who demonstrate an ability to sing, act, and move on stage. Interested students should fill out this audition form, read the packet found on the audition form, choose a time slot for May 29 or 30 (the link can be found inside the audition packet), and prepare a portion of a song no more than one minute that will show off your personality. Auditions are limited to current ninth, tenth, and eleventh graders at Oakdale High School currently.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mike Copen at michael.copen@fcps.org
Summer Reading Challenge
Summer Reading Challenge 2024 starts June 1: This summer, come to the public library, explore your community, and read with FCPL. Daily reading lowers stress, builds empathy, and bridges educational inequities. Read for at least twenty days this summer, and you’ll build a healthy new habit that can reward you with prizes! Use Beanstack to track your reading and destination visits. Earn tickets for each day you read or destination you visit June 1 through August 15 and enter your tickets into prize drawings. Monthly prizes include gift certificates and admission tickets to local businesses and attractions. Grand Prizes include: American Girl dolls, Chromebooks, kayaks, tents, and more. For more information, visit: https://www.fcpl.org/programs-events/summer-challenge.
Health Room News
ATTENTION PARENTS/GUARDIANS
Medication Reminders
The last day of school is June 7, 2024
- According to FCPS Regulation 400-23 students are not permitted to take their medications home at the end of the school year.
- A parent/guardian must pick up all medications in the health room by the end of the school day on June 7, 2024. To arrange for pick-up, please contact health room staff directly-240-566-9400 Option 4 when calling.
- All non-emergency medication(s) and expired medication(s) of any kind remaining in the health room will be destroyed at the end of the school day, unless alternate arrangements have been made directly with health room staff.
Summer School
If your child will be attending a summer FCPS program and medication must be administered during summer school hours, contact the health room for additional guidance.
Preparing for the 2024-25 School Year
- All medication/treatment authorization form(s) must be renewed at the beginning of each school year. Ensure that the appropriate authorization form is completed by your healthcare provider. Forms are available online at www.fcps.org.
- Verify the expiration dates on your child’s medication(s). Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) 10.34.23.07, dictates that we determine expiration dates as follows:
- one year from the dispensing date on the pharmacy label (OR)
- expiration date on the medication package, whichever comes first.
- If the instructions on the pharmacy label states, “see attached”, you must provide the pharmacy attachment. Medication will not be accepted without the required attachments.
- To ensure your child’s medication/treatment needs are met at the start of the school year contact the health room on or after August 12, 2024, to arrange a drop off time for medications/supplies and completed forms. Health room staff will review medication/treatment authorization forms and medications with the parent/guardian to ensure compliance with state regulations. If the medication/treatment authorization forms and/or medications do not meet compliance, it is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to follow up with their health care provider.
- Per FCPS Reg 400-23, it is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to deliver medication/treatment authorization form(s) and medications directly to health room staff. Please do not send your child to school with medications.
Thank you for your cooperation,
Diane McIntyre, RN Oakdale High School
Jordan Constantine, RN
Health Room Phone # 240-566-9450
Message from our PTSA
Dear OHS Families,
The OHS PTSA has partnered with the Maryland Center for School Safety for past last two years as part of our initiative to promote school safety at OHS. School safety is a community responsibility and students, staff and families all play a critical role.
We're sharing this information about a free webinar open to anyone on the topic of sextortion of minors, which will include recommendations from the FBI on how to safeguard children and families.
Gone are they days when we kept the computer in the family living room. The best way to keep kids safe online is to be informed, have conversations with your kids, and ensure they know they can always turn to a trusted adult. MCSS even has an anonymous 24/7, 365 days-a-week tip line and app they can use to report any threat to any child's safety:
Sincerely,
OHS PTSA
Get your Bear Wear Here!
Bella Bean Studios has added our Oakdale High Spring Sports to their website. They have also created bear wear for our 2024 Graduating Class.
Oakdale High School-New Phone Number
Beginning on July 1, 2024, Oakdale High School's phone number will be changing as all of FCPS transitions to a new telecommunications system.
The phone number change is necessary for two primary reasons: (1) The current telecommunications system is being modernized to allow more system functionality and reduce maintenance and service costs; and (2) the phone number change allows for the standardization of FCPS phone numbers with a common area code and initial three digits for all schools.
Oakdale High School's new phone number for the main office will be 227-203-3400.
School based staff can be reached by calling the school's main number and choosing the appropriate option from the call menu or by dialing a staff member's extension at any time:
- Front Office
- Attendance
- Counseling Office
- Health Room
- Cafeteria
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Oakdale High School has been preparing for this change by ensuring that we are updating all contact information on the school website, school messaging and other school documents. We are committed to making this transition with a minimal impact on school communications.