Oak Hills Newsletter

Dear Oak Hills Families,

On behalf of our staff, thank you so much for your generous donations during the Jog-A-Thon. The goal was $35,000, but our incredible community fundraised more than $50,000! We look forward to utilizing these funds to enrich the student experience here at Oak Hills. Thank you for your care and generosity to our students and staff!

The fundraising component is one aspect of the Jog-A-Thon. We love coming together as a school to be with each other. Students enjoyed the music, exercise, and the large cheering sections during the event. To our PTO, thank you for all your efforts with coordinating the event. It was well organized and promoted. To all families, THANK YOU for volunteering, visiting, and rootin' for every child that day!

https://youtu.be/_Dbi1yCXG3Q

Sincerely,

Ms. Do

Oak Hills Fall Conferences will be held on Wednesday, November 13th & Thursday, November 14th, by appointment. Conferences will either be held in person or virtually via Zoom.

Oak Hills Fall Conference Schedule:

• Wednesday, November 13th- School is in session; Evening Conferences

• Thursday, November 14th- No School for Students, Day/Evening Conferences

• Friday, November 15th- No School for Students

Please look for Fall Conference Sign Ups to be sent by your child's teacher on Tuesday, October 29th at 3:15pm. 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 sign up for a conference time as one has already been scheduled for you.

Teachers will send out their Zoom login information to families who indicate 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!

The rain is here! If your student bikes to school, please remind them to park it in the bike racks rather than under the overhang by the back of the school. Bikes left along the building are blocking an important area. There will be cones with signs reminding students to not use this area starting tomorrow. Thank you for your help.

Lunchtime Clubs

Volunteer Opportunities

This Week

Fall Fest is this Thursday!. Check out our Volunteer Opportunities below.

10/24 6-8pm Sign-up

Fall Fest Volunteers Needed

Activity Monitors

Raffle Ticket or Bingo Card Sales

Food Sales - Snacks

(parent/adult; also looking for 4 & 5th grade students to help)

Set-up

Clean-up

We are looking for Pizza Servers! PTO reimburses for obtaining your food handlers permit.

Daily Opportunities

Kinder Lunchroom Help Sign-Up

Weekly Opportunities

Tues Lunch Club Sign-Up

Tues After School Club Sign-Up

Thurs/Fri On-The-Move Sign-up

Thurs/Fri Workroom Sign-up

Anytime Workroom Sign-up

Anytime Library Email Ms.Larsen

On The Horizon

10/30 - Art Lit Training: Artist Johannes Vermeer Sign up

10/31 & 11/1 - Lunchtime Raffle Ticket Collection Sign-up

11/5 - Picture Retakes Sign-up

Oct./Nov. - OBOB - Lunchtime Practice Battles. Many Volunteers Needed Email Ms. Larsen

Please check out our Weekly Volunteer Newsletter for more details! Click Here

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21

Rose City Chess Club (2:20-3:20)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22

Lunch Clubs - Art - K-2, Friendship Bracelets 3rd-5th graders

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23

TAZ Tennis Club (2:30-3:30pm)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25

No School

Emails from Library: If you receive an email from BSD Library Services, please read it carefully. These emails contain Hold messages for books your child put on hold, overdue books and book fine information.

Volunteering: if you are interested in volunteering in the library to help with our Book Fair (December) or OBOB, please email Ms. Larsen.

OBOB (Oregon Battle of the Books):

Registration forms are due by Oct 24th. Please read the form carefully. Parents need to sign the form and together with your child, please fill out the form completely. If you have questions about OBOB, please contact Ms. Larsen.

• We encourage parent participation and practices outside of school.

• You will find practice questions on the resource pages linked below.

• Visit our OBOB Resource page HERE

• OBOB is a great way to volunteer during lunch recess times also. We need lots of volunteers!

• Roundabout Books offer live author visits.

Fall Into OBOB Author Series

Tuesdays, October & November, 6:00pm

You can register for any of the upcoming FREE OBOB events HERE.

Please check out the LIBRARY WEBSITE for:

• Helpful Library Links for students and parents

• How to View Your Child’s Library Account (Slides 1-7), View the Library Catalog (slide 8), Put Books on Hold (Slides 9-10), Renew books (slides 11-12), Pay Library Fines (Slide 13)

• OBOB Information

• Ordering Books From Scholastic for your home collection

• Donations

If you have questions please feel free to reach out to Ms. Larsen at leilani_larsen@beaverton.k12.or.us

Thursday, October 24 Kinder Field Trip

Thursday, October 24 PTO Fall Fest 6-8pm

Friday, October 25 No school for students--Grading Day

Wednesday, October 30 Family Talented and Gifted (TAG) Info Session 5pm via Zoom

Thursday, October 31 Spirit Day: Wear Hats and Headbands!

Thursday, October 31 2nd Grade Field Trip

Thursday, October 31 and Friday, November 1 Jog-A-Thon Prize Raffle (during lunches)

Tuesday, November 5 Picture Retakes

Monday, November 11 No School--In Observance of Veterans Day

Wednesday, November 13 School is in session; Parent-Teacher Conferences 3:20-7:20pm

Thursday, November 14 No school for students; Parent-Teacher Conferences 7:20am-7:20pm

Friday, November 15 No school for students

Wednesday, November 20 PTO Meeting 7pm

Fall Break No school for students: November 25-29

Family TAG Info Session: Wednesday, October 30th

5-5:30pm

We invite you to attend a Family Talented and Gifted (TAG) Info Night to learn more about the TAG process and answer any general questions. The meeting will be on Zoom.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://beavertonk12.zoom.us/j/89611057238?pwd=h5eaFyFm2xd3lNJZxRaQbVZ5xwH7Rs.1

Meeting ID: 896 1105 7238

Passcode: 564469

For more information about testing, please contact your school’s TAG facilitator: Karen McCarty (karen_mccarty@beaverton.k12.or.us)

Additional TAG information can be also found at BSD TAG.

We will be starting a 4 week session of Book Club after school on Tuesdays starting on October 29th for grades 3-5. This will be an opportunity for book lovers to unite, share and discuss their favorite books, and do some activities together. For the first session, please come prepared to share some of your favorite books or series. We will be dividing into small groups (Graphic Novels, Scary/Mystery, Fantasy and Other). Each group will vote on future books to read and share as a group, and share ideas and make plans for the upcoming sessions. We'd like this to be as student-led as possible. Space is limited - please register by completing this form online or paper registration forms will be in the front office. Deadline to register will be October 24th. Of course, we will need volunteers to make this happen - please consider signing up for any or all sessions on Parentsquare. Please contact alinahorrockspto@gmail.com with further questions.

Online Form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1m2FCmROFe8XzgIMTLRYP8tpx17EZARUCT0sAsGJ1wtktTA/viewform?usp=sf_link

Paper forms available in Oak Hills Office

As we have welcomed students back to school, we have used these first several weeks reviewing our school community agreements. As we transition to Fall, sudents are learning community agreements for recess games as part of P.E. class. Attached, you will find a copy of our Oak Hills Recess Family Handbook. Please feel free to review these community agreements with your family. We appreciate your partnership as we support students in having a safe and fun school year!

Oak Hills Recess Agreements--Family Handbook

This year, all students are eligible for free Breakfast and Lunch here at school. Here is the link to the current month’s food menus.

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