Hello Otters!

We are excited to see everyone at our Winterfest event this Thursday at 6:00 PM! The event will start off with a wonderful performance by our chorus. We look forward to seeing you there and celebrating the season together!

Sincerely,

Ms. Ennis, Ms. Leahy, and Mrs. Natal

We wanted to extend a warm and gracious THANK YOU to our fabulous PTA and all of our wonderful Holiday Shop volunteers! We cannot host these special events for our students without the help of our volunteers. We wanted to let you know how much we truly appreciate you all and your hard work!

We have a drop-off donation box located in the front office. Thank you for your support!

If you or a friend/family that you know are in need of assistance during the holidays and are interested in registering as a recipient of Toys for Tots, please don't hesitate. Use the contact email below to send in your family's information.

Contact TeamRudolph22@gmail.com to register with the following information:

*First and last name of parent picking up toys

*Home address, including zip code

*Phone number, including area code

*Age/gender of each child (no names)

(Shopping is by appointment only on December 14th)

Please join us for a shopping experience with Santa's elves at Central Pasco's Team Rudolph store. Shopping is by appointment only for registered guests. You will receive an email confirming your appointment time and location. We respectfully request that in order to create the magic of Christmas gift-giving for your children, that they be left at home while you are shopping. In addition, please bring a large heavy-duty garden bag for loading and transporting your toys

Due to our testing schedules, there will be no lunch visitors allowed on campus 12/2-12/13. We look forward to welcoming you back the week of December 16th-20th to enjoy lunch with your students!!

We appreciate your understanding and as a reminder, we are not able to receive or let students eat lunches from outside vendors inside of the cafeteria. Thank you.

The Oakstead Elementary P.E. Department is putting together our 2nd Annual Fox Strong Ball Hockey Tournament in honor of one of our students, Mason Fox, who lost his battle with leukemia earlier this year. Although this tournament is for students grades 3-5 to compete in, any OES family is able to make donations and come out to support our intermediate students.

ALL donations will be divided between The Mason Fox Charity Foundation as well as financial support for Dr. Claudia Steinacker and Ms. Letty Merino who are fighting their battles with this horrible disease.

Donations may be made via cash, Rycor or checks made out to OES from now through February 1st, 2025. We appreciate your support and generosity!

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with our Special Area objectives, grades, grading criteria and special events in the attached PDF.

Included is a list of dates and important events as well as days that volunteers will be needed!! More information to come as we get closer to the events.

Parents will need to sign up, using the link below, prior to arriving on campus to have lunch with their students. Please see the attached flyer for each teacher's lunch schedule.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084CACAE2CA3FDC61-51410174-lunch

Please see the updated school calendar. You will notice that the early release days that were scheduled during second semester have been removed. https://www.pasco.k12.fl.us/calendar

Spirit sticks are available for purchase for $1.00 each on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month!!

Students may bring in their dollars and purchase the spirit sticks in the courtyard on their way to class.

Add some flair to your gear!!

Parent lunch with Students

We are not permitted to bring food from outside restaurants and fast food places into the cafeteria. You are welcome to bring lunch from one of these places when you are eating in the Otter Pond with your student, though. Please do not drop off food in the front office to be delivered to your child for lunch or use any food delivery services to do the same. We will have to turn these away and would hate to waste food and money. Thank you for understanding and adhering to this district policy.

Signing Students out Early

Students who need to be signed out early for the day should be signed out by 3:15 p.m. at the latest. After that point, they will not be called up to the office until they have arrived in their designated dismissal room. We are unable to call students down to the office before parents arrive, as safety is our priority and ID's are required.

Transportation Dismissal Changes: VERY IMPORTANT

Any changes in mode of transportation home must be entered in to the Otter Runner form on our OES website by 3:00 p.m. EACH DAY to ensure a safe and smooth dismissal for all students.

Carline Reminders

NO CELL PHONES IN THE CAR LINE!! Please put vehicles in "PARK" while children are loading and unloading.

Safety Patrol / Morning Arrival

Safety Patrols being dropped off in the morning must be supervised by a parent until 9:15. Unless your student is a member of Safety Patrol, they cannot be dropped off at the flag pole or left unsupervised until 9:20. Parents who's students are not listed as bus or biker/walker for transportation, must go through the carline for drop-off and pick-up.

Volunteers:

Please visit the district volunteer website at https://www.pasco.k12.fl.us/hreq/page/volunteer to apply to be a volunteer.

Please use the below form to submit shout outs that our staff will receive in our weekly newsletter.

Community Recognition Submissions

Oakstead Meal Calendar

All students are eligible to receive free breakfast and lunch each day!!

Birthday Celebrations

Birthday snacks for your child's class may ordered through the Oakstead Elementary School website or using the form below. Due to allergies, outside snacks are not permitted for birthday celebrations and must be purchased through the Cafeteria. Please place order 10 days prior to the day of the celebration.

Classroom Celebration Order Form

Pasco County Schools Calendar

Pasco County Student Code of Conduct

Oakstead Parent School Information

Student Quick Pay

Den Shirts, School Fees, Field Trips, ID Badges, Car Tags

12/2-12/13 - FAST Testing (No lunch Visitors)

12/3-12/11- Holiday Shop

12/12 - Winterfest

12/16 - 9:00 PTA Meeting

12/17 - Culver's Spirit Night

12/23-1/3 - NO SCHOOL Christmas Break

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Email: oes_administration@pasco.k12.fl.us
Website: https://oes.pasco.k12.fl.us/
Location: 19925 Lake Patience Road, Land O' Lakes, FL, USA
Phone: 813-346-1500
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OaksteadElementarySchool/