Oak Trace Weekly Update January 15, 2021
A note from Mrs. Lynch Happy Friday! Just a reminder that next week we will recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday and students do not come to school and there is no virtual learning. We WILL be in session with students on Friday, January 22nd.
Please continue to be diligent about Covid and the health and safety of our students, parents, and staff. Please remember that if you, as the parent, are having symptoms and awaiting Covid results, your children should stay at home with you until you are symptom free and receive a negative result. Please be sure to review the Covid information and self monitor all members of your family regularly. If your child is exposed to another child who tests positive in activities outside of school, please quarantine your child. Do not send children to school who have any symptoms.
There has certainly been unrest in our country and I know there is concern as we head into the inauguration on the 20th. School is a safe place for all of us. We will not get into political conversations with students and instead direct them to talk with you. As we talk in school about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., our focus will continue to be on treating people right and doing the right thing.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Lynch [email protected] 317 867-6410 Snowy pictures from Art!
TOTS and All Aboard registration
TOTS and All Aboard registration for the 2021-2022 school year will open on January 11th at 6:00 a.m. and will close on February 8th at 11:59 p.m.
We will not have an open parent meeting as in previous years, but there will be a recorded meeting available no later than 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 6th on each of our programs webpages at: https://www.wws.k12.in.us/Page/1048>Departments>Student Support Programs>TOTS or https://www.wws.k12.in.us/Page/1051>Departments>Student Support Programs>All Aboard.
The webpages will also have a link for virtual tours of an infant room, a two year old room, and an All Aboard room and will also have a FAQ link to answer some of the most frequently asked questions.
We will do the lottery for program placement on February 10th, and families will be noti ed of enrollment status on February 16th. The lottery is usually open to the public, but because of covid, visitors will not be able to attend.
Please reach out to Donna Benedict at [email protected] if you have questions about registration.
Hearing Screenings for virtual students If there are any online learning students that would like to have a hearing screen, please contact Mr. Butz at 317-867-6470 or [email protected]. What's happening January 18th-NO SCHOOL (in school T-F this week) January 25th-Hearing Screenings for K, 1st and 4th February 15th-NO SCHOOL (in school T-F this week)
Math Challenge The following students have passed the Math Challenge:
K:
1st: Matthew T.
2nd: Charlie D. and Max M.
3rd: Benjamin F.
4th: Avery T., Andrew M., So a G., Tripp M. Grant O., and Hunter O.
Rent the Rock See the following PDF for information on how to RENT THE ROCK! This information is also on our Oak Trace website under parents and resource links. Just click the PTO MEMEBERSHIP TOOLKIT.
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Donate to Open Doors Download pdf Show the Love 89.0 KB Attendance line Attendance line phone # is 317-867-6401. For all absences and late arrivals, press 1 to leave a message. Please call by 8:30 A.M. For all transportation changes, press 2 to leave a message and please call by 1:00 P.M.
If calling after 1:00 P.M., please call the o ce directly at #317-867-6411
WINTER FESTIVAL BASKETS DONATIONS NEEDED - WINTER FESTIVAL BASKETS This year winter festival baskets will be ra ed off virtually on Feb 25th. However in order to make this happen we are in need of your donations. Each grade has 3 baskets up for ra e. Parents should have received an email from their teacher or room parent with details about what is needed and how to donate. Please have your donations in by Feb 1st. If you have any questions you may email [email protected] THANK YOU!!
Lunch times All Aboard/TOTS 11-11:30 Kindergarten 10:45-11:15 1st 11:20-11:50 2nd 12:30-1:00 3rd 11:40-12:10 4th 12-12:30 Making Music Children's choir Children's choir Together grades 1-3 grades 3-8 Kids singing safely in the children's choirs. What's happening What's happening Nurse's clinic in Stem in Media We need your help to keep our schools as safe and healthy We had a great week in STEM. We just keep moving along in during this pandemic. Please For this rotation 4th grade is the library! This week, I began do not come to school if you learning about binary code, and talking about the research have ANY of the following: third graders are working with process with the 4th grade Sphero robots. 2nd grade is students! In the upcoming COVID symptom(s) such doing some coding and a weeks, they will be introduced as fever or chills, cough, brainstorming activity called to a special project that fatigue, headache, SCAMPER. First graders are involves library, music and art! muscle or body aches, working with 2 coding robots, We talked about search congestion or runny nose, Code and Go Mouse and Botley, engines and how to narrow sore throat, nausea or and Kindergarten classes are down our searches! I put a vomiting, diarrhea, doing some coding, and document in their Google shortness of breath or building LEGO marble mazes. I Classrooms that will give them loss of taste or smell. hope you have a wonderful some safe search engines to These can be mild to weekend! use while doing their research severe. and they had time to explore! I If you call in sick, please also talked about plagiarism leave a message stating and how important it is to use your symptoms you are their own words and give credit experiencing. If you have when using someone else's. any of the COVID More info about this exciting symptoms, one of the project in the next few weeks! WWS COVID team Third graders got introduced to members may contact an exciting reading program you to discuss steps to called Read to the Final Four take to return to school which is a great way to safely according to the encourage reading and state guidelines. possibly win some cool prizes! If you get a message Each 3rd grader has been from the WWS COVID given access to myON through team, please return the their CLEVER account! During call or call the COVID our time in the library they will hotline at 317-867-8056 complete an interest survey before returning to and do a quick reading school. Due to the number assessment to give them some of calls it may take 24 hrs book suggestions! Then, they to return calls. will have access to thousands If someone in your house of digital books to read! We are is sick or waiting for test "competing" with other 3rd results, do not come to grades in the state of Indiana school until the results and trying to move up in the are known Please leave tournament that is coming to a message if someone in Indianapolis! It is their minutes your home is positive for that count and myON keeps COVID. The COVID team track of all of that! So...let's get will call you back to help reading!!! Here is a link to read determine the return to more about this exciting school date. reading program! Read to the If you are quarantined Final Four Kindergarten, 1st, due to being exposed and 2nd grades are getting (close contact), please do back to hearing our 20 Young not return before the Hoosier picture books for this determined date with the school year! It has been so WWS COVID team or the nice to share these books, school nurse. WWS again, with the boys and girls! I maintains the 14 day just LOVE getting them excited quarantine period. about reading and books! All K- Please turn in any MD 3 students will have the notes or negative test opportunity to vote on their results to the o ce favorite book at the end of the before returning to school year! school. Happy Reading! Mrs. Lane If you are a close contact or test positive over the holiday break please report this to the COVID hotline 317-867-8056. Have a healthy, happy holiday break. What's happening What's happening What's happening in music in art in PE Happy 2021! This week in the Art room was This week in P.E. students have I hope you all had a wonderful a lot like last week. In been working on their winter break! kindergarten, Mrs. Baldwin's overhand throws while Currently we are working on class painted polar bears. incorporating math skills. the following concepts in music They turned out SO cute! First Students throw a ball with class. graders in Mrs. Fletcher's proper form at a large dice class, did our penguin project balanced on a pole. If it is Kindergarten is working on and learned how to use chalk knocked down, they must read High and low. We are learning pastels. In 2nd grade, Mr. Van the number the dice landed on the song, "I Have a Little Den Berg's class is working on and score it on the scorecard. Snowman." It moves up the sewing a cardinal resting on a They continue to add the scale and back down again. branch using plastic canvas numbers until they reach 21! They are very excited to be and yarn. It's tricky but they We call this game DICE BONK!. playing the hand chimes and are doing a great job with it. We continue to learn about comparing the pitch of the two Mrs. Marvel's class worked on eating a wide variety of foods chimes that are both a C. One our Snowman project using our for proper nutrition. Here are is big and one is small. One is bingo daubers as markers and some recipes for your family if low and one is high. If your got a special treat of some free you are looking for easy meals kindergarten student has been time for having the most points to prepare. to music this week ask if they in 2nd grade last month. Third remember which one is which. graders in Mrs. Barnett's class Have a safe weekend. and Mrs. Denkmann's had fun 1st Grade- We are working on beginning a winter landscape reading and playing quarter completely out of paper. We notes, two eighth notes, and are learning about the quarter rests, and learning elements of art- space and about crescendo and value with this project. Mrs. decrescendo. Martin's class is working on an outdoor watercolor project 2nd Grade and 3rd Grade- We inspired by the artist Jen are working on reading and Aranyi. Mrs. Damiani's class playing quarter notes, two did an early Valentine's Day eighth notes, half notes and project that is a Truck full of quarter rests, and learning LOVE. What an amazing week about crescendo and we have had! decrescendo.
4th grade is learning about and doing a dance called, Tinikling. It is a dance that originated in two bamboo poles that are tapped together and on the ground.in a 3 beat pattern. The dancers have to step into poles and back out from side to side. You can see an example here. https://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=sV0JWLU2T7Y
Have a Harmonious Weekend! Mrs. Paul