Oak Knoll Spirit Day - Friday, May 18th
The
Calling ALL Kids came up with a theme to support and promote both the
Oak Knoll Talent Show and the Otter Run! The theme is: The Rock Stars meet The Track Stars!
Students are encouraged to dress up and be creative!
Here are some ideas from Calling ALL Kids:
Dress like a member of a rock band, with crazy hair, a boa, and lots of glam!
Dress like a runner, sporting your Otterwear or Otter Run T-shirts!
Dress like both and mix it up!!
Remember our Talent Show is on Spirit Day 5/18, and our Otter Run is on 5/20.
Go Otters!!
SITE Council Election Results
Congratulations to the newly elected members of the SITE Council: Andrea Luskin, Kasey McJunkin, Theanne Thomson, and Meredith Walsey! Thanks to all of you who took time out of your busy schedules to vote.
Specialists' Update
Did
you know the Kindergartners are learning to play the Orff instruments?
The second graders are working on hand drumming; and the fourth graders
are playing the ukulele! Check out more from Music Specialist, Bee Tee.
Dr.
Westfall is definitely getting all the students ready for the Otter
run! Read up on all the fun traditions, dances and exercises she is
teaching our little Otters.
Click
on the link for Ms. Bennion's Library Nook and read about the results
of The California Young Reader Medal books and for more information
about the National Schools Project Poetry Contest.
Music Notes by our Music Specialist, Bee Tee
May Gym Shorts - The short story of PE at Oak Knoll with Dr.Westfall Library Nook from Jane Bennion, Oak Knoll Librarian
May Lifeskill - Respect
Book - Seeds of Change by Jen Cullerton Johnson
As a young girl in Kenya, Wangari was taught to respect nature. She grew up loving the land, plants, and animals that surrounded her - from the giant mugumo trees her people, the Kikuyu, revered to the tiny tadpoles that swam in the river. Although most Kenyan girls were not educated, Wangari, curious and hardworking, was allowed to go to school. There, her mind sprouted like a seed. She excelled at science and went on to study in the United States. After returning home, Wangari blazed a trail across Kenya, using her knowledge and compassion to promote the rights of her countrywomen and to help save the land, one tree at a time. Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace brings to life the empowering story of Wangari Maathai, the first African woman, and environmentalist, to win a Nobel Peace Prize. (Amazon description)
Respect comes in all forms. In this story we are learning about the respect of our environment. Explore with your kids other ways we show respect (respect to other people, respect to property etc). Respecting our world is not just one person’s job or a job for adults. It is a job for all of us. When I walk through the lunch area, I ask students to pick up the garbage around them. Students will respond, "But it’s not mine!” It shouldn’t matter; we want to keep the land clean. That is showing respect for our school.
Remind your kids of the story from October; The Golden Rule. This story was about respecting others, treating them in a way you would like others to treat you. Do you like to be yelled at? Then you should not yell at others.
You can take a piece of paper and break it up into sections and ask your child- what does respect look like at home, in the classroom, on the playground, to friends.
Counselor Nicole Scott
Otter Weekly Paper Copies
If you or someone you know, needs a paper copy of the Otter Weekly newsletter sent home with a child on Mondays, please send a note or email Barb Snow, Office Manager.
