Weekly Bulletin
February 15, 2012
Check out The Oakwood You Tube channel! (Youtube.com/theoakwoodschool)
Click here or click on the You Tube icon on the website or quick links to the left….you might see some folks you know! (It may not be Tim Tebow, who BTW read Green Eggs and Ham to the Kindergarten today, but still….they are some of our heroes!)ANNOUNCEMENTS
RE-ENROLLMENT CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN MAILED
All contracts have been mailed and are due back 2/29/12. If any current families need to apply for Financial Assistance, they should go the the FAST link on the website. All Financial Assistance apps are due back 2/29/12.
2012 PARENT SURVEY
The Oakwood School encourages parents to participate in the annual Parent Survey to share feedback on your child’s education and how well The Oakwood School is meeting these expectations. Click here to start your survey which will take between 6-10 minutes to complete. Please take time out of your busy schedule to complete this survey.
OAKWOOD MERIT SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION AND 2012-2013 APPLICATIONS
The Oakwood Merit Scholarship Competiton is this Saturday, 2/18; this is open to current and non-Oakwood rising 9th-12th grades. The forms are available on the homepage under
MyOakwood. Meanwhile, the admissions office works on a rolling admissions, so applications are being accepted for the 2012-2013 school year. Help spread the word. For more information, contact Louise Haney at lhaney@theoakwoodschool.org
YEARBOOK ORDERS, ADS AND PERSONAL MESSAGES Yearbook order sheets have been distributed. Please get them back as soon as possible. Forms are on the website under MyOakwood, as well as with Christine, for any business that would like to buy ads for the yearbook. Help support Oakwood by purchasing an ad for your business in the 2011-12 Yearbook! The forms for parents/friends to use for personal ads or special messages for the yearbook are on the website and Christine has them in the office as well.
LS TRANSITION GATHERINGS
The Lower School faculty will be hosting a Transition Gathering Thursday, 2/23 from 6-7pm to provide an opportunity for parents to meet faculty members, discuss curriculum and activities, and ask questions about the next year’s grade.
GREENVILLE MUSEUM OF ART STUDENT ART EXHIBIT AND RECEPTION – MUSICIANS WANTED
Dear Parents,
This month we will have our annual Oakwood Art Show at the Greenville Museum of Art from February 12 – March 9. The reception for this show will be on Sunday February 19th from 1:00 – 3:00 pm. As we have done in the past, I would like to invite our talented student musicians to come and perform a song or two for the parents and guests. There will be a piano and music stand available and students will perform in the front room of the museum. This is an opportunity for students who study an instrument to get some performance practice in a low pressure setting. Please email
me if your child would be interested in performing for this event. I will be happy to accommodate your schedule. The more, the merrier!
Also, if you are interested in helping with other aspects of this art show, we can use your help. (hanging artwork, refreshments for reception, etc.) Thanks for your continued support of the Fine Arts Department!
Erin Scully
ONCE UPON A TIME there was “INTO THE WOODS”
The Oakwood Upper School is presenting the musical “Into the Woods” by Lapine/Sondheim on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday on March 16, 17, & 18 at 7:00 PM and 3:00 PM respectively. Ticket prices are $5 for children and seniors and $10 for adults. We need lots of help from parents for makeup, costuming, building and painting sets, selling tickets and everything.
WORLD WATER DAY
We are pleased to announce that for the first time, The Oakwood School is participating in World Water Day. International World Water Day is dedicated to bringing awareness to the importance of water quality.
On Thursday, March 22, 2012, we will raise awareness about this issue by Walking for Water, a fundraiser in which students from the Upper and Middle Schools walk 6 kilometers (around 3.7 miles) carrying 6 liters of water in a backpack. This distance is the average distance that women and girls in developing countries must walk every day, typically carrying 20 liters of water.
Students will ask their family, friends and neighbors to sponsor their walk. The money that the students raise will go to water and sanitation projects in developing countries. For more information you can visithttp://www.walkingforwater.eu/ .
The walk will take place in the morning hours of March 22nd. Students will traverse the nearly 4-mile trek on the South Tar and Green Mill Run Greenways. Support volunteers will be recruited from the Upper School to man the start, finish, and rest areas; encourage the walkers; and help keep the pace. Parent volunteers are also welcome to participate in the event. For more info, contact Keyla Thompson atkthompson@theoakwoodschool.org.
BRITISH SOCCER CAMP AT OAKWOOD
The British Soccer Camp will be held again this summer July 16-20th. For more info and to register, look under MyOakwood.
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Pick of the Pics
Scientists at work – 2012 Science Olympiad
Learning the finer points of Belly Dancing at International Night
Hands up! 2nd-5th graders know their stuff in Intramural basketball
The Upper School Valentine’s Dance – Lookin’ good….
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