From the Desk of ~ Michael Rivard, Oak Hill Principal Thursday, November 3, 2016 Acorn News -Mighty oaks from tiny acorns grow Oak Hill Community School 2600 County Road 136 St. Cloud, MN 56301 Office: (320) 251-7936 Attendance: (320) 202-6822 E-mail: [email protected]Page 1 of 2 Dear Oak Hill Families, Last week was a wonderful reminder that Oak Hill is a community school. We saw a tremendous response to our school conferences as families spent time with their child’s teacher learning about their child’s growth during the first two months. October was also Bully Prevention month. At Oak Hill, we teach school-wide bully prevention throughout the year, as well as provide classroom lessons that focus on the topic. Our goal is to help support a safe and caring culture where all students feel validated. As we move into November, one of the highlights of the year for me is seeing our students celebrate Veteran’s Day. In preparation for our Veteran’s Day assembly on November 11th at 8:00 am, we extend a warm wel- come to our families, particularly those with active or former armed services members, to our celebration. Please make plans to join us if possible. Finally, we have been busy at Oak Hill Community School providing information on the bond referendum to our families and staff. This referendum is potentially the most important ballot question for our community, and we want to be sure each of you has the information needed to make a decision on November 8th. You can always call me or ask questions directly to Superintendent Jett at [email protected]. Thank you! -Michael Rivard, Principal Election Day Don’t forget to get out and vote on Tuesday, November 8th! Congratulations to our 2016 Knowledge Bowl Team on a successful season! Their last meet of the season is this Monday at Oak Hill. Interested fourth graders are welcome to attend the meet to check it out! The meet begins at 4pm!
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From the Desk of ~ Michael Rivard, Oak Hill Principal
Last week was a wonderful reminder that Oak Hill is a community school. We saw a tremendous
response to our school conferences as families spent time with their child’s teacher learning about their child’s
growth during the first two months.
October was also Bully Prevention month. At Oak Hill, we teach school-wide bully prevention throughout the
year, as well as provide classroom lessons that focus on the topic. Our goal is to help support a safe and caring
culture where all students feel validated.
As we move into November, one of the highlights of the year for me is seeing our students celebrate Veteran’s
Day. In preparation for our Veteran’s Day assembly on November 11th at 8:00 am, we extend a warm wel-
come to our families, particularly those with active or former armed services members, to our celebration.
Please make plans to join us if possible.
Finally, we have been busy at Oak Hill Community School providing information on the bond referendum to
our families and staff. This referendum is potentially the most important ballot question for our community,
and we want to be sure each of you has the information needed to make a decision on November 8th. You can
always call me or ask questions directly to Superintendent Jett at [email protected].
Thank you!
-Michael Rivard, Principal
Election Day
Don’t forget to get out and vote on Tuesday, November 8th!
Congratulations to our 2016 Knowledge Bowl Team
on a successful season! Their last meet of the season
is this Monday at Oak Hill. Interested fourth graders
are welcome to attend the meet to check it out! The
meet begins at 4pm!
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Oak Hill Calendar/Upcoming Events
November 4th: Movie Night
November 9th: Pizza Ranch Dining Event
November 9th: Texas Roadhouse Gift Card Money Due
November 23rd: School Closed
December 5th: Panera Fundraising Night
December 13th: PTSA Meeting in the Media Center
Looking for an Oak Hill Event? Check out the Oak Hill Acorn and the
Thursday E-mail www.isd742.org/oakhill Oak Hill News
Counselor’s Corner
Congratulations to the following 5th grade students who have been selected as Student Council Representatives for the 2016/17 school year: Henry Burkstrand, Addison Olson, Suzan Sok, Ben Schmidt, Ella Roggeman, Fahimo Gelijire, Julia Christman, Austin Kunz, Sumeyo Sharif, Alex Walk, Jenna Ammundson, and Benjamin Reker. The Student Council will provide an extension experience for students to develop leadership skills that support posi-tive programming at Oak Hill Elementary.
Our first project will be a food drive for the Salvation Army from November 7, 2016, to December 19, 2016. For the last week of this food drive (December 12 to 16) we will have a special challenge for Oak Hill students to bring enough food to circle around the hallways at school. More information on this special challenge will be an-nounced. In the meantime, please consider having your student(s) participate, regularly, by placing their non-perishable food item in the food barrel near the front office.
Thank you and we look forward to the excitement and satisfaction that comes from helping others.
-Nancy Streng, School Counselor
WatchDOGS
WatchDOGS (Dads of Great Students) is a school based father involvement program that works to support educa-tion and safety. Its for fathers, grandfathers, step-fathers, uncles, and other father figures who want to volunteer at the school for at least 30 minutes or longer to help with anything from traffic at drop off and pick up times, helping students in the lunchroom, going on field trips, or helping in the classroom. If you are able to or would like to spend some time with your child at school you can sign up to be part of the WatchDOGS by calling Robert Power at 641.640.0236 or by email at [email protected].
This has been a busy week for Oak Hill PTSA as we have been preparing for our Fall Fest!
A special thank you to our sponsors– Woods Nursery, Coborns, AirMaxx, Little Ceasars and Great Clips for their
generous donations!
We also want to extend a HUGE thank you to the families and Oak Hill Staff who helped with the event:
Mark Heysse Chris Murphy Esther Dusha
Sydney Gustin Spencer Gustin Stephanie Brown
Ella Collier Jennifer Doschadis Ruth LaFerriere
Drew Erickson Stacy Stine Mark Zellman
Chris Berard Jean Ouimette Amy Dvorak
Tech NHS Boy Scout Troop 14 Cub Scout Pack 113
Heidi Bares Annah Frost Rex John
Aarti Carter Joy Gustin Jessica Glieden
Sara Backes Jennifer Roche Jennifer Collier
Robert Power Amanda Anderson Angie Janni
Michael Rivard Deb Jokela
A special thank you to Oak Hill’s custodial staff; Betty, Billy, Evan and Sherri; for all your help before and after the event!
