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Information included in today’s Oakton Updates includes the following:
- Important Upcoming Dates
- Reception Honoring Dr. Banbury – from the PTSA
- Produce for The Pantry
- Sully District Town Hall to discuss the Fairfax
County FY 2018 Budget – March 8, 7-9 pm
- Cougar Commendations – Faculty Nominations
- Spirit
Day Wednesday for Spread the Word to End the Word
- Girls
Basketball State Championship Info and Fan Bus
- Oakton
DECA Dominates at SLC
- Understanding your Financial
Award Letter Presentation – This Saturday
- Library Hosts Author Visit
- NoVa Teen Book Festival 2017
- Parent Education Night – Chasing the Dragon – March 13
- Parent Education Workshop:
Developing Leadership Skills – March 28
- World Kidney Day Fundraiser –
March 9
- Sports Physicals
Important Upcoming Dates
March 7,8 – Writing SOL for students in English 11 and English 11 HN,
Auxiliary Gym
March 8, 9 – Modified
Bell Schedules; No Cougar Time either day
March 8 – Spread the Word to End the Word Spirit Day
March 9 – Speaker during 2nd period
March 13 – Parent Education Night viewing Chasing the Dragon
March 24 – Student Holiday
Mark your calendars!
Tuesday, April 4 and Wednesday, April 5 – Exhibition of Learning!
Mark your calendars!
Tuesday, April 4 after school – faculty Exhibition of Learning!
Mark your calendars!
Wednesday, April 5, 7 – 8:30 PM – PTSA reception honoring Dr. Banbury
Reception Honoring Dr. Banbury
Save the Date: Wednesday, April
5th, 7 - 8:30 PM*
After thirteen incredible years as Oakton High School's Principal, Dr. Banbury
will be leaving us to begin his new job as Executive Principal in the FCPS
Region 1 office. Please join us for a reception as we honor and thank Dr.
Banbury for all that he has done for Oakton High School, and wish him well in
the next phase of his career.
All members of our extended Oakton community are invited to stop by, say hello,
and share memories with Dr. Banbury. Please feel free to share this evite with
anyone who would like to attend.
Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by 4/1/17.
Thank you and we look forward to sharing this festive evening with you!
* Please note, this reception will take the place of our PTSA meeting
previously scheduled for this time.
Produce for Pantry
On Fridays, 25 students-in-need
take home backpacks full of food for the weekend. We would like to begin adding
fresh produce to the backpacks. Since The Pantry does not have a refrigerator,
we can accept produce on Friday mornings only. We have set up a schedule for
donors so that we don't collect more produce than we can use.
Produce should be brought to the front office no later than 8:30 AM on Friday
mornings only. Please click here
to sign up.
If you need to participate in the
backpack program, please contact your counselor.
Sully District Town Hall to discuss the Fairfax County FY
2018 Budget – March 8, 7-9 pm
Please join Supervisor Kathy
Smith, School Board Representative Tom Wilson, County Executive Ed Long, The
Sully District Council, and Budget Staff from Fairfax County and FCPS to
discuss the FY 2018 budgets. More information here.
Cougar
Commendations Faculty Nominations
Cougar
Commendations is a program designed to honor Oakton students and faculty for
their contributions to the Oakton community through the five categories of the FCPS
Portrait of a Graduate: Communicator, Collaborator, Ethical and Global Citizen,
Creative and Critical Thinker, and Goal-Directed and Resilient Individual. More
detail about the categories can be found here. If there is
a member of the Oakton faculty who you would like to nominate, please fill out
this nomination form.
Spirit Day
Wednesday!
Oakton
High School will celebrate Spread the Word to End the Word all week long,
including a spirit day on Wednesday March 8. Please wear BLUE or a Best Buddies
Shirt and show your spirit! We will also have a special guest visiting us
during all lunches!
Girls Basketball
State Championship Info and Fan Bus
Congratulations
to the girls basketball team on qualifying for the state championship game at
the VCU Siegel Center on Saturday, March 11th at 6:45 pm! We hope to have a fan
bus for students and members of the community. (It is first come/first served. If we do not have enough signed up by noon
on Wednesday we will not be able to get the bus and will refund money.) The
price is $35. The cost includes the bus ride and the $10 ticket into the game.
The bus will leave Oakton at 3:30. Meet in the gym lobby at 3:00. The bus will
leave Richmond about 30 minutes after the game is over – approximately 9:00,
and it should be back at Oakton by 11:00.
To
sign up to go, please fill out the two-page permission
packet and bring $35 cash or check to Oakton HS and bring to the Activities Office by Wednesday at noon.
See below on how to purchase tickets independently if you are driving on your
own.
THE BUS WILL NOT BE STOPPING FOR FOOD. STUDENTS SHOULD BRING LUNCH/SNACKS FOR
THE BUS AND MONEY TO PURCHASE FOOD AT THE SIEGEL CENTER.
If a student does not show up for the bus Saturday afternoon, we will NOT be
calling parents to let them know. Parents will not be notified that their
student did not show up for the bus. Money will not be refunded.
PURCHASING TICKETS if NOT riding the bus:
People who are driving themselves may purchase tickets ($10 each) in advance on-line. (Keep in mind
that tickets have sold out in the past so you may not want to wait till you get
to VCU.) The Siegel Center ticket office is (804) 828-7267. On-site sales are
cash only. However, credit cards may be used to purchase tickets in advance
on-line or by phone for pick up at Will-Call (west end of building). Children
six years or younger are admitted free if accompanied by an adult. No seats are
reserved. The ticket office is located on the West end of the Siegel Center.
Oakton DECA
Dominates at SLC
Oakton
DECA had 100 students compete against 3,000 other students at the Virginia DECA
State Leadership Conference this past weekend. We had 29 students receive
special recognition and 56 students qualified to compete at the International
Career Development Conference this April in Anaheim, CA! This was a record
breaking year for Oakton DECA and we are so proud of our students!
Understanding
Your Financial Aid Award Letter Presentation – THIS SATURDAY
Seniors and senior families, need help looking over
the financial aid award letters you’ve received from colleges?
Saturday, March 11, 9-11AM – College Access Fairfax will be presenting on
Understanding Your Financial Aid Award Letter at Oakton High School
(Auditorium). We hope to see you there!
Library Hosts Author Visit
Oakton Library is hosting an
author visit on Friday, March 10th during Advisory and A-B lunches! During
Advisory, YA author Mary G. Thompson will read from her books and talk about
writing as well as answer your questions. The library has copies of her books
available to check out to read before the visit. Ms. Thompson will stay and
conduct a 1-hour writing workshop during A and B lunches. Students will need to
get permission from their 5th period teacher to miss the first hour of class to
attend the writing workshop session. (You may bring your lunch with you to the
Writing Workshop!) Students signing up for the writing workshop will be
expected to attend the full hour session.
Sign up for the Advisory session and/or the Writing Workshop with the author by
Thursday, March 9. To sign up:
• Complete this Google
Form (also available on Blackboard and the OHS website)
OR
• Stop by the library to sign up in person.
NoVa Teen Book Festival 2017
This year’s NoVa TEEN Book
Festival will take place Saturday, March 11 from 9:30 – 6:00 at Washington Lee
High School in Arlington. NoVa TEEN Book Festival, in its 4th year, is a FREE
festival celebrating Young Adult fiction. It’s a day-long event packed with
books, authors, and activities in Arlington, Virginia. It’s the first event of
its kind in the Arlington and Washington DC-metro area. Book lovers of all ages
are welcome!
Parent Education Night - Chasing
the Dragon – March 13
Oakton High School will be
presenting Chasing the Dragon: The Life
of an Opiate Addict, a documentary video about the growing problem of
opioid addiction, at 7:00 pm on Monday, March 13. In this documentary, a number
of young individuals (many from Northern Virginia) who have struggled with drug
addiction tell their personal stories, in their own voices, and at times using
potentially offensive language. More
information on the video is available on the FBI
website.
We hope parents can join the
Oakton administration and county police for the video and a discussion after
the viewing. Students who are accompanied by their parents are also welcome to
attend.
Parent Education Workshop: Developing Leadership Skills
Colleges place a strong emphasis
on demonstrated leadership skills. Employers consistently rank leadership as
one of the top 10 must have skills, even for entry level positions. In this
presentation we will explore ways to foster leadership skills in teens.
- What are the key attributes of a leader?
- What are exactly the leadership skills?
- Are leaders born or made?
- How does leadership now predict future success?
- Practical steps in developing leadership skills
Soraya Tarrant is a management consultant and a leadership advisor. She has
held multiple senior executive roles in major companies worldwide. Soraya
received her training in Advanced Executive Coaching at Columbia University.
She also holds Telecommunications engineering degrees from universities in the
UK.
March 28, Tuesday, 7-8PM, Lecture Hall
RSVP to Leona.Chan@me.com
World Kidney Day Fundraiser
The National Kidney Foundation is
hosting a Chipotle fundraiser on March 9, World Kidney Day. On this day, 50% of
the proceeds will be donated to the National Kidney Foundation. Please mention
the National Kidney Foundation when ordering at any Virginia Chipotle on
Thursday, March 9, between 10:45 am and 10:00 pm. Thank you for your support!
Sports Physicals
To participate in sports next
school year, your child must have a physical on file dated on or after May 1,
2017, on the new form (Revised April 2016). This includes working out in the
weight room, conditioning, “green days” and try outs.
The Oakton High School Athletic Training Program is offering an opportunity for
students to receive a sports health screening and pre-participation physical
(PPE) on Monday May 15, 2017 from 5:30-8 pm. Our team physicians, as well as a
staff of nurses, physical therapists and certified athletic trainers will be on
hand to provide a thorough screening. If during the screening or physical, the
physicians find something that is questionable to them regarding your child’s
health, they may request further evaluation by another physician. We are asking
for a minimum donation of $50 in exchange for the PPE. Registration is not open
yet, however, to register for a PPE, go to: www.oaktonathletics.org and follow
the links for sports physicals. There is also a link for the new form there as
well. Walk-ins are also welcome on that evening but we ask for a $60 donation
at that time. This physical is good for the entire following school year.
This is the Athletic Training Program’s method of fund raising. All the funds
for equipment and supplies are raised at this event. The county provides no
funding for any of the supplies or equipment in the athletic training room that
is used to take care of our athletes. Your support would be greatly appreciated.
You too benefit from this process. Once your child’s VHSL physical form is
completed that night, it stays on file at the school, as well as a digital copy
is kept on our server, so if you need a copy just email one of the ATCs and we
can sent you a copy.
PPE’s are being offered in the same format at every high school in FCPS and are
fund raising efforts at those schools as well. If you cannot attend the PPEs at
Oakton H.S., there may be another local high school offering the opportunity on
a date that may be more convenient for you. If you have any questions or
concerns, contact Paul Rupp, MS, ATC at prupp@fcps.edu.
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