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Information included in today’s Oakton
Updates includes the following:
- Important Upcoming Dates
- 2nd Annual Digital
Citizenship Expo
- Boys Basketball Parent Interest
Meeting
- Giant
Card and VIC Card – CORRECTED For Giant Card
- The
32nd Annual Oakton Classic Invitational Marching Band Competition
- Self
Defense Workshop for Families Only
- Governor’s
School Interest Meeting
- PTSA
Funding
- Best
Buddies October!
- School
Pictures – Ordering and Makeups
- Doodle
Tools Needed!
- Cougar
Cabaret – October 27 & 28
- Kaplan
Full Length Free SAT Practice Test – November 18
- Oakton
Improvables Comedy
Show – This Friday!
- Latin
Club Reminders
- Winter
Track and Field
Important Upcoming Dates
October 17: 2nd
Annual Digital Citizenship Expo
October 19: Makeup underclass
picture day (see message below for process)
November 3: Last day of 1st
Quarter, Two Hour Early Release
November 6-7: Student
Holidays
November 22: Two Hour early release
November 23-24: Thanksgiving Holiday, no school
Full FCPS School Calendar for 2017-18
2nd
Annual Digital Citizenship Expo
Join parents from the
Oakton Pyramid to discuss digital citizen topics such as Digital Drama and
Sexting. Some sessions will include student panels who will share their
experiences with the topic and to answer parent questions. There will be two
sessions with a selection of topics to choose from; more information about the
sessions can be found on the flyer.
If you are interested
in coming, please take a moment to fill out this parent interest form and share what school
your child attends and the topic(s) in which you are interested so there will
be enough resources for all. Child care will be provided for children ages 5-12
years old.
The schools in the Oakton Pyramid are Crossfield
Elementary, Mosby Woods Elementary, Navy Elementary, Oakton Elementary, Waples
Mill Elementary, Rachel Carson Middle School, and Oakton High School. Also
including Luther Jackson Middle School and Franklin Middle School.
Boys Basketball Parent
Interest Meeting
There will be an interest meeting for
parents of all boys that are planning on playing basketball this winter on
10/23, at 7pm, in the cafeteria.
Giant
Card and VIC Card – CORRECTED for Giant Card
When you link your Giant Bonus Card or your Harris Teeter VIC card to Oakton
High School, both stores will donate a percentage of your purchases to our
school! This is an easy way to support OHS every time you shop and doesn't cost
you anything extra!
Giant Bonus Card: To link your Giant Bonus Card, visit www.giantfood.com and
select Savings & Rewards. Follow the prompts to create your online
account. You will need your 12-digit Giant Card number and the School ID
# which is 02127. If you don't know your Giant Card number, call 1-877-366-2668 OPTION
#1.
For
Harris Teeter VIC Card, follow this link. Our
school code is 5115.
The 32nd Annual Oakton Classic
Invitational Marching Band Competition
The Oakton Classic is a time-honored
tradition that brings together student musicians and color guard members on a
field of pageantry and skill, and provides them with an exciting opportunity to
display their abilities outside of the classroom. Each year, dozens of high
school marching bands from throughout the Northern Virginia area and beyond
come to Oakton High School to participate in one of the region’s finest
marching band competitions. Our featured band is the George Mason Green
Machine! For more information, go to www.oaktonbands.org/oaktonclassic/
Location: Oakton High School Football Field
Date: October 21, 2017
Time: 2:30pm Competition begins
Self Defense Workshop for Females Only
This workshop, conducted by a crime
prevention officer from the local police station, is designed to address both
the mental and physical aspects of self-defense.
Part one is an information sharing which covers the mindset of self-defense to
help avoid threats/dangerous situations. Topics include: situational awareness,
personal protection “tools” and safety considerations at home and when in
public.
Part two is instruction on techniques which can be used if you must physically
defend yourself. The focus of these techniques is to stun and run from a threat
with the purpose of getting to a safe location/seek help.
November 13, Monday, 7:00-8:30PM
Oakton HS Lecture Hall
Please RSVP to leona.chan@me.com if any teenage daughter and female adults can
join us. We just need a headcount.
Governor's School Interest Meeting
Interested students can attend an
informational meeting on Wednesday, October 18th in the Lecture Hall during
Cougar Time from 10:36 - 11:16.
What is Governor’s School? Governor's School is an academically challenging
program for sophomores and juniors, who excel in academic disciplines and the
arts, and want to be challenged beyond the regular school experience. Programs
are offered during the summer at Virginia colleges for 4 weeks.
Who should apply? This program is open to 10th and 11th graders only. Students
who apply should have at least a 3.8 GPA or better (for Academic Governor’s
School), have the emotional maturity and self-discipline to live away from
home, be available late June through July, and rank above the 90th% in
standardized testing. The selection process is run at the county and state
levels and is highly selective.
PTSA Funding
FUNDING IS GOING TO SUFFER
The PTSA's ability to fund programming
for the entire school is at risk. As of today, we have collected less than 50%
of our fundraising goal of $18,000.
What is at risk? Funding for: student groups, teacher grants, mental health
programming, SOL and AP snacks, students-in-need, and more. With increased
numbers of students and staff, our budget is being stretched very thin.
Please consider making a donation -- PTSA Membership is not required.
You may donate online here.
Or, checks made payable to OHS PTSA can be mailed to the school:
OHS PTSA
2900 Sutton Rd.
Vienna, VA 22181
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Best Buddies October!
Sign up for Best Buddies Friendship
Walk and DONATE to Team Oakton.
Mark your calendars for the following dates
Saturday October 21: Best Buddies Friendship Walk in DC--an Oakton group will
be taking the metro!
Thursday October 26: Halloween Party 5-7pm in cafeteria
School Pictures- Ordering and Makeups
School
Picture Makeup Day
All underclassmen make up pictures will be on October 19 during the school day.
Make up eligibility:
- Any student who was absent for the original photo session.
- Any student who was dissatisfied with their original portrait package. Please
be prepared to hand the old package to the photography staff. Students must
return their old package to the photographer in order to receive a new package.
- Any student who did not receive an ID card at the original session.
- Any student who has incorrect/missing data on their ID card from the original
session.
- Unless approved by a school administrator, we will not re-photograph if the
student is simply unhappy with their photo.
Ordering
Pre-ordered pictures and proofs are being distributed in English classes. To
order online, please follow instructions on the packet. You may also visit
vosphoto.com/ucreorders and use your student's ID number as the code.
Doodle Tools Needed!!!
Seeking all markers, color pencils,
gel pens, and paint pens wasting away in darkness at the back of drawers! Bring
your lonely supplies to the Gold Office to donate for the November 1st Doodle
Day!
Cougar
Cabaret!
Oakton Chorus Department Presents:
COUGAR CABARET: Award Winning Music
October 27 & 28, 2017
Get ready for an exciting evening of
singing presented in a modern cabaret setting. Students from the Oakton Chorus
program will showcase their talents singing both ensemble selections and
featured solos. The theme this year is Award Winning Music and the line-up
includes winners and nominees of some of the most celebrated awards programs
including the Oscars, Grammys, Tony’s and many more!
Tickets are currently available at the pre-sale price of $10.00 if purchased by
October 26th. You may purchase tickets from any Oakton Chorus student through
this Wednesday or in the cafeteria during lunches next week. A limited number
of tickets will be available at the door for the full price of $15.00.
Cougar Cabaret will be held in the Oakton High School Cafeteria. Doors open at
6:30 for seating and the show begins at 7:00pm. Snacks will be available for
purchase during the performances and free dessert and coffee will be offered at
intermission. Hope to see you there!
Kaplan Full length free SAT practice
test - November 18
You have enough to worry about on Test
Day. Start preparing by taking one of Kaplan’s free full- length practice tests. We’ll help you get familiar
with the content, timing, and format of the test, so you feel confident when it
comes time for the real thing.
Sign up for our SAT practice test today:
Oakton High School Saturday, November 18th, 2017
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM kaplan.formstack.com/forms/oakton_high_school
Oakton Improvables Comedy Show
This Friday night is the first Oakton
Improvables comedy show. Come meet our new team and enjoy 2 hours of
improvisation and fun. 7pm in the lecture hall. Best of all. - it’s free!!
Latin Club Reminders
Salvete omnes! Just a few reminders
and updates from Latin Club:
1. Students attending the Virginia Junior Classical League Convention in
November must submit their 3 academic test and 1 non-academic event decisions
to Magistra Moore in room 251 by either email or in person by this Friday the
20th.
2. VJCL students must also submit their forms by Nov. 17th
3. Latin Club members need to submit their $10 annual fee in order to
participate in any upcoming events such as t-shirt voting and the Lemuria party
4. Students interested in submitting a t-shirt design idea for Latin Club must
submit their ideas by Friday the 20th to either Magistra Moore or a club
officer in person or via email. The author of the winning idea gets a free
t-shirt!
5. Latin Club is hosting their annual Lemuria (Halloween) party on Wednesday
the 25th after school. There will be food, games, prizes, and a movie! Costumes
and candy are encouraged.
Winter
Track and Field
Think
you are fast!?! Do you have a lot of endurance and can run forever? Do you need
to stay in shape for your spring or fall sport? Then tryout for the Oakton
Winter Track & Field Team. There will be interest meetings on Monday,
October 23, in the Lecture Hall. One meeting will be held during the school
day, during Cougar Time, for those who cannot stay after school. And the other
will be right after school in the Lecture Hall as well. Can't make either
meeting? Then feel free to see Coach Decker in room 128, or email him at
RLDecker@fcps.edu
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