 It's been a great start to the school year for students with library visits, comparing prime and composite numbers, and Writers' Workshop.
Please join us as we celebrate health and wellness at the Asha-Jyothi 5K on September 15, 2019 at Fairfax Corner. Asha-Jyothi will donate all proceeds from Oak Hill ES registrants to our school. For more information and to register, scan the QR code below or visit the Asha-Jyothi website. Use the coupon code oakhillaj5k for a $10 discount. Online Registration closes on Friday, September 13th at 8 PM! In person registration can be done at packet pickup location and onsite at the race location from 6AM – 7:30AM on Sunday Sept 15th.
If you have questions please email contactus@asha-jyothi.org. We hope to see you there!
During the first two weeks of school Oak Hill has been reviewing and practicing safety procedures and protocols. By tomorrow, two fire drills and one lockdown drill will have been completed. We practice these procedures to protect students and staff members in cases of real life emergency situations. This week, Mrs. DeVore and Mr. Credle have been meeting with grade levels to review Student Rights and Responsibilities. These discussions with the students have been engaging and productive. As a reminder, the signature page of the SR&R booklet is due October 25th.
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We are excited to announce that Oak Hill is going to the next level of providing our students and staff with a healthier lunch! Beginning on September 11, we will be implementing a new Salad Bar. You will find the Salad Bar lunch menu describing the vegetables, fruits, proteins and grains available on the Salad Bar, as well as the students’ hot entrée choice here. All students will select their fruits and vegetables for lunch from the Salad Bar, and then they may complete their lunch by choosing salad bar proteins and/or grains, or the hot entrée listed on the menu for that day.
Please plan to enjoy ice cream at Baskin Robbins on September 19th between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Some of your favorite Oak Hill teachers and staff will be scooping! All proceeds will go towards the Oak Hill technology and staff development funds. Thank you for supporting our Spirit Night!
Fairfax County Public Schools has a contract with Global Payment Solutions to provide online payment services as a convenience to our parents and guardians for school lunch, student fees and other school store items through their online website and mobile apps commonly referred to as MySchoolBucks. As with a lot of mobile applications or online portals, users are required to accept “Terms and Conditions” when they register to use the application.
Typically, as updates are made to the portals and applications, users are required to read and accept the updated terms and conditions. Recently, MySchoolBucks updated their application and added the following Terms and Conditions as of July 31, 2019.
- Requiring the user to agree to mandatory arbitration.
- Waive any right to be part of a class action suit.
The provisions are ordinary and customary and are commonly used by e-commerce vendors. The MySchoolBucks Terms and Conditions specifically state that this is not the only way to make payments to a school.
The options are to 1) agree to the terms; or 2) provide payments using cash or a check. Additional payment information is available online.
Parents who speak Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Korean, Spanish, Urdu, or Vietnamese can call a telephone information line for general information about FCPS and to receive support if they are having difficulty communicating with their children's schools due to a language barrier.
Are you interested in gardening? Sign up for the Oak Hill Garden!!! The garden team needs co-chairs and volunteers throughout the year. The commitment needed is about 3 hours a month during the active growing season. Past gardening experience is not necessary.
Welcome to the 2019-2020 school year! We are all looking forward to a great year of learning! Mrs. Wheeler, Oak Hill's Advanced Academic Resource Teacher, will hold a parent information session on September 25, from 9:00-10:00 am in the cafeteria. At that meeting, she will share an overview of the four levels of service in FCPS and share general information about the screening process/timeline for this year. At the December 3 meeting, she will focus specifically on the referral/screening process. For more information about the Advanced Academics program in FCPS, click here.
Here are some important dates to note for the year:
September 25, 2019 AAP Parent Information Meeting – 9:00-10:00 am in the school café
October 10, 2019 AAP Level IV referral forms due to Mrs. Wheeler (only for students new to FCPS as of January 1, 2019)
December 3, 2019 Parent Information meeting – referral/screening process information, 9:00 in the school café
January 9, 2020 AAP Level IV referral forms and optional materials due to Mrs. Wheeler at Oak Hill ES
If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Wheeler, Advanced Academic Resource Teacher, at jgwheeler@fcps.edu.
The sixth annual FCPS Mental Health and Wellness Conference will be held on Saturday, October 5, at Fairfax High School from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m, sponsored by Inova. The morning session will focus on social and emotional learning, with a keynote address given by Dr. Marc Brackett, founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.
More information is available at the Mental Health and Wellness Conference website.
My name is Liam Reardon and I am senior at Chantilly High School. I am approaching the rank of Eagle Scout in Troop 158 and for my project I wanted to do something that would involve the whole community. My project is a collection of used sports equipment which I will donate to my beneficiary, Leveling the Playing Field - a non profit organization that collects and distributes used sports equipment to underprivileged communities. Leveling the Playing Field accepts most types of equipment except for bicycle equipment, clothing and uniforms, hats, and sneakers (however cleats are accepted). I will have a collection box placed in the front lobby of the school from 9/9-9/30. I would greatly appreciate your help with my project. More information can be found here. For further questions please email me at Lmreardon00@gmail.com. Thank you in advance for your support.
Join the PTA today.
The PTA works to directly benefit the students at Oak Hill Elementary, to provide educational enrichment programs, family fun events, after school activities, and much more! The membership pledge is $50/family. You can find more information here. Some of the benefits include the following:
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Early Bird Access to Afterschool Activities and $25 discount on each Afterschool Activity
- Membership access to discounts (Office Depot, Hertz, Lifelock, Lenovo, Quicken, Tea Collection, Relay, etc.)
After School Activities
Science Olympiad (3rd - 4th) is open now for members (with a $25 discount) and will soon open for all.
Other afterschool activities will open for members on Sept 9. They include the following classes: Chess (K-6), Tournament Training (K-6), Debate (grades 1-6), Run Club (grades K-6),Wheelie Bots (grades 1-3), Drawsters (K-6), Coding (grades 2-6), Zumba (K-5), Yoga (K-5), It's All About Science (grades 1-6), Sports Spectacular (K-6), Film Making Club (grades 3-6). The Geography Club is coming soon.
Work with the PTA
The PTA is currently filling our Board to help support our school and a few key positions still need to be filled! Think you'd make a great addition to our leadership team? It's a great way to meet other parents and give back to our school! For more details click here. Please email president@oakhillpta.org if you are interested in working with the PTA.
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September 11: First day of Salad Bar
September 13: Online registration closes for Asha-Jyothi 5K Race
September 15: Asha-Jyothi 5K Race, 8 am @ Fairfax Corner
September 19: Scoop Night at Baskin Robbins, 4-8pm
September 20: 6th Grade [Bowe, Cosby, & McGorty] Field Trip to Planetarium
September 20: PTA Movie Night at Oak Hill, 6-8:30pm
September 24: 6th Grade [Kosaraju, More, O'Malley, & Wright] Field Trip to Planetarium
September 25: AAP Parent Information Meeting, 9-10am
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