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Dear Families,
It’s been a great week at Oak Hill! Thank you to all who helped stock the staff lounge with delicious treats and drinks (see below!). Our Sully District School Board Representative, Stella Pekarsky, joined us for a great update at our PTA Meeting on Tuesday Night. See the PTA section below to access the information shared. Please consider participating in our Piero’s Spirit Night on 2/28/23 to enjoy great food and support the school at the same time!
Please let me know if there is anything I can do to further support your child's learning at Oak Hill! If you have questions or feedback for Mrs. Durso or myself, please fill out this google form.
Sincerely,
Holly DeVore, Principal
 Student work celebrating Black History Month
The Oak Hill vs. Lees Corner 6th Grade Basketball Game is just around the corner (on March 17th)! Online orders for tickets and spirit wear are now open (while supplies last)! The window for orders will close on Monday, February 27th. Place your order here!
The basketball game will take place on Friday, March 17th at Chantilly High School. Tip-off is at 6 pm. Tickets for the basketball game are $4 per person or you can purchase a family pack for $15 (families of 3 or more). Tickets will be sold at the game, but they will be $5 per person.
All tickets, t-shirts, and spirit items will be delivered to your child’s class during the week of March 13th.
*Items available for purchase include:
T-shirt $10
Eye Black Pair $1
Paw Tattoo Pair $1
Foam Paw $5
Pom Poms $3 each
Wolf Ears Headband $5
Blue Sunglasses $3
Pop-it Fidget Bracelets $2
Mascot Beads Necklace $1
Blue Bead Necklace $1
White Bead Necklace $1
Magnet $5
(*Only sold online, while supplies last)
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 Thank you to all the parents who donated snacks and drinks to stock the teacher's lounge and to the PTA for organizing this and arranging it so beautifully. We are very grateful!
We are looking for new stickers to represent Portrait of a Graduate skills. Pick a favorite attribute (Communicator, Collaborator, Global and Ethical Citizen, Critical and Creative Thinker, Goal-Directed and Resilient Individual) and design a sticker that represents one of the skills involved with that attribute. Learn more about the attributes and skills here.
Design your sticker on Wixie, Canva, or on paper. Submit your design by March 1st. After that, all teachers and students will have a chance to vote on the winning sticker designs. The winning designs will be printed as REAL stickers! Check out the directions and submission form here for more details and to submit your design. If you have questions, please contact Lisa Prillaman, School Based Technology Specialist.
Mark your calendar to join us for an Oak Hill Showcase event on March 9th from 6-7:30pm at Oak Hill Elementary. Parents and students are invited to join us as we showcase instructional strategies that occur in our classrooms to support student learning and growth. Grade level teams and specialists will provide sessions where you can see some of these strategies in action and learn more about what our students day looks like. We will provide more details and information as we get closer to the date.
Treat your family to some delicious Italian food from 4-8 on Tuesday, February 28th! Mention that you are supporting Oak Hill ES and the school will receive 20% of all sales. Dine-in or carry out!
Piero's Corner
13340 Franklin Farm Road
703-707-6400 or Pieroscorner.com
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You may order your child's yearbook at ybpay.com. The School's code is 13278323. Yearbooks are $19.00. The deadline to order is April 14, 2023. |
We need your pictures for our yearbook. If you have any group pictures from the first day of school, Skate Night, music concerts, a spirit day, a field trip or any other fun filled OHES event, please forward.
We cannot guarantee all pictures will be included, however we will include as many as we can. Please indicate in the email what grades the students are and what the event is.
Please email your pictures to MKCoyne@fcps.edu with "Yearbook photos" as the subject line. Thank you!
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February Black History Month
Feb 22 School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
Feb 27-Mar 3 Public Schools Week
Feb 28 Piero's Spirit Night, 4-8 pm
March 2 Early Release at 1:30 pm
March 3 School Planning Day - No School
March 8-10 NNAT Testing for First Graders
March 9 Learning Showcase 6-7:30pm
March 17 6th Grade Basketball Game @ CHS
February 21st PTA General Meeting
Minutes and slides from last evening's PTA meeting are available here: https://oakhillpta.ptboard.com/school/cm?mid=458#fndtn-ann_3
Science Olympiad Update
Congratulations to the Oak Hill Science Olympiad team for placing 3rd place at the Charlottesville Regional tournament. Competing against mostly middle school teams, they qualified for the state tournament. Oak Hill students won 11 awards across all events, with 3 first place awards. Good luck to the team as they prepare for the Virginia state tournament, which will take place at UVA on March 25th!
Franklin Middle School is hosting their Band and Orchestra Camp June 21-July 2023. Registration is now open. Go to https://www.franklinbandcamp.com for more information.
Thomas Jefferson High School will host their 19th annual Techstravaganza on May 13th. More information is available at TJTechstrav.org
In case you missed it in FCPS This Week, the school division shared updates on the following topics:
- 2023-24 School Year Calendar
- School-Zone Speed Cameras Launched
- Tutors Needed!
Read FCPS This Week to learn more about these topics. If you are not already receiving the weekly newsletter, sign up today.
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