The end of the year

is rapidly approaching! Next week we will be hosting an end-of-the-year GATE program here at the school. Students will be showing the projects they have been working on recently.For those parents who might not be bale to make it that day, the projects will also be on display during Ocean Night as well. Tuesday, June 8th, there will be a Character Education assembly at 2:00 pm in the gym. Wednesday will be our annual PTA Luau Lunch! and Thursday night, June 10th will be our 2nd Annual OCS Talent Show!

The following week will bring 12:30 dismissals and Field day on Monday, June 14th in the morning and Ocean Night at 6:00 pm.

Graduation will be held at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, June 16th and the last day of school for students will be June 17th. On the last day of school we will also hold our Academic Awards ceremony as well.

Till next time...

This week and next....

This week is a little quiet around here... except that the 8th grade will be travelling to Washington, DC for their annual field trip! Should be pretty exciting. We are going to tour the White House, the Pentagon and the Capitol. We are also going to tour Mount Vernon!

Next week will be another week stuffed with activities for many of our students. We will be holding testing in grades K-2 next week in class and the brand new Algebra I test will be given to those students taking Algebra I this year. This is a new assessment being given as part of the American Diploma project... I do not agree with an added test! But my protests went unheeded. We will see what the impact of another test will be on our students.

We will also be hosting the Spring Book Fair, sponsored by the PTA. This year Ms. Dachisen and I will be trying to raise additional money so that we can buy more books from the Book fair to donate to the school library. Students will be "voting" via change they can drop in to one of two canisters in the lunchroom. The "winner" will be turned into a human ice cream sundae at the end of the day on Friday May 28th! Ten students will be selected to assist with the creation of the ice Cream sundae. Should be a cool way to raise some extra money for new library books.

Wednesday, May 28th will be the Spring Concert. Mrs. Firling and her music classes have been preparing a wonderful night of music and fun. The concert will begin at 6:00 pm.

Till next time...

Field Trips

Did you know that our field trips, from the Sterling Mines to the Washingotn, D.C. trip are all funded--in most cases wholly funded-- by the efforts of our PTA.

Thanks.

Till next time...

Interesting facts....

The museum that housed the largest collection of original Smokey the Bear memorabilia was burned to the ground by an arsonist. Sad!

The per pupil cost here in Oxford in 2009-10 was $13,100... $700 lower than the state average for K-8 districts....there are 47 K-8 school districts in the Garden State that spend more per pupil than we do here in Oxford.

Till next time....

New Budget Information

Ever wonder how to get a question answered concerning the school budget? Wonder no more!!
You can email us here at school, get your answer and then check our website and a new FAQ page that will be developed. The new email address is:

budget@oxfordcentral.org

Till next time...,

What???

In 1923, parts of China's rural Heilongjiang province experienced a severe thunderstorm during which thousands of cobras fell from the sky.

Kind of makes the snow and the rain seem pretty insignificant, doesn't it!

Doraphobia...

What it is: The dread of touching the skin or fur of an animal.

Probably what keeps me from being a farmer!

random thought of the day.