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MAY 2, 2016 TIGER TIDBITS A Note from Principal Ahl It is hard to believe that we have only four weeks to go because we still have so much planned and so much to accomplish. As we head into the final month of the school year, our teachers have a great deal of important instruction to cover and wonderful activities planned. For this reason it is more important than ever that students attend daily and arrive on time. Thank you for your care in making sure that all children are with us through the last day of school (May 27)! See below for information regarding Open House, our exciting event that rounds out our school year. Please make sure to join us in the MPR at 5:45pm before visiting classrooms and seeing many of the wonderful learning outcomes from this year! 5/2-Information & Q/A Session with OPUSD Superintendent, Dr. Tony Knight Re: Potential OPUSD Bond Measure Parents and community members are invited to an information session and Q/A in the Brookside MPR at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, May 2nd about a potential school bond measure that may be placed on the November ballot by the school board. Your input and feedback are desired! Notes from the OPUSD School Board Meeting April 19, 2016 Educating Compassionate and Creative Global Citizens At the regular monthly meeting of the Oak Park USD Board of Education held on April 19th, the Board recognized Brookside PTA President Tina Wang with the Partners in Education Award. The Oak Park High School Academic Decathlon Team and their Coaches, Robin Midiri and Jan Willis were recognized for their outstanding achievement at the 2016 Ventura County Academic Decathlon Competition. Please click HERE for the entire summary.
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MAY 2, 2016 TIGER TIDBITS
A Note from Principal Ahl It is hard to believe that we have only four weeks to go because we still have so much
planned and so much to accomplish. As we head into the final month of the school year, our
teachers have a great deal of important instruction to cover and wonderful activities planned.
For this reason it is more important than ever that students attend daily and arrive on time.
Thank you for your care in making sure that all children are with us through the last day of
school (May 27)! See below for information regarding Open House, our exciting event that
rounds out our school year. Please make sure to join us in the MPR at 5:45pm before visiting
classrooms and seeing many of the wonderful learning outcomes from this year!
5/2-Information & Q/A Session with OPUSD Superintendent, Dr. Tony Knight Re: Potential OPUSD Bond Measure Parents and community members are invited to an information session and Q/A in the
Brookside MPR at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, May 2nd about a potential school bond measure
that may be placed on the November ballot by the school board. Your input and feedback
are desired!
Notes from the OPUSD School Board Meeting April 19, 2016 Educating Compassionate and Creative Global Citizens
At the regular monthly meeting of the Oak Park USD Board of Education
held on April 19th, the Board recognized Brookside PTA President Tina
Wang with the Partners in Education Award. The Oak Park High School Academic Decathlon
Team and their Coaches, Robin Midiri and Jan Willis were recognized for their outstanding
achievement at the 2016 Ventura County Academic Decathlon Competition.
Please click HERE for the entire summary.
MAY 2, 2016 TIGER TIDBITS
Staff Appreciation Week is Here! It’s time to celebrate our BES ALL-STARS: OUR AMAZING TEACHERS & STAFF! Staff Appreciation Week is here, and our
PTA Staff Appreciation Committee and room parents have been
hard at work to honor our Brookside Teachers and Staff who have hit it out of the park! In addition to a fabulous week of fun activities and treats the PTA Staff Appreciation Committee have planned for our staff and teachers this week supported by your generous donations (see below), your students will be honoring their teachers for their MVP work THIS WEEK! Please refer to ParentSquare communications from your room parents.
UPCOMING EVENTS…
5/2 Information & Q/A with Superintendent Tony Knight 8:30 a.m. in the MPR 5/4 Staff Appreciation Luncheon 5/5 Mrs. Moderhak’s Retirement Celebration 5/11 OPEN HOUSE! 5/14 PTA 80’s Parent/Daughter Skating Event at Skate Plus 5-7p.m. 5/15 PTA Parent/Son Field Day Event at Brookside! 3-5 p.m. 5/21 Brookside Annual Campout & Carnival 5/27 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL/5th Grade Culmination
Mark Your Calendars: The first day of school is Tuesday, August 9th!
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5/2 and 5/3 - 5th Grade Parent Education - Preparing Your Student for Middle School with School Counselor, Holly Baxter
The Oak Park Unified School District is proud to offer a 5th Grade
focused Parent Education Event: Preparing Your Student for Middle School. The transition
to middle school can be exciting, and nerve-wracking! Together we’ll go over common fears
and worries, how to support kids during the transition, and what to expect from your middle-
schooler. Although this presentation is geared specifically towards parents of current 5th
graders, all parents are welcome. Please join this informative workshop presented by Holly
Baxter, our Elementary School Counselor, on Monday, 5/2 7:00 – 8:00 pm or for a repeat
presentation on Tuesday, 5/3 8:30 – 9:30 am located at the Red Oak MultiPurpose Room
4857 Rockfield Street, Oak Park. Click HERE for more information.
5/5-Mrs. Moderhak’s Retirement Celebration A retirement celebration for Brookside alumni, honoring our beloved first
grade teacher, Mrs. Moderhak, will be held at Brookside on May 5th from
3pm-5pm in the staff lounge. We need your help! Please pass the word to former students that have culminated from Brookside. It would be a nice
surprise for Mrs. Moderhak to see these former students and their families at
her celebration on May 5th. This celebration is not for her current class, as
current Brookside students will have the opportunity to say their goodbyes at a later date. If
you have questions, please contact Virginia Standring, Office Manager. Thank you!
5/14-PTA Parent-Daughter Skating Party! Forms DUE This Friday, 5/6! May 14th is our totally awesome 80s & RAD Parent-Daughter Skating Party that you TOTALLY don’t want to miss out on! Put
it on your calendar! Saturday, 5/14 from 5-7pm at Skating Plus in Ventura! Forms are available in ParentSquare at the post HERE!
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5/11 Open House
Brookside’s Open House is HERE!
Bring the family and enjoy Sharky’s
for dinner! Students can enjoy
activities with Growing Outdoors
& CREATE Art, and parents
should attend the parent meeting at 5:45 p.m. in the MPR. Our evening parent meeting is a
great way to get caught up on information if you are not able to attend our PTA General Association meetings in the mornings! We will be introducing our board-elect, hearing from Principal Ahl,
discussing goals for 2016-17, and more.
Please join us to stay involved and informed! We will also view a short version of the
incredible Just for the Kids video, Brookside parent, Stephanie Boggs, produced for our Give
to Grow Gala. You won’t want to miss it!
OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULE
• 4:30 p.m. Sharky’s begins serving
• 5:45 p.m. Student Activities with Growing Outdoors & Parent Meeting in the MPR until 6:30 p.m.
• 6:30 p.m. Classrooms Open (they will not be open earlier!)
• 7:30 p.m. Classrooms Close/Open House Ends
5/14 -Book-Raising Event for My Stuff Bags Foundation Kyler,, fifth grader in Mrs. Stephens class, loves reading, and he will be holding a book raising
event at Barnes and Noble in Westlake Village on Saturday May 14th from 11am till 2pm. He will be donating any new books that people purchase to the My Stuff Bags
Foundation. He is hoping to collect as many books as possible so that children in need have
something to read, especially for the summer! He would love to see Brookside Tigers there!
Thank you to Mrs. Stephens for taking her students to My Stuff Bags to teach them the
importance of and gratification that comes from giving to the community!
MAY 2, 2016 TIGER TIDBITS
Library News From Brookside Librarian, Kelly Shaver! Once again great moments, discussions and new books were shared
together this year in the Brookside Library!!!
A new PTA program called, “The Birthday Book Club” was very successful and appreciated this year!
It is a great opportunity for our library to gain new books on the behalf of your child’s birthday month!
Your $20 donation enables the library to purchase a new release or needed book for the library. We
then present the book to your child for first checkout and a bookplate with their name and birthday
stays in the book as a special donation. This was the first year and the program donated about 140
new books to our library! Thank you for those who donated and look for next year’s sign up forms
online and at registration. Forms are also in the office year-round and in the library. A month notice is required prior to your student’s birthday month and summer birthdays are honored on the half birthday.
Don’t forget to encourage summer reading this summer and check out the summer reading programs
at our local Oak Park Library! http://www.vencolibrary.org/youth/teens/music-movies-and-more
Oak Park’s Community Summer Read for 2016 is the touching realistic novel,
Fish in A Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt (recommended for grades 5-8th). Another excellent list of hot
summer books for all ages with reviews, SRI levels and teacher recommendations and summer reading
contests that begin online on May 2nd is through http://www.scholastic.com.
Happy Summer Reading to all of our Brookside Tigers and families!
Kelly Shaver Brookside Library
2017 Brookside Parent & Staff Party Committee Forming Did you LOVE our 2016 Give to Grow Gala? We are looking to do it again! Let us know if
you are interested in being part of the team. Planning starts now! Contact Tina Wang at
5/21 -Annual Brookside PTA Carnival & Campout! Fun Starts at 4:30 p.m.! SAVE THE DATE and join us for our beloved annual year-end Brookside
tradition of fun carnival games & activities, inflatables, food trucks, capped
off by camping out with other Brookside families in Mae
Boyar! Look for more details this week!
MAY 2, 2016 TIGER TIDBITS
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Don’t Miss Out On This Great Summer Camp! Come Join Sports N’ More at the Oak Park Community Center for two amazing weeks of sports camp. Visit their website www.sportsnmore.co for more information.
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Promote Your Business in Tidbits! Are you a local business interested in advertising in our Tidbits
e-Newsletter? Do you know of a local business that would like to
advertise with us? Send them our way! We are now accepting submissions for advertisements in our
Tidbits e-newsletter. Every ad helps to support your child’s favorite PTA program! Support local
businesses, support our school. Click HERE for more information.
OAK PARK COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS Oak Park 50th Anniversary Game Board Pre-Sale Opportunity! Celebrate the last 50 Years of Oak Park by purchasing your very own Oak Park-Opoly Game
Board. Orders are now available on our district website at: http://www.oakparkusd.org/Page/
7278.
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5/31-7/22-Oak Park-Agoura Sports Fitness Camp
