Oakwood Public School 255 Omer Avenue, Port Colborne, L3C 3Z1

May 2018 Newsletter

Mr. P. Hawkey – Principal Mr. John Dickson- Superintendent

Mrs. S. Quesnel - Secretary Mr. D. Schaubel – School Board Trustee

School Phone: 905-834-9732, Email: http://oakwood.dsbn.org

What’s Up… May 2018

1-Oakwood Track & Field, Rain Date –May 2nd 3-Pizza Lunch 3-Kinders to Heartland Forest 8-Mad Science 8-Gr 3/4’s to Ball’s Falls 9-Gr 1/2 Art Workshop with Royal Conservatory Artists 10– Pizza Lunch 10-DSBN Track & Field Meet @ Centennial HS 15-Mad Science 17 –Pizza Lunch 18-PA Day –No Classes 21-Victoria Day –No Classes 22-EQAO begins and runs each morning until June 4th 22-Mad Science 22-Parent Council Meeting 24-Pizza Lunch 24-Gr 5/6 Niagara History Museum 28– Scientist’s in the Classroom 29-Mad Science 31-Hamburger Lunch

From the Eagles Nest…

We are happy to announce that we wrapped up our

Vesey’s fundraiser with a profit of $1200.50. The

orders will arrive some time the 3rd week of May for

pick up.

Our first chocolate bar bingo was a huge success, we

had lots of participation and have planned to run

another on June 7th. Hope to see everyone there!

Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 22nd

at 6:30 p.m.

As always, everyone is

welcome to attend!

Message from the Principal

May is a busy month at Oakwood. We have

the EQAO testing at the end of the month

for our grade three and grade six students,

there are many trips and classroom activities

planned as well as Track and Field for sports. For

dates and times be sure to refer to the calendar

for the month.

Our focus on student problem solving in Math is

continuing, and we urge you to challenge your kids

with their math 'thinking'. During Education Week

(April 30-May 4) we’ll reflect on how far we’ve

come, we’ll celebrate our successes and we’ll set our

sights high.

It seems that the year is quickly coming to an end,

but there is still lots to do at this busy time. We

always appreciate the support we receive from the

parents and community at

Oakwood, and we are lucky to have

such a supportive staff.

Bring on the sun and the flowers!

Mr. P. Hawkey

OAKWOOD NIGHT AT

HUMBERSTONE SPEEDWAY

Sunday, June 3, 2018

Earlier start time

50/50 draw to benefit Oakwood Public School

Prizes to be won

Kid’s Club Privileges

And more…

More details to come!

Track &

Field Day

We will be

holding our

annual Track

and Field meet at Port Colborne

High School, on May 1st. Please

return you child’s consent form as

soon as possible.

Students will need to bring their

lunch and snacks for the day, with

them to the field. Please ensure

students dress appropriately for the

weather and the days events,

including proper footwear, hats and

sunscreen.

For the safety of our students, no

one will be permitted to leave the

high school premises for lunch,

unless a parent or guardian picks

them up and drops them off. We

would ask parents to notify their

child’s teacher if they plan to do so,

in advance.

We welcome parent volunteers

who are able to assist at the high

school on this day. Please contact

Mr. Wilson or the office if you are

available to help. In the event of bad

weather we have a rain date sched-

uled for May 2nd.

Good Luck to our Athletes!

Heritage Fair Update

We held our annual Heritage Fair on April 11th. Parents were im-pressed by the effort put into these projects and how well they were executed.

Congratulations to Hailey W, Ally V, Leah H and Reese K for being chosen to represent Oakwood at the DSBN Heritage Fair on April 24 at Old Fort Erie.

Great Job Girls!

A huge thank you to Mr. Bartok for coordinating this event!

School Cash On-line

If you haven’t signed up already, we

hope you will consider this easy and

convenient way to pay for hot lunches,

school trips and special events, as well

as permission forms etc.

Visit our school website and click on

“School Cash Online”. There you’ll find

more information about the system,

links to registration

and support. If you

have any questions,

please don’t hesitate

to contact the school

office.

Mad Science

Mad Science is running Tuesdays at second nutrition break, 12:55p.m.—1:35p.m. Dates: May 9, 16, 23, 30, June 6, 13.

Kinders to visit

Heartland Forest

Our kindergarten friends will be

going to Heartland Forest on

Thursday, May 3rd to participate in

the Frogfest program. We will have

the opportunity to explore and

investigate frogs, salamanders and

turtles in their habitats, while foster-

ing a curiousity for the outdoors!

What Fun we’ll have!

What’s Happening...

-In Mrs. Burns Class

On Wednesday, May

9th, a professional visual

artist from the Royal

Conservatory of Toronto will visit our

class to conduct an Art Workshop

with students.

On Monday, May 28th, Scientists in

the School will visit our class.

Chess Club

Update

Oakwood students participated

in the Area chess tournament at

Dewitt Carter School on April

4th. Our Eagles showed great

sportsmanship and represented

Oakwood well.

Micah Vanderveen and Kylan

Szabo advanced to the DSBN

tournament in St. Catharines.

Kylan was able to attended the

DSBN tournament and did a

great job representing Oakwood.

Summer Music Camp

The NSO’s acclaimed Summer Music

Camp offers children a chance to

explore music making - and have fun!

SMC has classes for ages 18 months to

15 years, grades JK – 10, welcoming all

skill levels, in choral, instrumental and

orchestral programs.

July 2 – July 13 (session 1)

July 16 – 27 (session 2)

Register at www.thenso.ca or call

905-687-4993 x 223

Join us at Summer Music Camp 2018!

Connect Conference

On Wednesday, April 25th, we had 6 girls involved I events

at the Connect 2018 Conference in Niagara Falls. Two

grade 6 girls, Hanah and Keira attended a Girls Technology

Camp sponsored by IBM. The camp focused on STEM

(Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). Four grade

8 girls, Carly, Mackenzie, Reese and Jasmin, set up a booth

to present their work on Technovation, where students

developed an “app”. They were able to share their ideas

and work with the conference attendees. They all did a

great job of representing Oakwood School in the larger

community.

Pictured right: Jasmine M., Mackenzie E., Mr. Hoshizaki -

Director of Education, Carly S., and Reese K.

Oakwood players on the Grey Team at PCHS

Junior Boys Basketball

Our Junior Boys Basketball program has come to an end.

They had a fabulous season finishing with a 5-4 record and

finishing 3rd at the PCHS Tournament. We are very proud of

our players. Way to go Eagles!

Matthew William Ethan denHollander

Owen Campbell Lucas denHollander

Dylan Matchett Riley Fairman

Tyler Vickers Jake Graham

Aston Mater Krish Joshi

Jonas Kpanabon

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Track & Field Day

@ PCHS

2

Track & Field

Rain Date

3

Pizza Lunch

Kinders @ Heart-

land Forest

4 5

6 7 8

Mad Science

3/4’s to Ball’s Falls

9

1/2’s Art Workshop

10

Pizza Lunch

DSBN Track &

Field @ Centennial

11 12

13 14 15

Mad Science

16 17

Pizza Lunch

18

PA Day

No Classes

19

20 21

Victoria Day

No Classes

22

EQAO Begins

Mad Science

Parent Council

Mtg @ 6:30 pm

23

EQAO

24

EQAO

Pizza Lunch

5/6’s to Niagara

History Museum

25

EQAO

26

27 28

EQAO

1/2’s Scientists in

the Classroom

29

EQAO

Mad Science

30

EQAO

31

EQAO

Hamburger Lunch

* EQAO continues

until June 4th

May 2018