District 68 Notes

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Updated: March 17, 2012 8:10AM

Important Dates

Feb. 17 - No School / Teachers Institute Day

Feb. 20 - No School / Presidents Day

Feb. 22 - Inst. Programs and Tech Meeting - 8:30 a.m.

Feb. 23 - Facilities Committee Meeting - 9 a.m.

Oak Grove receives award

Oak Grove School was among only 438 schools statewide that received the Academic Excellence Award for 2011 by sustaining high performance levels on state assessments for at least three years. To earn an Academic Excellence Award, schools must meet the following criteria:

• Schools must have made Adequate Yearly Progress as required by No Child Left Behind.

• In schools serving grades 8 and below, 90 percent of students must have met or exceeded state standards in both reading and mathematics for the three most recent school years.

• We also received this Academic Recognition Award in 2010.

Good Character Students

Cruising With Good Character!: K - Jack Willis; First Grade - Matthew Azuara; Second Grade - Timmy Schuman; Third Grade - Kaitlin Gowens; Fourth Grade - Gianni Vargas

PTO search for volunteers

Oak Grove PTO is looking for volunteers to fill the following positions for the 2012-13 school year: Art Awareness; Father/Son Pizza Night; Fifth-Eighth Room Parent Coordinator; Mall in the Hall; Mother/Daughter Tea; Nominations; Spirit Wear.

Mother/Daughter Tea

The annual fifth grade Mother/Daughter Tea will be held on Feb. 29 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Junior High Library.

School receives attendance award

Oak Grove School was awarded 2nd place in the 23rd annual Attendance Week Awards for 2011. We had 97.43 percent attendance for the week of Oct. 24-28, 2011.