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| Committee Chairs Still Needed | | Can you help?
Thanks to everyone that has already volunteered to serve on or chair a PTA committee! We're still looking for a few people to head up the following committees:
29th Annual 5K Fun Run (need 2 co-chairs) - Without a chair, we will be unable to continue this long running tradition.
Multicultural Fair Crafts (need 1 chair)
Field Day (have 1 chair, need a co-chair)
Multicultural Fair (have 1 chair, need a co-chair)
If you can help or would like more information about these positions, please contact Liliana Finch at lilianarf@yahoo.com.
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Reflections Art Competition | | |
This Year's Theme is "Diversity means..."
More information about the PTA sponsored Reflections art competition is coming soon. This year's competition theme is "Diversity means...". Look out for a flyer coming soon! In addition, the rules and guidelines can be found at www.georgiapta.org/leadership-reflections.html Contact Kathleen at marmarmom@gmail.com for further details. |
| Photos for the Yearbook | |  Share your photos with the Yearbook Staff Hello OGE families! Welcome back. The yearbook staff is looking for your help as we start off another great year at school. Remember to take photos at all school events. The best photos are of more than one student and multiple students are awesome! You can email a few photos to sharmilawrence@gmail.com or burn many photos to a CD and drop it off in the yearbook mailbox in the office! The big ICE CREAM SOCIAL was Friday, so if you attended, send us some of your best pictures! Thanks. |
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Thank you Oak Grove Market! | | |
Big Thanks to Oak Grove Market...
Thank you Oak Grove Market for donating the ice cream for our Annual Ice Cream Social. We appreciate your support!
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Thank You from Mrs. Reeves | | |
Dear Oak Grove Family,
Thank you so much for your contributions to the counseling department. With your help, my small groups and classroom guidance lessons will be off to a great start. I look forward to working with your children this year.
Let's make 2011-2012 the best year yet!
Mrs. Reeves |
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Wish Lists for Non-homeroom Teachers | | |
Non-homeroom teachers don't get a chance to share their wish lists for supplies by talking to parents at Open House. This year we thought we'd share their wish lists through the newsletter to see if you can help!
Please consider whether you can help with any of these supplies. You can send them with your child or drop them off at the front office (marked with the teacher's name). Thanks! Art Wish List (Beth Deery) *updated - Hand Sanitizer - Paper towels - Tissue - Rags - Plastic grovery bags Library Wish List (Linda Stuhr) - Clorox Wipes (75 count) - Tissues - Paper Towels - Pencils - fun and/or funky Music Wish List (Marcia Card) - Kleenex or facial tissues (1 box per class) - Hand sanitizer (1 bottle per class or 4 large mega size) - 5 large containers of Lysol or Clorox wipes (I use these to clean rhythm instruments) - 5 or 6 cans of Lysol spray (5 or 6 cans) Counselor's Wish List (Torrye Reeves) *updated - Clorox wipes (large tubes) - Tissues |
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Save the Date | | |
... for Career Day 2012
Career Day will be held on Friday, February 13, 2012.
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Are You a Georgia Natural Gas Customer? | | | Sign up for TrueBlue Schools program to benefit Oak Grove
Are you a Georgia Natural Gas customer?
Georgia Natural Gas will give Oak Grove Elementary $5 EVERY month for EACH customer who signs up for their True Blue Schools program.
Already a GNG customer? Then go to www.trueblueschools.com and select Oak Grove Elementary in Step 1. (Be sure you select the OGE in ATLANTA.) Ask your neighbors to do the same! The process is simple and quick.
Questions? Contact Michel Hudson at michelhudson@hotmail.com.
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| Meet and Greet with Superintendent Finalist | | Saturday August 27 at 10:00am
The DeKalb County Board of Education has announced that the board's finalist for superintendent, Dr. Cheryl Atkinson, will visit with parents, community members and others on Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 10:00am.
Dr. Atkinson will give a brief overview of her vision for the school system and answer questions submitted by community members. The meeting will be held at the DeKalb County School District Administrative Complex (AIC) located at 1701 Mountain Industrial Blvd, Stone Mountain, GA, 30083.
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OAK GROVE CREATIVE DRAMA CLUB for the active and imaginative child who loves the land of make-believe is still accepting a few K-3rd grade students for the Wednesday 2:45-3:40 fall session. Classes meet for 12 weeks, on-site at Oak Grove. Have fun, stimulate the imagination, build confidence, presentation and sequencing skills and learn all about acting, theater and performance. We are a process oriented program and teach kids about creativity, characters, costumes, story-telling, mythology, puppetry, theater games, fairy tales and improvisation. Learn to use your voice and body expressively. Register on-line at www.dramachildren.com or call Doris Seiden, Director, for information (678)557-1456.
Please Note: Thursday session for 1st-5th graders is now full!
OAK GROVE KEYBOARD/PIANO CLUB still has limited openings for the 12-week fall session for kids who want to learn how to play the electric piano keyboard. Please note: Tuesday, 2:45 class for K and 1st graders is now full! Still registering K and 1st graders for Thursday 4:15 class as well as 2nd-5th graders for Tuesday 3:45 and Thursday 5:15. Register on-line at www.familykeyboard.com or call Doris Seiden, Director, for information at 678-557-1456. Have fun learning to play the piano in our Suzuki-style program which includes ear training, musical notation, percussion, singing, rhythm and movement games, keyboard improvisation and an end-of-session recital.
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