 Recycle: Art Supplies Needed
We are also in need of crayons! New or old, worn out, large, small or broken are acceptable. We're running low and can really use any unused, crayons that you may have lying around.
Please deposit your donations in the boxes in the lobby or take them directly to the Art Room.
Thank you Recycling Committee Chair - Michelle Register |
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Avoid a ticket. Obey all parking signs and traffic laws when visiting Oak Grove Elementary.
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Welcome to Mrs. Bonnie Clear, Oak Grove's new Fourth Grade Teacher!
Please read Mrs. Clear's Welcome Letter below...
All About Me
- I attended Livsey Elementary School for Kindergarten
 through fourth grade and Woodward Academy for fifth through twelfth grade. - I love and support all athletics!! For the past two years, I have been coaching a middle school girls' soccer team. I would love to be involved in an afterschool athletic program and support my students in their after school activities.
- I pride myself on being a professional, collaborating well with co-workers, communicating with parents, and being an active member of the community.
My Top 5 Teaching Tools
- I am an Auburn University Alumni and love Auburn athletics; therefore, if you enter my classroom during small groups you will most likely hear me ask to meet with the War Eagle group or the Tigers group.
- As a strategy to keep myself organized at home I write and complete several "To Do Lists"; therefore, I have transmitted this organizational tool to my classroom to help myself with classroom management. My students have a "Finish To Do List" that they complete once they finish independent work. The "First To Do List" includes independent, partner, and group activities.
- If you were to come to my house on a weekend or weeknight, you would most likely see me working on my laptop or using my iphone; therefore, I like to incorporate technology into my lesson plans. I help students master wiki pages, webquests, glogster, and several other tools found on the internet or on a smart board.
- Also, in my spare time I enjoy exercising and socializing; therefore, I like to implement lessons that allow my students to move around the room and not stay on the carpet or at their desk long amounts of time as well as implementing peer collaboration in the lessons. Students work together and have specific roles on certain tasks throughout the day, so if you walk by my door you will certainly hear knowledge being absorbed.
- Finally, I am an avid reader. I believe in the importance of students reading daily in every subject. One of my favorite tools to implement reading across the curriculum is Reader's Theatre.
Mrs. Clear is teaching fourth grade ELA and Science and is replacing Mrs. Angela Reaves who has moved to Indiana with her husband due to his job transfer. Mrs. Clear can be reached at the school number (678-874-7402) or by email at bonnie_b_clear@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us. She begins on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 and we are thrilled to welcome her to our staff!
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Kiss The Blarney Stone - Party With A Purpose
Dinner and Auction to Support the Oak Grove Foundation
Saturday, Match 17th, 6:30 - 10:30 p.m.
Miller Ward Alumni House
Tickets are on sale now! Grab your lucky four-leaf clover and join us for our annual live and silent auction - this year with an Irish twist! The evening will feature dinner, contests, live music and the chance to bid on amazing items like original classroom art, get-a-ways, a wall of wine, the chance to be a fighter pilot for a day and much more! Invitations went home in this week's Communicator. Order tickets and donate items online at oakgrovefoundation.orgDonate to our Wall of Wine!
Visit The Bottle Shop (located next to Mo's Pizza) and purchase a bottle of wine or gift card as your donation to the Wall of Wine. Visit the store for more information or email stacey@elucas.net.
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Walking School Buses Are Coming Back!
This year's Georgia Walk to School Day is on Weds., March 7th, and we're celebrating it with the return of Walking School Buses! A walking school bus is several students walking to school with adult leaders while being safe and being seen! Make plans to meet up with one of the following buses returning from last year: The LaVista Traffic Dodgers; The Galloping Grovers; The Angelique Express; The Cruisin' Kids; The Back Door Bus; The Greenglade Brigade or the Footloose Flashers. Stay tuned to the Oak Tree and for a flyer in your communicator the Friday before the even for specific departing locations and times. If you'd like to be a walking school bus leader, please contact Laura Boyden at lauraboyden@bellsouth.net for more information.
NOTE: March 7th will be our official return to the weekly "Walking Wednesdays". The Safe Routes To School Committee would love for you to help hand out incentives and get involved! If you're interested, please sign up at the following Sign-Up Genius Link www.SignUpGenius.com/go/walking26. |
Last Call for Photos!
Last call from the yearbook staff for your photos! We are finalizing the yearbook but we still need your photos to make this yearbook complete. We are in need of class and grade level candids. Any Valentine's Party, Career Day, Club Day, Science Night shots would be great.
Please contact Sharmi Lawrence
at sharmilawrence@gmail.com for a
snapfish.com password to upload your photos. Many thanks.
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Cartoon Contest - Cartooning for Peace-America
The Halle Institute for Global Learning and Cartooning for Peace-America (a local non-profit organization) are hosting public events on Emory's campus on March 28-30, 2012. In connection with Atlanta-wide events, they are sponsoring a cartooning contest for students. Oak Grove Elementary students are invited to participate. Students may send in one cartoon about peace or health issues in today's world, by February 24, 2012. Click here to see the flyer about the contest. Click here to view and/or print the contest rulesin including the cartoon size and guidelines. The top ten cartoons will be displayed at Emory in late March. From these top ten, two will be selected to win an award certificate and Ipod. |
2nd Annual Young Lungs At Work Art Competition
The Safe Routes to School Committee encourages Oak Grove Students to enter Clean Air Campaign's art competition. Create a comic strip incorporating this year's theme "Act Now for Clean Air." Tap those creative minds and win prizes for our school!
All rentires must be submitted by April 16, 2012. |
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Sincerely,
Amy Busch
Oak Grove Elementary PTA |
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