May 29, 2015

Groundbreaking Event

In front of a large crowd of students, parents, alumni, employees, and community members, OES broke ground this morning on the construction of a new Lower School building! Join us as we build our new Lower School. View more photos here.

Bake Sale Funds Donated to The Girl Effect

The Middle School SLICK committee, which is the service learning student committee (Service Learning Is Cool and Kind) held a bake sale in April to raise funds for The Girl Effect, an organization that supports girls' education and rights around the world.

Last week Julie Addicott, from the Nike Foundation, visited Middle School chapel and gave a presentation on the work and reach of The Girl Effect.

The SLICK committee also presented her with a check for $568 from the bake sale. These funds will support the organization's work to improve situations for people across the world by investing in girls' education.

First Grade Learning Celebration

First grade classes are each doing something different to reflect on the journey of inquiry each class has taken this year.

Students in Ms. Kucera's class have been passionate about trees this year, so the students wrote a play about the tree cycle of life. They also created several original songs for the performance! View more photos on the OES Facebook page.

Thank You, Cafeteria and Maintenance Staff!

Students from the Buddhism classes honored the cafeteria and maintenance staff members at an appreciation event last week.

During the event the Upper School choir and fourth grade classes performed a few songs to show their appreciation.

Seniors Visit With Pre-K Students at Lifer Lunch

Prekindergarten students this week received a glimpse of the future from the Lifers -- seniors who have been at OES since prekindergarten, kindergarten, primary, or first grade.

They had lunch together and then had recess together while the parents of both groups compared notes on their children's experiences. View more photos here. View more photos here.

Congratulations Athletes!

Tennis

The boys tennis team won the State Championship for the fourth consecutive time and the girls team finished second!

Individual highlights included:

Matthew S. '15 - Boys singles state champion for the third consecutive year
Daniel L. '17 - 3rd place boys singles
Alex O. '17 and Sam B. '17 - Boys doubles finalists
Rushi N. '15 and Pavan T. '17 also competed in the state tournament
Natalie B. '15 and Rachael H. '16 - 3rd place girls doubles
Colette A. '15 and Lauren N. '15 - 4th place girls doubles

Upper School Track and Field

Seven athletes from OES competed at the Track and Field State Meet.

Individual highlights included:

James G. '15 - 3rd place 300 meter hurdles
Tess O. '15 - 4th place 100 meter hurdles
Cameron S. '16 - 6th place 1500 meters
Will R. '15 - 9th place boys discus
Alex B. '16 - 9th place long jump
Rory O. '18 - 10th place 800 meters
Brian G. '18 - 11th place triple jump

Middle School Track and Field

The Middle School girls track and field team finished in 2nd place at the District Meet and the boys team finished in 12th.

Individual highlights included:

Girls:

Rebecca B. '20 - 4th high jump
Alexa B. '20 - 2nd 1500 meters
Christina B. '19 - 8th high jump
Maddie D. '20 - 9th 800 meters
Katherine F.'19 - 3rd shot put, 7th long jump
Sheilan G. '20 - 6th 100 meter hurdles
Noelani J. '19 - 1st high jump, 5th 100 meters, 5th 200 meters
Rhea M. '19 - 12th javelin
Audrey M. '19 - 9th discus
Zoe S. '20 - 1st 800 meters
4x100 Relay - 5th place: Rebecca W. '19, Noelani J. '19, Ella M. '19, Katherine F. '19
4x400 Relay - 5th place: Alexa B. '20, Maddie D. 20, Rebecca W. '19, Zoe S. '20

Boys:

Ryan B. '20 - 3rd 100 meter hurdles (new OES middle school record), 9th high jump
Spencer F. '19 - 9th long jump
Jackson R. '20 - 12th discus
Hugh S. '20 - 6th 200 meters
4x100 Relay - 6th place: Hugh S., Jackson R., Spencer F., Ryan B.

Spanish Classes Create Books

Eighth-graders in Ms. Daniels' Spanish class have been studying future tense. In preparation the class read all the books in the If You Give a Mouse a Cookie series in Spanish. The students then created their own books using all the vocabulary and grammar they've learned in Middle School, but particularly with the future tense.

Some of the translated titles were:

If You Give a Whale a Waffle
If You Give a Frog a Fly
If You Give a Panda Bamboo
If You Give a Duck a Plate
If You Give a Pig a Pickle

Some students have donated their books to be classroom examples and Ms. Daniels will bring some with her to Woodburn Learning Center on service learning days.

Students Earn Black Belts

(L-R) Mister Will, Logan Carter, Braeden Carter,

and Master Yoo

On April 25 at Reynolds High School in Portland, Logan '23 and Braeden C. '23 earned their taekwondo black belts after five years of hard work.

Attending classes at World Champion Taekwondo, the Carter boys began in the "Tiny Tigers" program as white belts.

They worked through all the white belt colored stripes and then into the colored belts,finally achieving their goal after many years of hard work.

The testing was done in two different gymnasiums with more than 200 people of all ages earning their black belts. It was an exhilarating and emotional experience for all involved, and the boys are proud of their accomplishment.

15th Annual LEGO at the Zoo

Students from the OES Lego Physics program will be showing their animal-themed LEGO creations at the Oregon Zoo for the 15th annual LEGO at the Zoo Science Fair.

The exhibit will be presented in the Skyline Room at the Oregon Zoo on May 30 from 9 a.m. to Zoo closing and on May 31 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

View more information here. Enroll your child in Legos at OES this summer - click here.