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The Oak Tree Newsletter

Less Paper, More Awareness

     Contents

Lights! Camera! Book Fair! 

Fun Run Was a Blast!

PTA Breakfast with Mrs. Fallon

Capital Campaign Results

Golden Shoe Trophy 

Lost and Found Fun Fact 

"Bye Bye Birdie" at LHS 

LHS Baseball Team Car Wash

 

We had beautiful weather and a great turn-out for the 30th Annual OGE Fun Run! Runners snaked through the Lakeside's trail and raced around the track.  Look for a list of award winners in next week's Oak Tree.
Grover running 
A very special "thank-you!" to Amy Lettes, Holly Ortlund, and all of the volunteers that helped to make race day such a great success!
campaignCapital Campaign Results
The Oak Grove Foundation will be sending donation confirmations from the Capital Campaign over the next two weeks through your child's communicator. Please be on the lookout.
Feel the Love tree
 
The drawing for the school's front parking space was on Tuesday, March 12th. The winners are:

Fall 2013 - Stephanie and Mike Schneider
Spring 2014 - Vera and Ken Bettin

Congratulations and thank you to all our donors!
lost_foundLost and Found Fun Fact
Can you guess what the most unusual item turned into Lost and Found is this year?  A pair of roller skates! The skates are still wating to be clamed in Lost and Found.
 
No clean out is scheduled yet.  Keep labeling and checking. 
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Quick Links

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Oak Grove Foundation

 

Dekalb County School System

 

Newsletter Archive

Car Safety Reminder
Avoid a ticket. Obey all parking signs and traffic laws when visiting Oak Grove Elementary.

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March 17, 2013
book_saleMark Your Calendars-
The Book Fair is Back!
Join us March 18-22 in Oak Grove's Media Center. Students will bring their wish lists home early in the week, making it easy for you to see what they like. Teachers will have their wish lists available as well. And while you're at it, there are plenty of books for moms and dads too!

Can't make it during the day? No problem! Join us for Family Nights - Tuesday and Thursday, March 19 & 21 from 4-7pm.

For more information, please contact one of our Book Fair chairs: Whitney Payne wpayne23@yahoo.com, Carol Smith caroltsmith@bellsouth.net or Heather Kelly heatherkell@gmail.com
bkfastPTA Breakfast with Mrs. Fallon
 
Our next PTA meeting will be on Tuesday, March 26, from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. in the school cafeteria. Our featured speaker will be Interim Principal Toni Fallon, who will discuss ongoing Reading and Writing  initiatives at Oak Grove.
 
There will be a very brief PTA meeting at the beginning, at which time we will vote on the proposed slate of officers for the 2013-2014 PTA Board. The slate is posted on the front door of the school. We hope to see you at the breakfast!
SRTSGolden Shoe Trophy
Good Job Oak Grove! Despite the cooler weather and dark morning, we had 156 walkers on Wednesday!
  
Congratulations to Ms. Albright's class! They received the Golden Shoe Trophy! Each week we will tally the walkers to see which class has the highest percentage of walkers and that class will be awarded the Golden Shoe Trophy.  So get out and walk and/or bike each week!  Note: There will also be a sign-in sheet in the lobby for the 4th and 5th grade band and strings and 5th grade patrol children that walk so they too can be counted.
  
Parents, in order to make the Golden Shoe Trophy competition fair, if you are unable to walk from your home (which we encourage), please park at the church parking lot and walk with your child or park on a side street no closer than Greenglade. For kids who come in through the back door, please park on Kirkland or further up the street on N. Akin. We do want you to walk and, more importantly, we want this to be a fair
competition. Thanks!
Remember to be safe and be seen!
   - Safe Routes to School Committee

Sweetapple, Ohio 1958.

When prom dresses cost $11. Gas was $0.27 a gallon.

AND Rock and Roll ARRIVED.

 

Lakeside High School presents their spring musical:

"Bye Bye Birdie"

Four performances only!

 

Thursday, March 21st: Limited seating for Dessert Theater - 6:30 pm dessert; 7:30 pm Curtain.

All tickets $15.

Friday, March 22nd: 7:30 pm

Saturday, March 23rd: matinee 2:30 pm

Saturday, March 23rd: 7:30 pm

 

Pre-purchased tickets: $5 students; $10 Adults

At the door: $7 students; $12 Adults

Come join a cast and crew of over 70 for some Elvis - pelvis, toe tapping, kiss stealing fun!

 

Order forms for paid "Will Call" orders can be requested by sending an email to byebyebirdielhs@gmail.com. Please send ticket order forms to Charles Snell, 3801 Briarcliff Rd. NE, Atlanta,GA 30345.
Remember that Oak Tree submissions are due by 12 Noon on Wednesday at theoaktreenewsletter@gmail.com in order to be in the next Friday's newsletter.
 
Sincerely,

Amy Busch
Oak Grove Elementary PTA

Emergency Contact Information
If you are ever in need of reaching Oak Grove Administration after school hours in the event of an emergency or family crisis, please contact PTA co-Presidents Liliana Finch at 404-634-0646 and/or Heather Kelly 404-307-5130. Mrs. Fallon will then contact you directly for assistance.