White Oak Elementary School

The Intermediate school will be hosting a Character Assembly on Tuesday, January 31st.  Mrs. Hunter’s third grade class and Mrs. Carrington’s fourth grade class will give a short presentation targeting the character traits of Patience and Self-Control. The assembly will take place in the cafeteria beginning around 8:30.  We hope that you will join us.

Monday is the 100th day of school. Can you believe it?  Our students have worked really hard to make the kind of progress they need to accomplish in order to be prepared for the next grade level.  Some classrooms will have special activities centered around this monumental day.  We will continue to work just as hard for the remainder of the 2011-2012 school year.

The Character Assembly will be hosted by Mrs. Barlow’s class.  We hope that you can join us at 8:00 am in the elementary cafeteria as we honor this week’s award winners.

Mrs. Richeson’s second grade will host the Character Education Assembly at 8:00 am this Friday, January 20.  Our character trait is Self-Control.  We could all exercise a little more self-control is most areas of our lives.  We want to thank this class for showing us how we can accomplish that.

We will have no school on Monday, January 16th, as we honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Students will return to school on Tuesday. We invite parents to share with their children about Dr. King’s life and the important role he played in our American history by clicking on the above link.

Any student in grades K-6th is invited to take part in a White Oak Mini-Cheer Camp on Monday, January 16th, from 8:00 am until 2:00 pm. Instructors will be the current White Oak High School Varsity cheerleaders.  Check in times will be at the White Oak Middle School Gym between 8-8:30. Fees are $45 per person which includes camp fee, pizza lunch, and t-shirt. Supplies of camp t-shirts will be limited for those registering at the door.  Checks should be made payable to White Oak Varsity Cheer.  Forms may be picked up in any of the school offices.  Return forms to White Oak High School – Attention: Stacey Hall

Students should wear t-shirt, shorts, tennis shoes.  Show-off time will begin at 2:00 in the White Oak Middle School gym. All friends and family are welcome to attend. In addition, the group will perform during halftime of the Varsity Girls Basketball game on Tuesday, January 17th.

For more information, contact, Stacey Hall at 903.291.2055, 903.720.4291, halls@woisd.net

The White Oak Girls Softball Association will be holding registration for the 2012 season from January 22nd until February 18th.  Teams are available for girls 4-14 years of age. The league a girls plays in will be determined by her age on January 1, 2012.

The registration fee is: $70 for one player, $90 for two players and $100 for thee or more players per family. Registration fee includes team drinks. Sign up will be held on Sunday, January 22nd from 1-5 pm, and Monday January 23rd from 6-8 pm at the White Oak Community Center by the high school. Thre will be an additional $5 fee for those who register after February 11th. There will be no more later registrations after February 18th. No Refunds!

Age Groups:

• Girls Age 4,5,6  WILL PLAY TEE BALL
• Girls Age 7,8     WILL PLAY MODIFIED FAST PITCH
• Girls 9,10          WILL PLAY FAST PITCH
• Girls 11, 12        WILL PLAY FAST PITCH
• Girls 13, 14       WILL PLAY FAST PITCH

For more information, call Denny Larrison 903.576.1853

“Shine your Smile Day” is coming! White Oak Elementary  is hosting the Smile Program, the mobile dentists on February 2nd and 3rd.  We have invited the Smile Program to coordinate on-site dental care at our school because we know how important taking care of your children’s teeth is to keeping them healthy.  Best of all, your child can receive dental care at NO COST TO YOU, as Medicaid, CHIP and most other insurances cover 100% of prevention treatment.

Forms to be completed by parents/guardians will be sent home on Monday, January 9th and will need to be returned to our school nurse by Friday, January 13th.  The dental team will set up a mini-dental office in our building and provide dental services for all children who return approved forms.

You can learn more about Smile Programs by going to www.mobiledentists.com and watching the short video about the dental care program.