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School will be closed Monday, September 2nd. Enjoy the time with your families celebrating Labor Day. Talk to your children about Labor Day and what it means.

Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday in September. It’s a day dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. The holiday credits the contributions of the working class to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.

Labor Day became an official national holiday in 1894. This holiday is usually celebrated with summer activities. Elementary teachers use this holiday to introduce the concept of Community Helpers to small children. Everyone plays a role, or works a job that supports their community.

What role do you play in your community?

Third and Fourth grade parents are invited to Parent Orientation on Thursday, September 5th, from 5:00-6:00 pm. Each teaching team will host a parent meeting to be held in the classroom. Teachers will share a slideshow presentation and speak on important information that is sure to make this a successful school year. Please plan to attend.

Pep Rally Procedures

To keep our students safe we have set up a procedure for checking out your student(s) for each Pep Rally. We appreciate your support with following these procedures. Together we will work toward making sure that all of our students are safe.

• Any child planning to attend a Pep Rally must have a note and be signed out by an adult. Students with a note will be allowed to go to the Pep Rally pick up area located in the elementary cafeteria. Classroom teachers will keep the note. If parents do not send a note it will take longer to get your child to you. 
  
• We will begin releasing students to the adult at 2:45. When parents enter our campus there will be a sign out sheet for you to sign your child out. If you arrive early you can sign the sheet, but students will not be released until 2:45.
• Once students are released at 2:45, then parents will go to the cafeteria. Your child will come to you. This is to ensure that students are released to the correct adult and are accounted for.

We appreciate your support and assistance with this!

May all of your runny noses dry up and skinned knees scab over quickly.  Be sure you wish Nurse Jones a happy birthday if you see her today. She is so important to our campus.

Lone Star Speedway and the White Oak Education Foundation partner up for the fourth time for one big show on Saturday, September 21st at 7:00 pm at Lone Star Speedway.

The is a major fundraiser event for the White Oak Education Foundation who supports our schools through a variety of programs and purchases. We hope that you will save that date and commit to attending this Monster Truck Fall National Event.

More details will follow soon, or you can visit the Lone Star Speedway website.

We had a fantastic first day and wanted to share some of that with you. We absolutely cannot wait until tomorrow!

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