Reminder!

Primary Early Release Thursday and Friday 11:00 am

Afternoon PreK will meet with Morning PreK

Intermediate Early Release Thursday and Friday 11:30 am

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS DEC. 19-30

RETURN TO SCHOOL ON JANUARY 2

If your child participated in the cookie dough fundraiser, the delivery will be today. Parents need to pick up the child’s order beginning at 1:00. This is so important because most of the products will require refrigeration and we do not have the means to accommodate orders that remain after school hours.

Thank you again for making this a successful endeavor. Our students will benefit greatly from all of your hard work.

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Our character trait for the month of December is GENEROSITY.  With that in mind, and because of the many needs in our own community, we will begin our Christmas Community Project. Beginning today, December 8th, we will begin collecting coins – nickels, dimes, and quarters – for our coin war!

All proceeds from this event will be given to the White Oak TAP (Temporary Assistance Program) through the White Oak Community Club. Our generosity through this project will help fill our food pantry and assist those in need.

Each intermediate grade level will be competing against the other grade levels. Students will bring as nickels and dimes – as many as they can! The catch to this game is that the other grade levels will be dropping “bombs” into their jar – the “bombs” are quarters. Each quarter will delete 25¢ worth of the nickels and dimes. The grade level that has the most money by the end of the day next Wednesday, December 14th, will win the war.

Don’t forget to bring nickels and dimes for your own grade level, but also you will want to bomb the other grade levels – so bring quarters too!

Let’s help out our community during this holiday season by participating is this very worthwhile cause.

Attribution to Kevin Green

White Oak’s own Bill Terry tells his story of the attack on Pearl Harbor from a first person’s point of view in the recent Longview News Journal’s article.  Journalist Angela Ward writes that he is now “living a quiet life in White Oak”, but some of the residents of White Oak know that this life is not always quiet.

Most of the time his home is filled with the sound of family, as are the halls of White Oak schools with his own family members. Mr. Terry is the father-in-law of two of our White Oak teachers, grandfather of two of our White Oak teachers, and great-grandfather of 16 of our students. Eleven of these students are right here on our elementary campuses.

While his service to our country is valued and honored, his contribution to our community continues to give. We are thankful for his safety 70 years ago, and so blessed on this Remembrance Day for his choice to make White Oak his home.

We love you, Grandpa Terry!

CLICK ON THE PICTURE ABOVE FOR THE INTERACTIVE ATTACK MAP

On this date seventy years ago, an event that rings loudly in the textbooks of United States history took place. This event was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The interactive attack map posted by National Geographic will help student understand the timeline of all that occurred. Please work together with your students to discuss the importance of these events and why we honor our veterans on December 7th, Remembrance Day.