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February is Black History
Month!
February 6th
Principal's Coffee
(Adams)
February 11th
LSRT
Meeting
February
13th
Bedtime Stories for Black History
Month
February 14th
Valentine's Day
February 16th President's Day; SCHOOL
HOLIDAY
February 18th
Jali-D Performance; 1:15pm Primary Campus
2:15
Intermediate Campus
February 20th
Black History Celebration/Primary Campus;
6:00-9:00pm
February 18th
LSRT Meeting; 6pm Primary
Campus
February
23 & 25th
Good Touch/Bad Touch
Presentations for PK-3rd grade
February 23rd-26th
Middle School Science Fair (Grades
6-8th);
Mon, 2/23: Set Up
Tues, 2/24: Judging
Day
Wed, 2/25: Open to the Public, 12pm-6pm
Thurs:
Open to the Public, 9am-2pm
February 23rd
Playground Construction at Intermediate Campus
Starts!
February 25th
NAEP Testing 4th & 8th Grade
February 27th
No School
Parent-Teacher Conferences; Teacher
Appreciation Pot-Luck
Lunch
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MARCH
2009
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March 3rd
OCC
Budget Committee Meeting
March
4th
Celebration of 1st O-A Sports Season
March 8th
Daylight Savings Begins
March 10th
OCC
Board Meeting
March 17th
OCC
Community Meeting
March17th
St.
Patrick's Day
March
18th
LSRT Meeting
March
23rd-29th
No School
Spring
Break
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APRIL
2009
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April
4th
**Oyster-Adams Annual AUCTION**
Katzen
Arts Center,
American University
April 10th
SCHOOL HOLIDAY
April 13th
SCHOOL
HOLIDAY
April13th-14th
OCC
Elections
April
15th
LSRT Meeting
April 16th
DC Emancipation Day; SCHOOL
HOLIDAY
April 21st
OCC Board
Meeting
April 2nd
Earth
Day
April 22nd
The Big
Read
April 20th-24th
DC-CAS for grades 3-8
April 27th-May 1st
Elementary Science Fair (PreK - 5th Grades);
Adams
Campus
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MAY
2009
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May is Pan-Asian Heritage
Month!
May 2nd
Oyster-Adams Fiesta/Raffle
May 5th
Cinco de
Mayo
May 4th-8th
Teacher
Appreciation Week
May
10th
Mother's Day
May 15th
No
School
Parent-Teacher Conferences; Teacher
Appreciation
Pot Luck Lunch
May
15th
SCHOOL HOLIDAY
May
19th
OCC Board Meeting
May
20th
LSRT Meeting
May 25th
Memorial
Day; SCHOOL HOLIDAY
May
27th
OCC Community Meeting
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JUNE
2009
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June 10th
LSRT
Meeting
June 15th
Last Day of
School!
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MESSAGE FROM
PRINCIPAL LIANG
AGUIRRE
Dear
Oyster-Adams Families:Welcome
to our new Weekly Bulletin! I hope you will
find it easy to use and full of information you want and
need from the school. We decided to give our
"Friday Folder" this face-lift to reduce the number of
steps and links involved, to provide a more engaging set
of information and, down the line, to create dynamic
"bulletin boards" we can use to stay connected with each
other.Let
me walk you through the new Bulletin. Each week
you will find:
- Message from
Principal Liang Aguirre - an opportunity for me
to share some brief thoughts with you, and highlight
events and issues of interest.
- News! -
this section will give you brief information on
important activities and events upcoming in the next
week or two. If there is additional
information or a flier on any of these items, a link
will be provided.
- Updates -
this section is for program or committee work, such as
the middle school/intermediate campus updates I have
been sending you, or OCC or LSRT information. To
increase readership, we may keep an update posted
until a new one is available, so be sure to check the
date to see what's current.
- Next Week's
Activities - this section provides a day-by-day
listing of the week's regularly scheduled before and
after school activities (such as basketball practice
or tutoring) in all grades, PK-8.
- After School
Program News - this section is for
announcements that affect only after school program
participants. After School Program announcements
that affect the whole school community (such as
fundraisers, classes that are open to all, etc.) will
be posted in the News! section.
- Class News
- this section is under construction. Our
hope is to eventually use it to post class-specific
information, and requests from teachers and room
parents. We are discussing the best way to
manage this and hope to activate this section of the
Bulletin soon.
- Science
News - this section will provide any updates
from our science specialists (both elementary and
middle school). At times, they may also provide
information relevant web sites, local science-related
exhibits and highlights of our expanding science
curriculum.
- Master Calendar
- running down the left side of this email you
will see a month-by-month list of major events, school
holidays, report cards, teacher conference days,
etc.
Please
note that you can jump to, and between, all of these
sections by using the hyperlinks in the top, left-hand
corner of the email.
In the weeks ahead, our goal is to add listings of
upcoming events and activities around the city, and
other topics of interest. We
plan to continually update the photos in the Bulletin,
so please keep on sending yours to our Technology
Coordinator, Ms. Mohammad at Melissa.mohammed@dc.gov
. Finally, we will soon switch all of our mid-week
announcements (what comes to you via the escuelaoyster
listserv) to a similar format, so be on the lookout for
this change. Finally,
while we are hoping to reduce the amount of paper sent
home every week, we will, on occasion, need to send home
fliers with your child. Therefore, please continue
to check your child's backpack regularly for any paper
notices.I
am eager for your feedback on the new Weekly Bulletin --
what you think about it and how it can be
improved. I also ask for your patience as we work
out the inevitable kinks that come with launching
something new. Finally, I'd like to thank
the many people who have been working with me on
this: Trish Mitchell, Margaret Ernst, Kathy Vincent,
Julia Aymerich, Claire Taylor, Wendy Jacobson, Seth
Green, Maria Elena Nawar, Cristina Mossi and Melissa
Mohammed.All
the best, and happy reading!Monica
Liang AguirrePrincipal
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Week
of February 23rd, 2009
Spelling
Bee Update
Oyster-Adams
6th graders go to Citywide! We are delighted to
announce that Jacob Korn and Quinn Gavin came in 1st and
2nd place respectively in the Regional Cluster II
Spelling Bee on Wednesday. Competing against 10
other schools, the boys battled their way through 11
rounds. The top six spellers from each of the 5 cluster
competitions will continue to the next round. Seventh
grader Michael Song also gave a strong performance but
did not make it through to be one of the final six.
Jacob and Quinn will advance to the Citywide competition
in March. Congratulations to Jacob, Michael, and
Quinn for representing Oyster Adams so well; and thanks
last year's Oyster-Adams champion, Stephanie Guzman, for
her guidance and study sessions to support the
team!
Chess
Champions
Congratulations
to the Oyster-Adams Chess Team! Our team
won the DC Chess Challenge VI at the US
Chess Center last Saturday, defeating eight other
Washington DC schools. Team members are:
Sophia Claman, Julia Haskins, Claire Walker, Tusia
Kolodziej, Danyel Tharakan, Maria Aschenbrener and Jane
Schlesinger. Sophia also won a merit award for her
fine play. Thank you and congratulations to our
Chess Instructor, Mr. Goralski!
Click
on the link below to see this week's African-American
History Fact Sheet!
Download
African-American Fact Sheet
Oyster-Adams
Auction is around the corner!
Please
check your child's backpack for the Auction Packets that
were sent home this week. This packet contains
important information about this year's auction, how to
make a donation and how to purchase an ad in the auction
program. Please keep an eye out for the
packet. Thank you for supporting this important
fundraiser for the school.
Monarch
Sister Schools Program to be launched. We need
your help!
A
team of Oyster Adams educators/administrators is
currently working to integrate an exciting program --
The Monarch Sister Schools Program -- into our
science/math curriculum. The Monarch Sister Schools
Program (MSSP) is an initiative to involve school
children across North America in the protection and
restoration of the habitat of the Monarch butterfly,
including its threatened winter forest habitat in the
highlands of central Mexico and its disappearing
milkweed habitat along its migratory "flyway" from
Mexico to Canada.
In
order for our participation in this program to be
successful and for this to become a permanent component
of our dual-language program, we need two energetic
parent leaders to join our team.
Your
contribution to the team could include: Short term --
coordinating community involvement in the creation of
our Monarch garden at the Oyster campus (this
year/April); coordinating of a schedule for garden
watering/maintenance; assisting with planning of
special fund raising activities to allow for purchase of
needed materials; Possible long-term -- providing
support/coordination for future eco-tours for Oyster
Adams students to Mexico.
We
need at least one native Spanish speaker and one native
English speaker.
For
further information about this program, please visit
www.monarchsisterschools.org. To join our team,
please speak with our project leader, Pam Ross (room
415/or email pamela.ross@dc.gov ).
Frisbee
After-School Club for 3rd and 4th
graders!
An
after-school Frisbee club will be offered for 3rd and
4th graders from March 10- May 28th. Please click
on the link below to download the registration
form.
Frisbee Club
Registration Form
Playground
construction
at the Intermediate Campus will start on Monday,
February 23! Many, many thanks to the relentless
efforts of Maureen Diner and Amy Wind, whose tenacity
and persuasive powers have been instrumental in making
this project finally take off.
As
you know, construction means no more parking at the
Intermediate Campus. Maureen Diner has secured free
parking for staff in nearby parking facilities.
Also, the city has agreed to permanently re-zone the
front of the school to no parking from 7 a.m. - 9 a.m.
and from 2:30 - 6 p.m. This will reduce the heavy
traffic jams we have during drop off and pick-up and
ensure greater student safety. Please note that no one
will be able to park there during these hours. You will
risk a parking ticket if you leave your vehicle
unattended during those times.
Infinity
Wellness: The
companyInfinity Wellness will begin working with our
5th-8th grade students during recess on Monday to ensure
all students have an opportunity to be active during
recess everyday. During each of the two recess sessions,
one grade level (4th or 5th, 6th or 7th/8th) will use
available spaces inside and outside the school (front of
the building, hallways, dance classroom, etc.) to get
some exercise. (The other grade level will be in the
gymnasium.)
Intermediate
Campus Lunches!
The
Intermediate Campus finally has the new
lunches!
Students can purchase lunch for $1.50 a day. We
recommend that parents pay for a week or month of
lunches by seeing Ms. Bell in the cafeteria. You may
write checks to the "DC Treasurer."
Lost
and Found
We
have been working with the students to have them
re-claim all of the items that have ended up in the
lost
and found
since the winter vacation. Please remind your child to
look for any lost items and write their name on their
lunch boxes, jackets and anything else that could be
easily lost.
Peace
Corps Week!
Middle
school students will be visited by Peace Corps alumni on
Monday, February 23, in celebration of Peace
Corps Week.
Alumni will speak to the students in Spanish about their
experiences in Latin and South America for 30 minutes at
the beginning of school.
NAEP
Students
in the 4th & 8th grade will participate in the
National
Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) on
Wednesday, February 25. NAEP is given by the U.S.
Department of Education and tells us what American
students know and can do in key subject areas. Students
will be tested in math starting at 9 a.m. and should be
done by 11 a.m. Please make sure your 4th and 8th
graders arrive on time.
Science
Fair
The
Middle
School Science Fair
is next week. The schedule is as
follows:
·
Monday, February 23: Set-Up
·
Tuesday, February 24: Judging
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Wednesday, February 25: open to parents from noon
to 6 p.m.
·
Thursday, February 26: open to parents from 9 a.m.
- 2 p.m.
Sports
All
Intermediate Campus basketball
players and cheerleaders
are invited to attend a celebration of our first season
at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4. Dinner will be served.
Any parents who are interested in helping to plan
the celebration can contact Wendy Jacobsen at
wendy.jacobson@verizon.net.
The
Colgate
Bright Smiles Van
has been re-scheduled to come to the Intermediate Campus
on March 10.
6th
Grade Parents:
Please
review the parent-teacher
conference schedule
for Friday, February 27. If you have not scheduled a
conference yet, please contact Sandi Baer at (202)
673-7311 or sandi.baer@dc.gov
<mailto:sandi.baer@dc.gov> with a few
choices of times from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m., (no meetings
scheduled from 1 - 2 p.m).
Next
week in SHINE:
Students will define and explore the concept of
"values". Students will identify their own values by
creating "I Am"
poems.
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MIDDLE
SCHOOL/INTERMEDIATE CAMPUS
UPDATE
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WEEK]
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Week
of February 23, 2009
Monday
AM
· Got-A-Book Campaign
(arrival time - 8:40 AM, primary
campus)
· Dance (3:30-5:00 PM,
primary campus)
· Middle School
science fair in the Adams Gym (set up)
Monday
PM
· 4th, 5th and 6th
Grade Reading Tutorials (3:30 p.m., Mr. Dixon, Ms.
Roling, Mr. Petersen)
· 6th Grade
Math Tutoring (3:30 p.m., Ms. Redd)
·
Spanish Exchange Committee Meeting (6 p.m., Sr.
Giron & Mr. Hoeksema)
· 6th
grade art project neighborhood walk around Adams Morgan
3:30 - 5:00.
Tuesday
AM
· Got-A-Book Campaign
(arrival time - 8:40 AM, primary
campus)
· Middle School science
fair in the Adams Gym (judging - all day)
Tuesday
PM
· Drama in Spanish
(3:30-5:00 PM, primary campus)
·
Hoop Ed Basketball (3:20PM to 4:20 PM, primary
campus)
· 4th Grade Spanish
Tutoring (3:30 p.m., Sra. Reyes & Sr.
Alfonso)
· 5th Grade Reading
Tutorial (3:30 p.m., Ms. Roling/Lemus)
·
5th Grade Math Tutoring (3:30 p.m., Ms.
Hainer)
· 6th Grade Math Tutoring
(3:30 p.m., Ms. Redd)
· Aqua =
Paz (3:30 p.m., Mr. Hoeksma's
room)
· Middle School CityDance
(3:30 p.m., Room 309)
· 6th grade
art project Metrobus (L1) ride to the Lincoln 3:30 -
6:00.
Wednesday
AM
· Got-A-Book Campaign
(arrival time - 8:40 AM, primary
campus)
· 4th Grade Reading
Tutorial (8:10 a.m., Ms. Fuller)
·
NAEP testing for 4th & 8th (9
a.m.)
· Middle School science fair
in the Adams Gym (open for parents from noon until 6
p.m.)
Wednesday
PM
· 4th Grade Math Tutoring
(3:30 p.m., Sr. Bustios)
· 5th
Grade Math Tutoring (3:30 p.m., Ms.
Hainer)
· Middle School Digital
Yearbook (3:30 p.m., Computer Lab)
·
6th grade art project neighborhood walk to Dupont
Circle 3:30 - 5:00.
Thursday
AM
· Got-A-Book Campaign
(arrival time - 8:40 AM, primary campus)
Thursday
PM
· Hoop Ed Basketball
(3:20PM to 4:20 PM, primary campus)
·
Middle School science fair in the Adams Gym (open
for parents from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.)
· 4th
Grade Spanish Tutoring (3:30 p.m., Sra. Reyes & Sr.
Alfonso)
· 6th grade art project
Metro (from Dupont Circle) to National Mall and
Capitol; 3:30 - 6:00.
Friday
·
No School: Parent-Teacher Conferences;
Teacher-Appreciation Pot Luck Lunch - bring a dish to
the teachers' lounge at either
campus!!
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AFTER-SCHOOL
PROGRAM NEWS
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Week of February 23rd,
2009
OCA
Dear OCA
parents:
How are you? Things are going well at
OCA. Did you pay your tuition? The due date was February
10th, $280 first child, $270 second and $260 for the
third child. Did you return you permission slip? Also
due today.
FIELD TRIP- Friday, February 27th is
a full day. We'll be open from 9am-6pm (NO EARLIER/NO
LATER). The fee for full days is $40.00 per child, make
checks or money orders payable to oca, NO CASH. Payment
must accompany your permission slip. It is important
that you return your permission slip on or by the due
date (2/10/09). I can then accurately book buses, hire
staff and have an accurate head count for the site we
visit. The kids at the Oyster campus will visit Port
Discovery Children's Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. The
bus will depart at noon and we'll be back between
5:30/45ish depending on traffic. Your child must PACK A
LUNCH (in a disposable bag) and wear the oca t-shirt
Wear clothes and shoes that are comfortable to walk
around in. The Adams campus kids will be going to the
Baltimore Aquarium. Their bus departs at 11:00. They
must pack a lunch in a disposable bag and wear the oca
t-shirt. They should be back between 5:30/45 depending
on traffic. Rooms to be announced. for drop off and pick
up. Oyster campus kids to Oyster, Adams campus kids to
Adams.
Enrichment- Classes have filled they're
running smoothly and the kids are having fun. This
session will end March 13. The last round will start
April 6 and run through June 3, registration for the
last round will take place March 9-13th.
Spring
break- OCA closed for spring break March 23-27 we'll see
you on the 30th. Full tuition is still due on or by the
10th and it is full tuition 280/270/260. Make checks
payable to oca. There are also a few weird days in April
that oca will be closed (because DC Public Schools are
closed: Good Friday 10th , Easter Monday 13th and
Emancipation Day 16th
Play dates- DO whatever
you can to arrange these before school, make sure you
know where and with whom your child is going with. Send
written permission to oca preferably the day before This
is a business phone, not the play date phone. make
arrangements prior to oca.
Update
information- If any of your home, work, cell, emergency
contact, e-mail address change let me know so that I may
update your file. This is important in case we ever need
it for an emergency.
Maternity leave- I'm due
April 15th, just around the corner. Silvia Segovia will
be the acting director and Sandy Batres will be the
acting assistant director. Silvia will have the oca
phone which is (202)329-6693 and will continue to use
connieoca2003@yahoo.com for oca related business. Sandy
will be your contact person at the Oyster campus from
3:00-6:00 and Silvia at the Adams campus from
3-:00-6:15. Leave your messages like you do know at the
same oca number and they will be relayed to the right
person. Don't worry your children are in good hands.
The oca staff will undergo a refresher conflict
resolution training this month. This will refresh the
veterans and teach the new staff all the things they
need to know. We're also working closely with Sr.
Quinones on homework training.
We're looking for
new board members. Are you interested? Please contact me
or the current board members.
Thank you,
Connie
202-329-6693 connieoca2003@yahoo.com
PARKS
&
RECREATION
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HIGHER
ACHIEVEMENT
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UPDATES/NEWS THIS WEEK]
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OYSTER ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL
SCIENCE FAIR UPDATE & CALL FOR
VOLUNTEERS!
Next week we
look forward to the Middle School Science Fair in the
Adams campus gym! Please mark your calendars and be
sure to come by
to view the creative and interesting
projects the students have been
working on. Students
will present their projects to scientists from
NIH
and other renowned institutions who will serve as judges
to
determine those projects that will be recommended
to compete in the
District wide Science Fair in
March.
As always, we will need parent volunteers
for this effort. Please
come and support our
students. Contact Margaret Ernst,
ernstmm@aol.com,
202/232-7269, to volunteer.
Friday, February
20, 2009: Pick-up tables from Hilton Hotel and set
up in Adams gym
Needed: Anyone with access to
a truck to move
tables from Hilton Hotel to Adams
gym (9 a.m.).
Parent volunteers needed: 9 a.m.
-11 a.m.
Monday, February 23, 2009: Students
bring projects to school and
deliver them to their
science classroom.
Parent volunteers needed: 9
a.m. - 3 p.m. (one-hour
intervals or
more)
Tuesday, February 24, 2009: Judging Day ---
Scientists from NIH and
other research institutions
will judge student projects.
Parent volunteers
needed: 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. (one hour
intervals or
more)
Wednesday, February 25, 2009: Science Fair
open to public and for
4th - 7th grades to tour
exhibits
Parent volunteers needed: 9 a.m. - 6
p.m. (one hour
intervals or more)
Thursday,
February 26, 2009: Science Fair open to public and for
4th -
8th grades to tour exhibits. Science Fair
closes at 3 p.m.
Parent volunteers needed: 9 a.m.
- 4 p.m. (one hour
intervals or more)
Needed:
Anyone with access to a truck to move tables from
Adams gym back to Hilton Hotel. Parent volunteers
needed to assist, 3-
4 p.m.
Thank
you,
Margaret Ernst, parent volunteer
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[PLEASE NOTE: IN THE
FUTURE, THIS SECTION WILL BRING YOU NEWS & NOTICES
FROM CLASSROOMS; IT'S STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT WILL
BE UP AND RUNNING IN THE NEAR FUTURE]
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OYSTER-ADAMS BILINGUAL
SCHOOL
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Monica
Liang Aguirre, Principal
Ibis
Villegas, Assistant Principal
Sandi
Baer, Intermediate Campus Coordinator
Oyster
Campus (PreK - 3rd Grade)
2801
Calvert Street, NW
Washington,
DC 20008
Tel:
202/671-3111
Fax:
202/671-3087
Adams
Campus (4th - 8th Grades)
2020
19th Street, NW
Washington,
DC 20009
Tel.
202/673-7311
Fax.
202/673-6500
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Email:
contactus@oysterbilingualschool.org
Website:
http://oysterbilingual.devis.com/AboutUs/
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