SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR
2009-2010
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MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL LIANG AGUIRRE
September 25, 2009
Dear
Oyster-Adams Community:
Thank you for the great turn-out at this year's Back to School Nights at both
campuses. We had hundreds of families
show up for both evenings and we thoroughly enjoyed the energy and enthusiasm
for this year's program.
We
also understand that there are lingering questions about the new Dual Language
Model-especially around how math support is given for English dominant
students. To address these and other
questions, we will host an "everything you wanted to know about the
Oyster-Adams dual-language model" evening in the next few weeks. We are also planning other curriculum nights
revolving around literacy and mathematics for later this fall. Please look out for more information soon.
Enjoy the weekend!
Monica Liang Aguirre
Principal
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ANNOUNCEMENTS &
REMINDERS!
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NEXT WEEK (September 28- October 2):
Wednesday:
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6:00-8:00PM: LSRT Meeting (ADAMS)
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6:30-8:00PM: Chancellor's Community Forum (Truesdell
Education Campus)
Friday:
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9:00-10:00AM: Principal's Coffee (ADAMS cafeteria)
FRIDAY
FOLDER GOES ELECTRONIC TODAY!
As you can see, as of this week, we are sending-out this weekly bulletin electronically and we
encourage everyone to go paperless to save resources for our school! If
you did not get this bulletin at your preferred address,
please send an email to wendy.jacobson@verizon.net
(parent volunteer) so we can update our email list.
Lunch
Payment
The accounting system at both campuses is up and
running. Lunch costs are:
Free -- No Cost
Reduced
-- $0.20
Paid -- $1.25
Your child must have a current account to
continue receiving full lunches. Please
make payments in the following way:
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Cash
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Check (made out to DC Office of Finance
and Treasury)
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Money Order (made out to DC Office of
Finance and Treasury)
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Cashier's Check (made out to DC Office of
Finance and Treasury)
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On-line credit card option will soon be
available.
Please see the Cafeteria Manager to make
payments (older students can make payments on their own).
Adult
Language Classes
Are you interested in becoming multilingual like
your child? We are looking into offering classes for parents in either English
as a Second Language or Spanish as a Second Language. If you might be interested, please contact
Ibis Villegas at 2/671-6130 or ibis.villegas@dc.gov.
If you are interested in teaching these classes,
please contact Ms. Villegas as well.
Library
Forms
Thank you for signing the library agreement, so
our students can check out books. If you
have not already signed one for your child please come by the library and pick
one up. Also, we are looking for donations
of popular books in good condition. We
could use more mysteries, comic books, fantasy books and other high interest
fiction for young readers (4th -8th). We welcome books in English, but Spanish
books are a priority.
Help
the Homeless Walk
We will continue with the Oyster-Adams
tradition of participating in the annual Help the Homeless Walk. This year's
walk will benefit the Sasha Bruce Youthwork for homeless youth and their
families. All students will walk on Thursday, October 29. Please return the
"Mini-Walk Student Registration Form" as soon as possible (handed out last week
at Primary and today at Intermediate). Students who return their form will
receive a t-shirt. The more forms we turn in, the more money is raised for
Sasha Bruce.
Used
Cell Phone Drive
Denise Thomas Lucas, mother of Amanda
Lucas (6th), is collecting used cell phones to raise money for the 6th
grade trip to Echo Hill. Please leave your used cell phones in the main office
at either Campus.
Spanish
Books
The Intermediate Campus needs Spanish chapter
books for use in a language support program for the Middle School. These books
will be used to build classroom libraries so we can implement a "reader's
workshop" model where students select their own books for language support instruction.
Please drop off gently used Spanish chapter books in the main office at the
Intermediate Campus.
Middle
School only
Students will bring home progress reports on
Friday, October 2. Students who are failing or in danger of failing a class
will need to bring back a signed form to their teachers.
6th
grade only
Please make sure that your child has returned
his or her Echo Hill DCPS permission slip and the Echo Hill health and registration
form. We need all DCPS forms no later than Monday, September 28, to ensure we
have enough time to get approval for the field trip from DCPS. Also, we have
only received payment for the trip from 25 families and nine families have
requested full scholarships. Please contact Sandi Baer to arrange for a payment
plan or request a scholarship.
8th
grade only
We will start the high school application
process in October. Stay tuned for more information from the school's
counseling team.
Chancellor's
Community Forum
DCPS
invites you to the upcoming Chancellor's Community Forum focusing on the new
DCPS Teaching and Learning Framework.
Wednesday,
September 30, 2009
6:30-8:00
PM
Truesdell Education Campus
800 Ingraham St. NW
Washington, D.C 20011
Download the invitation here.
For child care, disability accommodations, and/or language interpretation
services (Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Amharic, French, and American Sign
Language), call or email Sang Yoon at (202) 442-5194 (Sang.Yoon@dc.gov)
at least two days in advance.
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September 25, 2009
New Parent Volunteer
Database!
PTO
Manager is now available. Please visit our PTO Manager website and sign-up for
events that you would like be a part of. Click here! to complete your information.
Our next board meeting is Oct. 6 at Intermediate campus and our first community
meeting is Oct. 13 at Primary campus.
If you have any questions, please email me at alvaradojay@gmail.com
or call 443-799-5458.
Jackie
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September 25, 2009
The LSRT will provide monthly updates starting in early October, after our first
meeting of the year.
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September 25, 2009
No OCA News this week
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OYSTER-ADAMS BILINGUAL SCHOOL
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
__________________________Email: contactus@oysterbilingualschool.org
Website:
http://oysterbilingual.devis.com/AboutUs/
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