Enrollment Audit at both Campuses is Monday, October 19! Every year, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) verifies the number of students we have enrolled and compares it to the number of students we actually have in the classrooms. This affects our funding. Unless your child is sick, please ensure that your child attends school on October 19 and is here ON TIME. Thank you for your assistance!

Reminders to Help Keep Our Students Healthy. If your child has a fever, vomiting, or diarrhea he/she must stay home for at least 24 hours after all the symptoms are gone. (This means when the fever is gone for 24 hours without any medication such as Tylenol.) Please remind your child not to share food, drinks, or personal items like lip balm.

School Pictures! Look out for more information soon: October 20 (Primary Campus) and October 21 (Intermediate Campus).

Family Zumba at Oyster-Adams gets National Attention. The unique Family Zumba sessions taking place at the Primary Campus have drawn the attention of Lakeshore Learning Materials through word-of-mouth. Ms. Villegas was pleasantly surprised to receive a call from the Lakeshore corporate office in California, asking if Oyster-Adams Zumba students could provide NAEYC (The National Association for the Education of Young Children) members with a Zumba demo at their national conference held at the D.C.Convention Center in November. Lakeshore sponsors the Celebration Stage at the NAEYC conference each year with a goal to "showcase the really great programs for young children in the area the conference is being held".

Spanish Classes for Adults to Begin at the Primary Campus. Oyster-Adams parent Mr. Vilchez has agreed to teach Spanish As A Second Language (SSL) to interested parents. Please contact Mr. Vilchez directly at 202-285-6554 or at molinero40@hotmail.com. Classes will most likely be scheduled during school hours since Mr. Vilchez spends the evenings with his family. Mr. Vilchez has taught SSL in North Carolina. He is currently teaching SSL at GW University.

Pace Car Competition Results. Thanks to all Oyster-Adams students and parents who participated in last Wednesday's "International Walk to School Day" - it was a huge success and every one of us who walks, scooters, bikes or takes mass transit helps to reduce pollution and traffic at and around the school grounds. Thanks to all who participated and the Safe Routes to School volunteers who made this event happen!

Last May Oyster-Adams took part in the 2009 DC Neighborhood Pace Car competition - Congratulations on taking 2nd Place!

The competition included taking a pledge to keep our students safe. "Safe Cars Means Safe Children: Pace Car" is a program sponsored by the Washington Area Bicyclist Association to encourage drivers to adhere to the posted speed limits and treat pedestrians and bicyclists with respect by sharing the road safely. Oyster-Adams competed against other schools to see which one could get the highest percentage of parents to sign and return the Pace Car "Driver Pledge." Thanks again for slowing traffic around our school!

Those who would like to take part in the Safe Routes to School committee and make our streets safer for pedestrians can contact Jeff Tackes at oysterwalkbike@gmail.com

Primary Campus Specifics

Walk for the Homeless at the Primary Campus. The annual Walk for the Homeless will take place on Thursday, October 29th. Students in grades 1-3 at the Primary Campus will first hear about the importance of walking for the homeless directly from our beneficiary, Sasha Bruce. This will take place in the cafeteria at 9:00 am. All students will walk around the block at 9:30AM. Students may come to school that day wearing either their Walk for the Homeless T-shirts (available only to those who returned signed permission slips by Oct. 7th ) or a costume. Last year's event was memorable. We will therefore walk exactly the same route as last year. Please contact the Main Office and leave your name and contact information, if you can help supervise students as they walk. We will need parents stationed along the way. The exact route will be delineated in the next newsletter. Volunteers are needed! Please help us make this year's walk as successful as the last one!

Girl Scouts will resume soon at the Primary Campus! The first troop meeting will be at 4:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 19. This meeting is geared toward third graders, though others are welcome. If there is enough interest from younger girls, additional troops will be started for PK-K and 1st-2nd graders. The Girl Scouts also will start troops at the Intermediate Campus if girls and their parents express an interest.

The third-grade girls will meet Mondays from 4:30-5:45. For the first six weeks, they will meet every Monday; after that, the meetings will be on alternate Mondays. The Girl Scouts will provide college students to lead the troop, at least initially, but parents (including dads) are encouraged to participate and will be needed for off-site activities.

Parents must fill out registration forms before the first meeting. The forms are available from classroom teachers, OCA or OST counselors. There is no charge to participate. Please return the forms to Lauren Velazquez in the OCA/OST office, just inside the front door. For more information, contact Jodi Enda at jodi.enda@comcast.net.

Intermediate Campus Specifics