April 17: AUCTION
April 19-30: DC-CAS (3rd-8th grade)
Elementary Science
Fair:The Oyster-Adams
Elementary Science Fair is scheduled for May 3rd-7th at the intermediate
campus. Students in grades PreK-3 who
are interested in participating from the primary campus should have already
turned in a project submission sheet to Simone Welch. All students in grades 4-5 are required to
complete a project. Participants
received further information in a project guideline packet that was sent home
before spring break. Please check your
young scientists' backpack!
Need help with your science
fair project? Not sure what to do next? Wondering how
to put your board together in a way that will dazzle the judges? Bring
your questions, comments and concerns to either a before or afterschool session
and talk to the experts about how to get it done!
Oyster Campus
Monday, April 12th
7.30-8.30 and 3.30-5.00
Ms. Welch's Science Lab
Adams Campus
Friday, April 23rd
7.30-8.30 and 3.30-5.00
First Floor Science Lab
Middle School
City-Wide Science Fair Winners:
Congratulations to the Oyster-Adams
Middle school students
who started off their spring vacation at the city-wide science fair. As usual, Oyster-Adams came away a winner!
Stephanie Guzmán- 8th gradeSpecial recognition
from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
2nd Place
Behavior and Social Sciences
Michael Song- 8th gradeSpecial recognition
from Sigma Delta Epsilon
1st place
Earth and Environmental Science
Delphine Uriburu Wilder and Ariana Paredes Vincent- 8th
grade2nd place
Team project
Aren Sahakyan and Veljan Mitrovski- 8th grade1st place
Team project
Otto Euller-8th gradeWashington
Statistical Society - 2nd place
Monetary award from
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Matthew Jenney- 7th gradeHM Physics and
Astronomy
Sophia Claman and Ben Topa- 6th gradeMonetary award from
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
HM Team Project
Alaitz Ruiz- 6th grade3rd Place
Behavior and Social Sciences
Allie Littleton and Celeste Williams- 6th gradeHM Team Project
Warm
Weather Dress: Although we are expected to dip back into more typical seasonal weather,
the hot days this week prompted us to remind parents and students of the dress
expectations for students:
No
flip flops. Students should wear
footwear that allows them to run and play without falling.
Tank tops must have
thick straps. No spaghetti straps or strapless shirts.
Shorts and skirts must
reach the student's middle finger when their arms are hanging down their
sides.
Please help us by reminding your child of these
expectations.
Medication: The onslaught of
warm weather has also brought on allergy season and is making a lot of us
uncomfortable this week at school. Please read below important information on medication in the school.
If your child needs to have medication administered during
the school day, parents/guardians are responsible for bringing in the
"Authorization for Administration of Medication" form filled out by the
parent/guardian and the health care
provider for each medication to be given during the school day. This is for both prescribed and over the
counter medication. Forms are available from the school nurse at each
campus.
Every medication, both prescription and over the counter,
must be given only to the school
nurse or the certified medication aides by the parent or guardian. Please do
not ask teachers or staff to accept medications and do not give medications to
children to bring to school. Each medication must be in its original container
and be clearly labeled with the pharmacy label.
If you have any questions about medication administration in
the school, call the school nurse at 202-671-6134 at the Oyster campus or
202-673-6777 at the Adams campus.
Volunteer
for the Raffle Committee! Volunteers
are needed to help prepare for the annual Raffle. Each student is provided with
tickets to sell for $1, with prizes given for top sellers. Winners are
announced at the Fiesta, Oyster-Adams' annual festival with children's games,
food and entertainment (on May 8).
The
raffle is a great fundraiser - we hope to raise close to $20,000 to support our
classroom needs through the OCC budget. Tickets will be given to each student
next week. We need help with the following tasks:
-
Picking up tickets from each classroom
on both campuses (Monday, April 26 and May 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7)
- Counting tickets and money
- Help distributing awards to students
(from 11:30 to 1:30 on April 30 & May 7 and 14) on both campuses
Please
contact Denise Senecal at denisehsenecal@gmail.com
or Bev Paul at bpaul@gordley.com to
volunteer. Thanks!
