SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR
2009-2010
6th-
Students return to school
10th -
Session 5 of PESA
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Oyster campus
17th -
Session 6 of PESA
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Oyster campus
Oyster-Adams Auction
7p-11p
Washington Hilton
19th-
Report Cards issued
20th-
OCC Board mtg.
6:00 Adams campus
28th-
OA LSRT mtg.
6:00 Oyster campus
MAY
3rd-7th-
Teacher Appreciation Week
K-5
Science Fair
7th -
Principal's Coffee
Oyster Campus
8th-
Oyster-Adams Fiesta!
10th
Celebration of Athletics at Oyster-Adams
7-8:30
Adams campus
18th-
OCC Board mtg.
6:00 Oyster campus
21st-
Concurso
de Poesía
(both campuses)
OCA
Fundraiser
Cocktail party
26th-
OA LSRT mtg.
6:00 Adams campus
31st-
Memorial Day NO SCHOOL
JUNE
2nd -
Move up Day
4th-
Field Day
11th-
Parent Appreciation Breakfast
16th-
OA LSRT mtg.
6:00 Oyster campus
17th-
8th Grade Promotion
21st-
Talent Show
Intermediate Campus
22nd -
Talent Show
Primary Campus
Last day of school
for students End of fourth term |
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A Message from
Principal Liang-Aguirre
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April 30, 2010
Dear Oyster-Adams Community:
When I was in 7th grade, I had a French teacher
who, as it turns out, had a profound impact on the professional path I have
chosen. Madame Seiler, as she was
called, was warm and caring, energetic, creative, allowed us to pick a French
name (I chose Jacqueline), had us work in collaborative groups and taught us a
foreign language by having us use
it. We had French class at the end of
the day during 8th period-clearly a difficult time slot for 7th
grade- yet we always felt engaged and active throughout the lesson and the last
bell of the day would ring before we knew it. I didn't know it at the time, but Mme. Seiler instilled in me not only a
love for learning languages, but also impressed upon me as a student what good
teaching is.
I continued to study French and German throughout high
school and ultimately decided to study Spanish in my first year of
college. I endured a variety of language
professors in my student years-from the terrifying one whose class I dreaded
(but where I learned to prepare my homework carefully), the grammar czar (who
finally made me understand grammar-in any language), to the German professor
that actually fell asleep during her own class. Then upon graduating, as I prepared for my own classes as a high school
Spanish teacher in NYC, I often thought back to Mme. Seiler and mimicked my
lessons on the strategies and activities we had done in her class many years
prior.
Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week. I always say that teaching is the most
difficult job in the world and this week I ask you to reflect on the passion,
commitment, and many, many long hours that your children's teachers put into
their classes every day. I am so proud of our teaching staff: the teachers, the aides and all of our
specialists and support staff who pour passion and soul into Oyster-Adams every
day. Not every teacher will be every
child's "Madame Seiler," but every teacher will at one point be someone's
inspiration, coach, homework trainer and, perhaps, path changer. Please take the time next week to say
"gracias."
Have a fabulous weekend,
Monica Liang Aguirre
Principal
PS: Thank you for
your responses for the teacher hiring committee!
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Week of May 3-7
Elementary Science
Fair! Location: Adams Campus
- PARENTS ARE
STILL NEEDED TO HELP AT THE SCIENCE FAIR! Contact Liz Fallace if you can help. 202/213-6609 or
lizfallace@gmail.com.
Teacher Appreciation Week!
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Monday, 5/3 : Bring a flower
- Tuesday, 5/4: bring a piece of fruit
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Wednesday, 5/5 bring a thank you note
(And please don't forget our fantastic specials teachers: P.E., Art, Library, Science, Technology, Literacy...)
Thursday, May 6:
- Middle School College Field Trip (all day)
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6:00PM: Anti-Bullying
meeting for parents (Adams)
Friday, May 7:
- Principal's Coffee
(Oyster)
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2:00PM: Laura Dueñes Memorial Library Dedication
Saturday May 8:
- ¡FIESTA! (OYSTER CAMPUS) (12:00-4:00PM)
UPCOMING EVENTS
May 10: Oyster-Adams Celebration of Athletes
May 21: ¡Concurso de Poesía!
Important Safety Alert for Students at the Intermediate
Campus: The attached letter was sent home with all Intermediate
Campus Students on Friday. Please click
here to read or check your child's backpack. CLICK HERE
Laura
Dueñes Memorial Library: We are officially dedicating the library at
the Intermediate Campus to Laura Dueñes, the mother of two of our students, who
died very suddenly 2006. An avid reader
and lover of books, the family has worked with the school to enhance the
library collection in her memory. We
will hold a short ceremony on Friday, May 7 at 2PM at Adams. Please join us to celebrate her reading
legacy.
Adams
Gym Update: The elementary grades science fair will be held in our partially
remodeled gym. They have stopped work
for the week to allow us to use the gym, so notice the progress: The tiles and grout have been deeply cleaned,
the radiator grates are missing because they are being refurbished to their
beautiful original bronze, the woodwork on the stage has been stripped and the
floor is in the process of being replaced, the ornamental and stage plaster is
being restored and the old stage rigging has been removed. Notice a small square patch on the gym floor
in front of the stage on the right hand side. This is a sanded patch of the
floor and gives you an idea of what our entire floor will look like once the
maple has been refurbished. Work will
pick up again right after the fair.
ART ROOM NEWS from Carole Whelan, Art
Teacher PK - 3
Art
Field Trips to the National Portrait Gallery to compare student portraits to
those by professionals, and to practice their musical and artistic
presentations for May 22.
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Wednesday May 5 for 3B -
11:30 -3:15
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Thursday May 6 for 3A -
11:30 - 3:15
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Friday May 7 for 3C -
11:30 - 3:15
Special
Projects & Exhibitions
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Grade 3 - Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery
"Family Day" Saturday May 22, 11:00 -3:00
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Grade 2 - Book Presentation to parents and
administration, Tuesday, June 8 9 ;00 - 10:00
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Grade 1 and Kindergarten - All morning felting
workshops with Renate Maile-Moskowitz:. PK classes is invited to visit the art
room in groups of 6-10 to see how fleece
is used (Wednesday June 9, Thursday June 10 and Friday June 11)
Please
sell raffle tickets - next week is the last week! The Oyster-Adams raffle will take place at
Fiesta in only ONE WEEK, on Saturday, May 8, and we need to sell all the
tickets for this important fundraiser for our school. Every day next week, from
Monday, May 3, through Friday, May 7, teachers and parent volunteers will be
collecting ticket stubs and money. If your child is not planning to sell
all of his/her tickets, please send them back to school next week. Thank you to all who have been working hard
to sell tickets! Your efforts are vital to the success of our programs.
Families who need more tickets to sell
may obtain them from Ms. Shorts at the primary campus, Ms. Rodriguez at the
intermediate campus, or your child's teacher. For more information please
contact Bev Paul at bpaul@gordley.com
and Denise Senecal at denisehsenecal@gmail.com.
OCA Spring Fundraiser Event and Raffle May
21, 2010 at the Swiss Embassy! This annual
event provides parents with a break, an evening in good company, with great
food, and also the opportunity to win prizes! All of the proceeds collected will go to the OCA Scholarship Fund. We
request your generosity in donating items or services for the raffle. If
you are unable to donate any items or services, please consider helping to
raise funds. We can provide you with a template of a fundraising letter. You
may reach out to local businesses that are always happy to support local
schools. If you would like to donate any
item or service to the raffle, please contact Charlotte Valle, at charlotte_valle@verizon.net
or Lydia Borland, at lydiaborland@gmail.com.
Elementary School
Science Fair, Adams gymnasium, May 3 - May 7th
Next week we look forward to the Elementary 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.
Please see below for important student/parent
information. As always, we will need
parent volunteers for this effort. Please come and support our students.
Contact Liz Fallace, lizfallace@gmail.com,
202/213-6609, to volunteer.
Important Science Fair Information for Participants and
Parents
Tuesday, May 4th
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Project Drop-off in the Adams Campus Gym
Project drop-off is Tuesday, May 4th from
8.00am-1.00 pm in the Adams campus gym. If you are unable to bring your child's project to the Adams campus
between those hours please contact Simone Welch at sciencesimone@gmail.com to make other
arrangements.
Wednesday, May 5th
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Participant Arrival and Judging
Judging of the science fair will be conducted from 9.00 am
-12.00 pm. Contestants will be asked to
speak for a few minutes with a couple judges each during this time. Oyster
campus participants have two options for arriving at the fair.
CHOICE 1: Drop your child off as usual at Oyster in the
morning: he/she will walk with his or her teacher to Adams with other
participants in the morning. Please make
sure your student is on time if he/she wishes to walk with the group.
CHOICE 2: Bring your child directly to Adams on the day
of the fair. If you bring your child to
Adams personally, you must stay with your student and return him/her to Oyster
at lunchtime unless you have made arrangements with his/her teacher.
If your child is a student at Adams, no special arrangements
need to be made. Parents do not need to stay with 4th and 5th
graders.
Thursday, May 6th
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Open to the Public/Class Visits
Students will be visiting the fair with their classes. Oyster students will walk with their class
from the Primary Campus to visit the fair.
Friday, May 7th
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Breakdown and Project Pick-Up
Breakdown of the fair will be done on Friday, May 7th. All projects must be removed from the gym by
2.00 pm on Friday. Projects can be taken
home either Thursday after school or Friday until 2. If you cannot arrange for pick-up between
these hours, please contact Simone Welch at sciencesimone@gmail.com to make other
arrangements.
PARENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Monday. May 3 TABLE SET UP 9 am - 11 am
Five (5) Parents Needed
Round tables will be delivered to Adams at 10 am and parents
are needed to help unload the truck and set up the tables and tablecloths.
Tuesday, May 4th PROJECT SET UP 9 am - 1 pm
Three (3) Parents Needed
Parents from each class are needed to transport class
projects from the Oyster Campus to the Adams Campus. Parents are needed
to help set up projects on the tables.
Wednesday, May 5th JUDGING 8 am - 2 pm
Six (6) Parents Needed
Scientists from NIH and other research institutions will
judge student projects. Parents are needed to help with organizing and
collating the judges' evaluations.
Thursday, May 6th CLASS TOURS 9 am - 3 pm
Parents Needed
Science Fair will be open to public and all Oyster/Adams
classrooms.
Friday, May 7th BREAKDOWN 10 am - 2 pm
Five (5) Parents Needed
Parents are needed to transport projects to Oyster and help
break down tables.
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Calling all runners, swimmers,
soccer players and basketball players!
Save the date to celebrate a year of
athletics at Oyster-Adams!
What: Oyster-Adams
Celebration of Athletes
When: Monday May 10,
7:00-8:30 PM
Where: Oyster Cafeteria
(NEW LOCATION!!)
DC
Scores Soccer Game Schedule. All games are on
Fridays. MS girls start at 4:00; MS boys
begin immediately afterwards: -
May
7: vs. Cesar Chavez- Parkside @ 3701 Hayes St, NE 20019
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May
14: vs. Lincoln
Knights @ 3145 Hiatt Pl, NW
20010
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May
21: vs. Friendship Edison @ 725
19th St, NE 20002
Track and Field Meet schedule for elementary (4th and 5th
grade) and middle school (6th-8th grade) students:
- 5/5/10: Elementary students, 1:30 at Anacostia (1601 16th
St. SE)
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5/11/10: Middle School students, 2:00 at Dunbar (1301 New
Jersey Ave. NW)
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5/19/10: Elementary students, 2:00 Dunbar (1301 New
Jersey Ave. NW)
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5/21/10: Middle School students, 2:00 at Anacostia (1601
16th St. SE)
Come cheer on the Tigers!
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April 30, 2010
Hello Oyster-Adams
Community!
Fiesta: Get ready for fun games and delicious food on
Saturday, May 8 from noon - 4 pm. at Oyster campus!! We need volunteers to help
with the event. If you can help with the grill, games, pupusa stand, or any
part of Fiesta, please contact Tomora Redman (202-907-8612 or tredmanencore@aim.com). Please contact
Tomora if you will be bringing a cake for the Cake Walk.
OCC
Election News: Please
consider running for the OCC board, we are in need of help. Positions that are
open for SY 2010-11 are: Co-Chair, Treasurer, Secretary and At-Large members.
Let me know if you are interested. Help move our Primary and Intermediate
campuses forward. There is nothing else more important than being involved in
the process of helping our school. If no one responds, there will be no
committee.
http://oysterbilingual.devis.com/Programs/OCC/
Raffle: Don't forget to sell raffle tickets! More are available in the main
office at Oyster and at Adams. Each ticket is worth $1. Contact Denise Senecal
(DSenecal@creditunions.com) or
Bev Paul (bpaul@gordley.com) if you have
any questions.
If you need to be
in touch with me: email - alvaradojay@gmail.com
or home phone: 202-582-1142.
Thanks,
Jackie Alvarado
OCC Co-Chair
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April 30, 2010
No LSRT news this week
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National
Cinco de Mayo Festival
DATE: Sunday, May 2
TIME: 12:00 noon - 6:00pm
LOCATION: National Mall by the Washington Monument at the Sylvan Theater
(Closest cross streets are Independence Avenue and and 15th Street SW)
Postings for this space are limited to free or very low-cost events,
services or products that support the mission of our school. Please send your notice IN ENGLISH AND IN
SPANISH to wendy.jacobson@verizon.net
by 4:00 p.m. on Thursdays.
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April 30, 2010
The time has come for the OCA Spring Fundraiser Event and Raffle! As
stated previously in the OCA meeting, this event will take place on May 21, 2010
at the Swiss Embassy, in Washington, DC. This event will provide us parents a break
from our hectic days with an evening in good company, with great food, and also
the opportunity to win prizes!
This event helps the OCA raise funds
for the OCA Scholarship Fund, a
program which provides support to families that need the services that OCA
provides, but who are unable to afford such services. Because of previous
generous donations that we received, this year the OCA Scholarship Fund supports
23% of the students that participate in Oyster Creative Activities
(OCA).
All of the proceeds collected in
this event will be directed towards the OCA Scholarship Fund. We request your
generosity in donating items or services for the raffle. Last year parents
donated over 30 items and services, such as cookbooks, facials, and gift
certificates, among others, from local businesses. If you are unable to donate
any items or services, please consider in helping us raise funds for this
activity. We can provide you with a template of a fundraising letter. You may
reach out to local businesses, whom are always happy to support local schools.
If you would like to donate any item
or service to the raffle, please contact Charlotte Valle, at charlotte_valle@verizon.net or
Lydia Borland, at lydiaborland@gmail.com.
Thank you for all of your
support!
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OYSTER-ADAMS BILINGUAL SCHOOL
Monica Liang Aguirre, Principal
Ibis Villegas, Assistant Principal
Karen Lesmez, Assistant Principal
Pablo Girón, Acting Intermediate
Campus Coordinator
Oyster Campus (PreK - 3rd Grade)
2801 Calvert Street, NW
Washington, DC 20008
Tel: 202/671-6130
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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