SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR
2009-2010
JUNE
4th-
Field Day
7th-
Move-up Day
8th-
LSRT Nominations (and biographies) are due
11th-
Parent Appreciation Breakfast
LSRT Elections
Intermediate Campus
Drama Club Performance
13th-
Carole Whelan Retirement Party 3-5
15th-
OCC Board meeting 6:00 Adams Campus
16th-
OA LSRT mtg.
6:00 Oyster campus
17th-
8th Grade Promotion
18th-
6th Grade Play
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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June 11, 2010
Dear Oyster-Adams Community:
As we celebrate
Carole Whelan's retirement this weekend, we are also preparing to send off
Oyster-Adams' second class of 8th graders. These young men and women, who just returned
from an adventure-filled four day camping trip, are poised for academic
greatness as they enter the next phase of their scholarly career in some of the
city's finest secondary schools. Next
year we will have students attend:
Woodrow Wilson Senior High School
Duke Ellington School for the Arts
Washington International School
Maret School
Bell Multicultural High School
McKinley Technology High School
Edmund Burke School
School Without Walls
Josip Broz Tito High School,
Macedonia
Paint Branch High School, Montgomery
County
St. John's College High School
This group of 8th graders holds a special place
in our history as this is the first class that has students born and raised at
Oyster-Adams. We have seven students who have spent their entire academic
careers at Oyster-Adams, starting in Pre-Kinder with Ms. Kovin and Sra.
Saavedra. Another eight have been with
us since Kindergarten. Anyone who knows
these students-as well as their classmates that have joined them along the
journey over the past 10 years-knows that these Oyster-Adams graduates
symbolize the true essence and mission of the school. They are beautifully bilingual and
bi-literate, represent a global perspective beyond their years and are used to
a level of academic rigor that will ensure them success in high school. We send them off with pride and admiration.
As we bid this special group of students farewell, we will
prepare to build up our new class of 8th graders, transition next
year's 4th graders to Adams and welcome the newest class of Pre-Kindergartners
at Oyster. And so continues the cycle of
schools: the ebb and flow of new beginnings, bitter-sweet farewells and
countless hours of hard work and laughter as we pursue this labor of love
called education.
Have a fabulous
weekend.
Monica Liang-Aguirre
Principal
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Week of June 14-18
Tuesday:
- OCC Board Meeting, Adams campus 6-8 PM
Thursday:
- 6:00 PM, 8th grade promotion ceremony (Josephine Butler Center)
UPCOMING EVENTS
June 21: Intermediate Campus Talent Show
June 22: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL and Primary Campus
Talent Show
Sending Ms. Whelan off!
Please drop by Carole's retirement celebration on Sunday, June 13th
from 3-5PM at the Josephine Butler Center (2437 Fifteenth Street, NW, right across the street from Meridian Hill
Park) to appreciate Ms. Whelan for all of her excellent work with generations
of Oyster-Adams students. If you can, please bring snacks and/or a dessert to share.
Farewell to our 8th
graders! Join us in
congratulating the Oyster-Adams class of 2010!
Juan Carlos
Alfaro Rivera
Jesly
Alvarez
Charity
Aschenbrenner
Elena
Beeley
Elizabeth
Caspari*
Ashley De
Leon
Ernesto
Dossman
Sebastián
Duque Cortes
Gabriela
Escobar
Karl
Euller*
Jennifer
Garcia Reales
Zoe Gatti**
Abdul
Goumou
Andrea Guerra
Jorge
Alberto Guevara
Stephanie
Guzman*
Jhoana Herrera**
Libia
Ibarquen Mosquera
Fatima
Melendez**
Nathan
Merino
Michelle
Metcalf
Veljan
Mitrovski
Emilio
Monzon**
Banisha
Moore
Ariana
Paredes Vincent**
Sohrab
Pasikhani*
Brenda
Perez
Rosita
Quintanilla
Brian Reyes*
Ainsley Roman
Aren Sahakyan
Ronit Schorr**
Samuel Schwarzwalder*
Marcelle Snead**
Michael Song
Delmar Tarrago
Jennifer Teneyck
Delphine Uriburu-Wilder*
Emily Vanegas-Martinez
Amielia Wilson**
* At Oyster-Adams since Pre-Kinder
** At Oyster-Adams since Kinder
Are you enrolled
for next year? We are still
missing significant numbers of enrollment packets for next year from returning
students. Please don't risk losing your
spot and make sure you enroll by June 22.
Class Assignments
for Next Year: As the year rapidly comes to close, the number one
question that parents have on their minds is: Who will be my child's teachers
next year? The teachers, the
counseling staff and administration are all finalizing class groupings next
year and are still weighing the option of looping (keeping the current class
together) for K, 2nd and 4th grades. We are balancing the benefits of this with
any anticipated changes in staffing. As
always, you will find out your child's specific class and teachers at the end
of the summer, right before school starts.
Please keep in mind
that we not accept requests for specific teachers-so please don't ask! J However, if you feel so
inclined, don't hesitate to let us know about any specific needs of your child
and the type of teacher and classroom environment that would allow your child
to thrive. We always look to do what's
best for our students and appreciate your input and support. You can leave a note in the front office or
email comments to: monica.liang-aguirre@dc.gov.
TURN IN YOUR
BOOKS! Look under your beds, on your
bookshelves, in the car...It is time to turn in all library and classroom books.
Please hunt around your house and return all books that say Oyster Adams
in them. Thank you for your cooperation!
Campamento DeDos:Registration for the Oyster-Adams Spanish language summer camp 'DeDos'
continues for K-5 students! You may register your child on a per week basis or
for July 6-30. Checks must be made out to Hoop Ed.
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June 11, 2010
Hello Oyster-Adams
Community!
Job Opening: OCC is in search of a dynamic, organized
and enthusiastic Business Manager. The Business Manager is to manage the
day-to-day operations of the organization. This is a part-time position only
and pay is $20/hour. We are looking for someone who will cultivate a strong
partnership with the school community and board. Will work closely with all standing
and ad hoc committees of the Board.
http://oysterbilingual.devis.com/Programs/OCC/
Our next meeting is June 15 at the
Intermediate campus, 6-8 p.m. Just a reminder that our monthly board meetings are always open to the
community.
If you need to be
in touch with me: email - alvaradojay@gmail.com
or home phone: 202-582-1142.
Thanks!
Jackie Alvarado
OCC Co-President
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June 11, 2010
Thank you for voting in today's elections! Results will be announced on Monday.
New Family Engagement Team seeking volunteers. If you
would like to serve on a team next year created by LSRT to develop and
implement an action plan to improve parent involvement in ways that will
improve student achievement at Oyster-Adams, please contact 5th grade teacher
Julia Hainer at julia.hainer-violand@dc.gov
or parent Susan Stevenson at skstevenson@gmail.com.
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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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June 11, 2010
OCA parents wish to thank the OCC for continued support of
our scholarship program. Scholarships permit nearly 30 Oyster-Adams students to
participate in OCA, our highly regarded after-school program. OCA parents
strive to make our program available to all Oyster-Adams students, regardless
of means. Parents who pay the full tuition of $280 a month per child subsidize
students from families who are unable to pay the full amount. We also hold two
fund raisers a year. Still, that is not enough, and we count on the greater community
to help us out, particularly in these economic times.
During the 2009-10 school year, OCA has provided
after-school care to 150 students - 23 percent of Oyster-Adams children. Few programs supported by OCC reach that many
students on a regular basis. More than
18 percent of our students receive financial assistance from the OCA
Scholarship Fund, at different levels based on a family's capacity to pay. The average scholarship amount this year is
50 percent of tuition; the scholarship range is from 20 percent to 80
percent. The total amount dedicated to
scholarships in 2009-10 is $39,700. Because of the recession, this is a huge
increase from what we provided in recent years. By way of comparison, in 2007-08,
OCA granted scholarships totaling $25,250;
in 2008-09, when the recession began, that figure rose to $32,000. In 2009-10,
OCA was delighted that OCC funded $15,000 of the scholarships; OCA paid the
remaining $24,700. We raised about $11,500 at our fund raisers and paid the
rest through tuition subsidies and with money from our operating budget
(something we cannot afford to continue doing).
Some OCC members have asked for more transparency about who
receives the scholarships. Even OCA officers and board members don't know the
identities of scholarship recipients. We guard their privacy carefully, which
is the right thing to do. The recipients are selected through an independent
process, by people who are not part of the O-A community, based solely on need.
Their financial information, but not their names, is included in reports to OCA
parents at public meetings.
Here is some information about OCA:
OCA provides a safe, creative, learning environment to
Oyster-Adams students from 3:15 to 6 p.m. after school and all day when there
are no classes and the buildings are open (e.g. parent-teacher conference days,
teacher training days). Our bilingual program staff provides students fun and
educational activities and homework assistance. This is especially helpful for families in which parents have limited
ability in either English or Spanish. OCA also offers a program of enrichment
classes, including instruction in sports and the arts, to OCA students and
others in the wider O-A community. Students in the DCPS after-school program
have especially taken advantage of this opportunity.
OCA parents are proud that our program is open to our entire
O-A community, regardless of ability to pay. We have worked hard to ensure
equal access and to prevent a two-tiered after-school system. We very much
appreciate OCC's support in this endeavor.
The OCA Board
Jodi Enda and Talita Ribera, co-chairs
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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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