Friday, Jan 30th Winter Wonderland—Wear WHITE

Friday, Feb 13th Valentine’s Day Celebrations

Sunday, Feb 15th Oakland Academy

Celebrates 16 years! Monday, Feb 16th

President’s Day Oakland Closed

Tuesday, Feb 17th Spirit Day!

Wear your YELLOW Oakland shirt!

Friday, Feb 27th VPK Celebration:

Q & U Wedding 10:30am

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my child best. I cannot emphasize enough how vital I think this is for you, the parent, to talk to your child's teacher often throughout the school year. Let them get to know you. Let the teacher in on WHO your child is. Teachers have an enormous amount of experience and knowledge just waiting to be used. Some times all they need is a little insight into what may work best. They will be a better teacher if they can understand what you and your child need. After all, you are your child's best voice- use it! :) —Ms. Michelle

As a child, growing up, I would hear this from my Mom anytime I had a complaint about my day at school. She would calmly look at me and say “Did you talk to the teacher?” I remember feeling frustrated because “I” didn't want to fix the problem. I wanted “her” to fix it for me. As I now know, having children of my own, there is much value to having that relationship with my child's teacher. That is the person who can make or break my child's day. It is so important that they understand what I want for my child. They are the education expert but I am Mom and I know

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Wonderland (wear white), February 13th - Valentine's Party (wear red, purple or pink) and

February 16th - Oakland Is Closed for President’s Day.

Hope the rest of your winter is wonderful! —Ms. Denise

Welcome Kyleigh, Addysen and Mason to the Great Beginnings' classroom! We are so excited to get to know our new friends. We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and a Very Happy New Year! Thank you parents for thinking of us over the holidays. Congratulations to Saide, who is moving up to the Little Learners classroom. Saide will be joining her friend Jack, who also recently moved to there!

We are so proud of our little ones, who are learning to crawl and to reach for toys by themselves. Ava, who just turned 1, is now walking all over the classroom and Brandon is taking more steps everyday! January finds us talking about

things that we see in the winter. On January 30th we will be having our Annual Winter Wonderland Celebration. Please dress your child in white:) Our projects for our Winter Theme will include a snow collage, snowflakes and a snowman. We will read “Maisy's Seasons”, “Down by the Station” and “Little People Farm.” In February we will create a heart collage along with opportunities in class to help the children learn about taking turns. Our books will be “I Love Mommy Because..”, “Maisy's I Love You” and “Peek-a-boo Kisses.” We will also be teach-ing the children sign language to sign “I Love You.” Dates to Remember; January 30th - Winter

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Brayden and Christina have joined in and are learning the routine quickly. Ciara and Zachary are moving up to the Mini Explorers classroom. Oh

My! They grow up so fast! January ends with our Winter Wonderland event on the 30th. Please dress in white! February finds us celebrat-ing Valentine's Day . We will learn about friendship and family as well as the importance of politeness and kind words. We will be sharing Valentine's Cards on February 13th so keep an eye out for any notices and Please, sign-up on our door:) —Ms. Gaby

Face book!) We have said goodbye to Kaidyn, he relocated to Georgia:) and we welcomed our new friends, Saide, Jack and Cole, who are keeping busy and making new friends! Our Potty group is growing ~

We hope everyone enjoyed their holidays and had a Happy New Year! The children had a wonder-ful time learning about the many different winter holidays that people celebrate. Our PJ Party was so much fun! We loved frost-ing our holiday cookies, tossing snowballs, and visiting with Santa. (We hope you saw our pictures on

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This will definitely be a winter wonderland of fun! February will have us feeling that “Love is in the Air” as our groups will be involved in special love-themed crafts, art, role plays, poems, stories, songs and other creative activities. We will continue to encourage the students to show kindness and empathy to one another. February is also Dental Health Month and we will begin our Tooth Brushing Tuesdays. We will review Black History, with Martin Luther King, songs and skit presentations. We will also celebrate the Marriage of the letters “Q and U.” They are inseparable in words and we will host our annual celebration to cement this idea. As you can see, we will be very busy! Make sure you keep an eye on your monthly calendar so you don't miss a thing! —Ms. Maria

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Mini Explorers Winter Break has ended and so has 2014. We participated in our first field trip to the Dollar Store in December! Each child was able to purchase gifts for friends and family. We even got to ride on the school bus! The students loved this!! “I like the bus!” said Jahmiah as we returned to school. We had so much fun on our Frozen Fun Friday as well:) The holidays are over but the fun keeps on

coming. January's journey began with our “Weather and Winter” theme. We are exploring the weather around us and the Winter season through songs, poems, videos, stories, and science experiments. Our group has become Weather Watchers as each child gives a report at CircleTime, throughout the month. Our Winter Wonderland event will be held on January 30th. Please wear WHITE!

We will ride the Polar Express and make special winter-themed crafts. You are welcome to join us as we make snow-globes, snowmen, participate in a snowball toss, bucket races and an obstacle course.

The New Year has gotten off to a GREAT start! Our theme in January was Winter and our friends have been working hard! Analise and Rivan both have enjoyed tracing, cutting and past-ing in our writing center. We welcomed Darrick, Easton and Nahomi from the Mini Explorers class and they have been a joy to get to know. All are adjusting nicely to their new classroom and rou-tines. We are looking forward to our Winter Wonderland on Friday, January 30th. We ask that every-one come dressed in WHITE that day please! :) In February we will talk about dental health, as well as our overall health and hygiene. We

will be learning about Groundhog Day, shadows and what that symbol-izes for our weather. Of course we will discuss Valentine's Day too.

We have some really fun activi-ties to support our “Love” theme. On February 13th we will exchange Valentine's cards in our classroom. Keep your calendar handy so you don't miss any special events!

—Ms. Tissia

January 30th.. Please wear WHITE this day! Parents you are also welcome to help us this day. Touch base with myself or Ms Marcia.

We will assign you a job! My favorite time of year is just around the corner. February is the Love month! VPK will be host-ing our annual “Q and U” wedding.

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creative activities. We will continue to encourage the students to show kindness and empathy to one another. February is also Dental Health Month and we will begin our Tooth Brushing Tuesdays. We will review Black History, with Martin Luther King, songs and skit presen-tations. In February we also celebrate the Marriage of the letters “Q and U.” They are inseparable in words and we host our annual celebration to cement

this idea. As you can see, this month is very busy! Make sure you keep an eye on your monthly calendar so you don't miss a thing —Ms. Marcia

Express and make special winter-themed crafts. You are welcome to join us as we make snow-globes, snowmen, partici-pate in a snowball toss, bucket races and an obstacle course. This will definitely be a winter wonderland of fun! February will have us feeling that “Love is in the Air” as our groups will be involved in special love-themed crafts, art, role plays, poems, stories, songs and other

Winter Break has ended and so has 2014. We participated in our first field trip to the Dollar Store in December! Each child was able to purchase gifts for friends and family. We even got to ride on the school bus! The students loved this!! “I like the bus!” said Jahmiah as we returned to school. We had so much fun on our Frozen Fun Friday as well:) The holidays are over but the fun keeps on coming. January's journey began with our “Weather and Winter” theme. We are exploring the weather around us and the Winter season through songs, poems, videos, stories, and science experiments. Our group has become Weather Watchers as each child gives a report at CircleTime, throughout the month. Our Winter Wonderland event will be held on January 30th. Please wear WHITE! We will ride the Polar

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We celebrate these letters always being together in words. This is a very fun and special event that happens here in our VPK program each year, and you do not want to

miss it. We encourage all our families to come out for this event! Our students are growing more and more each day and Ms. Ruth and I couldn't be happier. Thank you to

all of our parents for working hard with your child at home. When we work as a team we can all reach the goal of Kindergarten Readiness! —Ms. Franki

It’s hard to believe it is already 2015!! We hope you all had a wonderful holiday and New Year break with your family and maybe even got to sleep in a little!! We missed all of you, and especially the sweet smiles and warm hugs from your children! We are glad to be back with them, and are ready for a great year! Our theme this month was Winter Wonderland. We traveled all around the country to study different types of weather and animals that we see in the winter. Oakland had a wonderful visit from our middle school friends at Pine Crest Academy. We had so much fun playing together. Thank you Pine Crest! (You can check out pictures on our Face book page!) We are looking forward to our Winter Wonderland event on Friday,

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WOAH! 2015 is here!! The after school family and I are enjoying the start to this new year. Welcome to a few new faces. Ms Deandra has joined our after school team and the children are loving getting to know her. Winter Break was Fantastic! The children got into the holiday spirit, purchased Gifts at the dollar store, wrapped them and made cards for friends and family. Daily field trips kept everyone busy, Bowling and Jump Zone were a hit! Fun Frozen Friday may need to become an annual event too. The students made their own Olaf and created their own version of apple bobbing at the park. Our group is

very creative! Spring Break is in March and we are hoping to have just as much fun, if not more! Fun is important but so is our school work. We understand the importance of performing well on those standard-

ized tests. To help prepare our students, we do encourage every child to read 20 minutes DAILY after they have completed their homework. We encourage ALL of

“We Believe in Children”

1/3– Justin C. 1/5– Isabella M. 1/6– Justin K. 1/9– Laniah H. 1/10– Molly S. 1/13– Ava D 1/14– Elias R. 1/16– Ms. Jacquie 1/22– Ms. Maria 1/23– Anastasia H. 1/27– Elijah D. 2/1– Isabella W, 2/3– Madeline M. 2/5– Ms. Gail 2/14– Jordana L. 2/19– Jericho S. 2/20– Jahmiah D. 2/21– Analise B. 2/25– Gianna R. 2/26– Christina S. 2/26– Joel J.

OAKLAND ANNIVERSARIES 1/10– Ms. Denise celebrates her 13th year at Oakland!!!

2/15– Oakland Academy turns 16 years old!

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our families to help their child become a strong reader! February is dental Health Month. The students will explore ways to

develop healthy habits for long lasting success. We will post daily reminders about healthy habits like; brushing after every meal, flossing daily and the importance of healthy food choices. We encourage our families to do the same at home. We

are always here for you, do not hesitate to call with any questions or concerns! Thank you! —Ms. Maya and Ms. Deandra