Weekly Update • February 3, 2015 Eagle Breakfast Artist of the Week On January 28th, we held our Eagle Breakfast. Junior High students were chosen by the Oak Grove staff and recognized for displaying fine examples of character. Congratulations to Jack Regan for being selected as Artsonia's 4th - 6th grade "ARTIST OF THE WEEK!" for the week of February 1, 2015 - February 7, 2015. During the contest, Jack received 1736 votes from website visitors! Be sure to check the Artsonia homepage at www.artsonia.com where you will see Jack’s artwork featured for the next few days. Congratulations Jack! 6th Grade Joseph Griffith Daniella Jarrell Quinn Kurland Desi Nainar Lyann Tam 7th Grade Jack Calsin Ellie Dapier Callie Lichter James Schmidt 8th Grade Allison Becker Lindsey Burke Greta Dean Olivia Johnson Tori Lex Tara Recana Alyssa Sorensen In addition to the plaque being made for him, Blick Art Materials has generously donated $100 gift certificates to the winning teachers and $50 to the winning artists. Kiss That Cow! We are so proud of our readers! So far, we have read 5,525 books - Great job! Keep working toward our goal of 8,000 books by April 6th! Remember to record each book here once you have finished reading! Let’s keep up our Moo-tivation! Two Weeks at a Glance Graduation Dance Committee Mtg. 8th grade parents, there is still time to sign up for the informational meeting regarding the 8th grade Graduation Dance Committee on Thursday, February, 5, 2015 at 9:30 am in the Junior High Cafeteria. Please contact Kathy Azzato in the Junior High office; (ext. 2038) if you plan to attend. 4 PTO Meeting - 9:00 am 5 8th Grade Dance Comm. Mtg. - 9:30 am 10 Symphonic Band/Jazz Band Winter Concert - 6:30 pm 13 School Improvement Day/Early Dismissal - 1:00 pm Page Two Oak Grove News February 3, 2015 Oak Grove Wrestling Oak Grove wrestling had a great week of action. Two dual meet wins 57-36 over Big Hollow and 72-12 over Woodlawn improving the dual meet record to 9-8. At the Deerpath tournament on Saturday Jan 31st, 10 Eagles placed in the top 6 and the team finished 6th in the 16 team tournament. The individual placers included; Gavin Brown 6th @ 80lbs, Ian Riley 4th @ 85lbs, Sam Pinsel 5th @ 90lbs, Brandon Murphy 3rd @ 95lbs, Danny Pucino 2nd @ 100lbs, Alec Goodman 4th @ 112lbs, Kincer Crovetti 4th @ 119lbs, Garrison Bennett 2nd @ 119lbs, Charlie Foltz 3rd @ 126lbs, and Luke Roberts 4th @ 135lbs. The Eagles are away this week Tuesday at Wheeling Jack London and Thursday at Lake Forest Deerpath. Tuesday February 9th is our next home meet vs Lincolnshire Daniel Wright 4:30pm in the Elementary Gym. Page Three Oak Grove News CURRICULUM O R N E R Hello Oak Grove Community, This week, Dr. Meltzer would like to highlight some of the tools used in our technology classes that are offered to students in 6th through 8th grade. Creativity is Moving Beyond the Keyboard In these classes, students are using “Makey-Makey” hardware to create new game controllers and musical instruments. Students connect the Makey-Makey to the computer and then use clay, aluminum foil, graphite, or coins to create a circuit. Most students use the programming platform Scratch, but it can be used with any computer program. You can see some great musical examples made by others here including playing a melody with a pizza. These activities in the technology classes align well with our Science by Design class, and our Robotics Club. These activities support a worldwide movement called MakerSpace where people create objects with the help of technology. February 3, 2015 PTO News Parent Teacher Organization www.ogschool.org February 3, 2015 A Message from PTO Co-Presidents Joanie Sauers and Julie Goodman: Lunches This Week Tuesday, February 3rd – Panera Wednesday, February 4th – Culver’s Thursday, February 5th – Sub & Smoothie Kindergarten / 1st Grade Social The Kindergarten / First Grade Social is Friday, February 13th from 1:45 pm to 4:00 pm at the Libertyville Sports Complex. There will be Oak Grove parent supervision, in addition to Libertyville Sports Complex staffers. This event is FREE for all who attend!!! You should have received an email with RSVP information. If you have not received it, please contact Kari Fitzpatrick at kari.fitzpatrick@ abbott.com or Becky Rynes at bbbbbbecky@yahoo. com. PTO Meeting Please join us at the PTO meeting this Wednesday, February 4th, at 9:00 am in the Junior High teachers lounge. The agenda is available on the PTO page of the Oak Grove website. Page Four Oak Grove News February 3, 2015 January Board of Education Meeting Geography Bee Winner Please click here to view a summary of the events that occured at the January Board of Education meeting. The Board appreciates the comments and concerns that are addressed during the Public Comment portion of the meeting. Please remember that Personnel Actions are not able to be discussed or explained to anyone other than the person(s) involved. In addition, comments and concerns can not be addressed at the meeting, but the Board and the Administration will make every attempt to answer any questions proposed by the community and staff in a follow up manner. Congratulations to Aamir Tanveer, who was crowned Oak Grove’s National Geographic Bee Champion January 26th. Aamir now has his sights set on qualifying for the Illinois State Bee and a chance to win a $50,000 college scholarship. Good luck, Aamir! Congratulations to all the contestants who made the Bee a fantastic event. Oak Grove Honor Society On Saturday, January 24, members of the Oak Grove Honors Society went to pack food at Feed My Starving Children, located in Libertyville. Their job was to pack special meals for people living in disease and natural disaster stricken areas, like Northwest Africa and Haiti. After two hours of working, they had packed at least 40 of the amazing 163 boxes that were filled during the session. That’s 35,208 meals packed! Amazing job and thank you to everyone who participated; we were able to feed 96 children for a whole year! Last Day of School Change Unfortunately, with the blizzard on Sunday through Monday, we ended up having to utilize another emergency day. Each year when we are creating our calendar, we incorporate five “emergency days”. Thus far we have used four! Now, the last day of school will be Wednesday, June 10th. We will keep you updated as the year progresses, but let’s think Spring! Page Five Oak Grove News February 3, 2015 COMMUNITY EVENTS OAK GROVE EVENTS KISS THAT COW BUTTERFIELD CLOTHING AND TOY SALE YOUNG REMBRANDTS ADLER CENTER PROGRAMS LHS CHEER CLINIC PIZZA PARTY GIRL SCOUTS DADDY/ DAUGHTER DANCE Oak Grove School District 68 VIRTUAL BACKPACK ENGINEERING FOR KIDS INSIDE THE LINES BASEBALL ACADEMY CROSSWAYS PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION MATIGIAN PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION LIBERTYVILLE CO-OP PRESCHOOL PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DOCUMENTS IN THE VIRTUAL BACKPACK Oak Grove Board of Education Jennifer Manski, President Lane Hasler, Vice President Leigh Foltz, Secretary Craig Dowden Ken LaCrosse Harold Sargent Tony Pirih WAUKEGAN LIBRARY CLASSES BANNER DAY CAMP Board Meeting Schedule [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Oak Grove School District 68 1700 S. O’Plaine Rd., Green Oaks IL 60048 January 27, 2015 February 24, 2015 March 24, 2015 April 28, 2015 May 19, 2015 June 23, 2015 July - TBD