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New PTA Website COMING SOON!
Check back soon for an all new PTA Website.....
Communications Survey - Please Help...
In an effort to improve communications tools and methods for the upcoming school year, we would like to ask you to take a few minutes to complete a brief survey. The survey focuses on opportunities the PTA has available to create ease in payment and ordering items related to the PTA, use of the PTA website and Facebook pages. The survey is completely anonymous. We greatly value your opinion. Thank you for your time and we hope you have a wonderful summer.
Please click on the link to go to the SURVEY.
Can You Spare Some Time Next Year?
There are lots of volunteer opportunities with the PTA for next year. Lots of ways to get involved and help out your
school. Click to view some of the
volunteer descriptions.
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Congratulations and Thanks
Angie Fontanilla and Lori Manik
If you weren't able to attend our final PTA meeting, you missed recognition for two outstanding PTA volunteers:
Angie was selected as our PTA Volunteer of the Year! At board meetings, Angie's name came up almost every month when discussing current events and activi...ties at Oak Hill. Angie served as the Room Parent coordinator, organized Oakie's BB&T, took a lead role in planning the sixth grade end-of-school celebration, and also was the Robotics coordinator. Thank you, Angie, for your dedication to the school and to the PTA!
Lori was honored with the VA PTA Award for Distinguished Service. Lori has been a fixture at Oak Hill and in the PTA for 8 years. In her very first year at Oak Hill, she stepped forward to serve as the PTA's first vice president. She went on to become the PTA president for two years and was instrumental in some of major changes in the way our PTA operates, including the transition to pledge fundraising. In the four years since she left the PTA presidency, the PTA board has elected her to standing committee positions so that it could continue to benefit from her amazing wisdom, knowledge and passion for the PTA's mission. In addition to serving the board, Lori has represented our community within the school system and at in the district and state levels of the PTA. She has, of course, also served the school and PTA by taking on many less visible but very important tasks, from room parent, to legislative chairperson, to staff breakfast hostess, and much more. Many thanks to Lori for all that she has done to serve the students, staff and parents here at Oak Hill!
If you see either of them, give them a big pat on the back and a round of thanks!
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Oak Hill to Start Full Day Kindergarten
May 27 - The FCPS School Board has approved the 2012 budget which includes funding to expand full-day kindergarten to all elementary schools including Oak Hill. More details can be viewed in the FCPS
News Release.
Oak Hill Earns 2011 Virginia Index of Performance Award for Advanced Learning and Achievement
January 20th - Virginia Governor and the Board of Education announced that 728 schools earned the
2011 Virginia Index of Performance (VIP) awards for advanced learning and achievement. Oak Hill received the
Board of Education Excellence Award. The program, was created by the Board of Education in 2007 to advance Governor Kaine's "competence to excellence" agenda promoting advanced learning and achievement.
Check out the Official Press Release. Congratulations to all the dedicated and hard working staff at Oak Hill!
Oak Hill Recognized with 2009-10 Red Wellness Award
Nov 1 - The FCPS Student Wellness Policy promotes student health and wellness activities at the school level. An annual Golden Wellness Scorecard Award recognizes schools that exceed the wellness guidelines. Oak Hill received the Red Award for the 2009-2010 school year for our schoolwide health and nutrition efforts. This is the second highest category, meeting or exceeding all judged items. Check out the photo of our team members accepting the award on October 25th. (Pictured from left to right are: Ehmie Hill (Oak Hill Food Service Manager), Kathy Smith, Judy Evans and Elizabeth Price). Next year, they state, they are "going for the GOLD!" Congrats and good luck to all.
Shop & Support Oak Hill
Oct 12 - Did you know that you can help Oak Hill raise thousands of dollars and earn free equipment & supplies just by linking your grocery loyalty cards to Oak Hill? Giant, Bloom and Harris Teeter, all offer families the opportunity to support one or more schools of their choice. So, please grab all those loyalty cards and help Oak Hill by linking your card to Oak Hill at each of those stores. Check out our
Shop & Support Page for all the information. Remember that friends and family who don't have children at Oak Hill are still more than welcome to support Oak Hill this way too! PLEASE NOTE: THE PROGRAMS RESET EACH YEAR. So, even if you linked your account to Oak Hill last year, the stores require that you confirm that choice this year.
Let's Move! toward healthier food in school...
Oct 4 - First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! campaign, in association with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is challenging school nutrition professionals, chefs, students, parents and interested community members to create tasty, healthy, exciting new recipes for inclusion on school lunch menus across the country. Winning teams will win $12,000 in prizes and be invited to prepare their nutrition-packed recipes alongside White House chefs. Get your school involved now by going to RecipesForKidsChallenge.com. Or view the
flyer for more information.
Oak Hill Continues to GO GREEN! with Virtual Friday Folder
Oct 1 - Oak Hill and the PTA are continuing their efforts to conserve resources. Beginning Friday, Oct. 22, instead of stuffing the Friday Folder with many unwanted papers, we will begin posting those notes on the school and PTA website. Your child's Friday Folder will still contain projects and work sent home, notes from their classroom teachers, and permission slips for activities such as field trips. This change will save on paper, printing, and time volunteers give stuffing folders, and allow them to use that time to more directly help students. Putting them on the web, will allow parents to read only what pertains to them, and since they will remain online, you will be able to access them at a later date if you need. We also realize that not all families have easy access to the internet. Both the school and PTA are happy to continue to provide paper copies of flyers when needed. If you do not have regular internet access at home, please complete this
Opt-In Form to receive paper copies of flyers and announcements each week. To view, click on the Friday Folder link on the navigation bar on the left.
Oak Hill Chosen for AHA Teaching Garden Program
Sept. 28 - Oak Hill is one of nine schools nationwide, and the only school in Virginia, chosen to participate in the American Heart Association's (AHA) Teaching Garden program, an initiative designed by environmental and health activist Kelly Meyer, which will teach elementary and middle school students the importance of healthy eating and physical activity. For more information, check the
FCPS News Release.
OH PTA Communications
The Oak Hill PTA is committed to reducing its environmental impact. Though you will receive some paper flyers in your child's Friday Folder, look for OHPTA news and event information using these electronic means:
Our PTA Website
Email(via Keep-In-Touch)
Facebook
The Wolfpack Newsletter (available online at both PTA and school websites. KIT and Facebook fans will receive reminders when a new issue becomes available.)
Oakie's BB&T Bank
Oak Hill Elementary has partnered with BB&T Bank to create an in-school bank, Oakie's BB&T. The main purpose of this program is to encourage students to save for their future. Oakie's BB&T school bank is in its third year of operation. It is managed and run by our 5th and 6th grade students and open in the lobby every Tuesday and Thursday morning from 8:10-8:40AM to accept deposits. (All other transactions can be done at regular BB&T branches.) Oak Hill students can open a new savings account with no minimum deposit, and BB&T will deposit $5 into the account for free. For more information, contact Angie Fontanilla, at bbtbank@oakhillpta.org. Click to view/print the
account application form.
FCPS Keep In Touch (KIT) System
The FCPS Keep in Touch (KIT) system now offers users the opportunity to receive specific topics, community outreach messages, and information about specific schools via a subscription service.
Click KIT to register for or update your KIT.
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