Science Fair & Testing dates

Fifth grade students will need to bring their completed display board for their science fair on Monday, Jan. 23rd. We told the students the display board could be entirely hand written. If they want to have the option to move on to the district, it will need to be typed. They were given plenty of classroom time to work on this. We suggest that the students spend some of their time tomorrow finishing the display board and requested that they NOT put it off till the last minute. The science fair will be held in 5th grade classrooms next Friday, Jan. 27th. Parents and visitors are invited from 10:30 - 11:30.

Please look for a bright orange paper listing school wide testing dates. It was sent home with your student yesterday. If you are unable to find it, the dates are also listed on Oakdale's website. Fifth grade testing begins in May. Please take the time to read this schedule and plan appointments and vacations around those dates. Students test better when they are in their class environment rather than on make-up dates. Fifth graders have an additional writing test that wasn't included on the orange paper. It is the DWA -direct writing assessment. This test will be administered on March 14th for the entire fifth grade. The window for this test closes on March 16th. Please do everything within your power to make sure your student is present for these tests.

There is no school next Mon., Jan. 16 or Fri., Jan. 20. Thurs., Jan. 19 is short day. There will not be a spelling or vocabulary unit next week because of the limited time in school.

Make-up tests for students that would like to retake them will be available next week on Jan. 19th. The students will need to study at home and will take the test (s) at school. The student will need to schedule a time with their home base teacher. We will happily accept make up work for failed assignments. Again, the fifth grade student will need to speak to the teacher to find out what can be done.

Mid-term reports

Next week fifth grade teachers will send out a mid-term progress report. Please ask your student about the report. Have them explain why they have the grades that they do. If there are any questions or concerns, please contact your student's home base teacher. We need to have the mid-term reports returned with a signature as soon as possible.