Thank you to all of the Oakland-Craig Teachers and Staff for their hard work and dedication to the students at OC! Happy Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week!
Please join us tonight, May 6, for our Senior Art Show before and after the Honors Convocation. These seniors will have artwork on display: Abagail Paul, Anastasia Widick, Avery Bryan, Emma Johansen, and River Wallerstedt.
Congratulations to our O-C students that participated in the Spring Sprints this past Friday! We are O-C proud of our Knights!
Happy Birthday Chase! The doughnuts were delicious!
Thank you to the Educational Service Unit 2 for their new robotic kits and training on these amazing tools. Our students enjoyed learning with Bee-Bots (k-3) and Ozobots Evos (4-8). We can't wait for next year!
Today's track heat sheets:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oRm1GS0qlLLl6hpeqNXhixpd34obtH4u/view?usp=drive_link
First grade took on the Lincoln children's zoo today!
The 6th and 7th grade HAL students enjoyed a challenging afternoon working on coding to control their robot!
First grade is finishing the year strong by doing some partner feedback work on both scientific drawings as well as informative writing!
Help me celebrate this smart second grader! He passed his division facts on xtra math! Way to go !
8th grade Careers & Leadership welcomed guest speakers this semester. Ronda Ras with the ESU's Cultural Connection grant assisted students with building their resumes. Stacey Keys with 4H & Nebraska Extension took students through their Leadership Summit. We thank them so much!
The library would like to thank OC retired teacher, Dawn Anderson for her generous donation in memory of Dona Nelson and Linda Murray. Pictured are their great-grandchildren enjoying the books purchased that are now available in the OC elementary library.
The 6th grade took their annual field trip to the Nebraska Indian Boarding School as a part their unit on Native American Boarding Schools.
It is a great start to this year's EHC Track Meet! Please see the flight and heat sheets can be found at the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hZp7Tp4igeKfwLZm5Rkq2WdKFDu7dE3v/view?usp=sharing
Oakland-Craig Public Schools will dismiss at our regular 2:20 dismissal time today; however, we will NOT have after school program today due to the potential for severe weather. Please plan accordingly.
The OC Elementary Spring Music Program is 1 week away! We hope to see you there! This event will also be streamed on Striv that evening.
We are looking forward to kicking off Prom 2024 tonight! Here is a reminder of tonight's order of events.
The OCHS Close Up welcomes you and your children to the JR PROM! Check out the details below...
Congratulations to our OC artists who brought home 31 ribbons (most ribbons awarded in the conference) from the EHC Art Show held in Clarkson. Well done excelling in a wide range of art media and showcasing your originality. High Distinction ribbons were given to Naomi Gahan in watercolor, Elijah Gahan in collage, Abby Paul in mixed media, Caulin Johnson in acrylic, Lyndsey Johnson in acrylic, and Grace Wallerstedt in acrylic. The art will now be on display in the elementary library and hallway.
Emma Anderson: Distinction (Blue)- Pastels/Chalk
Caleb Bousquet: Distinction (Blue)- Colored Pencil
Elijah Gahan: High Distinction (Purple)- Collage
Naomi Gahan: High Distinction (Purple)- Watercolor; Honorable Mention (White)- Ink; Honorable Mention (White)- Tempera
Taryn Harney: Honorable Mention (White)- Graphite
Emma Johansen: Distinction (Blue)- Colored Pencil; Honorable Mention (White)- Acrylic
Caulin Johnson: High Distinction (Purple)- Acrylic; Honorable Mention (White)- Watercolor; Distinction (Blue)- Ink; Honorable (Red)- Collage; Distinction (Blue)- Clay Sculpture
Lyndsey Johnson: Distinction (Blue)- Watercolor; High Distinction (Purple)- Acrylic; Honorable (Red)- Charcoal
Reagan Johnson: Honorable Mention (White)- Clay Handbuilt
Carolyn Magnusson: Honorable (Red)- Tempera
Abby Paul: High Distinction (Purple)- Mixed Media
Morgan Pickell: Honorable (Red)- Mixed Media; Distinction (Blue)- Acrylic
Amy Snader: Honorable Mention (White)- Ink; Honorable (Red)- Graphite; Honorable Mention (White)- Acrylic
Grace Wallerstedt: High Distinction (Purple)- Acrylic; Honorable (Red)- Tempera
River Wallerstedt: Distinction (Blue)- Computer Art; Honorable (Red)- Photography
Whitni Webster: Honorable Mention (White)- Mixed Media
Anastasia Widick: Honorable Mention (White)- Mixed Media
OC is still on the hunt for an Instrumental Music teacher. If you know of anyone that may be interested, please contact Jess Bland at jessbland@ocknights.org.
