Hello Families!
Well, we made it! We made it together and that is what matters! We are healthy and happy and loved! I am so incredibly blessed to have been your child’s teacher and now to have gotten to know you all so much more through all of our videos and photos on Whatsapp! Please continue to keep in touch and send videos and photos of all of the fun things you all do over the summer! I hope your child enjoys the summer fun bags that I delivered today with my mom.
Please continue to help your child read, write, and practice math. Raz kids will be available all summer long. Please use this resource with your children. You can also visit abcya.com and starfall.com for more fun online learning.
Here is a special message from Officer Aaron!
Review Lesson 1
The goal of this lesson is for the children to identify the number of syllables (or word parts) in a word. Then, they are asked to go on a scavenger hunt in the house for items that have 1, 2, 3, and 4 syllables.
Click here to view the lesson.
Last Day of School Read Aloud!
This story was written by Allison Ryan! Many teachers would like to thank her for putting into words our feelings and thoughts about this very different school year! Thank you, Ms. Ryan!
After listening to me read her story, please help your child draw/write/tell about their favorite memory in Young 5s!
AND….here it is!!!! The End of the Year Young 5 Video!!!!! Enjoy, my dear friends!!! Thank you again for all of the wonderful memories!!!
Here is the 5th grade Promotion video! It is a beautiful tribute to our Oakman Lions who are moving onto Middle School!
From the depths of my heart, I want to thank you for all of you done to help your child through this online learning! I want to thank you for your love and friendship! I especially want to thank you for allowing me to be your child’s teacher! I know, it can be hard to send our little ones off to school for the first time. Trust me, it see,s like yesterday I was outside of my son’s elementary school dropping him off for his first day! And….now, he is a licenced fire fighter! Time flies….so cherish each school year! Cherish each memory! Volunteer and attend each school event that you are able to attend! These moments are important to your child! Continue to take the time to read to them, color with them, play games with them…. Your child, as you are well aware, are precious gifts from God! May He continue to bless you all and keep you safe!
Remember, I am ALWAYS only a phone call away, my friends!
Thank you for all you do!
Love, Mrs. Mehrhof
Please read the touching and very thoughtful words from Mr. Abu-Rus! We have an outstanding leader and principal! Mr. Abu-Rus truly cares about each one of his students! We are very blessed to call him, Principal of Oakman Elementary School!
Here is his message!
“There are times in each of our lives that mark particularly special occasions. Today is such an occasion. Today you can say I’ve finished my elementary school phase!
Here at Oakman Elementary, you took the first of many important steps in your lives. Here you have learned skills and developed talents. Those skills and talents will be the foundation for whatever you achieve or learn in the future. You will build on them and find out many more fascinating things about you and life surrounding you. The skills you have mastered here will last you for the rest of your lives.
Today is a special day for you and for your family. Today you have every reason to be proud of all the skills you have mastered because with them you will be able to succeed in doing even more. I don’t know what the future holds for you! Yet I have no doubt that each and every one of you has the potential to do something special with your lives. You see, each one of you is already a very special and unique person! While you have been here, you have learned not just math, science and the other subjects; you have begun to learn and to take part in the society around you. You have learned many varied skills, from sports through to singing. Here you began to be the wonderful creative beings that you will one day fulfil! You have begun to form opinions and learned how to behave towards each other. You have formed friendships that, hopefully, will continue for the rest of your lives.
Oakman Lions, You have been excellent students and we are sorry to see you leave. Yet we know that it is in the nature of things for you to grow up and to move on. We hope that you will remember your years here fondly and that you remember your teachers equally fondly.
Today, I give you the same blessing as Christopher Columbus was undoubtedly given many
years ago when he set sail to discover a new world. May your seas be calm seas, may the wind that fills your sails be a following wind and
may God bless each one of you on your voyage through life.”
Best Regards,
Mr. Abu-Rus
Principal