Spotlighting Kaydance Whitfield who is in the Junior Achievement program, at Lamar University. She has been coming to Mrs. Long's kindergarten class each Thursday teaching lessons about needs and wants. They have also talked about earning money and even got to take home their very own bank box.
Friday Readers is a long standing tradition at OES. This community service program has been going on for over 20 years. High school players come over during their athletic period of home football games to visit our Elementary classrooms. This program has created lasting bonds between players, students and staff. We would like to thank them for their committed service to OES and wish them luck in the playoffs!
On Halloween, Mrs. Mendoza’s, Ms. King’s and Mrs. Abshire’s 5th grade classes simulated what it was like to live in Salem, Massachusetts/Colonial America during the time of the Witch Trials. As they navigated through different humorous slides, their answers determined whether or not they were being accused. If 12 or more suspected you it could be enough to put you on trial. They followed the lesson up with a game where the students had to mix, mingle and interrogate one another to find out who was a witch, teaching the kids that no one in Salem was actually a witch. Everyone just believed what they'd been told. Teaching the kids how easy it is to divide a community. Shunning, scapegoating and dividing destroys far more than it protects.
Pre-K enjoyed pumpkin time with the Principal. Ms. Fuller read a book about pumpkins and they carved one together! They had a Happy Halloween!
If your child participated in the school fundraiser, items will be delivered to the elementary tomorrow, Thursday, November 2, and may be picked up beginning at 3:30 pm until 5:30 pm. Please drive up to the front of the school and someone will get your student's items for you. No items will be sent home with students.
Tonight, at the November board meeting, the board and Dr. McAlpin recognized our November Students and Employee of the Month.
Jensen McLemore - OES 1st Grade
Lindley Beckham - OES 4th Grade
Audrey Broussard - Orangefield Junior High
Matthew Golemon - Orangefield High School
Shannon King - OISD Employee of the Month
🧡🩷To celebrate the end of October, students are encouraged to wear a Halloween shirt/dress or “pink out” to support the fight against cancer on October 31st. However, any students wanting to wear costumes may do so, however no blood, gore, masks, or face paint will be allowed. Thank you!🩷🧡
First grade Alien Day! First graders ended their 'Objects In The Sky' science unit with an out of this world celebration! Their Ready Set Teach students were also able to join in on the space activities.
Mrs. Stelly’s first grade class had a visitor from Lamar University. Miss Rosie is currently enrolled in an educator prep course at Lamar. She is required to observe a classroom and teach the Junior Achievement program. Today was her first JA lesson and the students loved it! It is a wonderful opportunity when we get to support future educators. Mrs. Stelly’s class is looking forward to her future lessons.
First graders have been learning about computational thinking in their technology rotation. It's a way to understand a problem by breaking it down into smaller parts and creating steps to solve it. Students used this skill in an unplugged coding activity. They made a path for a Halloween character to reach a cupcake, but had to avoiding spider webs!
Mrs. Abshire’s fifth grade science class is WIRED up learning about electrical energy and how it flows through conductors and closed circuits.
Tomorrow (Tuesday, October 24th)begins our Red Ribbon Week festivities with "Head to Toe Stay Drug-Free" Day. Students are encouraged to wear crazy hats and socks. Also, our canned food drive starts tomorrow with a class contest. The class that brings in the most canned pumpkins and/or sweet potatoes will win a prize.
Students in Ms. Shannon King's 5th grade ELAR classes put their adjective and descriptive writing skills to the test by composing spooky, scary Halloween stories! The kids loved the way they got to share their stories when they were surprised with the chance to read them in the dark "ghost-story" style! Happy Halloween!
First grade students celebrated the 50th day of school with a Sock Hop, a Drive-in Movie, Root Beer Floats, the Bunny Hop and counting to 50!
OISD Community Bond Election Meeting
Last week, thanks to Dow Chemical Company, Mrs. Angela King's homeroom class learned all about Silly Putty. They learned how it was discovered by Dr. Warrick who worked at Dow for more than three decades. Students got to play with the silly putty and wear their sunglasses they also received to the Homecoming Pep Rally.
The proposed bond will include these improvements for Orangefield Elementary School:
-Safety and security improvements
-New cafeteria with stage
-Additional classrooms
District Holiday Reminder!
OES Red Ribbon Week dress up days:
Due to the Fall Break, Red Ribbon Week starts Thursday, October 19th. Students are encouraged to participate in the themed days that are listed in the attached image.
