OES Helps Clean The Earth And Enjoys The Last Months Of School!
Oskaloosa Iowa Elementary School start of 2010-2011 school year.
This story was written by Oskaloosa Elementary School 5th Grade student Candace Allsup.
Yesterday at the Oskaloosa Elementary School it was the first day of Peace Week/Earth Week. Students wore peace signs or tie-dye for the first day. Today they are to wear their grade colors (5th grade- purple and so on).
Yesterday, as a sign of their support to Reduce Reuse Recycle, the students went outside to help pull weeds and pick up trash. Mrs.VanWaardhuizen’s class and Ms.Allen’s class went on the Hero Trail, the little park in front of the school, to pull weeds.They started early this morning at 10:00 a.m. They came back with a total of 9 full bags of weeds and garbage.They would have gone on into the community to clean but there aren’t any sidewalks in front of Santa Clara and it is illegal for them to have the children on the street or lawn by the road. The students are excited about the rest of Peace Week/Earth Week. Remember, April 22nd is Earth Day!
The students are also VERY excited because it is the last couple of months of school. This is the time of year that they get to go on their field trips. The 5th grade students have a points system where they have to have a certain number of points to go on their field trips, which start in May.The fifth grade class has 6 trips in one month. If any students do not behave themselves, they have to stay at school the day of the field trip and they will have a stack of work to do. If they stay at home that day, they aren’t allowed to go on the next field trip either. An exception will be made if they are sick and have a note signed by a doctor. The other grades don’t have a points system, but your child’s teacher may have a classroom system!
Here are a list of the field trips your child might take in May:
Fifth Grade
April 25,26,28,29- Middle School visits
May 3- Character Counts Banquet- Hy-Vee Hall- Des Moines
May 10- Nelson Pioneer Farm
May 11- Archer, Allen, Veiseth, VanWaardhuizen- The Capitol Building
May 11- Dare Graduation- Doud, Behning, Johnson, Pederson- 1:45 p.m.
May 17- Track meet 12:00-2:30 p.m.- The Stadium
May 23- Track meet make-up-date (if May 17 is rained out)
May 24- Behning, Doud, Johnson, Pederson- The Capitol Building
May 25- Fun Day
Fourth Grade
April 26-Science Center
May 10- Deffenbaugh, Mitrisin- Lake Red Rock
May 12- Fink, Van Maanen, Chapman- Lake Red Rock
May 13- James, Thostenson- Lake Red Rock
May 25- Fun Day
Third Grade
April 14-Ag Day
May 3- Stout, Arnold, Knoot, Seibert- Neal Smith Center
May 5- VerMeer, Mattix, Sereg- Neal Smith Center
May 25-Fun Day
Second Grade
May 25-Fun Day
First Grade
May 25-Fun Day
Kindergarten
May 25-Fun Day
Preschool
May 20- field trip- 9:30 a.m., Graduation- 12:30 p.m.
