🤝📚 Our teachers understand the value of collaboration and the power of teamwork. In professional learning communities, they build relationships, share resources, and support one another's professional growth. Together, we create an environment where every teacher and student can thrive. #TeamworkInEducation #SupportiveTeachers
🎉 Let's celebrate the unique talents of our sandpipers! Whether art, music, sports, or academics, we encourage students to discover their strengths and pursue their passions. Share with us what makes you a special sandpiper! 🎨🎶⚽️ #SandpiperTalents #UniqueAndProud #PassionUnleashed
🎉 #OBSDstriveforfive: Your Semester Success Journey! 🎉 Join us in the mission for stellar attendance, setting the stage for a successful semester. By working towards the magic number five, you're paving the way for a fulfilling break ahead. Let's rise to this challenge! 🌈 #AttendanceWins #SemesterPrep
📸 Don't Miss Out! Picture Day Reminder 📸
Mark your calendars and set your alarms because Picture Day is Tomorrow!! 🗓️
📅 Date: Friday, September 15th
This is your chance to capture memories that will last a lifetime, so be prepared with your brightest smiles and best outfits! 😁
Here's a quick checklist to ensure you're ready:
✨ Choose your favorite outfit.
✨ Wear your favorite boots.
✨ Style your hair just the way you like it.
✨ Practice your picture-perfect pose.
📸 Picture Day Alert! 📸
Get ready to strike your best pose because Picture Day is just around the corner! 🤩
🗓 Date: Friday, September 15th
But there's a twist this year! We're kicking off our "Strive for 5" campaign, and on Picture Day, we want you to show off your style by wearing your FAVORITE pair of boots! 👢✨
Here's your prep checklist:
✨ Wear your favorite outfit.
✨ Wear your favorite boots.
✨ Comb your hair to perfection.
✨ Practice your dazzling smile.
Tag your friends and spread the word! 📢 #PictureDay #StriveFor5 #BootStyle #September15
See you there, ready to shine in your favorite boots! 📷👢✨#September15
See you there, ready to shine! 📷✨
First Early ReleaseWednesday 🌍📚 In our professional learning communities, teachers explore innovative instructional strategies, engage in meaningful discussions, and delve into research-based practices. Together, we cultivate an environment of professional growth, ensuring every student receives the best education possible. #InnovativeTeachers #ResearchBasedPractices
📣 Embrace the Challenge: #OBSDstriveforfive Semester Edition! Your semester's success starts with consistent attendance. Keep your focus – strive for only five or fewer absences before the semester ends. Your efforts count! Who's in for the challenge? 🌟 #StriveForFive #AttendanceMatters
OPE Dress up Day to Celebrate #OBSDstriveforfive: Friday, the 8th; wear sunglasses: Our attendance is so bright you've got to wear shades.
🌟 Ready to Excel? Join the #OBSDstriveforfive Semester Challenge! 📚✨ As the semester progresses, let's aim high together! Keep your absences in check and strive for five or fewer absences before the semester break. Your commitment matters! 💪 #AttendanceChallenge #SemesterGoals
🕊️🌊 Sandpipers are known for their graceful flight and ability to work together. At our school, we encourage collaboration and support among students, staff, and parents. Together, we can achieve greatness! 💪👫 #TeamworkMakesDreamsWork #SandpipersUnite #SchoolFamily
📚🏫 Thank you to all the amazing families of Ocean Park Elementary for joining us at our Back-to-School Night event! 🌟 Your support and involvement make a world of difference in creating a thriving learning community. We're excited for a fantastic school year ahead. 🙌 #OceanParkBackToSchool #StrongerTogether
🌊 Did you know that sandpipers are known for their agile moves and teamwork? Like these incredible birds, our school community will unite to support and uplift one another. Get ready to embrace the spirit of sandpipers and soar to new heights this year! 🦚✨ #TeamworkMakesDreamsWork #SandpipersUnite #SchoolCommunity
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Pack 2 School: students receive supplies, personal care items, community info, student services, and haircuts.
Free Youth Summer Pickleball Camp!
We are not affiliated with this group but are happy to pass on the information for this awesome summer opportunity for our kids.
The American Heart Association has a community walk event coming up on Saturday, June 3rd. See the attached letter and flyer for more details.
I hope you’re all enjoying this beautiful weekend and a Happy Mother’s Day to all!
This is just a friendly reminder that we begin our state testing tomorrow. Your student/s have worked very hard this year challenging their brains and working towards their individual goals. We want them to find satisfaction in their hard work with scores that reflect all of their efforts. Please help them by making sure they get a good nights’s rest, bring their Chromebooks charged, water bottles full and arrive on time. FOOPS has graciously provided testing snacks so a special thank you goes out to them! Our test schedule will take place over the next two weeks from about 8am-10am (ending on May 26th) Our afternoons are designed to be less mentally demanding and include enrichment learning opportunities to give their brains a break. Our Wednesdays for the next two weeks will be used for makeups due to absences but will also be used for students who would like longer to complete their test. If you have doctor’s appointment or other appointments to schedule, afternoons are best and appreciated, if at all possible. We know this is not always doable but it certainly helps us out here at school.
Anyway, summer is just around the corner and we have a lot of great field trips coming up, along with our final Piper Day activities, assembly, a talent show, field day and our staff vs. 5th grade basketball game. We are SO proud of our students and we appreciate your support as we work hard to play hard in this final month. I’ll be sending a newsletter home soon with all of these upcoming dates for this final stretch.
Please reach out if you have any questions.
(360) 665-4815
sheena.burke@oceanbeachschools.org
5th Grade Outdoor Camp is off to a fabulous start and the weather couldn't be more perfect!
The fabulous FOOPS group (Friends of Ocean Park School) has done it again and organized a wonderful online auction. They use to proceeds to support our school and our students in many ways. The auction will end on May 1st. Don't miss out!
https://www.32auctions.com/ope2023
Important reminders from OPE for this week and next.
Monday is a regular school day 8-2:30
Tuesday-Friday is early release for conferences at 11:30. Dylan’s Community Center is also closed these days.
Next week, April 3rd-7th is spring break and there is no school.
We are back to school on Monday, April 10th.
There is a 2 hour delay this morning, Wednesday, March 1st due to icy and unsafe road conditions in Long Beach. OPE doors will open at 9:50 and school will begin at 10am.
Our students enjoyed participating in some fun Piper Day activities this afternoon which included a tea party, frisbee fun, board games, melted crayon art and even a group to share in their love of avocados. These are only a few of the options that our staff and students enjoyed. We gazed at some unexpected snow, tested out our safety procedures with a lockdown drill and now we are ready to stroll right into March.
