Week of December 19 - 23

Dear Parents & Guardians,

We have made it to the last week of December! We are all looking forward to Friday and the beginning of the winter break. The events for the week are listed below:

1. Kwanzaa Banquet Tuesday, December 20^th at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. Tickets are $3.00. Please come to celebrate the holiday season with our Afro-Can Club and Oakwood families.

2. Holiday Assembly – Friday, December 23^rd in the morning

3. Three-on-One Basketball Tournament – Friday, December 23^rd in the afternoon.

4. School begins on Monday, January 9, 2012

On behalf of the Oakwood teachers & staff, we wish everyone a wonderful holiday season. We hope that the good will and cheer of the holiday season is with you, your family and friends. We also wish safe travels for anyone who is travelling out of the city!

Happy holidays,

Ellen Austrom

December 16, 2011

Rocky Horror Show!

This is a last minute reminder to our school community that not to miss our drama society production of "Rocky Horror". The show opened last night to rave reviews. We hope that you can catch the show Friday or Saturday night. The show starts at 8 p.m. and there are still tickets available at the door. Our students have been rehearing since September and all of their hard work has paid off in an absolutely fabulous show.

We hope to see you there.

Week of December 5 - 9

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This week is another busy week at Oakwood. We look forward to seeing you all on Thursday at Parent-Teacher Interviews. Please share our news for the week with other Oakwood families and encourage them to call the school to have their email addresses added to our school email tree so that they can receive weekly email updates.

1. Tuesday, December 6, 2011 – 2^nd Annual Art Show & Sale from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. in the front foyer of the school. Senior visual arts students have organized this event to raise money for our special holiday student support fund. All art work is priced at $10.00 each. The sale is done on a first come first served basis. So arrive early to pick up your sale number and then wait for the excitement to begin. The students will also have refreshments available for art patrons to enjoy.

2. Thursday, December 8, 2011 – Parent-Teacher Interviews from 1:00 – 3:00 and 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. We look forward to seeing everyone then.

3. Congratulations to 2011 Oakwood graduate Lucas Hammond, who has been named to the Canadian Senior National Rugby Sevens team! The sevens squad is playing in the IRB sevens tournament in Dubai and South Africa this December. Way to go Lucas!

4. Save the dates: Thursday, Dec. 15, Friday, Dec. 16 and Saturday, Dec 17 for our annual musical. This year students are performing “Rocky Horror Show”

Have a wonderful week.