Oakie Bulletin 11.11

This Week at Oakcrest

Happy Veterans Day to all who have served to protect

our country's freedoms!

Thank you for your service.

Read Miss Ortiz's Veterans Day message here.

6th grade visits Natural History Museum

As the 6th grade students dig deeper into their Ancient History Class with Ms. Boles, they visited the Natural History Museum to explore the Ancient Egypt exhibit.

Congratulations, cast and crew of The Sound of Music!

What an incredible show last weekend - congratulations to all involved, and especially to Dr. Ricci, Ms. Tilley, Mrs. DeLisle, and Dr. Hussmann for all their work on the production of the show!

8th grade Theatre Class performs their own choreography

After learning theatre choreography basics from Dr. Ricci in class, the eighth grade students were tasked with creating their own dance numbers to a Seussical song! They performed for a group of faculty and seniors.

Club Highlight: Middle School Knitting and Crochet Club

Twice a month, the Middle School Knitting and Crochet club meets to learn new stitches and patterns! They currently are working on advancing their basic crochet skills.

Emmy '28 competes at Cross Country Nationals!

Emmy recently ran at Middle School States and came in top 10 and was only 10 seconds away from making All-American at Middle School Nationals last week! Congratulations, Emmy!

Upcoming Student Events

11/14: 7th Grade Field Trip to Natural History Museum
11/16 & 11/17: Newsies Auditions, more information here
11/17: Art Appreciation Field Trip to National Gallery of Art
11/18: No School - Faculty Inservice
11/21: Grandparents Day Mass and Reception
11/22: All-School Thanksgiving Celebration hosted by the Junior Class

Faculty Spotlight

Upper School Director of Mentoring and theology teacher, Mrs. Mary Ann Messenger has a heart for the strong mentoring program at Oakcrest, as well as teaching the faith to the next generation

at Oakcrest.

Oakcrest Podcast Episode

In this week's podcast episode, Upper School Director Ms. Christine Nussio shares her four tips for parents and students to have a successful high school experience.

Listen now

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Parent Events

TOMORROW NIGHT

Laura O'Neill '96, LPC: Bolstering Your Relationship with your Daughter

Saturday, November 12

7:00 pm

Laura O'Neill will share her insights on the book Hold on to Your Kids by Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D. and Gabor Mate, MD.

Upcoming Parent Support Speakers

Join us for our Thursday Tea and Talk!

Tuesday, November 17

2:00 pm

Mrs. Ines Gruschow English teacher and 8th grade dean will speak about "A Well-Formed Conscience: Literature and Imagination in the 8th Grade Curriculum".