Principal's Page

 

September, 2011

Dear Parents and Students of Great Oak:

We hope that you are enjoying this summer and are looking forward to returning to school. Grade 6, 7 & 8 Flex/Homeroom teacher/student rosters will be posted on the front door of the school on Friday, August 27th.    PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS September 6th, a full day, and classes begin at 7:55am.    There will be several new teachers starting at Great Oak Middle School this year.  We are looking forward to working with our new staff members. Our new 7th/8th grade Language Arts/Social Studies Teachers, Physical Education Teacher, Alternative Education Teacher, and part time Technology Teacher are excited to work with our students.

We are going to implement our new math program (Connected Math II) in every grade this year.  Our teachers have worked hard over the last several years to prepare for this program.

Great Oak Middle School will continue to deliver our award winning technology based units. Our students have thoroughly enjoyed these interactive learning opportunities in Language Arts, Science, Math, and Social Studies. 


Many parents and students have been calling to ask about required or necessary school supplies.  The following represents those items which should be included in each student’s back-to-school possessions:
One inch binders in the following colors:
Red – Reading and Language Arts                                   3-hole Notebook paper for binders
Blue – Social Studies                                                    Pens
Green – Science                                                            Pencils
Black – Math                                                                 Ruler – both metric and standard
                                                                                                Dividers – several for each subject
                             A dictionary for home use

No trapper keepers PLEASE!  They are too big to fit in the lockers and desks. The above color coded binders are in use throughout all middle school grades.

All of the above supplies will help us to develop good organizational skills which will help your child succeed in middle school.      

A summer book report project, as described in the Summer Reading Program, will be required for each student entering sixth, seventh and eighth grades.  Information on the summer reading packet is available on the Great Oak Website at oxfordpublicschools.org.

For your planning  purposes, Meet the Teachers Night at Great Oak will be Thursday, September 15th beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Cafeteria.  PICTURE DAY will be Thursday October 6th.   

On behalf of the teachers at Great Oak, we hope the upcoming school year is your best year ever.  Working together, we are certain it will be.

           
See you on Tuesday, September 6th - the first day of school.

Sincerely,
Brian Murphy                                                            
Principal