Congratulations to all of our OHE Spelling Bee contestants! Jade Madden (1st place), Alyssa Hubbard (2nd place), and Ava Mitchell (3rd place) will represent Oakland in the Pope County Spelling Bee on Tuesday, January 28th at 6:00 p.m. at the Center for the Arts.
Mrs. Goemmer's students conducted a science experiment to predict how water runs due to slope and gravity. It turns into waterways that often become or spill into rivers before making its way to the ocean! #EducateEquipEmpower
Our annual third grade feast was wonderful! Students enjoyed preparing and sharing their meal with classmates! This event takes teamwork, and we appreciate our community and staff support! Special thanks to...City Church (for donating 2 turkeys and a ham), Ridgewood Brothers for smoking the turkeys for a discounted price, Bridgestone for supplying 3rd grade with a grant for food and supplies. Mr. and Mrs. Shirley for carving the meat, Dr. McDonald for mashing the potatoes, Mrs. Ditto, Ms. Monterroso, and Ms. Harris for helping serve.
We hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving Break! Classes will resume on Monday, December 2nd. 🦃
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving lunch! Over 800 meals were served! Thanks to everyone who joined us! Special thanks to Ms. Donna and our amazing culinary staff, our custodians Ms. Ashley and Ms. Stephanie, and our volunteers from First Baptist Church! #OHEistheplacetobe #Blessedwiththebest
RSD Human Resources Director, Mary Beth Cox, presented Nurse Leslie with an RSD Grateful Gary Bear. She is thankful for the amazing job Nurse Leslie does at OHE, and so are we!
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Eliza Ratliff and Oliver Cogan are hard at work assisting Officer Harris with door checks. Officer Oliver has officially finished his training of Officer Eliza so that she can continue this important job as Officer Harris' backup officer!!
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Our word of the month is teamwork. Mr. Jones's class worked together to build a paper roller coaster to test and discover about gravity, collisions, reactions, and safety. #EducateEquipEmpower
Russellville Schools will be dismissed for Thanksgiving Break November 23rd-December 1st. Classes will resume on Monday, December 2nd. 🦃
Congratulations to the OHE Student of the Month for November, Ximena Chica. Ximena in Mrs. Goemmer's second grade classroom.
The Quapaw String Quartet from the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra played for our 3rd and 4th grade students. They learned about different meters and about the difference between classical and fiddle music. What an amazing experience for our students! #EducateEquipEmpower
Picture retake day is Thursday, November 14th. If you would like your child to have a picture retaken, please return the original packet of pictures. Pictures will also be taken of new students and students who were absent on picture day.
RSD Director of Human Resources, Mary Beth Cox, visited OHE on Smart Start Monday and read to our students! It's always a treat to have a guest reader! #OHEistheplacetobe
It's Veterans Day! Thank you to all who have served in our military! Special thanks to 1st Lt. Seth Stewart of the Arkansas Army National Guard. He opened doors for us this morning. 🇺🇸
Deadline extended... Parents are invited to join us for Thanksgiving lunch on Thursday, November 21st. If you are purchasing a meal, order forms and payment are due this Friday, November 8th. We have extra forms in the school office.
We celebrated our All Stars at our October SHINE assembly last week. Students earned stars for showing self -direction, our Capturing Kids Hearts word of the month. Students also received awards for showing character traits from our Profile of an OHE student. Special guests, pformer OHE music teacher, Mrs. Bell and OHE's Starman delivered our awards! Special thanks to Mrs. Bell for being our guest presenter! #OHEistheplacetobe #AchievingExcellenceTogether
Mrs. Ditto surprised our staff with cupcakes. They were delicious! Teachers love sweet treats delivered on the Woot Woot Wagon!
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Just a Reminder... Parents are invited to join us for Thanksgiving lunch on Thursday, November 21st. If you are purchasing a meal, order forms and payment are due this Wednesday, November 6th. We have extra forms in the school office.
Congratulations to Eliza Ratliff! Eliza is in Mrs. Martinez's Kindergarten class. She was selected to be Officer Harris' Backup for November!
Our lost and found is full. Please have your child check for missing items. The lost and found is now located in the cafeteria. Please label coats so we can help get lost items back to students. Thank you!
