Welcome to Oak Forest Elementary! For some of you, this is your first year with our amazing school and everything feels strange. Don’t worry, even the fifth grade parents feel a little off this year. The good news is that you are part of an awesome school with dedicated leadership, teachers, staffers, PTA members and […]
I am a traditionalist when it comes to Halloween. You get one day. Go wild. That’s it. But I have to confess, a midweek Halloween is not my fave. It’s Thursday this year, which is definitely better than Tuesday or Wednesday, but it always leaves us feeling lacking over here in this house. That’s why
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1. Grandparents day: bring your grandparents or other special friend to lunch on this day. The school will be CRAZY crowded. You’ve been warned. But it is so adorable to see the joy on kids faces and hear them exclaim “grandma!” when they see them waiting in the library. Grandparents arrive a little before
By now, most of you know about our gorgeous new art installation, The Rain.Bow.Wave walk. This past Monday, the artist and OFE grandpa, John Runnels, along with his partner in crime Miss Charlie Jean and grandson Tristan, cut the ribbon on it to let the foot traffic begin. The best part of the ceremony was
1. Website! Familiarize yourself with our Website! This will be your HUB for ongoing school information and purchasing of merchandise and supplies! www.oakforestpta.com 2. Join the PTA – visit our website and becoming a voting member of OFE PTA – click on our membership tab. https://shop.oakforestpta.com/collections/pta-membership 3. Visit the Bobcat Store! Order your OFE swag
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Say what you want about HISD, but for many, many years, they had a wonderful tradition of sending 5th grade students to camp. Camp for these city kids was in a national forest, about an hour and a half away. Close enough, but far away enough for them to get a taste, of not only
Remember when you were a kid and it was August, and it was time to buy school supplies? Your mom probably took you to a store like Winn’s or Eckerd’s, and you probably had a list that sounded like this: Crayons Pencils Spiral Glue Paste Scissors Supply box Lunch box: choices for lunch box, were
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So spring break is done and school is feeling like it’s winding down, but it’s not May, so you can’t totally check out (yet) and you still have to make lunches, check homework folders and pretend that the metric system is not only real, but also a good idea. So you may be feeling a
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Maybe my favorite thing about the auction, is the actual auction itself. I mean, who doesn’t love an auctioneer? Do I hear a thousand, thou thou thou, do I hear a thousand? And the guy we usually use is so distinctly Texan in the way he talks, I just love it. I feel like I’m
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Note: if you are easily offended or lack a sense of humor, kindly stop reading now. We are getting lots of questions about the auction, but oddly enough, most of them are focused on one topic-what should I wear??? And I think that is because the theme is Bourbon Street Bash. When I questioned the
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