PEER Foundation, in partnership with Evergreen School District, is offering exciting summer programs in Coding, Digital Media Lab, OBS Entrepreneurship, and Techsploration. These programs are free to students enrolled in ESD school(s) entering grades 5 - 8. Read more in story.

The Art Show display is part of the Arts Attack Program, which is supported by your donations to the PTO each year.

We need volunteers to help set up the artwork on June 2 in the morning and take down the artwork June 3 in the morning. 

PTO is also looking for an Art Coordinator. Click story for details.

With 45 Silver Oak Students from 1st – 3rd grades and 3 months of dedication and hard work, the Lower Grade play completed its 4 shows on 5/18/2022 and 5/19/2022!

Thank you to all the students, parents, and parent volunteers that helped make the lower grade play a huge success!

School will be closed Monday, May 30 in observance of Memorial Day.

A decrease this week in reported Covid-19 cases and one less classroom testing positive during surveillance (pool) testing, moves us back into the yellow tier. The yellow tier means wearing face masks indoors will be strongly recommended at our school. Our current COVID-19 positivity rate is 1.33%. During the week of May 16, 4 classrooms tested positive with surveillance testing. Please read the story and see our Silver Oak Covid-19 Dashboard for more details.

Mrs. Hokanson is proud to announce that 2nd grader Rhea S takes top honors for reading the most number of books this year. Please join us in congratulating all these students who topped the charts in checking out books from our school library this year. 📚🤩

PTO thanks the December, January, February, March, June and July Birthday Book Club Participants!

The PTO is happy to report that the following students have chosen books over the last few months to be donated to their classroom or school library!

Primary Programmers is open for registration for the NEXT SCHOOL YEAR! Interested 4th, 5th, and 6th graders are invited to sign up at no cost to learn basic Python programming concepts (Level 1). Click the story for more information.

Please join us in congratulating our April Students of the Month. During the second trimester, we recognize students for Finding Humor, one of the 16 Habits of the Mind.

Dr. Elli Gates, one of the astronomers from the James Lick Observatory, visited our upper grade classes on April 25. Students were excited to use the new SolarMax telescope to look at the sun's edge and surface. Solar telescopes are made specifically for safely viewing the sun. Read more about how Mrs. Hokanson's gift to the Observatory will be used this summer.

Parents and students are invited to join us at our end of the year Silver Oak Open House & PTO Art Show on June 2 from 5-7 p.m. We encourage you to arrive on time as classrooms are open only from 5-6 p.m.

This is a wonderful time to celebrate with your children the projects, writing, art and other classwork they have accomplished throughout their school year.

This month's character trait is “Integrity.” We will read the book, “The Empty Pot” by Demi. Theme: Courage, Honesty, Integrity, Responsibility,
Perseverance (CHIRP). Goal for May: Model how to act with courage, honesty, responsibility, integrity, and perseverance. Stand by beliefs and stand up for them with courage and determination. Honesty makes trust bloom.

Project Cornerstone’s Asset Building Champions (ABC) program, parent volunteers read specially selected stories and lead classroom activities and discussions about building appropriate social skills. The lessons focus on values like honesty, responsibility, and peaceful conflict resolution.

Moving from 6th grade to middle school is an exciting time for students, but it can also be overwhelming and students are sometimes anxious about what to expect. As parents, we often wonder how we can best prepare our children to make the transition from elementary to middle school and how to support them during their first year in a new environment. The link in the headline will take you to information about what life is like at Chaboya to help you get your child ready for this change.

6th Grade Parents: The state of California requires that before 6th graders can attend 7th grade, they must submit proof of a TDap and Varicella immunizations. Please read the story for details on how you can meet this requirement and submit documentation before April 14.