Seven Oaks Elementary

⭐Help congratulate our 24-25 Staff of the Year!⭐ Mrs. Poole (Computer Lab Specialist) and Mrs. White (Reading Interventionist) were voted by Seven Oaks staff for their outstanding work to support our staff and students. They are always willing help from everything tech related, to helping our students with reading. They are very appreciated for all the work they do with our students and their willingness to go above and beyond. Way to go Mrs. Poole and Mrs. White! #WeAreWestAda #SOE

Seven Oaks Highlights🐿️ 🌳Mrs. Mansberger's class did a math "snowball fight" to practice their addition facts within 20. 🌳During a short power outage, Mrs. Barkes' class adapted by reading via flashlight. The kids loved trying something unexpected! 🌳Kindergarten celebrated the 100th day of school by dressing up as elder folks and creating projects with 100 of everything! 🌳Miss Wilcox's and Mrs. Albertson's class earned a "Fancy Lunch" with Ms. Jacobs and Mrs. Brady. This is part of Seven Oaks' Positive Behavior Support system and the kids loved feeling special!

⏰ It's time for Kindergarten Registration and Yearbooks Kindergarten registration is will be Wednesday, March 26th from 4:15-6:15 pm! Before attending registration, please complete the following steps: -Complete online registration on westada.org under "Parents and Students" then "Enrollment". -Turn in all necessary documents to Seven Oaks front office. -Make an appointment with the front office to attend kinder registration. Contact Maggie Blaskoski in the front office with any questions. --- Yearbooks are available to purchase and customize! Treering is offering 2 FREE customizable pages with purchase of a yearbook. Please see the flyer for more details. #wearewestada

This Week's Highlights🐿️ 🌳Our 1st grade team worked together to vote then graph whether Mrs. Mansberger is having a baby boy or a girl. Way to tie their learning to Mrs. Mansberger's big announcement, 1st grade team! 🌳This week, Mrs. Albertson's class worked on composing new shapes using 2 or more shapes and reading with a partner. Great job kinders! 🌳Our 5th grade student council members worked together this week to create a script, direct, and film a demonstration of hallway expectations for Seven Oaks. This will help our school in teaching the Seven Oaks Way in staying Respectful, Responsible, Safe, and Kind for years to come. Thank you 5th graders and Mrs. Spencer!

👮Law Enforcement Appreciation Day Today is Law Enforcement Appreciation Day! Thank you to our School Resource Officer, Deputy Masters, and all West Ada officers for helping our families and community. We appreciate you. #wearewestada

⭐Get to Know Our SOE Staff⭐ Mrs. Robyn Brooksher 🌳2nd grade teacher 🌳3 years in education 🌳3rd year at Seven Oaks 🌳I enjoy reading, going for walks, and napping in my hammock. #wearewestada

This Weeks Highlights 🌳3rd and 4th grade students performed in their Snowtastic Music Program this week. They put on a great show and their hard work paid off. Thank you Mrs. Kappelman for the dedication to making this show great and thank you to our parents for your continued support. 🌳Mrs. Jakious' class had a lesson in collaboration in which students wrote their own names on a piece of paper and threw the "snowball". Mrs. Jakious gave the class a minute to find their name and after the minute was done, Mrs. Jakious pointed out how it'd be faster to help others find their name because someone would find theirs in return. Without even prompting, the kids started to work together to find other classmates names. Way to exemplify our Learner Power of Collaboration Mrs. Jakious' class! 🌳Mrs. Jones' class built shapes with gumdrops. 🌳For Grinch Day, we dressed up in all green and Grinch-like...enough for the Grinch to leave Mount Crumpit and see our students! Thank you Mr. Grinch for a fun filled visit! Happy Holidays and New Year from the staff at Seven Oaks to our community. We'll see you next year! #wearewestada

Last Week's Highlights🐿️ 🌳Mrs. Spencer and Mrs. Frode were twinning for Flannel Day. 🌳Mrs. Zell's class showed off their best their best headbands and hats for Tree Topper Day. 🌳Mrs. Brady launched Clubhouse last week as an option for students to play games and make new friends during lunch recess on Tuesdays.

Seven Oaks PTA invites you to Donuts with Santa! Please join us this Saturday, December 7th from 9 AM to 12 PM for eating donuts and taking pictures with Santa (please use your own camera or phone). This is a free event for our families and community also give back to local families in need this holiday season. There will be a Giving Tree for those who'd like to donate gifts and a coat drive ran by our local Girl Scout troop for those in need of a winter coat. Donations will be accepted and deeply appreciated!

Thank you from Mrs. Benesch 📚 Thank you to all our families who supported Seven Oaks Elementary's book fair. Because of your support, Mrs. Benesch sold over $17,000 in books and is able to spend over $8,000 in books for our library. We are so grateful for our community!

It's time for the Annual Food Drive sponsored by @sevenoakspta! We invite you to participate in our annual Food Drive, where we come together to make a positive impact on the lives of those facing food insecurity in our own community. Any non-perishable food items are welcome each day (the list above is only for ideas). The PTA asks to not separate donations and to keep them in their own packaging. This year, the PTA is doing rewards based on pounds so let's get up to 2,500 pounds to have Ms. Jacobs wear a turkey costume to the dance party!

Join us tomorrow for Literacy Night! @sevenoakspta is hosting Literacy Night starting at 5 pm with literacy stations where students can make bookmarks, sight word bingo, reader's theater and so much more! At 6:15, the Reading Magic Show with Jeff Evans starts in the gym where magic happens when you read! Hope you see you all there📚

Happy National School Psychology Week! 🧠 Thank you Mrs. Rawlins, our school psychologist intern, for taking on our students and advocating for them. We appreciate her dedication to our students! Who is Mrs. Rawlins? Let's learn more about her! 🧠This is my first year at Seven Oaks! 🧠This is my second year in education. 🧠My favorite thing about Seven Oaks is getting to know all our students! 🧠"Be the change you want to see in the world."-Gandhi 🧠 Outside of SOE I am playing with my kids, photography, hiking, biking, and crafting.

Seven Oaks Elementary Thanks Veterans 🎖️ Thank you Veterans, present and past, for serving our country. As with every year, Seven Oaks Elementary honors those who've served in every branch of the military with an assembly. We appreciate you and the sacrifices you've made.❤️🤍💙 Parents, please join us tomorrow for our last Veterans Day assembly from 9:30 to 10 AM. Everyone is welcome!

Red Ribbon Week's Highlights🐿️ 🌳Mrs. Lavoie's class celebrated Red Ribbon Week for Crazy Hair/Hat Day and Sports Day. 🌳Mrs. Zell's class decorated pumpkins based on their book reports. 🎃Mrs. Mansberger's class had a blast at their Halloween Party 🎃Miss Landis in Pre-K had fun with carving pumpkins 🎃Staff got into the Halloween spirit by dressing up as characters from Despicable Me.

⭐Happy OT Appreciation Day to our school occupational therapist, Colleen Darrow! ⭐ We appreciate your dedication and hard work with our students at SOE!

This week's highlights🐿️ 🌳Mrs. Jones' class practiced drawing shapes for math with a Halloween twist. 🌳Mrs. Spencer and Mrs. Bertulis' class worked with their study buddies. 🌳 Eagle High School's Orchestra came and played an amazing rendition of music from Harry Potter. 🌳The 4th grade Wagons Ho was a absolute success!

Yeehaw! 🤠 Our 4th-grade students had a blast at Wagon's Ho yesterday! Mrs. deMarini, Ms. Stinemates, and Mrs. Zell's classes got to learn and experience everything early Western settlers had to do. The students got to experience the hard work from the past such as sawing wood, making butter, branding, and roping. They sure had a howlin' good time doing it though! 🐎🌵 Thank you to our volunteers who were a great help with yesterday possible!

Red Ribbon Week Dress Up Days🎀 SOE students will be making strong choices today and even stronger choices for the future by choosing to be drug free. Each dress up day is themed with ways SOE learners can make positive decisions and stay drug free! ❗NOTE : students are encouraged to wear a Halloween themed shirt or black/orange on Thursday. Students will be able to change into their costume for their Halloween Party and costume parade.

🚍National Bus Safety Week This week, we are reminding everyone of the importance of bus safety! We want our students to remain safe on and around school busses. Whether you're a driver, parent, student, or pedestrian, we all play a role in keeping the roads safe. Together, we can make every ride a safe one! 🚌 Swipe for bus safety tips🛑 #NationalBusSafetyWeek #SafetyFirst #SchoolBusSafety #BeAware #StayAlert