Education Section
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School Staffers Protest Cuts Teachers and school employees in the Oakdale Joint Unified School District showed up to school on the morning of Thursday, March 4 wearing black clothing and decorated their cars with black balloons and signs. Banners also hung along school fences and walls, and flyers were distributed to show parents and passersby their opposition to statewide budget cuts to education. “Budget Cuts Don’t Heal,” “Quality Education Is Priceless,” and “Save Our School” ... 
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School Board Fills Vacant Seat The Oakdale Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees approved the appointment of former school trustee Rick W. Jones to fill a vacant seat on the board at the March 8 regular meeting. |
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Oakdale Teams Advance In Science Olympiad Oakdale High School science teacher and Science Olympiad coach Cameron Nickerson said it best when he reported, “Oakdale Science Olympians rocked the Regionals.”
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Schools Join In Read Across America Fair Oaks Elementary School Principal David Kindred made a special visit to Linda Kraus’ second grade class at Sierra View Elementary School on Feb. 26 to kick off Read Across America, which was on March 2. Kindred read “Cat in the Hat” by Dr. Seuss, and taught a draw-along lesson of the Cat in the Hat to Kraus’ students. “Mr. ...
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Run Raises Money For Local Schools Some Oakdale educators are sending out an “S.O.S.” to help Oakdale schools. The Support Oakdale Schools (S.O.S.) Family Fun Run/Walk event has been organized in conjunction with the Oakdale Educational Foundation (OEF) to raise money for schools in the Oakdale Joint Unified School District. |
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Decade Of Dominance It’s been a decade of championships, a decade of dominance.
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School Board Trustees Approve Budget Reductions A total of $2.1 million in potential cuts to the Oakdale Joint Unified School District budget was approved by the Board of Trustees at the Feb. 8 regular meeting. The district must cut between $1.5-$2.2 million from the budget, depending on the state’s final, approved budget. Adjustments to the budget will be brought before the board once the state budget is finalized and union negotiations are complete. ... |
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Academic Decathlon Oakdale High School has taken the top prize in the county Academic Decathlon competition for the past nine consecutive years. Fair or not, there’s a great deal of pressure this year on the OHS team to bring home its tenth win. The team members are fully aware of the other schools that are gunning for them, as well as the expectations from the school and the community ...
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Students Get Educated About Job Market The Careers In Manufacturing (CIM) Road Show made a visit to Oakdale High School on Jan. 26, bringing in approximately 170 people who were interested in finding out more about available jobs for students and recent high school graduates.
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Change Coming? OHS Considers Closed Campus A discussion on closing the Oakdale High School campus for lunchtime was on the agenda at the Jan. 11 regular meeting of the Oakdale Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees. |
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Care Closet Helps Needy Teens The lives of scores of underprivileged students are affected for the better because of the creation of a small, inconspicuous room at Oakdale High School. Actually, it’s what’s inside the room that has really made the difference: deodorant, shampoo and conditioner, ramen noodles, bottled water, paper and pencils, binders, clothing.
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School Board Trustees Sworn In Recently elected trustees were sworn in at the Oakdale Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees regular meeting on Dec. 14.
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Foundation Awards Local Education Grants In a year when school districts have been hit especially hard financially, it was a welcome relief when 74 grants totaling $97,000 were recently awarded to teachers in the Oakdale Joint Unified School District from the Oakdale Educational Foundation. Grants were awarded to individual teachers and groups of teachers to benefit their students at an awards reception on Dec. 3 held at Oakdale High School.
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Students Learn Salmon Lifecycles Fourth grade students in the Oakdale Joint Unified School District have been learning about the life cycle of Chinook salmon and the lessons recently ramped up with a Salmon Day educational field trip to the Stanislaus River and information center in Knights Ferry.
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Veteran Tells Students Of Sacrifices Staff Sergeant Joe Evans met with second graders at Sierra View Elementary School recently, in honor of Veterans Day, and told them about his experiences in the service and the sacrifices made by him and his family, as well as others who serve in the military.
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Elementary Students Hold Mock Trials Elementary gifted learner students recently held mock trials where they learned about courtroom justice and all the work that goes into taking a case to trial. |
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Schools Honor Red Ribbon Week Red ribbons decorated campuses around the Oakdale Joint Unified School District to send a message to students about the dangers of drugs and alcohol and formally recognize Red Ribbon Week held Oct. 26-30.
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School’s Family Night Draws Crowd Sierra View Elementary School Parent Teacher Club (SVEPTC) hosted a “Tricks & Treats Family Night” on Oct. 29 at the school that offered Sierra View families the opportunity to dress up, play games and collect sweet treats in a safe, family-friendly atmosphere.
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Fire Safety Taught With Humor A game show stage, spotlights, questions displayed on a video screen, an eager contestant, and a host who asked, “Is that your final answer?” were the delivery method for a recent fire safety message for Cloverland Elementary School students.
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Ag Day Shows Farm To Table Cloverland and Fair Oaks elementary schools recently paid homage to agriculture in the area by each holding their Second Annual Fall Ag Day on Oct. 23.
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Ancient Egypt Brought To Classrooms Cloverland sixth graders recently had Ancient Egypt brought to their classrooms and were able to examine firsthand a few genuine ancient Egyptian artifacts during a presentation called “The Egyptian Afterlife.” |
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Festive Homecoming For Mustangs
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Shocking Science Lesson For Students Fourth graders in the Oakdale Joint Unified School District learned a “shocking” lesson about electricity recently. Shocking Electricity is a science program collaboration between MID and the Great Valley Museum. The 90-minute presentations given by Chris Schmidt and Jon Stout of the Great Valley Museum covered fourth grade electricity standards and gave hands-on experiences to students. “These labs are ...
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OHS Homecoming Next Week Oakdale High School is gearing up for Homecoming Week, which runs Oct. 5 through 9, wrapping up with the varsity football game on Friday, Oct. 9 where the Mustangs will face the Ceres High School Bulldogs. Varsity kickoff is scheduled for roughly 7 p.m., following the junior varsity game, which is scheduled for a 5 p.m. kickoff at The Corral. |
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Girls Gain Knowledge At Tech Trek Going away to college and staying in the college dorms for the first time can be intimidating, especially when you’re still in junior high school. However, this scenario represented a unique opportunity for eight girls from Oakdale, Riverbank, and Escalon to experience college life and learn more about math, science, and themselves.
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Prom Closet Benefits Sober Grad Night, Students Everyone needs more room in their closet. Formal dresses take up a lot of room, especially if they’re no longer worn. The same goes for men’s suits and other dress attire. A donation to the “Prom Closet” at Oakdale High School may provide the remedy that an overstuffed closet needs.
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Benefit ‘Jazzes’ School Funds Jazz lovers and philanthropists came out to raise money for the Oakdale Educational Foundation at its annual fundraiser with an open air concert from musician Slim Man and his band Bona Fide on Saturday, Sept. 12 at the Oakdale Golf and Country Club.
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OJUSD Approves Safety, Crises Response Plans The Oakdale Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees approved Comprehensive School Site Safety Plans and a District Crisis and Emergency Response Plan at the Sept. 14 regular meeting. |
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Schools, City Gear Up For Flu Virus With the potential impact of the H1N1 – or Swine Flu – virus unknown, city and school district officials are preparing for everything from a minor effect on operations to a full blown epidemic in the city.
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Fundraiser Offers Options With a down economy, fundraising has become difficult for many non-profit organizations but the Oakdale Educational Foundation is “jazzing” things up by offering options for those who want to open their pocketbooks but can’t afford prior spending and donation practices. |
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Enrollment Numbers Steady In District In an era where school districts in the area are seeing declining enrollment, it appears as though the Oakdale Joint Unified School District is leveling out and staying more consistent. |
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Principal Runs To Inspire Students The Mickey Mouse memorabilia in his office is a dead giveaway. Fair Oaks Elementary School Principal David Kindred is a Disneyland fan. In fact, it’s a family affair.
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Student Takes Seat On School Board It is a rarity to have a student have a seat on a school board, and even more rare for that student to have a vote. Oakdale High School senior Michael Homer was recently sworn in as a member of the Oakdale Joint Unified School District’s Board of Trustees to serve as a voice for the student body in the district and to vote on issues that come before the board.
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Opening Day Brings School Budget Adjustments The first day of school could best be described as organized bedlam. School personnel and Oakdale police officers were out in force on Tuesday, Aug. 11 to help keep safety a priority and the chaos to a minimum as parents ushered their children onto school campuses all around town.The Oakdale schools were ready to accept the students to kick off the school year but pedestrian and auto traffic nearly overwhelmed the streets in front of ...
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School Board Concerned For Student Safety The Oakdale school board is concerned about student safety with the lack of enough volunteers to serve as crossing guards at “hot spots” on the highway (F Street). The Oakdale Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees heard a report on the status of the crossing guard situation at the Aug. 10 regular meeting.Superintendent Fred Rich relayed that Oakdale Police Department, which is responsible for the F Street crossing guards, does not have enough volunteers ...
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Crossing Guards Needed For Schools Budget constraints have eliminated the five formerly paid positions of crossing guards from the Oakdale Police Department budget, leaving the three most heavily used crosswalks during the school year unmanned and needing volunteers to ensure the safety of students before and after school. And with less busing being provided by the Oakdale Joint Unified District this school year, officials expect the amount of students ... |
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Local Youth Extends Helping Hand To Others Jesus Ramirez, 17, is pretty good at math.A couple of years ago, his mother proposed an idea: tutoring younger students in math at Oakdale’s Family Support Network, where she is a child care assistant.Ramirez, who will be starting his senior year at Oakdale High School this fall, was enthusiastic about the idea.Now the teen is winding down his second summer of tutoring third through sixth grade students two days a week at the center, and ...
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School Board Cuts Sports Transport $ Student athletes and their families are going to have to reach in their own pockets to pay for transportation to and from sporting events. The Oakdale Joint Unified School District Board of Directors voted unanimously at the July 13 regular meeting to require student athletes to pay fees for transportation to athletic events. The district made reductions to its expenditures, which includes athletic transportation, in order to balance its budget. The athletic transportation budget line ... |
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Summer Projects Prep Schools This is the time of year that schools in the Oakdale Joint Unified School District get a deep cleaning. Floors are stripped and waxed, carpets are shampooed, every desk and chair is cleaned top and bottom, bathrooms are scrubbed, walls and blinds are washed. Once the maintenance crews are done, the rooms and offices even smell clean. Plus, exterior walls and sidewalks are pressure washed and trees are trimmed.
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New OHS Vice Principal Named The Oakdale Joint Unified School District recently named Michael Tambini to the position of Vice Principal and Athletic Director at Oakdale High School. Tambini replaces Mike Moore who accepted the Principal role at OHS. Tambini officially started in his new position in July.
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Junior High Project Progressing New, permanent classroom buildings at Oakdale Junior High School are taking shape as Diede Construction workers continue to hammer away at the project with an expected completion date of March 2010.
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School Board Adopts Budget The Oakdale Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously Monday night to approve the 2009-2010 proposed budget. Trustee Mike Tozzi was absent. |
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Card Use Supports Academic Boosters It’s as easy to use as a credit card, a simple swipe will funnel a portion of money to a cause that supports students at Oakdale High School in their academic pursuits, but it’s nothing extra out of your pocket. |
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Cloverland Employee Honored As ‘Unsung Hero’ Unsung heroes make substantial contributions that are typically unknown or unacknowledged and they frequently go without recognition. However, the special efforts of one employee of the Oakdale Joint Unified School District didn’t go unnoticed.
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Funds Cut Despite Success The California Healthy Kids Survey has shown overall decreases in substance use and violence in Oakdale schools, but funding for the programs that have fueled these results has been severely cut and the district is playing a waiting game to see if grant funding will come through. |
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New High School Principal Named The Oakdale Joint Unified School District recently announced Mike Moore as the new Principal at Oakdale High School. Moore served as a Vice Principal at OHS since 2004 and has held the duties of Athletic Director for the past two years as well. Moore is replacing Rick Jones who retired after being at the helm for eight years.
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Local Go Club Places In National Contest Some students at Fair Oaks Elementary School recently participated in an online 10-week long Go tournament against more than 70 teams, where almost all were middle and high schools, as well as some private Chinese schools. The Fair Oaks students participated on four different teams garnering second place in the junior division of the School Cup, only 0.15 points behind first place, as well as individual silver ...
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SROs Leaving Oakdale Campuses Tough times are here and as Fred Rich, Oakdale Joint Unified School District Superintendent put it, “The fluff is all gone and it has been for quite a while.” |
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OHS Top Academic Students Named Four graduating seniors will take their rightful places at the top of their graduating class at Oakdale High School this year. There were ties for the honors of Valedictorian and Salutatorian. The class of 2009 Valedictorians are Karen Molokach and Katie Zeff, and Salutatorians are Chris Gebhart and Sara Peterson.
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Annual Art Corps Show Features Student Work Cloverland Elementary School hosted its Fifth Annual Art Corps art show, “Grow Smart with Art” on May 6 and 7. Student artwork was featured in the art show held in the school cafeteria.
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