Education Section
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School District Adds Another K Class The numbers of Kindergartners in the Oakdale Joint Unified School District have exceeded the projections, with 25 more students than expected, according to the district office.“We added another kinder class at Fair Oaks to alleviate some high kinder class loads across the district,” said Marc Malone, OJUSD Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources.Letters were recently sent to parents of kindergartners in the district offering ... |
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Student Takes Seat On School Board Oakdale High School senior Daniel Dunning has officially assumed his position as a member of the Oakdale Joint Unified School District’s governing body – the Board of Trustees. 
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Junior High Student Leaders See Changes Changes have been made to the face of Leadership and the responsibilities of student leaders at Oakdale Junior High School. |
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School Is In Session Throngs of students and parents descended on Oakdale’s schools this past week for the official start of school on Wednesday, Aug. 11. As of that day, the district had 5,345 total students enrolled, according to the district’s Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Marc Malone.
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Oakdale Teacher Stricken In Classroom Longtime Oakdale teacher Veronica Patron was found on the floor in her classroom unconscious and not breathing by a fellow staff member at Oakdale High School on the morning of Monday, Aug. 9. |
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Students “Rounded Up” For School’s Start The school bells are ringing as school is back in session today, Aug. 11 in the Oakdale Joint Unified School District. However, before the hustle and bustle of the first day a lot of preparation took place at Oakdale Junior High School and Oakdale High School to process paperwork for the students and to orient new students to the campus in what are known as “Round Up.” |
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Oakdale Exhibitors Shine At County Fair Again, Oakdale’s livestock exhibitors dominated the competition at the Stanislaus County Fair held July 16-25. Results are still being gathered for Oakdale FFA and the town’s several 4-H clubs, but listed below are the top placings known as of press time. |
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Round Ups, Orientations Kick Off School The first day of school in the Oakdale Joint Unified School District is just two weeks away, starting on Wednesday, Aug. 11. To get students familiar with campuses, provide them with class schedules, take photos, purchase PE clothes, and more, the high school and junior high hold a series of roundups for all students and orientations for new, incoming students. |
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East Coast Tour Fun, Educational For Students An educational tour of Washington D.C. and Richmond, Virginia turned out to be hot and humid, but also educational as 31 recent Oakdale Junior High School graduates and four teachers headed east for a week during the summer. Typically, the eighth grade trip to Washington D.C. is scheduled to take place during spring break, but this year organizers decided to try something different.
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Schools Get Summer Vacation Spruce Up Summer is the time for major cleaning and special maintenance projects at the schools and this year is no exception in Oakdale.The entrance area to the Oakdale High School gymnasium is undergoing some modifications as the school district brings it up to date to satisfy ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) guidelines. The school district’s Director of Maintenance and Operations Dan Casey reported that changes are being made ...
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Parent Clubs Plan To Fund Outdoor Ed Some determined parents in Oakdale’s parent teacher organizations have banned together to save sixth grade Outdoor Education from the Oakdale Joint Unified School District’s budgetary chopping block. |
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Oakdale Music Boosters Focus On New School Year The Oakdale Music Boosters is a group of parents who have put a priority on music in their children’s lives and are dedicated to keeping the band programs afloat during this time of budget hardships in the schools.
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Public Comment Open For Controversial School The Stanislaus County Office of Education (SCOE) will open a public comment period for a Removal Action Workplan (RAW) for contaminated soils at a proposed site for an alternative education school slated to be built in Oakdale’s industrial area. |
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Sixth Graders Achieve Perfect Attendance Records Students Micaela Maaske and Emily Greenwood have attended Oakdale schools all their lives and each recently completed the sixth grade. One was at Magnolia the other at Sierra View and somehow each managed to never miss a day of school.
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When in Rome… Students ‘Time Travel’ To Ancient Rome Sixth graders in Tara Vandermark’s class at Fair Oaks traveled back in time recently and hosted a Roman Time Machine for their peers.
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Oakdale Graduations: Rain And Shine Graduation ceremonies took place in the Oakdale Joint Unified School District this year over the course of three days, and the weather wasn’t entirely cooperative.
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Inspiration Abounds At Student Art Show Every student at Cloverland Elementary School produced a piece of art for the school’s Sixth Annual Art Corps Art Show — that’s 540 pieces of student artwork, plus teacher artwork. This year’s theme was “Art & Soul” for the event that was open to the public, held May 12-13.
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Graduation Times Set For Oakdale Schools In the Oakdale Joint Unified School District, the Alternative Education graduations, which consists of East Stanislaus, Valley Oak and Oakdale Charter High School, will take place at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 26 at the Oakdale High School gym. Doors open at 7p.m. Approximately 75 to 80 students will graduate. |
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Trio Takes Top Honors For OHS Class of 2010 For a student, graduating at the top of their class is an accomplishment that speaks to their dedication, responsibility, and focus, as well as a healthy dose of brainpower.
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Sober Grad Night Donations Needed Oakdale Sober Grad Night (SGN) for Oakdale High School graduates takes place next week and event organizers are still seeking donations to sponsor students with “scholarship” tickets. |
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Seniors Receive Scholarships, Awards Oakdale High School seniors were awarded more than 220 scholarships worth over $96,000 at the high school’s Senior Awards Night on May 4, with 98 seniors receiving the awards.
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Students See, Touch The Farm At Ag Day Oakdale students learned more about agriculture recently, seeing and touching animals and equipment that live and work on the farm, and listening to presenters tell about Ag-related careers and the ag industry.
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Medema Earns Volz Scholarship Todd Medema recently learned that he will now be able to attend the college of his dreams — Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — due to his receipt of a very special scholarship.
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Student Learning Preserved In Exhibit Some real world experiences were brought to life recently with a special viewing of preserved bodies for Oakdale High School students enrolled in anatomy and physiology classes and health career classes.
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School Board Eyes Outdoor Ed An action item on the agenda of the Oakdale Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees for the May 10 regular meeting brought a number of concerned parents to the meeting and to the podium for public comments. |
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Fair Oaks GO Club Wins Junior Cup Fair Oaks Elementary School Go Club (FOGO) students recently won the Junior School Cup in an online national (plus Canada) school team ‘Go’ tournament and had its youngest players ever, two third graders, and the most girls ever, half of the players. They also set a new record for the most points earned in the Junior Division. |
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Kindergarten Science Sprouts Interest Kindergartners at Sierra View recently participated in the first Super ‘K’ Science Day where they covered life, earth, and physical sciences. Organized by district science teacher Anne Marie Bergen at the request of Sierra View teachers, and with support from volunteers, each kindergarten class took a half-hour rotation through a series of five different science themes that encompassed the full morning.
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Two School Bell Winners Recognized Two Oakdale Joint Unified School District employees, Penny Muniain and Shelly Crist, will be honored at a dinner on Friday, May 7 as recipients of the School Bell Award. Oakdale Teachers Association President Linda Kraus described the School Bell as an award that is “given to educators and/or community members who exemplify service to the community through their contributions toward the enhancement and improvement of education and the ... |
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OHS Drama Club Goes To Broadway For Spring Break After a six-hour red eye flight on April 9 from San Francisco to New York City, 50 students of the Oakdale High School Drama club and chaperones, under the direction of OHS drama teacher Bryan Mills, explored the Big Apple for five days during their spring break.
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Science Fair First Week In May The Oakdale Joint Unified School District’s annual Science Fair will take place from May 3-6 at the FES Hall located on North Lee Avenue, across from Fair Oaks Elementary School. |
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Teen Earns Degree Before Diploma On April 30, Oakdale teen Alex Harris will receive an associate’s degree in Chemistry from Modesto Junior College — one month before he receives his high school diploma. And, after just one year of enrolling at the junior college.
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Sierra View Wins Science Olympiad Sierra View Elementary School brought home the championship trophy from the 13th Annual Elementary Science Olympiad held on April 24. The event took place at Hickman Elementary School and hosted approximately 300 competing elementary school children from 21 schools throughout the region.
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Students Discover Florida Over Spring Break Spring Break in Florida generally conjures up images of beach parties and swarms of teens and college students who aren't there to learn about the delicate ecosystem of the Everglades. But for some students from Oakdale Junior High School, spending their recent Spring Break in Florida on an educational tour gave them a new appreciation for learning and new perspectives on science and history.
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District, Teachers Reach Agreement The Oakdale Teachers Association and the Oakdale Joint Unified School District reached an agreement on a contract for teachers for the upcoming school year on April 15. They had reached a tentative agreement on March 30 and on April 14, the OTA held a general membership meeting to discuss the agreement, with the ratification vote taking place the following day. |
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Student Portraits Create Memories For Orphans Oakdale High School art students have recently made a difference in the lives of orphans halfway around the world. Earlier this year, the students drew portraits from photographs of orphans in Uganda and sent them to the children as keepsakes.
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Summer School Cancelled Summer school will not be in session, as the Oakdale Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees voted 5-1 to suspend it for this year at the April 12 regular meeting. |
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Junior High Students Active In Community Service Community service fundraisers and a food drive have been part of an ongoing campaign at Oakdale Junior High School, raising student awareness about various needs in the community. |
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Program Cut Impact Felt On Campus Five years ago former police chief Gary Hampton and Oakdale Unified School District embarked on a joint venture between the police department and the local schools facilitated by a special grant to employ two School Resource Officers (SRO), one for the high school and one that would rove between the junior high and the various elementary schools. It was around this same time that the DARE, Drug ... |
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Donations, Volunteers Sought For Sober Grad Oakdale Sober Grad Night is right around the corner. The all-night safe and sober celebration event for Oakdale High School graduates follows graduation on Friday, May 28 and runs from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. The event is held at Sierra View Elementary School. |
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OHS Bound For Occupational Olympics, Career Expo Approximately 700 Stanislaus County high school students, including Oakdale High School students, will converge on the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds in Turlock today, Wednesday, March 24 for the 25th Annual Occupational Olympics and Career Exposition (OOCE). The event will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., with an awards ceremony at 1 p.m. |
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S.O.S. Run For Schools Sees Tremendous Turnout More than 370 participants woke up early and turned out to “Support Oakdale Schools” on Saturday morning, March 20 for the first S.O.S. Fun Run/Walk to raise money for schools in the Oakdale Joint Unified School District.
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Oakdale Teams Earn Top Awards At Science Olympiad The Oakdale High School and Oakdale Junior High School are both advancing to the Northern California (NorCal) Science Olympiad competition set for Saturday, April 17 at Clovis North High School in Fresno since recently performing well at the regional competition. |
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Magnolia Walk Days Keep Fitness Fun The sun is shining and it’s a Friday at Magnolia Elementary School. Students run out to the playground after they finish their lunch and crowd around a check-in area to participate in Fun Walk Friday.
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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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