OJSH Revised Class Schedule is now posted in our News Section.
Pre-Kinder Parents: This message is intended for Oakridge School District Pre-K only. If your kiddo is registered with Head Start or EC Cares, please follow their schedule as it may be different from ours. Unfortunately we will not be starting school on Monday the 28th as we had hoped. Our tentative start date will be Monday October 5th. Thank you for being so patient with us. We are so excited to get this program started, but have to wait just a little longer. Please contact Jayme Martin with any questions. 541-782-5604 or jmartin@ohswarriors.net
As I’m sure you have already seen, the newest COVID19 data show the case rate in Lane County rose to 30.61 per 100,000 people and the test positivity rate is 5.2%. In order for K-3 students to attend in person as an exception under Comprehensive Distance Learning, Lane County rates must be under 30 cases per 100,000 people and the test positivity rate must be under 5%.
Please keep in mind the Oregon Department of Education and the Oregon Health Authority metrics guide whether we re-open in person or not. These are conditions that must be met in order to begin K-3 in person or limited in person instruction.
In order to qualify again for K-3 to begin in person instruction, the case rate must be under 30/100,000 and the test positivity rate must be under 5% for 3 weeks in a row. September 28 is the initial restart data (week 1). K-3 in person is also contingent upon our school having zero student or staff cases of COVID in the past 14 days prior to opening. We have had zero cases in our District at this time.
We will be monitoring the numbers and will be prepared to begin on an A/B schedule with K-3 in person when it is safe and allowable to do so.
The link to the Lane County Public Health Metrics is on our website under NEWS, if you would like to monitor as well.
This is a reminder from the Oakridge School District. A meeting for parents and guardians of preschool aged children is scheduled at 6:30 tonight. Grab the Zoom link from our NEWS Feed on the Website, or Facebook and join us for information and questions about the Westridge Early Learning Collaborative. Hope to see you there!
Link to the Meal Delivery Routes is here: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/903066/Updated_Meal_Routes9.4.2020.pdf
We are unable to link under news, you can copy and paste or go to our live feed to click on the lind.
Good Morning Parents!
This is a reminder that meals will be delivered via bus routes today. Please check the bus route stops and times on the District website .
They are under the transportation button.
Tomorrow Sept 18th, We will be Handing out snack packs in front of the
Oakridge High School from 11am to 1 pm.
Please remain in your vehicle
and drive through the line maintaining social distancing and wearing a mask.
Walkers are welcome, please wear a mask and social distance.
All children in the community who show up will receive a variety of healthy snacks while supplies last. 1 per child.
Good Morning Oakridge School District Staff!
It is nice to see the air quality making such great improvement. Due to the improvement, Thursday, September 17, all staff will report to work on site.
Oakridge is selling surplus PE lockers, about 16+ sets of used lockers in as is condition. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED!
Please call 541.782.2813 or email rschreiber@ohswarriors.net between Wed. 9/17 at 12pm - Thurs. 9/18 at 12pm to get your name on the list.
$5-$10/ per row. Lockers come in groups of 3-5 in the set and can not be separated on our end. So $10 per row x 5 rows = $50. You get the idea.
Pickup will be between Thursday 9/17 1-6pm and Friday 9/18 8-12pm. All lockers must be paid for and picked up by noon Friday, 9-18. Pictures are available in the NEWS story.
Sorry we are not able to help you load. These are a bit heavy, please bring your heavy lifters
The Westridge Early Learning Collaborative is hosting an information meeting for parents of preschool aged children. Join us on Monday, September 21 at 6:30 PM via Zoom to hear about the Early Learning Collaborative that will serve preschool children in the Oakridge School District attendance area. You can find the link on our NEWS FEED and the Calendar!
Early Childhood CARES HAS PRESCHOOL OPENINGS!! Early Childhood CARES is thrilled to announce the re-opening of our part-day preschool classroom at the Westridge Early Learning Collaborative. The class will run 8:30-11:30 Monday through Thursday and up to 6 spaces are open for local preschoolers who are 3 or 4 years old as of Sept. 1, 2020. The preschool will follow the ECSE service calendar available on our website https://earlychildhoodcares.uoregon.edu/. There will be no tuition charge to parents for participation in the program. Tentative start date is Mon. Sept. 28. For further information or registration, please contact Early Childhood CARES Program Coordinator Jeanine Taylor at 541-735-1766 or email jetaylor@uoregon.edu.
Posted for Principal Iten:
OES Elementary Information:
Unhealthy air quality shifts K – 3 in person to Comprehensive Distance Learning.
Comprehensive Distance Learning:
Kindergarten, 1 st grade, 2 nd grade & 3 rd grade parents/guardians will be contacted by your classroom teacher on Monday or Tuesday with login information and meet times for Wednesday and Thursday cohorts.
4 th grade, 5 th grade, and 6 th grade will begin Comprehensive Distance Learning online Tuesday, September 15, 2020.
Technology:
K – 3 parents may pick up a chrome book for their child on Tuesday, September 15, 2020
between the hours 6 AM to 4 PM at Oakridge Junior/Senior High School front office.
Oakridge Families,
Thank you for your patience as we have navigated through this latest disaster in our state. It has been my hope that the smoke leading to the hazardous air quality would begin to improve. Guidance is now saying that may not happen until later in the week or next week. So given that, we are pivoting on our school plan to reopen. We need to get our kids started in the school year.
Please take a deep breath and know it will all be ok. Things during these times are not elegant, they are messy. This will be messy for a few days as well, let’s all hold on and move forward together. Here is how we are going to do it.
We are switching our plan to have K-3 students come in person on Wednesday. We are starting them online until the air clears up and we can safely get them from home to school and back again.
Monday afternoon and Tuesday, staff will rework schedules for meeting with students and parents to discuss Acellus online curriculum and Google Meets. You will also be contacted about picking up chromebooks if needed.
School for grades 4-12 will be in the online model that we have been preparing for, CDL or Comprehensive Distance Learning. Things have been put in place for grades 4-12 to begin in CDL (online). We will begin with 4-12 on Tuesday.
Principals Chapman and Iten will put out information that includes updates, changes, and reminders concerning the opening this week.
Tuesday chromebooks will be issued to all K-3 graders who have not yet requested them and will now need them for CDL (online school).
Please watch our website; NEWS and LIVE FEED, facebook, and our app for further information coming from the schools.
Due to unhealthy air quality and low visibility for travel we will not hold school or deliver meals today. Forecasts for air quality and smoke show conditions improving this afternoon and continued improvement through the week. Be safe.
Good Morning this is a message from the Oakridge School District. At this time we plan to begin our school year on Monday, September 14. This will be on the staggered start schedule that was planned last week. We will provide meal service beginning on Monday, September 14. We look forward to getting this school year started!
Today we are giving out Snack Packs in the front of the High School, from 11 am to 1 pm. First come first served, 1 per child. You may drive through or walk up to receive your snack pack. Please wear a mask and practice 6 ft social distancing. Come on down, we are here until 1 pm!
Tomorrow Sept 11th, We will be Handing out snack packs in front of the
Oakridge High School from 11am to 1 pm. Please remain in your vehicle and drive through the line maintaining social distancing and wearing a mask. Walkers are welcome. All children in the community who show up will receive a variety of healthy snacks while supplies last. 1 per child.
Good Morning this is a message from the Oakridge School District. Due to continued power outages in parts of our community, internet service outages and staff who live in outlying areas under evacuation orders, we will begin our school year on Monday, September 14. This will give time for fire effects to settle down and allow us to restock spoiled food for our lunch program. We will not provide meal service until September 16.
Posted for Michael Higley, Google Trainer to OSD Teachers:
Good Afternoon Google Superstar Teachers! Due to different factors affecting your area and the state of Oregon, we have been asked to delay the start of your Google Classroom Superstar 6-Week course. We will reschedule the September 9 date and will let you know when soon. Please plan to meet for session 1 on September 16 at 3:30-5:00pm.
It is with disappointment that I announce that without power we will not be able to hold school or provide meal service today. Hoping the power comes on today so we are able to reset things and be up and running on Thursday and Friday.