APE Class participates in Special Olympics

Our Adapted Physical Education class is practicing skills for basketball as part of the Special Olympics program. This is new to Oxford Central School, so the students are spending time practicing a variety of skills that will enable them to become more efficient players. We will not be competing in Special Olympics this year, hopefully with in the next couple of years we will have the opportunity to show case our students in a competition.
Mr. Egan and Mr. Nuscis are now full time student teachers working with Mr. C. and Mrs. Hart respectively. They are both from East Stroudsburg University and plan on graduating in May of this year. They are both anxious to be here and Mrs. Hart and myself are happy to have them in our Oxford family.
No Name Calling Week is celebrated January 25th - 30th. Students made buttons with the slogan "No Sticks, No Stones, No Dissing to show their support and work to put an end to name calling here at OCS. On Thursday, students sat at new tables in lunch with other students whose buttons were the same color. This will hopefully begin some new friendships among out students.

Happy New Year!

As we begin 2010 we are quickly approaching the end of the 2nd marking period. Hard to imagine that this school year is almost 1/2 over. Students will be completing their second archery rubric in physical education classes over the next two weeks. After the rubrics have been scored, a letter will be sent home to all students in grades 6-8 who qualify to try out for the archery team. Please remember that arrow totals are not the only criteria for making the team. Attitude, behavior and ability to self-correct are also very important qualities on our team. Fitness will be a strong focus on all physical education classes. Please remember that it is recommended that school age children are active for a LEAST 60 minutes a day. This along with a balanced diet will help with all aspects of child's development.
Family Life classes are focusing on human body systems and how they interact. Students in the upper grades are pretending to be different organs and writing letters to their bodies to show their importance. No Name Calling week is quickly approaching and Family Life classes will be concentrating on No Name Calling week, January 25 - 29th.