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Friday, May 28, 2010

Almost Summer!

As the end of the school year approaches, a very special event takes place. FIELD DAY is scheduled for June 14th. The students of OCS participate in a variety of team events throughout the day at Oxford Furnace Lake. The day is a celebration of cooperation and teamwork, skills we work on during our Physical Education classes. The school will be divided into 2 teams, blue and gold. Activities take place on the beach and in the parking lot, with teams earning points for each event. At the end of the day a winning team is announced, in all reality everyone wins. Parents are welcome to attend and have fun with the students. Please remember that the students will walk to the lake after coming to school, but will be dismissed from the lake at 12:30 pm. Students riding buses home will board the buses at the lake. Hope to see you there!

Friday, May 14, 2010

Great Performance!


The archers did a great job at this years National Tournament. We believe the team finished 18th out of 106 middle schools. Kylie Hibbett finished 4th in the nation in the 6th grade girls division and Ryan Witner finished 15th in the nation in the middle school boys division. All of the archers should be proud of their performance and the way the team represented New Jersey. Official results are still pending, a problem with one of the scanners that read the scorecards was detected. In order to maintain the high level of honesty and integrity of the program, all scorecards are being scanned again and the results should be posted some time this weekend. As soon as I find out the final results I will post a summary on this blog.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Ready to Shoot!!!

We have arrived in Kentucky and the archers are ready to represent New Jersey at the National Tournament. We practiced last night and got acquainted with the arena. There will be 690 archers on the line at one time, THE LARGEST ARCHERY TOURNAMENT IN HISTORY! This is such a great experience for the archers and parents. Nothing compares to the look on everyone's face as the enter the arena and just gaze at the size of the facility.
The archers are confident and practiced well. I believe it reflects the hard work they have demonstrated all year. As soon as we know any results, I will be in touch. Thanks again to everyone for their continued support.