THANK YOU SENSEI

A huge THANK YOU to Sensei Paul Kilduff for volunteering his time the last two weeks and instructing our students in the basics of Karate. Mr. Kilduff is certainly a dedicated individual who represents the community of Oxford with flying colors. His dedication is truly appreciated by all of us here at school. The students were really excited all week and demonstrated some awesome skills. Please contact Golden Rule Karate if you are interested in having your child get more experience in the martial arts.

This week begins the "No Name Calling Week" national initiative. Oxford Central will once again participate in No Name Calling activities during the students family life classes. Lessons are designed for all levels of instruction from primary through high school. Please clink on the link or more information regarding No Name Calling Week!

Karate Comes to OCS!

Golden Rule Karate is coming to our school to provide some basic Karate skills for our students. We are very excited to share our physical education classes with them. Please make sure that students come to physical education class with comfortable clothes that are easy to move in. Students will be given time before and after class to change clothing if they desire to change. This is the first time we have had our classes participate in Karate and hope that the discipline and structure they learn will carry over into the academic classes.

Volleyball Continues in Physical Educaiton Classes!

Our Physical Education classes are continuing to work on "Volleyball" skills. Students participate in many games that involve their volleyball skills. Our goal is to get them familiar with the game and the basic strategies involved. Many classes play a game of "Newcomb" which is similar to volleyball, but participants are allowed to catch the ball or hit it when the ball comes to them. This is a great way to introduce them to volleyball. The students really enjoy when we cover the net so you cannot see the other side. This makes sure everyone pays attention, because you have no idea where the ball is coming from.

4th and 5th grade students are working on the Mental Health section of the Learn to Be Healthy website: Parents can follow along with the students assignments by viewing the website. This is an excellent resource that we use in all of our Family Life Classes. You may sign-up for the website for free and participate in the interactive web pages. The students really enjoy the website and the information is frequently updated.

Happy New Year!!!

Mrs. Hart and myself would like to wish everyone a safe and prosperous new year. We will be spending some time in our physical education classes learning volleyball (striking skills). Family life classes will be continuing discussions and lessons that focus on values and morals. Our younger classes will be focusing on human body systems. Letters have gone out to the 40 students in grades 6-8 who have demonstrated, through rubric scoring, excellent potential in our archery program. Tryouts for the 2010 - 2011 archery team will be taking place during the next few weeks.