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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

No Name Calling Week

 
 
We will be celebrating No Name Calling Week beginning January 28th. Although this is a week later than the national celebration, we did not want classes to miss out on this important event, and some classes would miss health class as a result of the MLK holiday, so we work through the lessons beginning on Monday.
 
THE HISTORY OF THE NO NAME-CALLING WEEK PROJECT

No Name-Calling Week was inspired by a young adult novel entitled "The Misfits" by popular author, James Howe. The book tells the story of four best friends trying to survive the seventh grade in the face of all too frequent taunts based on their weight, height, intelligence, and sexual orientation/gender expression. Motivated by the inequities they see around them, the "Gang of Five" (as they are known) creates a new political party during student council elections and run on a platform aimed at wiping out name-calling of all kinds. The No-Name Party in the end, wins the support of the school's principal for their cause and their idea for a "No Name-Calling Day" at school. Motivated by this simple, yet powerful, idea, the No Name-Calling Week Coalition created by GLSEN and Simon & Schuster Children's publishing, consisting of over 40 national partner organizations, organized an actual No Name-Calling Week in schools across the nation. The project seeks to focus national attention on the problem of name-calling in schools, and to provide students and educators with the tools and inspiration to launch an on-going dialogue about ways to eliminate name-calling in their communities.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
  1. What is No Name-Calling Week? No Name-Calling Week is an annual week of educational activities aimed at ending name-calling of all kinds and providing schools with the tools and inspiration to launch an on-going dialogue about ways to eliminate bullying in their communities.  

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Archery Try-Outs

  

  Archery try-outs are being held the week of January 14, 2013. Qualifying 6-8 grade students must complete two competitive scoring rounds during this week. The top 24 archers will be asked to represent Oxford Central School at the 2013 New Jersey National Archery in the Schools Program State Tournament. The tournament will be held here at OCS in the gymnasium. More information about a specific date will be provided when we receive conformation from the state. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Welcome Back

 

   Happy New Year to everyone, we hope you had a restful winter break. We will be jumping right back into activities in P.E. class, beginning a unit in striking skills without implements. This allows us to work on the skills of volleyball and newcomb with the students. Learning about cooperation along with force is important and our games will allow the students to highlight these skills while having fun.
     Archery try-outs will be held the week of January 14th. Letters were sent out to the parents of archers who have demonstrated superior archery knowledge and skill. Try-outs will allow us to cut the team down to 24 archers which is the maximum allowed by the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP).
     Please contact us via email with any questions or concerns!