Oak Ridge Elementary School

Our students were busy making spirits merry and bright last week! 🌟 From creating gifts for their families🎁, to Gingerbread house decorating🏠, to door decorating contests🚪, and games, our last week of 2025 ended with a bang💥! Wishing our entire Oak Ridge community a wonderful and safe holiday season!🎄 We can't wait to reconnect with all of you in the New Year on January 5, 2026!🎆

Tomorrow is our last spirit day of 2025- Pajama Day! Get cozy and comfy on our last school day before break. Please remember to wear school appropriate shoes- no slippers. Don't forget to share your pictures with our yearbook committee- [email protected]

We have lots of food remaining. If you know anyone in need, please share that boxes of food will be outside our front office fences all day tomorrow for pick up.

Our kindergarteners have been busy this week with their musical performance of the "Tale of the Gingerbread Man." They learned all the songs, how to move on stage and stage presence. Bravo to our young performers! 👏👏👏

Our first and second graders took a field trip to Christmas in the Park to check out their decorated tree and to admire the holiday decor. If you visit, look for our tree, 370. They also experienced an IMAX movie and rode the light rail there.

Don't forget tomorrow is our next spirit day- Holiday Spirit! Wear your most festive holiday gear or your favorite holiday ugly sweater to show your school spirit.

Take the night (or nights) off of cooking and enjoy a delicious burger at Five Guys while helping Oak Ridge School at the same time! Dine in or take out at Five Guys on Cottle Road Tuesday, December 2 through December 4 and 25% of the proceeds will go back to our Home and School Club. Please share with others!

Please consider helping helping Oak Ridge with our Community Food Pantry on Giving Tuesday! We are looking for the following food donations:
Canned vegetables, fruit, beans, soup and protein
Rice, pasta and cereal
Shelf-stable milk
Peanut butter and other protein
Cooking oil and spices
Granola Bars
Please drop off food donations in the office beginning on Tuesday, December 2 through Monday, December 15.
We will open our food pantry for families in our community on Tuesday, December 16 at 3 PM. Please spread the word.

Wishing our Oak Ridge community a wonderful Thanksgiving. We are so thankful for our teachers, staff, students, and families!
Our Kindergarteners in Mrs. Dolan's class paraded around the school with their Thanksgiving "floats." Great job spreading the Thanksgiving cheer! 🦃

Our sixth graders had a blast spending the week at YMCA's Camp Campbell! Through this outdoor science program, students learned about our local redwood forest, animals and plants that inhabit the area, and companionship. We know that MANY memories were made through this experience. A BIG thank you to all the sixth grade families for fundraising for this amazing opportunity as well as our teachers and staff that spent 4 days around the clock with our students- Mrs. Chin, Ms. Shepard and Ms. Wendy.

Don't forget that tonight is our next dining fundraiser. We'll have Vero's Little Kitchen's taco truck parked outside of our staff parking lot serving up tacos, burritos, quesadillas and more! They'll be here from 4:30-7 PM. A portion of the proceeds will go back to Oak Ridge. Skip the cooking and come on out!

Happy Veterans Day! Oak Ridge students showed their appreciation for our veterans by making cards, red poppies and a banner. All of these acts of kindness were shared with the veterans at the VA Community Living Center in Livermore. Thank you to Mrs. Koutsos and Ms. Luna's class for the cards and coloring sheets, and thank you to our Saturday Academy teachers and students for making the poppies and banner. And a BIG thank you to Ms. Wendy for dropping these off for us!