As many have noticed, I am back in the office.  Several years ago when the district inreased the work days of elementary principals, I didn't think it would be a big deal.  But now that I am sitting in the office and there are few people around, I wish we still had summers off.  Luckily this week, OHE is hosting a couple of summer camps.  So, there have been a few students around the school.

Mrs. Conaway and Mrs. Hill conducted their annual 'transition to 1st grade camp'.  I don't think that is the actually name, but the concept for the camp.  Below the students are creating flowers with food, which was based on a book they had read.

 Mrs. Reynolds also hosted an art camp.  I've seen clay molding, paper mache, and self-potraits. 

Hope everyone is having a great summer and enjoying all the rain.  Stay tuned with the Eagle Eye for updates and future events. 

Each AISD elementary campus can receive $4,000 to expand the Active Play Project, which uses playground stencils featuring nutrition messages to encourage physical activity. In addition, the funds and Active Play Project support the district's Fuel Up to Play 60 initiative, a partnership between the National Dairy Council and National Football League, which increases awareness and access to nutrient-rich foods and physical activity opportunities. Through the project, students can engage both physically and mentally with the playground stencils, which feature messaging about fruits, vegetables, whole grains, protein and low fat dairy foods. Now that OHE has the stencils, we can receive the funds and use the stencils to promote health eating and activity choices. 

Southwest Fellowship Church, one of our community partners, came to help paint the stencils.  With their help and some of our own families, stencils were painted all over the playground. 

Thank you to everyone that helped!!!

I was going through my dropbox of photos and realized that I hadn't sent a blog for awhile.  Here are some of the events students participated in the last two weeks of school.

The OHE Choir performed Harmony High and we all left thinking school would be a much better place if everyone sang all day!

 Throughout the year, classes earn links for great behavior in special areas and lunch.  On the last day, teachers came to assembly wearing their class chains! 

 Another tradition on the last day of school, is the 3 Ring Circus.  It is a time, with the help of lots of parents, that students rotate through 3 events.  This year the 3 events were Mr. Bower's band - The Posse, Mad Science, and One World Theater.

I hope you have a great summer and look for my next blog with the updates that were added to the playground.

The 5th graders had a wonderful time at Reunion Ranch. This is an excellent way to end their elementary career.











Don't forget tomorrow is assembly and crazy hair day since 5th grade graduation is Friday morning.

Also, we still have some classrooms looking for parent volunteers for 3 Ring Circus. Check with your teacher if you are interested in helping.

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Another Silent Auction Winner, Movies with the Teacher.

Each year the PTA gives three scholarships.  Below are this year's winners: Maria Luisa, Noah, and Tess.

The PTA also recognized Mrs. Brown as a lifetime member.

Ms. Ashorn was recognized for her commitement to OHE students in the Take Flight program.

Of course, Ms. Frances was honored for her commitement of 32 years to OHE!

Mrs. Sasser an existing 5th grade parent was recognized for her support of the Reflections program.

Mrs. Jody, another existing parent, was recognized for her volunteerism.  She volunteers in so many ways here at OHE that I can't name them all!

Last Saturday was the annual Primetime Showcase.  (Primetime is the name of the grant we received that allowed us to have so many afterschool enrichment programs.)  OHE took the LegoRobotics and it was a huge hit - even with school board president, Mark Williams.

Our 4th and 5th graders performed at the symphony this week using their recorders.

 4th graders also went to the LCRA Red Bud Center and learned everything about water.

Congratulations to Addison McKenna for being selected as one of 48 TAGT Summer Scholarship winners for the 2011-12 school year!

Addison is a kindergarten student at Oak Hill Elementary School in the Austin Independent School District.  Addison will be using the scholarship to attend the Summer Wonders Camp sponsored by the ACE Academy.

We were one of the 22 Austin ISD elementary students in grades 4-5 who qualified to participate in the Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) during the 2011-12 school year.  Congratulations to those students.

Last week, the Student Council Board had the opportunity to visit a Oak Hill Rotary Meeting.  They received plaques recognizing their hard work.  All student council members were recognized last Friday for the contributions they have made here at OHE. 

As many of you have heard, OHE now has a Gaga Pit.  Students have been so excited.  Thank you PTA and Cub Scouts Pack 446!

We began this week by celebrating our moms!  There were moms everywhere.....Music....

.....Walking down the halls......

....in Art class.....

....even a few dads came... 

The Silent Auction Lunch Winners loved having lunch on stage this week.  Kinder Winner...

1st Grade Winner....

2nd Grade Winner....

4th Grade Winner....

5th Grade Winner

The Silent Auction Winner for "Principal of the Day", Mr. Dhruv, had lots of fun.

A few weeks ago, I mentioned that Mrs. Lumbreras' class would be learning about the life cycle of butterflies.  This week we had lots of butterflies in the annex.

Today our PTA was presented with the "5 Star Award" and "Extra Mile Award for Outstanding Volunteer Program" from the ACPTA.  I am so proud of our PTA, and all the volunteers that work here at OHE to make all our programs successful for students.   I know the students love working with you.  I also want to mention that out of the 37 schools recognized today, 8 of them were from the Austin High Vertical Team.  What a fabulous vertical team!