It’s public school enrollment time in Oakland, and many schools are doing tours make sure you and your friends and family make informed choices, you can see schedules and registration info below, also the larger school enrollment fairs are coming up, important meetings of the OUSD board some great conferences, credential fair and there are always opportunities for families, educators and ways you can help and get involved, please read and share
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This Week
11/27 Board of Education
11/27 Tour Downtown Charter Academy School
11/27 – 11/30 Early Child Care and Early Education Crisis Public Listening Session
11/28 Cleveland School Tour for Prospective Families
11/28 Meeting of the Foster Youth Advisory Committee
11/28 Skyline School Tour
11/29 SCOPE Brown Bag Lunch Series
11/30 ARISE Enrollment Support – OPEN HOUSE
11/30 Designing Making Experiences
11/30 OPEN MAKER BAR HOURS: PLANNING FOR SPRING SEMESTER
11/30 4-6 OUSD Teacher Credential Fair
11/30-1/9 Kaiser Elementary is hosting tours
12/1 Montera Prospective Parent
12/1 9:30 AM ICS Prospective Family Tour
12/1 Oakland Athletic League Lady Legends Tournament
12/2 OUSD Elementary School Enrollment Options Fair
12/5 9:30 AM ICS Prospective Family Tour
12/5, 2017 | 9:00-10:30 AM (Q & A at 10:30 AM) Skyline High School tour-
12/5 9:30-10:30- East Bay Innovation Academy Tours
12/5 5:00-7:00 PM OUSD Middle School Enrollment Fairs
12/5 10:15 Kaiser Elementary is hosting tours
12/6 Winter Mixer for Girls’ Champions
12/6 5:00-7:00 OUSD High School Enrollment Fairs
12/6 Community meeting on Blueprint for Quality Schools
12/7 East Bay Innovation Academy Tours
12/7, 2017 | 9:00-10:30 AM (Q & A at 10:30 AM) Skyline High School tour
12/8–9:30 AM ICS Prospective Family Tour
12/8 9:00 am – 10:00 am Join Achieve Academy’s Info Session
12/9 10:00-2:00- Enroll Oakland School Enrollment and Community resources Fair
12/16 West Oakland School and Resource Fair Public
12/16 Strengthening the Arts Education Ecosystem
12/20 BEO Annual Fireside Chat “Sustaining Communities
Opportunities for Educators/Families/Students
Teachers: Free Field Trips to the Exploratorium this Fall.
9/19 – 11/30 Apply for Paint the Town!
How you can help
East Bay College Fund’s Mentor Recruitment season is here!
Help an Oakland student and educator whose home was destroyed by fire
Support students with Listening Tools
Bring Coding and Engineering to Life with Lego Robots
Click here to support Help Heroes Lay Their Mother To Rest organized by Areli Coach Si
This Week
11/27 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM Board of Education Special Meeting First Read of Resolution: The Board will be presented with all recommendations for mid-year adjustments and will vote only on reductions to central office. Location: KDOL TV Studio, B-237, Met West High School Entrance, 314 East 10th Street Oakland, CA 94606-2291 you can see the agenda here, this is a critical meeting looking at mid- year budget cuts.
11/27 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Tour Downtown Charter Academy School – AMPS Downtown Charter Academy welcomes all parents interested in enrolling for the 2018-19 school year. Roam the campus, meet teachers and staff, and ask questions. AMPS Downtown Charter Academy Location: 2000 Dennison St, Oakland, CA
11/27 – 11/30 Early Child Care and Early Education Crisis Public Listening Session. Learn more about the ballot initiative to increase child care for all @AlamedaCounty families
11/28, 11/30 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Cleveland School Tour for Prospective Families-Come join and meet the Cleveland community! Cleveland is an award-winning school with a vibrant community! We host several community and cultural events throughout the year that are a lot of fun and help foster strong relationships between parents, students and the school. We take a holistic approach to education that includes not just the core reading, writing and math, but also offers science and environmental hands on learning experiences in our Ecoliteracy program, regular art classes through MOCHA, and year-round regular music classes for students at all grade levels. Please note that tours are for adults only. All tours have translation services available, upon request. No need to register for tours. Simply show up. For more information.
11/28 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Meeting of the Foster Youth Advisory Committee – Current and former foster students, foster parents and caregivers, community advocates for foster youth, LCAP leaders, staff, and other community members of the Foster Youth Advisory will continue their work in their chosen areas of focus for 2017-18 (see below) and will receive updates of 2017-18 LCAP actions and investments in support of foster students. For more information contact Cintya I. Molina Phone: 510-491-6069 Email: [email protected]
11/28 9:00-10:30 AM (Q & A at 10:30 AM) Skyline High School tour-Every fall, Skyline leadership students and parents lead tours of the classes and campus. Our tours start in our Farnsworth Theater for an overview of the school and its programs and end with an opportunity to have any questions answered by our administrative team. Register for a 2017 Campus Tour.
11/29 9:30 AM ICS Prospective Family Tour Attention Prospective Elementary School Parents: Visit ICS! Location: International Community School (ICS), 2825 International Blvd Oakland, CA 94601. Come see the amazing work happening at ICS!
11/29 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM SCOPE Brown Bag Lunch Series: The Power of the Heritage Language in Identity Formation and Engagement: Current Challenges and Opportunities In this presentation, Professor Valdes will examine the challenges facing immigrant-receiving countries in providing formal language instruction to both newly arrived and established immigrants. She will describe what she refers to as the “circularization” of language, a process in which language is treated, not as a species-unique communicative system acquired naturally in the process of primary socialization, but as a curricular subject or skill the elements of which can be ordered and sequenced, practiced and studied, learned and tested in artificial contexts within which learners of the target language outnumber proficient speakers. Professor Valdes will focus specifically on the design of language teaching programs and on the multiple challenges that are involved in responding to often-contradictory beliefs and expectations about the outcomes of language instruction especially for adult immigrants who may have limited or low literacy skills in their dominant language. Speaker: Guadalupe Valdes, Bonnie Katz Tenenbaum Professor of Education, Stanford Graduate School of Education Location: Terrace Room, Margaret Jacks Hall Free and open to the public RSVP: [email protected]
11/30 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ARISE Enrollment Support – OPEN HOUSE Get to know more about ARISE and tour the campus! ARISE High School will host an Open House and Enrollment Night for all who want to apply to Oakland public schools. Freshmen enrollment time is approaching and ARISE would like to make sure that all families are aware of the upcoming enrollment dates. ARISE will be available to support families with the online enrollment for the 2018-2019 school year.
11/30 9:00-10:30 AM Skyline High School tours (Q & A at 10:30 AM) Every fall, Skyline leadership students and parents lead tours of the classes and campus. Our tours start in our Farnsworth Theater for an overview of the school and its programs and end with an opportunity to have any questions answered by our administrative team. Register for a 2017 Campus Tour.
11/30 Designing Making Experiences The Lighthouse Creativity Lab is offering a two-day intensive workshop for educators eager to integrate making in school into their own practice. Spend two days planning a K-12 making project or unit of your choice and leave with a project example made by you. While being immersed in a making environment, you will make and develop, test and troubleshoot the making curriculum or project of your choice for your K-12 classroom or school.
11/30 4-6 OUSD Teacher Credential Fair, speak with college representatives about career pathways Think College Now / International Community School Elementary, 2825 International Blvd., Oakland, CA 94601, www.ousd.org/careers
11/30 OPEN MAKER BAR HOURS: PLANNING FOR SPRING SEMESTER at the Teacher Resource Center at Oakland International High School Bring your curriculum ideas and challenges, consult with a coach, and use the maker bar to create prototypes for your learners’ spring semester projects. Need a specific material or tool on hand? Email [email protected] in advance. Oakland International High School, 4521 Webster Street, Oakland, CA 94609 Snacks and coffee/tea will be served.
11/30 10:15 Kaiser Elementary is hosting tours for those considering our school for the 2018-19 school year. Henry J. Kaiser, Jr. School strives to provide a complete academic program in a stimulating and creative learning environment where all can feel respected, valued and safe. We seek to impart the necessary skills for student excellence and to produce well rounded, reflective, socially aware individuals. We value those qualities that cultures and races share, as well as those that make them unique. Our school is an open-enrollment school which focuses on integrating the Arts and Humanities into the curriculum. Attracting students from all over Oakland, Kaiser is unique in the district in the way it brings together children and families from so many diverse backgrounds. Ethnically, Kaiser is a microcosm of the city of Oakland. Click here for more information.
12/1 9:30 AM- 10:30 AM Montera Prospective Parent Tour – Parent-led tours start at 9:30AM with a brief overview of the IB curriculum with Mr Avent and a couple of our student leaders in the Montera courtyard outside the school office, and last about 45-50 minutes concluding back in the courtyard to chat with Montera parents with any other questions you and your student might have. We highly recommend bringing your student, but if they cannot come, we have a Welcome Day that gives our incoming students a day to tour the school with a 7th grader as well as a 2-day Summer Bridge program for our incoming 6th graders. Please register here.
12/1 9:30 AM ICS Prospective Family Tour Attention Prospective Elementary School Parents: Visit ICS! Location: International Community School (ICS), 2825 International Blvd Oakland, CA 94601. Come see the amazing work happening at ICS! Guided tours are available on the following dates:
12/1/2017 5:00 PM – 12/2/2017 6:00 PM Oakland Athletic League: Lady Legends Tournament Click here to download the flyer Click here to buy tickets
12/2 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM OUSD Elementary School Enrollment Options Fair. Will your child be entering Kindergarten or Transitional Kindergarten for the 2018-19 school year? This Enrollment Options Fair is for you! Join us to learn more about OUSD elementary schools, meet principals and teachers, and talk with other families. This is a wonderful opportunity to ask questions and learn more so that you can make the best elementary school choice for your child. The OUSD Enrollment Season closes on January 26, 2018. Apply today at www.ousd.org/enroll! Location: La Escuelita 1050 Second Avenue Oakland, CA
12/5 9:30 AM ICS Prospective Family Tour Attention Prospective Elementary School Parents: Visit ICS! Location: International Community School (ICS), 2825 International Blvd Oakland, CA 94601. Come see the amazing work happening at ICS!
12/5, 2017 | 9:00-10:30 AM (Q & A at 10:30 AM) Skyline High School tour-Every fall, Skyline leadership students and parents lead tours of the classes and campus. Our tours start in our Farnsworth Theater for an overview of the school and its programs and end with an opportunity to have any questions answered by our administrative team. Register for a 2017 Campus Tour.
12/5 9:30-10:30- East Bay Innovation Academy Tours Are you applying to East Bay Innovation Academy? We recommend you to attend one of their tours and information nights! See the list of dates below. If you have any questions please contact the school at 510-577-9557. East Bay Innovation High School 3800 Mountain Blvd Oakland, CA 94605 United States
12/5 5:00-7:00 PM OUSD Middle School Enrollment Fairs – Enrollment Season for all Oakland Public Schols open November 13th! Find and apply to OUSD schools at www.ousd.org/enroll, RISE / New Highland Campus, 8521 A Street, Oakland, CA
12/5 10:15 Kaiser Elementary is hosting tours for those considering our school for the 2018-19 school year. Henry J. Kaiser, Jr. School strives to provide a complete academic program in a stimulating and creative learning environment where all can feel respected, valued and safe. We seek to impart the necessary skills for student excellence and to produce well rounded, reflective, socially aware individuals. We value those qualities that cultures and races share, as well as those that make them unique. Our school is an open-enrollment school which focuses on integrating the Arts and Humanities into the curriculum. Attracting students from all over Oakland, Kaiser is unique in the district in the way it brings together children and families from so many diverse backgrounds. Ethnically, Kaiser is a microcosm of the city of Oakland. Click here for more information.
12/6 5:30 – 7:00 – Winter Mixer for Girls’ Champions The end of the year is near, and we want to cap it off by celebrating the incredible work that our members and other girls’ champions do! Join Alliance for Girls and the Membership Engagement Committee for our annual winter mixer for girl-serving organizations and girls’ champions. Come mingle with fellow colleagues in the field while enjoying some drinks and delicious bites!
12/6 5:00-7:00 OUSD High School Enrollment Fairs – Enrollment Season for all Oakland Public Schols open November 13th! Find and apply to OUSD schools at www.ousd.org/enroll, Roosevelt School 1926 E.19th st , Oakland, California
12/6 6:15 – 8:45 Community meeting on Blueprint for Quality Schools, including investment in school buildings; expanding, merging, or closing schools; grade configuration changes. Oakland Technical High School, Library, 4351 Broadway.
12/7 East Bay Innovation Academy Tours Are you applying to East Bay Innovation Academy? We recommend you to attend one of their tours and information nights! See the list of dates below. If you have any questions please contact the school at 510-577-9557. East Bay Innovation High School 3800 Mountain Blvd Oakland, CA 94605 United States
12/7, 2017 | 9:00-10:30 AM (Q & A at 10:30 AM) Skyline High School tour-Every fall, Skyline leadership students and parents lead tours of the classes and campus. Our tours start in our Farnsworth Theater for an overview of the school and its programs and end with an opportunity to have any questions answered by our administrative team. Register for a 2017 Campus Tour.
12/8–9:30 AM ICS Prospective Family Tour Attention Prospective Elementary School Parents: Visit ICS! Location: International Community School (ICS), 2825 International Blvd Oakland, CA 94601. Come see the amazing work happening at ICS! Guided tours are available on the following dates:
12/8 9:30 AM- 10:30 AM Montera Prospective Parent Tour – Parent-led tours start at 9:30AM with a brief overview of the IB curriculum with Mr Avent and a couple of our student leaders in the Montera courtyard outside the school office, and last about 45-50 minutes concluding back in the courtyard to chat with Montera parents with any other questions you and your student might have. We highly recommend bringing your student, but if they cannot come, we have a Welcome Day that gives our incoming students a day to tour the school with a 7th grader as well as a 2-day Summer Bridge program for our incoming 6th graders. Please register here
12/8 9:00 am – 10:00 am Join Achieve Academy’s Info Session!Learn more about the school and meet the staff!For more information, please call 510-904-6440. Achieve Academy1700 28th ave Oakland, CA 94601 United States
12/9 10:00-2:00- Enroll Oakland School Enrollment and Community resources Fair Oakland families are invited to learn more learn more about their public school options. Event will include:School Booths (Elementary, Middle, High School) – Meet school principals, teachers and familiesEnrollment Booths – Explore and compare schools using Oakland’s school finder. Get help with your application and/or enroll online.Resource Booths – Learn more about support services provided by local community organizations. RSVP Here! East Oakland Youth Development Center, 8200 International, Oakland, CA 94621
12/11 9:30 AM ICS Prospective Family Tour Attention Prospective Elementary School Parents: Visit ICS! Location: International Community School (ICS), 2825 International Blvd Oakland, CA 94601. Come see the amazing work happening at ICS! Guided tours are available on the following dates:
12/13 9:30 AM ICS Prospective Family Tour Attention Prospective Elementary School Parents: Visit ICS! Location: International Community School (ICS), 2825 International Blvd Oakland, CA 94601. Come see the amazing work happening at ICS! Guided tours are available on the following dates:
12/13 4:00-5:00 Achieve Academy Info session (pre-K-5) Join Achieve Academy’s Info Session!Learn more about the school and meet the staff, For more information, please call 510-904-6440. Achieve Academy1700 28th ave, Oakland, CA 94601 United States
12/13 10:15 Kaiser Elementary is hosting tours for those considering our school for the 2018-19 school year. Henry J. Kaiser, Jr. School strives to provide a complete academic program in a stimulating and creative learning environment where all can feel respected, valued and safe. We seek to impart the necessary skills for student excellence and to produce well rounded, reflective, socially aware individuals. We value those qualities that cultures and races share, as well as those that make them unique. Our school is an open-enrollment school which focuses on integrating the Arts and Humanities into the curriculum. Attracting students from all over Oakland, Kaiser is unique in the district in the way it brings together children and families from so many diverse backgrounds. Ethnically, Kaiser is a microcosm of the city of Oakland. Click here for more information.
12/15 9:30 AM- 10:30 AM Montera Prospective Parent Tour – Parent-led tours start at 9:30AM with a brief overview of the IB curriculum with Mr Avent and a couple of our student leaders in the Montera courtyard outside the school office, and last about 45-50 minutes concluding back in the courtyard to chat with Montera parents with any other questions you and your student might have. We highly recommend bringing your student, but if they cannot come, we have a Welcome Day that gives our incoming students a day to tour the school with a 7th grader as well as a 2-day Summer Bridge program for our incoming 6th graders. Please register here.
12/16 Strengthening the Arts Education Ecosystem Join teaching artists, program directors, and arts administrators who make up our landscape of arts education as we explore the question: What does a sustainable arts education ecosystem look like in the Bay Area? Facilitators Aimee Espiritu and Mika Lemoine will help us discover the answer and work toward that vision.
12/16 West Oakland School and Resource Fair Public · Hosted by Enroll Oakland Charters Oakland families are invited to learn more about their public school options.
There will be:* School Booths (Elementary, Middle, High schools) – Visit with school principals, teachers and families* Enrollment Booths – Explore and compare public schools using Oakland’s school finder. Get help with your online application and/or enroll online.* Resource Booths – Learn more about support services provided by local community organizations. Defremery Recreation Center 1651 Adeline st, Oakland, CA 94605
12/18 10:15 Kaiser Elementary is hosting tours for those considering our school for the 2018-19 school year. Henry J. Kaiser, Jr. School strives to provide a complete academic program in a stimulating and creative learning environment where all can feel respected, valued and safe. We seek to impart the necessary skills for student excellence and to produce well rounded, reflective, socially aware individuals. We value those qualities that cultures and races share, as well as those that make them unique. Our school is an open-enrollment school which focuses on integrating the Arts and Humanities into the curriculum. Attracting students from all over Oakland, Kaiser is unique in the district in the way it brings together children and families from so many diverse backgrounds. Ethnically, Kaiser is a microcosm of the city of Oakland. Click here for more information.
12/20 BEO Annual Fireside Chat “Sustaining Communities” BEO Leading Voices presents “Sustaining Community for Our Future” a fireside chat with a group of our community’s most brilliant thought leaders sharing visionary insights in response to the massive migration of black people moving out of California, with a particular focus on the Bay Area. With gentrification, incarceration, lack of jobs rapidly growing, ideals to sustain our community is vital for us to envision how we are to support our families, grow neighborhoods, and build innovative businesses with emerging opportunities, industries and technologies. Join Us!
12/22 9:30 AM- 10:30 AM Montera Prospective Parent Tour – Parent-led tours start at 9:30AM with a brief overview of the IB curriculum with Mr Avent and a couple of our student leaders in the Montera courtyard outside the school office, and last about 45-50 minutes concluding back in the courtyard to chat with Montera parents with any other questions you and your student might have. We highly recommend bringing your student, but if they cannot come, we have a Welcome Day that gives our incoming students a day to tour the school with a 7th grader as well as a 2-day Summer Bridge program for our incoming 6th graders. Please register here.
1/9 5:00-7:00 PM OUSD Middle School Enrollment Fairs – Enrollment Season for all Oakland Public Schols open November 13th! Find and apply to OUSD schools at www.ousd.org/enroll, MLK school, 960 10th st ,Oakland, California
1/10 OUSD Middle School Enrollment Fairs – Enrollment Season for all Oakland Public Schols open November 13th! Find and apply to OUSD schools at www.ousd.org/enroll, Elmhurst Community / Alliance School, 1800 98th ave Oakland, California
1/12 9:30 AM- 10:30 AM Montera Prospective Parent Tour – Parent-led tours start at 9:30AM with a brief overview of the IB curriculum with Mr Avent and a couple of our student leaders in the Montera courtyard outside the school office, and last about 45-50 minutes concluding back in the courtyard to chat with Montera parents with any other questions you and your student might have. We highly recommend bringing your student, but if they cannot come, we have a Welcome Day that gives our incoming students a day to tour the school with a 7th grader as well as a 2-day Summer Bridge program for our incoming 6th graders. Please register here.
Opportunities / Funding for Educators
Teachers: Free Field Trips to the Exploratorium this Fall. Take BART to the Exploratorium and get free admission for your class, plus free round-trip BART tickets. Register at exploratorium.edu/BART or email [email protected]
9/19 – 11/30 Apply for Paint the Town! Apply for Oakland’s new street mural programfrom September 19th – November 30th. This pilot program allows community members to paint temporary street murals on Oakland’s roads. Make sure to come to an application clinic hosted at an Oakland Public Library, where community members can learn about the program and receive assistance on applications. Attending a clinic is not required to apply but they encourage you to come! The dates and locations of the clinics are available on the website. If you have more questions, email and visit the website for all application materials.
SMASH Academy Accepting Applications
Since 2004, SMASH has helped bring a rigorous STEM education to hundreds of students from low income, underrepresented communities. A few SMASH facts: Impact: SMASH is a 3 year STEM acceleration summer residential and academic year program that works: check out their alumni outcomes here.Free of Cost: SMASH is a free program — equivalent to a $24,000 scholarship.
Nationwide: SMASH is continuing to expand to serve more students across the nation. In addition to existing sites at Berkeley, Stanford, UCLA, Davis, and Morehouse College, SMASH will be opening two new sites in 2018: Wayne State University and the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. The SMASH 2018 application deadline is March 1, 2018. Students can apply at smash.lpfi.org. To learn more visit www.lpfi.org/smash.
How you can help
East Bay College Fund’s Mentor Recruitment season is here! The East Bay College Fund, which is currently supporting 800 Oakland scholars in college, is excited to begin recruiting Mentors for the 2018/19 Scholar year! College is definitely challenging, but it can be made easier with the support and advice of someone who has been there before. Every young person needs supportive relationships in order to grow and develop into thriving, productive, and engaged adults. Mentoring is a powerful way to help the next generation succeed! East Bay College Fund’s next Mentor Information Sessions will be on the following dates:Saturday, November 18th from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.Thursday, December 14th from 6 – 8 p.m.For more information about upcoming mentor information sessions please contact Volunteer Manager, Lena Ringstrom, at [email protected]
Help an Oakland student and educator whose home was destroyed by fire. Huber was an Education for Change student, and is now an Education for Change teacher in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. He and his family represent Oakland at its best, and in the early hours of Friday, September 8th, they awoke to their home on fire. Thankfully, nobody was hurt, but you
can imagine the pain, stress, frustration, and anger in seeing your family home on fire. We are asking that you donate whatever you can to help Huber and his family respond to this loss quickly so that he can resume the job he loves and support his family. Help spread the word!
Support students with Listening Tools – A strong listening center is much needed in all elementary school classrooms. The stacks of CD’s and cassettes on a day to day for engagement, enrichment in both love for learning and academic standards. My students need a protected space with a CD player and timers to listen, learn and be heard. Be the first to donate | $484 still needed, Ms. Semana Aspire College Academy, Oakland CA
Bring Coding and Engineering to Life with Lego Robots at Oakland Sol. This is the second phase of our great robot adventure, where students experiment with engineering concepts and coding practice, as well as learning about the design phases of a technical project. My students need these EV3 Mindstorms kits to take their skills to the next level! 2 donors | $466 still needed… Give to Mr. Davis
Click here to support Help Heroes Lay Their Mother To Rest organized by Areli Coach Si – Last week two of our students lost their mother while giving birth