The Scoop: Stay Prepared & Get Involved

Construction crews are working hard preparing sites for our new grant-funded schools! The Crescent Harbor Elementary groundbreaking will be next Tuesday, October 22 at 1:30 p.m. and the Hand-in-Hand/HomeConnection ceremony will be on Wednesday, October 23 at 4 p.m. at the new school site. We hope our #OneOakHarbor community will join us in marking this important milestone for our schools!

When weather, road, or school conditions result in a schedule change, we inform families through phone call, text message, email, social media, and our district website.

Staff and families do not need to opt-in or register in ParentSquare to receive phone call, email, and text notifications. If schools are operating on a normal schedule, no notifications will be issued.

In order to keep our school healthy, please keep in mind the school’s policy regarding illness. Please make sure that to keep your child home if they are ill. If they have a fever, they cannot return to school until they have had 24 hours fever free without any fever reducing medication.

Our nurses recommend that if students are coughing or sneezing, that they wear a mask and wash hands regularly with soap and water. Please reach out to the school nurse if you have any questions about the health of your child.

As #OneOakHarbor, we are empowering students and growing together. During our strategic planning process last year, students, families, community members and staff developed our new core values to demonstrate what we are all about in Oak Harbor Public Schools.

Hear from our community to learn more about our new core values and how we are working together to support student success.

OHHS choirs joined together to sing songs from all across the world on Thursday, October 17. Some students performed special songs from their own cultures. One of the performances came from brothers Ka’Imi and Kepano Nero, which included them singing a Hawaiian song passed down from their ancestors. “It's a song about us natives standing proud and strong together, looking towards our ancestors for guidance to the future,” said Ka’Imi Nero ‘25.

Other performances involved soloists and our special guests, the Shifty Sailors. Singers and audience members swayed the day away to the shanties they sang. Choir letters were also presented to Clayton Valentine ‘25 and Ka’Imi Nero ‘25 for their devotion and hard work for the choir.

Opportunities like these are possible thanks to community support through our levy. Thank you, #OneOakHarbor community!

Ms. Byers’ 3rd grade class at Olympic View Elementary learned about force and motion by working together with a spring scale to see how far their cars would go.

Students from Mrs. Baur's and Mrs. Miller's second-grade classrooms at Hillcrest Elementary teamed up with Oak Harbor Garden Club volunteers to bring beauty to their courtyard garden! Together, they planted tulip bulbs that will bloom into a colorful display in the spring.

School PTAs offer an opportunity to get involved in activities and events happening at your child's school like our upcoming Spook Harbor Trunk or Treat community event on October 26 from 4-7! Our PTAs coordinate events for students as well as celebrations for teachers and staff and so much more. Check out the Get Involved section of your school's website for details.