Who says students are too old to be read to? Here's Ms. Osman reading Ch. 16 of "Restart" to her fifth graders and facilitating discussion on static and dynamic characters! #OakGlenGrizzlies
In honor of Black History Month, Mrs. DiGrispino's Songs of Peace students from Coolidge and Oak Glen performed in a Parent Night and a school assembly last week. The students sang several songs in addition to reenacting what happened to Rosa Parks and the bus boycott that followed.
Ms. Toppmeyer teaching Ms. Dominiak's kindergarteners about filling others' buckets.
Oak Glen Teachers Katie Larson and Karrie White provide information on researched based mathematical teaching strategies to teachers during the Governor's State University mentor program session at Reavis Elementary School. Teachers from multiple districts across the South Suburban region participated in the professional development sessions.
Mrs. Fry is always ensuring our students are understanding their learning. #OakGlenGrizzlies
Congratulations to Oak Glen for receiving a $4,949 grant from the DART Foundation! This money will be used to purchase advanced robotics kits, the Lego EV3's, to keep our science units fresh and exciting for students as they grow! Great job, Oak Glen - you are #158Strong!
Mrs. Forsyth's 2nd graders begin the day reviewing math concepts from the day before and then break into collaborative centers! #OakGlenGrizzlies
Congratulations to our back-to-back Coolidge boys and undefeated Oak Glen girls for winning this year's fifth grade basketball seasons! The Roundball Classic starts tomorrow. Hope to see you there! #158Strong #CoolidgeCougars #OakGlenGrizzlies
Congratulations to all of the students that participated in the Lansing Elementary Area Science Fair! Thank you to all of the community and school board members that volunteered as judges to make an event like this happen. It is evident that Science is thriving in Lansing!
Ms. Bown's 5th graders playing a matching game of Cause and Effect.
Where can Oak Glen students go when they have some free time? The Book Nook outside Mrs. Osman's 5th grade room! Readers are leaders!
We are excited about the Lansing Area Elementary Science Fair this Saturday, February 1 at Reavis Elementary School! Doors open at 8:30 a.m. Enter at Door #1. We currently have 88 projects registered for the fair. Judging will begin at 9:15 a.m. Public viewing will begin at 12:00 p.m. The awards ceremony will begin at 12:30 p.m. Hope to see you there!
Who doesn't love a great brain break? #OakGlenGrizzlies
Mrs. Kmetz's 3rd graders are ecstatic to create poems!
Check out Mrs. Kern's 2nd graders taking a movement break, courtesy of our partnership with Teacher Fit!
Band Director Mr. Becker has a student teacher! Mr. Canning - shown here leading a low brass sectional at Oak Glen - joins us for the spring semester from VanderCook College of Music. Dr. Schilling, a former band director himself, also dropped by to give the students a few tips. This is #158Strong music education!
Band Director Mr. Becker has a student teacher! Mr. Canning - shown here leading a low brass sectional at Oak Glen - joins us for the spring semester from VanderCook College of Music. Dr. Schilling, a former band director himself, also dropped by to give the students a few tips. This is #158Strong music education!
Mrs. Barbaro engages her 4th graders' proximity, uses manipulatives, and fosters an environment where students are supported to take risks!
Reavis's boys took the win over Oak Glen in overtime yesterday, while Oak Glen's girls were victorious in their season opener! #OakGlenGrizzlies #RoadRunnerPride #158Strong
Mr. White's students are engaged and ready to learn with each other due to his dedication to them and their education.
Oak Glen staff went "Speed Dating" at yesterday's faculty meeting to reflect on 2019 and share their goals for 2020.
Students love the familial, collaborative, all-in culture in Mrs. Stephens' music class!
Flexible Seating + Collaboration + Technology = Student Success!
Mrs. Larson's 3rd grade #OakGlenGrizzlies take their math learning outside of the classroom!
Mrs. Barbaro's 4th graders had a great Flashlight Friday preparing for their camping unit! Thank you to Gus Bock's Ace for the flashlight donation!
Oak Glen kindergartens are the "I" in KIND!
Oak Glen kindergartens are the "I" in KIND!
Oak Glen kindergartens are the "I" in KIND!
Ms. White's 3rd graders are working through their novel study & focusing on text evidence and characterization.
Winter Wonderfest fun at Oak Glen!
Mr. White's class had a great day learning from and then collaborating on a craft with their parents!
Oak Glen Grizzlies had an awesome time at our Annual Turkey Shoot! It was great having TFS High School Basketball players come over to connect, ref, and cheer on our students!
Oak Glen Principal Mr. Earnshaw was honored to present at the Teach Better 2019 Conference in Akron, Ohio on Saturday, November 9 - connecting, networking, and sharing the amazing things Oak Glen is doing for our students and community!
Mrs. Forsyth's 2nd graders know there's nothing wrong with a little friendly competition while learning in centers!
Mrs. Annick's 1st graders had a great time when Mrs. Steinwig visited and read her children's book!
Awesome day having Dennis Mathew, author of Bello the Cello, come read, talk with, and sing for Oak Glen!
Look for order forms to purchase Mr. Mathew's books coming home later this week!
Mrs. Kmetz's 3rd graders are having fun while learning their vocabulary!
Mrs. Balciunas's classroom has learning all over it! Here, Oak Glen students are searching for sight words on the door. Once the word is found, they give it a high five!
Oak Glen 3rd graders spent the day as construction workers, earning their way up the ranks through apprentices, journeymen, and foremen by completing activities! Such an inspiring, engaging, and educational day!
Thanks to Board Member and Community Reader Dr. Wallace, who spent time reading Thanksgiving books to Ms. Huppert's kindergarteners and Mrs. Berridge's first grade class at Oak Glen!
Mrs. Mahoney does a great job promoting and encouraging reading when students visit her for LRC time!
Mrs. Mahoney does a great job promoting and encouraging reading when students visit her for LRC time!
Mrs. Mahoney does a great job promoting and encouraging reading when students visit her for LRC time!
Oak Glen's Social Worker, Ms. Toppmeyer (who is now a Licensed Clinical Social Worker!), engaged and taught the faculty about positive behavior interventions and supports for students. #RECOGNIZE
Isabelle, a 1st grader in Mrs. Robins' class, was so good we couldn't ignore! Everyday Isabelle stays behind after lunch to help cleanup! Thanks for being a true #OakGlenGrizzly Isabelle!
Oak Glen students brought in 704 pairs of socks to donate to the homeless for Socktober! 2nd grade had brought in the most pairs, beating out 1st grade by just 8 pairs! Their generosity and kindness earned them a fun time at the Sock Hop!
Great afternoon learning and reading about Mrs. Wishy-Washy with Ms. Huppert's Kindergarteners.
Kaylie, an Oak Glen 5th grader, was So Good We Couldn't Ignore! Kaylie found money outside, turned it in to the office, and helped find and return who it belonged to! That's a true Oak Glen Grizzly!
Oak Glen fundraiser winners had a great afternoon with Silly Safaris! Mr. Earnshaw lived up to his end of the deal and kissed a 60 pound python!
Beautiful drum sounds coming from Mrs. Stephens's fifth grade class at Oak Glen - you are truly talented musicians!
Mrs. Kubik's 2nd graders creating synonym bats for the season! #OakGlenGrizzlies
Oak Glen's staff chose Mr. Earnshaw for their costume theme this year. Happy Halloween!
Oak Glen's 1st Annual Trunk or Treat was a huge success! Thank you to all the families who decorated their vehicles and came out to make it a spectacular event. We especially want to thank Mayor Patty Eidam of the Village of Lansing for hosting her vehicle!
Brandon, a 5th grader in Mrs. Cialdella's class, was so good we couldn't ignore! He came into school and declared he was ready to learn, then proved it! This is a true #OakGlenGrizzly - excited to learn and work hard everyday!
No matter how old you are, parachute games are always engaging and fun! Mrs. Yonkers does an awesome job teaching Oak Glen's kindergartners about teamwork and collaboration in PE!
Just some friendly competition! Mrs. Bown's 5th graders are paired up to see who can catch the most monsters by knowing their fractions & decimals.
Oak Glen supports IDIC 15 Awareness Day!
Not only did Mr. Earnshaw, Mrs. Sechowski, and Mr. White raise over $4,000 for various charities, they each finished running 26.2 miles in the Chicago Marathon!
Not only is lunch time for eating and socializing but Oak Glen's Mr. Ferguson entertains tables with magic!
So proud of Jonas, a 3rd grader in Ms. White's class. He's now a member of our #KINDNESS Crew! Jonas shared a piece of his toy so a friend's wouldn't be broken and then helped to clean up the playground. That's a true Oak Glen Grizzly!
Today Oak Glen 3rd graders had their Pumpkin Day! Students picked their pumpkins from the patch and then rotated between each room focusing on various STEM activities.
Mrs. Forsyth's 2nd graders had an exciting day! First Mr. Earnshaw read One Drop of Kindness to them. In the afternoon they practiced their spelling words outside, enjoying the beautiful weather!
We are so proud of Taniyla, a 2nd grader in Mrs. Forsyth's class! A classmate was cold at recess so she loaned her coat to them! Congrats to our newest member of our #KINDNESS Crew!
Mrs. Osman's fifth grade class spent the morning reading and discussing One Drop of Kindness. We then talked about mindfulness and did some calming breathing. Mrs. Osman is new this year and joins us from Lyons. She has experience as a reading specialist and literacy coach. Welcome!
Love the modeling from Mrs. Cialdella and Mrs. Joria encouraging 5th graders to utilize their Resource Books! We're all in this together!
Yatzil, Zhakuira, and Drake are the newest members of Oak Glen Grizzlies #KINDNESS Crew! These 3 know exactly how to lift others spirits, focus on the positive, and include everyone!
Thanks to Mr. Johnathan Alsheimer for coming to Oak Glen this week and sharing his message of Next Level Teaching!
Mrs. Nye facilitates small group learning with her 4th graders! She does a great job following up a student response with another higher level question, always keeping the kids thinking!
Oak Glen's Back 2 School Bash was a hit! Thank you to all our Grizzly families and staff who attended and Oak Glen PTA for putting together a fun and memorable night. Can't wait to do it again!
Great night swearing in the new PTA Board (pictured left-to-right: President Sarah Matthews, Vice President Latasha Davis, Treasurer Ashley Ellis, and Secretary Phylicia Burford) at Oak Glen! Looking forward to a productive and collaborative year. If you have not yet signed up, don't forget to do so!
Mrs. Nye's 4th graders at Oak Glen enjoying the weather and "playing" Place Value Roll. Ssshhh...don't let them know it's actually learning!
Oak Glen PTA Back to School Bash
Tressor taught a new rounding trick in Mrs. Larson's 3rd grade math class. Hold a balloon string and open your fingers. If all five open and the balloon floats up, round up! If it stays in your hand, round down!
So proud of Keeli Ford, a 1st grader in Mrs. Berridge's class at Oak Glen, who did something "So Good We Couldn't Ignore" and received our first #Kindness bracelet of the year! Keeli wants to keep what she did a secret, but it was truly thoughtful and helped someone in need! She did what she did because it's the right thing to do, not for recognition. That's a true Oak Glen Grizzly!
Ms. Bown's 5th graders at Oak Glen are sharpening their inference skills - a Common Core State Standard - by discussing what is shared from the "Me Bag" of a classmate!
Walking through the halls at Oak Glen, you'd hear laughter coming from Mrs. Berridge's 1st grade class. Walking in, you'd see groups playing educational math games and having a blast with each other! Learning is allowed to be fun!
Mrs. Fry's and Mrs. Joria's fourth graders at Oak Glen take their learning outside! Place value on the playground!
Ariah Downey, a 5th grader in Mrs. Osman's class at Oak Glen, is So Good We Can't Ignore Her! Ariah befriended a new student who was nervous, making her feel right at home in our Grizzly Den!
Mr. White held a Family Night at Oak Glen to explain the Zones of Regulation, various sensory strategies, techniques available at school and home, and having a growth mindset.
Oak Glen Grizzly staff ending our first week of the 2019-2020 school year! All sporting our "So Good They Can't Ignore Us" shirts and copies of "Relentless" by Hamish Brewer! Get ready, we're taking over and changing the world!
Oak Glen third grader Dimarco Patterson is one of our first recipients of "Students Who Did Something So Good We Can't Ignore!" Dimarco is in Mrs. Larson's class and voluntarily stepped out while playing Four Square to support positive relationships with his fellow students. Great character - that's a true OG Grizzly!
So proud of our Oak Glen Grizzlies who displayed their talents at our annual Grizzly Talent Showcase! The entire performance will be on YouTube soon!
After Oak Glen 1st graders read "The Stone Garden" and "Cody's Adventure", they brought life to our grounds by decorating it with their painted rocks!
Ms. White's 3rd graders went digging for dinosaur bones, classified them, and rebuilt them! Looks like Oak Glen has some future archeologists!
Oak Glen Jamboree! Bad weather didn't stop the teamwork and fun for all!
Yesterday Oak Glen's Girls on the Run ran their practice 5k and had their parents join in! Can't wait for our race June 9!
Oak Glen loved having Mr. White's class host their parents to come in and make balloon plants based on Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm!
Mrs. Fry's 4th graders at Oak Glen love taking their reading circles outside of class! Rainy days call for improvisation (and alternative seating)!
Mrs. Ores' 2nd graders at Oak Glen are all smiles as they learn in their Geometry Math Stations!
Mrs. Forsyth's 2nd graders at Oak Glen completed their Water Cycle projects!
Thank you Kiwanis for not only reading to our Oak Glen Kindergarteners but also providing everyone with a book!
Mark your calendars for this Friday March 22nd and invite your family and friends! Come out and support our young entrepreneurs in their business endeavors. There is a wide variety of food and novelty items being sold. All products sold are under 5.00!
Oak Glen's Strategic Games Club flexes their brain muscles while having fun! Thank you Mrs. Cialdella and Ms. Bown for facilitating a great club for our students!
For each practice Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) question correct, Oak Glen students had that many chances to get a pie in 3rd Grade Teacher Mrs. Larson's face! Even Principal Mr. Earnshaw and 1st Grade Teacher Mrs. Annicks got in on the fun!
Mrs. Robins' first graders at Oak Glen get up and move to learn their consonant blends!
Oak Glen's first Girls on the Run practice! We're so excited to finally have this program happening here!
Mrs. Cialdella's 5th grade class at Oak Glen testing their math equations with catapults!
Oak Glen Family Peace Maker's Night was another success!
So cool to visit our 4th grade Wax Museum in honor of African American History month!
Oak Glen Grizzlies showing support for Rare Disease Day!
Oak Glen Grizzlies put on an amazing assembly for Black History Month! We even had a special performance from Moya Dance Troupe! Thank you Mrs. Ellis for all your hard work organizing, Mr. Corrie for MC'ing, and Mr. Ferguson for filming!
Oak Glen 1st graders finished their Cinderella unit by being cordially invited to the Royal Ball!
Oak Glen Elementary School 2nd graders had some STEM fun in Mrs.Forsyth's class, and 3rd graders hosted a book tasting!
1st graders channelled George Washington today by writing with feathers.
Oak Glen Principal Mr. Earnshaw was able to hang out with Mrs. Nye & Mrs. Smith's fourth graders during Mrs. DiGrispino's Art class learning about the Chinese New Year and making our own Chinese lanterns!
Mrs. Kmetz and Mrs. Nieckula at Oak Glen recently had students move out of district. They had a snow day today and Skyped in to visit and tell us all about their new school!
Oak Glen Principal Mr. Earnshaw's favorite PBIS reward is when students choose to read to him!
Oak Glen 3rd & 4th graders did an amazing job with their Holiday Concert on on Thursday, December 13!
Mrs. Ores' 2nd graders practicing spelling by writing with candy canes!
Oak Glen's Kindness Club hard at work! Thanks Mrs. DiGrispino for your dedication to our students & hard work!
Mrs. Nye's 4th graders planning out how to re-tile a bathroom floor!
Also, learning doesn't stop during bathroom breaks at Oak Glen! Mrs. Robins' 1st graders at our Words While We Wait board!
Mr. Earnshaw teaching Mrs. Fortin's kindergarteners about the True Story of the Three Little Pigs!
Oak Glen 3rd graders turning problem solving in math to a tasty, hands on activity!
Oak Glen Peer Mediators!
Twin day at Oak Glen!
Oak Glen Elementary hosted a Silly Safari for fundraiser winners, Mr. Earnshaw kept up his end of the bargain by kissing an alligator and boa constrictor, and 3rd graders participated in a Dia de Los Muertos themed escape room!
Oak Glen Peer Mediators!
Oak Glen 3rd graders collaborate to prove the teacher has the wrong answer (Mrs. Shireman put the wrong one up on purpose), and 1st graders learning about Aurora Borealis prior to making their own sketch in art!
Oak Glen staff collaborating on the Power of Words activity at our Opening Day Institute!
Oak Glen staff collaborating across grade levels regarding PARCC results.
