Oxbow Elementary

This morning 5th graders worked on their robotics skills by teaching real life Dash Robots how to play music.

Mrs. Brinkman”s class taking part in a science investigation with pill bugs. During this lesson, students were able to find out about the bug’s body structures by observing them. They then determined if they had an internal skeleton or an exoskeleton.

Good morning! Lakeland High School just finished a very successful first season with bringing Boys Volleyball to our community! Boys Volleyball is Michigan's fastest growing sport, and will be an official MHSAA sport by 2025. With the goal of continuing to grow the interest and creating more opportunities for youth sports, we are offering an All Skills Introductory Youth Camp this summer. The camp is open to incoming fall 2023 3rd grade-9th grade boys in and outside of Huron Valley Schools. Our 2 day camp is open to any ability level boys that are interested in playing volleyball. The camp will be run by returning Lakeland Boys players with some help by Walled Lake Central boys volleyball athletes as well! We are hoping you can forward this information and flyer to your elementary and/or middle school teachers to forward to families. Dates: June 26th & 27th Times: 10am-1pm (please pack a sack lunch) Cost: $90 (includes a camp t-shirt) Location: Lakeland High School - Auxiliary Gym Link to sign up: https://hvs.ce.eleyo.com/course/1759/summer-2023/lhs-boys-volleyball-youth-camp?fbclid=IwAR2fbacXOAnv7JUM4RHkVvKbIcVPYDDQOU7xktR8MRY7qHHZa04-jKa97VQ#2507 Please don't hesitate to reach out to me with any questions! elizabeth.ferguson@hvs.org

Happy Memorial Day from Oxbow's Junior Kindergarten!

Happy Friday Owls! Check out all those mustaches that grew overnight in Mrs. Stackpoole's class!

Students in Ms. McGinnis’s art class learned how to illustrate an historical character using correct facial proportions. This tied in with their 4th grade historical biography unit.

Mr. Rehnlund would like to give a big thank you to Mr. Baad and Ms. Witkowski for their visit in his 5th grade Tech class today! This morning the students worked through an interactive activity using Lumio, while learning about careers in the Technological Field.

Please click the following link for a great opportunity provided by the White Lake Library. https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2407/OXBOW/3043121/2023_SRP_Flyers__1_.pdf

Mrs. Page wanted to recognize Nolan Marshall in 4th grade as the 2022/ 2023 Pacer test record holder. All of our Owls worked hard and gave it their all! Nolan reached 82 laps in the 15 meter Pacer test! Way to go Nolan!

Mrs. Borrie's Junior Kindergarten is having a blast with their flash light reading day!

5th grade parents please see for info regarding the WLMS PTSA: We’d like to extend a special invitation to our incoming 6th grade families. We hope you’ll consider coming with a friend so you can learn about our PTSA and see how you can be involved. Please join us for our final PTSA meeting of the school year! Parents/guardians, teachers, and students are all welcome. (We WILL have snacks 👍) Can’t join in person? Join us on Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/knn-ekqr-qxu

Donuts with Dad was a success! Happy early Father's Day to all the Dads out there. Thank you to the OPC for creating another fun event!

Oxbow's 5th is one step closer to Middle school! They had a great orientation yesterday at WLM. They grow up so fast!

5th graders have been working hard to prepare for their Patriot vs. Loyalist debate. Students have chosen sides and wrote persuasive letters trying to convince one another to see their point of view. During the town hall meeting, students shared their speeches and celebrated their hard work.

Today Oxbow had a great assembly to learn about Mind Set! Ned taught us how we can use the power of "Yet" to help us when tasks are hard to accomplish! We even got to see some great YoYo tricks too!

Oxbow mathletes had fun this week playing Queens & Guards and Star Track.

Mrs. Borrie's Junior Kindergarteners are loving their Beach Day!

Congratulations Mrs. Borrie on winning a massage for teacher appreciation week! It's well deserved after all your hard work!

Oxbow would like to give a huge shout out to Pita Way of White Lake and our wonderful OPC for providing lunch for Teacher Appreciation Week! Thank so much you are the best!

Staff at Oxbow felt so appreciated this week! It was a wonderful week filled with prizes, beautiful snacks and treats, and a catered lunch! Thank you to our fantastic Oxbow Parent Council for making Staff Appreciation Week so special!