Thursday, 28 March 2013 20:07
Written by Gloria Fox
Oscarson Elementary received the Platinum Focus gold Medals School Award. For eleben years, OES has participated in gold Medal Schools which promotes regular phusical actibity, good nutrition, tobacco/drug/prevention, and safe routes to school. School faculty uses non-food rewards to establish healthy attitudes toward eating and create a healthy and physically active environment that will increase academic performance.
The music and band teacher from Piute High School, Mr. Matt Belliston teaches music to kindergarten - second grade leaning rhythm, pitch, tempo, and singing each Friday. The music class is working towards a pupper musical of "Peter and the Wolf"
On Fridays, third - sixth grad students are being instructed by Art Soecilist, Mr. Dennis Budge, who is currently is an art teacher at Piute High School. The NESS funding generated the money to have an art specialist teach at our school.
Reading specialist, Sherry Fullmer, provides Dibels Reading Assessment for all students. Also progress monitoring, and reading daze practice to Tier II students on a regular basis.
We have also had new tile floors installed in two classrooms and the school lunchroom.