| November 18, 2024 |
 Extended Fall Break This is a reminder that there will be no school from Monday, November 25th, through Monday, December 2nd. Students will return to school on Tuesday, December 3rd. Enjoy the extended time off! |
 College and Career Week We’re excited to kick off College and Career Week this week! Throughout the week, you can look forward to exciting webinars, motivating field trips, and optional interactive activities you can do independently. We wish to expose students to various college and career options while fostering a mindset geared toward higher education. It’s an excellent opportunity for students to explore their future and discover more about themselves! Learn More |
 Last Art in The Park of 2024 Join us as we come together for our last Art in the Park of the 2024 year! We will be hosting events at three different locations on Friday, December 13th from 10 am-11 am. The cost to participate is $5 in instructional funds for our PLA students, and at no cost to our VLA students. The activity is open to all Sage Oak students from TK-12th grade. Siblings and unenrolled students are welcome to attend, but please be aware that they will not be able to participate in the art activity. Please complete the required enrollment form linked below as soon as possible, so that we can gather a headcount for materials:Brookside Park (Pasadena)Littlefield Shultis Community Park (San Bernardino)Morley Field (San Diego) Pasadena RSVP San Bernardino RSVP San Diego RSVP |
 Curriculum Corner: Khan Academy Does your child need extra math support? Is your child struggling to keep up with grade level math topics? Check out Khan Academy’s Math: Get Ready courses. The Get Ready courses focus on strengthening foundational math skills. By addressing essential prerequisites, students build the necessary base to tackle current grade-level math with greater confidence. These courses give students a chance to close knowledge gaps, gain confidence, and prepare to succeed in grade-level math. |
 Sage Oak’s Annual Letter Drive Change starts locally and writing letters of thanks and gratitude to community members is the perfect way to nurture roots and cultivate excellence. Please join us in making Sage Oak’s Annual Letter Drive another great success! The Letter Drive will run through Friday, December 20th. Please check out our Letter Drive informational sheet and complete one survey to document all your letters sent so we can keep track of our students’ selfless acts of kindness. Last year our amazing students sent over 730 letters to neighbors, retirement homes, teachers, military personnel, hospitals, police stations, and more. What an impact! Let’s work together to exceed that number this year and spread a little kindness in our communities. Informational Sheet Letter Tracking Survey |
 Free Online Tutoring with Varsity Tutors All Sage Oak students now have access to Varsity Tutors on their Clever Dashboard. Varsity Tutors provides free, on-demand 1:1 chat tutoring for all grade levels and all subjects! In addition, Varsity Tutors provide on-demand essay review, live enrichment classes, college & career readiness resources and more! Learn more about the Varsity Tutor offerings here! Note: One-on-one video tutoring is currently not available but if you would be interested in accessing this feature with instructional funds in the future, let us know on this interest form! Learn More 1:1 Video Tutoring Interest Form |
 Get Ready for the CAASPP with Grade-Level Math Practice Tests! Is your student prepared for the Math CAASPP? Math practice tests are designed to:Identify Key Areas for Improvement: Understand where your student stands and where they can grow.Mirror State Exams: Give your student a realistic testing experience with questions that reflect the actual CAASPP exam.Boost Performance and Confidence: Essential practice that sharpens skills, helping students master grade-level standards. Help your student succeed! Take advantage of these practice tests to set them up for success and ensure they’re ready for the real thing. Click below and start practicing today to give your student the advantage they need! Practice Today |
 ATC Mania Week 3 This week we will be creating poetry in two exciting ways using magazines and old books. We will create poetry by blacking out all text except for the words we love, these words will come together to make absurd or sometimes profound poetry. So gather your scrap newspapers, old books, and magazines and join me this week for another ATC adventure! Click the link below to create your one-of-a kind art! Click to Create Your ATC Today! Don’t forget to share your projects on Padlet! You just might see your art in an upcoming Sage News! ATC Mania Community Padlet |
 Oakschool’s Career Connect – Lego Imagination Watch out, world— the next generation of engineers and architects is on the way! Our 3rd through 5th grade students in our Oakschool class, “Lego Imagination Station” with Ms. Julie De La Hoya built futuristic cities and intergalactic vehicles, pushing the boundaries of creativity. We can’t wait to see what these young visionaries will dream up next! Our Oakschool career classes give students the opportunity to learn about the endless possibilities in a variety of industries, sparking dreams and aspirations for big futures! Click Here to Learn More |
 Field Trip Release #2 The field trip release #2 sign-up window: Wednesday, December 4th at 12 pm -Tuesday, December 10th at 11:59 pm. Get Ready…**NEW** All students will need their SSID# in order to sign up for field trips. Check your inbox next week! All families of enrolled students will receive an email with their student’s SSID# and helpful information about signing up for field trips. Please refer to Field Trip Support for field trip sign up info. We highly recommend that you practice signing up for a field trip with our Field Trip to the Moon! Get Set…Explore Release #2 field trips for VLA or PLA students on the Sage Oak website using the planning docs. PLA Field Trip Planning Doc (for PLA students only) VLA Field Trip Planning Doc (for VLA students only) Join the events team this Thursday (11/21) from 1-2 pm for a zoom Q&A and get your field trip questions answered! Field Trip Q&A Zoom Link Don’t hesitate to reach out to the events team at events@sageoak.education with field trip and event-related questions or concerns. Field Trip Support Field Trip Q&A |
 Important Update: Technology Fees We understand that the timing of our communication about technology fees during the 2023-24 school year may have caused challenges for families in planning for 2024-25. In light of this, and due to a higher-than-anticipated COLA, we have decided to remove all technology fees effective immediately and for future school years. Any purchase orders that were created for technology fees and/or new Chromebooks will be credited back to student instructional fund accounts on Tuesday, December 3rd. |
 Sage Stage Join us on Friday, November 22 at 9:00 AM as we welcome Sage Oak’s TK-8 School Counselor, Ms. Allie Whalen. She’ll be here to share about counseling as a career and how she supports students at Sage Oak, as well as guide us through a gratitude exercise that will lead us smoothly into our fall break! Learn More |
 Sage Studio Podcast Latest Episode: Exploring Sage Oak’s Innovative CTE Programs: Entrepreneurship and Informational Technology In this episode of Sage Studio, host Tiffiny Webster is joined by Brandy Yurkosky and Jared Tourse from Sage Oak’s high school department to discuss the school’s cutting-edge Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs focusing on Entrepreneurship and Information Technology. Both pathways offer diverse opportunities, field trips, and integrative learning experiences, combined with community and academic collaboration. Recommended for students and parents interested in the growing fields of business and technology. |