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Algebra I Cancelled

The Algebra I workshop is cancelled on Thursday, December 19. Posted 12/12/24

Valuable Lessons Learned

We're excited to share a valuable lesson learned at our recent Mountain Oaks Transition workshop. Board Member David Rose provided an incredible hands-on lesson on essential vehicle maintenance skills.  Students actively participated in learning how to check tire pressure, change a tire, check oil, and how to jump-start a vehicle.  Dave also bought them all their own tire pressure gauge to practice with on their family vehicles.  Click article title to see pictures. Posted 12/5/24
Changing a Tire

Healthy Families Survey - Due by December 20

Hello Mountain Oaks Families,

The window for the California Healthy Kids Survey is open.

The California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) is an anonymous, confidential survey of school climate and safety, student wellness, and youth resiliency. It is administered to students at grades five, seven, nine, and eleven. It enables schools and communities to collect and analyze data regarding local youth health risks and behaviors, school connectedness, school climate, protective factors, and school violence. The CHKS is part of a comprehensive data-driven decision-making process on improving school climate and student learning environment for overall school improvements.

California Education Code sections 51513 and 51938(c) specify that parent or guardian consent be granted before students are given questionnaires or surveys asking about personal beliefs or practices that include health behavior and risks. There are two kinds of parent or guardian consent: passive and active.
Active Consent (for 5th graders) requires that a parent or legal guardian be notified in writing and gives written permission for the student to participate in the survey. Active consent is required of the fifth grade CHKS survey.
Passive Consent (for 7th, 9th and 11th graders) requires that a parent or legal guardian be notified in writing about the survey and is given the opportunity to review the survey. Parents need to notify the school if they do not want their child to participate in the survey.
Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. Your opinion matters.
Kathleen
Click article title for more information and to access survey.
Posted 12/5/24

Workshop Evaluation Fall 2024

Please take the time to fill out our Workshop Evaluation Fall 2024 form. Your feedback is important to us. Please complete one form for each workshop that your child(ren) participated in this semester. It lets us know what is working and where we might need to improve. Every little bit of feedback we get helps! Click article title to fill out form. Posted 12/4/24

Winter Craft Day

December 13th from 10-3:00
This wonderful event is open to all Mtn. Oaks families. It is a wonderful day full of crafts, fun, food and games.

Crafts 10-12:00
Potluck 12:30-1:00
Cookie Exchange 1:00-1:30
Volleyball Game 1:30 until we are worn out

Crafts:
We will have about 10 different crafts for kids to do. These make great gifts for family or friends or even to hang on your tree. Parents should plan on bringing a flat box of some sort to transport all of their wonderful treasures. Many of the crafts involve a lot of glue and therefore are transported best when they are not stacked on top of each other.

Potluck:
Everyone participating in the potluck should bring a dish to feed about 10 people. Please bring the following items if your Last Name starts with:
A-J: Main Dish
K-S: Side Dish
T-Z: Dessert

Cookie Exchange:
This is a family favorite each year. Anyone interested in participating need to bring HOMEMADE Cookies or Desserts and 10 copies of the recipe to share with others. Participating families can sample the different items and take a copy of the recipe home to use later.

Volleyball:
Everyone is encouraged to stay and play volleyball. This is a lot of fun. Last year was amazing. We had parents, staff, high schooler and students as young as Kindergarten playing. It is good for kids to see that parents and staff can play games too. Click article title for flyer with more information. Posted 12/2/24
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Science Fair

Click article title for more information, to access packet and sign up for Science Fair. Posted 12/2/24

Library News

Click article title to learn more about books to accompany the Magic Tree House Series. Posted 11/15/24
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Santa's Helper Tree

Click article title to check out our Santa's Helper Tree. Please help if you can! Posted 11/14/24
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Lunches

​Just a reminder that if you signed up for lunch and are not going to be on campus to get lunch please let us know before 11:00 that day.  That way we have time to inform the cafeteria lady and she won't prepare the food.  Just today alone we had 11 out of 18 students not show up for the lunches they ordered.  That is a lot of wasted food.  At some point, it could become an issue and we could lose the hot lunch program and only be able to offer shelf-stable lunches to our families. Posted 11/12/24

Santa's Secret Workshop

Click article title for more information. We are asking for donations of new items or gently used items as well as help on the days of the sale. Text or call Becky Jensen at 209-559-7501 if you have questions. Donations can be left at the front desk. Posted 11/6/24
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Senior Graduation Information

Your Senior Year is finally here. We are so excited for all of you. We have a lot of information posted in our Senior & High School Resource section of the website at https://tinyurl.com/32cv427r
Please visit this section to look over the Graduation Packet with all of the information you need about our upcoming Senior Meeting on December 6th at 11:00 AM at the San Andreas site and about our Scholarship Essay Workshop following the graduation meeting. We require all seniors to complete a Graduation Checklist form by January 31st - even if you do not plan on participating in the graduation ceremony. There is also a link to a Graduation Trip Survey, for anyone who may be interested in possibly attending. The survey needs to be completed by January 17th. Michael, our new school counselor, has the list of local scholarships posted for you to review and start applying for. The scholarship packet is also available online. Posted 10/30/24

CAASPP / CAST Testing

The testing window opens March 31, 2025, the Monday we come back from Spring Break.

The testing window closes May 13, 2025, the day before Frog Jump.

Push Week - In-Person Testing at all three Sites is April 7-11, 2025.

Posted 10/17/24

New Visitor Procedure

​We were required to update our check-in procedures. All people must still check in on the iPads at the school sites (students, parents, siblings, and visitors). We have added a new section to the iPad system for MO Families and this area is for non-parent family members who come to the site regularly (grandparents, non-enrolled siblings, etc.). Parents and students still need to sign in under the appropriate Parent and Student sections. All Parents and MO Family Members need to wear a MO Family Member badge while on campus and return it to the basket on the counter at the end of the day. Non-Mtn. Oaks Family Member visitors are required to have a photo taken and wear a photo ID badge given to them. The system is in place at the San Andreas site and we will be starting soon at the Sonora and Sutter Creek sites. Posted 10/10/24

Athletic Workshop for Grades 3-6

We had a lot of interest for the Athletics Workshop for Grades 3-6. We will begin on November 4th once the Volleyball season ends. The class will be Tuesdays 3:30-4:30 PM for students in grades 3-6. Please come in athletic shoes and clothes and bring plenty of water to drink.

NOTE that the last sign-up was an INTEREST SURVEY to see when we might offer it. You must sign up again to enroll. There will be no Wednesday or Friday class as most of the interest fell on Tuesday. Click article title to sign up. Posted 10/4/24

Updated Rewards Points

Hello Mountain Oaks Families!

As fall begins to peek its head out and the weather is changing (hopefully) we wanted to let you know of an exciting change to our rewards point system. We have retired the old "Rewards Catalog" due to low engagement and have streamlined spending points at the Book Fair. Students no longer have to worry about what their points are worth at the Book Fair with no change being given if they didn't spend in certain multiples. Now all points earned are simply: 1 point = $1. We have increased students' current balances to be in line with this change and have also similarly increased how many points are earned from all sources.

Please head to the Mountain Oaks homepage and look under "Academic Resources" and then "Student Rewards" to see the details of where/how students earn points as well as the form students can fill out to see their points balance.

Thanks!
-The Rewards Team
Posted 10/1/24

Gold Country Art Spot - Now Enrolling

Check out these amazing art class opportunities offered by one of our Mountain Oaks parents! Click article title for more information and to see pictures of Mountain Oaks students Brenden and Logan Holm and the art they displayed in the Art Show they just had! Posted 9/27/24
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Basketball Group

Hello, 7th -12th grade students! Looking for a place to hone your basketball skills? Join our club, started by Nick Jones, where you can practice, and learn from your peers. Whether you're a seasoned player or just starting out, everyone is welcome!
The club advisor/coach is Eric Carlson, and we will meet on Fridays from 10:00 am - 11:00 am. The first practice will be 9-27-24. Click article title to sign up. Posted 9/13/24
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