FIELD DAYS!
It's that time of year! Field Days are HERE! We need your help as we celebrate the last week of school! Field Days take place outside, and the classes rotate through each station. We are looking forward to a FUN FILLED week! Please click here for Sign up Genius to find out how you can get involved. Thank you so much for your help!

Tuesday, June 4: Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Wednesday, June 5: 2nd and 3rd Grade
Thursday, June 6: 4th and 5th Grade

OAKVIEW STUDENTS EARN NUMEROUS ACCOLADES AND AWARDS!
Oakview students have been busy this year. Please visit our Student Awards page and Gallery to learn more.

OAKVIEW WINS THE INTERNATIONAL JAN BRETT AUTHOR VISIT CONTEST
Award-winning author and illustrator, Jan Brett, and her husband, Joe Hearne, (member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra) will visit as promised during the 2013-2014 school year. Oakview rallied supporters to the tune of nearly 4,000 votes in order to win the author visit! Click here to learn more about this incredible author and illustrator.

OAKVIEW'S EARTH SAVERS CLUB WINS AIR QUALITY GRANT
Oakview's Earth Savers Club is the recipient of a $400 grant for their "Operation Oxygen" project. With a goal of creating cleaner air in the classrooms, club members researched how plants can improve indoor air quality. Funds from the grant will go towards purchasing a lucky bamboo or a spider plant for each classroom. Thanks to Clean Air Upstate for awarding Oakview this grant and the generosity of the Hollingsworth Funds for providing the funds. Our Operation Oxygen program is a component of Oakview's Breathe Better Air program. We work to promote cleaner air outside by asking car and bus drivers to turn off their engines when they are waiting in line for 30 seconds or longer.

PALMETTO GOLD AWARD
Based on spring 2012 PASS scores, Oakview has accomplished the highest academic honor in SC forstudent performance. This continues our “perfect score” of Palmetto Gold Awards since the inception of the program over 10 years ago. Oakview Elementary School is also recognized with a Palmetto Gold Award for Closing the Achievement Gap among historically underachieving student groups. This second Gold Award reflects the academic performance of various “subgroups” of students enrolled at the school and demonstrates our commitment to high achievement for ALL students! Thank you for the role you play in the academic success of our students as Oakview receives another Palmetto Gold Award!

OAKVIEW ELEMENTARY NAMED 2013 FINALIST FOR SCHOOL OF CHARACTER
As a proud Finalist of the School of Character award, Oakview Elementary School recognizes the importance of strong character as it produces success in life for our students. Click here to read more.

ROPER MOUNTAIN SCIENCE CENTER SPACE DAY!
Space Day 2013 celebration will take place from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Saturday, May 11th at Roper Mountain Science Center. Featured guest speaker will be Tony Rice, a Solar System Ambassador with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The event is sponsored by Lockheed Martin, a Space Day partner and founder.

PASS TESTING
Students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade will be involved with PASS Testing on May 7-10, 2013. In order to provide the best testing environment for our students, parents/volunteers/visitors will not be allowed in the school building or portables during testing. Thank you for your cooperation!

MASTER CATALOGS FOR 2013-2014
The master catalogs for middle schools are now available for viewing and download here. You may also visit our Guidance page for more middle school information.

SUMMER EXPLORATION CAMPS AT ROPER MOUNTAIN SCIENCE CENTER
Roper Mountain has expanded its offerings for students with many new exciting, hands-on, summer exploration camps. View the camp guide here!

FAMILY MATH, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY NIGHT MAKES THE NEWS!
More than 1,000 students and their families enjoyed an evening of virtual field trips, spectacular science experiments, and mind-boggling math problems. The triennial event featured newly acquired iPads and ActivTables. Click here to see the grade level and group activities and here to see the video coverage from News 4.

CHECK OUT BOOKS THROUGH OVERDRIVE!
Interested in e-books or audiobooks? Heard of Overdrive? Greenville County students can access these using their own login information. See the media center for more information, or you can e-mail our media specialists, Gwen Brown or Beth Mitchell.

GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOL TESTING SCHEDULE
Please visit this link for a year long schedule.