Standard Day: 9:06AM—4:02PM
Half Day: 9:06AM—12:36PM
AM Kindergarten: 9:06AM—12:16PM
PM Kindergarten: 12:52PM—4:02PM

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Great Oaks First Annual Walk to School Day on Friday, Oct. 12th was a hugh hit! We had 325 participants consisting of parents, students, and staff. Even the Chesterfield Police came out to help us in our walk. The 1.2 mile walk started at 8:30 am and was beneficial to everyone. It was a great jumpstart to the day and it was a beautiful morning. The walkers all met at DW Seaton and 23 Mile Road and walked through the neighborhood sidewalks to the school. The month of October is National Safe Routes to School month and each year the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness promotes the Walk to School Day. Great Oaks staff and students are looking forward to Walk to School Day again next year. Click Here for more photos.

The students at Great Oaks Elementary participated in the National Character Counts week. The students read many books and discussed the 6 Main Character Traits, FAIRNESS, CARING, TRUSTWORTHINESS, CITIZENSHIP, RESPONSIBILITY and RESPECT daily. The end of the week was culminated by each grade level wearing a specific color to represent a character trait. The kindergarten classes wore orange to demonstrate Fairness, 1st grade wore red to demonstrate Caring, 2nd grade wore blue to demonstrate Trustworthiness, 3rd grade wore purple to demonstrate Citizenship, 4th grade wore yellow to demonstrate Responsibility and 5th grade wore green to demonstrate Respect. We had tremendous participation with overwhelming majority of students dressed in their colors. Click here to see more.

If you will be moving out of the district and will not be attending Great Oaks in the fall, please give us a call at (586) 725-2038 to let us know. It is very helpful in planning class sections and materials for the next school year.

This year Anchor Bay will be requiring that all volunteers submit a volunteer form before they plan on being in the classroom, going on a field trip, etc. The volunteer form is sent to our Central Administration bldg then sent out for a background check to the Michigan State Police department. There is a volunteer form in your students first day folder.

Each of us is a great oak, growing in life's garden. Each of us is a great oak. We need the sun and the rain.

Sun, shine your warmth on me. Moon, cool me with your night. Wind, bring the gentle rain, Earth, dig my roots down deep.

Oh, Earth of us is great oak growing in life's garden. Each of us is a great oak, We need the sun and the rain. We need the sun and the rain. We need the sun and the rain.

Our staff is in the first year of our new NCA accreditation cycle. We completed our school profile and have reviewed data to select the new school improvement goals. The three goals that we have selected are:

1. Students will improve their reading skills.
2. Students will improve their writing skills.
3. Students will improve their math skills.

In the reading area, the focus will be on improving reading comprehension of narrative texts and understanding the variety of genres. In writing, our focus will be on improving organization and adding details to writing. Our math focus will be on improvement in basic facts and math vocabulary.

By the end of the 07-08 school year we will have finalized all plans and collected baseline data. In September of 08, the staff will begin to implement that various activities that the committees have determined will bring about improvement.