The cast and crew of our school musical, The Little Mermaid, went and saw their musical done at another theater today! They also got a picture with the actress that played Ariel!
almost 2 years ago, Oak Crest Elementary School
Cast and Crew of School musical seeing Little Mermaid live
Cast and crew of school musical got a photo with Ariel
Student in front of tree at the theater
4th grade students in music worked on drumming to notes on the screen!
almost 2 years ago, Oak Crest Elementary School
4th grade music notes
4th grade Students practicing with drum sticks
4th grade students drumming on 5 gallon buckets
January at Zion-Benton Public Library
almost 2 years ago, Beach Park District 3
January at Zion-Benton Public Library
January at Zion-Benton Public Library
Kindergarten students had such a fun time in art class coloring today!
almost 2 years ago, Oak Crest Elementary School
Kindergarten students having fun in art class
Kindergarten students having fun coloring!!
Today was an exciting at Oak Crest! Students and staff got to see and play on our brand new playground!!! Buzz (the mascot) and staff members modeled expectations for the equipment, then students got to play and explore the new equipment!! Students and staff had so much fun!!
almost 2 years ago, Oak Crest Elementary School
Buzz showing playground expectations
Buzz on playground with Turk modeling equipment!
Burns with playground sign
Students waiting to go on playground
Countdown to play ground time
Students and staffing going on playground for the first time!!
Students and staff exploring new equipment
Students and staff enjoying music portion
Students going down slide!
Today was an exciting day at Oak Crest! Students and staff got to see and play on our brand new playground! Buzz (the mascot) and staff modeled expectations for the equipment, then students got to explore and play on the new playground!
almost 2 years ago, Oak Crest Elementary School
Burns excited for the opening!
Staff and Buzz modeling expectations
Going over equipment expectations
Staff going down slide and opening playground
Students playing with music equipment
Students going down slide
Students and staff exploring playground
Students enjoying new swings!
Buzz helping kick off our new playground
Students in Ms. Zubeck's class made a snowman craft using their handprint covered in paint, and making each of their fingers snowmen. Students had so much fun creating this!
almost 2 years ago, Oak Crest Elementary School
students making snowmen
Kindergarten student making snowman
Winter 1st grade project
Kindergarten student making snowman craft
4th grade students had a blast in gym today doing human bowling! Students got the chance to ride on the scooter, and knock down the bowling bins! They had so much fun!
almost 2 years ago, Oak Crest Elementary School
Mr. Smith demonstrating activity
Mr. Smith modeling the expectations
Human bowling with 4th graders!
4th grade students trying human bowling
Forming groups and starting activities
Students making teams and doing human bowling
3rd grade students in Mrs. Johnson's class were working hard with their partners during math! They were working on multi digit addition!
almost 2 years ago, Oak Crest Elementary School
3rd grade math
3rd graders working together on their math
3rd grade students doing multi digit addition
Today was our December SIP day assembly! Students and staff had a chance to compete against each other in a series of fun games, and our students of the month were recognized!!
almost 2 years ago, Oak Crest Elementary School
November Student of the month 2023
Snowman building with toilet paper
Snowball toss
More snowman building
Teachers vs students snowball toss
2nd grade students in Mrs. McGees' class started their December number corner today! They practiced classifying shapes, counting their sides, and see if they had lines of symmetry!
almost 2 years ago, Oak Crest Elementary School
2nd grade intro to number corner for the month
2nd graders counting sides and classifying shapes
1st grade students in Mrs. Albulescu's class were practicing their spelling of words that end in -ll. Students took turns being the teacher and the student in reviewing with their partners!
almost 2 years ago, Oak Crest Elementary School
students reviewing phonics
Students taking turns as teacher and student for phonics review
Students reviewing -all and how to spell it with different words
4th grade students in Ms. Strathmanns room were hard at work during their reading rotations this afternoon! Each group was either doing spelling, task cards, I-ready, or working with the teacher!
almost 2 years ago, Oak Crest Elementary School
4th grade spelling rotation
Rotation board!
Students doing task cards
I-ready computer time
Students in Mr. Smiths' gym class this afternoon practiced bowling!! They had so much fun listening to Christmas music, and learning how to bowl!!
almost 2 years ago, Oak Crest Elementary School
Bowling practice
Students knocking down pins with bowling ball
Kindergarten students knocking down pins
Students learning how to bowl
Kindergarten students knocking down bowling pins
5th grade students in Ms. Lukas' class were working on answering questions about a text using RACE writing. Today, they read an article about the government and taxes, and practiced responding to different prompts using RACE writing.
almost 2 years ago, Oak Crest Elementary School
RACE writing 5th grade
Students listening to teacher about RACE writing
Acrostic visual of what RACE stands for
The article the class is using for practicing this writing
Students then trying it on their own after doing an example as a class.
2nd grade students in Mrs. McGees' class used a cool website called blooket where students compete against each other, but at their own pace! They were reviewing addition facts up to 20, and they had so much fun with it!
almost 2 years ago, Oak Crest Elementary School
2nd grade students playing blooket
Students competing at their own pace in game
Students practicing addition facts to 20
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our BPD3 families, staff, and community! May this day be filled with warmth, joy, and cherished moments. 🧡
almost 2 years ago, Beach Park District 3
happy Thanksgiving
Today Oak Crest had a Trimester 1 celebration for all of the hard work our students did! Students came and played all different kinds of games, and made some adorable crafts. Students and staff had so much fun!
almost 2 years ago, Oak Crest Elementary School
Life sized checkers
Scooters with plungers
Cup stacking 1st grade
Life size sorry and candy land
Life sized connect four
Musical chairs with life sized games
Arts and Crafts
No School for BPD3 Students on Tuesday, November 21, 2023. Parents: We will see you tomorrow for Parent/Teacher Conference!
almost 2 years ago, Beach Park District 3
Parent Teacher Conference
1st grade students in Mrs. Brockway's class were having fun playing prodigy, making things on ABCya, and doing reading I-ready!
almost 2 years ago, Oak Crest Elementary School
1st graders playing games
1st grade students having fun on their computers
Student on reading I-ready
1st grade Student on reading I ready
1st grade Students playing games on computers.