The Scoop: We Are #OneOakHarbor

Posted Date: 8/30/24 (6:01 PM)

We're Excited for the Year Ahead!

This week we welcomed back our staff with new employee orientations, professional development, a community-supported family picnic at the Blue Fox Drive-in, and our annual Staff Kickoff! The Cheer Off winners this year were the staff at Olympic View Elementary!

There is a lot to celebrate for the year ahead and our staff showed up with high spirits, ready to go!

Thank you to NWMS student Olive Coble for performing the National Anthem, student board representative Maggie Litvachuck for reading the student-created draft land acknowledgment, and Oak Harbor High School cheerleaders for bringing the spirit to our kickoff event.

Our community sponsors made it possible for us to celebrate together this week as we officially launch our new strategic plan and breaking ground on the construction of two new grant-funded schools: Tiger Construction, Bayley, McKenzie Realty, Guild Mortgage, DA Davidson, NAC Architecture, Varner Candle Company, and Honeymoon Bay Coffee Roasters! Thank you to our partners at Sodexo and our employee groups Oak Harbor Education Association, Public School Employees of Washington, and Oak Harbor Building Administrators Association.

View a few of the highlights from this week below!

employee walking in to the staff kickoff through a tunnel of OHHS cheerleaders

staff member in a red NWMS t-shirt waving

staff fill the gym at Oak Harbor High School for the OHPS kickoff

superintendent Dr. Michelle Kuss-Cybula speaks to staff in the gym

Olympic View Elementary staff cheering with signs

Eric Christiansen Band performs at the staff kickoff in OHHS' gym

Construction crews help toss out t-shirts to staff

staff members hold up t-shirts for the new strategic plan

two girls in the back of a vehicle at the blue fox drive-in

staff and family members play a game at the arcade at blue fox drive-in

Kids of staff members sitting in two rows of go-carts at the blue fox drive-in

family enjoying food at their vehicle at the blue fox drive-in

board member Sharon Jensen and staff member Mrs. Morgan-Mueller volunteer serving popcorn and beverages at the blue fox-drive in

Are you ready for the start of the new school year? Be sure to check out our Back to School Guide for important information!

Upcoming Important Dates:

September 4: First Day of School (Grades 1-12)
September 4-6: WaKIDS Kinder Family Connection Days
September 6: HomeConnection Welcome Back Event | 2 p.m.
September 9: First Day of School (Kinder, HomeConnection/OHVA)
September 12-13: Hand-in-Hand Parent/Student Orientation Days
September 18: OHHS Senior Parent Meeting | 6 p.m.
November 7-8: Parent-Teacher Conferences

Don't forget to use the hashtag #OneOakHarbor to be included in our first day of school gallery!

Back to School Guide

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