Parents and Guardians,
We have new work packets available for PK, K, 1st, and 2nd grades for April 13-24. These packets will be available for pick-up everyday, M-F, from 8:00-6:00 at the Primary drop-off/pick-up location.
We have made a digital parent input form for you to fill out for the 2020-2021 school year for students entering K-2. This gives you an opportunity to tell us about your child! You can submit a form for each of your children. Please fill this out by Monday, April 20th. Click HERE to begin.

Parents and Guardians,

We have made a digital parent input form for you to fill out for the 2020-2021 school year. This gives you an opportunity to tell us about your child! You can submit a form for each of your children. Please fill this out by Monday, April 20th. Click HERE to begin.

*This will not include students who are currently in 2nd Grade going into 3 Grade.  This is only for Primary students for the 2020-2021 school year.

Hello! I hope everyone is having a great week so far. I wanted to try and connect will all my students with a Zoom meeting on Thursday. I would like some feed back as to what time would work best for most of you. We can’t do 2:00 because of the daily reading that the school does on Zoom but maybe a time in the morning or after the daily reading. If Thursday doesn’t work for most of us we could also do Friday morning or a day next week. Just send me a message or email me and let me know. Mrs. Bradley is going to join us as well.

Per Mr. Gray:

Parents and Guardians,

We have promised to always provide you the most up-to-date information. We are continuously looking for way to keep everyone’s health and safety a top priority. With that being said, it has been decided that parents should keep packets at home until further notice. This alleviates the need for parents to leave to have to leave their home in order to turn in their child’s work. Please hold on to any work your child completes as we will love to see all of it when we are back together again. We appreciate all of the support you are giving to continue the learning process of our students. You may still bring the Hospital Hero notes to the Primary Lobby and drop them off in the drop off box.

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Prior to leaving for spring break, White Oak Primary completed our “World’s Finest Chocolate” fundraiser. We had plans to have the chocolate delivered and distributed to students the first week of April.  As we all know, all of our systems have changed or stopped due to the COVID 19 pandemic. We have paid for the chocolate and it is being held for us in a climate-controlled warehouse. The safety of our staff, students, and community is our top priority.  We cannot have the chocolate delivered from our distributor in Shreveport until restrictions have been lifted and it is safe for our employees and you to handle the shipments. You will get your products as soon as it is deemed safe to distribute and/or school has resumed. Thank you for understanding.  We apologize for any hardship this may cause.

Sincerely,

Claire Koonce
Stephanie Bradley

Parents and Guardians,

We greatly appreciate the work you are doing at home with our students.  Our teachers have worked really hard to supply work and resources by SeeSaw and through packets.  Our intent is not for this to be overwhelming to you. It is for the “continuity of the educational process.” Please do not feel as if your child must complete the paper packets and Seesaw work each week.  If you are able to access Seesaw and can do the work presented there, you do not have to have your child complete a paper packet. Please do what works for your family and your situation. There have been a few questions about grading.  Packets and Seesaw work that is completed at home will not be graded. We are asking for paper packets that are completed to be returned so that we can evaluate work done at home. The work done through Seesaw is being viewed frequently. Promotion and retention will not be based on the work done while our students are at home. If you have questions, please feel free to email me at [email protected] or Mrs. Bradley at [email protected]. 

Parents, since Seesaw is new to the students as well as for you and me, your child may need help following the directions on some of the assignments. Please monitor your child’s work to make sure they understand what is required of them. If they do not follow the directions step by step carefully I will leave a comment on their assignment to redo it or to reread and follow the directions carefully. Please know that I don’t expect them to have all the right answers or for you to have them redo because an answer is incorrect but I do have expectations that they follow the directions and do everything that is asked of them in the assignment. Thank you to those who are monitoring your child’s work and who help them with their assignments, it is very much appreciated! Thank you for all your help and hard work because I know juggling work and school from home is not easy.

Covid-19 Update (March 31st )

White Oak Community,

Today, Tuesday, March 31st , Governor Abbott extended the school closure period for Texas school districts through May 4th. White Oak ISD will comply with this order. Tentatively students will return to school on Tuesday, May 5th. We will continue to follow future guidance from the Governor, CDC, T.E.A. ,County Judge etc. and will disseminate ASAP.

White Oak ISD will continue with the ‘continuity of education’ plan both hard-copy and online for as long as is practical (through the end of May as needed). We are attempting to balance the need of keeping our students engaged in the learning
process and the logistical, real-life issues facing parents and guardians in our community.

White Oak class of 2020: Our heart is breaking for each of you and we understand that this is a difficult time. Please know that we are exploring every option that we can think of to try and give closure for y’all. At this point we are not sure if UIL activities can/will resume (currently shut down until May 4th) but we will update as we can. We WILL have some sort of graduation ceremony, although at this point we are not sure what that might look like….perhaps a virtual ceremony to begin with and an ‘actual’ ceremony at a later date. We want to give each of you your moment. We will update.

The lunch/breakfast program will continue uninterrupted.

Thank you for your continued support during these very challenging times. I know it is difficult for everyone. Please know that White Oak ISD is trying to make the best decisions we can that benefit our kiddos and community during these very
fluid and changing times. Please stay safe, healthy and continue to follow CDC recommendations.

Go Roughnecks!

Brian Gray-Superintendent of Schools
White Oak ISD
The HOME of Roughneck PRIDE!

Parents and Guardians,

If you are able, we would love for you to return any completed packet work to us. There is a box inside the double doors of the primary entrance that you can place the completed packets. We know many of you are also doing great work on the SeeSaw app from your teachers. We are excited to see all of the hard work you have done. We would also love for you to share with us any of the books you have written! Please label anything completed that you turn in with your child’s name and their teacher’s name. Thank you!