Ms. Stokes (914)457-4654     

NEWSLETTER 

Monthly Letter - March 2025

Oakview Preparatory School of Seventh-day Adventists

 

March 3, 2025,

Dear Parents/Guardians:

Thank you for your continued commitment to Christian Education. I am pleased to share some exciting updates. Pastor and Mrs. Maynard-Reid have introduced a financial literacy course for our 7th and 8th graders.

Twice a month, during one of their technology periods, students engage in essential financial management lessons to equip them with valuable life skills. Additionally, our recent cultural festival beautifully showcased the accomplishments of people of color all over the world. Each class represented a different country through song, spoken word, and video presentations.

The nations highlighted included the USA, Haiti, Guyana, Egypt, Jamaica, Kenya, and Trinidad & Tobago. To conclude the program, all the students joined in singing a Spanish song they had learned from Ms. Colon, their Spanish teacher.

While February was recognized as Black History Month, it was also Dental Health Month. On Friday, February 28, a representative from iSmile Orthodontics delivered an informative dental health presentation to our students and provided them with toothbrushes and toothpaste.

Pastor Hayden, our school chaplain, is conducting Bible studies with the students who requested baptism. If your child would like to take Bible studies with Pastor Hayden, please have him/her return the signed permission slip.

We sincerely appreciate parents who continue to make timely tuition payments.

For those who may have fallen behind, we kindly ask that you make a concerted effort to bring your accounts up to date.Please take note of the following:

1. MAP Testing – Students in Grades 3-8 will take the MAP Test from March 4 – 7.

2. Progress Reports – The third marking period mid-term progress reports will be sent home on Thursday, March 6.

3. Professional Development Day – School will be closed on March 11 due to the Greater New York Conference workshop for teachers.

4. Church Visitations for School Promotion:
· March 1 - Pre-K & Kindergarten visited Yonkers Ghana and Grade 5 visited Coop City Church
· March 15 - The Junior Choir will visit Bronx SDA Church (1695 Washington Ave., Bronx, NY, 
 10457) and Grade 7 will visit Grand Concourse SDA Church (1275 Grand Concourse, Bronx,         NY,  10452)

5. Bible Bowl: The first round of the Bible Bowl will take place on Thursday, March 20.

6. Gospel Explosion – Our Annual Gospel Explosion Concert will take place on March 22, 2025 at 6pm at the North Bronx SDA Church. As this is a fundraising initiative, we are kindly asking each family to collect $100. Donation envelopes will be sent home with the students this week. Also, please take not of the Food Donation letter from the Home and School Association.

7. Oakview School Tax ID:11-3070794Thank you for your attention to these matters. May God richly bless you and your family.

Sincerely,
Judith White
Principal

Please be aware that the price of a bottle of water is increased to $1.00. All other prices remain the same:PreK to Grade 3
lunch - $4
Grade 4 to Grade 8
Lunch - $5
Snacks - $0.50 - $1.00
Water - $1.00
Fruit - $1.00
Pizza - $3.00/slice  Salad Pizza - $6.00/slice

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