We hope you have a wonderful break!
Classes resume on Monday, January 6th!🎄

Students in Mrs. Watson’s class have been learning all about energy! They created chain reaction machines and discovered how they create energy! #EducateEquipEmpower






Congrats to Bryan East from Mrs. Wilson's 4th grade class. Bryan was selected as Officer Harris' Backup Officer for December! 🤩

Congratulations to the OHE December Student of the Month, Kamila Paloma. Kamila is in Ms. Golden's first grade class. 🤩
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Congratulations to our OHE December Staff Member of the Month, Mary Johnson! Mrs. Johnson is a new member of our staff this school year. She is an instructional assistant. 🤩
#BlessedwiththeBest

Don't forget our dress up days this week!

Mrs. Hudson’s kindergarten students are taking letters and sounds to build connections through blending and segmenting words. This is such a fun way to help students feel more confident and successful when they approach unknown words!
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Posting a little late...Congratulations to our November Staff Member of the Month, Officer Harris! 🤩#BlessedwiththeBest

Fun Filled Festive Week

Congratulations to all of our OHE Spelling Bee contestants! Jade Madden (1st place), Alyssa Hubbard (2nd place), and Ava Mitchell (3rd place) will represent Oakland in the Pope County Spelling Bee on Tuesday, January 28th at 6:00 p.m. at the Center for the Arts.









Mrs. Goemmer's students conducted a science experiment to predict how water runs due to slope and gravity. It turns into waterways that often become or spill into rivers before making its way to the ocean! #EducateEquipEmpower





Our annual third grade feast was wonderful! Students enjoyed preparing and sharing their meal with classmates! This event takes teamwork, and we appreciate our community and staff support! Special thanks to...City Church (for donating 2 turkeys and a ham), Ridgewood Brothers for smoking the turkeys for a discounted price, Bridgestone for supplying 3rd grade with a grant for food and supplies. Mr. and Mrs. Shirley for carving the meat, Dr. McDonald for mashing the potatoes, Mrs. Ditto, Ms. Monterroso, and Ms. Harris for helping serve.



We hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving Break! Classes will resume on Monday, December 2nd. 🦃

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving lunch! Over 800 meals were served! Thanks to everyone who joined us! Special thanks to Ms. Donna and our amazing culinary staff, our custodians Ms. Ashley and Ms. Stephanie, and our volunteers from First Baptist Church! #OHEistheplacetobe #Blessedwiththebest

RSD Human Resources Director, Mary Beth Cox, presented Nurse Leslie with an RSD Grateful Gary Bear. She is thankful for the amazing job Nurse Leslie does at OHE, and so are we!
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Eliza Ratliff and Oliver Cogan are hard at work assisting Officer Harris with door checks. Officer Oliver has officially finished his training of Officer Eliza so that she can continue this important job as Officer Harris' backup officer!!
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Our word of the month is teamwork. Mr. Jones's class worked together to build a paper roller coaster to test and discover about gravity, collisions, reactions, and safety. #EducateEquipEmpower





Russellville Schools will be dismissed for Thanksgiving Break November 23rd-December 1st. Classes will resume on Monday, December 2nd. 🦃

The Quapaw String Quartet from the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra played for our 3rd and 4th grade students. They learned about different meters and about the difference between classical and fiddle music. What an amazing experience for our students! #EducateEquipEmpower





Congratulations to the OHE Student of the Month for November, Ximena Chica. Ximena in Mrs. Goemmer's second grade classroom.

