Smith Elementary School (1929)

A well-rounded education includes a variety of opportunities.

STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE

Focused on preparing students to be college and career ready, Oakwood Schools is intentional about students serving in the community and equipping tomorrow’s leaders.

• 71 members of NHS for 2016-2017

• 42 members of NJHS for 2016-2017

Clockwise from left: Letter-writing campaign to our veterans; Our staff partnered with Wright State pre-service teachers working with students throughout the district; students volunteer at local animal shelters and raise funds that provide service animals to their classmates who would benefit; Students and staff participated in an annual Holiday Aid food drive.

• Harmanize and GRIT – multi level character education models that encourage positive relationships among our entire elementary school community.

• OJHS Take 5 Program encourages students to embrace the qualities of respect, responsibility, resiliency, resourcefulness and relationships by working together to reflect on these characteristics to build positive relationships in the junior high community.

• OHS Homeroom – provides the opportunity for students and teachers to work together to foster an atmosphere for students to communicate ideas, connect with each other and grow as individuals.

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• Twenty OHS students took home cash prizes in the Oakwood Schools Foundation Eighth Annual Harlamert Entrepreneurship Competition. More than $4,300 in cash prizes was awarded to these students. The annual contest, sponsored by The Oakwood Schools Foundation, thanks to generous support from Irvin Harlamert (OHS ‘48), emphasizes the importance of the entrepreneurial spirit on the success of our society and encourages students to explore and understand the value of owning their own businesses. Participants shadowed an entrepreneur for a day and submitted a written summary that included a personal reflection.

• Five area charities received much-needed funds thanks to students in the Philanthropy 101 project and The Oakwood Schools Foundation. The project is part of the Oakwood High School Wall Street 101 class taught by Michael Rado. The Oakwood Schools Foundation helps fund the project. These students researched, visited and presented information about their selected charities as part of their final exam. A panel of judges then evaluated the presentations and awarded the prize money to the charities.

• OHS students in the student-run club US Inter national helped build a well in Uganda. Since 2011, club members have been raising funds, through a variety of events like the annual battle of the bands, to raise the $6,000 necessary to build a single well. The students work with the Drop in the Bucket organization to see the wells are built and working.

• For the eighth straight year, students at Harman and Smith Elementary schools lent a helping hand to students at Ruskin Elementary School in Dayton through the annual Adopt-a-Child toy drive.

• Smith students in grades 1-6 shared songs, readings, poems and musical tributes to service men and women

as part of the annual Veterans Day program, held on the front lawn of the school. Family, friends and community members, including veterans and those in the military, were on hand for the special presentation.

Other Student Leadership and Ser vice Projects

• Annual Holiday Aid Drive

• 1st Grade Buddies

• Community Ser vice Requirement for Seniors

• Hospice of Dayton,10 Wilmington Place, LaSertoma of Dayton

• OJHS Lumberjack Leaders

• Take a Stand Anti-Bullying Campaign

• OHS Principal/Superintendent Advisor y Council

• Ladies’ Breakfast and Young Men’s Breakfast

“To me, one of the many factors that makes our school community wonderful is the collective partnership of community members, parents, students, staff, administration and board members. It is easy to have a mission - nearly every organization and district does. In Oakwood, though, it seems that everyone works together to ensure our mission is realized. ”Tim Badenhop

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