School News
Updated Wed, Dec 14th
Sherman Oaks staff included student voice in their recent iReady challenge where students were rewarded for showing growth on their recent diagnostic. When students were asked about how the school can tailor incentives to their interests, they responded by saying they wanted their principals to dress up as a dinosaur and a unicorn. This past week Principal Viramontes and Assistant Principal Gonzalez visited classrooms in costume to provide awards to students demonstrating academic growth.
Updated Wed, Nov 23rd
One of the guiding principles of effective dual immersion schools is sociocultural competence. Learning about and celebrating events such as Dia de los Muertos is one way in which Sherman Oaks celebrates diversity and develops the asset of cultural pride. At Sherman Oaks, the school staff, families, and the community work closely together to systematically provide experiences such as this event where Aztec Dancers gave a presentation and shared stories that teach the history behind the holiday.
Updated Mon, Nov 14th
There were over 50 submissions for the Sherman Oaks Literary Pumpkin Contest this year. Students painted and decorated pumpkins to look like characters from a book that they have recently read. Categories for the contest included “Most creative” and “Most Funny” and also included submissions from families and staff. This contest served as a great connection between celebrating the holiday spirit and reading.
Updated Tue, Nov 8th
Thank you to all the Sherman Oaks families who attended and volunteered during the Halloween Fiesta last Friday! We appreciate you coming out to support our students and also volunteering your time or items for the grade level booths. We were able to raise over $17,000 from ticket sales that night!
We would also like to share that we raised over $47,000 for student field trips with our Super Raffle fundraiser! We look forward to seeing all the wonderful experiences our students will be able to participate in as a result of everyone’s hard work!
2022-23 Sherman Oaks School Raffle Winners
- 4 tickets to Legoland- Diana H
- Nintendo Switch- Omar A.
- Nintendo Switch-Nevi A.
- 4 Gold Passes to Great America- Jocelline D.
- 55" Samsung 4K Smart TV- Patricia S.
- Apple Watch Series 7- Patricia M.
- Chromebook 14"- Zoe M.
- Chromebook 14"- Karen R.
- Apple AirPods Pro- Irma V.
- Apple AirPods Pro- Hanna S.
- PowerXL Air Fryer-Cristine C.
- Hamilton Beach Multiblender- Aiden A.
Updated Mon, Oct 31st
The PTC has organized the Halloween Fiesta to help raise even more money for your student's Field Trips this year. Aside from being a fundraiser, it is a really fun community event that our families look forward to attending every year. There will be lots of delicious food, 8 different carnival games for your kids to play and win prizes, a Haunted House and a jumpy!! Plan to come out on Friday, October 21st from 5-9pm to have some fun.
Updated Tue, Oct 11th
Opening night for the Hicklebee’s Book Fair will be on Friday, September 30th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. 8th grade will also be selling food that evening as a fundraiser for their trip to Yosemite. The fair will continue during conference week on October 3rd-7th at lunch and from 12:00-3:00 p.m. The book fair will take place in our school library.
Parent volunteers are needed! Please contact Ling Po Elvey at lingpoelvey [at] yahoo.com () or Kristina Festa at kfesta [at] campbellusd.org () if you are able to help. Proceeds from the fair benefit our Sherman Oaks Library, classroom libraries, and our end of the year book giveaway.
Updated Mon, Oct 10th
Sherman Oaks was happy to have a visitor presenter from ZunZun Tunes. During the presentation SOaks students engaged in an interactive lesson about watershed through music. The presentation also highlighted the importance of water conservation, the function of storm drains, and how to prevent pollution.
Updated Wed, Oct 5th
Please take a look at our Back to School Night schedule for this Thursday, September 22nd. We will be sharing a quick welcome presentation for parents in our multipurpose room, provide teachers two 30-minute blocks for presentations, and end the night by 7:30.
