Oakbrook School Recycling Club “Green Team”

1st and 2nd Graders, who have received parent permission, can  join the Green Team as a representative for their class. The Green Team meets once a month during the student's lunch/recess time.

The Green Team promotes “thinking green” at Oakbrook School in a number of different ways which include:

• reminding people to bring waste free lunches and to use both sides of paper before throwing it away
• collecting empty ink cartridges & old cell phones to be recycled and earn money for our activities and school
• helping the Oakbrook PTO with the collection of Box Tops in order to earn money for PTO programs
• collecting pop top pull tabs to donate and support Ronald McDonalds House Charities
• collecting batteries and empty glue sticks to be recycled in support of our environment
• collecting books and old eye glasses to be donated to those in need
• organizing the collection of school supplies at the end of the school year to be donated to those in need

Mrs. Kelly Hirsig leads the Green Team in supporting Oakbrook School’s efforts to reduce, recycle and reuse the resources in our environment.

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Wellness Club

In an effort to provide additional Social Emotional Learning (SEL), one of our staff members leads 1st and 2nd grade students through strategies and methods on how to calm their bodies and build a positive mind set  Throughout the year, students will focus on spreading positivity by creating posters and signs for the school, learning yoga poses, learning meditation to calm anxiety, practice physical fitness to clear their minds, build a "worry pet,"  learn to make healthy food choices, and how to use a Positive Growth Mindset. The club will meet on the first early dismissal day each month.

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Reading Club

The main goal of the club is to provide an engaging opportunity for our primary students to enrich their reading lives and to interact with other children who love reading. A reading club can encourage a growing love of reading, introduce students to a series they could enjoy, resulting in further developed reading habits, and promote involvement in the community.  Other activities that will be performed include reading a shared text, discussing the story and completing literacy games. The club meets at Oakbrook once a month during an early dismissal morning at around 8:10-8:40.