Oak Creek School

Please join us for our annual Winter Extravaganza. There will be live music performed by Pre-K through 3rd grade! Happy Holidays! December 18th at 5:30pm

Oak Creek School's student council held a school-wide food drive last month and collected 817 food items for The Old Town Mission! Ms. Debbie's preschool class won a class party bringing in 218 items! Well done Roadrunner families! #fooddrive #oldtownmission #oakcreekschool #studentcouncil #community #holidays #givingback

Guy Day our 21CCLC OCS Archery Coach, has a way of teaching. He has trained our OCS kids to properly shoot with safety and precision. He has such great knowledge to pass on to our kids and they are learning so much. Right now they are training for the big Archery Shoot on Saturday Dec. 14th from 9:00-1:00 pm If you want to see a fun competition where all the schools compete. Come and watch our Archery Shoot headed up by Mr. Day. OCS has great kids and fantastic coaches in our 21CCLC program.

🎉 Today, our 1st and 2nd graders celebrated an amazing achievement—demonstrating OCS’s STEM Principles! 😎🔬They spent the day at the creek, enjoying a fun picnic lunch, playing with friends, and spotting some cool wildlife! 🦋🐦 We’re so proud of their hard work and curiosity! #STEM #StudentSuccess #COCSDOutdoorLearning

Oak Creek School PTO wants to thank everyone who donated candy, cupcakes, and their time to OCS' Halloween Carnival & Haunted House this week! OCS PTO raised a little over $1,400 for Oak Creek School. Mrs. Ludden raised $150 for their Agriculture/Culinary program! Thank you to Low-Income Student Aid, Inc. for offering vouchers to our students. We love that LISA believes in inclusion. Kindergarten (Badger) is OCS's 1st place winner of the school's candy contest, and Mrs. Bond (3rd) is their 2nd place winner! 🎃

In 21 CCLC (After School Clubs) at OCS we had such a great experience in Science Vortex Extreme STEAM. Mrs. Laurie Altringer is our Club Leader along with a special volunteer Mr. Lansing who helps Ms. Laurie. They came last week and brought all the fixings to make prickly pear juice. They drew pictures of Prickly Pear cacti and juiced oranges and lemons to sweeten up the prickly pear then added a bit of monk powder to it. So Fun I can't wait to see what they do today..

Dear Parents, COCSD and Mingus High School are teaming up to bring band programs to all four of our schools! Join us at Parent Night to learn more about these exciting after-school opportunities that will soon be available for your children. If you have any questions before the meeting, please contact Mr. Stallworth at: jstallworth@muhs.com. This week and next, your children will have the opportunity to see the Mingus Band on tour at our schools! Be sure to ask them about it, and together, let's help grow this wonderful program in our community. We look forward to seeing you there!

Fall Festival at Bent River Ranch. October 26th. Hay rides, face painting, food truck and pumpkins!

Congratulations to Cottonwood Community School's 21st Century Community Learning Centers After-School Program for being awarded runner-up in the Out of School Time Professional Award! The CCS team was recognized by the Arizona Department of Education at the AZ CASE Conference on Saturday for the amazing, innovative work happening after school. Thank you to the Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District for your incredible dedication to our students and their futures! #COCSD #21stcentury

Oak Creek School's annual Halloween Carnival and Haunted House will be on October 30th from 5-7 pm! Hand stamps are $5 ea. for unlimited Halloween fun! The Haunted House is $1 #COCSD

Come out for some fun Halloween events sponsored by the City of Cottonwood! #COCSD #cityofcottonwood #halloween

We are extending an invitation to decorate Masquerade Masks on October 10, 3:00-5:30, at the Cottonwood Public Library. It should be a creative time; filled with fun and camaraderie. These masks will be auctioned off either at our November Gala or our Mystery Event (TBD) . Hopefully, COCSD and the Verde Valley community would be interested in participating in this event by attending the mask decorating. 😉Thanks, for always being so supportive of the positive mentorship of our Verde children. Have an awesome week. With a Sincere Thank You, Cheryl Gray Office Manager Yavapai Big Brothers Big Sisters 830 S. Main St#1-H Cottonwood, AZ 86326 office: (928) 634-9789 cgray@azbigs.org Yavapai Big Brothers Big Sisters like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ybbbs Changing children's Lives....Fundamentally. For the better.

COCSD is pleased to announce we are now enrolling for our Little Wings Preschool. Please see the attached flyer and feel free to share. Thanks for your help in getting the word out.

Good morning OCS families! Due to too many riders on the Antelope bus, we will be moving some students over to the Big Horn Sheep bus to accommodate. All of those who's stops are along the Page Springs stretch will now be on the Big Horn Sheep bus for both the AM and PM routes, with the exception of Page Springs and Bright Star. This will begin tomorrow, Friday Sept 27. The routes have been updated on our website so you can see the times from there. Thank you for your understanding! - Daniel Maldonado, Transportation Director

6th graders at Oak Creek School brought math outside last week. They added and subtracted positive and negative numbers to plot on giant number lines #lifechangingeducation #cottonwoodoakcreekschools #oakcreekschool #ocs #6thgrade #math #numberlines #classroomoutside

We're looking forward to seeing everyone tonight! What a wonderful opportunity for our families. Remember, tonight's meeting with be in the DDB Library. We'll see you there!

Low Income Student Aid, Inc.'s aid request form allows for not only a parent or guardian to advocate for their child, but school staff and community members can too! Coaches, teachers, neighbors, after-school club leaders, camp directors, etc...can request aid for a child enrolled at CCS, DDB or OCS! Please share the below graphic to help get the word out! #cottonwoodoakcreekschools #cocsd #ccs #ddb #ocs #lowincomefamilies #directstudentaid #title1schools #basicneeds #sports #fieldtrips #nostudentleftbehind #opportunitiesforall #nonprofit

Substitute Teachers needed at Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District. This is a great way to serve your community, and students!

📣 Calling all COCSD Families! 📣 Join us for our first meeting this Tuesday, September 24th, and learn about an amazing opportunity for our community! This program is offered at NO COST and is designed to support and benefit our students and families. We’d love to see you there! Please note: The location has changed to the Dr. Daniel Bright Library, instead of the cafeteria. 🗓️ Date: Tuesday, September 24th ⏰ Time: 5:30-6:30 pm 💵 Cost: FREE 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Who: All COCSD families are welcome! 📍 Location: Dr. Daniel Bright Library Let’s come together to make a positive impact! See you there!

📣 Calling all COCSD Families! 📣 Join us for our first meeting this Tuesday, September 24th, and learn about an amazing opportunity for our community! This program is offered at NO COST and is designed to support and benefit our students and families. We’d love to see you there! Please note: The location has changed to the Dr. Daniel Bright Library, instead of the cafeteria. 🗓️ Date: Tuesday, September 24th ⏰ Time: 5:30-6:30 pm 💵 Cost: FREE 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Who: All COCSD families are welcome! 📍 Location: Dr. Daniel Bright Library Let’s come together to make a positive impact! See you there!