School Mottos
"Think, Dream, Believe,
Achieve"
"You Can't Hide That Dolphin Pride"
Oak Springs Elementary School
Values:
- Respect for Self
- Respect for Others
- Respect for Environment
Oak Springs School Rules:
Principles of Effective
Discipline:
- Treat children with
dignity and respect.
- Effective teaching reduces
discipline problems.
- Students need a limited
say in what happens in the classroom.
- Most discipline problems
result from how we teach and treat children.
- Bored students become
discipline problems.
- Children usually act out
for one of the following reasons – attention, revenge, power,
and/or avoidance of failure. All of these reasons encompass a
lack of self-esteem.
Discipline
Oak Springs Elementary School
will utilize the Campus Plan for Responsibility as the campus
discipline plan. The complete plan will be provided under separate
cover. Following is general information regarding good discipline
practices.
Assembly: Morning
- Morning assembly shall be
conducted weekly from 7:40 a.m. – 7:55 a.m. on Mondays. All
teachers are expected to attend Monday morning assemblies and
should arrive promptly at 7:40 am. Classes will sit in the same
assigned area each time. Assemblies may include the following:
- U.S. Pledge of Allegiance
and Texas Pledge in English and Spanish
- Recognition of birthdays
- Announcements
- Reminder of student
expectations, both academic and behavioral
- Wise Skills activity
- Celebrations of student
and staff successes
- Recognition of Students of
the Month
- College Word of the Week
- Clear Expectations
learning questions
- Friday assessment results
- Perfect attendance by
class
- School Song
- Other items as deemed
appropriate and necessary
Bells
- 7:45 a.m. - Students
should be in class
- 2:45 p.m. - Student
dismissal
- 3 short series of beeps -
retention drill
- 2 long bells - end of fire
drill and/or tornado drill
- 5 long bells - tornado
drill
- Flashing siren - fire
drill
Deep In The Heart of
Oak Springs
The school I love Is
number 1
Deep in the heart of Oak
Springs.
The things I learn will
take me on
Deep in the heart of Oak
Springs.
Respect and care will
get me there
Deep in the heart of Oak
Springs.
I study hard go the
extra yard
Deep in the heart of Oak
Springs.
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Go Oak Springs Go!
School Mascot:
Dolphin Columbia
School Colors:
Blue and White
Oak Springs Incentive Plan
Our incentive plan has been
formed to reinforce positive behavior and academic advancement.
The leading component of our incentive plan is our Campus Plan for
Responsibility (CPR) chart, on which teachers record students'
positive and/or negative behavior weekly. Below is an outline of
the Oak Springs Incentive Plan.
Student of the Week
Teachers have the opportunity to
pick one student a week who has shown outstanding positive
behavior. That student is presented with a Student of the Week
button and recognized on the morning announcements by the
principal.
Student of the Month
Teachers are allowed to pick one
Student of the nine weeks for their class based on:
- Less than 2 marks on the CPR
chart
- Passing Grades in all classes
- Perfect attendance no excused
absences or tardies
The Student of the nine weeks is
recognized at the monthly Parent Coffee, where parents meet with
the principal for open discussion. There the student will be
presented with a certificate of recognition during the last 15
minutes of the meeting.
The Student of the nine weeks
will also participate in a luncheon that takes place every nine
weeks along with other Students of the nine weeks. This luncheon
is usually held at off-campus venues.
Perfect Attendance
The Perfect Attendance incentive
is awarded to a class for spelling out “Perfect” with seven days
of perfect attendance and a higher level of incentive for spelling
out “Perfect Attendance” with 17 days of perfect attendance.
Dolphin Walk Tickets
These are given out by any staff
member for a teacher’s class meeting hallway expectations.
