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Check Out Our Recent Instagram Post: Principal Appreciation Month!

10/18/2025 1:15 pm

 

Click Here to View Photos on Instagram!

 

Be sure to "like" our post, if you haven't already!

 

Click Here to "Like" D181's Instagram post celebrating Principal Nassis! 

 

Thank you for your continued support in enhancing our social media presence. 

Save the Date: Oak Benefit

10/26/2025 10:00 am

Important Dates: Mark Your Calendars 2026

10/25/2025 1:10 pm

Lumi Learning: Free 30-minute tutoring sessions for students

10/25/2025 12:52 pm

 

Sharing a wonderful new resource for Oak Parents: Lumi Learning.

FREE 30-minute tutoring sessions for K-8 students.

Click here to book your session now! 

 

Sessions are led by high-achieving high school volunteers who are thriving in their own studies and love helping younger students succeed.

 

Lumi Learning tutors provide one-on-one support in math, reading, science, and more. Each session is personalized to your child’s needs, helping them gain confidence, improve skills, and enjoy learning.

 

Questions? Email support@lumilearning.org 

Home Run Inn Take N' Bake Fundraiser at HMS: Order By Thursday, Nov. 13

10/25/2025 12:51 pm

The HMS Jazz Ensemble is organizing a Home Run Inn Take N' Bake fundraiser for travel expenses to New Orleans in January 2026! HMS is the only middle school jazz ensemble selected to be performing as a featured performer at this conference. If you enjoy Home Run Inn at Lunch-In, click HERE to order! The deadline to purchase is Thursday, 11/13. Pick up your order on Wednesday, 11/19, at HMS (top parking deck) between 2-4:30pm. Questions? Email Denys at lunchin.oakpto@gmail.com. Thank you for supporting our talented HMS musicians!

 

Order: CLICK HERE

 
Deadline to order: Thursday, November 13

Pickup date/location:

Wednesday, November 19 at HMS from 2-4:30 p.m. (top parking deck).

Questions? Email Denys at lunchin.oakpto@gmail.com. 

  

 

 

 

Community Speaker Series - Your Mental Health with Dr. Jonathan Singer: Wednesday, Nov. 5

10/25/2025 12:50 pm

 
  
On November 5 at 7p.m., Community Speaker Series will be hosting Dr. Jonathan Singer for a virtual event on youth mental health. 
 
Today's adolescents are facing more mental health challenges than any previous generation. In this webinar, Dr. Singer will discuss how to tell the difference between everyday stress and more serious conditions like anxiety or depression, how to recognize warning signs of crisis, and how to talk with kids about these sensitive topics. 
 
Dr. Singer is a Professor at Loyola University Chicago's School of Social Work and the founder and host of the award-winning Social Work Podcast. He is a well-regarded international speaker who has given hundreds of continuing education workshops, keynote addresses, and presentations on youth suicide, ethics, technology, adolescent development and attachment-based family therapy.
 

 

WHO: Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW
TOPIC: Youth Mental Health: Signs, Safety, and Success
WHEN: Wednesday, November 5 | 7p.m. - 8:30p.m. 
WHERE: Virtual/Webinar
 

 

The Community Speaker Series is committed to fostering a sense of community through hosting in-person and virtual events that inform and inspire. CSS is funded jointly by District 86 and District 181 and is supported by the D181 Foundation. Our events are free and open to the public. We encourage everyone to join our events, connect and learn together. 

D181 Foundation Community Speaker Series: 2025-2026

10/25/2025 12:46 pm

Announcing the Community Speaker Series lineup for the 2025-2026 season! We are thrilled to welcome these top experts to our community this school year. 

The Community Speaker Series is committed to fostering a sense of community through hosting in-person and virtual events that inform and inspire. CSS is funded jointly by District 86 and District 181 and is supported by the D181 Foundation. Our events are free and open to the public. We encourage everyone to join our events, connect and learn together.  

Click on the image above to learn more about the D181 Foundation.

Unity Week: October 20 - 24

10/18/2025 1:12 pm

 

About Unity Day:

Unity Day, started by PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center in October 2011, is the signature event of National Bullying Prevention Month. This is a day when we can come together to send a visible message of building commUNITY through kindness, acceptance, and inclusion. The call to action is simple: wear and share the color orange. This vibrant statement becomes a conversation starter, showing support for students who have been bullied and for bullying prevention.

 

Next week, we will be celebrating Unity Week at Oak Elementary with the theme “Oak Owls Stand Together.” This special week is dedicated to teaching kindness, empathy, friendship, and the importance of standing up against bullying.

Each day, students will take part in a meaningful classroom activity that encourages unity and respect for others. These activities are age-appropriate and designed to help our students better understand the power of their words and actions.


🟣 Monday – Friendship Bracelets

Students will create bracelets using different colored beads. Each bead represents a quality of a good friend, such as kindness, sharing, or using a friendly voice.

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🟧 Tuesday – Unity Paper Chain

Each student will write a kind message on a paper link. All classes will connect their links to form one long school chain to show we are stronger together.

 

🟠 Wednesday – Wear Orange & Kind Notes

Students are encouraged to wear orange for National Unity Day. In class, students will write or draw an encouraging message to a classmate.

 

🟡 Thursday – Giant Unity Puzzle

Each class will decorate a large puzzle piece with their names and positive words. During an in-school gathering, classes will combine puzzle pieces to form one united message.

 

❤️ Friday – Crinkle Heart Lesson

Students will reflect on how words can leave lasting marks. They will write something that once hurt them on a paper heart, crumple it, and see that even when smoothed, the marks remain—teaching empathy and compassion.

 

We will also have a culminating assembly on October 28th, led by Imagination Theater once again this year. This year’s presentation is titled Someone Else’s Shoes, and the underlying message is about empathy. K-2 will be paired together for a 45-minute presentation, followed by grades 3-5. This will allow the messaging to be most appropriate for the varying ages across the grade levels. Click here for more information about the presentation and Imagination Theater.

 

We thank you for supporting our goal of creating a safe, caring, and inclusive school community. Together, we stand as one.

 

Oak Owls Stand Together,

Oak School PTO Unity Day Committee

 

 

Never Miss a Social Post: How-To

10/11/2025 12:43 pm

 

Homework Helpers at Hinsdale Public Library: Thursdays from 4-6 p.m.

10/11/2025 12:42 pm

Homework Helpers - with High School Volunteers

Looking for someone to help your kids with math or reading or just to sit with them while they work on homework? Getting help from high school students is FUN! Kids in grades K-5 can drop in during the Hinsdale Public Library's Homework Helper sessions every THURSDAY 4-6 p.m. to receive help from trained high school volunteers! Students will earn prizes each time they attend. Hosted by the HPL Junior Advisory Board.