IMPORTANT
Oak Prairie is offering paper progress reports by parent request only. Parents are strongly encouraged to sign up and access PowerSchool for current grade information. If you need PowerSchool access please contact the Oak Prairie office.

July 17, 2008
Oak Prairie Cross Country
Oak Prairie cross country practices begin Mon., Aug. 4 and are held Mon. through Fri. from 7:00 AM to 8:30AM until the first day of school (Fri., Aug. 22); on and after that date practices are held after school.  Practices begin and end in the Oak Prairie cafateria.  Anyone wanting to participate in cross country must have a current sports physical - sports physical forms and cross country informational packets are avaliable at the Dictrict 92 Unit Office.  For aditional information contact coach Kenric Bond at (309) 648-3208 or kbond@d92.org.

June 30, 2008
Boys Baseball & Girls Softball News
Boys Baseball and Girls Softball tryouts for the next school year will be held on Monday, August 4th, 5th, and 6th at Oak Prairie. Students must have a physical on file at school to participate and should be present all three days. Practices begin the next day after tryouts. There is an A and a B team for baseball.

Boys Baseball:
6th & 7th Grades - 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
8th Grade - 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Wason or Mr. Wedewer.

Girls Softball:
6th, 7th & 8th Grades - 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
All Pitchers & Catchers - 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Dyer or Mrs. Vickers.

June 18, 2008
Jump Start Registration Information
Please download Jump Start Registration Information below:

08-09 Jump Start Registration Information (PDF format)

June 2, 2008
District 92 S.O.S.
Please download information about the Save Our Subscriptions program for District 92.

District 92 S.O.S. (PDF format)

May 14, 2008
Oak Prairie Summer Camp Information
Oak Prairie Summer camp info may be accessed at the link below.

2008 Oak Prairie Summer Camp Info (PDF format)

May 9, 2008
State Science Fair
Congratulations to the 2007-2008 Oak Prairie State Science Fair Award Winners.

Science Fair Award Winners (PDF format)

April 21, 2008
Safety Drills
On Wednesday, April 23, Oak Prairie will be conducting planned saftey drills. We will be practicing an evacuation, a tornado drill and a lockdown under the supervision of the Will County Sheriff's Department. These are only drills.

April 3, 2008
End of School Year Incentive Trip Contract
The 4th quarter academic and behavior contract is due Friday, April 4. You may download a PDF version using the link below.

End of School Year Incentive Trip Contract (PDF format)

March 5, 2008
Track Schedules
Please click below to download the March and April track schedules:

March Track Schedule (PDF format)
April Track Schedule (PDF format)

February 22, 2008
Career Fair Presenters Sought
Our 8th grade students will be participating in Oak Prairie’s annual career fair this May as the culminating event of their cross-curricular career unit.  The career fair will take place Friday, May 16th at Oak Prairie from 1-3. A variety of 20-25 different careers are presented to students.  Career presenters are assigned a table in the gym or media center and the 8th grade students rotate these table in groups of 10-12 to learn more about the careers presented.  We are currently seeking volunteers to share their careers with our students.  Any parent, family member, or community member interested in participating in this event by sharing details of their career, please contact Mary Jasinski, Assistant Principal at 815-836-2724 or email.

Academic Improvement Award
Oak Prairie School has recieved an academic improvement award from the State Board of Education. Congratulations to all student, staff and parents for making Oak Prairie a success. To view the award please click below:

Award Certificate (pdf)
Award Letter (pdf)

Graduation Events Letter
In order to assist you with upcoming events for your 8th grader, we have compiled a list of important dates, times and expenses. Please download the Graduation Events Letter below.

0708 Graduation Event Letter (pdf)

SmileSafe Kids Safety Program
In our continuing commitment to support the safety of our community, Oak Prairie is pleased to continue our participation in the SmileSafe Kids™ program, a child safety program developed in partnership by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and Lifetouch National School Studios. Click here to read more: Oak Prairie SmileSafe Letter (pdf).

Magazine Sales
Magazines can be ordered online throughout the year with a portion of proceeds coming to District 92.

Please visit www.qsp.com and use District 92's account no. 425018357 when ordering.

Dress Code Reminder
Per our Student Handbook, a student must follow the school dress code.  For students at Oak Prairie that includes:

• Appropriate Clothing at all times; students are to be covered from shoulder to mid thigh 
• No Caps or Jackets in the building
• No attire that cause distractions and disruptions in the school settings.
• That includes shirts or dress that has symbols promoting drug, alcohol, obscenities, pentagons, skulls or any aspect of disrespect to others. All can be identified in our handbook under dress code.
• Students will not draw, or write on their bodies.
• No display of tattoos or body piercing other then earrings.
• No Book Bags or Messenger Bags.

For safety reasons, students are not allowed to carry book bags through out the day, this includes pack backs, over the shoulder bags and messenger bags. Student have access to their lockers during passing periods from one class to another  incase they need something.   Girls are allowed to carry a purse as long as it is not big enough to hold their books. 

General Information:
Pick-up and Drop-off Procedures:
-Use area along the sidewalk to drop-off and pick-up.
-DO NOT park along the sidewalk.
-If a student is not waiting, please park in a spot in the lot, or circle around
again in order to keep traffic moving.

Entering the Building:
-All students are to ENTER the building through the CAFETERIA in the morning.  Students with a pass from a teacher may enter through the office.

Lunch Information:
-Student lunch cost is $1.95/milk $.35.
-Checks made out to District 92, weekly ($9.75) or monthly ($39.00), are preferred and may be given to homeroom teachers.

Book Bags:
-Students are not allowed to carry book bags from class to class.  Students may transport their books and supplies to and from school using their book bag but will be required to leave their book bag in their locker during the regular school day.

S.O.S.-Student Opportunity to Succeed:
-A voluntary after school homework help program.
-Held on Monday-Thursday from 3:20-4:00.
-No transportation is provided-parents MUST arrange to pick-up students.

Detentions:
-Held on Tuesday and Thursday from 3:20-3:50.
-Parents MUST arrange to pick-up students.
-Parents are contacted by phone call from the person issuing the detention with notification of date the detention is to be served.