Parents and Students:  Please be mindful of the following dates.  Of course, there are more, but these are the most critical.  

 

Thursday, January 19, 2012 - Kindergarten Round Up, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Administration Building, 13900 Granzon, Oak Park, Michigan 48237.  Our early learner programs are superb!  Join our family now!

 

All students and parents should be aware of helpful educational programs to increase student achievement.  Remember, all juniors are responsible for demonstrating mastery on the MME/ACT in March 2012.  Please take the time to visit the links below. This information is geared to educate all stakeholders (students and parents), especially those involved in middle and high school learning opportunities.

 

ACT Prep:  This complete practice test will give you all kinds of sample test items.

 

Test Prep Review

 

ACT Guide:  This document will explain what is being tested on the ACT.

 

ACT Student:  For information about taking the ACT test, go to the site below “Students can find a full set of sample test questions, along with complete answer explanations, test-taking strategies, and detailed analyses of each section of the ACT

 

Writing Test Essays:  Sample writing responses and an explanation of how they are scored.

 

High School Graduation Requirements:  Here you can find the new high school graduation requirements, effective with the class of 2011.

 

Kaplan:  "Score higher on the SAT, ACT, PSAT, SAT Subject Tests, AP exams, and more. Kaplan Test Prep & Admissions offers private tutoring, classroom courses, and online test preparation options as well as valuable guidance on applying to college and financial aid information."

 

LearningExpress Library:  "LearningExpress Library is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons—students and adult learners—succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results."

 

Michigan Department of Education:  The Michigan Department of Education’s official site links to content expectations, district test results, and other information regarding the ACT/MME included.

 

Families please take the time to sign up for Student and Parent Connect.  This year, the Oak Park School District is proud to introduce Student Connect, which allows students to monitor their own academic achievements.  Both Student Connect and Parent Connect can be launched from the Oak Park website

(www.oakparkschools.org)

 

Upon logging into your account all of the links are located to the left of the screen.  Click on a link to view your child's daily attendance, behavior, cafeteria lunch account, class assignments, contacts, GPA, health records, report card grades, schedule, and transcript information.

 

Student links are slightly different .  Students will have access to their daily attendance, behavior, cafeteria lunch account, class assignments, report card grades, GPA, schedule, and transcript information. 

 

Current students and thier parents can contact thier respective schools to retrieve their login information.