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List of 20 news stories.
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Differentiated Reading Instruction in Third Grade
Third grade teachers have been leading a pilot reading program intended to provide responsive instruction that elevates each learner's abilities.Read More -
Live Oak Basketball Teams Leave it All on the Court
The JV girls basketball team won the league championship, while all Live Oak's basketball student-athletes competed and showed their determination throughout the season.Read More -
Perspective Through a New Lens: Fifth Graders Dissect Cow Eyes
Fifth graders visited the Exploratorium to dissect cow eyes, learning about the anatomy and mechanics that enable vision, while exploring their broader throughline: How does exploring multiple perspectives help me understand and shape my world?Read More -
Having a Choice and a Voice While Learning Math
Eight graders applied their knowledge of functions and data sets to investigate subjects of interest to them.Read More -
Live Oak Shows Up to Serve
Live Oak students, faculty, and staff participated in the annual Week of Service, helping take action throughout the community in various ways.Read More -
Perspective-Taking in the Hot Seat
Seventh graders engage in thoughtful discussion and learn about different viewpoints as they take the "hot seat" during WWII and Holocaust unit.Read More -
The New Look of Athletics: Live Oak Lightning
Live Oak athletic teams will be retiring the Green Devil mascot this fall in exchange for a new look as the Live Oak Lightning.Read More -
Growing Our Understanding of Indigenous Peoples
Live Oak's fourth graders researched California's history and the various tribal groups that call the area home.Read More -
Celebrating the Joy in Reading and Writing
Live Oak students, families, and staff got cozy with a good book and their comfy clothes during our 20th Drop Everything And Read Day as part of our week-long literary celebration, Book Fest.Read More -
Live Oak Fall Sports Enjoy Seasons Full of Success
Live Oak's volleyball and cross country teams came together this fall to produce impressive results and show great teamwork along the way. Read a recap of their seasons and what stood out to the coaching staffs.Read More -
Diversity of Winter Holidays in Kindergarten
Kindergartners spend time learning about a wide variety of holidays from all around the world.Read More -
Green Team Leadership Crew Inspired by Brower Youth Awards
Live Oak's student environmental group, the Green Team Leadership Crew attended the Brower Youth Awards in Berkeley in October, giving them some inspiring new ideas for their work on the Live Oak campus this year.Read More -
Probability Carnival Brings Grades Together
Seventh graders used their mathematics creativity to put on Live Oak's annual Probability Carnival, which applies their growing knowledge of fractions into a collection of interactive games for third, fourth, and fifth graders.Read More -
Mind Up: Brain-Focused Strategies for Learning and Living
Second graders started to build their mindfulness skills and awareness by learning about the brain and getting in touch with their bodies.Read More -
Student-Athletes of the Month
Coleton Namie and Inaya Abdulkareim were honored as our Student-Athletes of the Month for September.Read More -
Around the Live Oak World Unites Community
One of the core values at Live Oak is knowing students well; that means everyone is able to bring all of themselves, their history, and their identity into our community. In honor of this value, the Parent & Guardian Association and the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee put on the third annual Around the Live Oak World, an all school event in appreciation of the rich cultures and family traditions at our school.Read More -
Laying Down Chemistry Foundations in Fifth Grade
Live Oak fifth graders engage in lively, inclusive discussion and scientific inquiry helping to sharpen their critical eye as future changemakers.Read More -
Sixth Graders Consider: "Who Am I?"
Much of the Live Oak curriculum incorporates exploration of identity as a central theme. We want to challenge and encourage our students to think closely about who they are and how they relate to the people they interact with on a daily basis.Read More -
Reimagining Live Oak's Visual Identity
When you think of Nike, you think of the swoosh. When you think of NASA, you think of planets and stars. When you think of the Warriors, blue and gold rise to the top. Each of these brands has fine tuned their visual identity, making it easier for followers to connect a feeling to these organizations, which in turn (marketing theory goes) elicits a response or action.Read More -
Equity, Equality, and Justice in Third Grade
At Live Oak, we take pride in helping our students to gain valuable perspective on the issues that face them and our society at large. One central concept that our students explore is the distinction between equity, equality, and justice and how that knowledge can be used to create positive change.Read More
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