Oak Hill School Hosts Lend a Paw Day

Friday, December 18
8:15 – 2 p.m.

Oak Hill School, 7700 Oak Hill Rd.

Christmas is a time of giving and students and PTA at Oak Hill School are doing their part. Tomorrow, students – led by the PTA – will participate in Wildcats Lend a Paw Day. The day will include special activities for students to give back to the community and gives teachers extra time for planning.

To help make the day a success, Oak Hill PTA has partnered with ARK Childcare Crisis and Prevention Center, St. Mary’s Foundation Auxillary, Evansville Christian Life Center, Meals on Wheels, Oak Hill Building Bridges and D’Alto Studios.

The day will begin around 8:15 with an all school assembly to recap the activities for the day. Students also will learn more about the partnering organizations thanks to a video created by the fifth grade student news crew, The Cat’s Chronicles. The news crew interviewed representatives from each agency and produced the video for students to view.

Beginning around 9:10 and continuing throughout the day, students will begin moving through activities that include:

• Sixth graders will create pinwheels to be sold at the Oak Hill Culture Bazaar in February. The profits will go to a charity selected by the class.

• Fourth and fifth grade will create butterflies to be used by ARK Childcare as an art installation for their Fairy Tale Ball Fundraiser in February.

• Kindergarten through third graders will each create a decorated placemat that will be shared with Evansville Christian Life Center to use as table decorations for its Christmas meals. (It is anticipated they will serve approximately 400 individuals.)

• In addition, all students in grades K-6 will create a greeting card that will be delivered to inpatient residents of St. Mary’s Hospital by the Auxiliary, and to Meals on Wheels to accompany the meals that are delivered on Christmas Eve/Christmas Day.

• In addition to these service activities, students will participate in activities led by instructors of D’Alto Studios to improve self-confidence, and increase public communication skills.