The Oaks Academy Blog - Insight Into a Christ-Centered School

The 2022 Spring Sports Season in a Nutshell

June 14, 2022

Take a look back at the 2022 Spring Sports season and congratulate our talented student-athletes on their phenomenal seasons!

Image from above crowd at 2022 8th Grade Graduation

Reflecting on Truth, Beauty, and Time at The Oaks

June 2, 2022

An Oaks Education invites students into relationship with the true, the good and the beautiful. When students graduate from 8th Grade and leave The Oaks, we want to ensure that they understand these important ideas.

A school bus is being loaded in front of a school

The Return of Hallmark Field Trips

May 27, 2022

This spring semester at The Oaks, we returned to normal in many ways, but the most exciting for our students was the return of the most highly anticipated and long-remembered field trips that we offer.

A School 26 alum stands in front of the newly unveiled historical marker honoring John Hope School 26 and the Paul Laurence Dunbar Library

Honoring the History of School 26

May 19, 2022

We are grateful and proud to call this beautiful historic building home, and to pay tribute to the legacy of the school and library that came before us. We honor the history of School 26, its alum, and the Paul Laurence Dunbar Library.

A teacher stands at the front of a classroom calling on a student

Thank You, Teachers: Stories of Appreciation

May 4, 2022

We appreciate our teachers and want them to know that nothing they do is ever too small, goes unnoticed, and every effort has a deep and lasting impact – as evidenced by the stories shared within.

Teachers circle up to discuss during a professional development session

Building a Strong Teacher Community

April 23, 2022

We build a strong teacher community by ensuring that our faculty are known and loved, which happens when we put relationships first. This is especially important in professional development sessions.

chairs sit on top of desks in an oaks classroom when students and teacher are on break

Teacher Renewal Travels: Profiles of Our 2022 Teacher Creativity Fellows

April 8, 2022

Taking our school’s value of renewal into their own hands, 3 faculty and staff members applied for and received grants to fund adventures geared toward finding creativity and renewal.