July 2025
Current School News
Current School News
July 2025
A Thought To Savor
"Imagine a person who comes in here tonight and argues 'no air exists' but continues to breathe air while he argues. Now intellectually, atheists continue to breathe - they continue to use reason and draw scientific conclusions [which assumes an orderly universe], to make moral judgements [which assumes absolute values] - but the atheistic view of things would in theory make such 'breathing' impossible. They are breathing God's air all the time they are arguing against him."
– Greg L. Bahnsen
All School
Summer Office Hours - July & August
Monday – Thursday (closed Fridays)
9am to 1pm
*Closed 1st week of July
Fourth Quarter Report Cards Posted
* Report cards & transcripts are withheld for outstanding fees.
The 4th quarter report cards will be posted Friday, June 20. To view your child's report card, log into your Jupiter parent portal and select Report Card from the menu. Please contact Oaks Registrar, Anya Schnell, if you have any Jupiter questions. *Please note that report cards and transcripts are withheld if there are any outstanding fees.
The Oaks Uniform Swap on Annasis
The Oaks Uniform Swap is a community site for buying & selling pre-owned Oaks uniform items, books, supplies etc. Oaks families can post items they wish to sell, while other Oaks families can search for Oaks items they need. Through this convenient online sale process, buyers & sellers are able to arrange a time to meet up and finish their transaction in person or as desired (using Venmo, etc.). Start selling and shopping now at The Oaks Uniform Swap on Annasis.
Lands' End Summer Sale – July 12–Aug.15
Save the Date - Lands' End Smart Start Savings Event is just around the corner! The best offer of the season drops the first week of the sale.
Lands' End website – School Number: 900069105
Details coming soon...check back in July.
2025–26 Family Handbook & Uniform Policy Now Available
*Please read prior to start of '25–'26 school year
The 2025-26 Family Handbook, including the 2025-26 Uniform Policy, has been updated and is now available. Oaks families are asked to read the updated handbook prior to the start of school each year. Printed copies are also available in the school office.
Music on the Field - Fri., Sept. 5 [6–8pm]
Save the date and plan to come to The Oaks for Music on the Field the evening of Friday, September 5.
The Oaks' 3rd Annual 5K Fun Run/Walk - Sat, Sept. 6 [8:30am] *Registration Coming Soon!
DATE: Saturday, September 6, 2025
TIME: 8:30am
AGES: 1–100+
STARTING LINE: The Oaks - 11711 E 24th Ave - Spokane Valley, WA
This community event is designed to have fun, as well as raise funds for the school. A donation of $25 per racer is suggested & may be covered by the participant or through sponsorships. All registered participants will receive a t-shirt and refreshments at the end of the race. The registration site, with further details, will be available soon. Please email Development Director, Mrs. Shelley Moss, with any questions.
2025–26 Supply Lists
The supply and literature lists for the upcoming school year are now available on the Supply Lists page, under the Parent tab on the school website.
***SUMMER ACTIVITIES AT THE OAKS***
REGISTRATION OPEN!
The Oaks is excited to offer an abundance of activities this summer! There are currently sports camps, theatre camps, dance classes, sport leagues, open gym times and more. Registration is available within Annasis at this time.
*Please note that parents will use the same log-in for both event registration and student registration.
2025 Summer Activities Registration
SPORTS CAMPS & LEAGUES
Looking for fun, skill-building, and Christ-centered community this summer? The Oaks is offering a full lineup of summer sports camps and leagues for kids and adults! Spots are limited, and several camps include a free t-shirt with early registration–don't miss out!
Volleyball Camps (Girls)
- Grades 7–8: August 4–6, 8–9:30am
- Grades 9–12: August 4–6, 10am–1pm
Basketball Camp (Girls)
- Grades 2–6: July 14–17, 9–10:30am
- Grades 7–12: July 28–31, 3–5pm
Fun & Games Camp (Co-ed)
- Grades 2–8: July 7–10, 9am–12pm
Basketball Open Gym (Men)
- Dates: Mondays, June 16–August 18, 6–8pm
- Who: Incoming 9th grade–Adult men
*Register online for a guaranteed spot & discounted price!
Pickleball Open Gym (Adult Co-ed)
- Dates: Tuesdays, June 17–August 19, 6–8pm
*Register online for a guaranteed spot & discounted price!
CONSERVATORY CAMPS & CLASSES
Musical Theatre Camps
- All Creatures Great & Small!: August 4–7, 9am–4pm (3rd–13th grades)
- This Little Light of Mine: August 4–7, 9–11am (8–18yr special educational needs)
Dance Classes
- Jitterbug: Mondays, July 7–28, 6–7:30pm (8th grade–adult)
- Swing Dance: Mondays, August 11– September 1, 6–7:30pm (8th grade–adult)
- Ballet Bootcamp: July 14–17, 11am–12:30pm (4–7th grade)
Art Classes
- Acrylic Adventures for Parent & Child: July 7–10, 12:30–1:30pm (2nd–5th grade & parent)
- Accelerated Acrylics: July 7–10, 2–3:30pm (6–9th grade)
- Wade in the Watercolor: Mondays & Wednesdays, July 21–30, 9–10:30am (3rd–6th grade)
- Medieval Manuscripts: Mondays & Wednesdays, July 21–30, 10:35am–12:05pm (6th grade–Adult)
Summer Choir
- FREE! Tuesdays, July 8–29, 6–8pm (4th grade–adult)
Private Lessons
- Private lessons continue through the summer with varying availability. Sign-ups are now available on Annasis. Please connect with your instructor for the appropriate passcode.
ACADEMIC CLASSES
Parent Traditio
- Augustine's Confessions: Tuesdays & Wednesdays, September 2–10, 6:30–8pm
***REGISTER TODAY!***
2025 Summer Activities Registration
HELPFUL LINKS:
Annasis
Significant Dates Calendar
Yearbook Photos:
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Upcoming Dates
October 8
- Grand Tour Meeting (11th Grade) [7–9pm]
October 9
- Weekly Formal Uniform Day
- Ladies' Prayer [8:30–9:15am]
- Cantabile [3pm]
October 12
- Cantabile [8:15am]
- College Financial Aid Scholarship Meeting [7-8:30pm]
October 13
- College Brown Bag Lunch - Seattle Pacific University [12:35-1:00pm]
October 14
- Mid-Term Grades Posted [8am]
- Cantabile [3pm]
October 15
- PSAT Test [8:30–11:30am]
- SAT Test [12:30–3:30pm]
October 14–16
- Parent/Teacher Conferences
October 15–16
- No School
October 19
- Cantabile [8:15am]
October 20
- College Brown Bag Lunch - Hillsdale College [12:35-1:00pm]
October 21
- College Brown Bag Lunch - Eastern Washington University [12:35-1:00pm]
October 23
- Weekly Formal Uniform Day
- Ladies' Prayer [8:30–9:15am]
- Cantabile [3pm]
- Family Night [4pm]
October 24
- MCL Jr High Volleyball Tournament
- Annual Fall Friends of The Oaks Event [5–8pm]
October 26
- Cantabile [8:15am]
October 29
- College Brown Bag Lunch - Whitworth University [12:35-1:00pm]
October 30
- Half-day [8:30am–12:15pm]
- Grandparents' Day
- Weekly Formal Uniform Day
- Cantabile [12pm]
- Family Night/Senior Night [4pm]
October 31
- MCL JV Volleyball Tournament
November 2
- Cantabile [8:15am]
November 3
- College Brown Bag Lunch - Washington State University [12:35-1:00pm]
November 6
- Weekly Formal Uniform Day
- Ladies' Prayer [8:30–9:15am]
- Cantabile [3pm]
November 6-7
- MCL Boys Soccer Tournament
- MCL Varsity Volleyball Tournament
November 9
- Cantabile [8:15am]
November 10
- College Brown Bag Lunch - Gonzaga University [12:35-1:00pm]
November 11
- High School Boys & Girls Basketball Begins
November 12
- College Brown Bag Lunch - University of Idaho [12:35-1:00pm]
November 12-13
- NW ACCS Administrators Conference
November 13
- Weekly Formal Uniform Day
- Ladies' Prayer [8:30–9:15am]
- Cantabile [3pm]
- Talent Show [6:30pm]
Grammar School
6th Grade Insect Collection Letter
6th grade parents will receive an Insect Collection letter from your science teacher. Below is this letter for your reference.
Logic & Rhetoric Schools
Summer Reading Letters
All 7–12th grade Oaks students and parent will receive a summer reading letter from your literature/Traditio teacher. Below are each of the letters for your reference.
- 7th Grade – Mrs. Lorraine Bursese – Summer Reading Letter
- 8th Grade – Miss Brittany Hartke – Summer Reading Letter
- 9th Grade – Mrs. Lorraine Bursese – Summer Reading Letter
- 10th Grade – Mr. Scott Welch & Mr. Matt Chastain – Summer Reading Letter
- 11th Grade – Mrs. Holly Thomas – Summer Reading Letter
- 12th Grade – Miss Brittany Hartke – Summer Reading Letter
2025-26 Music Selections
*Please Complete Survey!
The music program has some exciting changes coming in the 2025-26 school year! All Logic and Rhetoric students will participate in choir one day a week and then will have the choice of participating in Band, String Orchestra, or Choir two days per week. In preparation for this change all incoming 7–12th grade students are being asked to express their interest for the upcoming school year by completing the Logic & Rhetoric School Music Interest survey. This is not an official registration, but just an interest survey for planning over the summer. Thank you!
2025-26 Field Trips: Yellowstone (9th) & Mount St Helens (7th)
Register Today!
Looking forward to the 2025-26 school year, the science department is planning the Yellowstone and Mount St Helens field trips. Incoming 9th graders will head to Yellowstone September 2–5, and incoming 7th graders will travel to Mount St Helens September 16–19 for these annual field trips. Parents with children in these classes should register your child and any parents planning to attend through Annasis' Events page. There is a deposit due at the time of registration for each participant. For further information, please refer to the letter sent home via Jupiter.
Helpful Link:
School Scripture
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,
To console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called oaks of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.
And they shall rebuild the old ruins,
They shall raise up the former desolations,
And they shall repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.
Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks,
And the sons of the foreigner
Shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
But you shall be named the priests of the Lord,
They shall call you the servants of our God.
You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,
And in their glory you shall boast.
Isaiah 61:1–6
Grammar School
6th Grade Insect Collection Letter
6th grade parents will receive an Insect Collection letter from your science teacher. Below is this letter for your reference.
Logic & Rhetoric Schools
Summer Reading Letters
All 7–12th grade Oaks students and parent will receive a summer reading letter from your literature/Traditio teacher. Below are each of the letters for your reference.
- 7th Grade – Mrs. Lorraine Bursese – Summer Reading Letter
- 8th Grade – Miss Brittany Hartke – Summer Reading Letter
- 9th Grade – Mrs. Lorraine Bursese – Summer Reading Letter
- 10th Grade – Mr. Scott Welch & Mr. Matt Chastain – Summer Reading Letter
- 11th Grade – Mrs. Holly Thomas – Summer Reading Letter
- 12th Grade – Miss Brittany Hartke – Summer Reading Letter
2025-26 Music Selections
*Please Complete Survey!
The music program has some exciting changes coming in the 2025-26 school year! All Logic and Rhetoric students will participate in choir one day a week and then will have the choice of participating in Band, String Orchestra, or Choir two days per week. In preparation for this change all incoming 7–12th grade students are being asked to express their interest for the upcoming school year by completing the Logic & Rhetoric School Music Interest survey. This is not an official registration, but just an interest survey for planning over the summer. Thank you!
2025-26 Field Trips: Yellowstone (9th) & Mount St Helens (7th)
Register Today!
Looking forward to the 2025-26 school year, the science department is planning the Yellowstone and Mount St Helens field trips. Incoming 9th graders will head to Yellowstone September 2–5, and incoming 7th graders will travel to Mount St Helens September 16–19 for these annual field trips. Parents with children in these classes should register your child and any parents planning to attend through Annasis' Events page. There is a deposit due at the time of registration for each participant. For further information, please refer to the letter sent home via Jupiter.
Helpful Link:
Upcoming Dates
October 8
- Grand Tour Meeting (11th Grade) [7–9pm]
October 9
- Weekly Formal Uniform Day
- Ladies' Prayer [8:30–9:15am]
- Cantabile [3pm]
October 12
- Cantabile [8:15am]
- College Financial Aid Scholarship Meeting [7-8:30pm]
October 13
- College Brown Bag Lunch - Seattle Pacific University [12:35-1:00pm]
October 14
- Mid-Term Grades Posted [8am]
- Cantabile [3pm]
October 15
- PSAT Test [8:30–11:30am]
- SAT Test [12:30–3:30pm]
October 14–16
- Parent/Teacher Conferences
October 15–16
- No School
October 19
- Cantabile [8:15am]
October 20
- College Brown Bag Lunch - Hillsdale College [12:35-1:00pm]
October 21
- College Brown Bag Lunch - Eastern Washington University [12:35-1:00pm]
October 23
- Weekly Formal Uniform Day
- Ladies' Prayer [8:30–9:15am]
- Cantabile [3pm]
- Family Night [4pm]
October 24
- MCL Jr High Volleyball Tournament
- Annual Fall Friends of The Oaks Event [5–8pm]
October 26
- Cantabile [8:15am]
October 29
- College Brown Bag Lunch - Whitworth University [12:35-1:00pm]
October 30
- Half-day [8:30am–12:15pm]
- Grandparents' Day
- Weekly Formal Uniform Day
- Cantabile [12pm]
- Family Night/Senior Night [4pm]
October 31
- MCL JV Volleyball Tournament
November 2
- Cantabile [8:15am]
November 3
- College Brown Bag Lunch - Washington State University [12:35-1:00pm]
November 6
- Weekly Formal Uniform Day
- Ladies' Prayer [8:30–9:15am]
- Cantabile [3pm]
November 6-7
- MCL Boys Soccer Tournament
- MCL Varsity Volleyball Tournament
November 9
- Cantabile [8:15am]
November 10
- College Brown Bag Lunch - Gonzaga University [12:35-1:00pm]
November 11
- High School Boys & Girls Basketball Begins
November 12
- College Brown Bag Lunch - University of Idaho [12:35-1:00pm]
November 12-13
- NW ACCS Administrators Conference
November 13
- Weekly Formal Uniform Day
- Ladies' Prayer [8:30–9:15am]
- Cantabile [3pm]
- Talent Show [6:30pm]