Coming Up

Friday, March 12
End of the 2nd Report Card Period

Monday, March 15
Parent-Teacher Conferences (MINIMUM DAYS ALL WEEK)

Tuesday, March 16
Parent-Teacher Conferences (MINIMUM DAYS ALL WEEK)

Tuesday, March 16
General PFC Meeting
6:30 pm

Welcome to Thornhill Elementary School. Thornhill is a K-5 Elementary School located in Oakland, California. Please browse our site for more information about the school. OUSD 2009-2010 Calendar

These two exciting events are coming up soon. Our Silent Auction and Dad’s club Barbeque event will be held on March 6th at the school. Everyone is welcome, including the kids, friends, neighbors and family.

Our Live Auction and dinner will be held on April 17th at Seqyoiyah Country Club. This is an adult only event.

Please visit the Auction web site at http://thornhillschool.maestroweb.com/ for more information, to register for the Sequoiyah event or to make donations. Alternately you can printout the attached Donation form PDF of Donation form , fill it out and drop it in at the office with Kathy. Check the Auction page here for regular updates as our planning progresses.

If you would like to volunteer to help please contact either Anlie Reichel or Orlando Williams at benefit@thornhillschool.org

Thornhill Night at the Oakland A's Planning on going to an A's game this year? You now have the chance to purchase tickets at a discounted price, and then join other Thornhill families at Thornhill Night at the Oakland A's. Even better, our school gets $4 for every ticket sold.

You can download the ticket order form here and learn more about ticket ordering and Thornhill Night on this page.

Thornhill Newsletter
The Thornhill Newsletter is GREEN & just like school, it's back in Session!  Don't miss a single copy!  Sign up today! 

The Thornhill Newsletter will be only sent electronically. If you are new to the school, or if your email address has changed since last year, or maybe you just haven't sign up yet, please Click on this link today to sign up for electronic delivery and don’t miss a single issue of the Thornhill Newsletter.

The Thornhill Newsletter is a weekly email publication that is about your Thornhill School and important Oakland Unified School District information. The newsletter contains important dates and upcoming events that you won't want to miss.

We will not send you any spam! We will only send you the Weekly Thornhill Newsletter, but to get it you must sign up!

If you have any questions please email to newsletter@thornhillschool.org.

Taking Action on Budget Cuts
The Thornhill PFC encourages parents to contact state officials regarding proposed cuts to education funding. As many of you know, the California State Legislature and the Governor's office are weighing many options to deal with the state's economic crisis, including cutting funding for public education. Parents at Chabot Elementary have drafted ready-to-use letters of protest and have made them available to anyone who is concerned about the proposals. We need your help to stop these cuts. Write or call your elected officials. Use the link below to download a sample letter along with mailing addresses for the Governor and other state officials.
Download the letter (53K PDF)

All Kindergarten families are encouraged to join the kindergarten yahoo group for kindergarten families for fall 2009-2010. This site will be used to notify families via email of upcoming kindergarten events and news. We also encourage you to join the thornhill school yahoo group.

Join the Thornhill Yahoo Group! Communication is key for creating community.  Join Thornhill's Yahoo Group so you too can share, inquire, comment or simply get updates on matters pertaining to Thornhill Elementary. To learn more, visit the Yahoo Group page.

Sign Up For Winter 2010 Enrichment Classes! Click on the links below to download information and sign-up forms for the next round of before/after-school Enrichment classes offered at Thornhill:

For more information, please contact our VP's of Enrichment at vpenrichment@thornhillschool.org.

School Wear Available Online To purchase Logo-wear click on the link below. At the site you can order baseball shirts, T-shirts, hats, bags and many more items and have them sent directly to your home. Go there.

Thornhill is an Amazon.com Associate Thornhill Elementary is now a member of the Amazon.com Associates program. That means if you shop at Amazon.com—and get there from one of the links on our site—Thornhill receives approximately 5% of the purchase price. This can be a great thing for our school, but it only works in our favor if you go to Amazon.com from a link such as the one in the right margin. For more info, visit our Amazon Associate page. Thank you for supporting Thornhill!

Important Info About Head Lice! Cases of head lice have been detected at Thornhill. Please review the Parent's Guide to Head Lice from the State of Californica for importants facts and treatment methods:

- Parent's Guide to Head Lice - English, Spanish