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

Thornhill Named a 2010 Distinguished School
2010 California Distinguished School Award, given to “the state’s most exemplary and inspiring schools.” Chabot, Montclair, Peralta and Thornhill share the honor with just 480 of the state’s more than five thousand elementary schools, and prevailed in a year where the selection criteria was, according to the California Department of Education, “more stringent than ever.” In announcing the selections, State Superintendent of Instruction Jack O’Connell noted that the winning schools are boosting achievement for all student populations in the face of an extreme budget crisis. Click here to read more about our honored schools.

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.

We need YOU on the train destined to make the 2010-11 Annual Benefit a success. Whether you’re interested in leading a charge or stuffing envelopes, there is a place for you on a team!

Check out the AUCTION TEAMS LIST for descriptions of duties and SIGN UP FOR A TEAM

Before we head into summer we need to gather for our first planning session to make some decisions and set this train's wheels in motion. This will likely be our first and last meeting as the full auction team until August, so please join us!

2010-11 Auction Planning Meeting

Tuesday, June 15 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Montclair Presbyterian Church (5701 Thornhill)

AGENDA

• Welcome & Introductions
• Establish Meeting Ground Rules
• Chairs Report
• Event Theme Vote
• Breakout Groups by Team
• Next Steps
• Adjourn

Want to participate but can’t make the meeting? Let us know! For more information, please contact the co-chairs:

Kristine Carl
kristinecs@gmail.com

Nancy Atlas
cerfergirl@comcast.net

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 Spring 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:

	Art	Fitness
	Chess	Guitar
	Creative Writing	Lego (Engineering Fundamentals)
	Dance	Mandarin
	Drama	Martial Arts
		Spanish

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