Please watch the OKES calendar for events that take place throughout the school year.  We would love your participation. 

To maintain a secure campus and avoid disruption of academic time, we do not  dismiss students from the main office.  The office gate is closed from 2:45 P.M – 3:30 P.M. to secure the campus as students move around.  All parents whose students don’t take the bus are asked to use the car rider area except for special appointments or emergencies.   

As in all schools in warm climates, we constantly battle head lice and do not want to send children home to miss school.   Please carefully inspect your child's head at least once a month if not more often.  All students sent home with lice and/or nits must be treated and returned the following morning to be rechecked.  If the student fails to come in, this will be counted as an unexcused absence.  If they come in to be rechecked and they are not cleared, it will be counted as an excused absence.  The student will then be instructed to go home with their parents and be re-examined the next day.