February 06, 2012

Lisa Mickle, Principal

1581 Crescent Rd, Clifton Park, NY 12065 • 518-881-0540

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Okte Elementary School building

Located in the southern part of the district, Okte Elementary School is one of four off-campus schools. It opened in 1973.

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Posted 1/13/11Okte Sub Sandwich Party

Okte 5th graders celebrate their writing with a Sub Sandwich party... a fun way to learn the necessary parts needed for a complete writing sample. [MORE More Photos]

Posted 1/13/11Okte donates to CAPTAIN

Okte 5th graders donate money, toiletries and other small items to women and children in need. [MORE More Photos]

Posted 1/6/12Okte Sing A Long

Okte held its annual "Sing-a-Long" right before vacation. Each grade prepared a song selection that they had practiced during music class, then performed it as a group.[MORE More photos

Posted 1/6/12Okte Chorus at Colonie Center

Okte's Chorus & Chamber Choir had the honor of singing at Colonie Center. They performed a variety of songs, including many holiday favorites.[MORE More photos

Posted 1/6/12Okte Winter Concert

The Winter Concert was the first public performance of the year for Okte's 5th grade orchestra and chorus. All of their hard work paid off. [MORE More photos

Posted 12/16/11Food drive at Okte

Okte’s Community Action Club held a food drive to benefit CAPTAIN. [MORE More photos

Posted 12/16/11Okte Community Action Club

Okte’s Community Action Club took some time during this holiday season to send some support to wounded soldiers. [MORE More photos

Posted 11/22/11Okte PARP

Peace, Love, Read" was Okte's PARP theme this year, and the Okte community showed it's love in a BIG way! We asked for gently used books to be donated to Schoharie's library after they lost so much due to flooding.

Posted 11/22/11Okte PARP

Coach Gifford has the kids climbing the walls in PE! Thanks to the proceeds from Okte's Annual Ice Cream Social, Coach Gifford was able to purchase a rock wall, for the gym, to be used by all grades!

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Posted 11/22/11Okte WISE Program

Second graders at Okte are using the W.I.S.E. curriculum (Wonder, Investigate, Synthesize, and Express) to frame their research about turkeys. [MORE More photos

Posted 11/14/11Pumpkinologists

Okte 5th-graders became "Pumpkin-ologists" in science. [MORE More photos

 

Posted 11/14/11Monster Mash

Okte held its annual "Monster Mash". Many students and their families came out for the fun hay maze , face painting and the variety of games that were held in the cafeteria.   [MORE More photos]

Posted 11/9/11Fire Prevention Winners

All four of the 4th grade classes at Okte entered a Fire Prevention poster contest. The
Fire Department collected the posters and voted one poster from each class room
the winner. [MORE]

Posted 10/26/11Okte Swim Program

3rd graders at Okte are enjoying their swim time at the pool. They are learning all about water safety
and basic swimming strokes. [MORE More photos]

Posted 10/26/11Okte Orchestra Students

Okte's new orchestra students performed for the first time in public, accompanied by their instructor, Mrs. Brothers. [MORE More photos]

Posted 10/26/11Okte students study spiders

First graders at Okte got an up close look at spiders when The Scotia-Glenville Museum's program, "Silent Spinners", stopped by for a visit.  [MORE More photos]

Posted 10/26/11Okte students make masks

3rd graders at Okte made plaster masks. Each child took turns with a buddy, following the steps it takes, to have a completed mask.

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Posted 10/20/11Fire prevention month

October is Fire Prevention Month and Okte students have been learning from the best! Our wonderful local firefighters have been spending time visiting classrooms, explaining the dangers of fire and what to do if they are caught in one.  [MORE More Photos]

Posted 10/13/11Read for the Record program

Teachers and students in Kindergarten through 2nd grade at Okte, participated in Jumpstart's "Read for the Record".  [MORE More Photos]

Okte Welcome Back BBQPosted 10/4/11

Okte held it's annual "Welcome Back BBQ" at Krauses.  [MORE More Photos]

Posted 9/28/11School Banking at Okte

Okte families participated in "School Banking Night" where they set up school banking accounts to help children develop financial literacy skills. [MORE More Photos]

Posted 9/16/11

On September 9th, 2011,Pinwheels for Peace students took time out of their day to commemorate September 11th. Students talked about peace and did an activity called Pinwheels for Peace.  [MORE ]

Announcements heading

1/21/12 - Kindergarten Registration, 8am-12n, District Office

1/23/12 - Kindergarten Registration, 6-8:30pm, District Office

1/25/12 - Kindergarten Registration, 6-8:30pm, District Office

1/27/12 - Half Day Gr. K-8 (AM kind. in session)

1/28/12 - Saturday Scholars Registration [MORE]

  

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Kindergarten

Language Concepts - Mrs. McKay

Grade 2 - Home page

Mrs. Borgman

Grade 3 - Home page

Grade 4

Ms. Butera
Mrs. Lee
Mrs. Sansone
Mr. Wilkinson

Grade 5 - Home Page

Ms. Fahey, Mrs. Moran , Miss Popek, Mrs. Weller

Special Areas

Mrs. Schram, accelerated math
Ms Braglia, art

 

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