Oakdale Middle School

🎉 Last Chance to Shop the 2026 Oakdale Spirit Store! 🚀
Today is your FINAL day to grab your favorite Oakdale spirit wear! Don't miss out—the store closes tonight at midnight, and several items will not be reordered.
🛍️ Order today and pick up your purchases on Information Day, August 11!
📲 Follow @ShopOakdaleSpirit on Instagram for sneak peeks, product updates, and order information.
💙 Every purchase makes a difference! Proceeds from the Spirit Store help the Oakdale PTC provide teacher and student appreciation events all year long.
Shop now before it's too late! 🚀❤️

#OakdaleRockets #OakdaleSpirit #ShopOakdaleSpirit #RocketPride #SupportOakdale #OakdalePTC #BackToSchool

📣 We're Looking for Amazing Substitute Teachers! 🍎🚀
Do you enjoy working with kids and want a flexible way to make a difference? Oakdale School is looking for caring, dependable substitute teachers for the 2026–2027 school year!

✨ Why Substitute at Oakdale?
🍎 $95/day for certified teachers
📚 $85/day for non-certified substitutes
⏰ Flexible scheduling—work half or full days
🥞 FREE breakfast and lunch each day you work!

Qualifications: ✅ 18 years or older
✅ High School Diploma or GED
✅ Positive attitude, dependable, and able to work well with others

📄 Pick up a substitute packet or click on the link to print and return it to the Oakdale front office. Substitute Forms

📅 Interested? Join us for our Substitute Interest & Training Meeting:
🗓️ Friday, August 7
🕝 2:30–3:30 p.m.
📍 Oakdale Fine Arts Auditorium
Help support our students, teachers, and school community—we'd love to have you on the Oakdale team! 💙❤️

#OakdaleSchool #SubstituteTeacher #NowHiring #JoinOurTeam #Education #MakeADifference #FlexibleWork #SupportOurSchools 🚀

Join us for our annual Middle School Parent Boot Camp where you will get information on all things middle school! We look forward to seeing you on Monday, Aug. 3rd from 5:30-7:30 PM in the Fine Arts Auditorium. #OwnItActItKeepItUp #ProudtobeaRocket

REMINDER-the Oakdale Spirit Store closes July 23.
If you’ve been waiting to place your order, now is the perfect time!
Don’t Forget the Accessories:
Hats
Bows
Socks
Bandanas
ShopOakdaleSpirit
Orders will be ready for pickup on August 11 at Information Day!
Follow us on Instagram @ShopOakdaleSpirit for sneak peeks and the latest info about products and orders.
All proceeds from the Spirit Store fund PTC events for teacher and student appreciation throughout the year.

📚☀️ Oakdale Rockets, we want to see YOU reading this summer! ☀️📚
Whether you're reading by the pool, at the lake, on vacation, in a hammock, at the park, or curled up at home, keep those reading skills sharp while having fun! 😎🌴📖
Reading just a few minutes each day helps build vocabulary, strengthens comprehension, and gets you ready for another successful school year. Your future teachers will definitely thank you! 🚀💙
📸 Share photos of your kiddos reading, whether in fun and creative places this summer or curled up on the sofa. We want to see where your reading adventures take you! 📚✨
Happy reading, Rockets! We'll see you in August, ready for another amazing year! 🚀💚

#ProudtoBeaRocket #SummerReading #ReadersAreLeaders #KeepReading #RocketReaders 📚🚀☀️

📚☀️ Our Oakdale teachers are making the most of summer by diving into some great books...and they hope you are too!
Take a look at what some of our teachers are reading this summer! Maybe you'll find your next great read. 📖✨
Rockets, we challenge you to keep reading all summer long! Visit your local library, swap books with friends, or curl up with a good book at home or by the pool. Keep those reading skills sharp!! Your future teachers will thank you! 😎📚
Happy reading, and we'll see you in August, ready for another amazing year! 🚀💚

#OakdaleRocketTeachers #TeachersSummerReading #LifelongLearners #SeeYouInAugust 📚☀️🚀

🎉Happy Birthday to our Superintendent, Mr. Still! 🎉
What a fun day to celebrate your birthday alongside all of America! We hope your 4th of July is filled with family, fun, and plenty of reasons to celebrate. We are fortunate to have you leading our Rockets!
Happy Birthday, Mr. Still! We hope it's the best one yet! 🚀🎂

#HappyBirthday #OakdaleRockets #RocketPride #LeadershipMatters #FourthOfJulyBirthday #Celebrate 🎉🇺🇸🚀

Happy Independence Day to our Oakdale families, faculty, and staff. Wishing you a bright July 4th! Whether you are enjoying the Edmond Liberty Fest parade, a barbeque with family, fireworks, or watching a Texas Rangers game, we hope you have a wonderful holiday.
Drop us a photo and share what your 4th of July looks like. We hope to see lots of red, white, and blue!
#July4th #IndependenceDay #250years! #1776 #red,white,&blue #SigningoftheDeclarationofIndependence #stars&stripes #familymemories

Our 6th-8th Grade Summer Book Club had an unforgettable adventure with A Hero's Guide to Summer Vacation! 📚☀️🚗
Students brought the story to life by creating journals just like the main character, decorating United States-shaped cookies with icing and M&Ms to trace the family's road trip across the country, and testing their knowledge with a fun game of Jeopardy! They also enjoyed pizza and drinks while sharing their favorite parts of the book. 🍕🍪🇺🇸🎉

Hands-on activities like these help students make meaningful connections to what they read while fostering a lifelong love of reading. A big thank you to everyone who helped make this fun-filled day possible! Keep reading, Rockets! We can't wait to see where the next book takes you! 🚀📚💚

#OakdaleRockets #SummerBookClub #AHerosGuideToSummerVacation #ReadersAreLeaders #LoveOfReading #LearningBeyondTheClassroom #RocketReaders #MakingReadingFun 📚🚀☀️

Oakdale Band Students Riley Rhin, Eve Phillips, Silas Weaver, and Roscoe Ingram represented our school well by attending the SWOSU Middle School Band Camp this week! The camp consisted of four days of music-making and fun activities that culminated with a Wednesday afternoon concert. Way to go, Rockets! 🚀

A total of 36 students in 6th-8th grade and 18 fifth graders qualified for the celebration during their lunch times. Students enjoyed their outings just before school was out. Students were treated to pizza, salad, noodles, dessert, and even had time to have fun in the arcade! 🎮🍪🥗
A huge thank you to Mrs. Jones, our middle school librarian, for the incredible work she does encouraging a love of reading at Oakdale. Her dedication, enthusiasm, and commitment to helping students discover great books continue to inspire students year after year. Opportunities like this are just one example of how she goes above and beyond to make reading exciting and rewarding for our students. 💚
Thank you to OSF for helping make this memorable experience possible for our readers!

#ProudtoBeaRocket #SequoyahBooks #LoveOfReading #RocketReaders #ReadersAreLeaders #OSF #MakingReadingFun #LibraryLife 📚💚🍕

We are excited to announce that the Oakdale Rockets Rowing Team brought home 1st place at the RIVERSPORT Youth Rowing League Championship Regatta weekend before school was out in the U15 Middle School Division! 🏆🚣💚
Oakdale was represented by two eight-person boats and earned both GOLD and BRONZE medals, along with bringing home the Championship Cup! 🥇🥉🏆
We are also proud to celebrate two Oakdale students who competed at the US Rowing Central Youth Rowing Championship Regatta earlier this month and earned multiple gold medals:
🥇 Carson Knopp — Men’s Youth U16 4x+ and Men’s Youth U17 4+
🥇 Blythe Charlton — Women’s Youth U15 4x+
Congratulations to all of our Oakdale student rowers for their dedication, teamwork, and hard work throughout the season. We are so proud of the way you represented Oakdale! 🚀💚

#OakdaleRockets #RocketPride #RowingChampions #RIVERSPORT #USRowing #GoldMedal #Teamwork #StudentAthletes #HardWorkPaysOff #ChampionshipMindset #OakdaleAthletics 🚣🏆🥇

Kindergarteners are glowing it up thanks to the “Special Days Grant” funded by OSF! ✨🌟
Each kindergarten class spent the day reviewing important skills from last semester, and OSF helped make learning extra fun with glow sticks, black lights, vests, hats, balloons, and glowing decorations. 💡🪩🎈😎
What a fun memory and creative way to make learning shine in a bright way! Way to go, kindergarten teachers and OSF, for creating such an exciting experience for our students! 💚🚀

#ProudtoBeaOakdaleRockets #GlowDay #KindergartenFun #LearningIsFun #OSF #MakingMemories #BrightMinds

These kindergartners had a blast with Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Hare on their OSF Kids Auction outing! From playtime at Whispering Heights Park in Edmond to sweet treats at Braum’s, the day was filled with smiles, laughter, and fun memories made together.🍧🛝

These special outings create lasting memories for our students and are another example of why OSF helps foster these kinds of experiences for Oakdale students. 💚🚀

#OSFKidsAuction #OSF #ProudtoBeaRocket🚀

Oakdale students showed what it truly means to serve others this year through their support of Friends of Jimmy Everest, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping families navigate the difficult journey of childhood cancer. The organization works to support families, build connections, raise awareness, spread hope, and make a difference in the lives of children and their loved ones during challenging times.
Thank you to Theresa Green for coming to speak to our Builders Club about the organization, upcoming events, and what Friends of Jimmy Everest is all about. Hearing firsthand about the impact this nonprofit has on families made the students even more passionate about supporting the cause.
Through concessions, dances, lunch treats, halftime activities, and many other efforts throughout the year, Oakdale Builders Club worked hard to raise funds to support this important mission. Their dedication and compassion resulted in an amazing donation of $3,202 for Friends of Jimmy Everest.
Way to go, students and sponsors, for your hard work, servant hearts, and passion for helping others! Your efforts are making a difference for children and families who need support the most. 💚🚀

#OakdaleRockets #BuildLeaders #FriendsOfJimmyEverest #ServingOthers #MakingADifference #BuildersClub

🌭☀️ We hope everyone is enjoying a “Hot Diggity Dog” kind of Memorial Day holiday as much as we enjoyed ours on the last day of school! 🇺🇸🚀
Our amazing cafeteria staff, led by Ms. Malisa and crew, made the final lunch of the school year extra special for students and teachers. Students enjoyed grilled hot dogs and homemade cookies — even students who brought lunchboxes got a sweet treat! 🍪❤️
Teachers were also spoiled with delicious grilled burgers prepared by our very own Todd Thomas, facilities manager, using beef from his R&R Ranch. 🍔👏
A huge thank you to everyone who helped make the last day memorable and full of Rocket spirit! 💙❤️

#OakdaleRockets #LastDayOfSchool #MemorialDay #RocketPride #HotDiggityDog 🌭🚀

Stay tuned!

☀️📚 Oakdale School may be out for the summer, but we are already counting down to the first day back! 🚀
Mark your calendars — the first day of school for Oakdale students will be Thursday, August 13! ✏️🍎🎒
We hope all of our Rockets have an amazing summer filled with fun, rest, and great memories. We can’t wait to welcome everyone back for another fantastic school year! 💙❤️

#OakdaleRockets #BackToSchool #SummerBreak #FirstDayOfSchool 🚀☀️

Oakdale School Board members, staff, students, and families were excited to welcome our new superintendent, Mr. Still, officially, and his family at the Meet & Greet! Oakdale students created thoughtful welcome books, cards, signs, and posters to help make their visit extra special.
It was wonderful seeing students, families, staff, and former colleagues stop by to share warm wishes and introduce themselves. Mr. Still and his family enjoyed meeting new faces!

Oakdale is happy you are here, Mr. Still, and we are looking forward to an amazing future together as Rockets!