Oak Ridge Elementary PTA

11/02/2026

🐅🐾💙💛🩶**VIP PARKING WINNERS!** 💛💙🩶🐾🐅

🎉🚗 Congratulations to our **Oak Ridge VIP Parking winners for Session 2!** 🚗🎉

🥁 Drumroll, please… 🥁

⭐ **Eileen Sprys**
⭐ **Linda Hughes**
⭐ **Christy Andrade**
⭐ **Kaci Howard**

👏 These lucky winners will enjoy their VIP parking spots from **November 2, 2026, through January 22, 2027!** 🚘✨

💙💛🩶A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who participated and continues to support our amazing students and school! Your support makes a difference, and we appreciate each and every one of you! 🐯💙

🐾🐅THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY PTA!**💛💙🩶

10/29/2026

🎃🏆 **PUMPKIN DECORATING CONTEST WINNERS!** 🏆🎃

Our Oak Ridge students brought their creativity this year, and we had SO many amazing pumpkins! 🧡👻 Thank you to everyone who participated and helped make our contest such a fun fall tradition! 🍂

🥁🥁 **DRUMROLL, PLEASE…** 🥁🥁

🎃 **5TH GRADE**
👑 Elvis – Denton Reyes

🍎 **4TH GRADE**
🍬 Candy Apple –Victoria Platt

⚾ **3RD GRADE**
⚾ Baseball Glove – Ezekiel

💛 **2ND GRADE**
💛 Minion – Jared

🍿 **1ST GRADE**
🍿 Popcorn/Movie – Valentino Romero Banister

🐣 **KINDERGARTEN**
🥟 Dumplin’ – Zachary Wright

🧡 **PRE-K**
🎃 Oscar the Grouch – Reagan Maddox

👏🎉 **CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR WINNERS!** 🎉👏

A HUGE thank-you to every student and family who participated! Your creativity, time, and hard work made this contest extra special. Every pumpkin brought something unique and fun to Oak Ridge! 💙💛🤍

Thank you for helping make our school traditions so memorable! 🎃🐅🍂🐾

10/29/2026

🍲🍁 SOUP’S ON! 🍁🍲

Let’s warm up with some delicious homemade soup! 🧡🥣 We’re asking for volunteers to sign up to bring their favorite homemade soup to share!

📅 Date: Thursday, November 5th
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM
📍 Location: Teachers’ Lounge

🍲 A few reminders:
✨ Please bring your soup in a crockpot.
⏰ Drop off your soup in the Teachers’ Lounge BEFORE 9:00 AM.

Thank you all for helping make this a warm and yummy treat! We appreciate you! ❤️🍂

Sign up to bring homemade soup. Please drop off your soup in a crock pot in the teachers lounge before 9 am. Thank you!

10/26/2026

🎃🎉 OAKTOBERFEST RAFFLE WINNERS! 🎉🎃

🐾🐅🍂 A HUGE congratulations to our lucky raffle winners! 🥳🎁

We hope you had as much fun at Oaktoberfest as we did! 👻🧡

Thank you to everyone who came out, participated, and helped make our event such a success! 🎃🍬

👏 Help us congratulate our winners in the comments! ⬇️🎉

💙💛 Thank you for supporting Oak Ridge Elementary! We couldn’t do it without our amazing big cat family! 🐾🐅✨

10/26/2026

‼️REMINDER TO ENTER OUR PARK LIKE A VIP RAFFLE

🎟️ SKIP THE PICKUP LINE & PARK LIKE A VIP! 🚗✨

Want to skip the pickup line and waiting in the cool weather— all while supporting Oak Ridge students? The Oak Ridge PTA has you covered! 💙

For the second time we will be raffling off VIP Pickup Parking Spots! 🎉

🎟️ Tickets are just $5 each — with unlimited entries!

📅Second session will be from 11/2-1/22
🅿️ 2 VIP spots in the PreK–2nd lot
🅿️ 2 VIP spots in the 3rd–5th lot

🚨 Everyone has until TOMORROW 10/27 at midnight!

🎟️Every ticket you purchase directly supports our efforts to make a meaningful impact for Oak Ridge students. Your support helps us provide opportunities and resources that make a real difference! ✨

Thank you for supporting Oak Ridge PTA and our students! 💙🐾
Good luck, and happy parking! 🍀🚗

10/26/2026

🎃🍂 GET READY TO GET YOUR PUMPKIN ON! 🍂🎃

This week Oak Ridge Elementary is kicking off our 🎃 Pumpkin Decorating Contest! 🎃 and we can’t wait to see all the creative, spooky, silly, and fun pumpkins our students come up with! 🐾🧡

📅 Pumpkins can be dropped off starting TODAY Monday, October 26th
📍Place your pumpkin on your grade level’s table in the school entrance.
🎨 Important: Pumpkins may be painted or decorated only — NO carving!
🏆 Pumpkins will be judged THURSDAY afternoon, with ONE prize awarded per grade level! 🎉

🎃 After judging, pumpkins will be sent home Thursday afternoon.

We can’t wait to see your pumpkin creations! 👻🕷️🐈‍⬛🍁

Let the pumpkin decorating begin! 🎃🧡🐾

10/23/2026

🎉🐅🐾💙 OCTOBER TEACHER APPRECIATION RAFFLE WINNERS!! 💛✨

Our lucky winners are IN!! 🎁🥳 A huge congratulations to our amazing teachers! We hope you enjoy your goodies! 💇‍♀️💖

🎉 LET’S HEAR IT FOR OUR WINNERS! 🎉
💳 Mrs. Martinez — Kadiza Hair Studio Gift Card
✨ Mrs. Elliot — Hair Straightener
💨 Mrs. Gutierrez — Blow Dryer

A HUGE THANK YOU to Kadiza Hair Studio for generously donating these amazing raffle prizes and helping us show some extra love to our Oak Ridge teachers! 💕🙌
We appreciate your support of our school and staff! 🐅🐾💙💛🩶

We love celebrating the incredible teachers who do SO much for our students! 🍎✨

10/23/2026

🍬🍕🐅 🐾CANDY CONTEST WINNERS… WE HAVE A TIE!! 🤯🎃👻

HOLY CANDY!! 🍭🍬 Our candy contest winners brought in INSANE AMOUNTS OF CANDY this year, and they went SO BIG that we have TWO WINNERS!! 🏆🏆🙌
🎉🍕 THAT MEANS TWO PIZZA PARTIES!! 🍕🎉
�You read that right! BOTH winning classes will be celebrating with their very own pizza party! 🍕😋

👏 A HUGE THANK-YOU to everyone who donated candy and helped make this our SWEETEST OAKTOBERFEST YET!! 🧡🎃
Y’all brought the candy, the costumes, and the BIG CAT SPIRIT! 🐾🐅💙💛🩶

🍕📣 STAY TUNED! More details about the pizza parties are coming soon!
Now THAT’S what we call a sweet victory!! 🍬🏆🐅🐾

10/23/2026

🎃🐅 🐾 OAKTOBERFEST 2026 WAS OUR BEST ONE YET!! 👻🍬

WOW, Oak Ridge families!! 💙💛🩶We had an AMAZING time at Oaktoberfest, and it wouldn’t have been possible without YOU! 🧡

🙌 THANK YOU to all of our incredible volunteers who worked so hard to make this event happen! ❤️

🎃 Thank you to everyone who came out, dressed up, and made this our BEST Oaktoberfest yet! We are so grateful for our amazing Oak Ridge community! 🐅🐾✨

📸 NOW IT’S YOUR TURN!
Drop your favorite Oaktoberfest photos in the comments below! ⬇️ We want to see all those cute costumes, spooky smiles, and favorite memories! 👻🧡

THANK YOU for making this night one to remember! Until next year, big cats! 💕🐅🎃
💙💛🩶

10/22/2026

📣🐾 🚨 LAST CALL FOR MEMORIAL HOMECOMING RIBBONS! 🚨 🐾🎀

It’s almost time to show that school spirit!💙💛🩶Don’t miss your chance to grab your Homecoming ribbons and cheer on our panthers! 📣🏈

⏰ TOMORROW IS THE LAST CHANCE TO PURCHASE AT SCHOOL!
🚨Please make sure to get your ribbons before the deadline!
🎉🐾 Let’s show up, show out, and make Homecoming unforgettable! 🎉🐾