11th Annual Art Show to be Held at Five Oaks
The students here at Five Oaks are eagerly awaiting the annual Art Show to be held April 10th. This event showcases artwork created in the Art History curriculum taught by Ms. Jill and the Creativity program taught by Ms. Amy. Kindergarten students through 5th graders participate in these programs. Toddlers and younger Primary students who […]
FOA Hosts Miss SC 2012
On Thursday, March 13 Miss South Carolina 2012, Ali Rogers will be a guest speaker for FOA’s monthly Parent Lecture Series. Her presentation will be about the impact Montessori education has had on her life. Ali attended Laurens 55 Public Montessori school from Primary through Middle School. Ali Rogers spent a year serving the great […]
Govenor Haley Signs Govenor’s Proclamation Recognizing Montessori Education Week
Happy Montessori Education Week! Governor Haley continued the tradition of acknowledging the contributions of Montessori Education by signing the Governor’s Proclamation declaring February 23- March 1 2014 to be Montessori Education Week. By doing this, Haley recognizes the child-centered education method that Dr. Montessori developed using the scientific method over 100 years ago as a […]
FOA Hosts Leaders of the Next High School
Please join us for a presentation to learn about the vision and implementation of the new Next High School (NHS) during our monthly Parent Lecture Series on February 20 at 6:00pm. NHS will be a free public charter high school and is scheduled to open fall 2015. The mission of this new school is “to […]
FOA Hosts Open House
Five Oaks Academy will host an Open House on Tuesday, January 28 and Tuesday, February25 from 9am- 11am. If you are interested or know someone interested in touring our campus, please call to schedule a tour. We are currently enrolling students for the 2014-2015 school year.
Apparel Magazine’s Publisher Writes About Dr. Yong Zhao’s Visit to the Upstate
Apparel Magazine’s publisher, Susan Nichols, attended Five Oaks Academy’s ten year anniversary event Synergy with Dr. Yong Zhao in September at the Hyatt downtown. Dr. Zhao is an internationally known scholar, author and speaker whose work focuses on the implications of globalization and technology on education. Dr. Zhao’s quick wit and amazing insight enthralled hundreds […]
The Science of the Superhero!
On Thursday, October 16, Five Oaks Academy was proud to welcome Jerry DeCaire to Five Oaks as a guest artist for the Upper Elementary and Middle School students. Jerry has served as an artist for Wolverine, Thor, X-Men, Conan and many other famous comic book and film characters. His presentation showed how mathematics, science and […]
FOA’s Annual Fall Fete
On Friday, October 18, Five Oaks Academy Annual Fund held their annual Fall Fete. The Fete is an evening devoted to creating community among our parents and faculty as well as a time for our Annual Fund committee to give a short report on the Annual Fund. Tara Ann Garrett, Director of the Annual Fund, […]
FOA’s Fall Festival Celebrates the Season
On October 4, Five Oaks Academy held our annual Fall Festival. As parents watched, FOA students performed songs about fall in both English and Spanish and performed songs practiced in their World Music class. Our talented and poised Middle School students, Ari Flanagan and Sydney Pinochet, were the masters of ceremony. As part of our cultural […]
Five Oaks Academy Makes Headlines in the Greenville News
The Greenville News recently gave Five Oaks Academy recognition of our 10th Anniversary by saying, “One Upstate school is trying to change education, and not just in the way it teaches kids inside its own walls.” One of Five Oaks Academy’s missions is to improve education for all children and for this reason we invited Dr. Yong Zhao to […]
