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Oakdale Memories By: Carlie Pearson and Emma Axtell We’ve come a long way in these nine years at Oakdale; from the kindergarten classes with Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Utley to our eighth grade classes with Mrs. Lashley, Mrs. Hurst, Mrs. Hays, Ms. Roop, and Mr. B. From the twenty-seven kids in the kindergarten classes to the forty kids in the eighth grade, we’ve grown up quite a bit. Well, most of us have. Let’s start from the beginning and see how far we’ve come. Kindergarten was the beginning of our Oakdale experience. From snack time to nap time, kindergarten was a blast. You know, all I remember about nap time was Nathan and Justin always “napping” next to each other and going (noises). They pretended their fingers were riding skateboards. We also went to the pumpkin patch and Leonardo’s playhouse in Enid. One of the most memorable times was recess and extra recess. (We don’t get that anymore. Nope.) Once a group of us were playing tag and Mark Barnes was it. He charged at Emma and cracked his head open on a pole. I don’t know how he didn’t see the pole. And for the next couple of weeks, no one would sit next to Mark because they were scared of his stitches. First and Second grades were kind of a blur. I guess we were having to much fun. I do remember Lynnie the lion in Mrs. Lynn’s class and Teddy the teddy bear in Mrs. Richey’s class. Yeah, we got to take either Lynnie or Teddy home for a week, depending on what class you were in. Then we had to take pictures and at the end of the week show the class the pictures and give him to someone else. We also had book buddies. We learned cursive in second grade, but the main thing I remember was Nathan’s snot trick. He took a graham cracker and let snot drip just barely on his cracker and then sniffed it back up. It was so gross. There was a girls softball team called the Rockettes. Once we found a tarantula and everyone ran screaming. Third grade was an adventure in itself. From times tables to tornadoes, the year just flew by. I remember the books we wrote in Ms. McMillion’s and Mrs. Wray’s classes. I was so proud of that book, but looking back it makes me cringe (shudder). They were still cute though. Then end of the year was the most traumatic. A tornado ripped through the lower building, ruining everything except the gym. We still had to go to school though (snap, darn). Fourth grade was fun filled and crazy! From class in the portable buildings to taking care of crabs, millipedes, and frogs, fourth grade was great. We put on a Christmas play, too. Elfis. There is no better way to get into the Christmas spirit than by watching a play put on by fourth graders where the star, Connor, played an elf obsessed with Elvis. Yes you guessed it; his name was Elfis (song). Two words (other than completely amazing) pretty much sum up fifth grade. Camp Classen! That was the adventure that so many fifth graders looked forward to. Since we were the first class to go, we set the standards. We also started band in fifth grade. We got an early start with that. We started out completely excited and it turned out harder, and weirder, than we had expected. Student of the Week was also a big part of fifth grade. One kid from each class was idolized for a whole week. It was the best. Yes! Sixth grade! Middle school. Finally! We got lockers, seconds in lunch, lots of new kids, new teachers, and we went to Six Flags for band! Wow! What more can you say' Seventh grade we had poetry, dissecting, and Student Council. We also had the musical, Oklahoma! It was a hit, I have to say. That was the year we really started school sports. The guys made it all the way to state. Then won it! Girls track team also won state last year! Eighth grade we have the most memories. It’s kind of hard to forget, and it just ended... Where should we start' Book Buddies- wow! It’s gone by so fast. Same with the entire year. It was a real experience but we won’t tell you much about it, since there’s a whole other speech devoted to it. We took leadership classes for twelve weeks. That was amazing. We all felt like we were helping so much, even though it wasn’t very big in the real big picture. Annie was also just finished.