Oak Hall School, Gainesville, FL.
Since Oak Hall School closed its campus on March 13 due to COVID-19, discussions on the safest way to re-open began. On July 27, Jeff Malloy, Director of Auxiliary and Operations at Oak Hall School sent an e-mail to Oak Hall parents, faculty, and staff regarding procedures when school begins on August 19. The procedures for the Oak Hall community
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With the end of the school year rapidly approaching, it is time for families to start thinking about picking up any item’s students left in their desks and lockers prior to Oak Hall’s campus closing due to COVID-19. Have no fear, The Talon is here…to tell you how to accomplish the aforementioned feat! Please see the information below regarding locker clean-out, technology
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On Jan. 23, David Jackson, Assistant Head of School, announced he and his wife Generosa, are relocating to Fort Wayne, Ind. and joining The Canterbury School community. Jackson is the new Head of School at Canterbury, beginning July 1. While this is a tremendous loss for Oak Hall, we wish nothing but the best for the Jacksons in their new
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Students, faculty training scheduled for 2020 By Aiden Wacksman To prepare for what is known as an “active shooter” situation on the Oak Hall campus, the administrative body has implemented Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate (A.L.I.C.E.) training for students, faculty, and staff. While faculty and staff have participated in A.L.I.C.E. training for almost two years, students have not been
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By Jenna Poppell Lauren Cohen is a 16-year-old activist, as well as a sophomore at Oak Hall School. What separates Cohen from her peers, however, is she will be speaking at a youth panel on Oct. 24 regarding climate change, in order to reach out to the community of Gainesville. The program is put on by the United Nations Association
Read moreBy Jasmine Chen After being the director of Oak Hall’s Upper School for four years, David Jackson was promoted to Assistant Head of School at the beginning of this school year. In terms of management of the school, this promotion shifted Jackson’s priority into long-term strategic planning, which includes thinking about where Oak Hall is going as a school in
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