John P. Oldham Elementary School

We are pleased to report that though a grant from the John P. Oldham PTO the John P. Oldham school has now subscribed to a newsletter called "Reading Connection" that strives each month to arm often busy parents (and others) with practical tips and advice on how to help their children improve their reading skills.

Click here to learn more about this newsletter and other Literacy programs at the Oldham.

It has been said that math is “What makes the world go around.” While we could all challenge this statement on a strict word for word basis it would be hard imagine our modern world without mathematics. Telling time, buying food, understanding tomorrows weather forecast, and managing our monies are all activities that mandate that everyday we use math. Appropriately the Norwood Elementary schools now uses a program called Everyday Math.

Click here to learn more about the Mathematics program at the Oldham.

Fine Arts studies have flourished here at the Oldham since the Fall of 2004 when our Art and Music departments each received their own dedicated classrooms. (Prior to the 2004-2005 school year both Art and Music subjects were taught essentially off of rolling carts that were wheeled around the school into the regular classrooms.)

Click here to learn more about Fine Arts at the Oldham.

Title I [Part A] is a federally funded program that was created (along with the "Head Start" Program) as part of the Elementary and Secondary School Act of 1965, in what President Lyndon B. Johnson coined a "War on Poverty". The Title I program attempts to level the academic playing field by providing monies to communities where a significant number of people living at or below the poverty level.

Click here to learn more about the Title 1 program at the Oldham.

Curriculum Connections is part of the Norwood Public School web site. This page is a great source for information for K-5, providing curriculum links for elementary schools

Click here to view.