Points of Pride

Michigan School of Character

2022 State School of Character

National Blue Ribbon Award

U.S. Department of Education National Blue Blue Ribbon School Eagle Emblem 2018

VO National Blue Ribbon Exemplary School Profile

Official Michigan Green School

Michigan Green Schools Emblem has a schoolhouse, pine tree and map of Michigan

Weekly School Recycling
Butterfly Garden
Powerdown PM's
Earthday School Clean Up

Highly Qualified Staff

Approx. 90% of staff have attained graduate degrees
Staff is A.L.I.C.E. trained
Some of our teachers' accomplishments include: NCSD Teacher of the Year, National Board of Certified Teacher/Occupational Therapist, International Fellowship experience, Oakland County Leadership ESL/Title III Professional Development Team, Cross Cultural Language and Academic Development experience, Gifted and Talented experience, Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training, and Basic Life Support training.

Celebration of Diversity

Annual Multicultural Night featuring the cultures of our families.
Student demographics include more than thirty different cultures and nearly fifty different languages spoken from across the world.

The School Improvement Process

The Village Oaks School staff meet monthly to analyze school data and make informed decisions to implement research based strategies to improve student achievement. Our focus areas include:Innovative Academics, Connection and Belonging, Wellness, Student Passions and Interests.

Research Based Instructional Strategies

To support the specific needs of our diverse student population our staff utilizes the following:

Collaborative Instructional Approaches which may include: Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), team planning, team teaching, and team data analysis
Small group and individual instruction to meet the wide range of learning news based on each student's skill level
Advanced technology integration
Students as Leaders

Parents as Partners

VOICE (Village, Oaks, Interested, Citizens, Educators--PTO)

Family Fun Nights--Trunk of treat, Family Reading Night, restaurant nights, skate night
Fundraisers--Fun Run, Read-A-Thon
Teacher Support--luncheons, gifts, classroom supplies
Fund School Assemblies