Wildcat Remembrance Day Luminaries: The deadline to request having luminaries sent home before Thanksgiving break has been extended. Please see updated information below.

Sunday, November 30, 2025, is Wildcat Remembrance Day. On Sunday at 7 p.m., our community will light luminaries as part of the day’s observance to Light Up Oxford with Love. Luminaries (a white paper bag and a small battery-powered candle) are available again this year for any student or staff member. Families may choose to participate in this activity or recognize the date in another way that aligns with their own comfort and traditions. If you would like luminaries sent home please fill out the Google Form by Monday, 11/24/25. The form will turn off at 12:30pm to give us time to sort and organize. Luminaries will then be distributed and sent home with the oldest/only child per family on Monday, 11/24/25.

Wildcat Remembrance Day-Luminary Google Form

Clear Lake PTO Holiday Spirit Wear Store-NOW open! Click the flyer to shop the Clear Lake PTO Holiday Spirit Wear online store. Items will be delivered in time for Christmas and there is an option to have items held in the office for pick up if they are gifts. Store closes Sunday, 11/30/25. Or click the store link to shop: https://toolsportusa.chipply.com/clearlakeholiday/

The Clear Lake Giving Tree 2025 list is now online and open for staff and families to sign up to purchase items for some of our Clear Lake/Oxford families. We appreciate all donations and the support in helping to provide some holiday cheer! Please make sure to purchase and ship or drop off all items unwrapped to the main office by Friday, 12/12/25.

Click the link to view the Giving Tree list: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4BA8AD2FA0FEC52-60524530-clear#/

Santa Shop 2025: Green Santa Shop tags will be coming home with students. Please help your child fill out the tags to ensure that they are accurate. Students will shop on their scheduled day. If they are absent or forgot money they will have the opportunity to shop on Friday, 12/5.

We are in need of several more volunteers to help! Specifically we could use volunteers to help "wrap" gifts. Wrapping involves placing each item in a bag and stapling/taping closed and attaching the gift tag. If we do not have enough volunteers for this station we may have to send items home unwrapped with students. 

Volunteers need to have a processed ICHAT on file at least 24 hours prior to the day they are signed up to volunteer. Younger siblings are not allowed with volunteers due to space and the type of support our volunteers provide students while shopping and wrapping.

ICHAT Form

Volunteer Sign Up

Santa Shop Schedule

Wednesday, 12/3: Haviaras, Weckle, Boyd, Trombly, Peruski, Coleman, Kelly, Lawson/Colwell, Fielding

Thursday, 12/4: D'Andreta, Powrie, Sullivan, Adams, Haverland, Lenhart, Ebeling, S.Rondy, J.Rondy 

Friday, 12/5: Berger (Bronikowski), Last call

Lost and Found: Thanks to Mrs. Kirk, Clear Lake Interventionist, we now have a Lost and Found photo album. By clicking the link below you can view the items that are currently in the Lost and Found. Please email your child's teacher or Mrs. Kirk at jennifer.kirk@oxfordschools.org with the item number so that it can be returned to your child.

LOST AND FOUND PHOTO LINK

Clear Lake Specials will be sharing highlights and information in our new Spotlight on Specials Classes section.

To learn more about what our Clear Lake artists, fitness fans, musicians, and language learners have been learning either scan the QR code, click the link below the graphic, or see the overall theme/concept for the class.

Reminder: Please send students with socks and gym shoes (no Crocs, boots, sandals, slides, or dress shoes) on the day they have PE.

2025-2026 School Year

Dear Parents, Guardians, and/or Students,

Clear Lake Elementary is pleased to inform you that we have joined a nationwide 
community effort to make our school Heart Safe with Project ADAM. This decision is the result of our wish 
to ensure that our campus is prepared to provide an immediate response to someone suffering a cardiac emergency.

In the United States, it is estimated that annually 356,000 adults experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest as well as 23,000 pediatric cardiac arrests (Mozaffarian, D, 2015; Okubo, M et al, 2020). Although approximately 90% of those people will not survive the event, the likelihood of survival increases with prompt intervention. Early intervention that includes CPR and restoration of normal heart rhythm with the use of an AED increases the chance of survival.

Through our cooperative efforts with Project ADAM led by we have joined hundreds of schools throughout the nation in preparing our school for a life-threatening emergency. This program enables us to offer any person who may experience a sudden cardiac arrest the best chance for survival. 

One aspect of being a Heart Safe School is to practice a drill with our staff to rehearse our plan and practice our skills and staff have been trained to assist with an emergency during regular school hours.

After school hours, this is a Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) program. If you suspect someone is experiencing a sudden cardiac arrest, please use the equipment at our school to save their life. Good Samaritan laws protect the layperson in a life-saving attempt who is acting in good faith. We recommend becoming trained in CPR and AED use as an investment in your health and the health of others. You can learn how to recognize a sudden cardiac arrest and hands-only CPR and AED skills by watching this brief Project ADAM video.
FOR YOUR AWARENESS, WE HAVE AEDS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS AT CLEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY
› Outside main office in box labeled AED

AEDs are a life-saving device, and anyone can use an AED, even if you are not specifically trained. In the case of a cardiac arrest, call 911, start CPR and retrieve an AED. To use the AED, first press the power button to turn the device on. The device will then verbally walk you through the steps to use and save a life. Please note, the AED will not shock a person unless it detects a shockable rhythm. 

Many thanks for your participation in this important Heart Safe initiative in our school! If you have any questions, please reach out to me.

Stephanie Niemi-Principal, Project ADAM Site Champion

stephanie.niemi@oxfordschools.org

Stephanie Niemi

Principal, Clear Lake Elementary School

Email: stephanie.niemi@oxfordschools.org
Website: https://clearlake.oxfordschools.org/o/cls
Location: 2085 West Drahner Road, Oxford, MI, USA
Phone: 248-969-5206
Twitter: @sniemi01

Non-Discrimination Clause: The District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, height, weight, familial status, marital status, military service, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or any other legally protected basis, and prohibits unlawful discrimination, including harassment and retaliation, in any education program or activity that it operates, including in admission and employment. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies:  Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, 775 W. Drahner Rd., Oxford, MI 48371, (248) 969-5004.