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See some of the latest event activity in this brief round up. Thank you to all the families, faculty and staff, and students who help coordinate and participate in these activities that enrich the Live Oak experience.

We are happy to announce the recipients of this year’s Young Alumni Changemaker Award: Jacob Shaul ‘22, Savion Saint-Prix ‘22, Maya Jayaram ‘23, and Coleton Namie ‘23. The Young Alumni Changemaker Award began in 2022 to recognize that Live Oak students do not wait to make an impact in their communities. The award honors current high school juniors and seniors who graduated from Live Oak that model empathy and responsibility, demonstrate a capacity to create change in the community, and inspire actions in others. This year’s honorees are planning to be on campus for Changemaker Day on Monday, March 9, where they will share about their work during a special assembly and visit classes throughout the morning. Read about this year’s honorees below. 

See the results from the most recent basketball games below. This week’s action saw an end to the 2025-26 Lightning basketball season as the two remaining teams played hard but lost in their respective SFAL finals matchups. Read a recap of each playoff game below.  

See the results from the most recent basketball games below. This week’s highlights featured two of the Lightning’s three playoff basketball teams advance to the SFAL finals. Read a recap of each playoff game below.

The Curriculum Highlights series shines a light on the important and dynamic skill building that is happening in Live Oak classrooms every day. These highlights are prepared by Live Oak faculty and offer a glimpse into a notable activity, project, or unit that prepares students for interdisciplinary learning and agency beyond the classroom. This week we highlight a lab in seventh grade science in which students isolated DNA from strawberries to help learn about genetics.

See the results from the most recent basketball games below. Highlighting the busy week of hoops action were the 7th Grade JV Boys improving to a perfect 6-0 as they closed out their regular season, along with the Varsity Girls, who improved to 5-1 with a pair of wins to wrap up their regular season as well. Stay tuned for playoff matchups for the various Lightning basketball teams.  

The Curriculum Highlights series shines a light on the important and dynamic skill building that is happening in Live Oak classrooms every day. These highlights are prepared by Live Oak faculty and offer a glimpse into a notable activity, project, or unit that prepares students for interdisciplinary learning and agency beyond the classroom. This week we highlight a recent unit that second graders engaged in that taught them basic economic principles and encouraged them to reflect on how cities and neighborhoods meet the economic and personal needs of their residents.

See some of the latest event activity in this brief round up. Thank you to all the families, faculty and staff, and students who help coordinate and participate in these activities that enrich the Live Oak experience.

The Curriculum Highlights series shines a light on the important and dynamic skill building that is happening in Live Oak classrooms every day. These highlights are prepared by Live Oak faculty and offer a glimpse into a notable activity, project, or unit that prepares students for interdisciplinary learning and agency beyond the classroom. This week we highlight the interwoven lines project that fourth graders completed in their art class that draws inspiration from a local artist.

Live Oak’s Lower School Music Festival concerts are coming up! Please mark your calendars and plan to attend in person in the Grand Hall if you’re able, or virtually. As we have in year’s past, we are planning to livestream both concerts. We will share links prior to the shows. Read more about the shows below. 

The Curriculum Highlights series shines a light on the important and dynamic skill building that is happening in Live Oak classrooms every day. These highlights are prepared by Live Oak faculty and offer a glimpse into a notable activity, project, or unit that prepares students for interdisciplinary learning and agency beyond the classroom. This week we highlight the math concepts behind the pet house design project that eighth graders engaged in before Winter Break.

The hallways are buzzing again, the classrooms are active, the learning spaces around campus are filled with conversation and laughter: school is back. As our school community reacclimates to its routines after the two-week break, our middle school faculty are devoting some intentional time dedicated to re-establishing norms and reinforcing the expectations that support the important teaching and learning that happens on a daily basis at Live Oak. Much like our counterparts in lower school, one area of focus in middle school has been around helping students enter into the new year by building on the successes of the previous semester, while helping frame their work and actions through the lens of maximizing their positive impact on their classrooms and the broader school culture and climate. 

This coming Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday which has been designated by Congress as a National Day of Service. You may have heard about making it “a day on, not a day off,” and if you’ve been waiting for the right moment, this is it! Read below to see ways to get involved and/or use the holiday as an opportunity to learn. 

SPEAK presents best-selling author and journalist Mónica Guzmán, virtually hosted by Live Oak School at 7pm on Wednesday, February 4. Registration is now open. Join us for a talk with Mónica Guzmán and explore how you can strengthen family connections through curiosity during tough conversations. Read more about Mónica below.