Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Susie Pickering
Oak Lane Day School
137 Stenton Avenue, Blue Bell, PA 19422
Phone: 610-825-1055
Fax: 610-825-9288
Email: spickering@oaklanedayschool.org

Community Service: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Continuing a strong tradition of community service, Oak Lane Day School teachers, staff, students, and families were out in force on January 15 during a school-wide day of service to celebrate the birthday and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Since 2002, Oak Lane has undertaken three different service projects throughout the course of the day.

Early in the morning, the school's littlest students and their families and teachers gathered at the school to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the Stenton Family Manor. As with last year over 1,000 sandwiches were made and delivered by the Oak Lane community to the Manor to help combat hunger in the Germantown and East Mt. Airy area.

Later in the day, the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grade choir put on a concert at Brighton at Ambler while others from Oak Lane spent time at the Evergreen Adult Day Program in Chestnut Hill. Arthur Chapman, Recreational Therapy Assistant at Evergreen, welcomed the Oak Lane visitors with great enthusiasm and warmth. This project, organized and run by Oak Lane, is a big hit among program attendees. Mr. Chapman reports that what makes the visit so special and satisfying for members of the Evergreen community is the interaction with the kids. Oak Lane students from first graders to sixth graders sat side-by-side with some new friends making colorful flower vases, playing Bingo, and sometimes just talking. As an extension of this project, Fifth Graders at Oak Lane continue their friendships with community members of Evergreen and Brighton at Ambler through a pen pal program initiated by Fifth Grade teacher and Community Service Coordinator, Sherry Shaeffer.

Oak Lane Day School Information
An independent elementary school, founded in 1916 and located in Blue Bell, Oak Lane Day School serves a diverse population of boys and girls. Oak Lane honors each child's unique individuality while fostering intellectual, creative, academic, and personal growth within a diverse community of active, engaged learners. Small class sizes and an atmosphere that encourages children to develop their academic and social skills are priorities at Oak Lane, where learning is a meaningful and joyous pursuit. Oak Lane's country-like property of 30 acres along Butler Pike and Stenton Avenue boasts a stream, pond, woods, meadows, and specimen trees as well as athletic fields and playgrounds.

Oak Lane Day School is accredited by the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS), and is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) and the Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools (ADVIS).