One School Showcase

Learn more about our new Distinguished Scholar Program with concentration areas in Arts Conservatory, Global Affairs, and Integrated Science.

Join us to turn nature into beautiful art pieces using our leaf stencils and crayons.

Explore your artistic side at our ceramics activity! Paint colorful designs on ceramic shapes, creating unique masterpieces to take home. Unleash your creativity and add a personal touch to functional art.

All living things have DNA: the chemical instructions on how to make a living thing. It can easily be seen with the naked eye when collected from thousands of cells. We will be extracting the DNA from a strawberry and observing the results.

Make an “Itty-Bitty Math Fact Book” out of a single sheet of paper! The secret is in the folding technique.

Future Eagle athletes can try on a jersey from the sport of their choosing and take a picture with a current Oak Hall athlete. Participants will receive a 2×3 photo with a magnetic frame to decorate.

Visit our Middle School Integrated Science students to learn more about the apps they created. They will demonstrate their innovation and technological skills in a live presentation and activity.

Experience this year’s VEX IQ Robotics challenge. Guests are encouraged to test drive and interact with the robots that our teams have built for future competition!

Everything is awesome when you play with Legos! Learn more about growth mindset with your Lower School learning specialists and counselor as you work to solve problems to create various levels of Lego building challenges.

Calling all STEM innovators! Unleash your creativity and develop your problem-solving skills through hands-on construction with VEX robotics materials.

Go fishing and try to “catch” the correct numbers to complete number bonds, ten frames, and more!

No more wild guesses! Visit the Estimation Station to have some fun making logical estimates of a variety of items.

Roll a die to select and recreate a Picasso portrait using vocabulary of body parts in Spanish.

Design a colorful Day of the Dead paper mask using various art materials.

Create a puzzle using Day of the Dead pictures and authentic images.

Visit the Lower School PE coaches for some soccer kick dart fun. Teams of all ages can take aim for a high score.

Create a performance with boomwhackers by following along with a sing-along style video. Similar to handbells, each student will be responsible for just one note, but together we can create a beautiful melody.

Tsubasa! – Please join us for a short sampling of our Taiko drum ensemble: ‘Tsubasa!’ Oak Hall is proud to have one of the only student/faculty Taiko ensembles in the Southeast. Tsubasa! has been a featured ensemble across the State of Florida at conventions and showcases and is enjoying its 12th year of performing for our community.

“Flight” Event Ensemble – Oak Hall’s ‘party’ band. This honors group gives our students the opportunity to work at a fast pace, learning songs in just one or two rehearsals. Enjoy some exciting selections with this dynamic ensemble.

Join our students in the Global Affairs Distinguished Scholar Program as they host seminar discussions on the issues of The War in Ukraine (session 1) and Water Scarcity (session 2).

Grab a poster of Oak Hall’s Senior Athletes and see how many Senior signatures you can get from your favorite sports.

Build a transport vehicle that can go the distance AND stay within budget. Teams will design, build, test, and complete a final run to see if their vehicle meets the challenge. A grand prize will be awarded during each session.

Join Capoeira Academy of Gainesville for an exciting presentation of Capoeira, a culturally unique Brazilian martial art. Students in the Distinguished Scholar Program Explore Hour received an introduction to the history, music, and dance-like moves of Capoeira, and the opportunity is now available to all students to try it for themselves.

Compete with your classmates to try to find the smallest shark’s tooth. This matrix out of a cave in Aurora, North Carolina yields many shark teeth that are smaller than your fingernail.

Do elephants brush their teeth? Come watch a fun and engaging science reaction that culminates in a slow, thick slime.

Battle Bots is a fast-paced, elimination-style combat competition. Designed and built by Robotics Club students, these robots will fight in the arena until a champion is crowned.

Enjoy a preview of the VEX V5 competition, Over/Under. Participants will learn more about the VEX V5 system and see the basic functions of the robotics platform we use. Students from the team will demonstrate some pre-programmed movements of the robot as well as driver-controlled elements to show how the robot will operate during competition.

Join your Upper and Middle School teachers in the Global Affairs Distinguished Scholar Program and the Social Science Department for a content-specific scavenger hunt with puzzles, games, and clues. The hunt that will lead you from room to room toward a greater understanding of our world, its people, and systems. So, Eagles, come grab a “passport,” find the clues, and fly with your teachers to greater heights.

Tessellation art: Explore the fascinating world of tessellations, the art of covering a surface with geometric shapes that fit together perfectly. Discover how to make your own tessellation patterns using simple techniques and tools. Find out how tessellations have been used throughout history and across cultures, and where you can spot them in nature.

Frank Stella Protractor Art: Discover how the modern artist Frank Stella used protractors to create stunning paintings with vibrant colors and geometric shapes. Learn how to apply his techniques to make your own original artwork with line segments and arcs.

Explore the fascinating world of tessellations, the art of covering a surface with geometric shapes that fit together perfectly. Discover how to make your own tessellation patterns using simple techniques and tools. Find out how tessellations have been used throughout history and across cultures, and where you can spot them in nature.

Learn about the science of fingerprint identification and connections to real-world applications such as security and forensics. Students will carefully collect and examine their own fingerprints to discover the unique ridge patterns and minutiae points just like the experts. This hands-on experience not only sparks curiosity but also offers insights into the world of investigation and forensic science.

Join us for casual rounds of Trivia centered around Mythology, Roman History, and the Latin Language! There will be questions for everyone regardless of age or knowledge of the subject. We’ll also have arts and crafts projects including decorating your very own laurel wreath and writing your name in Greek!

Discover how the modern artist Frank Stella used protractors to create stunning paintings with vibrant colors and geometric shapes. Learn how to apply his techniques to make your own original artworks with line segments and arcs.

Yes! Come and enjoy this One School Event. We will have food vendors selling food and drink. You will need cash or card for those vendors.

Yes! The following vendors will be selling food and drinks during this event.

• Marco’s Pizza by the Slice
• Duke’s Delights (pulled pork and brisket) and sweets
• Stubbies Pop-Up Sausage
• Jugo Café (charcuterie, coffee and more
• Classic Twist Smoothies

Yes, adult beverages are available for those 21 and older. Those who would like to purchase wine or seltzers may purchase a drink wristband for two drinks for $12.

Campus will have all lots open this day. Please arrive early to allow ample time to park.

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