Olivia Oquist

Learning alongside my little ones every day | Believing in the power of yet | Building relationships that will last a lifetime 📚🍎

[Olivia Oquist @MissOquist]

Thank you to our Novi Firefighters for coming out to teach our kinder students about fire safety! 🚒 They loved every minute & talked about it the whole day. Thank you for serving the Novi community @novifire ! #NoviPride 💚

[Olivia Oquist @MissOquist]

First day of Kindergarten!! ✅🥳 I can’t wait to get to know these little ones & watch them grow! 💭 #NoviPride

[Olivia Oquist @MissOquist]

It’s amazing how much fun kids can create when they have a beach towel, chalk, and are told they can take their shoes off 😂🥳 end of year activities in full swing! #NoviPride

[Olivia Oquist @MissOquist]

Field day fun! I still remember field day from when I was in elementary school, & I know they will too 🤩💚 #NoviPride

[Olivia Oquist @MissOquist]

Egg-citing news…3 chicks hatched during school today!! 🐣 It is amazing to see all of our learning about chicks and their development come to life! We can’t wait to see more hatch and learn about how to take care of them after hatching 💚 #NoviPride

[Olivia Oquist @MissOquist]

Students had so much fun learning about animals & seeing them up close!! 🤩 We’re researching about animals for our informational writing & made many connections 💭 what an awesome experience, thank you to our Parkview PTO! #NoviPride

[Olivia Oquist @MissOquist]

Looking at the eclipse through our indirect viewers!! 🌔🌘 it was awesome to experience the solar eclipse with students today 🤩 #Novipride

[Olivia Oquist @MissOquist]

Dress as your future self day! Watch out world - here come some passionate teachers, singers, architects, ice cream shop owners, & more 🤩 These first graders can do anything they set their minds to! 🌎 #NoviPride

[Olivia Oquist @MissOquist]

We got to visit the Japanese School of Detroit this morning to see our students learning, & for us to learn more about their culture & school! 💚 🇯🇵 Our partnership with the community is so important, thank you for providing us with this opportunity! #NoviPride

[Olivia Oquist @MissOquist]

Crazy hair day fun 🤩 students went all-out for reaching our first fundraising goal! 🙌🏻
We can’t wait until we reach our second goal and get a pajama day! 💚 #NoviPride

[Olivia Oquist @MissOquist]

@PeihanZhong @NoviParkview These are so creative!! We loved seeing their crazy hair day styles this morning! 🤩

[Olivia Oquist @MissOquist]

After just 3 days together we can already see the start of many friendships in our class! 🤩 it is a joy to watch! Relationships & belonging are strong foundations to learning 💚 #NoviPride

[Olivia Oquist @MissOquist]

First day of 1st grade!! 🥹🙌🏻✅ We’re learning about one another, talking about how to be the best first graders we can be, & having tons of fun 🤗 #NoviPride

[Olivia Oquist @MissOquist]

We had SO much fun at field day!! 🙌🏻☀️ Thank you to Coach A and our awesome volunteers for making sure we had such a great day 🤩 I still remember my field days in elementary school…these memories are forever! 💚 #NoviPride

[Olivia Oquist @MissOquist]

We have been doing tons of fun things in first grade this week!! ☀️ Playing with our newly hatched chicks, solving math problems in shaving cream, reading outside, & working in our garden 🤩 I can’t believe we only have 7 more school days together! #NoviPride

[Olivia Oquist @MissOquist]

We got to learn about and see some pretty egg-citing things today on our field trip to Tollgate Farm!! 🤩 I love getting to experience these times with students! The knowledge we gained will be so helpful as we work to hatch and care for our own chicks 🐣 #NoviPride

[Olivia Oquist @MissOquist]

An awesome day of learning & discussion with the ELD Continuous Improvement Team 🤩📚 Talking about what we can do to support our EL students makes my heart so full #NoviELD #NoviTogether 💚

[Olivia Oquist @MissOquist]

A special guest came to visit our class today - my mom!! 😍 We share a passion for education & teaching, & I felt so lucky she got to spend time with our class! Clearly they loved her just as much as I do 😂

[Olivia Oquist @MissOquist]

One of our classmates taught us all about Ramadan, which starts today! We read a book about Ramadan and learned about important parts of the month ahead. Thank you to our friend for sharing with us, and Ramadan Mubarak to our families who recognize this time! 🤗💙 #NoviPride

[Olivia Oquist @MissOquist]

@Musa2nd @NoviParkview Students were SO excited to learn from the second graders and loved seeing all of the different parts of the museum! 🤩 thank you for inviting us!