Oakdale Elementary School is located in the eastern end of Frederick County, approximately 6 miles east of Frederick City. Nestled in the middle of rolling hills, Oakdale students enjoy playing on three grass play fields (including one baseball diamond) and one hard surface area. The 71,700 square foot building has a capacity of 466 students. OES is a restricted school because our student body exceeds the designated capacity. Oakdale Elementary shares a campus with Oakdale Middle School, each school separated from the other by a small trout stream. An OES Outdoor Environmental Habitat has been developed here for classroom use.
OES is situated on a historic site, which was part of an original land grant from King Charles II. This property was located on the Old National Pike, a well-traveled colonial thoroughfare leading from Baltimore to western Maryland. The Delauter home, still located next to our site, was once an inn and stable, providing a welcome stop as travelers made their way west. The original home was built in 1791 and was named “Oakdale” because of the line of oak trees, which flanked the drive to the house.
As one of Frederick’s newer elementary schools, OES has several special features. There is an expanded parks/recreation community gym, which will allow the opportunity for consistent after-school use by the community. As Oakdale Elementary and Middle share a campus, collaborative activities are undertaken which involve students from both schools. Staff use data projection systems, and all rooms have data, voice, and video drops so that in-house and Internet communications are available. Students are able to use their classroom PC’s and also have access to two PC Computer Labs. We are the first elementary school to have hallway lockers for the students, thus increasing the amount of space available in our classrooms.
The building itself looks a bit like a backward “L” with the classroom wing being on two floors. The first floor houses ten classrooms including the Computer Lab, kindergarten, resource, art, music rooms, cafetorium and gymnasium. The second floor contains another nine classrooms along with a computer lab. Portables are also located on the school’s site.
