- Friday is the Last Day of School before the Holiday Vacation.
Classes resume Monday, January 7th, 2013. Calendar.
- Thank You to All the OTA Families who left Cards, Presents, and Goodies for our teachers and staff. Here is just one of the many notes the staff received: To all of the hard working, wonderful people who make OTA a fantastic school that my kids love coming to each day! Happy Holidays and sincere thanks all that you do. Much appreciation and fondness —The Calandras
- Sports & Scholars Camp will be offered over break for students in K-8 (also open to non-OTA students). Get your kids some fresh air playing games over the holiday! Download sign-up info here: Sports and Scholars Holiday Flyer.
- Sock Drive For Homeless Kids Was a Success: 422 pairs of socks (that’s 844 individual socks) delivered. Thank You for your donations.
- Dare to Reuse 2013 Calendar (with 3 winning entries from OTA student teams!) is now available… here.
- Perfect Attendance: 116 students had perfect attendance in November (48% of our students!).
- OTA has a student with a serious heart condition that might require the nearest adult on campus to use an AED (Automated External Defibrillator). January 17th at 4PM we will offer a Free Intro to the AED class, open to all OTA parent-volunteers. A full First Aid/CPR/Course (with certification) will also be offered later in January for $50: Stay tuned for dates.
- Look for the Signs: we have two AEDs on campus (2nd floor & down in gym).
- Contribute! Page is Live: OTA families or friends who wish to help the Old Town Academy fulfill its mission of promoting free quality education for all CA students can now do so through the “Contribute” Page on the blog. San Diego and California Charter schools are facing their own fiscal cliff this year with huge reductions in funding (OTA faces over $200,000 in deferred funding or increased fees this year). Please consider a donation before the Dec 31 tax deadline.
- Reminder: Please Sign up for Escrip to help raise money for OTA: www.escrip.com (OTA group id: 500030202)
- Box Tops coming this December– start saving box tops. It took a long time to get our new school recognized by Box Tops fundraiser site but we’re about to go live.
