Dear OTA Parents,
Many of you have generously offered to help with furniture and computer setup; others have asked whether they could tour the classrooms before opening day (Monday, Sept 12). More information on both questions are below.

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Our apologies to all students who were hoping to start school on Tuesday, September 6; but despite the heroic efforts of our construction crews we need one more week to get the school ready for a grand opening day.

• OTA Grades 2-8 will start Monday, September 12 at 8:00
  (Drop off as early as 7:45. Teachers will be waiting to greet students and lead them up to their classrooms at 8:10).
• OTA Kindergarten & 1st Grade will start Monday, September 12 at 9:00

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And the fence is going up in the playground…. lots of progress today. Probably the Cinnabons that were donated to the crews. We have an important inspection tomm— please check your email for an announcement on the revised date for our first day of school.

5th grade, 6th grade carpet is going in…. New entrance is ready for the “door hangers.”

5th Grade Room

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Thank you to all for your generous donations so far and please remember that if the teachers are to receive their supplies you’ll need to order by Monday or Tuesday of this week! We will check the list then and order what we can from our general fund.

As teachers plan they see new things they’ll need. Here are some addtitions to the 3rd grade wish list.

• 2 Class sets of yellow hiliters
• Paper Mate® Flair® Felt-Tip Pens, Medium Point, Assorted Colors (2 packs)
• Different colored jars of glitter enough to last a year.
• 15 Tough craft glue.
• 4 small glue guns.
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Our Orientation Schedule left off the Second Grade! Parents or guardians with children in second grade should attend the 3:00 session. Thank you.

• Children in Grades 6-8:  12:00-1:15
• Children in Grades 3-5:  1:30-2:45
• Children in Grades K-2:  3:00-4:15

(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)

Old Town Academy is pleased to announce that Mr. Jeff Major will be joining Old Town Academy K-8 Charter School in the 2011-2012 school year as our Science Teacher and Learning Lab Director.

Education: Mr. Major graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in Applied Physics. He received his teaching credential with a C.L.A.D. emphasis from UCSD and completed a Masters in Teacher Leadership from the High Tech High Graduate School of Education.
Recent Teaching Experience: Mr. Major began his teaching adventures teaching ESL to Japanese students in Akita prefecture. He then spent 7 years teaching middle and high school students Physics, Mathematics and Robotics at The Preuss School UCSD. More recently he taught Engineering, Robotics, Physics & Mathematics for 4 years at High Tech High International.
Hobbies: Programming robots to dance the Cha-Cha-Cha, hunting albino cave cicadas in the rainforest, & growing devastatingly delicious tomatoes of noble birth!
Favorite Books/Things to Read: Abarat by Clive Barker, Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, Les Halles Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain, & Make Magazine.
Favorite Subject(s) in School: Science & Math
Fun Facts: Mr. Major has traveled to 24 countries and sometimes he takes his students (latest trip: a cycling journey in Tuscany with 32 students!)
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