Category Archives: Frequently Asked Questions

The 2014-2015 OTA Online Store is Live • Order by Aug 16 for Aug 29 Delivery

Posted on by

Note: On-campus OTA Uniform Store will be open Tu, Aug 26 through the first week of school (hours to be announced) for Sweatshirts orders and a small stock of shirts and pants for those who missed the store deadline.

* * * * LInk to Why Do We Have Uniforms at OTA ? * * * *

OTA Families may now order polo uniform shirts embroidered with the OTA Logo through the OTA Online Store. Logo shirts can be ordered directly in three colors:

  • Available online: OTA Purple, OTA Silver, Light Blue
    (OTA Purple and OTA Silver are harder to find in stores, so we’ve made them available to you on our on-line store) 

  

  • Available from local stores: Light Blue or White Polo shirts may be purchased at Target, Old Navy and other stores that carry uniforms and then embroidered for $6 through the OTA Online Store: Contact store for details about dropping off shirts for embroidery. (Logos are optional but they look great and they help support OTA).

 

* * * * * * * *

OTA Families may now order the mandatory* PE Uniform T-Shirts and Shorts, screen printed with the OTA Logo through the OTA Online Store.

* Continue reading →

Get OTA Blog Posts on your Phone: Newsbar App (iPhone) • Press App (Android)

Posted on by

Two alternatives to subscribing to the OTA blog (for those having trouble receiving email notices of new posts, or who just want the convenience of an app):

1. Get Newsbar for your iPhone (or iPad, or desktop iMac).
Enter: http://joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page/feed/

Newsbar Icon

NewsBar, the top-selling Mac newsreader also available for iPhone and iPad. Simple and clean interface, fast RSS engine, and zero-config iCloud sync across iOS and OS X devices. Opens RSS feeds from Safari. Keyword based news alerts using iOS 7 background refresh & Notification Center.

2. Get Press for your Android phone

“my personal favorite feed reader for Android. It supports Feedly Cloud, so if you already use Feedly, all you have to do is connect Press with your Feedly account. If you don’t use Feedly, Press also supports Continue reading →

Flu Season Is Approaching • Article: “Children Too Need Flu Shots”

Posted on by
This article is informational only, to help families make informed decisions. Flu Vaccines are not on the list of required vaccines for public school students.
*** *** *** *** ***
Children, Too, Need Flu ShotsBy NICHOLAS BAKALAR

Music News from OTA • Why We Teach Music: Music Education Makes Kids Smarter and Keeps Their Brains Young!

Posted on by

men in blaque

Mix Tape Banner

  • In the OTA Piano Lab students in Grades K-8 learn to read music, play piano, and train the ear using Solfege (Do-Re-Mi).

New Orchestra Blog HEADER 288 Purple

  • OTA orchestra builds on the ear training and music reading work that students do in Piano Lab.  Watch and Listen to some selections from the OTA Orchestra repertoire.

Why 9 Years of Music Education at Old Town Academy? 

Music- It Makes You Smarter and Younger

OTA Student Simone’s brain-on-music at the “Mainly Mozart and the Mind” festival!

At the “Mainly Mozart and the Mind” concert last month we learned from Northwestern university professor Nina Krauss that 6-12 years of music education (playing an instrument) not only makes you smarter, it actually prevents the brain from aging!

More confirmation that we are on the right track at OTA with our focus on early learning advantage courses in the Kiwanis Club of San Diego Piano Lab and our schoolwide focus on Music, Math, & Science.

ST Math program (the innovative visual learning software that Continue reading →

Aplicaciones para el año escolar 2013-2014 – ÚLTIMA FECHA DE PRESENTACIÓN: 22 DE MARZO 2013

Posted on by

Interesado en inscribir a su hijo (a) en la Academia de Old Town para el año escolar 2013-2014?

Aplicaciones para el año escolar 2013-2014 están disponibles para descargar aquí.  ÚLTIMA FECHA DE PRESENTACIÓN: 22 DE MARZO 2013

( Los niños de jardín de infantes que deba ser de cinco años de edad En O antes 1 de Octubre nd del año en el que vayan a ser matriculados.  La partida de nacimiento o el pasaporte se requiere para verificación ANTES DE QUE se concluya la inscripción)

Gracias por su interés en la Academia de Old Town!

Aplicaciones para el año escolar 2013-2014 – ÚLTIMA FECHA DE PRESENTACIÓN: 22 DE MARZO 2013

Posted on by

Interesado en inscribir a su hijo (a) en la Academia de Old Town para el año escolar 2013-2014?

Aplicaciones para el año escolar 2013-2014 están disponibles para descargar aquí.  ÚLTIMA FECHA DE PRESENTACIÓN: 22 DE MARZO 2013

( Los niños de jardín de infantes que deba ser de cinco años de edad En O antes 1 de Octubre nd del año en el que vayan a ser matriculados.  La partida de nacimiento o el pasaporte se requiere para verificación ANTES DE QUE se concluya la inscripción)

Gracias por su interés en la Academia de Old Town!

Frequently Asked Questions: Why Uniforms? Uniforms and Free Speech

Posted on by

The goal of the OTA uniform policy is not to prevent students from expressing their style but to help them concentrate*, while they are in school, on academics and on long-term goals. A second important goal is to help them get up and out the door every morning. On the weekends and on in-school free dress days they will have many chances to break out of the restrictions of the uniform, or in OTA’s case, the multiform, guidelines.

What Do Students Think of Uniforms? Many (secretly) Like Them

Ask students what they think of uniforms and–if they are in front of other students–you will often get a laundry list of complaints. Ask students (who already go to a school with uniforms) privately what they really think and you are more likely to hear something like this:  Continue reading →

Reminder: “Intent to Re-Enroll” Forms Due Today – Friday, March 2

Posted on by

What Do I Have to Do to Re-Enroll My Child? Submit Your “Intent to Re-Enroll” Forms By Friday, March 2. 

  • Students who are already enrolled in OTA do not need to reapply or complete the new-student enrollment forms, but their parents or guardians must complete and submit an Intent to Re-Enroll Form by Mar 2, 2012. (Even if you completed a Prop 39 Intent to Enroll/Re-Enroll form in Nov we will need an updated form for the 2012=2013 open enrollment period)
  • Students who are already enrolled and whose parents or guardians complete and submit the Intent to Re-Enroll Form by Mar 2, 2012 are guaranteed a place.
  • Decisions on whether a class is full (and lottery conditions apply) will be made based on a a census of Intent to Re-Enroll forms so please do not fill in an Intent to Re-Enroll form if you think your child will not be attending OTA next year!

Based on current enrollment and inquiries we anticipate lottery situations in every grade (K-8) next year. So please get your forms in by March 2.

Thank you for your cooperation!

* Continue reading →