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Reminder: Movie Night Rescheduled for this Friday, March 6 • OTA Decals! with Wall of Wine Donation

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Join us for Family Movie Night on the Green…supporting OTA Robotics! (Slideshow)

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While you are there, help us get ready for the OTA Wine and Dine, our school’s largest fundraiser, Saturday, April 25, 2015.

This year our fundraising efforts will be focused on raising funds towards our STEM Curriculum (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math): labs and maker spaces for the classrooms.

  • Tickets – Tickets for the OTA Wine and Dine will be on sale at Movie Night!  Stop by and purchase your tickets (early bird pricing ends March 15!) so you can take advantage of early bird pricing.  Checks and credit cards will be accepted.
  • Wall of Wine/Gift Card Tree – Bring a bottle of wine or gift card priced $20 or more and receive your complimentary limited edition OTA decal.
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Thank You to the Schmutz Family, Devlin & Julie, for creating and donating the stylish decals!

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We expect to begin serving food by 5:15 PM with the movie to commence at approximately 6:00 PM. The movie will end at approximately 8:00 PM.
Please note:
  • You may send your children with other OTA families but not unaccompanied.
  • Students will not be allowed to leave campus, without their parents or supervising Adult, until the movie ends.
On behalf of the OTA Foundation Board, we hope to see everyone there!

Reminder: Join us for Family Movie Night • Friday, March 6!

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Join us for our second OTA Movie Night on the Green to celebrate the new year and raise money for your OTA Robotics Team!

OTA Robotics and Robotics Teams 2011-2015 Slideshow:

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Movie Night Rescheduled for Friday, March 6 • OTA Decals! with Wall of Wine Donation

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Looking forward to seeing everyone at Family Movie Night, supporting OTA Robotics Teams!

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While you are there, help us get ready for the OTA Wine and Dine, our school’s largest fundraiser, held on Saturday, April 25, 2015.  This year, our fundraising efforts will be focused on raising funds towards our STEM curriculum (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math).

  • Tickets – Tickets for the OTA Wine and Dine will be on sale at Movie Night!  Stop by and purchase your tickets so you can take advantage of early bird pricing.  Checks and credit cards will be accepted.
  • Wall of Wine/Gift Card Tree – Bring a bottle of wine or gift card priced $20 or more and receive your complimentary limited edition OTA decal.OTA Decal

Thank You to the Schmutz Family, Devlin & Julie, for creating and donating the stylish decals!

Meredith

OTA Family Movie Night • Friday, February 27!

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Join us for our second OTA Movie Night on the Green to celebrate the new year and raise money for your OTA Robotics Team!

OTA Robotics and Robotics Teams 2011-2015 Slideshow:

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Come out and enjoy a good movie, good food, and good company and help us raise money for our OTA Robotics Team. Our young team placed 5th last year against many high schools and more experienced coders. This year we hope to place! We have an opportunity to enter a new tourney but need to raise $2000 in order to participate.

  • Movie Night is FREE and seating on the turf is first come, first served.
  • Bring your lawn chairs and your blankets (dress warm).
  • Dinner will be provided and cooked by the OTA Foundation for a nominal fee benefiting the OTA Robotics Team or you may bring your own picnic dinner.
  • Bring cash to buy dinner, popcorn, glow bracelets, and baked goods although we will have a “square” to accept credit cards.
  • OTA students are making Looms, Baked Goods, and more, which will be available for sale.
  • Anyone that brings an auction item, bottle of wine $20 or more for the Gala Wall of Wine or a Gift Card that you no longer need to be used for the Gala Auction will get a free, reusable, earth friendly Glow Bracelet!

We expect to begin serving food by 5:15 PM with the movie to commence at approximately 6:00 PM. The movie will end at approximately 8:00 PM.

Please note:
  • You may send your children with other OTA families but not unaccompanied.
  • Students will not be allowed to leave campus, without their parents or supervising Adult, until the movie ends.
On behalf of the OTA Foundation Board, we hope to see everyone there!

Reminder: OTA Girl Scouts Collecting Donations of Canned Food for San Diego Food Bank

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2014 Girl Scout Canned Food Drive

“Stuff the Bus” Canned Food Drive Starts Monday

OTA is participating in “Stuff the Bus” 2014, a fall food drive in partnership with Girl Scouts, the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank, Metropolitan Transportation System (MTS) and the North County Transit District (NCTD).

  • Starting Monday, please bring your canned goods and other nonperishable food donations to school.
  • OTA Students from Brownie Troop 4152 will be on hand at morning drop off to accept your donations.
  • Throughout the week of December 1st, there will also be a bin in the lobby at OTA where you can deliver your goods.

On December 6th, the Brownies will deliver the donations to the Albertsons in North Park. From there, MTS and NCTD buses will transport them to the Food Bank. Thank you for your help with this worthy cause!

OTA Girl Scouts Supporting San Diego Food Bank Canned Food Drive

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2014 Girl Scout Canned Food Drive

“Stuff the Bus” Canned Food Drive Starts Monday

OTA is participating in “Stuff the Bus” 2014, a fall food drive in partnership with Girl Scouts, the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank, Metropolitan Transportation System (MTS) and the North County Transit District (NCTD).

  • Starting Monday, please bring your canned goods and other nonperishable food donations to school.
  • OTA Students from Brownie Troop 4152 will be on hand at morning drop off to accept your donations.
  • Throughout the week of December 1st, there will also be a bin in the lobby at OTA where you can deliver your goods.

On December 6th, the Brownies will deliver the donations to the Albertsons in North Park. From there, MTS and NCTD buses will transport them to the Food Bank. Thank you for your help with this worthy cause!

San Diego Unified • School Board Election Results

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Note: Old Town Academy is a non-profit and, though we may hold candidates’ forums from time to time, we do not endorse one candidate over another; but now that the election is over we can report results that affect Charter School Parents. Here is an update from the CA Charter Schools Association, which advocates for Charter Schools.
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Dear Charter School Parents:

Election Day has come and gone. The results are in, and Kevin Beiser has been re-elected to the San Diego Unified school board! We are very excited by this outcome and look forward to President Beiser’s continued leadership on the Board on behalf of both charter and traditional public school students.  We also want to congratulate another CCSA Advocates endorsed candidate, Dr. Mike McQuary, who was also elected to the San Diego Unified school board.We wish to congratulate Kevin on his election and to thank him for his hard work and dedication to the children of San Diego. In the coming days, we will be reaching out to Kevin, Mike and other members of the Board to discuss ways of finding common ground to provide high-quality educational opportunities to all children in the County.

We have a lot to be proud of in this election. From phone-banking and canvassing to spreading the word and voting, our staff and many of you did a lot of work to re-elect Kevin to office. We want to thank everyone who contributed to these efforts.

With this election completed, we look ahead to continue to promote further positive change on school boards and in the state legislature. We firmly believe that every student in California has the right to a high-quality public education and to educational choice. We are committed to supporting candidates who have that same vision.

To stay involved in our efforts, please sign up for the CCSA Advocates newsletter. Once again, thank you for everything you do to support all children in San Diego.

Sincerely,
Miles Durfee
California Charter Schools Association Advocates

OTA Family Supports “Boys to Men” 100 Wave Fundraiser

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The Callan Family surfed along with 240 other participants for nearly 5 hours and helped raise over $300,000 to help change the lives of local teenage kids who are going down the wrong path.

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Students Parker (3rd), Ethan (6th) and their father Ryan Callan participated in the Boys to Men 100 Wave Challenge this past weekend in Mission Beach.

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  • The Boys to Men organization helps mentor these kids and put them back on the path to lifelong success.
  • To learn more about Boys to Men or the 100 Wave Challenge, please visit www.boystomen.org