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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!

Sign-Up Forms for OTA Winter Basketball! • Registration Opens Dec 20th

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OTA ENRICH! After School Basketball-No Look Goggles••• No Look Goggles in the Basketball Lab! •••

Sign up for winter Basketball! Click to print out form: Winter Youth Basketball 2014

  • Please write “OTA Student” next to your child’s name to make sure you get on the Old Town Academy Team.
  • We are looking for Assistant Basketball Coaches: To Volunteer for U-10, U-12, or U-14 visit Sign-Up Genius
  • See How We Teach Basketball in the OTA Basketball Lab

After School Sports are Cancelled Today (Basketball, Soccer) • Sign-up Forms for Winter B-Ball Coming Home Today

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Wednesday, Dec 3

The Courts and Field are drenched and more rain on the way! — Coach CurryOTA ENRICH! After School Basketball-No Look Goggles••• No Look Goggles in Basketball!•••

Sign up for winter Basketball! Click to print out form: Winter Youth Basketball 2014

  • Please write “OTA Student” next to your child’s name to make sure you get on the Old Town Academy Team.
  • We are always looking for Parent-Volunteers to Coach!

Is Music the Key to Success?

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Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass

Is Music the Key to Success? By Joanne Lipman
CONDOLEEZZA RICE trained to be a concert pianist. Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, was a professional clarinet and saxophone player. The hedge fund billionaire Bruce Kovner is a pianist who took classes at Juilliard.

Multiple studies link music study to academic achievement. But what is it about serious music training that seems to correlate with outsize success in other fields?

The connection isn’t a coincidence. I know because I asked. I put the question to top-flight professionals in industries from tech to finance to media, all of whom had serious (if often little-known) past lives as musicians. Almost all made a connection between their music training and their professional achievements.

The phenomenon extends beyond the math-music association. Strikingly, many high achievers told me music opened up the pathways to creative thinking. And their experiences suggest that music training sharpens other qualities: Collaboration. The ability to listen. A way of thinking that weaves together disparate ideas. The power to focus on the present and the future simultaneously…

via Is Music the Key to Success? 

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!

Online Registration: Super Soccer Stars • Namaste Yoga

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Photos from two of our great OTA Enrich! Afterschool programs–with new Online Registration Links (Students may enroll throughout the Quarter, if spaces are available):
Namaste Yoga Class 3

  • Namaste Yoga (Mindfulness, Flexibility, School Project Work!)
    • All Grades Tues & Fri – 3:30-5:00- Online Registration: HERE 

SuperSoccer Program

  • Super Soccer Stars (The best youth soccer program we’ve seen)
    • Monday/Wed: Grades 4-8; Tu/Thur: Grades K-3
    • Online Registration: HERE (user name OTA; password: schoolsoccer)

OTA’s Orchestra Director John Nettles Premiers New Ballet • Last Performance: Sunday (2 PM)

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City Ballet John Nettles Show-Brochure-Side 1

John Nettles is the Music Director of the City Ballet of San Diego Orchestra, a gifted teacher, and a former high school orchestra director. This fall he agreed to help revive OTA’s orchestra and strings teaching program. He has done a tremendous job with the 5th-8th grade “Orchestra Experience (Video)” and the students are lucky to have a working artist as their instructor. John is also reviving the OTA Performance Orchestra, which meets after school (OTA Students: What Instrument Do You Want to Play?!).

City Ballet Performance • Get Tickets for “Program B” to see OTA Orchestra Director, John Nettles in ….

A Life According to Me (Premiere)

A journey of personal discovery in finding yourself, reaching your goals, taking risks, making sacrifices and the challenge that comes with such a life

A Life According to Me is underwritten by Judy Eby

  • Performed by:  City Ballet of San Diego
  • Choreography:  Elizabeth Wistrich
  • Music:  John Nettles, Rush Kansas, Jethro Tull, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Randall Thompson
  • Story and Book:  John Nettles
  • Vocal and Orchestration:  John Nettles, ASCAP
  • Music Performed by:  City Ballet Orchestra with vocal soloists
  • Sets:  San Diego Opera
  • Costumes:  Tamlin Henahan
  • Lighting:  Stephen Judson

http://www.cityballet.org/performances/ballet_and_beyond.php

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City Ballet John Nettles Show-Brochure-Side 2

Ballet and Beyond Program B

Friday, November 14 at 8:00pm and Sunday, November 16 at 2:00pm
Approximate Run Time:  2 hours, including two 15-minute intermissions

Classified (Premiere)

  • Performed by:  City Ballet of San Diego
  • Choreography:  Geoff Gonzalez
  • Music:  Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
  • Costumes:  Kate Arnson
  • Lighting:  Stephen Judson

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Two After-School Q2 Clubs from Open Minds! Thursdays for K-5: Art Around the World • Fridays for K-4: Diggn’ N’ Dirt Earth Science

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Open Minds Enrich- Friday 'Diggin N Dirt' Earth Science

Online Signup link (From the Drop-down Menu: choose “Old Town Academy Art Space” or “Old Town Academy Earth Science”). Or download the sign-up form Old Town Academy Art & Earth Science FALL 2014 and turn it in to the Office or at your child’s first class.

Old Town Academy Art-diggn FALL 2014
Click to Print Flyers/Sign-up Sheets: Old Town Academy Art & Earth Science FALL 2014