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OTA Summer Camp 2012: Schedule, Teacher Bios, Sign-Up Form

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Old Town Academy Summer Camp 2012

  • Life-long Learning Skills: Foreign Languages: Spanish or Chinese: Musical Performance: Piano or Violin; Sports: Soccer and More
  • Team Building and Friendships
  • Summer Fun in the Sun!

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Some of the Best Teachers and Coaches in San Diego are ready to help mentor and coach your children as they build on the skills they’ve learned during the 2011-2012 school year— or learn new skills in fun 5-day a week sessions that allow true mastery.

When you enroll your children in the OTA Summer Camp you will be:

  • Giving your kids a great experience that will change their lives.
  • Helping support OTA programs and facility costs!

Sessions start July 9. Minimum sign up is one-week. All students have 1 language, 1 sports, and 1 music session every day. Classes are age-segregated (K-3 and 4th-8th). The camp runs from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
Please choose any week starting July 9th and submit your children’s name to our interest list. The coaches need a minimum of 20 students to make the program work. Pre-interest has been strong but the program will depend on getting enough enrollment.

To sign up for OTA Summer Camp 2012 click on the READ THE FULL POST/CONTINUE READING link below and COMPLETE THE FORM. Thank You.

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K-3 Robotics: Jay & Isabel Demonstrate for Kiwanis Club of San Diego

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The Kiwanis Club of San Diego awarded Old Town Academy a $2500 grant for our robotics program last night. Third Graders Jay & Isabel (with help from 7th grader Zoe) made a demonstration video to show our guests how students work with robots at OTA.

In the video you’ll see them “teach” their Roamer robot to solve Project-Challenge 5.

  • OTA Robotics is: Programming, Problem-Solving, Applied Mathematics.
  • Students must write their program (their hypothesis) first. They then enter the program, test it in the real world and make adjustments until Roamer “solves” the Challenge.

OTA Calendar Notes: Memorial Day Tomorrow

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  • Tomorrow is Memorial Day: Monday, May 28: 
    • No school for students;
    • No soccer practice.
  • Biking for Brains/Wounded Warrior Ride is complete! Mr. Lehr (husband of OTA 5th grade teacher Jill Lehr) arrived in Savannah, Georgia last week at the end of his 2904 mile ride. So far Greg and his fellow riders have raised $26,000 for the wounded warrior project. OTA students ran, biked, or hiked over 3,000 miles in support of Mr. Lehr. If you would like to donate money to the Biking for Brains/Wounded Warrior Project in honor of Memorial Day you can still do so here: Donate.
  • Traffic Safety Reminders: to keep our students and their families safe in our narrow traffic corridor we ask that you please not park in the parking lot to pick up your children unless you have an on-campus after-school appointment. Please use the drive-thru pickup lane instead.
  • Teacher Appreciation Week was much appreciated by OTA Teachers! Thanks again to OTA Parent-Volunteers for the flowers, the breakfasts, the catered lunch, & the baskets.
  • Summer Camp at OTA? we will be posting information about a possible (depending on parent interest) summer camp program this week. The Camp will offer 1-week sessions starting July 9; each session will include 3 Classes a Day (Foreign Language Immersion: Spanish or Chinese; Music Lab: Piano Lab or Violin; and Sports); the day will run from 9 AM to 1 PM. The teachers and coaches will be first rate, and the Camp will provide a great opportunity for your children to build on their foriegn language, music, or sports skills while having fun. Stay tuned for more info about OTA Summer Camp.

  

 

 

  • Summer Learning Acceleration Lab: an intensive math and vocaulary-reading acceleration course will be offered in the computer lab this summer. Stay tuned for more info about the Summer Learning Acceleration Lab.

 

“Children Paint the Masters” Art Club Recommencing Thursday, May 3)

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The Children Paint the Masters after-school club took a break to allow Sonja to help prepare the Wine & Dine Art Auction Projects. The club will recommence tomorrow, if a minimum of 3 students enroll.

• Hours: Thursdays Only, 3:15-4:45 • Minimum 3 Students • Supplies Included in Price

Click to Print Signup Form: Q4 Children Paint the Masters

“Sumo Bot” Robotics Tourney in 7th-8th Grade (Videos)

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Watch Videos below as OTA STEM Director Jeff Major MCs the competition.

On Friday the winning team of Zoe, Michael, Lucy, Skylar, and Lloyd… faced off against runner up team of Sophie, Max, Raul, and Carter in the Sumo Bot competition. Goal: design and build a robot and program it with a strategy to push your opponents’ robots off the table. Six Teams entered. One conquered all!

Game 2 of the Final Round: Video 2: the score is 1-0 Team Zoe.
Game 3 of the Final Round: Video 3: the Score is 1-1 and Team Zoe takes the prize!

Q4 Sailing Club – Also 2012 MBYC Summer Sailing Registration is NOW OPEN!

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  • Junior Sailing Club & OTA Sailing Team. Off-site at Mission Bay Marina. Tuesday: 3:00-5:30 (Note: Fourth Quarter hours are extended to 5:30: Beginning andAdvanced Sabots.
    Thursday: 3:00-5:30: Recreational Group Sailing; Lasers for Beginners.
    Friday:     3:00-5:30: Intermed/Advanced Lasers. Grades K-8 welcome! Contact Kevin Olenick with questions at 619-787-6946.