First game for Old Town Academy 5th-8th grade team soccer is now April 21!
There is no cost to join the team, any interested players can represent their school!
Below is the current game schedule; if you think you may want to play some or all of the games, bring in a completed consent form by Thursday, April 16! You can find a printable version by clicking here. Any playoff games would begin shortly after regular season.
Practice days and times will be decided upon after we have our roster.
Our Yosemite trip is fast approaching! The dates for the trip at Sunday May 10th-Thursday May 14th.
Please join us for an informational meeting next Wednesday, April 15th at 5 p.m. We will discuss plans for the trip, answer questions, and hand out a packet of necessary information/forms.
Students are welcome to attend! If you cannot make the meeting, please let me know and I will make sure to get you the necessary information.
Congratulations to all 8th graders for another successful Eco Iron Chef competition. Although we are still analyzing the judging sheets to determine the winners, this year’s entries demonstrated that our students are willing to try to learn new cooking techniques, to improve recipes under the much honored OTA virtue of pass try again…and most important of all our students are open to eating more locally sourced food!
The Eighth grade 2015 Poetry Recitation Contest will be held next Friday, April 17th at 2 p.m. in the 8th grade classroom. Students will receive a free dress day and will be expected to dress up for the contest. We would love to have family and friends in attendance for the event. Please RSVP to mchristensen@otacharter.org.
Students will recite a Core Knowledge poem (or any other poem by the same authors), following these guidelines. We will be working on memorizing and performing our poems in class, but students should be also be practicing at home on a daily basis!
The Final “From the Page to the Stage” School-wide contest will be held the following Thursday, April 24th. The top three performers from the 8th grade will continue on to the School Finals.
Attention all 8th graders, the Eco Iron Chef Challenge (see last years’ event) is just around the corner next Wednesday March 25th! We hope you all have a chance to make your dishes at least once prior to next Wednesdays event, but regardless we want everyone to have fun cooking.
The primary goal for this event center around the question: “Where does our food come from?” and we hope that all of you have considered locally sourcing as many of your ingredients as possible! Taking a note form our experiences at Suzie’s Farm growing and/or picking your on fruits and vegetables is a worthy and rewarding endeavor. Reminder also that it’s not to late to visit your local farmer’s market.
We had a great visit last week to Suzie’s Farm! Students got to tour the farm, pick vegetables out of the ground, and plant seeds to take home. We hope everyone made something yummy from their fresh produce!
Here’s a video from the Q1 Trip to La Jolla Marine Preserve and Tidepools. Daylight Savings Time is here… time to think about Snorkeling & Underwater Photography
By planting productive native species, we can create life. Visit Link for Slideshow:
In Your Garden Choose Plants that Help Life
Math-Science Challenges:
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Your Child is Creating a Book!
Students have been hard at work this quarter preparing books to be published with Studentreasures. For the third year in a row, we will be publishing books to share with families on Grandparents Day (April 24th). All 8th graders publishing a book will receive one book for free. If you would like to purchase additional books, please fill place your order using the order form sent home today.
All students need to return a signed order form. If you do not wish to order additional books, please check “No” and sign at the bottom of the form. Order forms need to be returned by this Friday, March 13th.
